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 were the team founded?
The team were founded on 23rd 2004
Sources: About - Fnatic fnatic esports facts -
Search (bing.com)

What games do the team play?

FNATIC compete in several competitive
titles, such as RUST, CS:GO, Valorant,
Rainbow Six: Siege, FIFA, Call of duty;
Warzone, Escape from Tarkov, Apex
Legends, League Of Legends and Battlefield
2042
Source: what games do fnatic play - Search
(bing.com) About - Fnatic

Who are the key players in the team?
Try to include the games each player plays
and their positions.
Being in the esports scene means you need
the best of the best, these players are
considered the best there is for these
games:
CS:GO- Freddy “Krimz” Johansson
LOL- Zdravets “Hylissang” Iliev Galabov
Valorant- “Derke” Sirmitev
Although the esteemed team have a wide
variety of games they play professionally,
most of their professionals play League of
Legends and CS:GO the most.
Sources: List of All Fnatic Members, Ranked
Best to Worst (ranker.com) The best
players on Fnatic - Dot Esports
List the team’s most notable achievements
-FNATIC is considered to be one of the
biggest names in CS:GO
-They won the esports team of the year
2006 and in 2009
-With the help of their first high profile
sponsors (MSI and Steelseries) They
became the first foreign group to operate
within their own house in North Korea,
Seoul. This was a monumental event
because it meant the esports international
scene would only grow from there on out.
-They won the intel Extreme Masters III in
2009 and 4 years later they claimed first
place at the Dreamhack Winter 2013
competition.
-The team gained the top position in the
competitive scene a total of 5 times in
2015. FNATIC were considered to be the
best in the world during their CS:GO golden
era in 2015.
Sources: FNATIC ESPORTS best
achievements - Search (bing.com)
Fnatic » Alle about Fnatic Professional
Esports Organization

List the team’s sponsors

Some of FNATICS biggest and most notable
sponsors include: Monster energy, BMW,
Jack links, Nike, Just Eat, Bud light, virgin
media and many more. They help FNATIC in
both their business side (virgin media, just
eat, BMW) and competitive side (monster
energy) while also pushing the fans and
viewers to purchase from the sponsors
behind the team themselves.
Sources: Partners - Fnatic
FNAtTIC Esports current sponsors - Search
(bing.com)
 What was the team’s most recent
competition / event?
Once completed please move onto the second page.
EXCEL ESPORTS
When were 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.
FNATIC’s most recent competition was the
LEC 2023 summer playoffs on the 10th of
September 2023. They placed 2nd and won
a prize of 40,000 euros.
Source- when did fnatic esports last
compete? - Search (bing.com)
The team were founded when a simple pub
conversation took place in November of
2014.
Source-EXCEL History | EXCEL Esports
(xl.gg)
The team specialise in League of Legends,
Valorant and FIFA. As mentioned on the
teams main official website.
Source-EXCEL Esports (xl.gg)
On the team website it presents the teams
greatest players for their competitive
endeavours
FIFA- GORILLA- Player
LOL-ODOAMNE- Player
VALORANT-LIZA- Player
 Source-EXCEL's team roster page | EXCEL
Esports (xl.gg)

List the team’s most notable achievements EXCEL has a rich history with many
achievements whether it be in the
competitive scene or not. Here are the
teams greatest achievements to date.
-FEB 2015- GFINITY FIFA invitational first
event win
-in march 2016 they attended the halo
world championship
-in Jan 2019 they garnered their first LEC
win
-June 2018 a 175 page business plan
submitted to LEC and business investors

The team do have many more

achievements under their name and all are
presented on the official website.
Source-EXCEL History | EXCEL Esports
(xl.gg)

List the team’s sponsors

The teams impressive sponsors include the
likes of JD sports, EE, HSBC uk, inzone and
and PCspecialist
Source-EXCEL History | EXCEL Esports
(xl.gg)

What was the team’s most recent

competition / event? The teams most recent event was the LEC
2023 season finals held on the 27th of
August in which excel had placed 5th and
won 7500 euros.
Source-Excel Esports/Tournament Results -
Leaguepedia | League of Legends Esports
Wiki (fandom.com)
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.