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Have you ever looked at an event where people sit and watch professional gamers play games in a stadium and wonder how or why they do it?
During the summer last year, there was an event at the Pacific Colosseum for a game called League of Legends. That event was called MSI, or the Mid-Season Invitational.
It is an event in the middle of the year where the best teams from all the major regions are invited to compete to see who is the best team in the world at the moment. There is prize money involved, and the winner does get a trophy as well as seeding in the final tournament of the year, the World Championship.
Going to the event, I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know if the stadium would be packed or empty, or if it would be local fans or if there would be international fans who would travel in for the event.
The day that I went was the day of the finals, where the last two teams would face off to crown the winner of the tournament. It turned out as well that the two biggest teams in the world were facing off, so fans from all around the world were there at the event.
Before the best-of-five series even started, there was what was called a fan zone outside, where brands sponsoring the event and personalities tied to the game were interacting with fans and attendees, similar to how former players and players from different teams would be during something like the Super Bowl.
During the event, you could tell the passion from the fans was there in a way that was similar to any sporting event that I have been to. There were screams and cheers from the crowd when anything happened, the sound system rumbled to the point that you could feel it in your chest.
🏆𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐌𝐒𝐈 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊-𝐓𝐎-𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒: 𝐆𝐄𝐍.𝐆 🏆
We made a promise — and we kept it.
Gen.G are 2025 MSI Champions. Back-to-back.
This win belongs to every fan who never stopped believing.
Our next chapter begins at EWC. See you at EWC! 🐯 pic.twitter.com/hcX7357RZY— Gen.G Esports (@GenG) July 13, 2025
I could tell that there was a connection for these fans to these players, and the outcome of the series, and who would win. It felt like there was weight to each movement, each fight in game, and every time a game in the series ended.
Once the series was done, and the winner was crowned, you could tell who was cheering for each team because of their emotion walking out of the stadium. The fans of the winning team was happy when the losers looked crushed. It felt like I was walking out of any sporting event ever.
The fans for esports have passion, they show up for their team, and they feel the weight from each win and loss. They travel for their team and wear their jerseys as well. As sports evolve and esports become more popular, more fans will show up and we’ll see the passion spread across more and more people.