It's smart for ESPN to test the waters with the "Heroes of the Dorm" tournament, ahead of this year's Dota 2 and League of Legends championships. If it does well, maybe this experiment will convince ESPN president John Skipper that eSports are, in fact, viable for his channel. In September, Skipper had the following to say about eSports: "It's not a sport, it's a competition. Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly I'm interested in doing real sports." Fast forward to this week: The Heroes of the Storm collegiate championships kick off, online-only via ESPN3, at 2:30PM PT on Sunday, and then transition to ESPN2 for the final round at 6:30PM PT.