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Od početka 21. veka različite simulacije objedinjene su pod nazivom E-sports i počela

je revolucija kakvu dugo nismo videli Since the

start of the 21 st century, various simulations have unified under the title of E-sports, launching a revolution the likes of which we haven’t seen for a long time

of you now reading this article are probably thinking to yourselves: Who?! is famous gamer, known as ‘Ninja’, made histo- ry on 5 th August 2019 when he decided to switch from the streaming platform Twitch (the most popular plat- form among gamers) to the platform Mixer, which was created by Microsoft. is 29-year-old American signed a six-year contract for making this switch, which will see him earn as much as 932 million dollars! For now only the likes of Floyd Mayweather and Michael Jor- dan have managed to achieve such earnings, while Cris- tiano Ronaldo could still enter that exclusive club! For an even better comparison, footballer Lionel Messi earns 92 million euros annually from sponsors and his con- tract at Barcelona, while Blevins earns 155! We’ll also mention other players who’ve achieved the kind of stardom in e-sports that’s comparable to the aforementioned Messi, Ronaldo or Jordan. e most fa- mous League of Legends player is Lee Sang-hyeok, better known as Faker, who has been the highest paid player for three consecutive years and who earned 1,228,000 dollars in 2020 until the break caused by the pandem- ic. Dane Andreas Højsleth, aka Xyp9x, is a member of the Astralis team and currently the world’s best CS: GO player. He is known for recording three kills per death and has won almost every tournament in which he’s competed since 2018. Finn Lasse Aukusti Urpalain- en, aka Matumbaman, is a living legend of DOTA 2 and a member of Team Secret. He won won three of four tournaments during 2017 and the Dream League in 2020. He indicates how European players are slowly

catching up with the rest of the world. e technological revolution has brought us a new kind of tournament, but that’s not the end. A new faction has been emerging since 2010, in the form of competitions in games for mobile phones! e mobile games played today include Brawl Stars, Clash Royale and Free Fire, as well as other games that have their own computer versions. ings have never been chang- ing faster on our planet than they are now, and we are all trying to keep pace... One revolution is just a pre- cursor to the next, and the choice is ever increasing.

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