Esports is people playing at home on their gaming platform being matched up against equally skilled opponents. Esports is a growing community. It is easy for amateurs to access it, all that is needed is an internet connection and the game.
Pool is different because both players must physically occupy the same space, pool halls help that. But in certain parts of the country going to a pool hall is less sensible then shooting at a neighbors table.
Could that experience of the "neighbors table" become a league? Instead of league night, players pay a fee, access the player database, work out the details of the match, play the match at a specified location and then upload the results.
In a place heavily populated area, it wouldn't make sense. But in smaller towns where people have home tables and there are no pool rooms, could it work?
What problems could be managed easily and which would be the challenges?
Pool is different because both players must physically occupy the same space, pool halls help that. But in certain parts of the country going to a pool hall is less sensible then shooting at a neighbors table.
Could that experience of the "neighbors table" become a league? Instead of league night, players pay a fee, access the player database, work out the details of the match, play the match at a specified location and then upload the results.
In a place heavily populated area, it wouldn't make sense. But in smaller towns where people have home tables and there are no pool rooms, could it work?
What problems could be managed easily and which would be the challenges?