eSport PP (Inglise keelne)
Between professional players
Real-time strategy, fighting, FPS, MOBA
History
19th Oct, 1972
Stanford University
Spacewar
Intergalactic
spacewar olympics
Year's subscription
for Rolling Stone
...
Space Invaders
Chamionship
Atari, 1980
10000 participants
Established
competitive gaming
as a mainstream
hobby
...
Netrek "the first online sports game"
Nintendo World Championships (1990)
Television shows featuring eSports,
GamesMaster
Tournaments in 1990's included Cyberathlete
Professional League, QuakeCon, Professional
Gamers League
CPL: Counter-Strike, Quake series, Warcraft
...
Major growth in 21th century
Viewership, prize money
10 in 2000, 260 in 2010
World Cyber Games, Intel Extreme Masters,
Major League Gaming
Classification as a sport
Controversial point of debate
Designating some games as sports
Never reach the status
Popularity not only reason indentified
Careful planning, precise timing, skill
execution classifies an activity as sport