A professional match is almost always a best-of series rather than a single game, most commonly best-of-three or best-of-five, played on a locked patch of the game with spectator delay to prevent stream-sniping. Within a game, rules govern drafting or map selection, in-game economy, permitted pauses, and coaching.
Every title defines how a game is won, and it varies by genre. In MOBAs such as League of Legends and Dota 2, a team wins by pushing through lanes and destroying the opponent's core structure, the Nexus or the Ancient. In tactical shooters like CS2 and Valorant, teams alternate attacking and defending and win rounds by eliminating the enemy or completing a bomb objective, racing to a fixed round total.
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A professional match is almost always a best-of series rather than a single game, most commonly best-of-three or best-of-five, played on a locked patch of the game with spectator delay to prevent stream-sniping. Within a game, rules govern drafting or map selection, in-game economy, permitted pauses, and coaching.
Every title defines how a game is won, and it varies by genre. In MOBAs such as League of Legends and Dota 2, a team wins by pushing through lanes and destroying the opponent's core structure, the Nexus or the Ancient. In tactical shooters like CS2 and Valorant, teams alternate attacking and defending and win rounds by eliminating the enemy or completing a bomb objective, racing to a fixed round total.
Single games are volatile, so professional matches are played as best-of series to reward consistency. A best-of-three is decided by the first team to win two games; grand finals are often best-of-five and, at the very biggest events, best-of-seven. In shooters, each game is played on a different map from an agreed pool; in MOBAs, each game features a fresh draft.
In MOBAs, every game opens with a drafting phase in which captains alternately ban and pick characters, champions in League of Legends, heroes in Dota 2, from a shared pool, so no character can be used by both teams. Drafting is a strategic duel in itself: teams ban away opponents' signature picks, bait out counters, and assemble a composition with a coherent win condition.
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