Games That Deserve Their Own Esports League
Worms
Real-time strategy games are a popular esports category, and it’s easy to see the appeal. Two players enter a digital arena, control armies that feature different units and tactics, and try to outsmart and outplay one another. However, while these games are highly tactical, they don’t give players a lot of time to plan their strategies, which is where Worms comes in.
The Worms franchise is a long-running strategy series where players command worms. Cartoonish, talking worms who wield everything from bog-standard Call of Duty ordinance to Loony Toons Acme Corporation anvils.
Instead of constructing and commanding armies, Worms narrows its focus so players only have to decide what weapons to use and where to aim them.
Depending on the weapon and its trajectory, players can sow mass devastation or self-destruction. Plus, Worms games feature destructible terrain, so each weapon is as dangerous to its target as it is to its wielder.
While most esports RTS games are 1v1 affairs, Worms focuses on teamwork. Well, teamwork and blowing up everything with flying sheep that fart poisonous gas.
A Worms esports league would provide audiences and players with a strategy game that requires communication and camaraderie. More importantly, since the franchise is rated “E10 for ages 10 and up,” even children could participate in a Worms esports league. With their parents’ permissions, of course.
