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7/14/2025, 2:08:00 AM
>>531121586
>moralist retard argument
didn't read. I don't care about the EWC or the morality of taking saudi money or getting kids into gambling, I am merely explaining how the CS scene grew to be what it is today.
>>531121878
counter-strike's current scene is propped up by gambling and crypto, it is not financially viable without this and if you think it is you are simply delusional.
>The community, and community sponsors, worked it out on their own, from writing the game configs to scheduling the LANs to funding the prize pools.
I don't understand what you think this is contradicting. Grassroots esports exist, they are tiny and make no money. This is a fact. Big competitive scenes only exist because companies fund them or because gambling black markets fund them, they are not financially sustainable otherwise.
>>531122394
>then you know that CS and fighting games pioneered esports as we know it today
lmao
the irony of calling someone a newfag and then in the very same post writing this
>moralist retard argument
didn't read. I don't care about the EWC or the morality of taking saudi money or getting kids into gambling, I am merely explaining how the CS scene grew to be what it is today.
>>531121878
counter-strike's current scene is propped up by gambling and crypto, it is not financially viable without this and if you think it is you are simply delusional.
>The community, and community sponsors, worked it out on their own, from writing the game configs to scheduling the LANs to funding the prize pools.
I don't understand what you think this is contradicting. Grassroots esports exist, they are tiny and make no money. This is a fact. Big competitive scenes only exist because companies fund them or because gambling black markets fund them, they are not financially sustainable otherwise.
>>531122394
>then you know that CS and fighting games pioneered esports as we know it today
lmao
the irony of calling someone a newfag and then in the very same post writing this
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