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E-SPORTS FROM THE INSIDE
Everything you need to know about esports.
In recent years, esports has become more and more popular, but still many are asking the question "what is this esports"?
Should we consider esports as an actual sport? – Let’s find out.
Imagine that we are living at the time of the birth of football: people do not understand the rules that are constantly changing, they consider playing with the ball a waste of time, and opponents scream about rugby as the only correct sport. However, there are too many fans and this is forcing the state to intervene and make football a legal sport. So, football in 50 years has gone from the unknown phenomenon to international matches with professional players, teams, leagues, brands and organization. It resembles esports today, but it only took less than 20 years for a similar scenario. The world's largest brands and government institutions are increasingly storming the esports industry today.
ESports, like traditional ones, can be played individually or in a team, that consists of 3 to 6 players with an in-game leader. In order for an esports team to develop and show good results, they need to train a lot. For some, this may seem like a waste of time, but in fact, pro-players work no less than ordinary athletes. They do not get up from the computer for 8-12 hours a day and tournaments are held in different countries, which is why players have to face with constant travel.
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Famous Counter Strike: Global Offensive trophey of ESL ONE COLOGNE tournament back in 2014
Every professional team has their brands. Players are wearing T-Shirts with the logo of the team and different sponsors.
A professional e-sports gamer who plays one of the e-sports disciplines at tournaments and competitions. Players earn money through successful performances in tournaments. In addition, players who play for a certain organization receive a salary, the amount of which directly depends on the experience and skills of the player himself. Usually average age of esports players are from 18 to 30 years old, but there are exceptions as well. Like 16 years old professional Fortnite player Bugha, who won the biggest individual prize pool of 3 million dollars in “Fortnite World Cup” competition.
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Esports is a relatively young sport. In the early days of the field, there were many problems with organizing tournaments. Paying prize money to players has been a tricky topic for professional esports players. There is no system for regulating the payments of prize pools in esports, since it consists of many disciplines and there is no official organization which regulates professional gaming competitions.
Prize funds might be shocking for people who thinks that you can’t earn money by playing videogames, hundreds of tournaments in various disciplines are held every year. And if one city tournament can have a prize pool of only $ 1000, then at world championship, $ 30.000.000 can be ruffled between many teams.
For example each year, Valve increases the prize pool of the main tournament of the year for Dota 2 and in 2019 it was $ 32.000.000.
Esports develops and increases its audiences constantly, it is something that unite many players all across the world cheering for their favorite teams, just like in any other sports.
In order for an esports player to start making good money, he needs to get into a good organization. That is why esports players must have unrealistic motivation. You need to regularly go to all kinds of tournaments and always show good results, take time to analyze the moments in the game, study it, read guides, understand how to do it right and how not.
G2 ESPORTS French organisation, well known for their Rocket League and R6 teams
FNATIC Sweedish organisation, well known for their CS:GO team
VIRTUS.PRO Russian organisation, well known for their DOTA 2 and Apex Legends teams