Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships, commonly known as Majors, are (CS:GO) esports tournaments sponsored by Valve Corporation, the game's developer. The Majors were first introduced in 2013 and took place in Jönköping, Sweden and was hosted by DreamHack with a total prize pool of 250,000. Six teams were directly invited, six teams were invited based on previous tournament results, and another four teams came from direct qualifiers.
Mod (video gaming)
The Half-Life modding community splintered across the different total conversions available, often modding for a particular total conversion rather than Half-Life in general. Examples of famous total conversions include "Counter-Strike" (1999), whose developers were hired by Valve Software to turn it into a commercial product, "Defense of the Ancients" (2003), which was the first MOBA to have sponsored tournaments, and "Garry's Mod" (2004), for which fans created thousands of game modes over its decade-long development.