I found the thread for clan league playoffs season 1 (Jan '09) where SPW quoted the rules and Hysteria was already mentioned in them. I'm not sure if there was a poll or something earlier, I really can't remember either.
Edit: I found the thread. A stunning 14 people voted for it with 11 against it. Guess that's all it took.
Against is now leading 17-16 lol
looks like people are voting now.
i remember a raw version of hysteria when lex? invented it back in the day. it was a ton of fun, and for my first 5 turns or so i couldn't even figure out what the hell i was doing. the one thing i wouldn't have ever thought in my wildest dreams is that the scheme had the capacity to be a league scheme. I saw it as some bit scheme that was fun, but something i could never play competitively nor something that i could see myself continually playing. Yet here we are, and that same made-up scheme has become a bona-fide league set. It doesn't fit with any of the other league schemes. If elite is the cadillac of worming, the strategic pinnacle; then hysteria is a beat up piece of shit car. It's a fun scheme, but not for the thinking man. Don't get me wrong, its fun. But it still isn't a league scheme. TUS can dress up hysteria all it wants in a disguise, but a turd wearing clothing is still a pizzasheet.