Team Liquid planning a Civilization 6 Esports team

Yes, you read it right. Civilization is making it into Esports with Team Liquid in charge.

Team Liquid owner Steve Arnhacet has just announced that Team Liquid will be running a competitive Civilization VI team. Arnhacet spoke about how Civilization series was his passion long ago and a competitive scene for it on a big scale is something he dreamed of. While the other co-CEO of Liquid Victor “Nazgul” Goossens was honing his skills in StarCraft, Arnhacet spent his beginnings mastering Civilization IV reaching high places.

Do you know who else is a Civilization enthusiast? Their first player Stephen ‘MrGameTheory’ Takowsky, who will be the team’s captain.

MrGameTheory currently holds the record for most 1v2, 1v3, 1v4 and 1v5 ladder victories in Civ IV, and held the #1 rank on the Civilization Revolution leaderboard, Civ IV International League and the Civ V International League. He’s also commonly referred to as the God of Civilization by the community.

Civilization holds a very special place in my heart, and I still feel nostalgic about those times I used to enter “C:\games\civ\civ.exe”. I spent countless hours spamming settlers and phalanxes back in 1991. It was in Civilization IV where I hit my peak, and that’s when I decided to create my own team, dominating the multiplayer scene in weekend CCC events—decathlon-like Civilization events with 10+ person teams playing in various formats (ironman, anc ss, medi, occ, etc)

“When Civ V came out I was too focused on building the foundation of what would become Team Liquid to participate as actively in the multiplayer community. However, with the release of Civ VI and after spending hours watching twitch streams, looking at the various game modes, mod features, and the hints to the resources, and noticing the new focus on FFA multiplayer, I’m once again excited. What really thrills me is the real evidence that Civilization VI is going to be competitive and will be here to stay, even with any dramatic changes to the teaming structure that MPers have grown used to playing with” Said Arnhacet about the new venture.

Civilization VI is now available on PC. Expect our review sometime tomorrow.