Naturally, he made his own adjustments to the rating of the richest players. The esportsearnings portal has recalculated the earnings of esports players from all over the world so that we can discuss the prospects for playing computer sports and envy the success of professionals a little.
The status of the richest players from the CIS is still held by Dendi and XBOCT, which are located on the 24th and 25th lines. Funn1k took the 53rd position, and the players settled down from the 60th place Virtus.pro. So, God , fng and Illidan went up to 60th, 61st and 62nd at once, DKPhobos became 64th, and Lil took 67th position in the ranking.
From interesting facts it is worth noting that the first 29 lines are occupied by Dota2 players, and only the 30th position is occupied by the Korean starcrafter Jaedong. However, the cult MOBA from Valve owes such success exclusively to The International and Dota 2 Asia Championship tournaments. If we exclude from the rating all the prize money for million-strong tournaments, then the palm will remain with the Korean strategists - Jaedong and Flash. The most successful non-Korean player is still considered to be the American Fatal1ty (Painkiller), and the position of the best European is now held by f0rest (CS), who relatively recently overtook the famous Dutchman Grubby (Warcraft 3). But the best player in Dota 2 with such hands turned out to be iceiceice, which occupies only the 36th line of the financial rating. The most successful player in the CIS was Edward , who took a distant 87th position with $147.7 thousand.
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Statistics collected according to the portalEsports blooms and smells, and more and more popular projects of various genres and directions fall into the category of esports disciplines. In this article, we have collected the top esports games on PC. If you want to devote yourself and your time to the sport of the future, then read this material and choose the best game in your opinion.
21. Playerunknown's Battlegrounds
The eSports popularity of Dota 2 and League of Legends Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds is still far away, but the game took the first steps in this direction back in May 2017. Then the Bluehole studio and the creator of the game Brendan Green held the first PUBG charity championship, which brought together 128 famous streamers. A larger game tournament with a prize pool of $350,000 was already held in August 2017 as part of the GamesCom exhibition. Well-known esports teams Team Spirit, Team SoloMid, Luminosity Gaming, М19, Cloud 9 and Team Liquid have their own Playerunknown's Battlegrounds rosters.
Among the clear advantages of Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds for eSports are a low entry threshold, no balance problems, a variety of tactics and possible situations, equal conditions to win against all gamers.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege esports competitions began in 2016 with the opening of the ESL tournament platform. Since then, three Pro League seasons have been held every year, bringing together teams from all over the world. The prize fund of the first of them was 50 thousand US dollars. Now the amount of prize payments has increased to 167 thousand. And in February of this year, the first world championship Six Invitational 2018 was held, where 500 thousand US dollars have already been raffled off.
PENTA Sports, Team Vitality, ENCE, Millenium, Flipsid3 Tactics and Team Orbit have strong Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege teams. Gamers from the CIS have not yet shown any significant achievements in this discipline. The strongest line-up is the Room Factory team.
Project CARS is the leader in esports racing competitions. As part of the project, many local leagues have been launched, large-scale championships at gaming exhibitions (Gamescom, Paris Games Week and EGX) and monthly finals at ESL series tournaments. Do not forget about the epic battles at Intel Extreme Masters, Dreamhack and Red Bull 5G.
The young cartoony shooter Paladins from the Hi-Rez studio rushed into eSports immediately after its official release in 2016. International tournaments in this discipline were held at DreamHack festivals and captured all continents. At first, the prize fund of the tournaments was 100 thousand US dollars, but in 2017, with the launch of the Paladins Global Series, it was increased to 350 thousand US dollars.
Since last summer, Hi-Rez Studios has been partnering with the WESA eSports Association. Immediately after that, Paladins leagues opened all over the world, and Fnatic, G2 Esports, SK Gaming, Natus Vincere and Virtus assembled their rosters for this game. pro. In January 2018, as part of the Hi-Rez Expo, the first Paladins World Championship was held. The NaVi team became its winners. They took 80 thousand dollars from the total prize fund at 200 thousand dollars.
The shooter started its journey in esports back in 2015. Then the first passed warface tournament Open Cup: Spring 2015. Its prize fund amounted to 1.5 million rubles. For comparison, the last February Warface Open Cup: Season XII 2018 raffled 3 million rubles between the participants. The team of champions AG took 1.2 million rubles for itself. The silver medalists, the ArenaStars team, received 600,000 rubles.
Starting from the spring Warface Open Cup, tournaments are held regularly and gather participants from all over the world. Strong teams according to Warface, participants of the CIS countries AG, Sluper, ArenaStars and Youngstars are considered. Asteria and Exception stand out from Europe, XIII team adequately represents the USA, and the Brazilian team Black Dragons is considered the strongest in South America.
15. Halo 5: Guardians
Halo tournaments have been around since the first installments of the series, but only Halo 5: Guardians and its related world championships can be considered a serious esports discipline. The 2016 Halo World Championship has a prize pool of $2.5 million. The 2017 World Championship raffled off $1 million between teams, and in addition to it, there are many more regional tournaments in the US and Europe. There teams are fighting for more modest money. The minimum of such tournaments is 15 thousand dollars. The maximum is 200 thousand. And yet, no matter what amounts the creators of the game played, further North America and parts of Europe, this project most likely will not crawl out.
The current champions of Halo 5: Guardians are the American team OpTic Gaming. Well-known esports organizations from the USA have strong rosters. Among them are Splyce, Team EnVyUs, Team Liquid, Evil Geniuses and Luminosity Gaming. It is worth noting that the game (and, accordingly, the tournaments for it) is only available on the Xbox One console.
Popular fighting game Mortal Kombat X was originally honed for eSports, which was known even before its release. Immediately after the release of Mortal Kombat X, ESL announced its own tournament for the game. It entered the list of disciplines of the ESL Pro League and is called the ESL Mortal Kombat X Pro League. Among the participants are residents of North America, Europe and the CIS. The first lan-final raffled off $50,000, and the prize pool of the third season of the ESL Mortal Kombat X Pro League was already $500,000. One of the best players Mortal Kombat X is considered an American cR SonicFox.
13. SMITE
The reimagined multiplayer shooter Quake Champions from the legendary studio id Software began its journey into eSports at the beta stage. The first 125 FPS Sunday Cup was held in June 2017. At this time, Quake Champions has been in open beta for two months. Belarusian Aleksey Cypher Yanushevsky became the winner of the first championship.
And already in August of the same year, the first Quake World Championship 2017 took place at QuakeCon 2017. The prize fund of the competition was $1 million. Another gamer from Belarus, Nikita "clawz" Marchinsky, became the winner. He took home 100 thousand US dollars. There are also team fights. Majority current players Quake Champions play for well-known esports teams. TeamLiquid, Natus Vincere and Virtus already have their rosters. pro.
Amateur and semi-professional championships for Team Fortress 2 have been held since 2008. And only in 2016, Valve added the long-awaited support for the competitive mode. During these seven years, project fans have gathered teams and leagues, as well as held online and offline tournaments. The most popular leagues were UGC and ETF2L, as well as ESEA. In addition to leagues, Team Fortress 2 has special services that allow gamers to form teams and play against gamers of their level.
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The official esports league Wargaming rules. net League. It is supported and sponsored by Wargaming itself. The League has united the regional championships of World of Tanks into a single esports organization. First World Cup club teams World of Tanks games within Wargaming. net League took place in 2014. The prize fund of each championship is 300 thousand US dollars. Since then, the World Championships have been held regularly, and the Ukrainian team TORNADO ENERGY became the winner of the last Grand Final.
6. Heroes of the Storm
The young MOBA of Blizzard Heroes of the Storm in eSports almost immediately after its release, that is, since 2016. The scale here is smaller, and the rewards are much lower than in League of Legends and Dota 2. In 2016, the first Heroes of the Storm Global Championship 2016 was held with a prize pool of 500 thousand US dollars. Since 2017, Heroes of the Storm has introduced a league system, best teams they come to the World Cup, and in addition they receive 100 thousand US dollars.
Blizzard and GosuGamers have also launched Open Division tournaments. Here, in addition to money, rating points act as prizes. In addition, the best squads in the division take on the weakest teams in the official Heroes of the Storm Premier League and sometimes beat them back for the next season.
5. StarCraft II
Action shooter Overwatch went into eSports immediately after the release. The first leagues to emerge were in Asia (APEX, OPS and OPC). The prize fund of such regional tournaments immediately amounted to 300 thousand US dollars. Then the Overwatch championships reached America and Europe. This resulted in the Major League Gaming, DreamHack, and Intel Extreme Masters tournaments. True, here the prizes are already smaller and rarely exceed 100 thousand.
In 2016, the first Overwatch World Cup took place - Overwatch World Cup 2016. Judging by it, South Korea became the aggressors in Overwatch. In 2017, Blizzard launched the official Overwatch League with 14 teams. The league's total prize pool was $3.5 million. True, in order to take part in the official championship, an esports team must buy a permanent seat. Depending on the region, its cost reaches $20 million. It scared the part professional teams and yet almost all the seats are taken. Notable teams in the Overwatch League include Cloud9, Immortals, Team EnVyUs, Lunatic-Hai, NRG eSports, and Misfits.
3. League of Legends
MOBA League of Legends, the brainchild of Riot Games, is considered the most popular esports discipline in the world. The number of gamers, who are called "summoners" here, has long exceeded 100 million people. But in terms of money that can be earned from championships and leagues, the project is significantly inferior to Dota 2.
In addition to the official League of Legends World Championship - League of Legends World Championship, which has been held annually since 2011, there are Continental League, where participants are selected for the World Cup. The prize fund of the first World Championship was 100 thousand US dollars. In 2017, it reached 4.6 million. Compared to The International for Dota 2, this is pennies, but if you take into account other esports games, then this is a lot of money.
2. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the most popular esports games. Thanks to its long history and past games in the series, CS: GO attracts not only schoolchildren and students, but also gamers under 30 and older.
There are many tournaments, leagues and championships in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The main one is the World Electronic Sports Games. In 2017, its prize pool was US$1.5 million. In addition to it, the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship stands out from the major championships, where half a million dollars is raffled off. Don't forget the European esports league Electronic Sports League, SL i-League StarSeries, ELEAGUE Major and dozens of smaller sponsored leagues.
In CS: GO, teams from the CIS countries often rule. The favorites are Ukrainian Natus Vincere and Russian Virtus.pro. The last World Cup was taken by the Swedes from the fnatic team. They received 800 thousand dollars. In 2017, the Russian team Russian Forces won WESG 2017 among women.
Dota 2 does not have the largest gaming community, but the largest prizes for the World Cup. The first world Dota 2 tournament was held in 2011. The legendary roster of the Ukrainian team NAVI became the champion of The International 2011. The prize fund of that championship was $1.6 million. Then and now, the Dota 2 World Championships are the biggest cash draws in all of esports, and the amount of prizes is growing at a frantic pace. Thus, the prize fund of The International 2017 amounted to 23 million US dollars. The winning team, in 2017 it was Team Liquid, took home an impressive $10.8 million. The silver medalist, the Newbee team, took $3.9 million. This amount is several times higher than the money that the winners of other eSports games earn in a year, or even a couple of years.
Computer games are not only entertainment and "time killer", in our time games have become a real sport. For more than 10 years, various competitions and championships, including world-class ones, have been held on them.
Many esports games are team games, but there are also solo disciplines where the confrontation is always 1 on 1. There are high requirements for players and teams, many athletes have very fast reactions, excellent playing skills, as well as general qualities that make it easy to play with the team and resist stress during numerous journeys and during competitions.
There are many disciplines and games that can be called eSports, but all of them have stood the test of time. We have prepared for you a list of the ten best modern esports games, and we will tell you about their history and ongoing competitions.
The legendary progenitor of the MOBA genre, the map for Warcraft 3. DotA became an esports discipline at the peak of its popularity due to the fact that at that time all Warcraft 3 tournaments had an additional session for it. It also made its debut as a gaming discipline at the World Cyber Games, which were once the largest event in the world of eSports.
Nowadays, Valve organizes championships in DotA game 2, which take place in several different leagues and regions, including at the world level. This year saw The International 2015, which featured a prize pool of over $18 million, making esports more lucrative than many other classic sports.
Created by a team that includes the original Defense of the Ancients, this MOBA game from Riot Games has become a major esports discipline since its release, featuring a system of ranked games and leagues, and a huge infrastructure of regional and world championships. It made its debut as an esports discipline at the World Cyber Games in 2010, and since 2011 a separate League of Legends World Championship has been held, with a large prize pool.
In 2013, the United States of America officially recognized professional League of Legends players as professional athletes, and the visa process is now simplified for them. These changes allow professional players to stay in the US for up to 5 years. This was a huge step for esports in general. AT this moment The 2015 World Championship is taking place, in which the best teams from all over the world are fighting for the championship and a prize fund of $3 million.
The new MOBA from Blizzard, which is positioned as a game in the Hero Brawler genre. The game contains heroes from different universes of other Blizzard games, and the gameplay follows its own unique rules, but general process similar to Defense of the Ancients - two teams of 5 people fight each other on different maps, and the goal is to destroy the main building at the enemy base. As you know, almost all Blizzard products become eSports disciplines for a long time. Apparently, HotS will not be an exception.
Even before the official release of the game, various Heroes of the Storm esports games began, and the first championship peace will pass this year at BlizzCon. At the moment HotS is one of the fastest growing disciplines. Numerous esports organizations have begun to assemble rosters and teams to play HotS.
Hearthstone is a collectible card online game based on turn-based one-on-one battles between two opponents. Players can choose game modes, each with slight differences from the others. When the user starts playing, he receives a starter set consisting of "basic" cards. Subsequently, you can acquire rare and more powerful cards by purchasing card packs or receive cards as a reward for participating in Arena games. The game was first introduced in 2013, and in 2014 it was already released.
In November 2013, BlizzCon 2013 hosted the Innkeeper's Invitational, the world's first Hearthstone tournament. The two-day competition was streamed on Twitch and BlizzCon. In 2014, the first Hearthstone World Championship was held, in which 16 of the best players from around the world competed for the title of Champion and a prize pool of $250,000. The first World Champion was James "Firebat" Kostesich, earning $100,000 in prize money. And this year BlizzCon 2015 will host the World Tournament.
Strategy games were the first esports games that brought together many professional players and entire leagues around them. The main disciplines at the World Cyber Games have always been Warcraft 3 TFT and StarCraft, but over time, as they became outdated, they were replaced by StarCraft 2, one of the most complex and well-known disciplines in eSports.
In early 2012, Blizzard Entertainment announced the StarCraft II World Championship Series, a series of championships with multiple stages and qualifiers culminating in the World Championship Finals in Shanghai, China. Korean professional player Lee-Sak "PartinG" Won became the first StarCraft 2 World Champion, winning the Champion's Cup and $100,000 in prize money. After that, the game became one of the main disciplines of the Battle.net World Championship Series, which was held in 2013-14, and gave way to the world championship at BlizzCon.
Counter Strike is the most famous shooter in eSports. It has been a discipline in more than 10 different major championships and tournament series, and in a huge number of local competitions. At the moment, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive remains the main discipline in such esports leagues and tournaments as Electronic Sports League (ESL) and Intel Extreme Masters.
In addition to third-party tournaments from eSports leagues, Valve organizes Major Championships (majors). They have very large prize pools, and certain items and events appear in the game for their holding. In 2015, more than $3.8 million in prize money was raffled off at Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments.
Unlike many other esports disciplines, fighting games were distinguished by good entertainment, attracted a huge audience to watch the competitions, and were always very demanding on the player’s personal “skill”. Mortal Kombat was no exception, and therefore there were many local and global competitions and championships in the world.
And this year, ESL (Electronic Sports League) announced their own Mortal Kombat X tournament, which will be included in the list of ESL Pro League disciplines. The tournament itself was named ESL Mortal Kombat X Pro League. Players from North America, Europe and the CIS took part in it. More than $50,000 were raffled off at the lan final.
Racing simulators have almost completely failed in the fight for a place in eSports. The current situation will try to change the game of the new generation - Project Cars, which was released this year. In September, the first competitions in this discipline began. The agreement between ESL, developer Slightly Mad Studios and publisher Namco Bandai Entertainment will allow the game to have an esports future.
The Electronic Sports League organized the Project Cars ESL Open Ladders, and the Go4ProjectCARS Europe Championship is currently underway with a modest €150 prize pool and a €50 weekly reward.
Like many other major esports disciplines, virtual football in the face of FIFA, it began its march from local tournaments, but soon, in 2000, it became the main discipline of major tournaments, such as the World Cyber Games.
In addition, the FIFA organization itself organizes the personal FIFA Interactive World Cup championship, which has been held since 2004, and at the moment registration for the 2016 championship has begun.
Through the efforts of Wargaming, World of Tanks has become one of the eSports disciplines, especially popular in the CIS and Europe. In 2014, the Wargaming.net League was organized, which was supposed to be the main platform for tournaments and championships, but it was reorganized and left as a league platform.
Main international tournament for World of Tanks was the Continental Rumble, which was first held on October 17 in the Polish city of Poznan. The best teams from the CIS and Europe fought in the Continental Rumble, and the winner was the Tornado Rox team, who earned the title of Continental Champion and $45,000 out of a total prize pool of $100,000.
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The game has its own separate platform for tournaments and leagues http://esports.smitegame.com/ , which is directly supported by the developers. I have such well-known teams as Cloud 9, Fnatic and Team Solomid with their Smite rosters.
In 2014, Smite players raised a $2,145,803 prize pool for the World Championship by purchasing various in-game items in a similar fashion to The International 2015, the DotA 2 World Championship. The 2015 Smite World Championship has a base prize pool of $600k, but will increase through the sale of items in the game. In addition, all regional qualifying leagues have their own fixed prize pools of $500,000 for each of the 5 regions.
Which of the professional eSports teams earned the most money in tournaments.
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Esports as an occupation appeared about 19 years ago. The first tournament computer games was held in 1998 on the popular shooter Quake, (its prize fund was 15 thousand dollars). According to the e-Sports Earnings portal, about 22 thousand tournaments have been held for all the time, in which about 307.9 million dollars were played.
Let's analyze which of the teams became the most successful in the field of computer sports. As a criterion, only winnings in competitions were chosen. The income item will not include the profit of organizations from advertising, contracts with sponsors and other aspects.
1 - Evil Geniuses
Tournament Revenue: $15.7M
EG victory at The International 2015
Evil Geniuses was founded in 1999. Today it is the most successful multi-gaming organization in the world. Some of the best players in StarCraft, WarCraft 3 and Dota 2 played under the auspices of EG. The total amount of money won is 15.72 million dollars, and the number of tournament victories is 646. Today, the most profitable Dota 2 roster, which has already for a long time is one of the leading in the world.
The organization has a victory at The International 2015, which brought Evil Geniuses $6.6 million, as well as two third places in 2014 and 2016. The total income of the team from Dota 2 is about $14 million.
Also, one of the most successful disciplines was Blizzard's RTS - StarCraft 2. Today, for unknown reasons, EG ignore one of the most media and profitable disciplines - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends. Under the wing of Evil Geniuses, players also perform on less popular projects such as Super Smash Bros., Call of Duty, Street Fighter and Halo.
2-Wings Gaming
Tournament Revenue: $9.7M
Unchanged Wings Dota 2 roster at ESL One Manila
The Chinese esports organization Wings Gaming was founded relatively recently, in 2014. However, this did not prevent the team from firmly taking second place in the list of the most successful teams in computer sports. All this is provided by the only major victory - The International 2016, where the team took first place and earned $9.1 million. The line-up has won titles in several other small competitions, but has not yet succeeded in repeating success in a major tournament. Wings' failures include 9-16th place at The Boston Major and 9-12th place at Dota 2 Asia Championships 2017.
Not so long ago, the players left the organization due to financial problems. The owner of Wings tried to create a League of Legends roster and spent about three million dollars on it, but the idea failed. The story has an unpleasant continuation: the Chinese Esports Association (ACE) disqualified former team members for life for violating the terms of the contract. Moreover, Wings Gaming can sue players because they did not have the right to terminate contracts unilaterally. Perhaps this failure will be the final point in the history of the team. Now the owner of the brand is looking for buyers to whom he can sell it.
Wings also had a CS:GO team, but the team was not successful. The team's income in the discipline was only about six thousand dollars.
3 - Newbee
Tournament Revenue: $7.5 million
Newbee win at TI4. The Reason Why Team Captain Zhang "Xiao8" Ning Cost LGD $320k
Newbee is the second Chinese esports organization to take first place at The International (in 2014). The total amount of money won is 7.5 million dollars, of which Dota 2 players earned most of it.
The organization is constantly actively developing the Dota direction. To do this, the team has two line-ups - junior Newbee Young and the main Newbee. This year, the management also signed a third roster called Newbee Boss, which included legendary players the Chinese scene, but this is rather done for the media. The team included authoritative players who are loved by the audience - Zhang "Xiao8" Ning, Liu "Ferrari430" Feichi, popular streamer Bi "Axx" Xia.
Today, players from League of Legends, Overwatch, Dota 2, Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm play for the Chinese multi-gaming team.
4-Fnatic
Tournament Revenue: $7.3 million
The old Fnatic roster in CS 1.6 with the champion title at Intel Extreme Masters III in 2009
Fnatic is one of the oldest and most famous organizations in the world of esports. It was founded in 2004 and has become one of the most balanced in terms of success in a variety of disciplines. Today, the total prize money won is $7.3 million.
Under the auspices of Fnatic, teams play in ten disciplines, including both the most popular (CS:GO, Dota 2, League of Legends, Overwatch) and less media ones (Call of Duty, Vainglory, Heroes of the Storm). In addition to professional rosters, the team is opening academic rosters whose main function is to prepare players for an esports career.
5-SK Telecom T1
Tournament Revenue: $7.1M
SKT T1 League of Legends roster for LoL World Championship 2013
SK Telecom T1 is the first South Korean organization to enter the top 10 most profitable esports teams. The main fame came to the team during the first part of StarCraft, which is very popular in the country. With the release of StarCraft II, the management team created lineups for the new part of the legendary RTS. The discipline brought the organization about $1.9 million South Korean players remain the strongest on the planet to this day.
Unlike most other teams, today the main source of income for SKT T1 is the League of Legends roster. For the last two years, this team has won the title of winner at LoL World Championships. SK Telecom T1 has 26 wins and $5.1 million in prize money
6- Natus Vincere
Tournament Revenue: $6.4M
The legendary composition of Na "Vi in CS 1.6. From left to right: ceh9, Starix, Zeus, Edward and markeloff
The Ukrainian organization Natus Vincere also entered its name in the top ten richest esports teams in the world. Glory was brought by Counter-Strike and Dota 2, in which Na'Vi are one of the most titled representatives. The CS 1.6 roster included such legends as Daniil "Zeus" Teslenko, Arseniy "ceh9" Trynozhenko, Egor "markeloff" Markelov and Sergey "Starix" Ischuk. The total income of the team from Counter-Strike amounted to about $1.7 million.
Natus players Vincere in Dota 2 also became famous in their discipline. They are still the only team to have reached the finals of The International three times, one of which they won. The amount of prize money won in Dota 2 is $3.6 million.
Today the organization is experiencing better times. After the disbandment of the well-known Dota 2 roster, the team did not have any serious victories in this discipline. Recently, the only victory in a major tournament was the title of champion at StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2 in 2016.
7-Vici Gaming
Tournament Revenue: $6.3 million
Vici Gaming is another Chinese team that has gained fame and money in the world of Dota 2. More than half of the income, namely $4.3 million, was brought to the team by players in the world-famous MOBA game from Valve. Among the achievements, we can note the second place at The International 2014 and Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015. There are a number of victories in smaller tournaments with prize funds of about 100 thousand dollars.
Today, the organization supports the work of three Dota 2 rosters - Vici Gaming, VG Potential and VG.J, as well as the activities of the CS:GO team.
8 - Virtus.pro
Tournament Revenue: $5.6 million
Current Virtus.pro Dota 2 roster
Virtus.pro became the second representative of the CIS in the top ten most profitable esports organizations, whose fame was also brought by the most profitable disciplines - Dota 2 and CS:GO. In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, VP's all-star roster leads the way with $2.2 million in prize money. Also, Polish CS-ers are one of the oldest professional players - Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas is 30 years old, and Phillip "NEO" Kubski and Jaroslaw "pashaBiceps" Jazzombkowski are 29 years old.
However, not so well-known Dota Virtus players brought the organization more money- about 2.6 million dollars. Notable achievements include second place at The Kiev Major and 5th-6th place at The International 2015.
The nearest major tournament where the team will take part is ELEAGUE's CS:GO show match between the finalists of ELEAGUE Major 2017. VP will face the Danes from Astralis in the fight for 250 thousand dollars. The match will take place on June 16.
9-Invictus Gaming
One of the former iG Dota 2 teams. This is the lineup of the team that went to The International 2015
iG rose to prominence mainly in Dota 2 and League of Legends, where he still performs to this day. There are not many achievements of the team, however, the Dota roster won the World Championship in 2012, where it defeated Natus Vincere in the final (then the team took home a million dollars). This year we can again observe the inexplicable success of the organization - a victory at the Dota 2 Asia Championship and 3rd-4th place at The Kiev Major.
The League of Legends roster is not so successful, but brought the team about 603 thousand dollars. The last iG titles in LoL were won in 2014.
10- LGD Gaming
Tournament Revenue: $5.4M
For a very long time, Zhang "Xiao8" Ning (center) was a key player in LGD.
LGD Gaming is another team that exists thanks to its success in Dota 2 (its roster brought the organization about 90% of the money won). The huge buzz around LGD was created by the transfer of the legendary captain Zhang "Xiao8" Ning after The International 2014, when LGD paid the Newbee team about 320 thousand dollars. This transition is still one of the most high-profile and expensive in esports.
One of the LGD Dota 2 rosters looked exactly like this. In front of you LGD Girls
The League of Legends team is still part of the organization. Despite the fact that the income from LoL players is quite modest (354 thousand dollars), the management continues to support the activities of the team. The last win was in LGD's pocket in 2015.
Valve - the key to success?
Gabe Newell at The International 2016
As a result, we can say that the success of the modern top ten was mainly ensured by Dota 2. The key to this success was Valve's decision to deduct 25% of the sales of in-game themed products dedicated to competitions to The International prize fund. The exception is the SK Telecom T1 team from South Korea - League of Legends brings them the main income.
The situation is similar in CS:GO. The company increases prize funds at tournaments every year. Last year, CS:GO first introduced competitions with over a million dollars in prize money. In Dota 2, this bar was already overcome at the first World Championship in 2011, and at the last The International, the total prize money was approximately $20 million.
Growth of the TI7 prize pool compared to the previous two years
This is the recipe for success today - the most generous prize money is provided by Valve. In Dota 2, a total of $99.3 million has been raffled off. For comparison, League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and StarCraft II combined have a similar “budget”.
WriteThe prize money of the tournament is 25 million dollars, ten, several tournaments are smaller for “only” two million, and several tens for a couple of hundred thousand. What are these tournaments? eSports! Young players who a couple of years ago had fun with friends in computer clubs and considered lost children, have become professionals and earn tidy sums, and some of them even get into Forbes lists. But which players are currently the richest esports players in the world? Read the top 10 richest players in the Match!
10. Lee Iceice Peng
Age: 22 years old
Discipline: Dota 2
Total Prize Earned: $1,998,558
Being a well-known and rather strong player in China, Li Peng, however, has recently admired the veterans of the scene, dreaming of one day becoming the same strong player and performing on the professional stage. Having set a goal for himself, iceice invested quite a lot of effort and as a result was noticed by Zhang "xiao8" Ning, the champion of The International 2014. It was this legendary player who invested in Li and did not fail: he soon became the champion of The International 2016 as part of the Wings team, surpassing their idols and overnight becoming a millionaire. At the moment, he has earned almost two million US dollars and is ranked tenth on the list of the richest esportsmen in the world.
9. Maroon GH Merhei
Age: 24 years old
Discipline: Dota 2
Total Prize Earned: $2,383,155
As a regular player from Lebanon, Maroun Merhei has become known in the community due to the high rating earned by long and hard work in Game. Thanks to this fame, at the end of 2016 he was noticed by the players of Team Liquid and offered the role of a replacement, and later he officially replaced another player, BuLba, in the squad. After a period of hard training, Maroon, along with his first team of this caliber, took the podium in many major tournaments by the middle of this year, and subsequently became the 2017 champion with his team, earning just over two million dollars for himself.
8. Clinton Fear Loomis
Age: 29 years old
Disciplines: DotA, Dota 2
Total Prize Earned: $2,322,767
One of the "oldest" players in terms of playing career, Clinton was jokingly nicknamed "the old man." While still a DotA player, he achieved good success, but when The International 2011 was announced, he set himself the goal of becoming a champion. Having not achieved success in 2011, he was nevertheless taken under the wing of the Evil Geniuses organization, in whose team he played more four years thereafter. Later, in 2015, he nevertheless achieved success and received the champion title, and a year later he left the active roster. Now the “old man” is the coach of the new composition of his team, as well as the co-owner of the Evil Geniuses organization, which has already become native for so many years.
7. Sumail SumaiL Hassan
Age: 18 years old
Discipline: Dota 2
Total Prize Earned: $2,601,795
The young player Sumail Hassan became a millionaire at the age of 16, which, however, does not detract from his talent. He started playing DotA as early as the age of eight, right after his family moved from Pakistan, soon placing at the top of the local tournaments and in the local North American Player League. His talent so impressed the future teammate, Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora, that he contributed to the decision to take the young talent to the team, which already borne fruit six months later, giving his team, Evil Geniuses, the title of champions.
6. Peter ppd Daguerre
Age: 25 years old
Disciplines: Heroes of Newerth, Dota 2, Gwent
Total Prize Earned: $2,628,120
At the moment, Peter is the official representative of the Evil Geniuses organization and a media personality, however, in high school he was an ordinary player who, like many then, was fascinated by Heroes of Newerth. The game inherited the basic principles and mechanics from DotA, which was no less popular at that time, which allowed him later, retaining all his acquaintances and skills, to master Dota 2 without any problems and achieve amazing success in two years, earning the title of champion of The International 2015 as part of the Evil team. Geniuses, as well as the nickname "Draft Genius" in the community.
5. Ivan Borislavov MinD_ContRoL Ivanov
Age: 22 years old
Discipline: Dota 2
Total Prize Earned: $2,703,171
Having started his career in 2014, Ivan could not achieve great success and changed teams quite often, and then completely remained a free agent, who was invited to replace him. After The International 2015, during the period of changing lineups, Ivan was noticed by Kuro "KuroKy" Takhasomi, calling to his new team 5Jungz. This team would later change its name to Team Liquid, falling under the wing of a large organization, but Ivan himself did not change the team anymore: at the moment he still remains a Team Liquid player, in which he, after long workouts, found a friendly team and comrades, with whom he took prizes in many major tournaments since the beginning of the year. In addition, they became champions of The International 2017, which is the biggest achievement at the moment both for Ivan and for all the players in the world.
4. Lasse MATUMBAMAN Urpalainen
Age: 22 years old
Discipline: Dota 2
Total Prize Earned: $2,707,376
After winning a local tournament as part of a mixed team of professional player Trixi, Lasse established himself, later receiving an invitation to the 4Anchors team from his opponent in 2014. He showed himself as a promising and outstanding carry, but the team itself did not achieve success and broke up. However, he was immediately picked up by another professional who created his own team - Kuro Takhasomi, who called him to 5Jungz. Later, as part of the same team, but with a new name, he won many victories and, subsequently, shared the title of champions of The International 2017 with the team.
3. Saahil UNiVeRsE Arora
Age: 27 years old
Discipline: Dota 2
Total Prize Earned: $2,900,960
Almost from the very beginning of his career, Saahil played side by side with Clinton "Fear" Loomis. He often changed teams and played in completely different lineups, however, he played with Fear under the banner of Evil Geniuses, returning three times. In 2015, he contributed to the recruitment of young Sumail Hassan to the team, and later - took the title of The International 2015 champion and shared more than 6 million dollars with his comrades.
2. Amer Miracle al-Barkawi
Age: 20 years old
Discipline: Dota 2
Total Prize Earned: $2,942,665
Amer is one of the most famous mid lane players in professional Dota 2, famous for being the very first ranked player among all players for a long time. Starting your professional career he had little success with the top-rated Balkan Bears, but he soon got a chance to really shine: he was invited to the OG team. Having won two major tournaments, the team showed not the best top scores, followed by a roster change, after which Amer ended up in Team Liquid. This, however, was for the best: it was with this friendly team that he soon became the champion of The International 2017, confirming his title of the best player in Dota 2.
1. Kuro KuroKy Takhasomi
Age: 24 years old
Disciplines: DotA, Dota 2
Total Prize Earned: $3,367,188
Being one of the most famous players, as well as a player with a fairly long career, he was one of those who participated in all seven tournaments of The International series. Experiencing internal conflicts in different teams, he was often forced to change lineups until he created his own team, 5Jungz, in which he gathered the best players from his acquaintances. However, even in this case, there were internal contradictions, however, having gone over themselves, the players were able to get along, become best friends and set a goal and work hard to achieve it. So Kuro led his team to victory, and he himself achieved the dream he had been working towards for seven years - he became the champion of The International, sharing almost $ 11 million with his team.