{"id":25498,"date":"2018-02-16T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25498"},"modified":"2018-02-16T15:30:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T15:30:20","slug":"welsh-e-sports-players-show-off-skills-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/16\/welsh-e-sports-players-show-off-skills-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh e-sports players show off their skills in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Cardiff Saints, Charlie Jones interview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUXnNnuIwjE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Cardiff Saints, Charlie Jones interview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUXnNnuIwjE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25500\" style=\"width: 4608px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25500\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/E-Sports-pre-match.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25500\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/E-Sports-pre-match.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" \/><\/noscript> Cardiff Saints team captain Tom Molyneux looks over his options before a friendly game with Portsmouth Pirates.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nCOMPETITIVE gamers and rising stars in the Cardiff e-sports scene have been showing off their skills against people across the UK.<br \/>\nThe Belong Arena, based inside the Game store in St Davids Shopping Centre, hosts its own team, the Cardiff Saints, whose players engage in tournaments in four games: Overwatch, Call of Duty, Tekken and League of Legends.<br \/>\nAll of these four games have a large following of casual and high-end players, with the very best players worldwide competing for large cash prizes.<br \/>\nE-sports nationally received a huge boost as the chairman of Sports Direct, Mike Ashley, invested \u00a33.2 million in the Belong e-sports division. He now owns 50% of the stock, and the video game chain GAME owns the other half.<br \/>\nThe Belong Cardiff arena is currently the only one of its kind in Wales, and members of the Cardiff Saints come from all across the country to play in their tournaments.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25504\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25504\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25504\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/IMG_0019-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> The logo of the Cardiff Saints team.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nCharlie Jones, a staff member of Belong Cardiff and head of the League of Legends Community Nights, said: \u201cE-sports has been exploding hugely recently, with e-sports nowadays, you\u2019ll see streams with hundreds and thousands of viewers watching just a single person.<br \/>\n\u201cLet alone the actual e-sports events, the LCS, and every other sort of e-sports intensive game is blowing up. Its easy to get into and its fun at the same time, its huge.\u201d<br \/>\nMr Jones is also optimistic about the future of Cardiff\u2019s e-sports scene, he said: \u201cOur community nights are getting good, we have newcomers all the time and people who come constantly. The Cardiff scene is good, its fun, it could definitely be bigger and hopefully it will be, but its great right now.\u201d<br \/>\nPopularity has boomed at the Cardiff division \u2013 the Cardiff Saints have been able to muster enough players to field B and C teams for certain games including League of Legends and Call of Duty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LeagueofLegends?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LeagueofLegends<\/a> night is kicking off with a bang with our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Saints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Saints<\/a> going against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BELONGPorts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BELONGPorts<\/a> in a friendly! We also have a new team in the making \ud83d\ude0e<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Saintsforlife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Saintsforlife<\/a> \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oVdTTTixFb\">pic.twitter.com\/oVdTTTixFb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BelongCardiff (@BelongCRDF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BelongCRDF\/status\/964221360561147904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nJames North, from Berkshire and who plays mid lane for the Cardiff Saints League team, said: \u201cIn other places around the world, E-sports is really recognised, but it\u2019s still got a way to go until it becomes mainstream here in the UK\u201d<br \/>\nChris Wheddon, from St Fagans and who plays jungle for the Cardiff Saints League team, said: \u201cI see mini-tournaments held in places like PC cafes that are getting more common in the UK, but what\u2019s happening at this place is probably the biggest example of e-sports nationally in the UK, and its definitely the biggest in Cardiff.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25506\" style=\"width: 4608px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25506\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Players-mid-game.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25506\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Players-mid-game.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" \/><\/noscript> Cardiff Saints players James North (left) and Ishaq Hussain (right) look determined as they play a friendly League of Legends match.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMPETITIVE gamers and rising stars in the Cardiff e-sports scene have been showing off their skills against people across the UK. 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