The Electronic Sports League (ESL) announced that it would conduct skin tests for the drugs at its next tournament - ESL One Cologne in Germany on August, 2015.
Playing Violent Video Games Can Lead To Aggressive and Negative Emotional Outcomes
Those players who played a violent video game showed a tendency to perceive the world in a more hostile way than those who played the nonviolent game.
Those players who played a violent video game showed a tendency to perceive the world in a more hostile way than those who played the nonviolent game.
While participants at traditional sports events take performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to increase physical ability, video gamers generally use them for increasing concentration and reducing reaction times.
ESL said it would work with World Anti-Doping Agency and Germany’s national doping agency to create a policy to prevent the use of drugs in esports events.
Video Games can be A Better Source of Physical Activity Than Outdoor Play for Children
Previous studies investigating active video games had not investigated the energy expenditure of these games as compared to unstructured outdoor play.
Previous studies investigating active video games had not investigated the energy expenditure of these games as compared to unstructured outdoor play.
"ESL will also be meeting with WADA (the World Anti Doping Agency based in Montreal, Canada) so they can be actively involved in the making, enforcing and dissemination of this policy to additional regions such as the US, Asia and Australia," the statement said.
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Playing Excess Video Games Lowers Brain Activity and May Increase Alzheimer�s Risk
Video gamers would have spent 10,000 hours of their life on gaming by the time they are 21 putting them at a risk of impaired brain function.
Video gamers would have spent 10,000 hours of their life on gaming by the time they are 21 putting them at a risk of impaired brain function.
Violent Video Games Do Not Make Autistic Adults Aggressive or Violent
There is no proof that violent video games may cause gamers with autism to become aggressive or violent. But the potential long term effects are still debatable.
There is no proof that violent video games may cause gamers with autism to become aggressive or violent. But the potential long term effects are still debatable.
