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AMD Loses QuakeCon To Intel
The Inquirer has a report that AMD has lost sponsorship of the QuakeCon event to Intel. From the article: "As the official CPU and title sponsor of QuakeCon 2005, Intel will be providing its Extreme Edition tournament systems and servers to host the tournament and bring your own computer (BYOC) games. As AMD news site AMDzone.com says, with such close competition between Intel and AMD when it comes to high performance gaming, this could be bad news for AMD and tip the scales in Intel's favour. Intel is clearly trying to get a leg up on the eSports front, having sponsored other big events such as Bloodline and successful gaming team 4kings, it seems that Intel wants to have its name associated with all things e-Sports. "
It is not black and white.
Look at the sport of freediving - where most of the events require minimising any sort of physical exertion so you can last for longer on one breath.
Compare to the "videogame" Dance Dance Revolution, or even Counterstrike, where average exertion levels are higher than freediving.
Compare the sport of car racing vs. car simulators, where physical exertion levels are near identical.
Wherever you look, you'll find that the physical exertion required varies wildly from sport to sport, and many require less physical exertion and skill than computer games (or other games like darts or chess).
Face it - sports are a subset of games, and the transition from game to sport usually is just a matter of luck, history, or the level of professionalism/money involved.
I for one don't really care if AMD is the fastest or not. They have always had better pricing value for good performance. And since Intel likes to things like this. I don't think I will be supporting them with my money. Also, learn the freaking difference between lose and loose.