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E-sports really are an interesting space.

International tournaments with $1+ million grand prizes are nothing to shug at. Couple that with the fact that anyone can play anyone else in the world practically instantaneously and that more and more people are playing video games recreationally every day.

They might not be the Premier League or the NFL, but South Korean Starcraft is certainly not far off.

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I've heard that argument about Korea ever since I started following and working in eSports (around 2004ish). Yet, I'm still waiting on that big breakthrough in the USA/Europe. I'm afraid it will still take quite some time.

League of Legends may well be that big breakthrough - major events draw more viewers than an average MLB game.

One thing to keep in mind with comparisons like that are that it's an average game against a weekend full of above-average games.

Still impressive numbers, but it's too easy to glance at them and think (and I'm not saying you were doing this) "esports getting more viewers than baseball!"

cough I think you mean DotA 2 cough ;)

But in all seriousness, I think the MOBA genre may be just what it needs, whether that be LoL, DotA, HoN, or otherwise.

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