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eSports: A Short History of Nearly Everything - Page 13

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iref
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Slovakia70 Posts
August 01 2011 18:27 GMT
#241
Great article, man. I have been following esports scene since 2003 and this makes me nostalgic
Nemasyst.598
Profile Joined February 2011
United States285 Posts
August 01 2011 18:41 GMT
#242
"A short history"
LIAR!
We require additional young Masters....
Muffinman53
Profile Joined November 2010
571 Posts
August 01 2011 18:41 GMT
#243
As someone who just started watching/following ESPORTS when SC2 came out, this write-up was really helpful :D Tyvm!
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
August 01 2011 18:48 GMT
#244
finally read through the whole thing. good stuff
beep boop
GreyArrow
Profile Joined November 2010
United States157 Posts
August 01 2011 18:49 GMT
#245
Amazing read. Everyone should dedicate at least 15 minutes to reading the whole thing, specially SC2 newcomers like myself. Good Stuff!
EternalSC
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden313 Posts
August 01 2011 18:54 GMT
#246
Amazing work! thanks alot for the good read!
SHIT'S ON LIKE DONKEY KONG!
Denar
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
France1633 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 19:02:02
August 01 2011 18:58 GMT
#247
This article is awesome, I can't believe I read it all.

I didn't realise that I had been following eSports for so long... back when elemeNt was my favorite player and I was watching SK etc..

I have been at ESWC 2006 in Paris Bercy by the way! The most awesome eSport event I have ever been to! This event showed that Quake was THE game that was best suited for a live event. Most of the people who had come to the event were there for Warcraft 3 or CS, but the Quake matches were fascinating everyone with an intensity that no other game has.
youngminii
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia7514 Posts
August 01 2011 19:09 GMT
#248
That was awesome. Took me two attempts but I finally read it all and it was pretty amazing.

There was also the WeRRa scandal which caused SC2 to take a hit in Korea iirc.
lalala
Jetaap
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France4814 Posts
August 01 2011 19:36 GMT
#249
I can't thank you enough for this article, I think anyone who cares about e-sport should read this at least once. I came into e-sports with sc2, so I really needed it (eventhough I knew about some of the stuff like CGS thanks to DJWheat shows)
ethil
Profile Joined December 2010
Italy58 Posts
August 01 2011 19:43 GMT
#250
Thanks man
~Every man dies, not every man really lives.~
Kvz
Profile Joined March 2010
United States463 Posts
August 01 2011 19:58 GMT
#251
i've been around since the beginning and it was nice reading some of the events you highlighted and just remembering the shit storms that came up. great post
NrG.Kvz
r0x0r
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany293 Posts
August 01 2011 19:58 GMT
#252
Awesome Story, gj!
"[...]and I think that many Korean players will go overseas to compete, because foreign fans have something korean fans don't have -- heart." - MMA
mordek
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States12705 Posts
August 01 2011 20:08 GMT
#253
Read the whole thing. I feel much more informed
It is vanity to love what passes quickly and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides. Tiberius77 | Mordek #1881 "I took a mint!"
Percutio
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1672 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 20:12:01
August 01 2011 20:10 GMT
#254
This is awesome. Thanks for this!

Reading this reminds me of how I was pretty aware of early esports in the U.S. but I never got a chance to experience or know a lot about the big European scene. It also is funny to me that I was playing SCBW before CS, yet I was introduced to the CS pro scene first.

Someone needs to start finishing thick histories of the major competitive games and a compilation of the failed ones. I would definitely buy a book series on those (♥ Starcraft Bible).
What does it matter how I loose it?
Steveling
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Greece10806 Posts
August 01 2011 20:17 GMT
#255
On August 01 2011 21:51 D.Devil wrote:
added this to please all the MOBA fanatics – however, it still remains true that DotA never played a huge role for the development of esports despite its huge player numbers.
Show nested quote +
August 2008: For the first time in its history, the ESWC doesn't take place in France, but in San Josè, USA, near the corporate head quarters of main sponsor Nvidia – in terms of spectator attendance, it flops. The event features Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike Female, WarCraft 3, Quake 3, TrackMania Nations ESWC (a special edition of the racing game specifically created for the tournament) as well as the WC3 mod Defense of the Ancients (DotA) – it's the first major tournament to host a tournament for the increasingly popular game. It's the first one of its kind; today, games like DotA, LoL and HoN are usually called Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA). This is the time when DotA becomes present in esports and successful organizations like SK Gaming, MeetYourMakers and mousesports field own teams, even though they are usually haunted by lineup instability and other problems. League of Legends being added to the Intel Extreme Masters in 2011 marks the esports breakthrough of MOBA games.



I'd be glad to provide you info for more Dota related stuff. Cause it is a major part of esports despite the lack of big prize tours.
Good adition though, gj.
My dick has shrunk to the point where it looks like I have 3 balls.
HiNoon
Profile Joined November 2010
United States31 Posts
August 01 2011 20:18 GMT
#256
what a great write-up, especially for those of us who were completely oblivious to the fighting and fast FPS competitions of the past.
Thank you
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Leporello
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2845 Posts
August 01 2011 20:19 GMT
#257
Very interesting read. Learned a lot and remembered some names I had kind of forgotten.
Big water
MichaelJLowell
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States610 Posts
August 01 2011 20:27 GMT
#258
Excellent compilation. Bookmarked for future reference. <3
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Viperbird
Profile Joined September 2010
United States118 Posts
August 01 2011 20:29 GMT
#259
Perhaps add in the FiOS HL2DM Grand Tournament in 2006. It was for $100,00 1st place prize, worth mentioning imo.

May 2006 Verizon FiOS announces a Grand Tournament for Half-Life 2: Deatmatch with a 1st place prize of $100,000. The top 8 players were taken to Hermosa Beach, CA for a LAN to compete for top prize. Micah "Micahwave" Ernst walks away champion with a check for $100,000.
If at first you don't succeed, don't try skydiving!
Condor Hero
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2931 Posts
August 01 2011 20:30 GMT
#260
i feel like we need someone to go and do a short history of starcraft, both bw and sc2.
to be honest i dont give a shit about the rest of esports, i just want my sc.
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