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.

Comments

hacking?

[Tuxinatorium]

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.

Re:hacking?

[JavaLord]

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.

Just Came back from CPL

[Cornflake917]

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.