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Luminosity Gaming ha anunciado la entrada de un nuevo activo de gran envergadura en sus filas. Nada más y nada menos que Trevor May, pitcher de los Minnesota Twins en la MLB norteamericana de béisbol.

Trevor May, el gamer de los Minnesota Twins

Gran aficionado de Overwatch, May contaba con su propio stream dedicado al juego demostrando su enganche al mismo, y LG no ha querido desaprovechar la oportunidad de ofrecerle un trabajo bajo su logo como streamer oficial de la organización.

"Estoy deseando trabajar con Luminosity Gaming. Se han establecido rápidamente como uno de los grandes nombres de los eSports, y como gamer que soy, no puedo esperar a unirme a ellos", declaró May en el comunicado oficial del club.

Lo que no queda claro es si en el futuro May podría jugar profesionalmente o si solo exhibirá los colores de LG desde sus streams, pero de cualquier forma sigue siendo todo un hito entre ambas escenas, y un ejemplo más de cómo las fronteras entre los eSports y los deportes tradiciones son cada vez más pequeñas.

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Luminosity Gaming, one of the top pro-gaming teams that competes — among other titles — in Overwatch, Hearthstone and CS:GO, has announced an unique signing within esports history. Trevor May, pitcher of the Minnesota Twins, has joined the organization.

Trevor May, the Minnesota Twins gamer

Being a huge Overwatch fan, May has his own stream at Twitch.tv where he demostrates his commitment to the game playing live almost every day. Luminosity didn't want to miss the opportunity to offer him to work under their banner as an official stream partner and become the first esports organization to sign a traditional sports athlete.

"I look forward to working with Luminosity Gaming. They have quickly established themselves as one of the biggest names in eSports, and as a gamer I am, I can not wait to join them," stated May in the club's official announcement.

"The first time I spoke to Trevor, we talked at length. As the call ended, Trevor revealed to me that he was just about to start his baseball game. I was pleasantly surprised and I think it speaks volumes about his passion for esports and gaming in general. There is so much we can learn from the world of traditional sports, and I hope that Trevor can pass on some of his experience to our players and management." Said Steve Maida, founder of Luminosity Gaming.

At the moment May will just represent the organization during his live broadcasts, but as Steve Maida stated, he can help the team with his experience within the oldest professional sports league in the United States (the MLB).

With the growing interest of the mainstream in esports and big figures like Ronaldo, Magic Jonhson or Shaquille O'Neal or clubs like Paris Saint-Germain, Shalcke 04 or the Philadelphia 76ers, the esports scene is rapidly becoming huge. This signing is just another example of how the boundaries between these two scenes are disminishing.