ROUNDS partners up with Silmäasema who expand their athletes eyesight exams to esports

February 27, 2026
3:50 pm

Silmäasema is Finland’s leading expert in eyesight and eye health.

ROUNDS & Silmäasema, Finland’s leading expert in eyesight and eye health, are partnering to bring awareness towards the importance of eyesight in esports! We are intrigued to finally announce the collaboration we have been working on behind the scenes.

In esports, performance relies heavily on visual observations and reaction times. That is why eyesight plays a key role in the players’ performances. Even if you see well in everyday life and can manage without glasses, an eyesight examination that is specialized for athletes by an optician may reveal hidden issues that affect your game, which by correcting can take your game to a new level and reduce eye fatigue. Read more about how your eyesight affects performance at: https://www.silmaasema.fi/kampanja/e-sports.html

Our CS2 players got the opportunity to be one of the first esports players to be tested in the athletes eyesight examination by Silmäasema. Kosti “kollo” Kallioniemi, Timo “m0n0xx” Irmasto and Panu “p12” Schutschkoff were the first ones to be examined from our CS2 roster and the results speak for themselves. Each one of the players acquired new glasses and found a clear benefit in using them while playing. In Silmäasema’s athletes eyesight examination, the eyes are examined more extensively than in a regular eyesight test.

According to optician Timo Koljonen, the most important thing for esports is, in addition to basic visual acuity, the seamless cooperation of the eyes. Well, what kind of benefit exactly did the glasses give to our players one might think. After the examination our beloved IGL Panu shared some of his results: “Koljonen and I tested prism lenses in the store and they made using my eyes much lighter and effortless. I used to have to work on focusing my eyes, but now playing is not physically so demanding”. Timo “m0n0xx” also shared similar experiences as he shared that his eyes feel much more relaxed and the eye fatigue from playing has almost completely disappeared.

With all that being said, we at ROUNDS are committed to finding new ways to help our players to perform at their peak level and Silmäasema is just the perfect partner to help us achieve that. We hope to bring awareness to the importance of health in gaming and esports now and in the future. We are grateful for Timo Koljonen and Silmäasema for helping us on our journey and providing important insight and tools to the Finnish gaming masses. More information about the experiences during and after the examinations from our players here: https://www.silmaasema.fi/kampanja/e-sports.html

Taneli Ronkainen – COO
ROUNDS