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Gamers Unite for Video Game Olympics

Posted by samzenpus on from the greatest-game-ever-made dept.

The Hobo writes "About 700 of the world's best gamers began battling it out Wednesday, as the fourth annual World Cyber Games got underway in San Francisco. The five-day annual event is a culmination of national competitions held around the world and pits the best players against each other in a variety of widely popular games like Counter-Strike, Unreal Tournament, Halo, Starcraft and FIFA Soccer.

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  1. Should be a great tournament by dnixon112 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Despite some early rumors of accomodation problems, this should be a great tournament. Here's some pics of the opening ceremony.
    Gallery 1 Gallery 2

  2. Re:Wow by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: 4, Informative
    Well, for those who don't know, "cyber" comes from the greek verb "kyvernein" that is also the root for the word "government". It means, oddly enough "to govern".

    "Cyber" has been used in its present (non)sense since some obviously idiotic academic or journalist thought it sounded cool. Other such idiotic words were "Matrix" as a superset of the internet and I, for one, am glad they are dead. Leave them there.

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