If you’re going support in League of Legends, selecting the right character is imperative. These are the best from solo queuing vs. competitive play.
League of Legends supports are straight-up busted right now. With so much CC, utility and damage at the moment, support champions are something to be feared. This sentiment rings true for both solo queue and professional play. However, the most heavily prioritized picks for each can be very different from each other.
Join me as I break down the best support picks for solo queue VS competitive play currently. Before I dive in top everything though, as we are currently in the middle of pre-season, meaning there is no competitive play, I will be analyzing the picks that are currently being given most precedence by pro players in solo queue and also bringing in tier 2 and below scenes to help aid my analysis.
Blitzcrank — Solo Queue
No surprises here, after Blitcranks Q range buff, he has been terrorizing the rift. Even though the range buff was lessened, it’s still enough to take him from being the scourge of low elo, to becoming one of the most viable solo queue supports at platinum and beyond.
His kit is simple yet effective, allowing him to make picks in lane very easily, especially with the addition of the alcoves, and also letting him roam rather easily and make plays mid. Blitzcrank may seem like he is nothing but a tank, but be warned as his full combo will chunk you out for quite a bit of damage.
Pyke — Solo Queue
Pyke is the solo queue support to play if you want to solo carry. He has the damage, he has the crowd control and he has the escapes. Pyke is good in virtually all stages of the game, being able to burst you down from 100 to 0 no matter how far ahead of him you are.
Pyke shines in his ability to roam and create picks, snowballing both himself and the rest of his team. At the same time, he is also incredibly useful in a team fight situation, thanks to his ultimate giving him the ability to execute multiple members of the enemy team alongside creating more gold for your team as whoever gets the assist gets a full kills worth of gold aswell. If you see a Pyke in your solo queue games, you are as good as done.
Gragas — Competitive
Gragas is an incredibly strong support in the hands of a pro player, especially when your team picks up the Yasuo. With Gragas’ reliable knock-ups and incredibly high damage output, he becomes very formidable, being able to chunk out half your health whilst also setting you up to get ulti’ed by the Yasuo, guaranteeing a kill all whilst looking rather stylish.
The best part about Gragas for competitive, however, is his flex potential. Being able to lock him in early and having the enemy team wonder which lane he will be in, throws off the enemies ability to counterpick you.
Leona — Competitive
Leona is the goddess of CC and survivability. She is able to set up team-wide stuns, effectively winning team fights from the get-go, whilst also being able to dive into the heart of a fight and come out relatively unscathed.
Her laning phase is something to be feared, as soon as she hits level 2, you either better be getting the hell out of there or it’s a one way trip back to the base in a body bag for you.
Leona is everything you want in a competitive play support and so much more, making her a very high priority for either picking or banning.
Nautilus — Solo Queue & Competitive
Nautilus is an incredibly strong pick across the board. He has been dominating the support meta for months now, and even with preseason having dropped, he shows no signs of stopping.
Nautilus is an incredibly safe pick into almost any matchup thanks to his plethora of CC abilities, tankiness and deceptively high damage output. He is able to start team fights incredibly well, setting up advantageous situations for his team by getting the pick with a Q auto combo, guaranteeing death in most scenarios.
He is able to dance around the issues posed by spell shields, as even if his Q gets blocked, he can immediately pop his ultimate, allowing him time to close the distance and land the passive auto.
Senna — Solo Queue & Competitive
Senna is the newest addition to the support roster for League of Legends, but just because she is the new kid on the block, doesn’t mean she hasn’t got anything to show.
Senna is the latest example of Riot giving new champions incredibly overloaded kits, taking the best things about Pyke, Akali and Jhin, whilst throwing in a few enchantress abilities to flavour. She is capable of turning the tide of a fight from anywhere on the map thanks to her ultimate, which not only damages enemies but shields allies as well.
In conjunction with this, she has a team-wide Pyke w that also stops you from being target-able with basic attacks or point and click abilities. She has been seeing enormous amounts of play in both solo queue and the amateur scene. She currently sits as the most banned champion at just under 60%
Picking the right League of Legends support is imperative in both solo queue and in competitions. Come back to Repeat.gg as this will be updated when the competitions start up again.
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The International for Dota 2 is a special event to follow and has become a global phenomenon in esports; the following is a list of the meta from each TI.
Dota 2’s The International tournament is the biggest esports event of the year. Millions of people tune in to watch the best players in the world battle it out for the Aegis of Champions. We also get a chance to see which heroes enter the spotlight, and find out some new trends we’ve never seen before.
From Danil “Dendi” Ishutin and his fountain hook on Pudge at TI3, Alliance and their famous split pushing style of play, to Anathan “Ana” Pham and his carry Io at TI9. Let us take a look at who have been the most used heroes, the highest win-rates and other trends from each International so far.
Back in 2011, 16 teams played in Cologne, Germany for the very first International tournament. Dota 2 was a very different game than what it was today, large in part due to there only being 46 heroes to choose from, as opposed to 119 now. Even after nine years it is interesting to see what the trends were back when the game was in its infancy. The most picked and highest win rates from TI1 are as follows:
Most picked
Vengeful Spirit – 33
Earthshaker – 28
Windranger – 28
Beastmaster – 24
Mirana – 22
Win rate
Mirana – 73%
Anti-Mage – 71%
Chen – 69%
Enigma – 67%
Earthshaker – 61%
The International 2012 – TI1
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Winner: Invictus Gaming Prize pool: $1,600,000
The favorites to win TI2 were fan favorite, and reigning champions, Natus Vincere. However, Invictus Gaming proved just how strong the Chinese scene was by coming out on top. At the second International, 66 heroes were chosen, and the results are very different than from TI1. Big team-fighting heroes were a focus by many teams at the 2012 International, and it was a matter of who had the proper initiation and counter-initiation to beat their opponent.
Most picked
Leshrac – 91
Venomancer – 84
Invoker – 81
Rubick – 80
Morphling – 78
Win rate
Templar Assassin – 67%
Rubick – 63%
Dark Seer – 62%
Bounty Hunter – 60%
Anti-Mage – 59%
The International 2013 – TI3
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Winner: Alliance Prize pool: $2,874,380
TI3 was the first International where crowdfunding from the compendium sales would go towards the prize pool. The tournament had an epic five-game grand finale with the best team throughout the year, Alliance, taking on crowd favorite Natus Vincere.
Alliance was known for their unique style of gameplay, often utilizing heroes like Nature’s Prophet or Lone Druid better than any other team. These two heroes are very strong at taking down towers and split pushing. Alliance’s offlaner, Henrik “AdmiralBulldog” Ahnberg, was the specialist with these heroes, and had teams respect banning Prophet or Lone Druid nearly every game.
That’s not all, Alliance was also known for their support Io because the hero can teleport to anywhere on the map with an ally, which fits their style of play. Teams would almost always be pressured against them, because during the first banning phase you could only ban two heroes. This meant that one of the heroes between Io, Nature’s Prophet, and Lone Druid would be available to play.
Most picked
Visage – 88
Weaver – 75
Nature’s Prophet – 69
Rubick – 69
Lifestealer – 67
Win rate
Ursa – 73%
Earthshaker – 69%
Anti-Mage – 69%
Keeper of the Light – 67%
Chen – 63%
The International 2014 – TI4
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Winner: Newbee Prize pool: $10,923,977
TI4 was the first Dota 2 tournament held at Seattle’s Key Arena. It was the only International with two Chinese teams facing one another in the final and the first to have over 100 heroes involved in the pick and ban phase.
Mirana was at the top of most teams interests because the hero was so versatile. She was viable and used in every single position, which made it a nightmare to draft against. Since there were multiple uses with her kit, teams wouldn’t know who would actually be playing it until the rest of the picks were in as well. Teams like Evil Geniuses abused this potential by picking it very often as a core or support.
Most picked
Mirana – 195
Treant Protector – 140
Shadow Shaman – 126
Brewmaster – 126
Doom – 123
Win rate
Weaver – 68%
Visage – 66%
Lycan – 63%
Keeper of the Light – 62%
Clockwerk – 60%
The International 2015 – TI5
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Winner: Evil Geniuses Prize pool: $18,429,613
Prior to TI5, a North American team had never won an International before, or even played in the finals. Evil Geniuses came into the competition as one of the favorites and playing on home soil sure did seem to help.
Heroes like Queen of Pain, Storm Spirit, and Lina seemed to be most preferred at the competition. These midlane heroes had short cooldowns, great mobility, and a lot of damage output. Sumail “Sumail” Hassan was known for his epic Storm Spirit plays throughout TI5 and especially showing up in the grand finals where the famous “6 Million Dollar Echo Slam” took place thanks to the Saahil “UNiVeRsE” Arora offlane Earthshaker.
Most picked
Queen of Pain – 199
Gyrocopter – 190
Earthshaker – 179
Lina – 163
Rubick – 155
Win rate
Templar Assassin – 72%
Bounty Hunter – 67%
Crystal Maiden – 63%
Broodmother – 61%
Visage – 58%
The International 2016 – TI6
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Winner: Wings Gaming Prize pool: $20,770,460
Wings Gaming were the favorites leading up to TI6. Their unique style of play, and massive hero pool left teams wondering how to defeat them. A shared thought throughout the community was teams not knowing which heroes to ban against them, because Wings performed well no matter what strategy came their way.
North American squad Digital Chaos surprised the reigning champions Evil Geniuses in the semifinals, but they proved no match for the mighty Wings Gaming from China.
Most picked
Batrider – 134
Faceless Void – 133
Timbersaw – 130
Juggernaut – 125
Vengeful Spirit – 121
Win rate
Nyx Assassin – 68%
Terrorblade – 64%
Lone Druid – 64%
Shadow Demon – 61%
Kunkka – 60%
The International 2017 – TI7
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Winner: Team Liquid Prize pool: $24,787,916
Team Liquid was one of the most dominant teams throughout the 2016-2017 season. They were the ideal lineup and best performers of the “four protect one” technique. Liquid loved using heroes like Venomancer, Nature’s Prophet, Keeper of the Light, and Necrophos that were not very greedy and would give their star player, Amer “Miracle” Al-Barkawi, the opportunity to normally handle the mid to late game carry.
Additionally, Miracle and Lasse “MATUMBAMAN” Urpalainen often switched between the mid and safe lane, so this would throw off teams and make it difficult to draft against them as well. Not only that, but if a hero like Venomancer or Nature’s Prophet was picked, any of their cores could pick it up and lane it wherever they felt they had the best chance to succeed. Team Liquid was the first team to sweep an opponent 3-0 in the grand finals.
Most picked
Sand King – 234
Puck – 183
Queen of Pain – 168
Earthshaker – 164
Clockwerk – 139
Win rate
Magnus – 70%
Dazzle – 69%
Lifestealer – 63%
Treant Protector – 63%
Natures’s Prophet – 62%
The International 2018 – TI8
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Winner: OG Prize pool: $25,532,177
Team OG were one of the squads with huge changes to their lineup right before the TI8 qualifiers. Most people seemed to believe losing Gustav “s4” Magnusson, Tal “Fly” Aizik, and Roman “Resolut1on”Fominok would have a negative impact on how they performed.
Right before the qualifiers started, they brought back Anathan “ana” Pham in the carry position, had their coach Sébastien “Ceb” Debs as the offlaner, and newcomer Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen to start as their mid. The team came out guns blazing with solid performances in the group stage and getting top four in Group A to get to the upper bracket of the main stage.
They dominated the upper bracket with their unique style of play and amazing performances from the likes of Topson and ana. Topson was an Invoker specialist that always seemed to be in the right place at the right time, and ana was widely regarded as the MVP of TI8. His decision-making and consistently strong performances on carry heroes Spectre, Phantom Lancer, and Ember Spirit proved to be too much for anyone to match.
Most picked
Mirana – 135
Windranger – 122
Phantom Lancer – 99
Warlock – 93
Vengeful Spirit – 93
Win rate
Drow Ranger – 67%
Nyx Assassin – 65%
Lycan – 63%
Faceless Void – 63%
Chen – 62%
The International 2019 – TI9
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Winner: OG Prize pool: $34,330,068
Team OG came back to TI9 looking better than ever. Many people weren’t sure if back-to-back TI champions could happen, but OG looked and played hungrier than any other team out there. They crushed the competition again with ana and Topson leading the way, while the heroes they favored this time were Io and Tiny.
Ana was the specialist on Io, building him as a carry, and Topson building Tiny to initiate and burst down the enemy quickly. Carry Io was mastered and perfected by OG, as ana would often dual lane with another strong hero that could harass or maintain trades with the enemy. Io’s tether ability improves movement speed and grants shared health or mana regeneration when Io uses an item such as a tango or clarity which grants regen to both.
Essentially, ana would focus on farming while his support player would zone out the opposing players. During the early to mid game, ana would often buy the item Helm of the Dominator to take command of a neutral creep. He would have this near him to travel and farm the jungle quicker since the tether ability pulls you to the target. Here are the most picked and highest hero win rates from TI9:
Most picked
Shadow Demon – 145
Ember Spirit – 138
Centaur Warrunner – 121
Grimstroke – 120
Wraith King – 118
Win Rate
Treant Protector – 68%
Templar Assassin – 65%
Io – 63%
Abaddon – 63%
Chen – 62%
Trends and Nerfs After TI
As we can see from these statistics, there are a wide variety of heroes that rose to the top when TI came around. Mirana, Earthshaker, Rubick, and Templar Assassin appear as the heroes which are most picked or have the highest win rate in multiple different International tournaments.
The trends and eventual nerfs can also be seen in our pub matches after a TI takes place. Three of the more notable examples are Lone Druid and Nature’s Prophet after TI3, Storm Spirit post-TI5, and Io following TI9.
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TI3 had AdmiralBulldog using Lone Druid and Prophet to their fullest potential, completely changing the way Dota 2 was being played. Nature’s Prophet became one of the most popular and favored heroes, which lead to both of his signature heroes receiving nerfs after the tournament. Lone Druid saw an increase in his Spirit Bear’s experience bounty if it died, giving 300 instead of 196. Nature’s Prophet also saw a similar change, which increased his Treants’ experience and gold bounty given to the enemy.
Sumail was a monster when he played Storm Spirit at TI5, and many players wanted to follow in his steps. Storm Spirit became one of the most popular picks at the time and that lead to nerfs shortly after TI5 ended. Static Remnant had a mana cost increase from 70/80/90/100 to 100, and also the vision from the Remnant reduced from 800 to 600. He also had a large change to his ultimate, Ball Lightning base mana cost increased from 15 + 7% to 30 + 8%. These changes made Storm Spirit lose a lot of mana quicker, which impacted his gameplay and effectiveness significantly.
The way team OG and ana utilized Io as a carry was something we haven’t seen at Internationals before. After TI9, there was a balancing patch in order to bring heroes more aligned with one another. Io saw his level 10, 15, and 20 Talents changed. Level 10 Talent changed from Spirits Apply Slow to +90 Gold/Min, Level 15 Talent changed from +75 Spirits Hero Damage to Spirits Apply Slow, and Level 20 Talent changed from +150 Gold/Min to +75 Spirits Hero Damage. These changes slowed down just how fast and effective the carry Io could be.
There is no doubt that The International is a special event to follow, and how these players and teams come up with new ways to utilize heroes is something we all love to spectate. The fans can even take what they witnessed from the big stage and try it out themselves in their pub matches. Well… at least until it gets nerfed. The International 10 this coming August is bound to bring us more exciting hero picks and strategies that we’ve never seen before. I’m sure it will add on to the rich history Dota 2 has given us already and we will talk about it for years to come.
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There are literally thousands of League of Legends streamers you can follow, but these 10 are the best of the best for a multitude of reasons.
League of Legends is the biggest video game in the world. As such, there is no shortage in the amount of content being produced. League averages the most viewers on the entire Twitch platform. With thousands of people who stream it, finding your perfect match can be challenging. To get you started, here are ten League of Legends streamers you should be following.
Doublelift
First up we have Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng. Doublelift is famous for being one of the long time LCS greats. He one of the best ADC players to ever play and his confident attitude has garnered him countless fans worldwide. Not only that, his outgoing and humorous personality will have viewers engaged the entire time. While his stream time does dip during the professional season, anytime Doublelift goes live he is greeted by tens of thousands of viewers in a flash.
TF Blade
Known far and wide as a mechanical genius, Ashkan “TF Blade” Homayouni loves being the best. TF Blade is a top lane player known for his domination of the North American ranked ladder. He has also embarked on multiple trips to hit Rank 1 in other regions as well. Because of how passionate TF Blade is, his stream persona comes off as large and in charge. He’s not afraid to tell anyone, not even his chat, to “listen buddy.”
Tyler1
Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp checks in as the top LoL streamer in terms of follower and view counts. Since his initial reputation as League’s “most toxic player” formed, he has built himself up as one of the loudest and most aggressive streamers on the platform. Tyler1’s ability to hype up his audience and assert himself has made him a beloved figure in the League scene. No matter what you think about his personality, Tyler1 is an entertainer at his core.
SirhcEz
After all of that yelling, you can wind down by watching Chris “SirhcEz” Enteria. SirhcEz has been streaming League of Legends for over five years and has likely never screamed once. He was a high-ranking top lane player since Season 3, even playing against the professionals like Dyrus at the time. Now, SirhcEz is known as the most chill League streamer out there. His cool and calm demeanor combined with his simple champion pool make for a relaxing experience.
Sneaky
Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi is one of League’s original top streamers. Back when Cloud9 took the professional scene by storm, Sneaky was already getting his Twitch game started. He was one of the first pro players to cater towards the streaming scene. Sneaky’s early streams with his jungler Meteos had viewers on the floor laughing. To this day, Sneaky retains that same persona that brought his fame, as well as the same consistent schedule.
Yassuo
One of the fastest growing streamers is Hammoudi “Yassuo” A. Also known as Moe, Yassuo came on to the scene in late 2016. Yassuo thrives off of being energetic and always having a reaction. His style is to always elicit a response from his audience, whether it is agreeing with him or flaming him. This level of engagement helped him grow to be one of the biggest League streamers out there.
ChaseShaco
ChaseShaco has been streaming for over two years, evolving as a streamer every day. While he was originally a Shaco one trick, the tendency of high ELO players to target ban him forced Chase to branch out. The result is an entertaining jungle streamer with many talents and a biting persona who takes no garbage from anyone. ChaseShaco streams nearly every day and has been growing incredibly quickly as a result.
Aphromoo
Among support streamers, none are more prominent than professional player Zaqueri “Aphromoo” Black. Aphromoo’s time as a streamer dates back to the League of Legends stone age. In 2012, he gained popularity as an ADC player, but switched to support after getting picked up by Counter Logic Gaming. Aphromoo’s stream personality was originally more aggressive, as evidenced by the famous “support is so easy dude” clip. Now, his stream is much more laid back.
Faker
The universally acknowledged greatest League player of all time, Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, has to make an appearance here. While his schedule is the most inconsistent of the list, Faker’s gameplay is so special that everyone turns to watch when he is live. During his first Twitch stream, Faker set the single streamer concurrent viewer record at the time with over 245,000. His stream has also given fans a look into the more human side of the robotically efficient mid laner.
BoxBox
Albert “BoxBox” Zheng has been playing League since beta. Along the way, he has grown and refined his stream into one of the most unique and interactive streams on the platform. BoxBox’s use of soundboard clips, chat-based games, and conversing with his viewers provides a full watching experience. His mechanics in game aren’t too shabby either, making for some hype moments accentuated by his excitable persona.
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Esports continues to make millionaires of gamers around the world; here are some of the top from 2019.
As the esports industry continues to grow, more eyes are drifting towards which gamers are making the most revenue. Fans find that players winning major tournaments can win millions of dollars in prizes. Now that the year draws to a close, we put together a list of 2019’s six highest esports earners according to Esports Earnings.
*Note – figures taken as of December 2019 and relate specifically to money earned in tournaments.
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6. Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf – $3.06 million
Arguably the biggest eye-opener this year in esports, 16-year old Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf made national headlines by winning $3 million from the Fortnite World Cup Finals in July. Many talented players participated, but of the 100 finalists, only Bugha survived. In 2019, Bugha earned just above $3.06 million, mostly from his World Cup performance.
“I’m just going to save the money and invest it and not do anything dumb with it,” Giersdorf told ESPN. “I want to get a new desk, that’s about it.”
He has the unique distinction of being the only player on this list that didn’t earn their money primarily from Dota 2.
5. Anathan “Ana” Pham – $3.14 million
Yet another esports headliner this year was The International 9, the culmination of the year’s Dota 2 competition. TI9 held a prize pool of $34.3 million, and nearly half of that went to Dota 2 team OG Esports for winning.
Anathan “Ana” Pham, helped bring the team victory as their Carry. Ana’s mastery of the hero Io led to their success at TI9, boosting his 2019 winnings to $3.14 million. He was one of the youngest players on the esports circuit to crack the Top 100 of earners.
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Team OG recently made waves when they announced a coaching change, which brings us to the next person on our list.
4. Johan “n0tail” Sundstein – $3.15 million
OG’s Dota 2 team is incomplete without Johan “n0tail” Sundstein. Playing the Support role and as captain of the team, his leadership is crucial to the team’s success. At nearly $3.15 million earned in 2019, n0tail inspires many to follow in his footsteps.
Rather than competing in the next Major, OG and n0tail are focusing on coaching their new team, OG Seed, in order to get them to qualify for the upcoming European Open which began on November 28.
n0tail currently also sits atop the list of all-time earnings in esports history at just under $6.9 million.
3. Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen – $3.16 million
Another star on OG’s Dota 2 team, Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen balances the team as a Mid player. Topson’s gameplay holds the team together as they rotate around Mid Lane.
Surprisingly, this is only his second year in the professional Dota 2 scene. His previous experience with the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena genre guided him into becoming a back-to-back championship-winning player. Even with little time as a professional in Dota 2, Topson earned $3.16 million in 2019.
Fun fact about Taavitsainen: he paid the most amount of money in taxes in 2018 among all Finnish athletes and made the most in revenue. It pays to be elite at Dota 2, gamers.
2. Sebastien “Ceb” Debs – $3.16 million
Sebastien “Ceb” Debs is the Offlaner on OG’s Dota 2 team. Before joining OG and claiming one of the top five spots for the highest earners in esports, he took part on numerous teams. Starting from Team Shakira in 2011, eventually landing with Alliance and now at OG, Ceb shows that time and experience can make a difference and birth champions. In 2019, Ceb earned $3.16 million, the exact same as Topson.
Ceb became the first French player to win an International and is revered in his home country for it. He was the cover athlete for a huge magazine called L’Equipe in November.
Like Topson and Ceb, Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka earned $3.16 million in 2019. Dota 2’s The International is currently the only esports tournament to offer a prize pool of such caliber. JerAx became involved with OG about 3 years ago, helping pull the group together before winning TI8 and TI9.
OG was the first team to win back-to-back Internationals, making one question whether JerAx was truthful when he said “I don’t expect OG to compete at TI next year with this lineup. However, anything can still happen. If our team doesn’t continue, my teammates have motivated me to this point, then what would it feel like to play with new people?”
He probably believes what he said, but how can they not want to defend their title? Although team turmoil isn’t new to OG. Ana briefly left the team in 2018 only to come back and help them win. They may also be content with the fact they each won more than $3 million in both of the previous two years, and want to strictly focus on coaching OG Seed.
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Like many sports, the esports industry is not without its share of scandals. These were the biggest esports scandals that took place in 2019.
Esports is currently one of the biggest industries and continues to grow each year. Although it started small, the industry is expected to surpass $1 billion in 2019 in terms of global revenue.
However, just like other major industries, esports has its own fair share of controversies. The previous year was full of scandals about players either cheating in major tournaments or getting involved in-match fixing, and 2019 is no different. The following were some of the biggest esports scandals of 2019.
CS:GO Match Fixing
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the biggest esports titles in the world. Because of its popularity, it is also one of the favorite titles for esports betting. But there are some people in the world who don’t like to do betting by the rules. During the month of August, six Australian CS:GO players were arrested for alleged match-fixing. The police in the city of Victoria made the arrest, and a number of detectives from the Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit and the Organized Crime Intelligence Unit worked together on the investigation.
Assistant commissioner of Victoria Police Neil Paterson said the investigation was the first of its kind by the state.
“Esports is really an emerging sporting industry and with that will come the demand for betting availability on the outcomes of tournaments and matches. These warrants also highlight that police will take any reports of suspicious or criminal activity within esports seriously, and we encourage anyone with information to come forward.”
The police claimed that they got the information about match-fixing as a tip from a betting agency. The agency claimed that the six alleged players were plotting to throw away some matches for some betting purposes. Their scandal had an impact on a total of five matches and 20 bets. The police avoided naming the players and the teams they were involved in, and they didn’t even reveal the tournament.
XXiF and Ronaldo’s Qualification for the Fortnite World Cup
The Fortnite World Cup was held this year by Epic Games, and it was easily one of the biggest esports tournaments in history. It had a prize pool of $30 million and featured players from all over the world. Epic Games selected these players through the qualifiers stage that was held for several weeks. However, just like other major tournaments, the Fortnite World Cup was no different when it comes to controversies. And the biggest one was the qualification of XXiF, a player who made it to the final event even after cheating in the qualifiers.
During week three of the Fortnite World Cup, a clip surfaced which showed XXiF getting some easy eliminations. The clip showed some Fortnite players purposefully letting themselves get killed by XXiF, thus letting him earn more points in order to qualify for the finals. Moments later, another clip surfaced which featured Ronaldo involved in the same thing. This raised many questions and Epic Games finally decided to investigate the issue. Upon investigating, it was discovered that the two were actually teaming up with other players in order to earn points and were thus banned from competitive play for 14 days.
However, as the ban was short, XXiF and Ronaldo still had many opportunities left to qualify for the finals. And during week 8 of the qualifiers, they played as a duo and secured a spot in the duos portion of the finals. This was not well received by the Fortnite community as many professional players and streamers took it to social media to talk about how poor Epic’s competitive system is. Even DrLupo, one of the biggest Fortnite players in the world, made several tweets in which he talked about how disappointed he was upon seeing cheaters getting qualified for a $30,000,000 tournament. Both XXiF and Ronaldo competed in the finals but were eliminated instantly during a match.
A cheater qualifying for a $30,000,000 tournament is a kick in the junk to the integrity of the Fortnite competitive community. Love or hate the game, this should be unanimously agreed upon.
The Fortnite community was surely left shocked after Turner “Tfue” Tenney, one of the biggest faces in the esports sector, filed a lawsuit against his former organization FaZe Clan in May 2019. His lawsuit claimed that the organization was not paying him his share of sponsorship money. In addition to this, it was also mentioned that FaZe prevented the Fortnite pro from getting a sponsorship deal from HyperX.
In response to Tfue’s lawsuit, FaZe made a post on Twitter in which they claimed that they have never collected any tournament winnings, Twitch revenue, YouTube revenue, or any other revenue from the player. The organization added that while Tfue has earned millions as a member of FaZe Clan, they have only collected a total of $60,000 from their partnership.
After a few days, Tfue posted a statement in which he asked FaZe to release his contract. The organization’s owner, Ricky Banks then confirmed that they are working on releasing the contract. In any case, it was a shock for many fans as Tfue always had a great time with his organization since he first joined them in April 2018.
FaZe’s Jarvis Permanent ban From Fortnite
Epic Games is known for punishing everyone they catch cheating, but the community thinks that they were a little harsh in the case of FaZe Clan’s Jarvis Kayne. In possibly one of the biggest esports scandals of the year, the Fortnite pro received a permanent ban after he uploaded a set of videos on his alternate YouTube channel in which he was using the aimbot software during his matches. However, Epic Games noticed it and delivered a permanent ban.
In his explanation video titled “I’ve been banned from Fortnite (I’m Sorry),” Jarvis claimed that he was making such videos to only provide entertainment for his viewers. However, he didn’t realize the consequences and that he can get banned permanently for it. While some members of the community were totally okay with Epic’s decision, others were against it. They claimed that if XXiF was not permanently banned from the game for cheating in the qualifiers, then the developers should give Jarvis only a warning this time. However, Jarvis is still banned from the game.
Repeat.gg has several free-to-enter tournaments currently live! Sign up now and compete in League of Legends or Dota 2 tournaments. Be sure to check back in February when we’re expected to launch Fortnite as well as other games coming soon.
We made several fixes, updates and added new features in the month of December. These are the full Repeat patch notes for these changes.
Repeat.gg made several exciting changes during the month of December and we’re equally as excited to share these updates with you. Below you’ll find a list of everything that went live as fixes or improvements to our platform.
We’re always working to make things better for you to improve the overall experience and that will always be our mindset. We appreciate your patience as we work through issues and hope you can enjoy the fantastic updates made already and those that are coming in the future.
Patch Notes for December
Upgrades
Rebranded from XY Gaming to Repeat.gg
We were previously known as XY Gaming and re-branded to Repeat.gg as of November 2019. The core function of the product is the same, we’re just making everything bigger, better, and faster!
Daily Live Support
We have added 24/7 daily live support and are planning to add more to the team here to make sure users always have an outlet to reach out if they need it.
Site Translation – multiple languages Russian, Spanish, Portuguese and ______??
We added translations for some of our bigger user bases and are planning to add more in the future.
Bug Fixes
Optimized daily rewards
Fixed issues some users were having adding their Game ID
Fixed referral links forwarding to the home page
Removed the annoying popup for user rewards (revamp coming soon)
Fix email process fails – fixed a bug where users were not able to update their email addresses on the site.
Lowered the scoring for healing in League of Legends scoring due to Vladamir over scoring bug.
Changed the scoring so users could not take advantage of the Vladamir champion. We are working on a more permanent solution for this.
Repeat.gg is an online video game tournament platform where users can earn cash or coin by competing in their favorite video games. Dota 2 and League of Legends are currently live, with Fortnite and others to come this year. Sign up now to begin competing!
We love the holiday season! Welcome back to the 7 Days of Christmas Giveaways presented by Repeat.gg.
Welcome to the Repeat.gg 7 Days Of Christmas Giveaway Page, For seven days leading up to Christmas, we gave away free gifts from some of your favourite brands. A mega giveaway was also announced on December 24 containing every prize from the 7 brands, In future, we will be running this type of giveaway every Christmas period bigger and better than before.
16 lucky winners are receiving a $30 Netflix gift card!
How To Verify You’reThe Winner? – Please supply the email you used to signup to the giveaway above – Your Email or the email you supply MUST match the one used to enter Gleam. Read below winner list on how to claim
Winners List – Click Link To See Names and Match Your Avatar – View Winner List Here
How To Claim – To receive your prize please email [email protected] with the title – “Christmas Giveaway Winner” and include the prize that you won – Prizes will be released on the 17th of January via Email
Winners – 1. Ghram M – $30 Netflix Giftcard 2. Jax B – $30 Netflix Giftcard 3. Jennifer C – $30 Netflix Giftcard 4. Stewart M – $30 Netflix Giftcard 5. Christopher C – $30 Netflix Giftcard 6. Charles G – $30 Netflix Giftcard 7. Will C – $30 Netflix Giftcard 8. Courtney P – $30 Netflix Giftcard 9. Justin S – $30 Netflix Giftcard 10. Alex H – $30 Netflix Giftcard 11. Johnny M – $30 Netflix Giftcard 12. Teresa M – $30 Netflix Giftcard 13. Wendy B – $30 Netflix Giftcard 14. Margaret S – $30 Netflix Giftcard 15. Amber R – $30 Netflix Giftcard 16. Leah S – $30 Netflix Giftcard
WINNERS MUST CLAIM BEFORE JANUARY 17th or prizes will be redrawn
Giveaway #2 – MyGiftCardSupply
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The second giveaway was brought to you by MyGiftCardSupply, who graciously gave away eight credits for $50 each on their website! They have gift cards from popular companies such as, Amazon, Playstation, Xbox, Blizzard, and Google Play. All gift cards are delivered electronically via email delivery.
How To Verify You’re The Winner? – Please supply the email you used to signup to the giveaway above – Your Email or the email you supply MUST match the one used to enter Gleam. Read below winner list on how to claim
Winners List – Click Link To See Names and Match Your Avatar – View Winner List Here
How To Claim – To receive your prize please email [email protected] with the title – “Christmas Giveaway Winner” and include the prize that you won – Prizes will be released on the 17th of January via Email.
Winners – 1. Daniel P – $50 MyGiftCardSupply Credit 2. Donald J – $50 MyGiftCardSupply Credit 3. Aleander P – $50 MyGiftCardSupply Credit 4. Terence L – $50 MyGiftCardSupply Credit 5. Lynn T – $50 MyGiftCardSupply Credit 6. Nancy F – $50 MyGiftCardSupply Credit 7. Zhuoyin Y – $50 MyGiftCardSupply Credit 8. Mike S – $50 MyGiftCardSupply Credit
WINNERS MUST CLAIM BEFORE JANUARY 17th or prizes will be redrawn
Giveaway #3 – Uber Eats
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Winners Received a $25 Uber Eats Giftcard
How To Verify You’re The Winner? – Please supply the email you used to signup to the giveaway above – Your Email or the email you supply MUST match the one used to enter Gleam. Read below winner list on how to claim
Winners List – Click Link To See Names and Match Your Avatar – View Winner List Here
How To Claim – To receive your prize please email [email protected] with the title – “Christmas Giveaway Winner” and include the prize that you won – Prizes will be released on the 17th of January via Email
Winners – 1. AL C – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 2. Jeremy K – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 3. Cristian S – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 4. Ruben M – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 5. Tonia H – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 6. Milton Z – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 7. Heather K – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 8. Michael Y – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 9. Timothy B – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 10. James Z – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 11. Matthew Y – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 12. Christian C – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 13. Alex N – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 14. Susan C – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 15. Judith W – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 16. Julie B – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 17. Cheryl T – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 18. Corey O – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 19. Regina D – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard 20. Elizabeth C – $25 Uber Eats Giftcard
WINNERS MUST CLAIM BEFORE JANUARY 17th or prizes will be redrawn
Giveaway #4 – Sennheiser
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This giveaway is for true gamers. Sennheiser graciously provided two of their GSP 300 headsets for two lucky winners.
How To Verify You’re The Winner? – Please supply the email you used to signup to the giveaway above – Your Email or the email you supply MUST match the one used to enter Gleam. Read below winner list on how to claim
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How To Claim – To receive your prize please email [email protected] with the title – “Christmas Giveaway Winner” and include the prize that you won – Prizes may take up to 3 working business days to receive
Winners – 1. Dave D – GSP 300 Sennheiser Gaming Headset 2. Tracey T – GSP 300 Sennheiser Gaming Headset
WINNERS MUST CLAIM BEFORE JANUARY 17th or prizes will be redrawn
Giveaway #5 – Gillette
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For the guy who needs to upgrade his shaving game: We gave away four lucky winners the Gillette Fusion ProShied Bundle.
How To Verify You’re The Winner? – Please supply the email you used to signup to the giveaway above – Your Email or the email you supply MUST match the one used to enter Gleam. Read below winner list on how to claim
Winners List – Click Link To See Names and Match Your Avatar – View Winner List Here
How To Claim – To receive your prize please email [email protected] with the title – “Christmas Giveaway Winner” and include the prize that you won – Prizes will be released on the 17th of January via Email
Winners – 1. Janice S – Gillette Fusion ProShield Bundle 2. Misty P – Gillette Fusion ProShield Bundle 3. Nicholas A – Gillette Fusion ProShield Bundle 4. Marsheila K – Gillette Fusion ProShield Bundle
WINNERS MUST CLAIM BEFORE JANUARY 17th or prizes will be redrawn
Giveaway #6 – KFC
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Winners received some finger-licking $25 KFC Giftcards
How To Verify You’re The Winner? – Please supply the email you used to signup to the giveaway above – Your Email or the email you supply MUST match the one used to enter Gleam. Read below winner list on how to claim
Winners List – Click Link To See Names and Match Your Avatar – View Winner List Here
How To Claim – To receive your prize please email [email protected] with the title – “Christmas Giveaway Winner” and include the prize that you won – Prizes will be released on the 17th of January via Email
Winners – 1. Leah D – $25 KFC Giftcard 2. Edmann B – $25 KFC Giftcard 3. Joyce P – $25 KFC Giftcard 4. Justin R – $25 KFC Giftcard 5. Richard B – $25 KFC Giftcard 6. Justin C – $25 KFC Giftcard 7. John H – $25 KFC Giftcard 8. Steven W – $25 KFC Giftcard 9. Shawn A – $25 KFC Giftcard 10. Tom W – $25 KFC Giftcard 11. Justin S – $25 KFC Giftcard 12. Samantha J – $25 KFC Giftcard 13. Kayla R – $25 KFC Giftcard 14. Andy A – $25 KFC Giftcard 15. John H – $25 KFC Giftcard 16. Christina H – $25 KFC Giftcard 17. Corbin W – $25 KFC Giftcard 18. Kirsten K – $25 KFC Giftcard 19. Charles M – $25 KFC Giftcard 20. Andrew P – – $25 KFC Giftcard
WINNERS MUST CLAIM BEFORE JANUARY 17th or prizes will be redrawn
Giveaway #7 – Kinguin
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The final giveaway of the Christmas week was for every type of gamer! Kinguin giving away 4 x €30, 8 x €20 and 8 x €10 gift cards to Kinguin.
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How To Claim – To receive your prize please email [email protected] with the title – “Christmas Giveaway Winner” and include the prize that you won – Prizes will be released on the 17th of January via Email
Winners –
1. Dani K – €30 Kinguin Giftcard 2. Amar P – €30 Kinguin Giftcard 3. Alaris – €30 Kinguin Giftcard 4. David R – €30 Kinguin Giftcard 5. Edward T – €20 Kinguin Giftcard 6. Karl-Hendrik V – €20 Kinguin Giftcard 7. Chris H – €20 Kinguin Giftcard 8. Sara S – €20 Kinguin Giftcard 9. William D – €20 Kinguin Giftcard 10. Pedro B – €20 Kinguin Giftcard 11. Lucas D – €20 Kinguin Giftcard 12. Murine P – €20 Kinguin Giftcard 13. Lucinda K – €10 Kinguin Giftcard 14. Gina J – €10 Kinguin Giftcard 15. Dale M – €10 Kinguin Giftcard 16. Tera M – €10 Kinguin Giftcard 17. Blessed B – €10 Kinguin Giftcard 18. Patrik P – €10 Kinguin Giftcard 19. Thanos P – €10 Kinguin Giftcard 20. Angelica S – €10 Kinguin Giftcard
WINNERS MUST CLAIM BEFORE JANUARY 17th or prizes will be redrawn
Bonus Round – Vast.gg Mega Christmas Giveaway!
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An incredible, huge giveaway finished off the week from Vast.gg! Repeat.gg and Vast.gg wanted to get fully into the Christmas spirit, so gave one lucky winner a massive prize package including a NetFlix $30 gift card, a MyGiftCardSupply $100 gift card, a Uber Eats $50 gift card, a Sennheiser Game On Headset, a Gillette Fusion ProShield Bundle, a KFC $50 gift card, and a Kinguin $100 gift card!
Winner – 1. Angelle B – Mega Prize Bundle
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The esports prize pools awarded in 2019 reflect a booming industry with no signs of slowing down.
Esports are taking over, and anyone who does not see that would be fooling themselves. As of 2015, the Dota 2 championship prize money dwarfed that of the Super Bowl, arguably the biggest game in traditional sports, and definitely the biggest in America.
Since that time, the numbers are getting even more astronomical, and more and more people are making a living as experts at the most popular games in the world. This article will have a look at the biggest games in esports and their prize pools from 2019.
If you are only here to steal our awesome infographic, feel free to skip to it by clicking here. Data taken as of Dec 10, 2019.
According to Esports Earnings, the total money awarded in 2019 alone so far is $209,398,385.66.
Let’s compare that to the winnings given out in the past three years and their biggest games.
2018 – $162,731,609.34 (Dota 2,Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Fortnite, League Of Legends, PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS)
2017 –$116,376,377.83 (Dota 2, League Of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Heroes Of The Storm, Call Of Duty)
2016 – $98,101,776.55(Dota 2, League Of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Halo 5, Call Of Duty)
The usual suspects still comprise this list that have been the largest games for years now, but don’t sleep on the Battle Royale game mode. Fortnite and PubG are the only games to make a significant enough impact and find themselves on the list (scroll to see their places among the Top 10), but more could be coming in the very near future.
Fun Fact: Starcraft II is the fifth largest game in terms of prize pool money handed out all time, but fell off this list this year.
*All figures are in USD
10. Rainbow Six Siege
Largest Prize Pool – $2,000,000 Prize Total – $3,965,737.03 Tournaments – 60
The next installment of Tom Clancy games by Ubisoft is an operator based first person shooter that allows players to use the map to their advantage, which is unlike most FPSs.
The previous five seasons of the Rainbow Six Pro League featured a prize pool of $283,000, but thanks to the explosion of esports has ballooned to $628,000 this year. The Six Invitational went from $500,000 in prizes to $2 million in 2019.
Fun Fact: Rainbow Six has generated more than $1 billion in revenue as of 2019.
9. Hearthstone
Largest Prize Pool – $1,000,000 Prize Total – $4,067,263.29 Tournaments – 36
Hearthstone is both an online digital collectible card game and one of two games developed by Blizzard on this list. The fast-paced gameplay lends itself to tournament style competition and Hearthstone has been on the esports circuit for years. Its place on the list is impressive given it only hosted 35 official tournaments as of this writing.
The Hearthstone World Championship, which began in 2014, featured a $1 million prize pool in three of the past four years. Popular player Wei Lin Chen has earned excess of $426,000 in tournaments this year.
Fun Fact: VKLiooon became the first ever Global Champion from China in Hearthstone, also making history as the first woman to take home a trophy at BlizzCon in 2019.
8. Arena of Valor
Largest Prize Pool – $2,166,994.19 Prize Total – $5,801,003.19 Tournaments – 16
If there is anything that has exploded as much if not more than the general esports industry, it is mobile gaming within that industry. As the little squares in our pocket become more and more powerful, so do the capabilities of the games we can install on them.
Arena of Valor is the first of a few Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games on this list, and may be responsible for League of Leagues developer Riot Games deciding to take their game mobile. It’s pretty incredible it made the list with only 15 tournaments and the fact that its only available on iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch outside of China. It had two tournaments with more than $1 million prize pools.
Fun Fact: Tencent built an internal team to change some parts of Arena of Valor for new markets around the world, according to The Verge, such as introducing Western fantasy heroes and even some DC Comics heroes like Batman and Wonder Woman for the North American audience.
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Largest Prize Pool – $2,000,000 Prize Total – $6,517,557.00 Tournaments – 38
You knew it was coming, and here it is. Call of Duty’s most recent installment has been making the Top 10 basically every year the game has existed. The last time a Call of Duty game was not among the Top 10 in prize pools was 2010. It was a major bounce back year for the franchise, which had a down year by its standards with the lackluster Call of Duty: World War II.
The interesting move Treyarch made with Black Ops 4 was deciding against a single player campaign mode, which is still the first and only Call of Duty to do so. Instead, users had the ability to launch into Blackout, their response to the Fortnite and PubG popularity. They obviously decided this was the wrong move as the single player mode is back in the latest Modern Warfare release and the Battle Royale mode isn’t expected until January.
Black Ops 4 introduced specialist abilities that were unique to each character. Giving the game this (arguably inspired by Overwatch) wrinkle made it one of the more fun multiplayer experiences in the franchise’s history.
Fun Fact: Over 100 million people have played at least one of the Call of Duty games.
6. League of Legends
Largest Prize Pool – $2,225,000.00 Prize Total – $9,023,245.80 Tournaments – 160
If you thought League of Legends (or its main competitor) were going to fall off from the boom of Battle Royale games, think again. League is still as strong as ever in the esports tournament circuit and even broke a record set by the mighty Fortnite this year. The #Worlds2019 semi-final match between SK Telecom and G2 Esports set the record for concurrent viewers at almost 4 million, shattering Fortnite World Cup’s record, which stood at 2.3 million.
The MOBA game type is ridiculously fun to play and obviously just as fun to watch on the competitive scene.
Fun Fact: 2019 featured only the fourth-highest tournament prize pool for the World Championship. The 2016-2018 prize pools were all higher.
5. Overwatch
Largest Prize Pool – $3,500,000.00 Prize Total – $9,117,036.77 Tournaments – 54
Overwatch is Blizzard’s second appearance on this list. The hero-based FPS adds much more strategy than your typical shooters would. Not only are players allowed to select a hero from a pool of over 30, each with their own abilities, but the objective gameplay itself is fairly unique among shooters. Teamwork may be more important in Overwatch than any game on the list.
Players can compete in Overwatch esports in a variety of ways, from the Overwatch League, Overwatch Contenders, Overwatch World Cup and the Open Division tournaments.
Fun Fact – The University of California: Irvine campus picked Overwatch as its second game to have an official team and offer scholarships for after League of Legends.
4. PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS
Largest Prize Pool – $5,999,999.99 Prize Total – $12,483,482.94 Tournaments – 66
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS was the first Battle Royale game mode to really take off in the esports scene and is a direct competitor to the No. 1 game on this list. The game was an instant hit, and in September of 2017 it set a record by having 1.3 million concurrent players.
PubG is still massively played, streamed, and watched by many all over the world, but especially in South Korea where the game was developed by Bluehole and where it initially rose to fame. However, it has been losing ground in 2019. As of stats taken for the month of December 2019, PubG is just the No. 13 most popular game on Twitch.
That didn’t stop it from bringing in a massive prize pool for the PubG Global Championship, which was six times higher than any previous prize pool for PubG.
Fun Fact: The previous high prize pool tournament for PubG in 2019 was only $500,000.
3. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Largest Prize Pool – $1,000,000 Prize Total – $19,265,460.72 Tournaments – 612
By far the oldest FPS on the list, the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series by Valve isn’t going to see its run among the top earners in esports end any time soon. They dwarf the rest of the games on this list in terms of tournaments run, and the switch to free-to-play last December was an excellently-planned move to keep up with its competitors.
Although CS:GO has one of the lower prize pools of the top esports titles, they do however have one of the most viewed and active pro tournament circuit in esports.
After previously capping tournament prize pools at $250,000 in the past, which was surprising given Valve also developed Dota 2 which has seen massive prize pools for tournaments thanks to crowd funding, CS:GO tournaments have been surpassing $1 million in recent years. 2019’s StarLadder Berlin Major, IEM XIII – Katowice and Intel Gram Season 2 each had $1 million prize pools.
Fun Fact – CS:GO was initially panned by critics and gamers, but Valve turned things around with several updates and brought most Counter-Strike players to the fourth installment.
2. Defense of the Ancients (Dota 2)
Largest Prize Pool – $34,330,069.00 Prize Total – $46,246,949.14 Tournaments – 196
Surprised? So was I when I saw Dota 2 was no longer the top game in prize pools given out, mostly because it still has the largest prize pool tournament by a pretty substantial margin. The International remains not only the most lucrative esports tournament, but it’s also among the highest prize pool for championships in sports in general.
Valve has two of the top three games on this list, and even though Dota 2 was knocked off the No. 1 spot for the first time since 2013, it remains at the top historically. Dota 2 tournaments have paid out a whopping $219,095,635. Counter-Strike is No. 2 and still $131,976,182 behind Dota.
This is all good news for Valve. The money for The International is raised by the community that plays Dota 2 via purchasing of Battle Passes. 25% of the proceeds from all Battle Pass sales go directly to funding The International Prize Pool, with rest going to Valve.
Concurrent viewers of the final match between OG and Liquid reached just under 2 million and the tournament reached a total of 88 million views.
Fun Fact – The International tournament was only less than a million than the other nine largest prize pools on this list combined.
1. Fortnite
Largest Prize Pool – $15,287,500.00 Prize Total – $64,367,332.11 Tournaments – 349
If there was one game that would take down Dota 2, your first guess most likely would have been Fortnite. The rise in popularity for Epic Games’ Battle Royale shooter was meteoric. After then little-known streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins posted a video playing with Drake and other celebrities, the rest was history.
Ninja and others have completely blown up since, but what truly put Fortnite on the esports map was their World Cup in 2019. Officially, the solo and duos tournaments were separate prize pools, but each featured more than $15 million in prizes. The Fortnite World Cup was the first tournament to come even close to rivaling Dota 2’s The International. Despite being one of the younger games on this list, Fortnite is already No. 3 in total prize money awarded historically.
Fortnite has become THE game for many to stream on Twitch. It’s one of their most viewed games each month on the platform with the most amount of streamers. It has spawned some competitors, although they weren’t the first Battle Royale game mode, its popularity definitely inspired responses from Activision, which came out with “Blackout” in 2018, and from EA, which launched Apex Legends with Respawn Entertainment.
Fun Fact – Epic Games’ black hole event to end Season 10 had millions and millions of people watching literally nothing on Twitch and Twitter.
Infographic presented by Repeat.gg
There has never been a better time to be a gamer and make money from playing your favorite video games. The best part is the industry is still booming and expected to continue rising in the next several years. Expect these numbers to increase as more companies realize how viable the gaming industry is for their brand.
Repeat.gg has several free-to-enter tournaments currently live! Sign up now and compete in League of Legends or Dota 2 tournaments. Be sure to check back in 2020 when we’re expected to launch Fortnite as well as other games coming soon.
XY Gaming has rebranded to Repeat, and with that will come new games like Fortnite and more, plus a new look to the website.
Welcome to the newly branded repeat.gg! As you may have heard, we recently secured an investment. With that, we are thrilled to announce many changes coming your way in the next few months to a year. Starting with a fresh new look, our new logo, as seen above, and a complete redesign of the website over the next six months. We have also doubled our team size and are expecting to double again in the next three months.
Why the name Repeat?
We wanted Uber, but that is apparently taken and I hear they are doing well so we might not be able to get that for a while. In short, we wanted a company name that was simple to remember, say, spell and allow for future expansion (Repeat Eats! coming 2021*).
Here are just some of the changes you can expect from us starting now
New games – Fortnite by January and more every quarter
New tournament modes
Specialized tournaments for community, influencers, regions, ranks and specific roles to certain characters or playstyles
Faster EVERYTHING, from the functionality of the website to how quickly we respond to your support inquiries.
Results tracking improved
New website design
An expanded support team and 24/7 support within six months
Now, you may be wondering what this means for you if you’re currently signed up to compete in tournaments. The short answer is, not much! Your coins all transfer and your account with us will still be linked to your League of Legends and Dota 2 accounts. Everything will run smoother for you.
We have heard from gamers and want you to know we are planning to onboard more popular titles along with the first inclusion of Fortnite this year.
The core concept is not changing in any way. We will still host asynchronous tournaments using our proprietary technology and they will be just as easy to enter for any new games we onboard.
We know you may still have questions. Please visit our FAQs page for more information and answers to those questions.
