Meet the Matagi Snipers. Based in Akita, the eight-person team is Japan’s first senior esports professional team, complete with a sponsor and everything.
The team was established as a way to show the health benefits of esports for older adults, as well as to impress the grandkids. NHK reports that twenty-one people applied to join the team, but only eight made the cut. The hopefuls were selected on their gaming aptitude, even if they weren’t necessarily huge gamers — or ones, at all.
This is needed way more to keep seniors mentally agile and competitive. I’d also hope that all seniors homes also consider having Internet available, as it is sad to see so many just stuck with a small room and a library of paper books. We are all going to be older (every second of every day), and you want to ask yourself what you’d like to have available one day so that you can make use of it.
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The ages of the team members range from 66 to 73 years old