Esports for beginners: how to watch and follow championships
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If you play one of the titles in our network and have never watched an official championship, you're missing out on a big part of these games' culture — esports moves million-dollar prize pools and has turned players into genuine professional athletes.
Where to watch
- Twitch and YouTube Gaming are the main live broadcast channels for most championships
- The games themselves often have in-game events that replicate matches from major tournaments
- Official channels of the developers (Garena, Epic Games) announce the championship calendar on social media
What to expect from each game in the network
- Free Fire has a strong competitive scene in Brazil and Southeast Asia, with the Free Fire World Series as its main global championship
- Fortnite has the Fortnite Championship Series (FNCS), with an open qualification format — in theory any player can try to qualify
- Roblox doesn't have a centralized competitive scene like the other two, since it depends on the specific experience — some experiences within the platform have competitions organized by the community itself
Basic terms for understanding a broadcast
- MVP: the player with the best performance in the match or series
- Scrim: a practice match between professional teams, outside of an official championship
- Bracket: the diagram showing each team's path to the final
- Seed: a team's starting position in the bracket, based on past performance
You don't need to understand everything right away — watching a few broadcasts is enough to teach you the vocabulary and rhythm of each championship.