eSport Association Germany

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eSports Federation Germany
(ESBD)
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legal form registered association
Seat GermanyGermany Berlin
founding November 26, 2017

president GermanyGermany Hans Jagnow
Website esportbund.de

The eSport-Bund Deutschland ( ESBD ​​for short ) is a German interest group for the promotion of e-sports , which was founded on November 26, 2017 in Frankfurt am Main and is based in Berlin .

Act

The eSport-Bund Deutschland sees itself as representing the interests of e-athletes in the German amateur and top-class sport sector. The association wants to achieve recognition of e-sports in Germany. He would like to be available as a contact person for other sports associations and sports policy in the field of e-sports and promote the exchange of ideas on this topic in the areas of society, science and business. In the organizational area, the eSport-Bund Deutschland wants to establish regulations, certify trainers and referees and organize its own leagues. The association also wants to promote young talent and take part in international tournaments with national teams. The association takes a critical and wait-and-see approach to integrating e-sports into the Olympic Games .

The association has been offering trainer training since 2019, although this is not of an official nature.

In April 2019, a working group was set up to deal with the social issue of gender diversity in esports.

Since the beginning of 2019, the ESBD has been working together with regional partners in Schleswig-Holstein to create Germany's first state center for e-sports. The soft opening took place in Kiel on December 18, 2019 . The opening is planned for the first quarter of 2020.

The association organizes its own club league in the games League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive .

At the general meeting in November / December 2019, the association decided on structural reform.

criticism

The author Timo Schöber takes a critical look at the ESBD in the article published on mein-mmo.de that has to happen for e-sports to officially become a “real sport” . He argues that the self-designation “umbrella organization” is incorrect with around 30 members, especially since “top clans such as SK Gaming , mousesports or Penta Sports ” are not members of the ESBD. Schöber explains that after two years of existence, the Esport-Bund Deutschland did not achieve any of its original goals: the promotion of e-sports analogous to classic sport and the recognition of e-sports. Therefore, he concludes, the “e-sports scene” faces the association with amazement and often rejection. The structural reform resolved at the 2019 General Assembly also experienced a critical discussion. On esportsrecht.com, the author states that the new statutes have significant legal errors and require revision. For example, editorial errors in the new statutes of the ESBD are mentioned. In addition, the regulations on the reasons for a member exclusion from the ESBD, the appeal procedure and the sanctions of the arbitral tribunal of the ESBD contain legal errors. Overall, the new statutes would have to be legally revised.

In the course of the establishment of the Esports Association for Europe (EEF), there was renewed criticism of the ESBD. At the general assembly of the ESBD it was decided that the association would join the EEF when it was founded. At the same time, no ESBD member should run for the presidium. Despite this decision, the ESBD President Hans Jagnow stood for election as EEF President without any opposing candidates and was elected. Said Sam Mathews, CEO of Fnatic : “You can't just come into esports with 100 guys dressed in suits and just get started. Esport is operated by the publishers, teams and players, who all strive to constantly advance the 'ecosystem'. And nobody wears suits. "

Andreas Schaetzke, CEO of Penta Sports , also expressed criticism of the ESBD in this context: “However, with the ESBD in Esport Germany, a structure was more or less arbitrarily slipped over that did not really fit. Furthermore - and this is another problem for the association - at least the defined main goals of the organization would then have to be achieved. The ESBD was founded almost two and a half years ago. What has been achieved operationally? Recognition of esports as a sport and funding from sports pots certainly not - and those are the declared main goals of the association. "

According to ESBD President Jagnow, ESBD “achieved a lot in its first two years”, grew and built up structures; Political support for the movement gained and projects such as eSports visas, trainer training, code of ethics and a central specialist conference implemented.

Members

The founding members of the eSport-Bund Deutschland include six amateur clubs and 14 professional teams . The professional teams include the organizations Alternate Attax , Mysterious Monkeys , Unicorns of Love and the esports department of the Fraport Skyliners in the ESBD. In addition, the Federal Association of Interactive Entertainment Software, representing the interests of the gaming industry, and the Electronic Sports League, the tournament organizer, are founding members of the association. The lawyer Hans Jagnow, who is a research assistant in the areas of digitization and network policy in the Berlin House of Representatives , became the first president of the ESBD. From 2016 to 2018 he was a board member of the amateur club 1. Berliner eSport-Club e. V. He is supported by four vice-presidents, including the long-time managing director of the basketball league , Jan Pommer , and Martin Müller, chairman of the Magdeburg eSports association.

As of July 2020, the members include 50 associations and organizations.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f eSport-Bund Deutschland (ESBD): Amateurs, professionals, ESL and BIU found top association. GamesWirtschaft.de, November 26, 2017, accessed on November 28, 2017 .
  2. ↑ eSports Federation Germany: Statute of ESBD. (PDF) January 15, 2018, accessed February 15, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Kristin Banse: ESBD: "Keeping German eSports competitive". Kicker Online eSport, November 27, 2017, accessed on November 28, 2017 .
  4. ↑ German eSport Association founded. Deutsche Welle , November 27, 2017, accessed on November 28, 2017 .
  5. ↑ eSport-Bund Deutschland founded in Frankfurt. Focus Online , November 28, 2017, accessed November 28, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Tim Osing: eSports President Hans Jagnow: "I wish Merkel in eSports" . In: Sport Bild . December 13, 2017, p. 87 .
  7. ↑ ESBD ​​Academy. Retrieved December 8, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Gender Diversity - ESBD - eSport-Bund Deutschland e. V. Accessed September 21, 2019 .
  9. ↑ LEZ.SH. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Soft Opening: eSports regional center in Kiel takes off. In: gaming-grounds.de. December 18, 2019, accessed December 19, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Games economy: Schleswig-Holstein: Kiel builds state center for eSports (update). In: GamesWirtschaft.de. December 6, 2019, accessed December 8, 2019 .
  12. ↑ ESBD ​​club league | 2019 | 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2019 .
  13. ↑ ESBD ​​general meeting in Cologne decides on the presidium, structure and Europe - ESBD - eSport-Bund Deutschland e. V. Accessed December 1, 2019 .
  14. ↑ This has to happen so that e-sports officially become “real sport”. In: Mein-MMO.de. November 17, 2019, accessed November 28, 2019 .
  15. ↑ The structural reform of ESBD: A very critical Summary - eSportsRecht.com. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Sam Mathews: Yo. You can't come into esports with 100 guys in suits and try and put your foot down. Esports is run by publishers teams and players, who are all driven to drive the ecosystem forward. None of which wear suits. Thanks but no thanks. So where's the? https://twitter.com/esportsineurope/status/1230771518709256197.+In:+ @sammathews. Twitter, February 22, 2020, accessed February 24, 2020 .
  17. ↑ ESBD ​​/ EFF criticism and warnings from Andreas Schaetzke. In: eSport portal. February 23, 2020, accessed February 24, 2020 .
  18. ^ Sharp criticism of "Esports Europe Federation" (EEF). In: gaming-grounds.de. February 23, 2020, accessed February 24, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Hans Jagnow: ESBD and EDF. A reply about the voluntary work in eSports. February 24, 2020, accessed on February 25, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Bureau - ESBD - eSports Association Germany e. V. Accessed February 23, 2019 .
  21. ↑ a b Presidium. eSport-Bund Deutschland e. V., February 15, 2018, accessed February 15, 2018 .
  22. ↑ Members - ESBD - eSport-Bund Deutschland eV Accessed on July 6, 2020 .