Are professional video-gamers really the sportsmen of the future?

At a packed Seoul arena, the atmosphere is electric. More than 30,000 fans are glued to the stage's vast video screen. On a speedboat racing down the city's Han River, their champion arrives. Known as "BoxeR", he is 27, wildly rich, and a national hero.

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