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DJWheat was one of the main broadcasters/producers so my thoughts are with you today hombre.
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The CGS Shuts its Doors :(
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
http://www.thecgs.com/ DJWheat was one of the main broadcasters/producers so my thoughts are with you today hombre. | ||
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genwar
Canada537 Posts
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Frits
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Racenilatr
United States2756 Posts
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hiroxx
Ireland115 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On November 19 2008 05:19 Racenilatr wrote: same. Also that article is sorta still confusing....its a game or a tourney business thingy like gom? It was a pro gaming circuit in the US, with different franchises who had "matches" against eachother by playing a bunch of different games. It was also televised with big payouts and had several international teams as well. It truly is sad that it's closing, but the management made a lot of mistakes that caused the competitive gamer base not to follow it, especially with game selection and how points were handled. EDIT: The plus side is that we may see a resurgence of 1.6. | ||
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Mikilatov
United States3897 Posts
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keit
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Tekin
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Magic84
Russian Federation1381 Posts
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
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iG.Zeep
Mexico253 Posts
yay!^^ | ||
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Racenilatr
United States2756 Posts
On November 19 2008 05:24 Jibba wrote: It was a pro gaming circuit in the US, with different franchises who had "matches" against eachother by playing a bunch of different games. It was also televised with big payouts and had several international teams as well. It truly is sad that it's closing, but the management made a lot of mistakes that caused the competitive gamer base not to follow it, especially with game selection and how points were handled. EDIT: The plus side is that we may see a resurgence of 1.6. shit....than that IS sad | ||
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LinkinPork
Canada223 Posts
Their CS rules made no sense. | ||
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
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Senx
Sweden5901 Posts
CGS did nothing but hurt the e-sport scene as it pulled major teams and persons from the e-sport scene just beacuse of money, they forgot to think through the idea in practice, beacuse the way they did it it was pretty much doomed to fail, everyone realized this except the CGS. | ||
GTR
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GTR
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Will the franchises still continue as normal or will they all disband? I hope to see 3D and coL back into 1.6 full-time (although 3D suck now since they have Source-based players). | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On November 19 2008 06:26 Senx wrote: This is a great day for e-sport, beacuse it proves to people that no matter how much money you put into something you can't succeed without actually having the knowledge and skills to do it. CGS did nothing but hurt the e-sport scene as it pulled major teams and persons from the e-sport scene just beacuse of money, they forgot to think through the idea in practice, beacuse the way they did it it was pretty much doomed to fail, everyone realized this except the CGS. Except in terms of media exposure, it is more proof of "e-sports" failing outside of Korea, even when aided by big sponsors. That is very, very bad. | ||
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Senx
Sweden5901 Posts
On November 19 2008 06:29 Jibba wrote: Except in terms of media exposure, it is more proof of "e-sports" failing outside of Korea, even when aided by big sponsors. That is very, very bad. Its more a proof that money and sponsors doesn't equal success. Having a fake audience, having games that are not even e-sport friendly, choosing games that has no real fanbase, having extremely weird rulesets, majority of the year for nothing but practice(no exposure to the fans) etc. If the CGS was done by someone who actually knows how e-sport works, i'm sure it would succeed, and while they're at it, actually include europe and give them some sort of coverage since its the major e-sport continent. | ||
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