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CPL Drops Doom3 From World Tour
Antony.S writes "This morning, the CPL (Cyberathelete Professional League) confirmed that they have dropped Doom 3 as the World Tour game. The press release states they "are in discussion with two other publishers/developers". Could one of them Atari/Epic of Unreal Tournament 2004, seen by many as the only serious contender left, or maybe Dreamcatcher of Painkiller, the Summer CPL 1vs1 game? Which ever game is chosen, Doom 3 is still being played at Winter CPL this December."
My vote would be for Unreal Tournament 2004. UT2k4 takes the best of tournament style multiplayer and adds to it. It doesn't have the beauty of Doom 3's graphics, but it's fast and it's fun....
I am surprised Doom3 was ever used for competition. I love the Doom3 single player experience. The graphics and scare factors are awesome. However, the multiplay was tacked on as an afterthought. Doom3 will have some great mods someday. I just can't get excited about 4 player multiplay in really tight spaces in a really dark environment. After an hour with Doom3 multiplay, I whipped out my Quake 3 disc.
Quake IV is supposed to combine the storyline aspects of doom3 and quake2 with the pace of quake2, and the multiplayer of quake 3
should be fun to see how well they pull it off
For CPL to work the game must have strong multi-player support and Doom3's engine is made to be pretty not network friendly.
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Anyone think it could be CS: Source? Convenient timing ya know...
I would agree, yet this seems to contradict the assumption that you must be physically fit to be athletic.
\Ath"lete\, n. [L. athleta, Gr. ? prizefighter, fr. ? to contend for a prize, ?, Hom. ?, contest, ? prize; fr. the same root as E. wed: cf. F. athl[`e]te.] 1. (Antiq.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome
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Ever since Angel Munoz screwed around and pissed off HardOCP, Mindverge and their sponsors, I've ceased to care about the CPL. The CPL is running on fumes as it is mangement wise.
All of a sudden, I feel slightly better disposed towards Doom 3 multiplayer.
The CPL taking an interest in a game is usually the kiss of death for it in terms of its potential to develop a friendly, mature online community. I used to run a big EU based Counter-Strike league, with no prizes worth a damn and where most of the competitors were in it for fun, and the change that came over the game after the CPL decided they wanted to push it were incredibly depressing. Teams I'd known for years, who'd always been good sports, always treated the game as fun and weren't, to be frank, very good suddenly thought they were going to be the next CPL champions and that they'd make a living out of professional gaming.
Sportsmanship and fair-play went out the window. Suddenly, it was all about "practicing for the CPL" and "getting sponsorship to go to the CPL". The former meant refusing to play any maps or game-modes not supported by the CPL. The latter meant contesting any defeat to the last breath, on the grounds that just accepting a loss would put potential sponsors off. Bear in mind that I'm not just talking about top-end teams here. I'm talking about teams that I, an indifferent player at the best of times (I was always stronger on the organisational side) could beat single-handedly.
The CPL themselves, when they deigned to talk to us mere mortals, came across as arrogant, dictatorial, fickle and often highly irrational. They're intensely sensitive of criticism and think nothing of throwing their weight around. Fortunately, my direct dealings with them have been very limited, but I've heard frequent horror stories from players, sponsors and even those who won their competitions.
"Professional" gaming remains a myth. Even the very top players can barely afford to live off their prize money. You know all those big figures you see quoted for the prizes? Those all get split 5 ways. With only the CPL and WCG having decent prize-money, a team would need to win both in a single year to manage a reasonable income. This is for a "job" which takes pretty much constant play in order to maintain your edge. Sponsorship helps a little, but it normally only just covers travel expenses etc, rather than providing an actual income.
Oh well... here's hoping people will wake up and smell the coffee eventually.
That is somewhat misleading. The Latin word for "games" ('ludi') is more accurately translated "sports." Racing in boats was a 'ludus.' Wrestling was a 'ludus.' Debate, gambling, or artistic rivalries were not ludi.
The notion of athletetics dates back to antiquity, and it has always been exclusively physical.
I'm afraid I have not studied latin, however, the third definition in that link seems to contradict that athletics refers to being only physical talent:
One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.
Granted, a computer game is not particularly intellectual (at least those of this particular league), but the English language is always changing, with new words being added "officially" at least yearly. Is it much of a stretch to allow athletetics to be applied to a game of reflexes and some memorization?
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This just in: Words change meaning over time!!!
:)
Wow, who would have thought. It's pretty sinister. And you were having a such a gay time posting about the raping of the word athlete. How awful.
(Hint: 3 words above have definitely changed meaning; one above has transitioned to a broader (mis)use. I am not including athlete in that list.)
You get the point now? I'm sure someone else can come up with semantic shifts in terminology that better illustrate (there's another one) this...
Let's see what the OED has to say on the subject:
athletics
The practice of physical exercises by which muscular strength is called into play and increased.
That is the only definition listed.
OED > dictionary.reference.com
Yeah, but how many people would agree that the overweight greaseball with thick glasses playing Counterstrike is an "athlete?"
That would be a good experiment. Drag lardass over to the table where all the football players sit, and say, "Poindexter here thinks playing video games makes him an 'athlete.'"
Actually, that wouldn't prove anything. But it would be funny.
Seems fair, doom 3's multiplayer is about as crappy as it gets
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