The SEA Games is a biennial event overseen by the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Committee of Asia. The 2019 SEA Games held in the Philippines will mark the first time esports has been attended.
The organizers of the Philippine SEA Games have just announced that they have partnered with Razer to support its athletes.
Six gold medals will be awarded to different esports disciplines. Two gold medals for console, two for PC and finally two for mobile. The games are yet to be announced. The only known game currently is Mobile Legnds: Bang Bang on mobile. The full list will be announced on December 15.
Notably, the International Olympic Committee has made limited designations that the games do not attempt to promote violence or gambling. This is one of the regulations that makes it impossible for esports to compete in the Olympics. The esports forum took place earlier this year, leading to the birth of the Esports Liaison Group. This group is used to communicate between the committee and esports representatives, but International Olympic President Thomas Bach is not on this committee. In an earlier press conference in September, Bach said “video games are too violent.”
Olympic President: “Violent games go against Olympic values”
“We can’t have on the Olympic program a game that promotes violence or discrimination,” he said. “Murder games. From our point of view, they are contrary to Olympic values and therefore cannot be accepted.”
Meanwhile, Bach was an Olympic athlete in fencing.
SEA Games 2019 will start from November 30, 2019.
According to PCGamer
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