UKTerrorist
Posted by Blitz at 13:09 20/1/2004.
JCal, over on HomeLan Fed, has made a lengthy news post detailing how HomeLan finally managed to make contact with infamous Cyber X Games president, Joe Hill, albeit via phone. Obviously, Joe was questioned on the absurd events of the Counter-Strike competition, the situation with prizes/refunds, and also what the future holds for the LANs. Unsurprisingly, Joe lays the blame back on Valve's door step:
"First, Hill wasted no time in putting the blame on the failure of the Cyber X Games squarely on Valve Software for technical problems in their popular multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike. Hill said that the problems with running the game affected the entire tournament since organizers, admins and techs needed to concentrate their time on trying to fix the problems they said they encountered trying to run Counter-Strike at the event, specifically with Valve’s Steam content delivery system."
Briefly, he goes on to say that prize money will still be paid, and that refunds will be made to those out of pocket, though he wouldn't give details. Also stated was the fact that CXG LANs will continue, but Counter-strike will not be a part of their future.
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UKTerrorist
13:09 20/1/2004
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JCal, over on HomeLan Fed, has made a lengthy news post detailing how HomeLan finally managed to make contact with infamous Cyber X Games president, Joe Hill, albeit via phone. Obviously, Joe was questioned on the absurd events of the Counter-Strike competition, the situation with prizes/refunds, and also what the future holds for the LANs. Unsurprisingly, Joe lays the blame back on Valve's door step:
Briefly, he goes on to say that prize money will still be paid, and that refunds will be made to those out of pocket, though he wouldn't give details. Also stated was the fact that CXG LANs will continue, but Counter-strike will not be a part of their future.
[ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]ImaGine
13:12 20/1/2004
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Jay Bee Eye!
13:21 20/1/2004
Missing In Action
13:24 20/1/2004
twisted Reality
13:28 20/1/2004
13:29 20/1/2004
TEEHEE
crappy company :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Croydon
13:29 20/1/2004
ImaGine
13:42 20/1/2004
Warped Reality
13:53 20/1/2004
theb0g
13:56 20/1/2004
ImaGine
13:58 20/1/2004
contact!
13:58 20/1/2004
If you're running a tournament that large, you need to be prepared for everything, including steam going down and crap like that.
That guy needs to take responsibility for his actions, and stop trying to blame others. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Nocturne
14:18 20/1/2004
I totally agree with him blaming Valve, from what i've heard, the gamers agreed with him too.
i reckon CPL paid valve not to turn up, but even so, its still valve's fault. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
14:34 20/1/2004
twisted Reality
14:40 20/1/2004
2) There seem to have been so many other problems, look at the other games ran, as well as the things like the security
I would loved there to have been another CPL like event, hope that ESWC can prove to be major competition, from what I heard and saw they seemed to have run an almost perfect event last time around. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
calibre
15:04 20/1/2004
fightclubclan
15:11 20/1/2004
all these dumb conspiracy theories getting pedalled around by retards recently. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Void
15:16 20/1/2004
16:04 20/1/2004
Warped Reality
19:35 20/1/2004
Maybe they f***ed up CS deliberatley so that they had an excuse to get rid of CS so they dont have to pay Valve a large sum of money to use steam at the lan thereby reducing costs and giving the finger to Valve to say steam sucks we wont use it and hope others follow! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rush!
21:44 20/1/2004
Rush!
21:51 20/1/2004
All sensible business. You dont cry after the event, spit your dummy out. You hold your hands up and say you made a mistake. I've got zero sympathy for this cretin. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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UKTerrorist
01:37 21/1/2004