Breaking News, World News and Taiwan News.  Let government stay
out of the business of cyber gaming  Government officials and
lawmakers agreed to help establish cyber gaming, or “e-sports,”
as a national sport that qualifies for government assistance
shortly after a Taiwanese team won an international video game
tournament in the so-called City of Angels in the United States
The Taipei Assassins (TPA) defeated a team from South Korea in
the “League of Legends” world championships in Los Angeles on
Oct. 13 and took home the US$1 million (approximately NT$29
million) first prize. The cash is cold, and the honor is badly
needed. A Nobel Prize winner as big as the European Union takes
home not much more prize money than that.  Chen Yueh-hsin,
chairman of a league that promotes cyber gaming in Taiwan, and
the title-winning TPA have called on the legislative caucuses of
the Kuomintang, the Democratic Progressive Party and the People
First Party and urged lawmakers to help lobby the Sports Affairs
Council (SAC) to