The taming of e-sports' Wild West

Mr Kevin Lin, co-founder of video game streaming service Twitch, was in Singapore last month as a speaker at the All That Matters entertainment conference.
Mr Kevin Lin, co-founder of video game streaming service Twitch, was in Singapore last month as a speaker at the All That Matters entertainment conference. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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The world of e-sports has often been likened to the American Wild West over the past two decades and for good reason. You had intrepid pioneers pushing forward into uncharted territory, a propensity for huge booms or busts and a general lack of rules combining for an "anything goes" culture.

All that may soon be a thing of the past, however.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 03, 2018, with the headline The taming of e-sports' Wild West. Subscribe