The Championship Gaming Series (CGS) concluded its second season in July. However, as a well-known fighting game announcer once said, the soul still burns. Although the regular season is over, the competition continues with the online-centric CGS Pro-Am Division.
This new division allows PC gamers to compete in Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike 1.6, and Team Fortress 2 (TF2) for a chance to win a portion of over $40,000 (consult http://pro-am.thecgs.com/prizes/ to see how the money is divided). Additionally, the top two teams of each Pro-Am region (North America and Europe) for each game will receive the chance to compete at the 2009 North American Combine.
Registration is currently free. Players have until September 3 to register at http://pro-am.thecgs.com. Contestants must register in teams of five for the two Counter-Strike games and teams of six for TF2. The season lasts from September 10 until November 16 with each team playing eight scheduled matches each. Continued…
L.A. Complexity vs. Chicago Chimera
Redemption was undoubtedly the theme of tonight’s first competition. The first three matches of the night featured players with less than stellar second season records looking to expand their victories. In Dead or Alive 4 (DOA4) male, Perfect Legend of Complexity went up against Black Mamba of the Chimera. After a back and forth struggle, Black Mamba managed to win by a single point, earning him his first victory of the season. The female competition followed much the same path. The Chimera’s Kasumi Chan rocked Complexity’s Belle the first few rounds until she managed to tie the game. Kasumi Chan pulled finally got on the board this season with her victory in the final round.
Complexity’s FIFA 08 player, KreeganBG, has had a tough season. While ranked highly during training he has thus far failed to live up to his reputation. Tonight faced Eafra, the standout FIFA player from Chimera. History repeated itself as KreeganBG failed to score a single goal and Eafra walked away victorious.
The Forza 2 race featured some of the most intense action of the night. Ch0mpr and GTO led the pack and changed places on several occasions complete with plenty of car-on-car action. In the end Ch0mpr pushed ahead and take first, but Complexity’s two players kept the score close by finishing in the remaining scored positions.
In a flashback to recent competitions, Complexity’s Counter-Strike team was again forced to make up for the franchise’s point deficiency. Complexity won seven points the first round playing as the counter-terrorists. Unfortunately for Complexity, the inherent counter-terrorist advantage also worked in the Chimera’s favor. Chicago dominated the second round and handedly won the overall franchise match.
| Franchise |
DOA4 Male |
DOA4 Female |
Forza 2 |
FIFA 08 |
Counter-Strike |
Score |
Record |
| L.A. Complexity |
4 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
19 |
0-5 |
| Chicago Chimera |
5 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
26 |
2-2 |
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Today the Championship Game Series announced that they will be holding the first North American Training Camp next week. The Training Camp is for players from all six North American CGS teams and will last from April 22 to May 25.
According to Andy Reif, Commissioner of the CGS, “With this first-ever official Training Camp, we’re further realizing our vision of establishing the CGS as the only worldwide professional video gaming league.Our webcast programming for the Training Camp is merely the first step toward our ambitious 2008 online initiatives focused on original programming, all-new tournaments and other content which will provide us with more opportunities to engage our audiences.”
The Training Camp will allow team General Managers to observe how well the team interacts and, if necessary, make changes.
Footage from Training Camp matches will take place each week on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday nights. Thursday is reserved for live broadcasts and starts at 7 p.m. EST. To check out all the footage, hit up www.thecgs.com.
The full press release is after the jump. Continued…
Hot off the presses comes news regarding Championship Gaming Series titles for the 2008 season. The biggest surprise is Forza Motorsport 2 being selected as the League’s new official racing title. Other than that, the only new addition is FIFA ‘08, replacing last season’s FIFA 07 on the consoles.
The complete list of titles is Counter-Strike: Source and FIFA ‘08 for the PC, Forza Motorsport 2 and Dead or Alive 4 for Xbox 360.
CGS Commisioner Andy Reif stated: “After concluding our inaugural season last year, we conducted an extensive game review process to identify the most compelling and competitive games in the world. […] Our official game selections for the 2008 televised season are optimized to provide an unparalleled gaming experience for the players and our global broadcast audience alike.”
In North America, CGS’ 2008 Season will get underway in March 7-9th in Austin, Texas, at the South by Southwest ScreenBurn Arcade.
Full press release after the break. Continued…
Last Friday, the EG crew welcomed Championship Gaming Series Dead or Alive 4 stars Swoozie and Master into the studio in Santa Monica.
We’ve got the video on demand player for you to watch all the antics, including an exhibition match between the two players and an interesting question from an EG viewer. Find out how many Xbox 360s Swoozie and Master have gone through due to red ring issues.
