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A StarCraft gaming tournament took place 10 years ago and these were the prizes teams could win (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 45 points 3 months ago

10 years ago would have been 2014; at that point 25 Bitcoin would be a good chunk of cash:

The price of bitcoin opened the year at $770, according to the CoinDesk Price Index. By mid-December, it was trading in the mid-$300 range. This represents a drop of more than 50% from the start of the year.

It'd be interesting to know when this was actually from; it's a great screenshot even without the exact details, though.

[-] BigRedUndead@sh.itjust.works 32 points 3 months ago

Blasphemy.

10 years ago will forever be 1995.

I will die on this hill.

[-] fishbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

Agreed.

Completely unrelated: pretty crazy that a starcraft tournament was held 3 years before it released, and the prize was something that wasn't available until 14 years after the tourny.

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Is it because the hill is steep and your ankles aren't what they used to be?

[-] BigRedUndead@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Get off my lawn.

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

You'll die from old age on that hill, kiddo.

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

It would be funny if there was a competition where the highest prize would not be the first place. Like everyone would try to be 3rd, by being good enough to to not be too bad but bad enough to not be 1st or 2nd

[-] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 5 points 3 months ago

Game Changer on Dropout did that recently. Second best out of three players would earn the points.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Except ten years ago was three years ago which was thirteen years ago. In 2011 the price was around $0.30 to $.40 cents a bitcoin.

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