A Brief History of eSports – From Universities to Massive Arenas

<p>On October 19&comma; 1972&comma; the first worlds&&num;8217&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ispo&period;com&sol;en&sol;markets&sol;history-origin-esports&num;&colon;~&colon;text&equals;On&percnt;20October&percnt;2019&percnt;2C&percnt;201972&percnt;2C&percnt;20however&comma;day&percnt;20to&percnt;20compete&percnt;20in&percnt;20&percnt;22Spacewar&excl;">first esports tournament<&sol;a> was put together by the Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University&period; They called this momentous event the Intergalactic Spacewar Olympics&period; Twenty four 24 lucky souls gathered that day to compete in the space game &&num;8220&semi;Spacewar&excl;&&num;8221&semi;&comma; which had been developed by computer scientist Steve Russell in 1962&period; The winner of the tournament received an annual subscription to Rolling Stones magazine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the beginning&comma; before the advent of the internet&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;superdata-predicts-esports-revenue-to-grow-over-a-quarter-by-2020&sol;">esports<&sol;a> tournaments and game playing were limited to university campuses or similar institutions&comma; as at that time they were the only places equipped with the right resources and technology to pull off a massive even like that&period; Today&comma; Esports tournaments are played in massive arenas and online&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;ve ever wanted to know an in-depth history of esports then look no further than the infographic below&period; Check it out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;evolutionofesports&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;evolutionofesports&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;&iecy;sports-infographic&period;jpg" width&equals;"1180" height&equals;"15227" &sol;><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 12px&semi;"> &lpar;via <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;evolutionofesports&period;com&sol;">evolutionofesports&period;com<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em>This article contains sponsored links&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;