Ah, memories.

Though going further than that, back in 1992 I used to take part in Street Fighter 2 competitions at my local arcade. I thought I was pretty decent at the game but going there demonstrated to me that I knew jack shit about that game. Was good fun though, and I met some awesome players, very much enjoyed the EVO SF4 last weekend before MLG kicked off.

Here's hoping e-sports keep going and keep growing.

Beyonder

Netherlands15103 Posts

August 01 2011 22:22 GMT

#282

On August 02 2011 06:39 SonuvBob wrote:

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Excellent.

Slagg

Norway106 Posts

August 01 2011 22:29 GMT

#283

Very nice write up, was a great read.

No idea how long it took to read through it all, probs like 40 mins to an hour, totally worth it!
Was very nice to learn a lot more of the E-sports scene.

sambo400

United States378 Posts

August 01 2011 22:50 GMT

#284

I think more could be said about smash. After all, people have been playing melee almost as long as they played brood war. Even though the community is kind of an iceberg in the sea of esports they deserve some coverage.

It would be neat if some day, somebody put together a book or documentary about the history of esports, going all the way back to TG and stuff.

gulden

Germany205 Posts

August 01 2011 23:16 GMT

#285

Nice post, but a bit sad that some games just disappearing ... most physical sports like Soccer or basketball will be there as long humanity lives!

Arnfasta

United States183 Posts

August 01 2011 23:59 GMT

#286

I really appreciate your writing this.

1.It made for a great ride on the train where internet cuts out a lot.
2.It was incredibly informative and gave me a much deeper understanding of the full esports scene (rather than the one I've come to know in my few short months with SCII)
3.Evo and other big tournaments now make a loooot more sense to me. So it was a well-timed article as well.

Micket

United Kingdom2163 Posts

August 02 2011 00:13 GMT

#287

Wow, didn't realize so many games were so big. However, I gotta ask, were these people actually proper pro gamers, to the extent of sc bw pros. I know about fatal1ty and all, but I've also heard statements such as "true progaming doesn't exist outside of Korea." from the sound of this history lesson, this wasn't true at all. But I want to ask anyway.

Also, I've been brainwashed by the casting of artosis and tasteless about how starcraft is the most difficult and has the best players in general in gaming and how the mastery reached by players like flash and jaedong is beyond anything of another player of another esport. I want to know whether these other games were just as hard as starcraft and how much dedication each person actually had. Were people in training houses practicing 14 hours a day?

Vaelone

Finland4400 Posts

August 02 2011 00:20 GMT

#288

Don't think Daigo Umehara was mentioned even once? Actually fightning games in general were pretty much completely ignored. I'm not a fanatic fightning game fanboy but it just seems quite ignorant.

ShallNoiseUpon

United States311 Posts

August 02 2011 00:23 GMT

#289

On August 02 2011 09:20 Vaelone wrote:
Don't think Daigo Umehara was mentioned even once? Actually fightning games in general were pretty much completely ignored. I'm not a fanatic fightning game fanboy but it just seems quite ignorant.

No doubt. If you want to understand complete domination of a scene you need to look at Daigo.

rUiNati0n

United States1155 Posts

August 02 2011 01:21 GMT

#290

Really great read. Some of the amounts of money were really surprising to see.

Artifice

United States523 Posts

August 02 2011 01:39 GMT

#291

Turn this into a 300 page book and I'll pay $30 for it.

Drock

United States305 Posts

August 02 2011 01:44 GMT

#292

Read the whole thing! Thanks for the write up!

chrisgreg

Canada61 Posts

August 02 2011 02:05 GMT

#293

cs was a big part of growing up, i remember it all, thanks for this <3

rod-

Norway379 Posts

August 02 2011 02:10 GMT

#294

On August 02 2011 09:13 Micket wrote:
Wow, didn't realize so many games were so big. However, I gotta ask, were these people actually proper pro gamers, to the extent of sc bw pros. I know about fatal1ty and all, but I've also heard statements such as "true progaming doesn't exist outside of Korea." from the sound of this history lesson, this wasn't true at all. But I want to ask anyway.

Also, I've been brainwashed by the casting of artosis and tasteless about how starcraft is the most difficult and has the best players in general in gaming and how the mastery reached by players like flash and jaedong is beyond anything of another player of another esport. I want to know whether these other games were just as hard as starcraft and how much dedication each person actually had. Were people in training houses practicing 14 hours a day?

Not quite like korea, but some of the cs pro's earned some good cash. CGS was a good time (money wise) for the lucky players to be selected. And both yes and no to the skill level inside the games, starcraft takes alot of thinking and I think its the game that takes the most skill to reach the top. But than agian, cs and quake is also hard. Its more than just aiming that goes into those games, and you have to play for a long time to understand it.

VAR1ABLES

United States29 Posts

August 02 2011 02:45 GMT

#295

Kinda sad that you didn't mention how rival placed 3rd like 3 straight Winter CPL's. Or compLexity's win at ESWC 2005.

However this was amazing. Even learned a little bit myself.