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CPL Counter-Strike Event Gets $60,000 Winner

Posted by simoniker on from the scandinavian-cyborgs-triumph dept.

fluor2 writes "Team Schroet Kommando from Sweden have won the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) Counter-Strike Summer Event in Dallas, Texas. The team won $60,000, from a total cash purse of $200,000. SK.swe did not lose a single match, even against US #1 team Team 3D, who finished 3rd. Team 9, also from Sweden, grabbed second place in a exciting final. There's more info via Netfire's videos and demos from the tournament, SoGamed's CPL coverage and The CPL's official final standings." The final showdown was held on de_dust2, naturally.

32 comments

  1. my god.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    you should hear these idiots bitch about a 25ms ping on a rented server.. "professional" does *not* equal "right to bitch about everything under the moon"

    1. Re:my god.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When did people lose the right to bitch about everything under the moon?

  2. I wish by BigBadDude · · Score: 1

    there was a prize for slashdoting all day long

  3. Don't spare me by Jonsey · · Score: 1

    Don't spare the details!

    Which won? OGL or Edge or What?

    Yes, I play CS, no I do not advocate playing it.

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  4. What to choose? by Torgo's+Pizza · · Score: 1
    Hmmmm.... CPL? or QuakeCon? CPL? QuakeCon? QuakeCon or CPL?

    In all honesty, a lot of people have given up on the CPL since Angel Munoz's little spat with [H]ardOCP. The CPL events charge too much, have nothing outside of the event itself in the way of entertainment or information and end up being an ego trip for Angel et al.

    Sad part is that this is the only thing really going in the US. (Unlike Korea where the real action is.)

    1. Re:What to choose? by BrookHarty · · Score: 1

      Sad part is that this is the only thing really going in the US.

      There are LOTS of people on CPL/CAL, its still a good place get matchs. And they keep track of the team rankings for you. Not sure whats so "Sad" about it, we get weekly matches. And you can visit #findscrim in irc and find scrims for practice.

    2. Re:What to choose? by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 1

      " Hmmmm.... CPL? or QuakeCon?".." being an ego trip for Angel et al."

      You no longer have to make that choice -- You said something negative about angel, that means you're banned.

      It really is sad how teams can be caught ghosting and not even punished one round, yet Chris "Recon" Hill gets thrown out for doing nothing (He runs his own tournament, but wasnt advertising for it or anything).

      As fr the last comment, Theres CyberXGaming, KillerLan, and plenty of other lan tourneys. The only real alternative to cal is UGS, which is good enough. Korea has no action in the CounterStrike team -- All of the good teams are from europe; specificly sweden. Swedens leauge (SEL) is even played from lan centers and taken very seriously, so their teams are always more prepared.

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  5. CAL/CPL by BrookHarty · · Score: 1

    The final showdown was held on de_dust2, naturally.

    One thing I like about CAL/CPL are the new maps they have, having to play the same maps for over 7 years is starting to get quite old.

    How many years can you keep playing DUST.

    BTW, if you want to experience how good CPL players are, download Steam CS 1.6 (Free), and play 20 bots on Expert Settings. If they see you, you are dead. Just like CPL.

    1. Re:CAL/CPL by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 2, Informative

      Or play on the cal-i ran servers like pub.team3d.net.
      Bots are stupid and always will be. They can shoot great and react instantly, but they dont know what to do. All you have to do is plant in a weird spot and they'll never defuse, or plant in the open and shoot them through a wall as they all go for the bomb instead of shooting you back.

      Bots are good for practice however, And you don't need 1.6. Check out PODBot(google for it) for a nice bot for 1.5 or earlier.

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  6. The 'Cyberathlete' Professional League? by Sheetrock · · Score: 4, Funny
    We ought to work out some form of triathalon involving cyberathletic computer gaming, roleplaying, and bowling. I've even got a title: 'Race To A Coronary'.

    I don't know how gamers can call themselves cyberathletes without sniggering at least a little bit every time they hear the word. We come in just below professional haggis-and-butter eating contest participants on the health chart.

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    1. Re:The 'Cyberathlete' Professional League? by BrookHarty · · Score: 1

      BZZT. Wrong.

      CPL CS Matches are TEAM based gaming, comparing it to eating a buttload of butter is stupid.

      Whats next, knocking Womans Basketball?

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    2. Re:The 'Cyberathlete' Professional League? by Danse · · Score: 3, Funny

      Exactly. It's much more like a butter-eating relay of some sort, carried out while sitting around a table and shouting obscenities at each other.

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    3. Re:The 'Cyberathlete' Professional League? by Pvt_Waldo · · Score: 1

      If someone handed me $60k for being the best I'd really not care if they called me "Clueles Game Geek" or anything else. As long as the headline read "...wins $60k playing a game", it could be what ever the press or anyone else wanted.

  7. hacking? by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How can they possibly be sure that nobody's hacking? Some clas might have their own secret home-grown hax that won't show up on any hack detectors (which basically just scan for KNOWN hax programs) The ONLY way to ensure fairness would be to take all the computers the tournament will be played on, reformat the hard drives, reinstall windows, and never let that comp leave the observation of a tournament official for the rest of the tournament. With any other security measures it would be easy to circumvent them and cheat with secret clan-only programs. I doubt the organizers took such extreme measures though. CS is ridden with cheaters, and there's not a damn thing admins can do about it aside from observing and guessing who's using the latest version of (insert hack here) that gets around all anti-hack scanners (until those get updated too). If the program is written well, it can be impossible to tell the difference btween a good player and a hack.

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    1. Re:hacking? by yuud · · Score: 1

      I thought the big tourney's were NOT BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) - I'm sure all config files are checked for fairness.

      So basically yes - the big tourneys are 100% cheat free.

    2. Re:hacking? by JavaLord · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Hah, never mind the ones that clans write for themselves, I have a publically available CS bot that no hack detection can pick up right now.

    3. Re:hacking? by Cornflake917 · · Score: 4, Informative

      If the program is written well, it can be impossible to tell the difference btween a good player and a hack.

      Once you've been playing long enough it gets pretty easy to tell the difference.

      The matches are played on tournament computers. Which all have the exact same hardware/software. They are closely monitored by CPL volunteers 24/7. While the matches are being played the players are being constantly watched by the CPL staff. The BYOC area is just for clans to practice before the matches. And even then, if you think someone is cheating you can just go over to their computer and watch them. If you catch them cheating you can a) bitch slap them or b) get them thrown out and disqualify their team.

      CAL is another story though. Every month the CAL admins ban a whole new set of cheaters. It's not surpising though considering theres at least 5,000 clans in CAL-open alone.

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    4. Re:hacking? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The clans can just build in those hacks into mods they released themselves.

      If this is the case they don't have to worry about the solution you proposed.

    5. Re:hacking? by fluor2 · · Score: 1

      1. They cannot bring their own computers
      2. They cannot access any devices on the computer

    6. Re:hacking? by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 1

      even if it isn't BYOC they can easilly smuggle in a CD (that will even get past metal detectors :)

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    7. Re:hacking? by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 1

      As long as they dan run arbitrary code from a brought floppy or CD, and obscure the hax controls so that someone watching them won't notice, there's no stopping them.

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    8. Re:hacking? by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 1

      link please?

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  8. I want to see it! by inerte · · Score: 1

    Anyone knows if there's a demo or video file?

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    1. Re:I want to see it! by inerte · · Score: 1

      Damn, forget it. I totally missed the link which points to exactly this.

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  9. Playing the Demos without having the Game? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Is it possible to play the demos without having the game?

    Or, convert the demos to a divx or something?
    If not, will a CS 1.6 Beta play the 1.whatever demos?

  10. Re:Help! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    You've got essentially three options from this point:

    • Post insightful comments only in the stories that don't end up on the main page and try to get near the top. These don't have many comments so moderators are more likely to view all.
    • Continue to appeal to the goodwill of us trolls. I think you see the problem here.
    • Make a new account. It's far easier to karma whore when you haven't been knocked down to -1 because you can post many more comments in a day. See also: HanzoSan. Unless you are a master of the game, such as tps12 (or whoever he is these days), you're not going to be able to pull yourself out of -1 this decade.
  11. Just Came back from CPL by Cornflake917 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And it was a incredibly enjoyable event. There were some incredibly close matches... some going to into overtime or double-ot (including my match). If you guys are wondering what kind of stuff happens at this event you can download coverage at cpl.netfire.com.These videos include some good interviews with top players and summaries of the better matches.

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  12. Re:Help! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    no, your karma sucks cause you suck, go eat a dick pimpleton. btw, trolling is dying.

  13. It needs spectators by Basje · · Score: 1

    I can see how these people, that devote so much time to the game, get so good at it. Many winning athletes get large sums of prize money, so I don't see why computer gamers wouldn't.

    But for it to really take off it they should turn it into a mass spectator sport somehow. The more people watching it, the more money gets involved, and the better (read more fanatical) the contestants get.

    I can even envision some sort of shirt sponsoring (skin sponsoring?) for the contestants. That's where the biggest income is for many sporters.

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