(Electronic Sports)
Video games have been played competitively since their inception. Twin Galaxies is
known for keeping track of high scores on many classic arcade games, and they
created the U.S. National Video Game Team in 1983. The team ran a number of
competitions, including the 1987 Video Game Masters Tournament for Guinness
World Records.
Early PC Era
-Doom
The release of Doom on December 10, 1993 introduced multi-player death match
games.
Doom spawned newsgroups, chat rooms and among the first known
users of IRC for gaming. Players connected to each other modem-to-modem and
online competitive gaming was born. A handful of Doom fan sites report the favored
maps of the time being e1m4 and e1m5.
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ADVANTAGE OF ESPOR
T
Getting a career in eSports
Esports is a growing area that offers several viable ca
reer options to people, though it may not yet be com
mon knowledge to everyone.
There is still a misconception held by some that playi
ng video games is a waste of time and not constructi
ve or valuable to a person's development or career
Esports actually presents job seekers with genuine o
pportunities.
What kind of jobs are there?
Professional player
Shoutcaster/host
Coach/analyst
Journalist/content creator
PR/Marketing executive
Product manager
Sales/partnerships manager
Admin/referee
Organisation owner/manager
Community/social media manager
Broadcast/production crew
Event manager
Agent
Professional Player DOTA
2
Chai "Mushi" Yee Fung is a Malaysian professional
Dota 2 player.