The move has been welcomed by the industry who have been continually pushing for the government in Taiwan to recognise eSports as a sport.
Taiwan's Culture Department has announced that a certain number of eSports players will be exempt from mandatory military service each year.
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That's good news
@ZhugeEX my wife's got family in Taiwan and some of the youngster really wanna get into eSports! Good news for them!
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Usually there are exemptions for other similar sports
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with that small population, might as well do so to get more recognition
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Do any countries' milittaries have esports teams the way that the US has Army/Navy/Air Force college football teams?
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Woah! Big deal! Nice to see esports players receiving national attention like this.
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