Here's an article that appeared as a column on Applelinks (yes, Applelinks) that gives a slightly different perspective on the CPL than the many articles we've come to read recently. Titled Computer Users Need More Balls, the article examines our society's need for sports and competition and applies it to the CPL.
I guess that's the amusing part. As is indicated on the website, the CPL was launched to "...establish computer game competitions as a viable spectator sport." That's funny. That's very, very funny. Can you see Tommy Jackson and Stuart Scott on ESPN covering the big Unreal Tournament championship? Can you see 67,000 fans packed into the new Seahawks stadium to watch a couple guys play Half-Life or Jazz Jackrabbit 2? Move over, baseball, there's a new national pasttime in town!Who knows, maybe Angel Munoz's next big announcement centers around CPL competitors wearing uniforms with tight pants? Read the rest of this amusing article here. Thanks, A_Banker_From_Boston.
On the other hand, as ridiculous as it is, the CPL does serve a purpose. It presents an entirely new kind of ball to an entirely different demographic. Not only are there a tremendous number of people out there who can't make a living playing with a ball (like myself) and who also aren't willing to pay to watch others play with it (unlike myself). Now, these people have a ball. They can practice on their own. They can go online and play with others across the globe. They can get really, really good and win a lot of money. I guess the money has to be there, actually, as the "getting laid" incentive is nowhere in site for those who excell only at computer games. Perhaps because they don't get to wear uniforms with the tight pants.
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