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Peoii
Ultimate Fanboy
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 572
Location: Post Falls, ID, USA, North America, Earth, Sol, Milky Way
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Mon May 31, 2004 12:49 am |
You heard right, 1 MILLION DOLLARS (US)! The CyberAthlete Professional League (CPL) has taken the whole world of professional gaming to the next level with the largest cash prize ever given away in a gaming tournament. All that money, in 10 world-wide stops, and while details are still pretty slim, as they're looking at a more complete announcement at the finals ceremony of the Cyberathlete Extreme World Championships, here is what has been released thus far:
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Since 1997 the Cyberathlete Professional League's goal has been to highlight the competitive computer gaming community, by producing world-class live interactive entertainment events, thus establishing the CPL as one of the most credible and most popular computer gaming leagues in the world.
But the CPL must look towards the future and recreate itself to allow the mainstream to enjoy our new sport as much as the gaming community does. So today, the CPL has announced the new 2005 "CPL World Tour" with one million dollars in cash prizes, the largest cash prize ever.
The tour will include ten worldwide stops. Additionally, the CPL has forged new partnerships that will make the "CPL World Tour" a broad media event, including television, print and extensive online coverage.
The complete "CPL World Tour" announcement is scheduled for the final ceremony of the Cyberathlete Extreme World Championships, taking place Wednesday, July 28 to Sunday, August 1, 2004 at the brand new Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. |
Man, hearing of prizes like that makes me wish I was a professional gamer, not only would I think it to be very fun, but if you're good enough to get into those type of prizes, why the hell not? (Aside from the massive amount of work, stress, and time these people put into their sport.) |
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JaFO
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Mon May 31, 2004 7:33 am |
That's probably just like MSUC ... 1 million in total.
Given 10 separate events and equal prizes that's a maximum of 100,000 in cash per event which has to be divided over at least top 3 of gamers (and that's if there's only 1 game per event ...).
ie : it sounds like a lot of money, but in the end it's not enough to make a living or base a career on the price-money.
Never mind that the US-dollar is at an all-time low, so it's even worth less ... (note that 'worth less' is close to 'worthless'  )
And then there's the CPL itself which might cancel an event at the last minute like they did with ONS ...
That's not professional at all. |
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