These are the video games accepted by the Olympic Committee for their competitions

The International Olympic Committee, the body in charge of promoting and organizing activities related to the Olympics, announced the Olympic Esports Seriesan event based on video game competitions.

This competition will take place between June 22 and 25, 2023 and will be based in Singapore. The qualifiers for this tournament have already begun, so the cyber athletes are already beginning the competitions in each of the disciplines included in this opportunity.

The video games that will be part of the Olympic Esports Series are:

-WSBC eBaseball (Baseball)

-Virtual Taekwondo (Taekwondo)

-Chess

-Tennis Clash (Tennis)

-Zwift (Cycling)

-Tic Tac Bow Masters (Archery)

-Just Dance (Dance)

-Virtual Regatta (Sailboat)

-Gran Turismo (Racing/Sim Racing)

Of all this list, it is striking that Virtual Regatta, Tennis Clash and Tic Tac Bow Masters are video game for devices mobile (cell phones)unlike the others that seem to be closer to their original non-virtual sports.

In case of chess It is particular, since it is already used and accepted even in the professional chess circuit, gaining great popularity during the pandemic.

The annoyance of the esports scene

The ad was not without controversybecause after knowing the names of the videogames admitted to the competition, the questioning about the absence of other big competitive titles he jumped out of immediately.

Highly competitive games with large audiences like Valorant, CS:GO, League of Legends, Dota 2or fighting games like Street Fighter V either Mortal Kombat 11 were left completely excluded of the Olympic Esports Series, which drew criticism of the event.

The main questions pointed to the questionable competitive quality that the selected videogames could have, already existing several others that have high-level competitors and large numbers of audiences.

The presenter of esports and video game events Frankie Wardhe tweeted: “These are not established esports, with the exception of Gran Turismo and to some extent Just Dance. Esports IFs are generally made up of business people who are not involved in the gaming side and this is note. Maybe you won’t call it esports, but a virtual event.”

These aren’t established esports, with the exception of Gran Tourismo and to some extent, Just Dance.

Esports IFs are typically made up of business people who aren’t involved in the gaming side of things and this shows. Maybe don’t call it esports, but a virtual event.

—Frankie (@FrankieWard) March 1, 2023

After the announcement, accounts in social networks of video games such as League of Legends or Valorant began to write on social networks joking about the subject and applying to their characters as olympic competitors.

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– League of Legends (@lollatam) March 1, 2023

The truth is that the Olympic Esports Series will take place without including these video games, and the qualifiers are already open for several of the competitions.

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— The Olympic Games (@juegosolimpicos) March 1, 2023