Red Bull is an energy drink company as most of you know. You might also know that they spend a lot of time sponsoring some of the best athletes in the world to wear their product as advertising, and in return giving them benefits that only they can get from Red Bull. Now I have said that they, "sponsor athletes". You would never think that they are sponsoring video gamers because its not an athletic field one bit, not to anyone in the world. Well everyone is right, it's not athletic but they are still looked at as athletes. E-Sport players are players who play certain video games professionally and only the best of the best are sponsored by Red Bull. They are looking to expand the horizon of the gamer and help people realize that gaming isn't what everyone thinks it is. They want to show people that eSports is something that can be a heavyweight contender in viewership with a lot of sports in the world. Right now, at the start of 2014 there are only 8 gamers sponsored by Red Bull and among those 8 have more personal views on twitch.tv, than a lot of sports do on some of their biggest events. Do you like Red Bull? I know I do, but not just because of the drink, but because of all the extensions in the world that they are reaching out to in order to show everyone that the "norm" isn't the norm in the world anymore because now pro gamers are now making just as much money as a lot of pro sport athletes. Professional gamers are indeed, at the same level as professional athletes all over the world.
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