ARTICLE
HOW AMATEUR
TOURNAMENTS HELP MAKE
ESPORTS FRIENDLY
An Iron Gaming
Booth.
By Julian Martinez
eSports may have started as a joke to some, and a mystery to others, but there is no denying that over
the years eSports has enjoyed many success stories. With packed stadiums and millions watching
via streams from around the world, it is safe to assume eSports hasn’t stopped growing.
Yet eSports was not an instant
had to set the standard somehow.
Competitive gaming can be a cruel
success story, it was not the
While top level play and gigantic
mistress. While a game seems
gigantic phenomenon it is. So
championships are the main meat
simple from a first glance, it can
what are some of the things that
of eSports right now, we wouldn’t
be difficult to master and not
elevated competitive gaming to
have new competitors without
everyone is willing to accept that.
what it is now? The love of the
amateur level competitions.
For a time it was very rampant
community is one thing, but we
among newcomers to competitive
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