Miami New Times CS Article

[CSN NewsBot]

If you loved the ABC article on Counter-Strike, then you'll surely love this new read as well. This article, from Miami New Times, details more on an internet cafe in Miami, and describes the competitive side of CS.

Finally the match is on. The two losing teams gather in the showroom to watch at the bank of terminals while the champions are sequestered in the game room with the refs. Occasionally shoppers push their way to the front of the crowd to see what the fuss is about, staring as the screen shows the crosshairs of a sniper rifle swinging across a wall to a distant doorway.

It does a well rounded job, if a bit on the lengthy side, on informing the general public what a typical day at a LAN cafe is like. I really hope you take a minute and read through this nice article.

[DchozN]

and oh yes i know its over 3 months old, but you know you love me.

[Buddah]

DchozN wrote..

, but you know you love me.

Who are you kidding?

[alex`]

<3

[the monkey]

DchozN no news bits today?

[Gpig]

E2 cafe sucks.

[xlokix]

think what it would be like if cs grew more and more and evolved into a 'regular' sport along with basketball and hockey etc... i'll tell you one thing that would happen, my mom would shut up

[peagle]

They speak in rapid-fire acronyms and amped-up MTV Ebonics and -- for some reason -- call each other "fag."

the normals have yet to break our secret code

[Floof McDoof]

the normals will never break our 1337 code peagle, 'sdies id awp that shiznittle b4 he could pop a 45 in my foot. "fags"

[-Aragorn]

Floof McDoof wrote..

the normals will never break our 1337 code peagle, 'sdies id awp that shiznittle b4 he could pop a 45 in my foot. "fags"

Sigh..

[plasmadragon]

rofl

[-:Nighthawk:-]

Edited by [user="26841"] @ [time="1067590726"]

Somebody gave me check number 1337 at work today... but nobody else there would have gotten it or cared, heh.



Anyway, an enjoyable read. I'm not used to news services being willing to print swear words, so that was odd, but irrelevant.

They speak in rapid-fire acronyms and amped-up MTV Ebonics and -- for some reason -- call each other "fag."

Yes, I laughed pretty hard at that one, too. So true...

Gamers' responses to questions about the inherent violence in a game like Counter-Strike range from muted mumbles ("It's just a game, nobody gets hurt") to full-on adolescent sarcasm ("I like it 'cause I'm fucking practicing to shoot up my high school").

Another classic. :)

[fragrag]

I feel so sorry for that mother......