Top 4 events you can't miss !

Today we will speak about the main Esport events that must be watched in Esport.

League of Legends Worlds Championchip:

 

League of Legends which is currently the most played and watched game around the world. It's a MOBA meaning that for each match, two teams of five are fighting for the victory in an arena.  

 

The Worlds are composed of 24 teams of 5 professional players that have been pre-selected from different areas of the world thanks to previous tournaments during the year. 

 

Excepting watching the teams compete, this a true show with fireworks, singers, dancers... During the last Worlds the organisers even used holograms during the opening ceremony!

 

Existing since: 2011.

Date: During all October,  a schedule of the matches is available on the official websites.

 

Streaming Platform: On Twitch or on their own platform where events are regularly broadcasted all over the year. For instance, you can curently watch the LEC spring spleet which is a League of Legends tournament making compete European teams. Here is the link to their streaming platform. https://watch.na.lolesports.com/en_US/lec/en

 

Views last year: Gathering more than 200 million of viewers at once for the final match.

 

Prize pool: $2,250,000 

 

The International (Dota 2):

 

Dota 2 is a MOBA like League Of Legends, meaning that a game is making face two teams of five. A game should last between 20 and 40 minutes.

The main event is inviting 16 teams to compet during a week in August. Same than for League Of Legends, a show is given during the competion mixing elements of the game and artists.

Here is the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7mIqyYOOlY

Existing since: 2011.

 

Dates: In August for 1 week. The pre-selection starts in the middle of Jun.

 

Streaming Platform: Twitch platform.

 

Views: Gathering 15 million of viewers.

 

Prize pool: US$ 25 million, being the hugest cash prize ever seen in Esport, 25% is directly financed by players than want to support the championship and receive items in game. Furthermore, the organiser is redistributing the money made from the event (from sponsors, advertisings...) more than in other Esport events.

 

 

 

 Majors (Counter Strike Global Offensive):

 

Counter strike is an FPS (First Person Shooter) making face two teams of 5. A match last between 30 minutes and an hour.

 

The Masters are events gathering 24 teams on Counter Strike Global Offensive.

 

Existing since: 2013.

 

Dates: For two weeks, 3 times a year. The periods are changing. The latest having started the 14th February and finishing the 3rd march. The next one will be in Berlin in September.

 

Streaming Platform: Twitch.

 

Views: 1 million viewers.

 

Prize pool: $ 1,5 million.

Global Invitational (PUBG): 

 

Player Unknows Battleground is an FPS making face until a hundred players in the meantime. Players can be alone, by team of two or four.

There are 20 teams challenging on 4 days tournament in groups of 4 in a map gathering 80 players in the meantime.

Existing since: 2018, the second edition will for the first time gather teams selected all around the world (like we were used to see in League of Legends) with pre-selecting championships (West-Europe, Est-Europe, North-America...).

 

Dates: 4 days championship in October. 

 

Streaming Platform: Twitch and youtube.

 

Views: 17 million of viewers.

 

Prize pool: $2,000,000.

Now that you know where and when to watch Esport don't hesitate to try it! If you are already used to watch Esport I hope you still learnt something! Next post will be realised on next Friday as usually!