CPL Summer 2004 - Event Diary

Posted by Myers at 02:45 28/7/2004.

Bored at work? Interested in how Myers is doing at the CPL? Want to read a first person perspective on the subject designed to make you feel jealous? Look no further. What began as a means of killing time at WCG 02 has grown to little more than that. 

By the popular demand of 3 people I will set upon the long and arduous task of keeping a journal up to date on TAG's/my CPL activities throughout the week. The CPL, for those of you living in a cave wearing a blindfold with earplugs attached is set to be the biggest gaming event of the year with over 1,500 competitors taking part in the week long eSports spectacle. The CPL for gamers is what the Olympics is to atheletes, it is the culmination of countless practice hours and unforgiveable sacrifices, it is the CPL which seperates the good, the bad, and the ugly(!).

So get comfortable, grab a coffee and waste the hours away. The diary will be updated frequently throughout the week.

Comments

predje
03:17 28/7/2004
"I make no apologies "
a career with The Sun beckons for u lad :D:D:D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Eagle
03:18 28/7/2004
myers to win cpl! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
predje
03:29 28/7/2004
pff its common knowledge im gonna win this cpl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MaCcA^
03:43 28/7/2004
Whats this?! Your not posting it to esreality this time? :o! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Majest!C
08:19 28/7/2004
why do they have the cpl always in gaylord rofl still cant get over that name ! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ilic``
Team56
08:21 28/7/2004
ah myers your a f***ing legend [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Phunky
09:21 28/7/2004
If you speak to Wedge from the CoD team tell him the Phunky and the rest of #GameOn wants to see him playing the final in his famous Dress!

oh say hi to Laz too... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
eLmo^
09:24 28/7/2004
n1 :) should be a good event. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
09:24 28/7/2004
Geordie is NOT a separate entity, he's just loveable! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
brenje
reSonance
09:41 28/7/2004
lol, nice read.
hf dude! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dudeman
09:52 28/7/2004
more 4k coverage plz! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
eLmo^
09:54 28/7/2004
Yeah, what about 4k. Not asif TAG are going to get anywhere noticable, especialy considering bsl isn't with them... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
K`Lag
10:08 28/7/2004
Come on Myers wheres your journalistic instinct give us the meaty bits, who fondled with who during the night etc :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
d0ly`
10:16 28/7/2004
ha, so jokes. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Flavas
Game Dimension Online
11:15 28/7/2004
gl TAG and 4k. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
funky
11:24 28/7/2004
good read
gl Duck! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
emfive
11:32 28/7/2004
nice [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Psy^
xtreme9.uk
12:14 28/7/2004
What you on about Majest!C this is only their 1st event held at the Gaylord Hotel, or maybe second...... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PFCalcio
THX
12:20 28/7/2004
Self important? Write in the third person? ... :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nicklearse
Missing In Action
12:23 28/7/2004
You shoulda told intel they are gaylords whahaha [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
BelleH
Rush!
12:33 28/7/2004
what coverage are you looking for exactly? correct me if i'm wrong but the event hasnt started. Surely you should be greatful for whatever coverage you get before it starts [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
12:35 28/7/2004
duck, shaq and geo; dist represent YO! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
12:36 28/7/2004
oh and Zag (for about 3 days? ;-) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
12:52 28/7/2004
where's good for coverage of this cpl? (hltv ips, match listings, etc) i haven't paid much attention to a cpl since 2002 summer [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nicklearse
Missing In Action
12:56 28/7/2004
it hasnt started yet, just signups today afaik [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Slider`
eSports.Edge
12:58 28/7/2004
We know you have legal/personal/sexual obligations to give us news about the progress, or rather lack of, about TAG, but 4k news and commentry would be better [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Venomous
BLACKLiGHT
12:59 28/7/2004
GL SHACKLETON!!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
NoToRiOuS
2 COOL 4 SKOOL
UKTerrorist
13:05 28/7/2004
the new venue they looking at is 3x gaylord [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wallace
Synergy Online
13:21 28/7/2004
any1 got any links to the fixtures and what time there gonna start etc etc [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dudeman
13:29 28/7/2004
go marcouse [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ilic``
Team56
13:34 28/7/2004
fixtures not determined till 8ish tonight US time not sure what that is in GMT though :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
13:35 28/7/2004
US has several timezones ;-) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ilic``
Team56
13:47 28/7/2004
the one in texas i assume, all though everyone knows that assume makes an ass out of u and me [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wood
13:52 28/7/2004
GG Myers keep the info coming, filled in some time at work. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
13:52 28/7/2004
Wallace - I've found
http://www.thecpl.com/extreme/index2.php?p=news
only so far. I guess gotfrag will be the other main place to chack, but until the team list is announced at 8pm (their time, so prob about 2am here :/ ), there's not much to know. And they haven't announced the HLTV servers yet either. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
siLki
13:52 28/7/2004
5 different timezones i think [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
13:53 28/7/2004
If it is Texas then Texas is CET, so 6 hours behind us ;-) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
13:54 28/7/2004
Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, and Alaska.
I'm guessing Texas is central or mountain. f*** knows which. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
13:54 28/7/2004
dammit doz :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
13:58 28/7/2004
Those are the right timezones in the right order tho, so pld!

5-9 hours diff on them ;-) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
jaff
14:08 28/7/2004
its snus! not snuffs! :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Demo
conneXion
14:22 28/7/2004
YES EAGLE LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rd
theb0g
14:24 28/7/2004
http://www.sk-gaming.com/features.php?id=249&insider=0

there ya go thats SK coverage which is always good :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
14:25 28/7/2004
well i'm staying with TAG, 4K are at the Gaylord (hehe) and i'm writing in the first person, so you figure out why it's going to be more about TAG than 4k. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dudeman
14:35 28/7/2004
give the people what they want dammit! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ColdAsIce
ImaGine
14:43 28/7/2004
Can we have the times of matches for us living in the UK :X

tis always so confusing with the American time zones and s***. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
BlondEh
14:43 28/7/2004
I want to be there :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Pyroux
2seXeh 2perfoRm
14:47 28/7/2004
Does myers pay for the trips to the CPL or is he on the payrole of 4K? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Necroboy
fightclubclan
14:49 28/7/2004
myers, didnt you use to work for 4k? Why you with TAG now? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Pyroux
2seXeh 2perfoRm
14:50 28/7/2004
or TAG...

WHO PAYS FOR THMYERTH? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ShekkyBoy
15:26 28/7/2004
He manages the team along with TeppuM according to the TAG section of ClanBase. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
jD
15:35 28/7/2004
Is it true that Americans stop English people in street so that they can just hear the accent because they love it?

This is supposedly what happened to my friend when he went to the U.S.A [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dr
15:45 28/7/2004
hmm i think thats generally when they threaten you with a gun and ask you for your wallet :] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
benq
16:15 28/7/2004
yeh jD they love the british accents [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Hairy
Rush!
16:19 28/7/2004
They love the british passion also [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
16:25 28/7/2004
Passion? We're the most apathetic nation going [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dhh
16:41 28/7/2004
lol DoZ, dont start [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
16:47 28/7/2004
Only 35minutes left at work, so no time to really get into it! ;-)

If people want they can help me have a search for British Unis that have good combined ancient history (we're talking middle/far east in there, not just Roman + Greek) and archaeology courses, with a decent emphasis on fieldworkd and, if possible, who subsidise or totally pay for field trips! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
madmk
17:01 28/7/2004
HAHA! Myers made a spelling mistake!!!!!!!!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Seaweed
17:27 28/7/2004
the gaylord thing is never gonna get old [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
sloop
17:32 28/7/2004
good stuff myers :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
emfive
18:09 28/7/2004
When I went to check out cardiff last year they were doing half the first year on the far east, I didn't check out the archaeology though but they kept saying thats one of their strongest subjects. If you have done medieval or ancient history in 6th form/college though you'll be well ahead of their course. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ablation
contact!
18:22 28/7/2004
DoZ - CAAH at Oxford covers most of that. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
18:50 28/7/2004
Cool, that's not one I'd checked out yet, I'll get onto it!

You can tell the two people who Myers was thinking of when he wrote this newspost. Firstly, none other than yours truely, and that's followed up neatly by a comment for his mum! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Byatt
18:52 28/7/2004
obligatory brown bread comment. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
20:19 28/7/2004
because todays the day the teddy bears have their piiiiiiiiiicnic! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
sloop
20:21 28/7/2004
http://www.cplcast.com/

this looks promising too :D

http://cpl.tsncentral.com/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
duck.
Online Multiplayer Gaming
21:10 28/7/2004
hoooi o/ cs starts tomz registration is just today, this event is crazy. the weather is insane, i spent 3 hours in the pool and came out like a fried tomato. Sucks being ginger :D cu soon o/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ColdAsIce
ImaGine
21:46 28/7/2004
gl duck :D

Ginger Ninja > all [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ilic``
Team56
09:27 29/7/2004
http://www.sk-gaming.com/features.php?id=247&page=11&insider=0

TAG seeded 44th

playing some yank clan hiGamers

gl boyos [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
yates
15:42 29/7/2004
<3 duck [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
`NWA
17:58 29/7/2004
Myers column says TAG are seeded 32nd?

Myers column also says Thursday 28th July rather than 29th so maybe he has a problem with numbers :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
`NWA
18:04 29/7/2004
DoZ I think my sister's doing something similar the year after next at cardiff. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Kappy
23:08 29/7/2004
I-es forfeited? did they not turnup or somit [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Kappy
23:08 29/7/2004
4K forfeit win [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Fugg3h
meatyballs
04:08 30/7/2004
Kappy: ies folded a few months back.

Myers: according to the CPL brackets #65 Zero Gravity got a ff win over #32 Team 64 TAG, and GotFrag says it was a double forfeit - what happens now? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Fugg3h
meatyballs
04:14 30/7/2004
Just looking on IRC:

[samot|fb]: let's me just get this straight: TAG thought zero-Gravity wasn't at the event so they didn't show up for the match vs. zG, zG wasn't at the event but CPL gave them a forfeit win and seeded them for the next bracket?

o_O [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AphexTwin
08:21 30/7/2004
Yeh i heard that earlier, the admins did a tannoy message and of course the TAG guys weren't there, they were at their hotel .. so of course didn't show up for the game and it thusly was a forfit win for the other team, who also weren't there? I assume they showed up after TAG were told or something.. who knows.. It's a sticky situation anyway.

CPL's gone to pot now Frank hasn't anything to do with it, worst thing of all non of the TAG CS guys know about it yet :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ilic``
Team56
08:31 30/7/2004
it says on the SK-Gaming website that TAG got a defualt 13-0 win, every internet site has conflicting reports, and i cant find an official results page on the cpl website anywhere!!!

dogs*** [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AphexTwin
08:37 30/7/2004
You obviously didn't look hard enough:

http://www.caleague.com/cplbrackets/Counter-Strike%20-%20Single.html

See Team TAG 64 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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