Like any sport, be it electronic or not, the players who compete in it have to constantly improve to try to win. We are used to those traditional sports becoming professional with high-level facilities, and now the world of e-Sports is going to follow that path hand in hand with a totally new one: The Pro Lab, the training center for gamers in what It has been called as the science of esports.
We could think that the gamer centers and houses where the teams trained were something already professional. Talks, joint training and strategies were already the order of the day, but you have to climb one more step if you want to compete today and here Team Liquid and Alienware come in with this new training center for esports athletes.
The Pro Lab, a twist to e-Sports
The first training space of its kind backed by esports science, this might be the most optimal definition to understand what we are referring to here. Until now, training based on specific data was done with the already veteran KPIs, but now the approach goes much further and has sought to obtain quantifiable independent data that will focus on several key areas of the player:
- anticipatory skills.
- Divided attention.
- emotional regulation.
- Automaticity.
These four are just the beginning of what is to come and will be expanded as needed for training. Team Liquid co-owner Steve Arhancet explains in detail:
“Pro Lab, in partnership with Alienware, is the next stage in the evolution of gamers. Our primary focus will be on working smarter to give our gamers the resources to learn about themselves, their habits, their strengths and areas of expertise.” improvement so that we can continue to grow and compete at the highest level.Over the course of the past decade, the core of this partnership has always been a shared desire to empower and uplift not only Team Liquid athletes, but the industry as a whole. general. Pro Lab is an extension of that”
As expected, the center will have specific equipment to promote those skills that are sought. From gaming monitors to data servers.
The hardware behind this training center
The Pro Lab works with quite interesting hardware and peripherals, since it is a curious mixture that is not focused on professional gaming with which players train and therefore they look for another more specific profile:
- Alienware Aurora R13 and Alienware 34 Curved QD-OLED Gaming Monitors.
- A specially configured Precision 7920 workstation, processing high-volume, real-time reporting on AI applications and powering 6 Alienware 25 Gaming Monitors at once.
- A PowerEdge R740xd2 server to maximize uptime for data-intensive workloads.
- Team Liquid’s performance scientists and analysts will use these high-performance systems to run BrainsFirst’s NeurOlympics software, establishing a primary baseline for each athlete.
These teams will be in charge of determining, quantifying and working on four key cognitive tests that fall into four different categories:
- Attention.
- Memory.
- Control.
- Anticipation.
With this, this Pro Lab will be integrated into the larger Alienware training facilities in Utrecht, The Netherlands and Santa Monica, California, which are also currently being renovated to support more than 110 athletes and more than 120 team members . TeamLiquid team. What seems clear is that e-Sports are becoming more professional and players will go from being simple people who train by playing a game to athletes where the physical will be an important part in addition to brain training, which will drive the sector to a new level, especially with the arrival of the Metaverse.