Legitimacy of Esports Gaven Hutchens Overview What are esports? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Legitimacy of Esports Gaven Hutchens

Overview What are esports? ● What makes them legitimate? ● Ethical issues ● Scenarios and ethical analysis ●

What are Esports? Competitions revolving around video games ● Multi-billion dollar industry ● Some of the largest events in the world ● The most competitive games are played on the computer ●

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More in depth explanation

What makes them legitimate? Franchising of professional leagues ● P-1 Visas since 2013 ● Intense competition -- most practice 12+ hours a day ●

Ethical Issues Unapproved substance regulation ● Reliability of computers in competition ● Contracts and exploitations of players ●

Ethical Issues cont. Intellectual property -- who owns what? ● Player privacy ● Match gambling ●

Ethical Analysis Kantianism -- several issues have a means to an end ● Difficult to apply utilitarianism ●

Conclusion Ethical issues have several sides to each issue ● Complex issues; hard to regulate ● Next decade will have lasting impact ●

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