CPL Counter-Strike Event Gets $60,000 Winner

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.

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The 'Cyberathlete' Professional League?

[Sheetrock]

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.

Re:The 'Cyberathlete' Professional League?

[Danse]

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.