When you think of Microsoft and esports, you probably think of Halo’s fraught gunfights, not Microsoft Office spreadsheets, but that’s about to change. The official Microsoft Excel Twitter account has now claimed that financial modelling is an esport, and it promoted an upcoming tournament that will pit top modelers against each other in head-to-head competition.
Yes, that’s right Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Eight spreadsheet jockeys from eight different countries will compete to “use the most of Excel’s capabilities to solve complex problems in no time,” according to the event description on Smash.gg, a platform that is also owned by Microsoft. “… After the battle, we will make sure to share the financial models with the viewers. Use this opportunity to learn some tricks used by some of the greatest minds in financial modeling.”