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The flagship tournament for SMITE, a third-person MOBA developed by Hi-Rez Studios. The tournament (currently) involves 14 teams from 6 regions and US$1 million in prize money. United States: 2014–present SparKing Tournaments: Indie Game Publishing and Development Company in Winston - Salem, North Carolina.
The tournament featured Fortnite on Friday, League of Legends (both standard gameplay, and Teamfight Tactics), and Apex Legends. While Twitch Rivals featured a two million dollar prize pool overall, Epic Games (who own Fortnite) supplied one million dollars to pay for the Fortnite tournament.
Esports tournaments are almost always physical events in which occur in front of a live audience, with referees or officials to monitor for cheating. The tournament may be part of a larger gathering, such as Dreamhack, or the competition may be the entirety of the event, like the World Cyber Games or the Fortnite World Cup.
Discord was publicly released in May 2015 under the domain name discordapp.com. [19] According to Citron, they made no specific moves to target any specific audience, but some gaming-related subreddits quickly began to replace their IRC links with Discord links. [20] Discord became widely used by esports and LAN tournament gamers.
The announcement of the 2024 Esports World Cup was met with a mixed response due to concerns over Saudi Arabia's human rights record and the tournament's use for sportswashing. [17] Saudi Arabia's significant investment in the esports scene, amounting to billions of dollars, has led to a rapid expansion of the industry within the country.
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In the Fortnite ecosystem, Discover or Discovery is the term used to describe the algorithm that puts UGC content in front of players in the form of playlists or rows in the Fortnite lobby. A Discover row consists of a thumbnail, title, and the current amount of players playing the experience.
Tournaments often pay out prize money to the highest placing teams in these events, giving players an incentive to cheat. Commonly cited instances of cheating include the use of software cheats, such as aimbots and wallhacks , exploitation of bugs , use of performance-enhancing drugs , such as Ritalin and Adderall , and match fixing .