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What did the 1972 Stanford Spacewar competition offer as its grand prize?
A year's Rolling Stone subscription.
- A college scholarship
- A year's Rolling Stone subscription ✔
- A new arcade cabinet
Why: The earliest known video game competition awarded a year's subscription to Rolling Stone magazine.
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Answer: A year's Rolling Stone subscription. The earliest known video game competition awarded a year's subscription to Rolling Stone magazine.
- Esports en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports
whose grand prize was a year's subscription for Rolling Stone
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