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Esports are video games which are played in professional competitions, usually fall into a few major genres.The majority of esports titles are fighting games, first-person shooters (FPS), real-time strategy (RTS), traditional sports, and multiplayer online battle arena games (MOBA), with the MOBA genre being the most popular in terms of participation and viewership.
Esports was a medal event at the regional games which featured mostly traditional sports. Labeling competitive video games as a sport is a controversial topic. [76] [77] [78] Proponents [79] argue that esports are a fast-growing "non-traditional sport" which requires "careful planning, precise timing, and skillful execution". [80]
Team Liquid – Website focusing on Team Liquid esports team coverage. Liquipedia – Is a volunteer-run wiki covering various esports, beginning with Starcraft: Brood War and currently covering more than 57 esports titles. [28] In 2023 Liquipedia started to branch into covering traditional sports with their Formula 1 wiki. [29]
Rogue is a professional esports organization with teams competing across several different titles in Europe and the United States. It has two League of Legends teams based in Europe: a main team that participates in the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), [3] [4] and an academy team that participates in the Ultraliga. [5]
With multiple top international finishes and winner of The Game Awards Best Esports Athlete in 2022, [16] yay's addition was seen as a promising sign for Disguised. [17] Regardless, Disguised's performance failed to improve, going on an 11-game losing streak and ultimately being relegated from VCL: North America. The roster was released shortly ...
Dignitas is an American esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey.It was founded by Michael "ODEE" O'Dell in 2003 as a merger of two Battlefield 1942 clans.Dignitas was acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2016 and is now a part of parent company Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE).
Playing video games can be for both entertainment and competition, as the trend known as electronic sports or esports has become more widely accepted. Video game-focused gaming conventions such as PAX and MAGFest which have become popular social-gathering events among computer enthusiasts since early 21st century.
League of Legends esports is the professional competition of the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It is developed and published by Riot Games and was first released in 2009. Professional tournaments began in 2011 with the Season 1 World Championship at DreamHack in Jönköping, Sweden.