ESports has been taking the world by storm in recent years. This online gaming even is getting very popular, and millions of spectators are engaging with ESports.
Initially, I would have never imagined that millions of people would love to watch some other people playing their favorite games.\xa0 Well, you can say that the source of entertainment comes from everything.
People are coming to watch their favorite teams battling with their opponents in a particular tournament. The ESports Tournaments are getting big enough that these tournaments are organized in football stadiums. But as compare to the online viewers, the numbers are up to several million. If we can make a stadium for the online viewers also, then it might take around ten stadiums to fir all those online viewers.
What is ESports?
ESports is a competitive game played by professional gamers which can play as an individual or as a team. There is certain organizer committee who organize some of the decent and largest ESports tournaments every year.
Just like every other competitive game, ESports games have prize pools and the prize pool can go up to million dollars (depends on the popularity of the tournament).
Some of the popular titles from ESports are Half-Life 3, Dota 2, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and much more.
How big is ESports?
In 2012, the number of online viewers for one of the ESports tournament was more than the NBA Finals. You can get a better idea of how big eSports is by that statistics.
ESports tournaments can fill up football stadiums excluding the millions of online viewers from all around the world. There were 40,000 people present in the 2014 League of Legends World Championship in Sangam Stadium, Seoul.
Sponsors
Plenty of big companies are being glued towards the rise of ESports; Some business tycoons see these tournaments as a source of big profit. This is one of the reasons why money is running in millions in ESports tournaments.
Popular brands like Coke Zero is partnered with Riot Games for the development of challenge series. This series will feature amateur gamers who will compete with each other to qualify for the professional leagues. Nissan is also having a partnership with a league of legends as their official sponsors.
There is no doubt that ESports becomes a source of income for lots of people with a different occupation. There are several online companies who are partnering with ESports organizers and making ESports one of the best source of entertainment for the youngsters.
How much Money do gamers make?
The winners in a reputed ESports tournaments are living a rich lifestyle if not luxurious. In 2015, Evil Geniuses won the total prize pool of $6.6 million in the international Dota event.
Another major worldwide event for Dota fans also had a prize pool of $18 million for the winner.
So with all these growths with the ESports and its surroundings, there is no doubt that ESports has changed the game.
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