La Cantina: Esports in the times of COVID

Written by: Chris Watson

October 24, 2020

Updated on October 24, 2020

Lead Game DeveloperChris Watson

Chris Watson is a gaming expert and writer. He has loved video games since childhood and has been writing about them for over 15 years. Chris has worked for major gaming magazines where he reviewed new games and wrote strategy guides. He started his own gaming website to share insider tips and in-depth commentary about his favorite games. When he's not gaming or writing, Chris enjoys travel and hiking. His passion is helping other gamers master new games.

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Expertises: Game Development, Unity and Unreal Engine, C# and C++ Programming, Interactive Storytelling, Esports and Streaming

Many of these changes could be a game changer

This Friday the Cantina Meristation received as guests the professional players Ricardo Aragon and Stunx of the Infinity Esports team, as well as Eduardo Díaz, founder of the Mexican Academy of Esports, which just this week had its first anniversary.

All those present chatted about various changes caused by COVID in the training routine, recommended exercises, how the internet has been affected in terms of bandwidths and pings, the type of smartphone they use to compete, as well as the challenges and projects future within their career as professionals of Garena’s title, Free Fire.

As usual, the audience participated in the chats on Facebook, Twitch, YouTube and Booya! with comments related to the topic.