Sam ‘Octane’ Larew, Kenny Williams, Austin ‘SlasheR’ Liddicoat, Preston ‘Priestahh’ Greiner and Ian ‘Enable’ Wyatt from the 100 Thieves team compete with Luminosity during the Call of Duty World League Championship 2019 at Pauley Pavilion on August 16, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. PHOTO: John McCoy/Getty Images/AFPA record $33.
Ri plays for Natus Vincere, or NAVI, and this week is competing in The International, a world championship said to have the biggest prize pool in the history of eSports. “I didn’t worry before but now I feel like my eyes are really… I can’t see so much,” said Ri, who practises up to 12 hours a day.Ri has been told to wear glasses but he does not find them comfortable and said that his deteriorating eyesight does not hinder his performance because the screen is up close.
Not unique to gamers, it happens through repetitive hand and wrist motions and is characterised by numbness, burning and tingling of the thumb, index, middle and ring fingers.Some gamers talked about wrist injuries so severe they had to quit and lower back problems related to sitting for too long, day after day.
With many players so young — most are in their 20s but there is a 17-year-old at The International — some struggle in the hyper-competitive environment. Newbee coach Ling said that eSports is only now starting to appreciate the need for physiotherapists and other staff specialising in physical and mental well-being, though most teams have no such back-up. Cost is the major reason.
Health Health Latest News, Health Health Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: channelstv - 🏆 7. / 63 Read more »
Source: GuardianNigeria - 🏆 1. / 94 Read more »