Esports words · Beginner

Organised competition in video games, played by individuals or teams for titles and prize money, in person or online. Each game is its own competition with its own rules.

The two kinds of game competition: in solo titles players compete alone (for example fighting games or chess), in team titles groups play together.

Players, substitutes and a coach, with any staff, entered together. A VALORANT team has five players and up to one substitute; a PUBG team four players, with up to one more.

The list of a team's registered players and staff, fixed by a roster lock before the event.

The minimum age to compete, set by each game's rule book: 18 at the first match in both VALORANT and PUBG at the Esports World Cup.

In head-to-head games, a fixture between two teams made up of a series of games (maps). The team that first wins most of them wins the match.

A match won by the first team to win two games; best of five is won by the first to three. Finals often use best of five.

The play area a game is played on, and so one game of a match. A tournament uses a fixed map pool.

A knockout bracket in which a team is out after one match loss.

A game type in which many teams drop onto one map and fight until one is left; in PUBG, 16 teams of four on a 64-player map. Teams score from kills and finishing place over many matches.

Using banned software or hacks (aimbots, wallhacks, radar hacks, macros) or game bugs for an advantage. Results are voided, and the player is disqualified and usually banned for 5 years.