SAN JOSE, California: The lounge in downtown San Jose, California, looks like any sports pub. Fans crowd around the bar, perch over tables and stare at TV screens, rooting for favourite teams and cheering spectacular plays.
But the dozens of people gathered in this tavern in the South Bay Area tech hub were not watching baseball or soccer. They were watching professional computer gamers compete with virtual swords and spells for a potential multimillion-dollar jackpot.
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