Continuing to see how the world of eSports works, let’s talk today about gaming houses and how important they are for competitive video games. First of all, let’s clarify what gaming houses are for those who don’t know. Each professional eSports organization has its own personal gaming house. This term refers to a place where players coexist for certain periods of time in order to train together and improve their synergy. Gaming house literally means “gaming house” and in reality it is exactly that. In most cases, these are independent houses in which players live together for very long periods of time.
The wealthiest organizations provide players with real villas in which to stay, equipping them with every possible comfort. From a certain point of view they could be defined as the players’ office . It must be added, however, that, in addition to working on it for many hours a day with training, the players live there in all respects. Even the coaches are present in the house gaming to address the training of the players and treat the strategic aspect but also manage the group in terms of “social”. Since the teams are often made up of players from different cultures, the coach often has the task of organizing daily life in the gaming house in the best possible way without putting any of his boys in difficulty.
Improve player affinity
Among the aspects that make gaming houses indispensable in eSports are those related to the synergy between players . Esports are team competitions, which is why the better you know the players the better the results. The gaming house therefore takes care of this aspect on two sides. First of all the players, living together and playing together from 10 to 14 hours a day, learn to know the characteristics of their teammates and to put the coaches’ strategies into practice. In addition to knowing each other as players, thanks to the coexistence in the gaming house they learn to know each other as men. This aspect is often underestimated but it is of extreme importance in eSports. The harmony between players can drastically determine the outcome of a match.
Speaking of the staff behind the players in eSports, we have seen just how there are professionals who take care of the players’ mindset . Among the variables that generate mental well-being and reduce stress, there are precisely those related to group harmony . Keep in mind that these guys have to play and train practically all day. If they are not close to each other and do not fit together well from a human point of view, then they would accumulate stress that affects the game results. Gaming houses allow players to get to know each other and through coexistence they train in a happy environment. Sharing the little things of everyday life, from meals to sleep or going out in your free time, creates team affinity and bonds between players. A bit like in football, very often you win with the “heart” even in eSports.
Analytical study and comparison
As we mentioned before, in addition to the aspect linked to the mindset and affinity of the players, gaming houses are important from a “strategic” point of view . Imagine a screen with graphics, gameplay videos and the coach with the wand explaining. All this can easily take place in a gaming house. If it wasn’t there, imagine an online voice call and the coach explaining to the players in the conference. You can easily understand how important the gaming house is from this point of view. If players are able to increase their team play by playing together in the same way, coaches and analysts can work in symbiosis.. In addition to being able to directly and immediately analyze the games of their players, they can compare themselves to each other and prepare strategies more effectively.
A fact that can further corroborate how important gaming houses are is the fact that they don’t exist only for team games. In fact, even single player eSports provide gaming houses where the player is together with the coach and analyst staff. Furthermore, there are also realities in Italy where we are not limited to simple gaming houses. This applies for example to larger organizations which therefore have more than one eSports team . In those cases, they have a gaming house for each team of the different esports. It is sometimes a sort of “campus” of gamers in practice. In America they are very common and even in our parts they are starting to spread.
