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Posted by Fluke at 21:11 12/9/2001.
The recent events are still in the process of unfolding, and it is certain that the attacks have touched every corner of society, not in the least the global Counter-Strike community.In deference to this, many independently run webpages as well as some sites within the Counter-Strike network have suspended normal operations for the time being.
It has also been reported that World Cyber Games have decided to use MaxRounds rules in their upcoming Counter-Strike tournament, partly because they feel that the ChargesOnly's method of rewarding only the rounds terrorists win is very inappropriate in light of yesterdays tragic events:
"... With the recent incredible and deeply saddening turn of events in the US that has spread to encompass the entire world, there are unavoidable implications that we must prepare to deal with. Any potential problems must be avoided at all costs as well. Now that everything related to violence, much less terrorism, will be placed under the global microscope for a prolonged period of time, I hope you will agree, and preface our position to all the gamers, that going with CO in which wins by terrorists are the basis for winning a match is not very prudent. We have faced debates about whether games are too violent and what not in the past, but this goes beyond that. We still maintain that we will proceed with the inclusion of Counter-Strike as an event in the WCG, but we must be sensitive to any issues that can come about related to the content. Therefore, we must go with the format of the game where terrorists are not the main feature and the decider of wins and losses. We can look into the rules again in the future, but truly at this time, it would be almost blasphemous for us to ignore such implications of winning terrorists at a time when the world has been plunged into deep despair due exactly to terrorism ..."
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