Richard Ng didn't plan it this way, but he might just be standing at the forefront of an eSports revolution.
The 38-year-old brand strategist finds himself moonlighting as the founder of the Five Deadly Venoms Crew, a supporters club for Overwatch League's New York Excelsior team. What started as a simple Discord request to meet up with nearby eSports fans has quickly grown into a local phenomenon, hosting weekly, standing-room-only viewing parties at Waypoint, a cozy LAN café on the Lower East Side.
This past weekend's event had more than 70 attendees -- a lively, exuberant crowd that found plenty of reason to cheer as NYC routed the Los Angeles Valiant 4-0.
"There were no lofty aspirations at first," said Ng, as he recalled the group's humble beginnings. "We had 15 people come out for the first one, and it just snowballed from there."
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