Esports scholarship at Deutsche Bahn (German railways)
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Re: Esports scholarship at Deutsche Bahn (German railways)
#2I really hope it's Transport Tycoon
Re: Esports scholarship at Deutsche Bahn (German railways)
#3Well, as it seems they have a hard time getting trains on time, perhaps stress resiliency practiced in gaming is a useful skill for customer service reps.
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#4Huh, I wonder why... maybe they noticed they have a lot of gamers as employees? Maybe the work in the railway business attracts gamers in particular?
To kill the mood, maybe it's a bad idea considering one DB signalman was distracted by a phone game and let 2 trains into one train segment heading into each other: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36025951
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#5I really hope it's Transport Tycoon
Papers Please (2013)
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#6I will hire on the spot any candidate with 1000+ hours in factorio.
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#7I will hire on the spot any candidate with 1000+ hours in factorio.
Cannot wait for the clickbait YouTube video: Factorio pro [1000+ hours] ANNIHILATES deathworld (Sachsen)
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#8This is pretty cool and it shows how commonplace eSports has become.
I played 'esports' before that was a term and before it was this popular and had any mainstream awareness. Essentially we had large LAN-parties with some competitive elements.. good old days of early CS and UT.
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#9Competitive Train Simulator Classic coming to the station near you!
Re: Esports scholarship at Deutsche Bahn (German railways)
#10Wow. This is neat.
I expect we may see more things like this in the future.
My former employer sponsored an Esports team (Liquid).