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Esports in 2026: How Competitive Gaming Became a Mainstream Spectator Sport
Twenty years ago, competitive gaming occupied a peculiar cultural space — taken seriously by its participants, mocked or ignored by everyone else. The infrastructure was hobbyist: tournaments held in convention centres, prize pools funded by publisher goodwill, and audiences limited to whoever could crowd around a monitor. The idea that professional gaming would one day fill arenas that...
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