New CPL Qualifier Format

[CSN NewsBot]

The Cyberathlete Professional League announced today a new qualifier format for the Pentium 4 Winter CS Qualifying Season. The new format is explained in their press release, which is reprinted here for your consideration. Click through below for the full release.[break="click through for new cpl qualifier format"]Dallas, TX, August 20, 2002 - The Cyberathlete Professional League® and iGames announce the new format for the upcoming CPL Winter Counter-Strike Qualifying Season. Counter-Strike teams from around the world will participate in Pre-Qualifying events in October, where the top four teams will continue on to one of 16 Qualifying Events being held worldwide in the month of November. The top team of each event wins airfare, hotel accommodations and a berth into the Counter-Strike $100,000 World Championships to take place at the CPL's Pentium® 4 Processor Winter Event 2002, being held in Dallas, Texas, December 18 to 22, 2002.

Breakdown of qualifying event distribution:



North America - 6

South America - 2

Europe - 2

Scandinavia - 2

Australia - 2

Asia - 1

Middle East & Africa - 1



The press release is located at: www.thecpl.com/press/qualifiers.html

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[Serious Sam]

[Willior]

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athlete? they're just people who stick to their computers all day



even though i dont know whats going on...WHOO FOR NORTH AMERICA



TAKE THAT MIDDLE EAST



lol

[Spike Spiegel]

Those lucky f00li05. Airfare and fancy hotels, that's the good stuff.

[Tech]

Wait. Does this mean I have to qualify to participate in the Dec. CPL. Or can I just sign up and compete?

[xep]

Tech wrote..

Wait. Does this mean I have to qualify to participate in the Dec. CPL. Or can I just sign up and compete?

You can just sign up and compete, but the qualifiers get there for free, get into the tournament area for free, and get free hotel rooms. So if you just sign up, you have to pay to get there, pay to get to the tournament area, and pay for your airfare.



I think it sucks for Europe and Scandinavia that there are only 2 spots for each of them when they have obviously proven to possess some very talented clans.

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[Tech]

That is good to hear. I might try get a few friends together and try compete. Or if I cant a team up soon I will just go and spectate.

[Sonus]

That would be awesome to be standing behind one of the top CS clans and watching them play. You would probably learn a lot and also improve your game a lot. I know I always play better after I watch a demo of top CS clans, especially the final rounds of the CPL.

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Sonus01 wrote..

That would be awesome to be standing behind one of the top CS clans and watching them play. You would probably learn a lot and also improve your game a lot. I know I always play better after I watch a demo of top CS clans, especially the final rounds of the CPL.

yeah i own for like 1 map change after i watch a demo, and then......



i begin playing like the spraying no talent loser that i am

[garry]

this is worse than the militia2 news thing..



can you maybe have a CPL roundup at the end of the week instead of posting every little update they post on their site?

[TorchedN00dle]

no.

[Devvvy]

Are the CPL absolutely ignorant to the world outside the US?

a) Scandinavia is a PART of Europe, if they're gonna start splitting it like this why not have 3 places for the USA and 3 places for Canada instead of 6 for North America?

b) How come North America gets 6 places, and the vast majority of Europe only gets 2 (apart from Scandinavia who can theoretically obtain 4 places) - European clans have proven themselves on a par if not better over the recent years with the American clans.

"Today, the CPL is the global leader in competitive computer gaming, holding massive events in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Holland, Norway, Singapore, Australia and Brazil. The CPL events offer: computer game tournaments with cash prizes of up to $150,000, music concerts, computer case competitions, product exhibitions, spectator arenas, workshops, and large BYOC areas."



They do feck all apart from the main CPL in the USA - CPL Europe gets screwed over everytime, and I've never heard of a CPL event in the UK. And most of the 'features at CPL events' only happen at the CPL in the US. A BYOC area isnt even unique - theres tons of lan parties that are as good as or better then the CPL.