https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/08/excel-esports-on-espn-show-world-the-pain-of-format-errors/

If you watched ESPN2 during its stint last weekend as "ESPN8: The Ocho," you may have seen some odd, meme-friendly competitions, including corgi racing, precision paper airplane tossing, and slippery stair climbing.

Or you might have seen "Excel Esports: All-Star Battle," a tournament in which an unexpected full-column Flash Fill is announced like a 50-yard Hail Mary. It's just the latest mainstream acknowledgement of Excel as a viable, if quirky, esport, complete with down-to-the-wire tension and surprising comebacks.