EPTCS tournaments still go on? Where can I find them? Same for quake live.
Thanks.
eSports: A Short History of Nearly Everything - Page 18
| Forum Index > SC2 General |
|
Ralorarp
United States9 Posts
CS tournaments still go on? Where can I find them? Same for quake live. Thanks. | ||
|
FreshNoThyme
United States356 Posts
On August 04 2011 10:28 rza wrote: only mentioning halo 2 times? its the reason there is esport in north america I'll let someone more equipped to answer this go into detail, but they were and are completely different beasts. I agree that Halo was crucial, but saying it is the "reason" that "e-sports [exist] in North America" is flat out wrong. Quake and CS both came out before Halo and have been huge since they were released. $50,000-$100,000 events, gamer houses, paid contracts, massive sponsorships, etc. all existed in those games as well, and were around at the same time (if not before) it all existed in Halo, all of it in NA. CS has remained bigger for longer (in terms of payout, contract salary, and professional player pool (note: different from amount of people who simply participate in events; I am talking about serious contracted teams)), and is more culturally relevant to SC2 (PC-based competition (and yes, I know Halo came out for PC, but the majority of competition was for console)). Compare e-sports coverage of CS back in the day to Halo. Every single day, dozens of news posts went up about every small local event, player transfer, demos, "drama", etc. in the CS world, and continued to do so in the U.S. for almost 8 years until it finally slowed down in the U.S. This all still exists overseas, but that's neither here nor there. The sites that cover(ed) games like CS and Quake are the same ones that covered SCBW and are now covering SC2 (for the most part). Yes, Halo is massively important to the development. But to say it is the "reason" for e-sports in NA is ridiculous. CS and Quake were as big for as long, if not bigger for longer, and just as crucial (if not more so) than Halo was or is. Fighting games are also MASSIVELY important to e-sports, but again, they are a different beast. Shoryuken.com and rarely mingled with the likes of GotFrag, because they were just different. | ||
|
FreshNoThyme
United States356 Posts
On August 04 2011 11:04 Ralorarp wrote: Quick question: CS tournaments still go on? Where can I find them? Same for quake live. Thanks. http://www.hltv.org/ http://eseanews.com/ http://www.sk-gaming.com/ http://www.cadred.org/ http://www.esreality.com/ HLTV.org is the main one. And yes, massive events are still being held. | ||
|
D.Devil
Germany227 Posts
On August 04 2011 10:28 rza wrote: only mentioning halo 2 times? its the reason there is esport in north america I have no interest in writing about results – and I believe I mentioned all events that had a real impact on the industry. CS/WC3/Quake have simply been the games where the most stuff happened because there's a huge variety of event organisers and professionally organized teams. On August 02 2011 17:24 D.Devil wrote: This text isn't supposed to be a 100% complete history of esports. This is why I specifically left out many things that have no relevance to today [...] This being said, the Korean SC:BW scene has been really constant. This is great for Korea, but gives me little to write about (I could have mentioned bonjwas and revolutions in strategy, but decided against it; [...]). The same applies to fighting games and other communities. | ||
|
konadora
Singapore66161 Posts
| ||
|
Ownos
United States2147 Posts
 We'd get less posts about fighting games and Halo. Off-topic: I'd love to see SFIV at MLG.I've always been familiar with "esports" though I've always just called it competitive gaming before people started to call it that. Knew about Quake. Knew about Korean BW. Knew about the CS scene while I was playing CS. Not that I was not interested, those communities didn't feel very accessible. Tucked away in some corner. I mean... look at the amount of people who simply don't know. The word just doesn't get out. In SC2 beta, it would be impossible to not be linked to a match or matches talked about. I just got addicted. Watch more than I play actually. Nice to know what happened to CPL. I tried to login into CAL a year or so ago and I was like WTF? :< | ||
|
Distortion_nZ
New Zealand41 Posts
| ||
|
JonB
Sweden325 Posts
| ||
|
MartinN
Spain307 Posts
" January 2007: The Championship Gaming Series by DirecTV starts – and brings esports to the TV. It's a global league with over 1 000 000 $ in prize money, and it's completely exclusive: If you sign one of CGS' lucrative contracts, you aren't allowed to participate in any other tournaments. The selected games are rather controversial: CS:Source... " sad say in CS american community, FUCK YOU CGS! | ||
|
Erucious
Norway393 Posts
| ||
|
BuddhaMonk
781 Posts
On August 04 2011 11:04 Ralorarp wrote: Quick question: CS tournaments still go on? Where can I find them? Same for quake live. Thanks. The best english site for CS coverage is www.hltv.org | ||
|
jaczie
34 Posts
| ||
|
EnSky
Philippines1003 Posts
| ||
|
yawnoC
United States3704 Posts
Every time I see something about cyx though it makes me sad  | ||
Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
 | ||
|
bigAL
United States49 Posts
| ||
|
Memnon
Canada37 Posts
You should add something to the end, a summary of where some of the major games are going. Something like this: SC:BW: Korean scene is still going strong, although recently is under threat, as MBC is thinking of turning from eSports to a music channel. Foreign scene is pretty much the same as it has been for the last 10 years, although it is only just recovering from some of its players moving to SC2. My example is BW because I have been out of touch with SC2 for a few months, and I don't think I am qualified to summarize what is going on. Anyway, good luck with your The Rocketjumper site, if you get it going you might hear from me again. | ||
|
ProxyKnoxy
United Kingdom2576 Posts
| ||
|
3FFA
United States3931 Posts
tl;dr . Almost tricked me into reporting T.T | ||
|
Freefall
Bahamas46 Posts
| ||
| ||
