The Edge - Volume One

TEAM OWNER

BACKGROUND

LEAGUE ( S )

League of Legends

Former NBA player

Rick Fox

League of Legends League of Legends; Starcraft: Brood War; Heroes of the Storm; Halo; Dota 2; etc. League of Legends NRG eSports

Owner of Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) Former NBA player and current owner of Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB), Los Angeles Football Club (MLS), and Los Angeles Sparks (WNBA) Owner of Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) Former NBA player Former NBA player Owner of New England Patriots (NFL) COO of New York Mets Owner of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment Owner of Dallas Mavericks (NBA) Actor

Wesley Edens and Ryan Edens (son) Magic Johnson

Jeff Vinik Shaquille O’Neal Alex Rodriguez Robert Kraft Jeff Wilpon Stan Kroenke Mark Cuban Ashton Kutcher

NRG eSports Overwatch Overwatch Overwatch Unikrn Unikrn

DEFENCE OF THE ANCIENTS 2 (DOTA 2) Top eSports game 2017 2017 Total Prize Money: $38.0 million

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS Top eSports game 2017 Total Prize Money: $12.0 million 9

MICROSOFT XBOX Biggest game was Halo: Combat Evolved

POKÉMON GO

CALL OF DUTY: INFINITE WARFARE Top eSports game 2017 2017 Total Prize Money: $4.0 million

WORLD OF WARCRAFT

MINECRAFT

2005

2009

2012

2013

2015

2016

2017

2001

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2010

COUNTER STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVE Top eSports game 2017 2017 Total Prize Money: $19.2 million

HEROS OF THE STORM Top eSports game 2017 2017 Total Prize Money: $4.8 million

FORTNITE Top eSports game Proposed 2018-2019 Prize Money: $100.0 million 10

FARMVILLE & ANGRY BIRDS

MICROSOFT XBOX 360

9 All prize money amounts as provided on XY Gaming’s website. 10 Epic Games announced in May 2018 that it would provide $100,000,000 in the 2018-2019 season to fund Fortnite competition prize pools.

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