On February 22, 2015 I have noticed a huge jump in the amount of viewers at one point compared to the week before. (screenshot taken from twitch.tv)

 The teams playing in this screenshot were Team Liquid (TL) and Team Solo Mid (TSM). TSM is one of the more popular teams in North America, so I would expect this game to have more viewers, and I was right. The number of viewers jumped up to 400 thousand. And once again, the next day in school I again noticed students watching the rebroadcast. This surprised me the most because this was during mid-term exam week. Students prioritised watching the League of Legends championship series instead of preparing for exams they might have had that day.

            This confirmed to me that there was a trend in the how esports effects work being done.