Esports is a relatively new part of popular culture. While gaming has been popular since the early 80s, esports have really just started to come around in the last decade. This does not mean that it doesn’t have its share of rituals and stereotypes however. As far as gamers go, there are plenty of stereotypes, then even more specific ones once you get into the realm of esports.
Rituals of esports would include things like live streaming and performing for an audience. Most people who are good at games such as League Of Legends or Starcraft 2 are incredibly popular streamers who have on average 30,000+ people watching them every time they get on to stream. The most popular site for streaming is Twitch.tv a website dedicated to epsorts and gaming streams.
Another ritual you will find among the better players in esports is mastery. Mastery refers to mastering whatever aspect of the game you are good at or specific characters in that aspect. Take Legue of Legends for example. There are five different roles to fill: Carry,mid-lane, support, top-lane and jungle. There are many different characters that can fill any of these rolls. Someone who has mastery of any of these roles knows every aspect of it and how to react to anything that would happen in that role. Dandy for example, is the jungle player for this years world champions Samsung White. He has completely mastered the role of jungle and is the best in the world at the role.
Stereotypes are going to be present wherever you go. Everything is stereotyped for something. One major stereotype of esports is a racial one and that is that Koreans are the best at the games. This isn’t the only stereotype but it is the most prevalent in esports. The thing is however, its not exactly wrong as the four teams in the League of LEgends world finals where all Korean teams,
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