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The earliest known gaming competition occurred on 19 October 1972 at Stanford School for the overall game Spacewar.[15] Stanford students were asked to an "Intergalactic spacewar olympics" whose grand reward was a year's registration for Rolling Rock, with Bruce Baumgart earning the five-man-free-for-all competition and Tovar and Robert E. Maas winning the Team Competition.[16] THE AREA Invaders Championship presented by Atari in 1980 was the earliest large scale video game competition, getting more than 10,000 individuals across the United States, establishing competitive games as a mainstream hobby.[17] In the summertime of 1980, Walter Day founded a higher rating record keeping business called Twin Galaxies.[18] The business went on to help promote video gaming and publicize its data through publications such as the Guinness Reserve of World Records, and in 1983 it created the U.S. Country wide Video Game Team. The team was involved with contests, such as operating the

The earliest known gaming competition took place on 19 October 1972 at Stanford School for the overall game Spacewar.[15] Stanford students were asked to an "Intergalactic spacewar olympics" whose grand award was a year's membership for Rolling Stone, with Bruce Baumgart being successful the five-man-free-for-all event and Tovar and Robert E. Maas earning the Team Competition.[16] THE AREA Invaders Championship placed by Atari in 1980 was the initial large scale video game competition, appealing to more than 10,000 members across the United States, establishing competitive video gaming as a mainstream hobby.[17] In the summertime of 1980, Walter Day founded a high rating record keeping organization called Twin Galaxies.[18] The business continued to help promote video games and publicize its files through publications such as the Guinness Publication of World Data, and in 1983 it created the U.S. Country wide Video Game Team. The team was involved in contests, such as ope

Esports tournaments are nearly always physical events in which occur in front of a live audience. The competition may participate a larger gathering, such as Dreamhack, or the competition will be the entirety of the event, like the entire world Cyber Games. Tournaments take several formats, but the most typical are solo or double elimination, sometimes hybridized with group stage. Competitions will often have referees or officials to monitor for cheating. Although competitions involving video gaming have long existed, esports underwent a significant transition in the past due 1990s. Beginning with the Cyberathlete Professional League in 1997, tournaments became much bigger, and corporate and business sponsorship became more prevalent. Increasing viewership both personally and online brought esports to a wider audience. Major competitions include the World Cyber Game titles, the North American Major League Video gaming category, the France-based Electronic Sports World Glass, and the pl