This is the elite circuit of eSports

Just a decade ago talking about eSports was unusual, yes, there were international competitions and metal prizes.But while Korea and Japan kept up their PC Bangs (cybercafes), Europe had buried them in favor of the game at home , in the comfort of the sofa.

But everything changed: the streamings of games began to create real addiction. Twitch inherited the tradition of the old arcades, a wide open window .more and more players wanted to try their luck and each time the prizes were greater.The big popes of the industry-Activision Blizzard, Riot, Valve or Electronic Arts-were consolidating their proposals and, today, we have a solid base that does not stop growing.

AN INTERNATIONAL FEVER

It all starts with free series, ladders and sponsorship cups organized by sponsors.In the ESL, the most international competition platform, amateur teams start in the ESL Open and, from there, to Go4 cups.There is no registration limit and you can always opt for the playoffs.Once your club shows its value, you can aspire to the ESL Major .

Overcoming the phases of groups, you can access their respective Major Cups.And if you have already beaten your entire region, you can still climb to the ESL Pro , where play the best clubs of each category in a format based on rankings .The best of these can compete in the international Open (in Cologne, New York, Frankfurt, Manila or Katowice) and the IEM (Intel Extreme Masters), which It is already in its tenth season.Adding to this the Invitational and fairs such as Gamescom, it is easy for the best teams to spend the whole year traveling the globe.

And what about the prizes? Well, if we look at The International-the most important tournament in the DOTA 2-strategy game, which ended its sixth season last summer, 65.8 million dollars were distributed in prizes, a historical record that grows every year The winner, Wings Gaming, pocketed a whopping $ 9.1 million to distribute among the players on his team.

Obviously, not all championships are so generous.The Smite world tournament left just over 2.6 million dollars in prizes , followed by Halo 5: Guardians, with 2.5 millions.

FROM SPAIN WITH LOVE

This is the elite circuit of eSports

Just a few days ago we knew about the creation of FEVeS, an association that unifies the work of several associations to create communicating vessels between representatives, researchers, clubs and the players themselves. In Spain, eSports enjoy very good health thanks to the LVP (Professional Video Games League), at the height of Germany or the United Kingdom.

If you look at League of Legends, one of the popular games par excellence, its structure is similar to that of soccer.Open Cups, the best opt for the playoffs .And if they qualify they can jump to the Division of Honor, which would be our First Division.Here they have room 10 teams in permanent fight for the best positions in the table.

Of course, that league has an end: the League Cup (Madrid Final Cup) but there is also a «Champions League».The Challenger Series are qualifiers for European competitions.Compete six teams from each country .Those who qualify pass to the respective leagues of their countries. The EU LCS in Europe or the NA LCS in the United States .

From here, those who win can opt for world championships, where the eight best clubs on the planet face leadership.And there would still be events like the MID-Season Invitational , where players from Each region (Europe, North America, Korea, China, Southeast Asia and Turkey) face each other in factions.

The last grand finale took place on October 29 at the Staples Center in LosAngeles.There is no outline of US teams and the English G2 Esports fell into the group stage against teams as solid as ROX Tigers (which reached the semifinals). The victory went to SK Telecom T1 , their third win, crushing Samsung Galaxy 3 to 2 Pro Team.The format is always the same: liguillas to the best of five games .And if we talk about prizes, two million euros were distributed among the teams.

GAMERGY, FROM MADRID TO HEAVEN

This is the elite circuit of eSports

But let's return to Spain, and more knowing the importance that is acquiring at European level.In just one month we will have the opportunity to see one of the most important events: Gamergy celebrates its sixth edition at the Madrid Fair of December 16 to 18 .At IFEMA, the teams that do not want to miss the appointment and others consecrated in their own right are on.

League of Legends will have 10 teams.Call of Duty: Infinity Warfare with 6.And Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with 4.But not only these games and teams will have presence.Teams classified in the phase In person at the Grand Open they also opt for their space in Gamergy, specifically 16 players for Call of Duty (four players per team), two FIFA players, two others from Hearthstone and Clash Royale, 10 CS: GO players (two squads of 5 players each), 12 Overwatch (two complete teams) and 10 League of Legends players, which would be two teams (5 × 2).

As for money in cash, last year already showed good figures: € 1,350 in prizes for the champion of CS: GO , another 1,350 € in prizes for the champion of LoL, or even € 1,080 in prizes for the winners in Call of Duty: Black Ops III.

THE COLORS OF YOUR FLAG

This is the elite circuit of eSports

As we said, in addition to professional clubs, many games represent entire countries.Overwatch, which will soon have its own league, is currently playing the World Cup.

If you look at Counter-Strike, the last grand finale left a peculiar scenario.Held in Belgrade (Serbia) on October 6-9 and organized by E-Frag, the countries faced were: Argentina, Tunisia, Turkey, Singapore, Canada, Denmark and France .

No sign of Brazil, one of the best teams in the world, when it fell somewhat roughly against Argentina; nor from Kazakhstan, who beat France in the third round but were disqualified for irregular play in the last game of the series.And two key countries like the United States or China did not directly compete, one for not arriving on time with his roster , since these were in different places of the world with their respective teams, and another to understand that it was not at the level that the competition demanded. Turkey was the one who took the cat to the water and the biggest pinch of the 100,000 dollars in prizes .

And it is that not everything is as beautiful as they paint it.It would be difficult to find an analogous situation in sports such as basketball, where players with bad behaviors are penalized for entire seasons, on and off the track.is demonstrating in Spain, the synergies between the different youth associations help to guarantee the professionalization of the environment from the beginning, granting a guaranteed minimum wage and a legal and medical substrate so that the players only worry about reaching the glory.

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