The interest and popularity of eSports have risen exponentially over the years. With viewership being at an all time high and the massive sponsorship, the eSports industry has turned into a multi billion dollars industry. Individuals and corporations have seen this as an opportunity to tap into the huge wealth of the eSports industry and in turn make a living from eSports. Before now, people used to play games solely for entertainment but the eSports industry has been able to introduce new ways for players to earn a living from doing what they love doing. Game developers and publishers are continually engaged in search of new ways to improve the current games in offering, create new games and also create eSports leagues for their games.
The Current Problems
The major problem as seen in the eSports industry is the abscence of a unified source of governance. This has resulted in many irregularities, non transparency in the industry, young professional gamers are being exploited, mismanaging of contracts are now commonplace. In general there is abscence of regulations for competitive integrity, and policy about players welfare.
The Asura Proposition
Asura intends to solve these problems by building a platform that is nestled on the blockchain technology, guaranteeing trustless settlement of rules through smart contracts working on a selection of NEO nodes. The advantage of the NEO Blockchain is that it provides an extra layer of security of payments, data storage, secure transfers, peer to peer relationship among users. The Asura platform apart from being a gaming platform has other uses. It is a community of eSports lovers who come together to share their ideas, solutions, analysis and reviews. The platform provides users with access to eSports betting, where users are allowed to suggest and create their own bet types apart from the default bet types on the platform. This provides more flexibility to the platform compared to traditional betting sites. Users will have access to live matches which they can stream from anywhere around the world free of charge, access to professional guides from professional gamers. Apart from being able to create own bet types, users will be able to host their own 1v1 or 5v5 matches and also host tournaments, determine the prize pool, number of participants, games and so on. There is also a community centre where users will be able to catch up with the latest trending news in the eSports industry and at the same time take part in discussions.
A Rewarding Ecosystem
Users who contribute in different ways to the growth of the community are rewarded for their actions in ASA coins. The ASA coin is an NEP-5 token which which will act as an economy driver of the Asura platform. It provides users with access to different services available on the platform, it will be used to pay for services, to bet on games, and as an incentive. There are numerous ways to earn ASA coins on the platform;
* Referring friends and teammates to the Asura platform, the referral and the referred will both earn ASA coins in return.
* By successfully predicting the outcome of matches on the platform, users will earn ASA coins as a reward.
* Winning hosted tournaments and Asura tournaments.
* Pomoting the community by producing quality contents and promoting the smooth functioning of the platform.
* Those who win matchmaking competitions will also earn ASA coins.
Conclusion
Asura will succeed where others have failed, creating a community of eSports lovers who come together to bet, compete with each other for trophies, learn, discuss and monetise their passion. Built at the core of NEO blockchain, users will have full confidence in the system since rules once approved will be automated by smart contracts. The NEO Blockchain will provide remarkable scalability more than is achievable on other blockchains, this will guarantee the smooth running of the platform.
Important Asura Links
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Whitepaper: https://asuracoin.io/whitepaper.pdf
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