USA Esports

How is esports classified in your selected country?

Esports (or electronic sports) is a term used to describe competitive video

gaming. It's different from standard video gaming in that esports is
competitive (human-vs-human) and usually has an engaging spectator
element to it, like traditional sports. In America, esports is classed as a real
sport
What national bodies, companies and organisations are there?

Team envy was a American esports team based in Dallas, Texas which was
owned by envy gaming. Founded in November 19th 2007 as a professional
call of duty team under the name EnVy Us, and further competing in many
call of duty completions before they retired in June 2022
Team solo mid or TSM a professional esports organisation based in the us
founded in September 2009 by Andy Reginald dinh, originally TSM started
out as a league of legends community website but in 2011 the company
began a team in professional competitions.
What is the most popular esports game in that country?

The most popular team game in the USA is Counter-Strike Global

Offensive. It is played by 147 squads which have gained $5,778,110 in
prize money. The most popular individual game is Overwatch. There are
245 people playing this game competitively with $1,747,924 gained in
rewards.
Who is the most popular esports team in that country?

The most popular esports team based on their success is Envy. Envy was very successful in multiple games such as
Valorant, overwatch, call of duty, rocket league, super smash brothers and halo. One of their biggest achievements
was that they made it to the grand finals at master’s berlin where they were one of the three teams to represent north
America at the championships. They also finished third overall in the 2021 overwatch league. They have also won
many smash tournaments. Overall team Envy has made a total of $7,315,763 from their success. Their most
successful game was cs:go where they earned $2,170,181 which made up 29.66% of their earnings.
Does that country host any esports events?

The USA hold many Esport events such as the call of duty championship a
annual call of duty tournament held at the end of each competitive season.
to determine the world champion of that year, this event was first put on in
los Angeles 2013 and the winner fariuko impact won a 400,000$ prize.
How is the organisation and structure of esports different to the UK?

Esports between the us and the UK are not that obvious but there is a few. For example, in the
us the esports industry is worth an estimated $1.38 billion where as in the UK its only worth an
estimated £111.5 million. There are also way more recognised American teams instead of
British teams. In the us Esports was much more welcomed as a carrier due to the amount of
money that was pumped into it meaning that it could easily be recognised as a viable job as long
as you were in a team. There is also a lot more teams in the us rather than the UK due to the
esports industry being a lot larger.