Esports Abbreviations
GG
Good Game
Known as the home of esports, this country was the first to feature a 24/7 esports channel and pioneered the entire industry
This League of Legends player for T1 is also known as "The Demon King." This player is also regarded as the best player in the world.
Faker
Riot Games released its first FPS that took the scene by storm with this game
Valorant
Sub Zero and Scorpion are stars from this 1992 Fighting Game.
Mortal Kombat
FPS
First-Person Shooter
Starcraft
This pro player turned streamer used to play for the Dallas Fuel in OWL.
Félix "xQc" Lengyel
This is the Tier 1 league for the Call of Duty Franchise
CDL (Call of Duty League)
This is the longest-standing, heavily-competed-in game in the Super Smash Bros. franchise
Melee
RTS
Real-Time Strategy
The Nintendo World Championships ran from 1990 to 2017. The first competition featured these three titles. (Name any one for credit)
Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer, and Tetris
This former Fortnite world champion pivoted his career to Valorant in 2022.
Benjy "benjyfishy" Fish
The best sniper in Counter-Strike is called this, similar to its counterpart in another popular franchise.
AWP
The newest installment of this Japanese fighting game is in 2024, it's title is short for "Tetsu no ken" or "Iron Fist"
Tekken
MOBA
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena
Red Annihilation was a competitive esport event held in May 1997 that was one of the first nationwide video game competitions held in the United States. In the final match of the tournament, Dennis "Thresh" Fong defeated Tom "Entropy" Kimzey of Impulse 9 on the map Castle of the Damned. They were playing this early FPS that was re-released in 2018.
Quake
Name at least three players from the only North American team that has won a CS:GO Major.
Stewie2K, Skadoodle, tarik, Rush, autimatic
While many mods of other games included a battle royale mode, the first major title battle royale game was this
Player Unknown's: Battle Grounds
The first "Super Smash Bros." game was released for this device
Nintendo 64
CS (MOBA)
Creep Score
In 1980, this game was featured in the first national video game tournament, with over 10,000 participants across hundreds of arcades in America.
Space Invaders
This retired basketball player once founded an American esports organization in 2015 that eventually disbanded in 2019 after various lawsuits
Rick Fox
The first Overwatch Hero to be released after the base game was this character released in July 2016
Ana
This game featuring Ryu and Chun-Li was one of two games featured in Evolution Championship Series 1999, the most noteworthy early Fighting Game championship.