Charm of e-sports wins fans at Asiad

After nearly 20 days perched at the front of the Main Press Center at the Jakarta Asian Games, a huge video board had become all but ignored.

But when live broadcasts of the Asiad's first-ever e-sports competition started on Wednesday, all eyes were on the screen.

Many journalists accustomed to covering traditional sports seemed to be a little bit confused when they saw the gaming characters of League of Legends employing dazzling magic to fight each other.