{"id":496,"date":"2020-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/will-esports-hype-survive-past-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2020-05-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T00:00:00","slug":"will-esports-hype-survive-past-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/will-esports-hype-survive-past-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"WILL ESPORTS HYPE SURVIVE PAST COVID-19?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Asia Gaming Brief is pleased to release details of the next edition of its AGB Webinar Series, titled: \u2018Can Esports Fill the Void?\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Held on Thursday 28th May 2020 at 2 pm HKT, the webinar will aim to explore the sudden rise in esports viewership and engagement which is believed to be brought on by Covid-19\u2019s impact on traditional sports tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">In our Thursday webinar next week, we hear from gaming and esports research consultancy Niko Partners\u2019s Darang Candra, who will share new research into esports trends during Covid-19, including betting revenue, viewership, engagement, and general interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">The webinar will then go into a Q&amp;A session, where we also add esports consultant Hai Ng of Neomancer, wagering operator Michael Charlton of GVC Group and esports operator Marco Blume of Pinnacle to the conversation to answer a number of pressing questions including:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">\u2022 Is this the right time to invest in esports, or a \u2018wait and see\u2019<br \/>\n            moment?<br \/>\n            \u2022 What is the size and longevity of this opportunity?<br \/>\n            \u2022 How much and in what way should I be investing in esports?<br \/>\n            \u2022 What will happen once traditional sports returns to normality?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"author__bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"comment\">Comment<\/label><br \/>\n<textarea aria-required=\"true\" cols=\"45\" id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" placeholder=\"Message\" rows=\"8\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"author\">Name<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"author\" name=\"author\" placeholder=\"Name...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"name\">Email<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"url\">Url<\/label><input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" placeholder=\"Website...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-cookies-consent\"><input id=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" name=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"yes\"\/> <label for=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\">Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.<\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit\"><input class=\"submit\" id=\"comment-submit\" name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\"\/> <input id=\"comment_post_ID\" name=\"comment_post_ID\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"17816\"\/> <input id=\"comment_parent\" name=\"comment_parent\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia Gaming Brief is pleased to release details of the next edition of its AGB Webinar Series, titled: \u2018Can Esports Fill the Void?\u2019 Held on Thursday 28th May 2020 at 2 pm HKT, the webinar will aim to explore the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WILL ESPORTS HYPE SURVIVE PAST COVID-19? 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