Finally,

ESPORTS!

INTERFACE 12/05 - Mai K. ‘26 & Raheem I. ‘25

What is in store!

INTRODUCTION

TRENDS & THOUGHTS

SPORT? REALLY?

MARIO KART

Quick refresher for the boomers among us

What’s next for esports?

You tell us!

Analysis into the age old debate

Challenge Mai!

(Raheem will sit this one out)

INTRODUCTION

01

esports? who dat

ESPORTS = COMPETITIVE GAMING

DOLLARS

DOLLARS

FANS

Prize pool for The International 10

2022 valuation of the global esports market

318 MILLION

following and watching esports around the globe

1.38 BILLION

40 MILLION

TYPES OF GAMES

FPS

FIGHTING

AND MORE!

MOBA

~5 v 5 twitch shooters

CS:GO, Valorant, RS6

1 v 1 2D combofests

Street Fighter, Smash

5 v 5 top-down hero strategy: LoL / Dota 2

Digital TCG: Hearthstone

RTS: Starcraft

Racing: Mario Kart!

RISE OF ESPORTS

1972

First gaming competition held at Stanford

1997&1998

Asian financial crisis;

Starcraft released,

internet cafe boom

2015

First dedicated esports facility built

1991

Street Fighter out - direct competition

2011

Twitch released

SPORT? REALLY?

02

listen here you litt-

AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS

“the need to include these elements [esports] to keep the Olympics relevant to younger generations”

ESPORTS ACCEPTANCE BY TRAD. SPORTS

ESPORTS GETS INTENSE TOO

HIGH SCHOOL

INDUSTRY

HUGE TEAMS

COLLEGE

Commentators,

coaches, analyst

$50 million team facilities, transfers

Scholarships, degrees, leagues - everywhere in the world.

Especially in Europe, offering esports curriculum

ESPORTS ARE INSANELY COMPLEX

CHAMPIONS

ITEMS

STRATEGIES

Each with 5 completely unique abilities

That you can mix and match for different abilities

INFINITE

wards, drafting, jungling, denying, etc.

200+

140+

Not any about knowledge though;

need to be incredibly fast as well

(doping is very common!)

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Creators

Fan response

Developers

Most

Effective

Tactics

Available

GET IN THE METAGAME

Worth Knowing?

If you want to up your game, it is helpful to keep up with the tier lists, competitive ladders and player community.

LIVESTREAMING

ie, how most esports pros pay the bills

1.4 Billion

15 million

720 million

Expected e-sports livestreaming audience by 2025

Live gaming channels on Twitch

Live gaming hours

TAP IN THE MARKET

DEMOGRAPHICS

STATUS

EMERGING MARKET

MEDIUM

COUNTRY

Mostly <30 years old

61% male

79% middle to high income

+24.5% per year

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Mobile gaming more popular in emerging markets

China largest market; expect to reach 267.5 M audience in 2025

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GET STARTED? eSports Streamer 101

How?

Entry barrier?

Platforms?

Salary?

Solo queue!

Subscriptions, advertisements, fan donation, merchandise, etc.

Less than $100 to get started, but very competitive

Tons of them; Popular choices are Twitch and YouTube

Varies; 50%-70% commission from platform

HIGHER SPECTATOR ENGAGEMENT

(both with pro players and with the game)

Does not require extensive equipment or set up; easier to start playing (just log on)

However, more “advanced” equipment to go pro

Also live streaming services are a lot more interactive than traditional TV

TRENDS & THOUGHTS

03

please share your ideas!

TREND: MOBILE ESPORTS

Extremely young audiences

Especially popular in emerging markets

MORE ON DIVERSITY IN ESPORTS

Esports is rooted in gaming cultures

But very skewed gender-wise

But things are improving

Good accessibility wise

Gaming culture and stigma excludes some participant groups i.e. masculine culture, “gamer girl”

YOUR SPORT HAS BEEN DEPRECATED

Nobody owns “football”

No esport will persist for as long as real life sports (or???)

Profit motives of companies?

Games made for esports

“Most esports tournaments are not profitable to host

as stand-alone venture” - TheVerge

ESPORTS = DEMOCRATIZATION OF SPORTS?

Live streaming

Not diverse

But, owned by game dev

Ease of play

Provides independence to professional players

Currently still reflecting outdated gender stereotypes.

Available to everyone, almost globally, especially mobile games

Cancelled tournaments, unsupported games, constant changes

THANKS

FOR

LISTENING

Discussion time!

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ENGAGEMENT

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest one in the Solar System—it’s only a bit larger than our Moon. The planet’s name has nothing to do with the liquid metal

Venus has a beautiful name and is the second planet from the Sun. It’s ho, even hotter than Mercury, and its atmosphere is extremely poisonous

RECOMMENDATIONS

MERCURY

JUPITER

MARS

SATURN

NEPTUNE

VENUS

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun

It’s the biggest planet in our Solar System

Despite being red, Mars is a cold place

Saturn is the ringed one and a gas giant

It’s the farthest planet from the Sun

Venus has a beautiful name, but it’s hot

EXAMPLES

MERCURY

NEPTUNE

JUPITER

VENUS

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun

Neptune is the farthest in our Solar System

Jupiter is the biggest in our Solar System

Venus has a nice name and but it’s terribly hot

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MARS

Despite being red, Mars is a cold place

VENUS

Venus has a beautiful name, but it’s hot

TIMELINE

MARS

Despite being red, Mars is a cold place

VENUS

Venus has a beautiful name, but it’s hot

JUPITER

It’s the biggest planet in our Solar System

MERCURY

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun

SATURN

Saturn is the ringed one and a gas giant

INFOGRAPHIC

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun

It’s the biggest planet in our Solar System

Venus has a beautiful name, but it’s hot

Despite being red, Mars is a cold place

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Despite being red, Mars is a cold place, not hot. It’s full of iron oxide dust

15%

30%

40%

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

456,700,900

Big numbers catch your audience’s attention

333,000.00

24h 37m 23s

386,000 km

earths is the Sun’s mass

is Jupiter’s rotation period

is the distance between the Earth and the Moon

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