A ranar 17 ga Janairu, 2013, Katowice ya karbi bakuncin Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) a karon farko.Duk da tsananin sanyi, ’yan kallo 10,000 ne suka yi layi a wajen filin wasa na Spodek mai saukar ungulu.Tun daga wannan lokacin, Katowice ta zama babbar cibiyar wasannin e-wasanni a duniya.
Katowice ya kasance sananne ga masana'antu da wuraren fasaha.Amma a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, birnin ya zama cibiyar samar da e-wasanni da masu sha'awar wasanni.
Katowice ita ce birni na goma mafi girma a Poland, mai yawan jama'a kusan 300,000.Babu wani abu da ya isa ya sanya shi cibiyar e-wasanni ta Turai.Duk da haka, gida ne ga wasu fitattun ribobi da ƙungiyoyi na duniya, suna fafatawa a gaban masu sauraron e-wasanni masu sha'awar duniya.A yau, wasan ya jawo hankalin 'yan kallo sama da 100,000 a karshen mako guda, kusan kashi daya bisa hudu na jimillar shekara ta Katowice.
A cikin 2013, babu wanda ya san za su iya ɗaukar e-wasanni zuwa wannan har zuwa nan.
"Babu wanda ya taba gudanar da taron e-wasanni a filin wasa mai kujeru 10,000 a baya," Michal Blicharz, mataimakin shugaban ma'aikata na ESL, ya tuna damuwarsa ta farko."Muna tsoron kada wurin ya zama kowa."
Blicharz ya ce an kawar da shakkunsa sa'a guda kafin bikin bude taron.Yayin da dubban mutane suka cika makil a cikin filin wasa na Spodek, an yi jerin gwano a waje.
Tun daga wannan lokacin, IEM ta girma fiye da tunanin Blicharz.Komawa a cikin kakar 5, Katowice yana cike da wadata da magoya baya, kuma abubuwan da suka faru sun ba birnin muhimmiyar rawa wajen haɓaka e-wasanni a duniya.A wannan shekarar, ’yan kallo ba za su ƙara yin kokawa da lokacin sanyi na Poland ba, suna jira a waje a cikin kwantena masu dumi.
"Katowice shine cikakken abokin tarayya don samar da albarkatun da ake buƙata don wannan taron e-wasanni na duniya" in ji George Woo, Manajan Kasuwancin Intel Extreme Masters.
Abin da ya sa Katowice ya zama na musamman shi ne sha'awar 'yan kallo, yanayin da ba za a iya kwatanta shi ba, 'yan kallo, ba tare da la'akari da 'yan kasar ba, suna ba da irin wannan farin ciki ga 'yan wasan daga wasu ƙasashe.Wannan sha'awar ce ta haifar da duniyar e-wasanni akan sikelin duniya.
Taron IEM Katowice yana da matsayi na musamman a cikin zuciyar Blicharz, kuma ya fi alfahari da kawo nishadi na dijital zuwa cibiyar masana'antu ta birnin kusa da karfe da kwal da kuma taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tsara makomar birnin.
A wannan shekara, IEM ya gudana daga Fabrairu 25 zuwa Maris 5. Kashi na farko na taron shine "League of Legends" kuma kashi na biyu shine "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive".Masu ziyara zuwa Katowice kuma za su iya samun sabbin abubuwan VR iri-iri.
Yanzu a cikin lokacin sa na 11, Intel Extreme Masters shine jerin mafi dadewa a cikin tarihi.Woo ya ce masu sha'awar wasanni na e-wasanni daga kasashe fiye da 180 sun taimaka wa IEM ta riƙe rikodin a kallo da halarta.Ya yi imanin cewa wasanni ba wasanni ba ne kawai na gasa, amma wasanni na 'yan kallo.Talabijin kai tsaye da yawo a kan layi sun sa waɗannan abubuwan sun sami damar samun dama ga masu sauraro da yawa.Woo yana tunanin wannan alama ce da ƙarin masu kallo suna tsammanin abubuwan da suka faru kamar IEM suyi.
Lokacin aikawa: Juni-21-2022