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Microsoft to Sponsor WCG

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the xbox-only-entries dept.

xIcemanx writes "Microsoft has announced that it will be sponsoring the World Cyber Games through 2008, providing the world's largest e-sports competition with software, hardware, and marketing. let's hope this doesn't mean radical changes in the games we see at the championships."

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  1. In other news... by wbren · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, Redhat was originally supposed to be the new WCG sponsor... until WCG realized they would have to limit competition to KAstroid and Othello.

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    -William Brendel
  2. The games: by DanTheLewis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Steve Ballmer Forever: This wisecracking, balding hero takes trusty chair in hand in order to fight off the Googly-eyed hordes.

    Whack-a-Who-da-punk: Hit a person with no face before they destroy Microsoft from within by engaging in serious discussions about the relative inadequacy of the bloated management structure.

    Windows Vista: TBA.

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    Q: What did the comedian say to the crowd?
    A: If I knew, this joke would be funny.