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ESPORTS A brief history of professional gaming Giovanni Darkik Viviani What are esports? Are video games really becoming relevant? 1981 -Stanford University 21st Century Rise of global tournaments During 2000 South Korea recognises

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ESPORTS

A brief history of professional gaming

Giovanni Darkik Viviani

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What are esports?

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Are video games really becoming relevant?

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1981 -Stanford University

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21st Century

Rise of global tournaments

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During 2000 South Korea recognises Esports as an offjcial sporting event

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"Esports Tournament Prize Amounts 1998ẃ–‚‟2014" by Aron Ambrosiani - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ File:Esports_Tournament_Prize_Amounts_1998%E2%80%932014.png#mediaviewer/File:Esports_Tournament_Prize_Amounts_1998%E2%80%932014.png

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Free to play

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Jönköping - Sweden - 2011 100.000$ Los Angeles - United States - 2012 2.000.000$ Los Angeles - United States - 2013 2.050.000$ Busan - South Korea - 2014 2.130.000$

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DOTA 2 - The International 2014

~11.000.000$

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Professional StarCraft 2 player from South Korea Kim "ViOLet" Dong Hwan recently became the fjrst person from the eSport to obtain a P-1A visa from the American government, his representatives at Cyber Solutions Agency announced. Hwan is not the fjrst professional video game player to receive a P-1A visa. Canadian-based League of Legends player Danny "Shiptur" Le was approved for the visa earlier this year.

http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/15/5212798/starcraft-2-player-receives-the-sports-fjrst-us-athlete-visa

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