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\nRIYADH: The second Next World Forum has shed light on some of the most pressing issues facing organizations and players in the esports field, bringing together international experts for the event in Riyadh.<\/p>\n
\nOne of the panels discussed the wider relationship between the Olympics and esports in the presence of several specialists including Timo Krueger, national director of esports and gaming at Nielsen, Jan Paterson, managing director of NEOM\u2019s sports sector, Hicham Chahine, CEO and founder of professional esports organization Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Matt Woods, CEO and co-founder of esports news and media company AFK.<\/p>\n
\nThe first Olympic Esports Week was held in Singapore this year with more than 100 athletes from around the world competing in 10 virtual sports. However, the International Olympic Committee and Olympic Esports Series came under fire from some quarters of the gaming industry for choosing games they claimed were not truly representative of the spirit of esports.<\/p>\n
\nPanellists noted the need to give video games a chance in the Olympics realm by making them more aligned with Olympic sports.<\/p>\n
\nAnother panel discussion addressed the future of gaming and esport facilities, and included speakers Mike Milanov, chief operating officer of Team Liquid, Mossad Al-Dossary, FIFA esport player and co-founder and chairman of Team Falcons, Arnab Bhattacharya, strategy director at the Qiddiya project, and Joachim Haraldsen, adviser at Steinbukken.<\/p>\n
\nThe Qiddiya project aims to make the destination a global hub for gaming and esports with a year-round calendar of events.<\/p>\n
\nSpeaking at the panel, Bhattacharya said: \u201cThere are plans to have Gamers8 there for two months, but also there\u2019s going to be a whole bunch of other events as well.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe\u2019re planning to have a whole bunch of gaming and esports hotels. There are plans for bootcamp facilities to train in Qiddiya. And lastly, we\u2019re also thinking of having permanent headquarters, of course for the local teams, but also for international teams to set up their regional headquarters,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\nOn esports training facilities, Milanov said that such resources had only recently started to take off in the West.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAround 2016, 2017, a lot of teams were still in villas or gaming houses, they were practicing out of the living room or where they were living with their teammates. And we were one of the first organizations at Team Liquid to make that change,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\nHe pointed out that Team Liquid wanted to professionalize the work environment and strike a balance between working and living.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAn esports training facility includes everything from your back-office staff, graphics designers, marketing team, social media, finance, accounting, and HR executives, and most importantly, state-of-the-art technology and screen rooms for the various esports.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMilanov said: \u201cWe do a lot of focus on sports psychology, communication, mental health, and sleep. Also, things such as reaction speed, cognitive function, eye tracking. It\u2019s actually quite amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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