Meet the Problem Solvers Winning Money on Microsoft Excel
認識透過微軟Excel贏得獎金的解決問題者
If you thought esports were all racing, fighting and soccer — think again, because competitive Microsoft Excel has arrived.
How does it work?
Participants take part in different problem-solving tasks using Excel, Microsoft's spreadsheet program, winning points based on their success in completing the activity.
The competitions are organized by the Financial Modeling World Cup and the tasks are all about managing money.
For example, participants may be asked to quickly create a financial plan for a company, based on information given to them.
The competitions are livestreamed and participants share their screens so people at home can watch their every click.
Competitive Excel actually started some time ago but it made the news in the summer of 2022 after it was shown on US TV sports channel ESPN2 as part of their day of unusual sports, called "The Ocho".
ESPN showed a replay of an event held earlier in the year, with commentators describing the competition.
在這種被稱為「The Ocho」的特殊運動中，參賽者使用微軟的試算表軟體Excel，來參與不同的解決問題的任務，並根據他們在完成這些活動時達成的成就贏得積分。該比賽由財務模型世界盃籌辦，這些任務全部都跟理財有關。舉例而言，參賽者可能會被要求依據獲得的資訊，快速地替一家公司製作財務規劃。競技型Excel其實在之前就已經展開，但它在2022年夏天登上新聞，因為它在美國電視運動頻道ESPN2上播出。
take over
接管
to start controlling or being responsible for something
She took over as manager three weeks ago.
她三週前接任經理。
financial
金融的
relating to money
Our office is located in the financial district.
我們的辦公室位在金融區。
modeling
模型
the making or use of mathematical descriptions of a system, process, etc. that are used to help make calculations
The latest modeling suggests cases will reach their peak in mid-January.
最新的模型指出病例會在一月中旬達到高峰。
