Gaming Flashcards

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Fortnight

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A fortnight is a period of two weeks … .

If I say to You “Fortnight”/”fortnite”, what do You think of?
Well, that’s easy … .

In 1950 Bertie the Brain was the name of one of the very first computer games.
It played a simple game noughts & crosses, also known as tic-tac-toe.
But how tall was this PC?
4 meters
Esports or computer game competitions are now a thing,

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Into sth / Get into sth

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If Your are into sth, You are very interested in it.
And to get into sth is the process of becoming interested in that sth.

they are even discussing including them in the olympic games.
I’ve played video games all my life.
“All my life” might be a bit exaggeration, means ever since he can remember.

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Competitively

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Competitively mean playing in competition against other players.

I started playing competitively when I was nine or ten.
Multi-player video game competition which people pay to go & watch are known as esports.

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Competitively

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Competitively mean playing in competition against other players.

I started playing competitively when I was nine or ten.
Multi-player video game competition which people pay to go & watch are known as esports.

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Professional

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Doing sth as a professional mean that it’s more than a hobby or pastime & also You may get paid.

I just realized that I could probably like go to a professional level, if I keep playing @ the level I am.
You are already a professional broadcaster.

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Industry

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An area of business that is made up of different things(parts) can be described as an industry.

It’s becoming a multi-billion-industry: just games, production of games, publishing of games, & the esport scene

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Scene

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Scene(n.), is used particularly to describe a world of particular activity.

Esport is not just one thing now, it’s a whole industry.
Esport scene.

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