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The earliest known gaming competition took place on 19 October 1972 at Stanford University for the game Spacewar.[15] Stanford students were asked to the "Intergalactic spacewar olympics" whose grand reward was a year's registration for Rolling Stone, with Bruce Baumgart winning the five-man-free-for-all competition and Tovar and Robert E. Maas being successful the Team Competition.[16] The Space Invaders Championship presented by Atari in 1980 was the initial large scale gaming competition, getting more than 10,000 participants across the United States, establishing competitive video gaming as a mainstream hobby.[17] In the summertime of 1980, Walter Day founded a high report record keeping company called Twin Galaxies.[18] The business went on to help promote video gaming and publicize its documents through publications like the Guinness E book of World Files, and in 1983 it created the U.S. National Video Game Team. The team was involved in tournaments, such as jogging...

The initial known gaming competition took place on 19 October 1972 at Stanford School for the game Spacewar.[15] Stanford students were invited to the "Intergalactic spacewar olympics" whose grand award was a year's subscription for Rolling Rock, with Bruce Baumgart earning the five-man-free-for-all tournament and Tovar and Robert E. Maas being successful the Team Competition.[16] The Space Invaders Championship performed by Atari in 1980 was the initial large scale video game competition, appealing to more than 10,000 participants across the USA, establishing competitive video games as a mainstream hobby.[17] In the summer of 1980, Walter Day founded a high credit score record keeping business called Twin Galaxies.[18] The business went on to help promote video gaming and publicize its details through publications including the Guinness E book of World Documents, and in 1983 it created the U.S. National Video Game Team. The team was involved with contests, such as joggin...