Comments on: CPL Ended

By: Paul "Boffbowsh" Bowsher

Paul "Boffbowsh" Bowsher — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:31:45 +0000

Actually we’ve never hosted CPL at i-series. We’ve done WCG etc. So CPL closing doesn’t directly affect us at all :)

By: ExcaliburXVII

ExcaliburXVII — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:34:45 +0000

Boooo. The CPL was f*cking awesome.

By: Radiant

Radiant — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:59:45 +0000

Everything wrong about ‘pro gaming’ is summed up in that Hitler Youth 2008 CPL logo at the top of this article.

By: Nimic

Nimic — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:46:53 +0000

Now that I’ve quit CS, it really doesn’t mean very much to me. I was never good enough to play at the CPL of course, but the CPL Winter was always “the thing to see”, cheering on our favourite teams (whichever Norwegian team was playing, really).

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:13:11 +0000

“Man, I think I had a Nonce Edition.”

That was the one that used glitter to make the “ooh shiney” effects?

Sorry.

By: Mario Granger

Mario Granger — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:38:20 +0000

I think its a telling sign that I’m a hardcore gamer, and could care less that the CPL has ceased.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:58:44 +0000

Man, I think I had a Nonce Edition.

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:50:45 +0000

Ok, I’ll rephrase & elaborate…

Painkiller used graphical effects which Quake 3 didn’t, meaning they got sponsorship money from companies such as NVidia who make money from the latest overpriced RadeonForce MegaUltraTexture Nonce Edition cards…

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:03:10 +0000

It really didn’t.

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:47:33 +0000

Painkiller looks prettier!

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:37:14 +0000

Yeah, dropping Quake III dueling in favour of Painkiller seemed pretty random.

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:01:20 +0000

The CPL shifted its attention away from games that the hardcore actually played to whatever the flavour of the month was. They hand to make money somehow, sure, but I feel like sponsorship (which led to TELLING professionals what to play) was the wrong way.