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USA, Korea, and Netherlands Winners at Cyber Games

Posted by Zonk on from the cue-john-williams-music dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNN is carrying a story about Team USA's win at the World Cyber Games. Amid fanfare fit for actual world-class athletes, five Americans with really quick fingers took home the gold medal in the popular "Counter Strike" competition of the World Cyber Games championships, capping five days of intense gaming by the world's elite." The US team came away with two golds and a bronze, third overall. Congrats also to South Korea, second overall, and the Netherlands who came in first in the medal tally. The BBC also has coverage of the event's results.

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  1. Gotta love journalism by Twylite · · Score: 5, Funny

    CNN: USA wins World Cyber Games.

    BBC: UK did great, but our best players actually represented their home countries so the Netherlands won. All of our other players did great, but got knocked out early.

    Slashdot: USA wins
    ... uh ... some medals that is. They came third, really.

    WCG:
    First place: The Netherlands
    Second place: South Korea
    Third place: USA

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    1. Re:Gotta love journalism by 0x0d0a · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Pissed off nationalists are a large, manipulable pool to use -- if you're trying to build up a world video game competition, try feeding off of nationalist feelings.

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