Team Liquid prepares for the Saudi contest

The second e -World Cup (EWC) started in Rayada, Saudi Arabia.

Over the next seven weeks, teams from all over the world will compete through 25 games including Call of Duty, Legue of Legends and EA SPORTS FC (EA FC).

Up for Grabs is a 70 million dollar share (50 million pounds).

There are prizes for individuals and teams, but despite the tournament name, players do not compete for their countries.

Most of them are members of organizations such as Team Liquid, one of the largest electronic sports teams in the world.

BBC Newsbeat went behind the scenes at their headquarters to find out why EWC is important to them, and why they feel that they cannot ignore the controversial competition.

The Team Liquid is located in UTRECHT in the Netherlands, and the base of the team Liquid is the office, partial video games, and part of the luxury student accommodation.

There are two rooms where team colleagues can compete directly or online, and broadcast kiosks where they can broadcast live to Twitch followers.

Many of the best liquid players live and train in the building, as a chef on the site provides three meals per day, all of whom are designed to increase focus and reaction times.

When playing is work and playing, it is important to distinguish between the two, and members tells the newsbeat that they spend about eight hours a day in training in the period before the main competitions.

One of these is Levi de and responds.

Like many others, he got EA FC (previously known as FIFA) as a child.

Now 21 years old, he played against the best against the world in a profession.

He says that being part of Team Liquid makes him get high -specific facilities and experienced trainers.

“We have a play coach, and we analyze games from tournaments in the past and in friendly games where we try things. We also have mental coaches and coaches,” he says.

He says that being in one place is more important than you may think.

“I think it is important to have a good environment with coaches, with players and employees for good chemistry,” he says.

Since EWC’s competitors do not represent their countries, the difference is able to bring talents from all over the world.

Yanya, part of the Team Liquid’s Apex Legends team, joined his country of origin in Mexico.

EWC says “the best feeling in the world because you play the best players.”

“You get a lot of excitement. You get a lot of adrenaline,” he says.

TEAM LIQUID is looking for one performance last year, when he was generally second behind the Saudi Side Team Falcons team.

Yania insists that this does not affect him.

He says, “I don’t feel pressure, I feel confident.” “We have been practicing a lot.”

Individual performance is a major part of EWC and there are great cash prizes for winning players.

But there are also special rewards for the club – the team that wins most events in general gets $ 7 million (5 pounds).

More players mean an opportunity to compete in more events, and a greater opportunity to love this higher award.

Levy is a fairly new member of the Team Liquid, which he joined when his previous side was absorbed.

Tawheed – large electronic sports teams that swallow a smaller number have become – and the integrations have become more common, not only because of the prizes for seizure.

Multiple electronic sports organizations have gone in recent years after a huge investment boom has faded in the scene.

Team Liquid’s founder and his participation in Victor Goosens says that keeping the upcoming money more important than ever has ever.

Although the award’s funds are not everything, Victor says that EWC is financially important for the team’s liquid.

He says: “It is another source that we can plan and explain our year that allows us to build the company and establish ourselves as a sustainable electronic institution.”

He says that the team is “ambitious” with its plans to win the club, after it finished second last year.

Victor admits that it is necessary to compete in the largest possible number of events in order to get the lead, but “it is not worth expanding if your basic lists are not really great.”

You need to attract the best talents.

So when the chess online was added as an event in the World Cup for this year, the Team Liquid team subscribed to the best Grandsters Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the world.

Some sports fans have criticized the teams participating in an event that has been hosted and funded largely by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Kingdom has been accused of many human rights violations and has strict laws that restrict what a woman can do.

Like other Middle Eastern countries, they have been criticized for their laws to combat homosexuals – homosexual homosexuals with death.

Millions have invested significantly in sports, video and electronic sports, which critics argue as an attempt to enhance its general image.

There was a violent reaction.

Individual players chose not to participate, such as Street Fighter 6 Pro Chris CCH, which He refused a place in this year’s competition After qualifying through a partnership event.

However, given its constantly increasing relations with electronic sports, he admitted that avoiding any competitions related to Saudi Arabia was almost impossible to continue to compete.

Victor says he is “a sensitive and difficult to move” to the Team Liquid team, which has publicly supported gay rights.

“We were very frank because we believe in electronic sports for all,” says Victor.

“So there is a contradiction. But we believe that if we want to be present within five or ten years, we need to play in EWC.”

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