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World Cyber Games Underway

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the beats-the-hell-out-of-football dept.

b3kZ writes "The World Cyber Games opening ceremonies took place yesterday. Check out the WCG page for match results (tournaments for 8 different games), bios of the players, and interviews. Lots of coverage including live feeds, GTV, HLTV etc..." M : There's also a BBC story about this and another gaming competition.

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  1. How ironic... by crotherm · · Score: 4, Funny


    that this article gets posted right after the gaming addiction article....

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  2. Addiction, then competition. by Thng · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I first read the story about gaming addiction, I thought "Hey, that's my roommate." Then I read the story about the competition. He said earlier that he could be getting paid for his "skills" Dang I feel sorry for that kid. He could've been like a crack head getting paid to smoke the most crack...

  3. sign me up by pangu · · Score: 2, Funny

    According to their webpage, the game "Crazy Soccer" has two entrants, with a third place prize of $2000. I've never played Crazy Soccer, but I bet I could come in third and pay for the trip to Seoul...

  4. I'm a $2000 winner! by nsample · · Score: 4, Funny
    This from the WCG site:


    Crazy Soccer © Adam Soft

    Total Players : 2

    Participating Countries : 2

    Purse : Gold US$ 5,000

    Silver US$ 3,000

    Bronze US$ 2,000


    I've never even HEARD of "Crazy Soccer" before, but if I could figure out just how to enter it'd be worth $2000! =)

  5. Repeat after me... by night_flyer · · Score: 3, Funny

    I do not have a gaming adic... oooooh... Return To Castle Wolfienstein...

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  6. Re:What amazes me. . . by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny
    Maybe MSFT could sponsor a 5,000,000 line debug...

    "They're making their way through the first 50,000 lines, it's neck and neck! Oh, Johannson's screen turns blue, he's out of it!"

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  7. Laughing...at my own expense. by albamuth · · Score: 3, Funny
    I'm a mean guy...really. I can't help it. I've been looking through the Counter-Strike team profiles and laughing really hard.

    The thing is, in the normal Olympics you get every country's most physically fit representative. In this case, you get every country's most horribly geeky representatives!

    PS: for a view of a team that fits under the "frighteningly pale" category, check out the French team.

    PPS: Okay, I looked at the team from [*cough*], and the term "Ironic Mirror" just stopped my laughing.
    :^p

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  8. Re:What amazes me. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm waiting for the "Punch The Monkey and win" tournament. I'm good at that one.