The Danes are crazy about e-sports, so many will have to learn about Counter-Strike The Major will be held for the first time in Denmark next March at the Royal Arena.
Esports coach Sune Guld Boesen, who works at Vesterbros Ungdomsgaard, is super excited about the event.
“I think it’s fantastic for Copenhagen. It’s always nice when we dare to take another leap, and they’ve had the courage to organize this tournament,” he tells CPH POST.
“It’s like the Champions League in football: the biggest competition in e-sports. The audience will be massive.”
Not just any old major
This Major will also be the first in history where Counter Strike 2 is played, unlike the original.
The prize pool will be 1,250,000 US dollars and all the world’s best teams are expected to participate.
The most recent Counter-Strike Major was held in Rio de Janeiro, where the crowd surpassed any previous competition and carried the hometown team through to the semi-finals.
– The audience at the Royal Arena will be of great importance to the Danish teams, promised Boesen.
โLooking back at the last major in Brazil, it was probably one of the craziest majors I’ve ever seen from a spectator’s point of view. The atmosphere was just fantastic. So I hope that the atmosphere will also be good in Copenhagen.โ
E-sports is on the rise
Esports in Denmark have a massive following, and according to Boesen, they continue to have a positive influence on young people around the country.
“I think the esports scene has gotten so much better since I was a kid. When I was an 11 or 12-year-old playing games online, I just wanted to compete. I was so into it, I just wanted to go home and be alone with it. So I wasn’t able to discuss it and it was quite antisocial,” he countered.
“Compare where it is today with all the youth clubs and other places where you can go and share your passion for eSports: it’s a different world. People actually want to talk about it and kids can learn to becoming better people through the social aspect of the game, that’s what I’m trying to teach because I know it’s important to teach people that eSports can have the same positive impact as other sports if they’re taken seriously. “
Source: The Nordic Page