For readers outside of China, let me start by providing some background on myself and esports in China. I am the former Director at ESL Asia and GTV Gaming Sports Channel in China. ESL Asia is located in Beijing’s Haidian district. ESL Gaming is in charge of operations throughout Asia. They are specialists in local…

Once upon a time, television production trucks were like cruise ships on wheels. They pulled into a sporting event, swaggering with self-importance; fifty feet of gleaming metal pulled behind a pavement-buckling Peterbilt that belched diesel smoke and deafened every innocent bystander within a mile’s radius. Once parked, these production trailers began unloading thousands of pounds of…