The rise of eSports competitions
eSports also known as electronic sports are a form of competition that is facilitated by video games. eSports organize multiplayer video games competitions between professional players or teams. Most popular games that eSports organize competitions of are: League of Legends, Counter-Strike : Global Offensive , Dota 2, Warcraft, Starcraft, Call of Duty, FIFA etc. At the begginning , this competitions had small attendance and also small prize pools . After a short time, eSports developed into a massive competition viewed by millions of gamers by streaming platforms like Twitch, YouTube,Hitbox etc. In 2014 at League of Legends World Final 2014, Seoul the attendance was 45000 and 20 million viewers online.
Of course, the bigger is the competition the bigger is the prize. The biggest eSports prize was $20,770,640.00 at The International 2016 Dota Tournament in Seattle,USA. Do you think eSports will become more popular than traditional sports?
Absolutely! It is certainly heading in that direction. There are several pro team owners that have already purchased esports teams. For the upcoming Overwatch League, Blizzard is selling the rights to each city that will be hosting a pro Overwatch team for $20 million per spot. We also have over 30 big colleges across the US that are already offering esports athletic scholarships to gamers. Things are moving very fast.
I am specifically an Overwatch esports writer. I always look forward to esports articles about other games and things to keep me up to speed on other stuff in esports. Thanks.
See you around.
-Dwelling
Interesting thoughts