Poll: Should eSports Competitors Be Screend For PEDs?

Not long after promising to take measures against doping in its tournaments, competitive gaming company Electronic Sports League on Thursday announced what steps it's taking to combat the issue.

With the aim of "safeguarding the integrity" of ESL tournaments and providing a fair playing field for all, the league has partnered with the Germany-based Nationale Anti-Doping Agentur (NADA) to research and determine an anti-PED policy that is "fair, feasible, and respects the privacy of players whilst simultaneously providing conclusive testing results."

The ESL has not yet provided a list of banned substances or disciplinary measures for people caught using PEDs or admitting to having used them. But this information is coming soon.

What do you think, GameSpotters. Should eSports competitors be screened for PEDs?

Yes, because eSports are competitions designed with fairness as a core foundational ideal of the quality experience that is a level playing field. Performance enhancing drugs are contrary to that principle.

If a drug can give a team an edge, its not fair. If Esports want to be taken seriously they need to take the integrity of the game seriously

Yes, absolutely.

What are PEDs?

Performance enhancing drugs.

Who cares? if people want to use Red Bull or alike while they play , then why not.

I think yes, however, what if the esports scene allowed any kind of PED, and all players enhanced their capabilities during matches to push the limits and create some super pro gamers, what if all sports did this, amazing feats of meaningless human achievement yeah!

Caffeine, inositol, taurine, etc. Are not PEDs.

Caffeine, for one, is a performance enhancing drug. It has been allowed for utilization by the World Anti-Doping Agency as of 2015.

https://wada-main-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/files/wada-2015-prohibited-list-en.pdf

Fair play.

One of those words is being warped with PEDs.

yes.