Esports Superstars

Esports Superstars — page 1 — To John Vincent the esports superstar of the Miller clan

Esports Superstars — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Fortnite World Cup 4 CHAPTER 1 What Are Esports CHAPTER 2 Pro Esports Superstars CHAPTER 3 College Esports Players Glossary Index 6 12 23 30 31

Esports Superstars — page 3 — final AM cup fortnite world INTRODUCTION FORTNITE WORLD CUP Thousands of fans cheer as they watch the 2019 Fortnite World Cup Arthur Ashe Stadium is sold out and full of noise Sixteen-year-old Kyle Bugha Giersdorf from Pottsgrove Pennsylvania sits onstage in front of a

Esports Superstars — page 4 — computer screen and a camera Fans watch the action on hundreds of screens Giersdorf focuses as more players are cut from the game He hardly notices the cheering fans as he knocks out other gamers The match comes down to Giersdorf and one other player With one amazing final shot Giersdorf wins the competition He wins a whopping three million dollars Fast Facts Bruce Baumgart won the first esports competition at Stanford University in California in 1972 Fortnite player Benjy David Fish was only fifteen years old when he signed his first pro contract Xiaomeng Li became the first woman to win the Hearthstone Grandmasters Global Finals in 2019 In 2016 the University of California Irvine UCI became the first US public university to have an official esports team

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