{"id":2999,"date":"2018-07-12T11:25:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T09:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/?p=2999\/"},"modified":"2018-07-12T14:25:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T12:25:04","slug":"esport-world-map-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/en\/2018\/07\/12\/esport-world-map-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Esport world map update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To analyse, to list, and to understand the esports world. Such are the three reasons that motivates us day after day to help you get a better overview of this field\u2019s economical and social stakes. Here\u2019s the first update of the esports world map in 2018. We take this opportunity to remind you that this map is a global work and that you can easily add a team (through <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd6FdPI86RMqSNAmAuG9j2cHC2Xihdd-vGQ4GutxmfNWq5o9Q\/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this form<\/a>) or modify informations about a team (through <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfb8Wsja3uZEDCZ6SwFFS6Rcy3A4J8mjQsMsy9ZI1_WvQ9zpw\/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this form<\/a>). We\u2019re counting on you to help us make a reference tool out of the esports world map.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As it may always be improved, Smartcast\u2019s works counted <strong>238 professional and semi-professional teams and, up to June 30th, over 80 international events.<\/strong> Those evolutions let us see more clearly what the hotspots of esports are. Six months in 2018, <strong>Shanghai, Los Angeles and London tend to appear as the major places<\/strong>, as they succeeded to catch everyone&#8217;s attention by hosting big events.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Sommaire<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Map\">Map<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#_\"><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Analyse\">Analyse<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#In_numbers\">In numbers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Smartcasts_Insight\">Smartcast\u2019s Insight<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Map\">Map<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span id=\"_\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1zPqVbCITAGXjjBn7RkqgzXSwB_U\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"Analyse\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Analyse<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><\/b><b><\/b><b>Shanghai (4 events, 13 teams, $2.5M of cashprize)<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In China, Shanghai rose to be one of the leading cities in terms of esports. Teams like Edward Gaming, Royal Never Give Up or EHOME have established their headquarters in the town. It also hosts some games of the main League of Legends league, multiple major Dota2 tournaments, and will welcome a step of the Intel Extreme Masters circuit. Shanghai is slowly becoming the main esports town in Asia, setting Seoul and South Korea aside.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3008\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dota_2_asia.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3008 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dota_2_asia-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dota_2_asia-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dota_2_asia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dota_2_asia-770x513.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>During the SL i-League Invitational Season 2, in Shanghai. Photo credits: STARLADDER<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Los Angeles (3 events, 10 teams, $2.2M of cashprize)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When talking about major forces in whatever domain, United States are almost always a part of it. Esports are no exception, thanks to Los Angeles! The West Coast town brings together classic teams, like Counter Logic Gaming, and new ones, such as Echo Fox. Los Angeles welcomes the NA LCS and the Overwatch League, two huge American esports events. It should be no surprise to consider the City of Angels as the place to be when talking about esports in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>London (3 events, 7 teams, $1M of cashprize)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding esports in Europe, Berlin is often considered as the leading city. While we were waiting for this trend to keep going in 2018, London has showed more appeal during the last six months. England and its capital city, headquarters of some world-famous teams such as Fnatic and Dignitas, demonstrated sufficient qualities to bring in prestigious events. Among the latter are the Gfinity Elite Series, the CS:GO Esports Championship Series and League of Legends European Masters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rocket_league_gfinity.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3009 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rocket_league_gfinity-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rocket_league_gfinity-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rocket_league_gfinity-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rocket_league_gfinity-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.smartcast.ninja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rocket_league_gfinity.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.04em;\">The Rocket League Desk during the Gfinity Elite Series, in London. Photo credits: Gfinity<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"In_numbers\"><b>In numbers<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Up to June 30th :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 $11 500 000 of cashprize in Europe, for 29 events<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 $8 400 000 of cashprize in Am\u00e9rique (North\/South), for 16 events<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 $7 300 000 of cashprize in Asia, for 18 events<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The five countries that have hosted the most events are :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 United States: 15<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 China: 7<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 England: 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 France: 5<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 South Korea: 5<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The five countries to have the most teams are :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 China: 36<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 United States: 33<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 France: 22<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 Germany: 19<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 South Korea: 18<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"Smartcasts_Insight\"><strong>Smartcast\u2019s Insight<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a reminder, the data that were used only take into consideration the first 6 months of 2018. Some of the major events didn\u2019t take place yet. Just to name a few, there\u2019s League of Legends World Championship, Dota2\u2019s The International, the Six Invitational, etc. This year however, we can clearly state that the esports phenomenon is becoming more important with every day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This statement needs to be qualified. If events with $100 000 worth of cashprize are multiplying, and that many teams are getting closer to professional world, esports remains an underground market when looking at the sports universe. We could even ask ourselves if the number of active teams that are describing themselves as professional or semi-professional does fit the current size of the esports market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This map also allows us to see that esports still fails to reach every area worldwide. Video games competitions are still almost non-existent in big countries like India and on the African continent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s an important growth of the esports field that also keeps a certain progression margin. R<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">endez-vous soon for the next analysis on the geographical evolution in the world of esports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Cover picture:\u00a0Week 3, Day 2 at 2018 NA LCS Summer Split in Los Angeles, California, USA on 1 July 2018. Credits : Tina Jo\/Riot Games<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To analyse, to list, and to understand the esports world. Such are the three reasons that motivates us day after day to help you get a better overview of this field\u2019s economical and social stakes. Here\u2019s the first update of the esports world map in 2018. 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