Well as many others have pointed out, Olympics are about physical competition on a balanced playing field.
Nothing to do with video gaming there.
Professional gaming IS definately on the rise though, and as a pro gamer it's nice to see more in the news about pro gaming, but I think we are already moving in the right direction (larger, televised events, more sponsors, etc.) The Olympics is fine how it is, let them keep curling, discus, javelin, and whatever else ya see there. Keep gaming to gaming leagues.
What I would like to see though, is a MLG/CPL merger or something where we combined the pc and console gamers into one entity instead of having 50 different pro leagues.
Right from pricewatch,
Mobo & Cpu - $109
810LMR, 64 MB VIDEO - AND - 4x AGP - upto1.2GHz cpu, SOUND - ATA100, 2 PCI, LAN & 56K Mdm
Case + PSU - $15
Cheapo HDD - $40
Stick o RAM - $20
There you go a $185 Duron 800 PC , used monitors are dirt cheap so say for about 75 bucks less than a PS2 you could give people in third world countries a usable x86 PC.
Not that giving electronic equipment to people with no food or clothes let alone electricity is a good idea.
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Well as many others have pointed out, Olympics are about physical competition on a balanced playing field.
Nothing to do with video gaming there.
Professional gaming IS definately on the rise though, and as a pro gamer it's nice to see more in the news about pro gaming, but I think we are already moving in the right direction (larger, televised events, more sponsors, etc.) The Olympics is fine how it is, let them keep curling, discus, javelin, and whatever else ya see there. Keep gaming to gaming leagues.
What I would like to see though, is a MLG/CPL merger or something where we combined the pc and console gamers into one entity instead of having 50 different pro leagues.
the viewpad 1000? celeron 800 mhz, win 2k in a tablet, thatd be neat
bleh those aren't real SGIs, real SGIs run IRIX on a MIPS based processor, the NT based machines they make are just poor attempts to gain market share
Right from pricewatch, Mobo & Cpu - $109 810LMR, 64 MB VIDEO - AND - 4x AGP - upto1.2GHz cpu, SOUND - ATA100, 2 PCI, LAN & 56K Mdm Case + PSU - $15 Cheapo HDD - $40 Stick o RAM - $20 There you go a $185 Duron 800 PC , used monitors are dirt cheap so say for about 75 bucks less than a PS2 you could give people in third world countries a usable x86 PC. Not that giving electronic equipment to people with no food or clothes let alone electricity is a good idea.