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Don't disagree, but Quake already had a competitive scene before counterstrike with prize pools + tournaments too.
by shimman 4mo ago
Don't disagree, but Quake already had a competitive scene before counterstrike with prize pools + tournaments too.
- goodroot 4mo agoYes, crucial omission - and that was 1996!
- StilesCrisis 4mo agoOne big difference to note: Quake in 1996 didn't host central infrastructure or have any expectations of recurring revenue. By 2007 things had changed. WOW was built around Blizzard-hosted infra and recurring revenue as central design pillars.
- iamtheworstdev 4mo agoalso leaving out that real competitive gaming at that time was probably in Korea and involved Starcraft and others
- shimman 4mo agoThis still ignores the FPS scene that fully existed before SK. Not saying BW wasn't important (I still watch the ASL and watching Soulkey play) or not on another level (any other esports tournament had the finalists arrived both on separate jets?), but there was already a thriving large esports scene in NA with prize pools in the thousands.