NgoJanuwari 17, 2013, uKatowice wabamba iIntel Extreme Masters (IEM) okokuqala.Phezu kwayo nje loo ngqele iqhaqhazelisa amazinyo, ababukeli abali-10 000 bafola ngaphandle kwebala lezemidlalo iSpodek elibhabhayo.Ukusukela ngoko, iKatowice iye yaba yeyona ndawo inkulu yezemidlalo emhlabeni.
I-Katowice yayikade yaziwa ngokuba yimizi-mveliso kunye nezobugcisa.Kodwa kule minyaka yakutsha nje, esi sixeko siye sayindawo yemidlalo ye-e-sports kunye nabathandi.
IKatowice sisixeko kuphela seshumi ngobukhulu ePoland, enabemi abamalunga nama-300,000.Akukho nanye yale nto eyaneleyo ukumenza iziko le-e-sports yaseYurophu.Nangona kunjalo, likhaya lawona maqela abalaseleyo ehlabathi, akhuphisanayo phambi kwabona bantu banomdla kwi-e-sports abaphulaphuli behlabathi.Namhlanje, lo mdlalo utsale ababukeli abangaphezu kwe-100,000 kwimpelaveki enye, phantse ikota ye-Katowice iyonke yonyaka.
Kwi-2013, akukho mntu waziyo ukuba bangathatha i-e-sports kule nqanaba apha.
"Akukho mntu wakha wabamba umcimbi we-e-sports kwibala le-10,000-seat Stadium ngaphambili," uMichal Blicharz, umongameli we-ESL wemisebenzi, ukhumbula inkxalabo yakhe yokuqala."Siyoyika ukuba indawo iya kuba ingenanto."
UBlicharz uthe amathandabuzo akhe acinywa kwiyure ngaphambi komsitho wokuvula.Njengoko amawaka abantu ayesele egcwele ngaphakathi kwiBala Lemidlalo laseSpodek, kwakukho umgca ngaphandle.
Ukusukela ngoko, i-IEM ikhule ngaphaya kwentelekelelo kaBlicharz.Emuva kwixesha le-5, iKatowice igcwele izinto ezilungileyo kunye nabalandeli, kwaye iziganeko eziphambili zinike isixeko indima ebalulekileyo ekunyukeni kwe-e-sports kwihlabathi jikelele.Ngaloo nyaka, ababukeli kwakungasekho mfuneko yokuba bajamelane nobusika basePoland, balinda ngaphandle kwizikhongozeli ezishushu.
"UKatowice liqabane eligqibeleleyo lokubonelela ngezixhobo ezifunekayo kulo msitho we-e-sports okumgangatho wehlabathi" utshilo uGeorge Woo, uMphathi weNtengiso we-Intel Extreme Masters.
Eyona nto eyenza iKatowice ikhetheke kakhulu yintshiseko yababukeli, umoya ongenakuphinda uphindwe, ababukeli, kungakhathaliseki ubuzwe, banika uvuyo olufanayo kubadlali abavela kwamanye amazwe.Ngulo mdla odale ihlabathi lemidlalo ye-elektroniki kwinqanaba lamazwe ngamazwe.
Umnyhadala we-IEM Katowice ubambe indawo ekhethekileyo entliziyweni kaBlicharz, kwaye uyazingca ngokuzisa ukuzonwabisa kwedijithali kwindawo yoshishino yesixeko ejikeleze intsimbi namalahle kwaye idlala indima ephambili ekubumbeni ikamva lesixeko.
Kulo nyaka, i-IEM yaqala ngoFebruwari 25 ukuya kuMatshi 5. Inxalenye yokuqala yesiganeko "League of Legends" kwaye inxalenye yesibini yayiyi "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive".Iindwendwe zaseKatowice nazo ziya kuba nakho ukufumana amava ahlukeneyo eVR.
Ngoku kwisizini yayo ye-11, i-Intel Extreme Masters lolona chungechunge lude kwimbali.UWoo uthi abalandeli be-e-zemidlalo abavela kumazwe angaphezu kwe-180 bancede i-IEM ibambe irekhodi ekubukeni nasekuyeni.Ukholelwa ukuba imidlalo ayikho nje imidlalo yokhuphiswano, kodwa imidlalo yababukeli.Umabonwakude ophilayo kunye nokusasazwa kwe-intanethi kwenze ukuba ezi ziganeko zifikeleleke kwaye zibe nomdla kubaphulaphuli ababanzi.UWoo ucinga ukuba olu luphawu lokuba ababukeli abaninzi balindele iziganeko ezifana ne-IEM ukwenza.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jun-21-2022