World Gaming Magazine

20 WGM #51 2017/10 wgm8.com 游戏 PLAY 组织者及电竞爱好者正努力确保这项运动在全球范围 内的观众人数持续增长。国际电子竞技联盟（IeSF）秘书 长Alex Lim指出，有关将电竞纳入奥林匹克竞技项目的讨 论正在进行，以2022年杭州亚运会乃至2024巴黎奥运会为 目标。 他在本届女子电竞嘉年华中介绍道，IeSF于2012年展 开了被认可为电子竞技国际联盟的进程，并不断与国际奥 委会就将电竞纳入巴黎奥运会奖牌项目做出沟通。目前电 竞已经成为杭州亚运会的比赛项目。 “We see this as something new, something quite different to what we normally do,” says Brian Anderson, a director at Girl Gamer eSports Festival sponsor Kaisun Energy Group. “This is a sport that will be growing very quickly. eSports allows borderless communication, it’s a way for people to meet each other without barriers.’’ Organizers and eSports enthusiasts alike are fighting to ensure the sport’s international audience continues to grow. As pointed out by International eSports Federation (IeSF) Secretary General Alex Lim, eSports is now being spoken about as a future Olympic sport with the 2022 Asian Games inHangzhou andmore significantly the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris the targets. He explained during his introduction at the Girl Gamer eSports Festival that the IeSF started official communication in 2012 to be recognized as an International Federation for the discipline of eSports and that they are in constant communication with the International Olympic Committee about eSports becoming a medal sport in Paris. It has already been accepted as such in Hangzhou.