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The ESI staff has a wide range of tastes when it comes to video games. Our interests cover almost every category of The Game Awards. Still, in particular, some of us fell in love with games like Stray (BlueTwelve Studio), while others have been playing Rocket League (Psyonix) since its release.

Today, however, we are humbly submitting our personal picks for the top esports categories we think are going to win.

The categories we will be choosing from are as follows:

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Zack

Best Esports Game: Rocket League
Best Esports Athlete: Jacob "Yay" Whiteaker
Best Esports Team: LA Thieves
Best Esports Coach: Robert "Robban" Dahlstrom
Best Esports Event: 2022 League of Legends World Championship

Kali

Best Esports Game: League of Legends
Best Esports Athlete: Jacob 'Yay' Whiteaker
Best Esports Team: LA Thieves
Best Esports Coach: Matheus 'BZKA' Tarasconi
Best Esports Event: 2022 League of Legends World Championship

Nafeeza

Best Esports Game: VALORANT
Best Esports Athlete: Jacob "Yay" Whiteaker
Best Esports Team: FaZe Clan
Best Esports Coach: Matheus "bzkA" Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT)
Best Esports Event: 2022 League of Legends World Championship

Scott

Best Esports Game: Rocket League
Best Esports Athlete: Jacob "Yay" Whiteaker
Best Esports Team: LA Thieves
Best Esports Coach: Go "Score" Dong-Bin
Best Esports Event: 2022 League of Legends World Championship