User:Michael Amos Gil/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Esports

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose the Wikipedia article about esports because it is something I am passionate about. Esports as a whole are a very recent thing that has taken the gaming community by storm and completely thrown out the window what is traditionally thought of as a job. I personally love the idea of esports and have a favorite one that I follow passionately.

Evaluate the article
== The article establishes that esports are a competition between players or teams to win in a video game. It goes over the history of how the first gaming competition started, and eventually tells us how the audience, prize pool, production, etc. has all vastly improved over the years. It also dives into the controversy behind labeling Esports as a sport because it is so much different than all of the traditional sports that people are used to. It then lists all of the games that have or have had esports in the past. The article does a great job of showing how these players or teams don't just show up to tournaments to receive these prize pools, they actually are signed by organizations that pay them a salary between these tournaments. This might seem confusing as to why these organizations would spend so much money on these players outside of them performing at tournaments, but the amount of viewership and screen time that these players get during, and even outside of these tournaments generate so much revenue for them. Overall, this article does an amazing job at describing what exactly an Esport is and shows its impact that it has had on the modern day version of sports whilst also being well supported by reliable sources. ==