Best 10 eSports players in 2019
Let’s talk about : Top 10 eSports teams and other esports live scores. eSports are a huge cash industry this days and you will stunned by the amounts esports players make.
Emil “nyhrox” Bergquist is our second Fortnite player who started his career as a professional esports player in August 2018. In his first year as a pro nyhrox earned only $3,660.29, yet he more than made up with his earnings in 2019, which saw him pocked over $1.5 million. Just like as it was the case with EpikWhale, the majority of nyhrox’s earnings came from the inaugural Fortnite World Cup tournament where he claimed the golden medal at Fortnite World Cup – Duo alongside his teammate David “Aqua” Wang. Read additional info at Top 10 eSports Players 2019.
Pepperdine University has announced the launch of an esports program that has already participated in the LA Valiant’s Road to Kit Kat Collegiate Overwatch Tournament. The tournament accepted eight schools, with Pepperdine edging out two other universities to claim spot number eight. For the month leading up to the tournament, voting took place to decide which schools would be invited to compete. The program seems to be gaining traction fast, with big names in the esports industry such as Twitch, ULT and Collegiate Starleague, reaching out to Pepperdine and expressing their interest in talking to students and helping with program development. In a Pepperdine University Graphic report, Director of Campus Recreation Robb Bolton said Pepperdine President Jim Gash is “fully supportive” of an esports program.
“To me, putting that together and marrying them and having the students walk through the activities, it mirrors all the kids on campus. It gets them out of their dorm room. Because they’re playing this in their dorm rooms. Now they have to walk through the gym, walk through the campus, come upstairs and be integrated with all the sports,” Courtley-Todd said. The STU team currently has 10 members, with a practice space equipped for 17 players. The team will compete in League of Legends, and merit scholarships are available depending on the team member’s level of play. While STU does not have a formal game design program, the school does offer a BS in Computer Science.
Cooler Esports are one of the lesser-known esports organizations in the scene, but much like it was the case with Sentinels, Cooler Esports made their way on the list solely due to the success of their Fortnite players. Their two members Emil “nyhrox” Bergquist and David “aqua” Wang won the Fortnite World Cup Finals – Duo event which earned them a grand total $3 million. Their World Cup winnings alone made up slightly over 85% of Cooler Esports 2019 winnings. See extra details at Top 10 eSports Teams 2019.
A further 16 games will take place on Week Two this week starting with Washington Justice facing London Spitfire in what is now a must-win game for the current Champions, who then also face a tough second game later in the week when they take on the as-yet undefeated Huangzhou Spark in the first of four games on Sunday. Other key matches include a double-header for New York Excelsior against Los Angeles Valiant and then the winless Houston Outlaws, while the Philadelphia Fusion will hope to continue their positive start against the Florida Mayhem and the Dallas Fuel. At the other end of the table, the luckless Shanghai Dragons will continue their search for their first win in the Overwatch League after going all of last season without a win, as they have just one game this week against the Boston Uprising.
Due to the normalization of gaming and the internet (along with technological advances) the real surge of esports came in the noughties. It was then that we began seeing what we now know to be modern-day esports. As streaming platforms such as Twitch and YouTube took off, people began to show interest in not only playing videogames but watching them too. Popular tournaments now sell out stadiums and professional players (like Ninja) can earn millions between prize money, advertising and salaries. Source: www.onlineesports.com.
