2023
Russia introduced ranks and titles in e-sports
In Russia, categories and titles for e-sports have been introduced. This was announced on June 23, 2023 by the press service of the Federation of Computer Sports (CSF) of the Russian Federation.
At the first stage, esports players performing in the Tactical Three-Dimensional Combat discipline will be able to receive sports ranks and titles in computer sports. This became possible thanks to the introduction of appropriate changes to the provision on the Unified All-Russian Sports Classification.
Competitions in which athletes can get ranks will be tournaments on the game "World of Tanks," which will be held by the Russian Computer Sports Federation (CSF of Russia) together with Lesta Games on the VK Play platform.
According to Dmitry Smith, President of the CSF of Russia, cooperation with the World of Tanks and VK Play is aimed at popularizing e-sports, developing virtual tournaments and promoting domestic developments in this area.
 | Computer sports have become a publicly available part of modern society, and we strive to hold as many different tournaments as possible: in different modes and formats, allowing them to be made not only regular, but also massive by involving a multi-million audience of our games, "said Boris Sinitsky, Operations Director of the World of Tanks. |  |
On May 25, 2023, the CSF of Russia achieved recognition of the new e-sports discipline "Tactical Three-Dimensional Combat." This section of computer sports includes the 3D action games Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valorant, Rainbow Six: Siege, Warface, Armored Warfare, Overwatch, World of Tanks and War Thunder. Recognition of this discipline allows you to hold official competitions, such as the championship and the Cup of Russia in computer sports, on the above types of programs in the Russian Federation.[1]
Synergy launches master's program in the direction of "management in e-sports and fijital sports"
The University Synergy"" and the project Games of the future"" are launching a joint master's program in the direction of "management in e-sports and fijital sport." The first recruitment of applicants is planned for the 2023/2024 academic year. education Specialists of fijital centers, regional branches of the fijital sports federation, organizers of specialized sports events and everyone who plans to connect their profession with digital activities will be able to get a master's degree. The university announced this on May 16, 2023. More. here
Gamer bought a skin for weapons in Counter Strike at the price of an apartment in Moscow
On March 13, 2023, a wealthy collector from China made a historic deal in the multiplayer online shooter Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO). A wealthy gamer purchased a skin for a Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle for about $160 thousand (about 12.2 million rubles at the exchange rate as of March 17, 2023). Read more here.
The Cabinet of Ministers allocated 5.2 billion rubles for the first e-sports games funded from the federal budget
In February 2023, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order that allocated 5.2 billion rubles for the first e-sports games funded from the federal budget. We are talking about the competition "Games of the Future." Read more here.
2022
The Government of the Russian Federation approved the introduction of e-sports disciplines in universities
In mid-December 2022, the government's Digital Development Commission approved roadmaps "New Industrial Software" and "New System-Wide Software." According to one of the documents, by 2024, courses in e-sports disciplines should be included in the program of Russian universities, both for technical and humanitarian specialties.
As they write, in the Vedomosti approved roadmap, the responsible performers for the first stage are indicated Rostelecom and. St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications named after Prof. M. A. Bonch-Bruevich (SPbGUT) Until the beginning of 2023, they must conduct a study and find examples of supplementing existing educational programs with esports disciplines in other countries. Then, by June 2023, Rostelecom ANO "Digital Economy" should gather a working group of representatives of the expert and university community. By 2024, the first educational programs should be determined "for implementation in interested higher educational institutions with the help of interested companies," follows from the document.
According to Yaroslav Meshalkin, Director of Strategic Communications at ESforce Holding, the new government initiative will help attract more students to universities.
| | The presence of esports programs increases the attractiveness of living in college campuses, promotes student recruitment and diversifies learning, he says. - Statistics show that 44% of educational institutions need to stimulate interest in training in technical specialties (STEM). | |
Pavel Golubev, director of the eSports Development Association and LANGAME project manager, believes that in this matter it is necessary to separate two concepts: "gaming" and "eSports."
| | If we are talking about the broader concept of "gaming," then in view of the latest initiatives of the state to support the gaming industry, this is a fairly logical and correct step, the expert says. - At least, this will allow to try at least partially to compensate for the shortage of personnel for the implementation of these state programs.[2] | |
Russian became the champion and best player of the Counter Strike tournament with a prize fund of $1 million
On December 18, 2022, the Counter Strike: Global Offensive tournament ended in Abu Dhabi, in which the German e-sports team G2 Esports won. At the same time, the 17-year-old Russian Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov, who plays for G2 Esports, became the most valuable player (MVP) of the competition. In the decisive series, the player made 39 murders with 28 deaths. For Ilya, this is the first such award. Read more here.
The Russian e-sports team won the main CS: GO tournament and earned $500,000.
On November 13, 2022, the final of the IEM RIO Major 2022 tournament took place - the largest Major Counter-Strike: Global Offensive series competition. The winner was the Russian company Virtus.pro, which in connection with the anti-Russian sanctions acted under the neutral name Outsiders. Read more here.
The first state e-sports school opened in Russia
In July 2022, Russia opened the first state e-sports school. It is located in Novosibirsk, according to the official Telegram channel of the Novosibirsk region. Read more here.
VK took up the development of the metaverse for the first e-sportsmen in Russia
As it became known on June 16, 2022, the VK holding took up the development of the metaverse for Russia's first Olympics of e-sportsmen - "Games of the Future." They will be held in Kazan in February 2024. Read more here.
Sports Ministry officially recognizes CS: GO game as esports
The Russian Ministry of Justice has recognized a new cyber sports discipline - "tactical three-dimensional combat." It includes 3D shooters Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Valorant, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Warface, as well as 3D action games World of Tanks, Armored Warfare, War Thunder. This was announced by the Federation of Computer Sports (CSF) in Russia on May 26, 2022.
| | The official recognition by the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation of the discipline "tactical three-dimensional combat" opens up unique new opportunities for the development of professional and mass e-sports throughout Russia. In the near future, this will allow millions of Russians to realize their potential as professional e-sportsmen in these types of programs. Both domestically and in the international arena, - said the President of the CSF of Russia Dmitry Smith. | |
Recognition of this discipline allows you to hold official competitions, such as the championship and the Cup of Russia in computer sports, on the above types of programs in the Russian Federation. According to Smith (his statement was published on May 26, 2022), in the near future it is planned to include tournaments in the new discipline in the official plan of mass competitions of the CSF of Russia.
| | We have long expected the recognition of the official discipline "Tactical Three-Dimensional Combat." Such popular and favorite types of programs as CS: GO and Valorant have long been included in the pool of disciplines of Moscow Esports and the Moscow Student Esports League, which are supported by the Moscow Department of Sports on the cybermos.ru site, but we could not include competitions on them in a single calendar of sports competitions. Now there is such an opportunity. It will allow us to issue sports categories for these types of programs and form national teams of the capital. This will give a new incentive and prospects for e-sports in Moscow and Russia as a whole, "said Maxim Flyor, President of the Moscow Computer Sports Federation.[3]" | |
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The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation approved the training program for e-sportsmen
In January 2022, an order of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation of 01.12.2021 No. 938 "On the approval of the federal standard for sports training in the sport" computer sport "was registered. With this document, the department agreed on a training program for e-sportsmen in the country.
According to a document published on the official Internet portal of legal information, the physical training of an e-sportsman should take 25-40% of training time, tactical - 25-35%, technical - 4-5%. Theoretical training should take 15-25% of the time, psychological - 15-20%.
Only those e-sportsmen who have passed the standard will be able to get into the highest skill group. For a man, this is running at a distance of three kilometers in no more than 15 minutes and squats without stopping 25 times. The woman will have to run two kilometers in 12 minutes and perform squats 23 times. In addition, athletes need to make inclinations forward and body lifts, as well as pass a test to determine technical skill. E-sportsmen must also comply with the norms of the game technical program on simulators - PCs and game consoles.
In addition to physical exercises, the document enshrines the need for tactical, theoretical and psychological training. Details of these parts of the training process by January 21, 2022 were not disclosed.
But the requirements for the technical equipment of the e-sportsman are indicated. This should be a computer with a tower cooler for cooling the processor, RAM of at least 16 GB, a monitor with a diagonal of at least 19 inches and a drive of at least 2 TB.
According to the document, the Ministry of Sports proposes to train e-sportsmen in 4 stages. Moreover, the age at the stage of higher sportsmanship can be from 17 years.
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2021
Russian-Ukrainian esports team Na'Vi won the CS: GO tournament and earned $0.5 million
The Natus Vincere e-sports team (NAVI), consisting of Russian and Ukrainian players, won the BLAST Premier Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) tournament in December 2021. For the victory in the competition, gamers received a prize of $500 thousand with a total prize pool of $1 million. The tournament was held from December 14 to 19 in Copenhagen. Read more here.
The death of an e-sportsman from Russia Alexei Malyshev under strange circumstances
On October 17, 2021, it became known about the death of the former leader of the team of cybersportsmen of the Polytechnic University Alexei Malyshev. A 23-year-old young man was found near garages in the city of Nikolskoye (Leningrad Region). Read more here.
The victory of Team Spirit from the Russian Federation in the international tournament on the computer game Dota 2
On October 17, 2021, the Russian esports team Team Spirit won the Dota 2 international computer game tournament. We are talking about the competition The International, which athletes from the Russian Federation won for the first time. The championship was held in Romania. Read more here.
2020: U.S. Market Growth
The e-sports market is expected USA to grow by 12% in 2020 (while the rest of the sports industries are suffering losses) and approach $200 million. In 2021, growth will continue and accelerate.
2018
In 2018, the Earth's population spent about 6 billion hours watching esports.
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