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Gaming takes the helm: aircraft carrier installs high-end eSports suite for crew (www.techspot.com)

submitted 5 days ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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In a nutshell: While modern aircraft carriers are gigantic vessels packed with amenities one might not expect to see on a warship, the UK Royal Navy's HMS Prince of Wales has something unique: a full eSports/gaming suite for the crew to compete against each other.

In February, permission was given to set up the suite on the 1,600-crew carrier as part of a partnership between the Royal Navy and the British eSports Federation.

The gaming room includes 12 high-end Alienware Aurora R15 gaming desktop PCs, featuring RTX 4080 graphics cards and Core i7 CPUs – the systems are capable of running far more than just low-demand eSports games. The room also has LED lights, a widescreen TV, and office chairs.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Whatever their motivation, gaming is good for mental health and cognition so this is a net win for the entire crew.

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Military signups are dipping. This is an appeal to the young and stupid which is the lifeblood of the armed forces grunts. Need meat for the grinder.

It's been done before and will be done again each generation.

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