Esports
Electronic sports
Example
My sister's career goal is to get picked up by an Overwatch esports team
Related Slang
GSL | Global StarCraft II League |
MLG | Major League Gaming |
sc2 | StarCraft 2 |
LOL | League of Legends |
DOTA | Defense of the Ancients |
MOBA | Multiplayer online battle arena |
RTS | Real-time strategy |
FPS | First-person shooter |
Streamer | Someone who regularly broadcasts online |
Twitch | Video game streaming website |
Esports competitions are those in which professional gamers battle each other in video games. Most popular competitive games, including League of Legends (LoL), Starcraft 2 (SC2), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), Overwatch, and more, feature a thriving esports scene.
Within the span of a couple decades, esports have become big business. For example, LoL's 2018 Mid-Season Invitational tournament drew an online audience of 60,000,000 viewers, who watched players compete for a prize pool worth over $1.3 million.