Introduction to Esports: Task 1 – Team Research.

As an Esports student you will need to gain a wider understanding into the existing industry,
research skills are essential for this. Your first task is to complete this worksheet using your
investigative research skills to find the correct answer to each of the questions below.

FNATIC ESPORTS
When https://fnatic.com/about Fnatic was founded July 23rd 2004 by Sam Mathews
was and Anne Mathews
the
team
founde
d?
What The team originally started out as a cs: go team
games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnatic#:~:text=6%20External
do the %20links-,History,officer%20of%20Fnatic%20in%202012. but since moved on
team too many other games such as Valorant, FIFA, league of legends and rainbow six
play? siege. https://fnatic.com/esports

Who Fnatic’s Valorant team consists of players like Boaster, Leo, Alfrajer, Chronical
are the and Derke. https://fnatic.com/esports/valorant
key
players Boaster is the IGL of the team (in game leader) the person who directs/instructs
in the the other players on the team making the tough decisions that can make or
team? break the game. https://lol.fandom.com/wiki/Boaster#:~:text=Jake
Try to %20%22Boaster%22%20Howlett%20is%20a,in%2Dgame%20leader%20for
include %20Fnatic.
the
games Derke is primarily the dualist of the team the person who’s job is to take space
each on the bomb site and entry frag for the rest of the team.
player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i61PcL5Ik0 .
plays
and
their
positio
ns.
List the Fnatic made history by winning masters Tokyo and became the first Valorant
team’s team to win two international LAN competitions. Impressively they achieved it
most consecutively after also winning VCT LOCK//IN earlier in the year.
notabl https://nerdstreet.com/news/2023/6/fnatic-win-valorant-masters-tokyo-and-
e other-takeaways
achiev
ements The team has taken more than 200 championship wins across 30 different
games since the team’s creation in 2004 the team is worth somewhere around
$260 million (as of 2022) and is among the top 10 most valuable esports
companies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnatic#:~:text=The%20organisation
%20has%20claimed%20more,10%20most%20valuable%20esports
%20companies.

List the Fnatic has quite a large portion of sponsors from food delivery to car brands
team’s they have it all.
sponso
rs  BMW
 AMD
 Jack links
 Hisense
 Letou
 Freeletics
 Anda seat
 Lavazza
 Monster energy
 Just eat
 One plus
 Bud light
 Nike
 Virgin media
 Shure
https://fnatic.com/partners

What
was There most recent tournament was yesterday (10th September 2023) it was a
the league of legends game where unfortunately fnatic lost 3-1 against G2 Esports
team’s
most
recent
compe
tition /
event?
Once completed please move onto the second page.
When was the team founded?
What games do the team
play?
Who are the key players in the
team?
Try to include the games each
player plays and their
positions.
List the team’s most notable
achievements
List the team’s sponsors
EXCEL ESPORTS
Excel Esports was founded in December of 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excel_Esports
The team’s main games are League of legends, Valorant
and FIFA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excel_Esports
Player known as Wolfiez is the highest earning player on
the team who is mainly known for being a controller
player competing in Fortnite tournament.
https://www.esportsearnings.com/players/67334-
wolfiez-jaden-ashman
Another player going by the name of deadly is one of
their top league of legends players that earned quite
the name for himself in NLC spring tournament 2021.
https://www.esportsearnings.com/tournaments/51053-
nlc-spring-2021
While not as many sponsors as Fnatic they still rack up
some sponsors from some pretty large companies
including JD, EE broadband and hsbc UK bank.
https://xl.gg/partners
 What was the team’s most
recent competition / event?

Worksheets can be completed digitally or by hand.

If completed by hand these must be scanned in or photographed to a decent standard.

Your lecturer will inform you of how to hand in on Moodle ready for the work to be checked
next week.