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Legitimacy of Esports Gaven Hutchens Overview What are esports? What makes them legitimate? Ethical issues Scenarios and ethical analysis What are Esports? Competitions revolving around video games Multi-billion

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Legitimacy of Esports

Gaven Hutchens

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Overview

What are esports?
What makes them legitimate?
Ethical issues
Scenarios and ethical analysis

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What are Esports?

Competitions revolving around video games
Multi-billion dollar industry
Some of the largest events in the world
The most competitive games are played on the computer

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Sold out Madison Square Garden

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More in depth explanation

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What makes them legitimate?

Franchising of professional leagues
P-1 Visas since 2013
Intense competition -- most practice 12+ hours a day

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Ethical Issues

Unapproved substance regulation
Reliability of computers in competition
Contracts and exploitations of players

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Ethical Issues cont.

Intellectual property -- who owns what?
Player privacy
Match gambling

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Ethical Analysis

Kantianism -- several issues have a means to an end
Difficult to apply utilitarianism

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Conclusion

Ethical issues have several sides to each issue
Complex issues; hard to regulate
Next decade will have lasting impact

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