Once the actual matches begin, and the players are transformed from diminutive nerds to 30-foot-high projections of heroic titans, clashing together over the crowd’s joyful uproar, I feel myself getting swept up with the excitement and momentum of the event. Though the entirety of the action is contained within a singular screen, and though there is a dearth of flesh and blood players sweating it out on the court, these grand finals still manage to feel unmistakably like a legitimate sporting event.