Inside Korea's esports training camp, where gamers get Olympic-style care
BUSAN — When the elevator doors opened at Busan e-sports Arena in central Seomyeon on Sept. 5, a black partition blocked the view. Although normally open to the public, the venue was closed to outsiders that day, converted into an exclusive training camp reserved for the national esports team. With national team insignia and cheering slogans filling the interior walls, the facility resembled the…
The Korea Times reports on the conversion of the Busan e-sports Arena into an exclusive training camp for the national esports team, mirroring the structure of the country's premier Olympic training center, the Jincheon National Training Center. The national team, preparing for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, includes League of Legends (LoL) players such as Faker.
The Korea e-Sports Association (KeSPA) announced that the team completed their domestic seasons and arrived in Busan to begin intensive bootcamp sessions and scrimmages. Led by head coach Kang Dong-hoon, the team will face warm-up matches against Thailand and Vietnam this weekend in preparation for the upcoming event.
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