CPL Revises Age Restriction Policy

[CSN NewsBot]

Angel Munoz, of the CPL, has kindly passed along word that the league has recently revised its age policy.

Formerly, the CPL restricted minors under the age of 17, from participating in any international qualifier using ESRB mature-rated games. This year the league will allow 16 year olds to participate in international events hosted by official CPL partners and online qualifiers hosted by the Cyberathlete Amateur League (CAL), as long as they will be 17 years of age by the first day of the Championship Finals.

Just a little reminder, the CPL 2006 Championship Finals will take place between December 13th and December 17th in downtown Dallas. For the remaining details of this, feel free to read the rest of the press release or head on over to the CPL website.

[Gpig]

List of quake 3 tournament competitors: http://www.thecpl.com/register/?page=vi...=9&tournid=81

List of CS competitors:

http://www.thecpl.com/register/?page=vi...=9&tournid=80



With 14 autoberths and like 8 international tournaments, I'm wondering if that means they will have qualifiers in the US again this year. CPL is already ridiculously cheap to attend this year (about 120 per person if you get one hotel room or 200 if you get two) but a little gas money wouldn't hurt.



Either way this should be a great CPL. The Best of 3 single elimination won't decide who is the second best team obviously, but it will show who the best is and with seeds and consolation matches it should come out with a little bit more respectable results than ESWC does. With 30 bucks being the price of local lans and pool play ensuring that every team will play 3 matches, I'd be surprised if a ton of local texas teams didn't sign up right at the end.

[Shadow]

OH MY GOD WHOA ONE YEAR

[Linux]

I still say that CPL is retarted for putting an age limit. I say if the parent signs away the kid to CPL then let them... Its gaming and well CPL has to take care of everyone no matter what. I say if a group of 15yr old people want to play they should be allowed to while under the supervision of their parent(s) or CPL staff members assigned to them.



Ohhh well, still retarted by 1 yr.

[DevgruSeal H.E]

I think the age restriction also has [something] to do with legal barriers, Linux.

[Gpig]

Linux wrote..

I still say that CPL is retarted for putting an age limit. I say if the parent signs away the kid to CPL then let them... Its gaming and well CPL has to take care of everyone no matter what. I say if a group of 15yr old people want to play they should be allowed to while under the supervision of their parent(s) or CPL staff members assigned to them.



Ohhh well, still retarted by 1 yr.

You're suggesting the cpl assigns people to chaperone people that are under the age limit? That is a "retarted" waste of resources.

[Deletable_Man]

I used to care about various age restrictions. Then I turned 21 and for some reason I stopped caring completely. Funny that.

[Shadow]

Deletable_Man wrote..

I used to care about various age restrictions. Then I turned 21 and for some reason I stopped caring completely. Funny that.

Ehh, I think the whole "21 to get into casinos and drink" rule is pretty retarded, as you're denying someone who is a legal adult, but really, the whole "you're a legal adult at 18" thing is pretty fair: you lose some rights as a kid, but you also get the advantage of getting tried as a minor and never having to admit your mistakes.



Also, in response to Linux, I think the thing is that they're trying to cover their asses if people go "OMG you let my kids play an M game, even though they paid for it themselves! SUED."



Either that, or it's the same reason they don't let minors into rave clubs, I guess :??:

[InfectedSoul]

I know this dosent really belong here, and I also know its not like many 1.6 skins are released these days, but perhaps you guys could highlight some of the other really great models you have in the collection, rather then that rather ugly M4 thats been up there for far to long... I dunno its been bugging me for ages, had to share it

[Incursion]

The reason why there is an age restriction is because of legal issues, such as labour, and publication. For example, an underage child cannot be filmed for more than 15 (I think it's 30 now) minutes without a break, which, of course, would be a hassle. Also, if that child is filmed during CPL, and does not sign a release form for every publication, there could be many legal issues which could possibly suspend the CPL's publication rights.

[DevgruSeal H.E]

Not to mention many parents want their 15 year olds in school...



Yes, I know CPL is big money, but all good things come to an end. After the 15/16 year old is too old to be a competitor, then where does he go?



SURPRISE! No education, no more future.

[Shadow]

DevgruSeal H.E wrote..

Not to mention many parents want their 15 year olds in school...



Yes, I know CPL is big money, but all good things come to an end. After the 15/16 year old is too old to be a competitor, then where does he go?



SURPRISE! No education, no more future.

You act as if manual labor doesn't exist.



Also, I'm sure burnt out "pro" gamers like Wendel can just write some autobiography.

[Zips]

Shadow wrote..

You act as if manual labor doesn't exist.



Also, I'm sure burnt out "pro" gamers like Wendel can just write some autobiography.

Manual labor isn't for everyone though.



Also, autobiographies will only work if you are good at what you do. If you're a no-name in the pro scene, you could write the best autobiography known to man in terms of form and amount of content, but nobody will care about it if you're just another Joe Schmo.

[Shadow]

Zips wrote..

Manual labor isn't for everyone though.



Also, autobiographies will only work if you are good at what you do. If you're a no-name in the pro scene, you could write the best autobiography known to man in terms of form and amount of content, but nobody will care about it if you're just another Joe Schmo.

I was joking about the manual labor part. As in, "well, you technically have a future, but it's not too great."

[woah]

I know plenty of people who have manual labor jobs, and I would definitely consider their lives great. I also know plenty of people who have gone to college for 6 years, obtained a six figure position in some corporation, and have quite horrible lives. And vise versa.



Quite odd to make the assumption that choosing to work in manual labor jobs automatically relegates you to a life that is not "great." Of course, you're sort of brainwashed into believing this as a child in school--that you will be "flipping burgers" for the rest of our life if you don't obtain an education. It's like you're looked down upon if you haven't spent $20,000+ on some college degree (I'm in college myself, but not as a result of being fearful of the what might become of my life if I had not gone). I can only imagine where these ideas were instilled from...