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THERE'S A FORMULAforstories like this one: Open with astadium full of screaming fans.Zoom in on the contestants,sweating from the intensity of the

competition. Then comes theincredulous reveal: This isn'tbasketball or boxing or evenbilliards. t's e!ports"and the#athletes# are headset"wearing,energy"drink"gu$$ling gamers.%ore than & years after the firstvideo game tournaments, tope!ports tourneys now drawaudiences that rival the biggesttraditional sporting events(popular midweek live streamsroutinely attract more than), online viewers. *oke and+issan have oined -ogitech anded /ull as tournament sponsors.0aming is what every traditionalsports league is desperate tobecome: young, global, digital andincreasingly diverse. !o can it everbe a sport1 2oes it matter1e!ports are here. They're real.They're growing.

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E6amples of eSports:

3round&4 million people watched or played e!ports in &)5,according to market research firm +ew$oo "" meaning that ifthe e!ports nation were actually a nation, it would be the fifthlargest in the world. 6They're coming for you next, ndonesia78

3nd while e!ports have long been biggest in 3sia, especiallygaming"mad 9orea, +orth 3merica and urope now claim &;million e!ports fans and the number is growing by &) percenta year.

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Counter-Strike(also known hasHalf-Life: Counter-Strike) is afirst-person shootervideo gamedeveloped

byValve Corporation. It was initially developed and released as aHalf-LifemodificationbyMinh "Gooseman"

LeandJess "Cliffe" Cliffein 1999, before Le and Cliffe were hired and the game's intellectual property

acquired.Counter-Strikewas first released by Valve on theMicrosoft Windowsplatform in 2000.

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