Where can you find the best gamers in the world?
If someone asks you who the best basketball player in the world is, you’ll automatically think of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant or Lebron James. And what about football? Most people will quickly answer either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. Now what if I asked you who the best gamer in the world is? Odds are you’ll find that a harder question to answer.
Is there even a best gamer in the world? A lot of people who consider themselves as semi-active gamers don’t even realize the scale of professional e-Sports and the fact that, yes, there is a best gamer in the world.
But, just as you’d be hard pressed to pick any one basketball player as the best above all the others, it’s difficult to single out an individual as being more talented than all the rest. Each specializes in a different gaming title and has experienced the rise and fall that occurs in any sport. There is no one undefeated champion of gaming.
So, where do you find these gaming stars? Geographically speaking, the best in the world come from all over the world. But certain regions and countries are particularly well-known for their strong gaming cultures and support among the public is high. South Korea, for example, often produces some of the best teams, coaches and tournaments anywhere.
Yes, tournaments. Gaming tournaments are massive affairs and they’re by far the best place to look if you want to see the world’s best gamers in action. The International is the best and biggest tournament for DOTA fans and distributed a prize pool of nearly $25 million to gamers in 2017. The League of Legends World Championships are almost as big and BlizzCon highlights the wildly popular StarCraft series.
Each tournament tends to focus on at least one major title like Call of Duty or Counterstrike, but also hosts competitions for other games while showing off demos for upcoming ones. But most exciting is seeing the world’s best gamers go head-to-head. Gamers like Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel have made serious money dominating their opponents in these largest of tournaments. Fatal1ty also gets to enjoy some lucrative sponsorship deals and his name and logo appear on all kinds of computer accessories and hardware for gamers around the world.
Lee “Flash” Young Ho is known as one of the best StarCraft players ever, and is the youngest gamer ever to have won a professional title at the age of 15. Jang “Moon” Jae Ho accrued over $350,000 for his victories in StarCraft and WarCraft tournaments while Danil “Dendi” Ishutin ranks among the best DOTA players on the circuit.
But this is just a partial list of some of the world’s most dominant players. Perhaps you’ve got what it takes to join them! But that means lots of training and BUFF can help with that by rewarding you for the time you spend gaming. As you play, win and unlock achievements, BUFF rewards you with a token that can be exchanged for cash or spent on virtual goods across gaming platforms. All that time gaming isn’t worthless anymore, it’s worth BUFF.
