What Will It Take for North American Dota 2 To Succeed?

North America holding a strong third place globally. They are still falling behind Asia and Europe as dominant Dota 2 nations. But why is that if the amount of people in North America playing is still very high? America holding many of the biggest eSports events around the world, has been the worst at the eSports games since 2001. Many believe that it is a cultural issue on why America falls behind all their foreign counterparts. America has always offered scholarships for their youth in athletics so that they can have a way of financial help when they go to play their collegiate sports and that is why North America is some of the best at team based sports. That doesn't happen for the athletes because there is no collegiate eSports system for the gamer's in North America. It doesn't compare to countries like South Korea, where gaming is a recognized passion, there is a system that helps those players be able to financially be helped. North America's phenoms mostly come from individual talent that hope to reach the top because of their worth ethic, but not as much as the help from others. Video games in these European or Asian countries are much more accepted, and the players don't have to move out of their houses and live on their own till they usually are in their late 20's. Where as in North America the young and coming up people in society are continuously moving out by the age of 18 and having to pay their own bills and not have the money or time to pay those bills. Living expenses in North America are also much higher than countries like Sweden. With expenses and gaming not being accepted as much, it is harder for gamer's to be able to shine in their eSport title because the time simply isn't there unless they force upon their schedules.

Also North America was a late bloomer compared to these other centers of Dota 2. The game has been around East Europe and China much longer than it has been in North America. A matter of fact years ahead. With the majority of America's gamer's are still more willing to play hardcore games on consoles, it is knocking them off the stepping blocks and putting them behind all the other countries that are rising with PC eSports.

Another big let down is that it is hard to play and get better if they can't play every day against the best teams in the world. Because all these other countries are so far away from North America, the over see connection counts in lag compensation for whoever is player. It makes the game harder to play. Have you ever clicked a button on a computer and it doesn't respond for a few seconds after? Well that is what happens when American gamer's are trying to play these top teams in other countries. It doesn't allow for the full practice. Time zones are even off. If a team on the West Coast of North America is trying to play a team in Europe, the time difference makes it hard to find times to where they can actually play. Then when they do, there is a lag. There is going to have to be a way for players all over the world to compete against each other with no disadvantages so the playing field is level and the practice needed, is fulfilled.