The Rise OF Esports

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1. f you had been away from the planet for the past quarter of a century, one of the few things you might find comfortingly familiar on your return is the world of sports.

   while the digital revolution has transformed the way we shop, chat, date, do politics and consumer culture, the sport looks largely unchanged. from football to cricket to gold its still the same old staples. There hasn't been a major new sport invented for more century or has there?

   ESPORTS consist of video games, for which you need nimble fingers and fast brain to succeed. Just as with traditional sports, fans follow teams, watch matches and even attend cup finals, cheering on favorite stars from the world. Mathews founded Fnatic 13 years ago, with financial support from his mother, and has built it into one of the most successful teams, competing in more than 600 tournaments globally, in LEAGUES OF LEGEND, COUNTER STRIKE GO, DOTA2, CALL OF DUTY, OVERWATCH. Fanatics leagues of legend team won the first world championship in 2011 and it counterstrike team are considered one of the best team in the world though few players are British. In truth, British players are not yet good enough to compete at the top level. "eSports is the first world sport outside of football that is truly global," Mathews says.

   The revenue from eSports is expected to rise from $130m in 2012 to $465 this year, according to the internet, made up of 191 million regular viewers and further 194 million occasional viewers. Esports star player faker, who just turned 21, are already paid up to $2 million a year and that not included bonuses and sponsorship.but will they ever compete with, say Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo? and should we worried if they do? \

   Top 10 Games which are played mostly in Esport competition :

   1. Counter-Strike GO
   2. Dota 2
   3. Leagues of legend 
   OverWatch
2. Fortnite
3. PUBG aka (player unknown battleground)
4. Rocket League
5. Apex legend
6. Fifa 19
7. Tekken 7

In 2019, it was estimated that the total audience of esports would grow up to  454 million viewers and that revenues would increase to over uss$1 billion.