Counter-Strike: CGS launch Pro-Am Division with CS 1.6 & TF2

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Written by Malystryx in scene 3 months ago (55 comments) | Tagged in: cgs 1.6 teamfortress counter-strike

The Championship Gaming Series announce the launch of their Pro-Am Division which will include two games Counter-Strike 1.6 and Team Fortress 2 for online competition.

The CGS Pro-Am divisions will be launch in North America and Europe in August 2008 with players competing online on CGS game servers.

The top two finishers in both Counter-Strike 1.6 and Team Fortress2 will meet in a North American and European showdown at the North America Combine in 2009 for a total prize purse of "more than $50,000, plus additional prizes."

The CGS claims more games will be introduced in the future as well as more information surrounding the Pro-AM division, one thing is sure is that the registrations will commence in July 2008, so still some time yet.

It seems the CGS is trying to take steps to appease and attract the eSports masses, whether it will work or not is another matter entirely.

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mravkata_bg 3 months ago

+11 thumbs

Get source in this "pro-aim" division, and CS 1.6 as a main game :)
But still, nice :)

BanKs 3 months ago

+4 thumbs

agree =] good job to CGS tho

SK|Malystryx 3 months ago

+2 thumbs

Dunno if its such a big deal if only two teams qualify for the cgs combine, depends I assume if there is prize money involved in the qualification for the final.

frank8880 3 months ago

+2 thumbs

its nice to know 1.6 is going to be supported every time more.. i hope it never disappears or gets modified.... w/cgs = more money prizes, this way, mibr could compete too i mean the old good lineup that moved to source again days ago (cogu nak bit1 fnx bruno).. did they say they were moving to source or cgs? dont know really i just hope they comeback to 1.6 again

Twisted_M_Pwr 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

Nice move. Hopefully this will boost North American CS 1.6 community and/or bring back some of the teams that played 1.6 and now are playing CS:S. Good luck!

HanzFogl 3 months ago

-2 thumbs

nice for tf2. its a really great game to play and watch.
it deserves the support

amiel 3 months ago

+2 thumbs

finaly CGS understand that the 1.6 the best game

tensioNz 3 months ago

-1 thumbs

Finally the CGS is STARTING to realize what the GAMERS want.

Goodeh 3 months ago

+3 thumbs

last time I checked people who played the four other games were also defined as "Gamers"!

Nice move though :)

javax_ 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

Lies Max, all lies.

Eagle 3 months ago

-1 thumbs

Wrong max, they are defined as gaymers. :D

nivekii 3 months ago

+2 thumbs

You mean what 1.6 players want?

cubik 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

Nivekii is kind of right. Im getting the feeling that the amount of both (competitive) 1.6 players and spectators is slowly dropping and becoming a smaller and smaller minority as years pass. There's so many other rather viable games to choose from now which have large numbers of both casual and competitive players. I dont see the 1.6 player nor spectator base getting bigger from here so the only way is down, no matter how good the game is competitively. But that's me, maybe im completely wrong and 1.6 hasnt even peaked yet.

Acik 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

Good move, and wihtout all that franchise stuff so is even better as they just kill teams such as Fnatic.css.But why not COD4 is a good game, new and has a huge userbase (pc,console).i may be wrong but i have the feeling that they will add cod4 and maybe as main fps game.I may be wrong.
Another good tourney for cs 1.6 and anawesome one for tf2.Well played.

IkuF 3 months ago

+2 thumbs

the main problem is time. they have a certain slot to show cgs on tv. it is impossible to predict how long an rts game will last (some games are over an hour). this is why it is difficult to show them.

IkuF 3 months ago

-1 thumbs

hmm replied to wrong comment lol, was meant for one below

Dinsdale- 3 months ago

+2 thumbs

Well, same with fotball and CS really, you knewer know if there will be over time, even with CS, they might even use less time, if you get my drift here...

RTS titles such as SC is easy to understand and entertaining for people that dont have to much to do with eSports. I wonder why the Koreans can get it done and us in the west still stick to FPS titles such as CS to be the flag ship for televised eSports... CS isn't the whole esports scene either, wich is bothering me...

I also think that RTS communities will be much more appreciated then CS community.... Although it's just my opinion and experience talking, since I've been following eSports as a whole for the past 10 years :)

Dinsdale- 3 months ago

+2 thumbs

Get some RTS games tournaments up and running.... sheesh.....

incom 3 months ago

show comment -3 thumbs

Dinsdale- 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

Have you ever watched SC on TV? Wc3 is slow, agreed.

But kinda tired that American based organizations never ad RTS games to their compitions...

shagrath- 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

As apposed to a simulation soccer game or Counter-Strike, because those are both riveting, yes?

The CGS have had to make a few changes to some of their titles to make it more TV oriented and I, quite frankly, don't have any interest in watching Starcraft or Warcraft with five minute timers and damage counters.

I'm glad the CGS shows no interest in RTS.

cubik 3 months ago

+5 thumbs

Your general American is just too stupid to understand what happens in a game like SC I suppose..

SteveoH 3 months ago

-1 thumbs

He isnt American :( nt to sound cool tho

SteveoH 3 months ago

-1 thumbs

Nvm didnt read it properly :)

cubik 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

Nothing really "cool" about that, I think it's just the way it is. My guess is that a non-gamer American audience is more likely to watch games that are easily understandable. Everyone knows what an AK47 does, how racing works and it's my understanding that fighting games are very popular in the US. Even for a hardcore FPS gamer with some RTS experience like me it's sometimes really hard to tell what's going on in an SC match, although I do enjoy watching Korean SC :]

cubik 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

Also, I think stupid was a wrong phrase for that. I guess 'impatient' would fit better :)

KrITIK4L 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

TF2! :D Yes! Actually my fav game... and... 1.6 into the CGS? uM's... nice!

akm- 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

heh n1 one :)

bar9n 3 months ago

+5 thumbs

1.6 4ever ! :D

sanne-_- 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

as i love to say, one more for 1.6 ! :)

roskii 3 months ago

-1 thumbs

TF2 oh ye!

Panik0 3 months ago

+2 thumbs

cgs wake up and see,1.6 is the future =]

and nice for team fortress 2 too =]

Placide 3 months ago

-1 thumbs

It's not enough money, 50k split between TF and 1.6 and a long qualification process; no top names within European Counter Strike will bother. Good for TF2 though.

dz1ger 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

:D g0g0g0

zpectral 3 months ago

+0 thumbs

now we only need valve to get their heads out of their asses and sell the CS1.6 airing rights...

adnnn 3 months ago

-1 thumbs

Seems really good news for TF2 but not so sure about CS. We'll just have to see if any top CS teams bother with this!

SK|Zechs 3 months ago

+2 thumbs

It's a good start, although i'm not personally too bothered about TF2. CS1.6 needs to be a main game, and CGS needs to pick up WC3 (or SC, but i prefer WC3 :P) before i can take it seriously. But hey, who cares what i think ;D~

drinn 3 months ago

show comment -3 thumbs

SK|Zechs 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

Picking up a game they ignored is an attempt to destroy it? Well they sure have me fooled o_O

cubik 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

As far as I know it was Valve who gave the thumbs down for using 1.6, not CGS.

SK|Zechs 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

That's what CGS said, Valve said something entirely different. Whoever's telling the truth, it doesn't change what i said. CGS didn't have 1.6 to start with, now they do... how is that "another try-out "to destroy" 1.6"? You kill a game by running another league for it? This makes absolutely no sense :|

zpectral 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

true cubik

cubik 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

@ Zechs

I never said anything about destroying 1.6..

drinn 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

Well Zechs, this tournament will be played online only, when CS:S etc. offline in the front of TV audience with the massive prizes included, so less ppl care about some online tournaments. CGS selected 1.6 into their amateur tournament, while CS:S is being played "professionally". So, they wanted to make 1.6 look like the secondary game, and CS:S as the one and only. From sourcers point of view we could say "this is another plan to destroy 1.6".

Of course this is a nice addition to the list of 1.6 tournaments :)

cubik 3 months ago

-1 thumbs

CGS finally picks up 1.6 to atleast use it on SOMETHING and youre telling it's their cunning masterplan to kidnap George Bushes wife, ask for one billion dollar ransom and finally and most importantly destroy 1.6. To be really honest with no hard feelings, get a fucking clue.

drinn 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

It's good they finally picked it up, but its still in fucking amateur tournament. Gamers want it to be the main game of CGS, not just some secondary. But blah, needless talking anyways.

Eagle 3 months ago

+1 thumbs

they're NOT planning to kidnap george bush's wife?