20 Years of Games
2011 – Our numbers continued to rise, hitting 3.6 million members in ESL! It was also in this year that
2011 – Our numbers continued to rise, hitting 3.6 million members in ESL! It was also in this year that
2010 – Another milestone as ESL celebrated 3 million members! The last season of the ESL European National Championship concluded
2009 – The year ESL celebrated 2.5 million members. IEM continued to tour the world, making a splash in countries
2008 – Marked the milestone of 2 million members in the ESL! It seemed like the sky was the limit
2007 – The first Intel Extreme Masters took place in Hannover, Germany on the CeBit, where a total of €160,000
2006 – Hosting the largest prize pool for a Counter-Strike event to date, the EPS Season IX Finals saw mousesports
2005 – With close to 1 million players in the ESL, it was a challenge to maintain competitive integrity in
2004 – Leveraging a strong base of fans and competitors, ESL now peaked at 400,000 members and counting. Holding regular
2003 – ESL hit a new record of 400,000 members, after the introduction of Counter-Strike and Warcraft III ladders in
2002 – The very first ESL Pro Series Germany kicked off on Sep 4, 2002 and had 14 Teams battling
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