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Intel Extreme Masters eSports Tournament, Oakland CA

From time to time, we attend eSports tournaments from time to time to take the pulse of this burgeoning phenomenon. eSports are not new to the world however and date back to the 1970’s when people would organize small tournaments around arcade games. Since then eSports slowly gained momentum but not until the maturation of streaming technology and the evolution ...

Ted Pollak

From time to time, we attend eSports tournaments from time to time to take the pulse of this burgeoning phenomenon. eSports are not new to the world however and date back to the 1970’s when people would organize small tournaments around arcade games. Since then eSports slowly gained momentum but not until the maturation of streaming technology and the evolution of channels, mostly notably Twitch, over the past five years has the sport grown into events that millions follow and tens, maybe even hundreds of millions have seen. It’s almost hard to believe that approximately 6,500 spectators packed the stands
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