THE HISTORY OF THE ESPORTS - HOTSPAWN (2023)

Every decade in which it is said goodbye to electronic sports have reached new milestones and the future will continue to see.

The first signs of eSports

According to most reports, the first official video game competition at Stanford University invited the players on October 19, 1972, in a game called SpaceWar, a space game game that was shown in 1962.The students met to compete with the main subscription price for the Rolling Stone magazine.

In 1980 video game competitions reached the mainstream when Atari celebrated the Space Invaders Championship.The event attracted more than 10,000 players who contributed to taking the games out of the shadow, and firmly in the public.

Based on the impulse of the space investment championships

Another important event in competitive video games took place in 1980 when Walter Day Twin created Galaxies.The organization would register and maintain in the games.With an organization that is devoted to the maintenance of these records and the Guinness book of the world records that they honor.The race for the best results was developed worldwide.

This madness made video games arrive on television.Spectacle like Starcade in the United States and the first class in Great Britain confronted players in competition games to fight for high scores.

1983 video game crash

Unfortunately, the standards began, as a large number of companies that were concerned to get involved in the video scope from 1983 to 1985, mainly in North America.As a result, global income for video games was great success.The games were referred to as fashion in public and were also slandered by its potentially addictive nature.

"Although it looked like children never stopped to fidget asteroids and exploited tanks," he wroteThe New York Times and 1983.

The video game industry survived the recession, with the start of the NES console playing an important role.Competition games had already started to reach popular culture in the 1980s by arcades and consoles at home.In the early 1990s, however, there would be a broader internet distribution in the early 1990s.Completely affordable, they were also key factors for the huge game of competition games in the early nineties.

Technology introduces competition games in Newra

While Atari had his popularity in 1980, which he started in 1991.Sega started Genesis in 1989, which caused a "arms arm" for the defined game in the 1990s.

Nintendo was not only more accessible for families all over the world, but also helped the competition games.The Nintendo World Cup was executed in 1990 and toured the United States before organizing their championship games in Universal Studios in California.World Cup in 1994 to promote SNES.The world finals of this event took place in San Diego, California.

The potential of online competition games was obvious, but only when the software -tunification, Quake, the ID software was essentially created, which we today with Wolfenstein 3D (1992), Doom 1 (1993) and Doom 2know.(1994), however, the quake for multiplayer actions was developed.

earthquake

Perfect for eSports.The FPS title was sent with six multiplayer cards, a revolutionary idea at this time.With several levels, which led to a convincing campaign.The players now had to make paths, generations of weapons and movement patterns by heart.The mastering quake lasted hours, and with the growing growth of internet access every day, the number of fragment potential of the enemy apparently endlessly had the competition at this level.Then the 1997 identification software organized a so -called as one of the first eSports tournaments.

Red annihilation

One of these earthquake events was red annihilation in May 1997. This is considered one of the first real sports competitions of many.The Internet made it possible to face individual competitions in Quake.After all, only 16 players were reduced, only 16 players.

These 16 players were transferred to Atlanta, Georgia, to take part in the Electronic Entertainment Expo of the World Congress Center.This event was viewed personally and online by spectators, while he received news reporting on newspapers and television stations."His place in the history and win of the Grand Prix tournament. The Grand Prix was a 328 GTS Ferarrri, which previously belonged to John D. Carmack's earthquake programmer.

Thresh became the first professional player and was recognized as such in Guinness World Records.As an inspiration for players who live in the Stigma that video games were a waste of time.

South Korea enters the game

The quake was undoubtedly a milestone for electronic sports, but it would be Blizzard Starcraft: the breeding war would lead to the load.From 1997 to 1999 Asia was affected by a time of the financial crisis, and South Korea was one of the most affected countries.The money was scarce and the families were forced to look an affordable rhythm.

PC Pony

During the financial crisis, PC bangs became a place where they hang out with friends and make contacts and often played cooperative or competitive titles.This tested their ability to think and react quickly.The strong ones were transferred from a game in PC bonbus to a national obsession.

Due to the immense popularity, media companies in the media and MBC plus media decided to start television channels in order to transmit the same stars, and sponsored teams and players in the hope of putting their brands in front of the young rights.South Core had proven that this electronic sport could be lucrative while he pushed the envelope into the masses in terms of the transfer of electronic sports.The bar was founded, now it was to the rest of the world to catch up.

Electronic sports explode until the 21st century

All parts were in their place, so that electronic sports in the 2000 video game players take another great step forward, the opportunity to play multiplayer games on PC with high performance, which may not be able to pay in their own houses.This also changed gradually since home computers became more efficient and cheaper.

In 2006, FUN Technologies organized a world championship of web games, in which 71 players fought for a main prize of 1 million US dollars.This was just an example of electronic sports tournaments and their awards in the early 2000s.A dozen tournaments took place worldwide in 2000.This number rose more than 20 times in 2010.

Twitch brings competitive games into the masses

Electronic Sports has spuradically set off on television in the United States in the past decades.It was much more popular on television in countries like South Korea.as it was founded on Twitch.

When Twitch arrived from Justin.tv's remains in 2011, Twitch Electronic Sports gave a platform to reach previously unthinkable heights.If the players and occasional fans of Twitch, the online transmission of tournaments and events worldwide, enjoyed the online transmission of Twitch tournaments and events online there was everyone who was interested in sport to divehowLeague of LegendsyDota 2He became very popular as a spectator and brought millions of unique views to Twitch.The games began to establish their own world championships, which would inspire a big change in terms of how electronic sports work.

2011 to 2020 - eSports takes the flight

With the transmission, which was now more affordable and more central due to Twitch, the tournaments were more profitable.Historically, the series of championship games that were operated by DirectV in the United States that were crashed and burned was.The CGS had tried to adapt electronic sports to television.Rules, the fans of the eSports had blocked and conventional worrying viewers.From 2011, eSports was fully equipped to face the world in its own conditions.

161 electronic sports tournaments took place in 2009, but for 2012 this number had dropped up to 696 and continued to rise.And Warcraft 3 came to an end.The creation of the genre Moba (Heroes of Newrth, League of Legends, Stifts 2) created a basis of unprecedented players.

While each event organized tournaments for several titles in the 1990s, this no longer became standard.Ully, electronic sporting events such as ESWC and WCG had followed the format of the Olympic Games with unique representatives from several countries.This was eliminated to improve the level of competition.The developers were also more involved in the eSports scene of their own game, with great annual events such as the worlds of International de Valve, Worlizzards Blizzcon and Riot Games.

Developer participation

For 2015 it was practically mandatory that a developer was practical with his competitive scene.The developer's level of development also strengthened the ESL.ESL created a tournament from the leading line like ESL One and The Intel Extreme Masters, which were financed by a productive investment.

The developments in the monetization of the game also offered the developers and organizers of the tournament a way to see a lucrative return that was not yet possible.This led to the games a much longer players.

The future of electronic sport

The future of electronic sport seems to be even more structured.Title like Overwatch (OWL),Call of Duty (CDL)And League of Legends now occupy a franchise system system.

The franchise league such as the Overwatch League and the Call of Duty League offer more stability for devices and sponsor owners.This enables the exchange of income between competitors and is more attractive for investors.With a much more polished presentation, franchise leagues could be than a service door for an even larger audience for sports.

Traditional sports teamsYou also recognized eSportsAs a method of attracting new followers that invest dual property of established electronic sports organizations.This has opened up many new possibilities.For example the group of the property of the liquid team to ensure A,"Strategic Association" mit Marvel Entertainment,And we can expect more from this in the coming years.

The development of Twitch streamers has become influencers, has caused electronic sports to reach a much wider audience.Electronic sports players become faces of consummers, and this trend is probably incredibly brilliant.