Pizza Slow, grossnational: vintagegeekculture:“Wizard vs. the Wizards” competition, 1982, hosted by Catherine Mary Stewart. It was arguably the first “e-sports” competition, with video gamers going head to head. Randy Meisner performed live. He heard it was a convention for burgundy velour tracksuit swingers only.

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“Wizard vs. the Wizards” competition, 1982, hosted by Catherine Mary Stewart. It was arguably the first “e-sports” competition, with video gamers going head to head.

Randy Meisner performed live. He heard it was a convention for burgundy velour tracksuit swingers only.

January 21st, 2018 9:53pm

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total	519	2286	3892	2387	132	16	38	572	2264	75	12181
1999	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
2000	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10
2001	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
2002	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23
2003	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	35
2004	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	85
2005	150	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	150
2006	83	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	83
2007	72	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	88
2008	33	546	169	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	748
2009	10	407	744	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1161
2010	6	195	352	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	556
2011	4	383	290	8	20	–	–	–	–	–	705
2012	–	372	254	124	19	16	1	–	–	–	786
2013	–	165	512	196	–	–	3	–	–	–	876
2014	–	73	670	270	–	–	–	6	–	–	1019
2015	–	74	889	554	–	–	11	2	–	–	1530
2016	–	55	12	389	1	–	3	–	–	–	460
2017	–	–	–	429	47	–	5	7	–	–	488
2018	–	–	–	414	45	–	–	7	123	–	589
2019	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	210	–	211
2020	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	452	–	457
2021	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	8	404	–	419
2022	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	422	–	427
2023	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	48	214	13	276
2024	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	167	205	33	405
2025	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	222	154	22	400
2026	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	99	80	7	187
total	519	2286	3892	2387	132	16	38	572	2264	75	12181