Chonnam National University of Science announced on the 5th that it held a 'Sudden Attack' event with the Gwangyang City Disabled e-Sports Association at the Gwangyang National Sports Center in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do, as part of the '2024 E-Sports Professional Training Project'.
Chonnam National University of Science explained that the event is an integrated e-sports competition involving the disabled and the non-disabled, and is significant in creating an inclusive sports environment for everyone to enjoy. It was hosted by Gwangyang City and Gwangyang City Sports Council for the Disabled, organized by Chonnam National University of Science e-Sports, and sponsored by Gwangyang City Sports Association for the Disabled, Korea Soft, and Robot Factory.
The competition was held in collaboration with the e-sports department of Chonnam National University of Science and the Gwangyang City Association for the Disabled, and a total of 38 people participated. A total of 13 disabled e-sports players, including 25 students from the e-sports department, five from POSCO DX (Baek Gil-ju, Park Joo-hee, Lee Moon-sung, Kim Sung-jin, and Jung Ha-rim), three from POSCO GYR Tech (Kim Hyung-min, Kim Jung-hoon, Kim Yong-jin), and three from the Korea Rural Community Corporation (Yang Eun-ho, Kim Sung-hoon, and Lee Ye-seok), were present to create a place of harmony and competition.
Disabled athletes and non-disabled students competed in a team of four people 'Sudden Attack'. Contestants said "It was a valuable time to break down each other's barriers and experience cooperation and understanding through esports." The teams that performed well received prizes such as gaming wireless headsets and wireless keyboards.
Lee Yoo-chan, chair of the department of e-sports at Chonnam National University of Science, said "E-sports is a good medium for disabled and non-disabled people to communicate with each other."E-sports has sufficient educational value, such as increased communication between classes, improved disability awareness, and access to information and communication. We will establish an online educational environment that considers the accessibility of the disabled through an online teaching tool (e-sportshub)." In order to actively practice this, the head of the department explained that the slogan of Chonnam National University of Science's e-sports department was 'barrier-free (a world without barriers)' at e-time now.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
