The biggest esports event of the year saw Chinese team FunPlus Phoenix crowned as world champions of the video game League of Legends.
A man stands in the rows during the final of League of Legends tournament between Team G2 Esports and Team FunPlus Phoenix, in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. The biggest e-sports event of the year saw a Chinese team, FunPlus Phoenix, crowned as world champions of the video game League of Legends. Thousands of fans packed a Paris arena for the event, which marked another step forward for the growing esports business.
Esports still have some way to go before winning mainstream acceptance. But the growing business that's gone from niche to global phenomenon in just a few years took another step forward when thousands of gaming fans packed a Paris arena Sunday for the biggest esports event of the year, the world championship finals of the League of Legends video game.
Pitting two teams of five players against each other in a fantasy world, League of Legends is marking its 10th anniversary this year. French fan Jodie Germaneau, 27, was an early convert and came dressed for the finals in a costume that her mum helped her make, with red hair, pointy gold ears and yellow contact lenses.
Nicolo Laurent, CEO of Riot Games, the game developer, said he couldn't imagine in 2009 that they'd grow so fast, with gamers spending billions of hours in their fantasy universe.
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