jun 27, 1997 - Jun 27, 1997 Cyberathlete Professional League is founded
Description:
A few weeks after the success of Red Annihalation, the Cyberathlete Professional League was created. Featuring popular games such as Quake, the CPL looked to organize more competitive tournaments as well as offer players bigger prizepools which would reward them for being good at the games and give an incentive for people to get into competitive gaming. Right now, they are many eSports organizations which host events and offer money to players, but the CPL was the first big one.Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 27, 1997
Now
~ 27 years ago