Its in german, but they dont use any complicated words so anyone who knows basics should understand it. This material isnt anything more than your usual esports introduction, but it is definitly well made and a good watch.
it's in german and it's rather 'friendly' for german media.
* references the red ferrari tournament and esports in korea
* avek was born and lives currently in a 30k city in poland with 20% unemployment
* he discovered quake at 14 and abandoned his other hobbies to play quake and become world champion (eswc) at 15
* he treats gaming as a job, docu claims it pays well (3x the average income) in comparison
* avek says it's merely better than a normal job
* he has finished school by now(?) and will focus on gaming, study sometime later
* his manager (bas) claims his market value is 150k
* his parents support his gaming
He won ESWC when he was 16 years old. He couldn't participate in it when he was 15, although many people tried to convince ESWC to let him play. However, he went to the event just to be there, since Bas thought it would give him at least some experience.
actually the the vid said that he beat fatal1ty in some tournament in the usa at age 15 (prolly qcon but they don't say it and I cba to look it up) and that later he became a world champion (eswc)
We have one of the best Counter-Strike 1.6 and NFS players in the world, not to mention av3k in Quake Live and the Polish StarCraft scene, which in Brood War was probably the toughest in Europe. So, yeah... ok.
Don't know German, so I don't know what was said exactly. But I don't think that even if they used the word "gaming," they meant something else than e-sport.
Even if, I wouldn't say that the gaming boom hasn't started here yet, either. It's pretty much the same as in the rest of Europe.