I'd like to know who the fuck it was who decided to "esport" an MMO, and why they thought that was a good idea. It most likely wasn't Ion, as he seems mostly interested in his raids and that people play them.
Addons should always have been limited to skins. Think of how much innovation they've not had to pursue or develop because they spend every waking moment combatting the player and the addon developer. They really just develop systems out of spite to control people.
No. It was well before that. You may have noticed it with WoW because Legion's introduction of Mythic Dungeons at that time. But they were pursuing the esport bullshit with raids before then. Starcraft, and to a lesser extent, Warcraft (RSTS) - were the OG culprits. I recall really hearing about how raids were being designed against addons starting sometime in Cataclysm's prime. Which just so happens to be roughly around the same time as Starcraft 2's prime. Or we could really just point the finger at South Korea and be done with the conversation.
