In Seattle for The World Cyber Games
written by John Chow
We’re in Seattle today for the start of the World Cyber Games. Despite what it sounds like, the world cyber games is not a cyber sex competition. The event is the largest computer and video game festival in the world. Seattle has been choosen the host city for the world final.
Gamers from all over the world are flying in to QWest Field in downtown Seattle for four days of intense gaming to decide who is the best of the best. More than 1.5 million competitors around the world battled for a spot on their respective national teams. The pool has been narrowed to the elite 700 gamers representing a record 74 countries. These gamers will compete for gold medals, national glory, a share of $500,000 in cash and prizes, and the title of the “world’s best” in 12 different gaming titles.
If you’re heading down to the games, keep an eye out for me and say hi if you do. Go Team Canada!
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Cool, I’ve never even heard of this competition before. Go team US?
do you live in a cave!? @___@
i dont and i never heard of this either.
How did they let the root of all evil into the U.S.? :p
He paid them lots of money.
I wish I had known about this, I would have gone out there myself. I’ve never been that great at video games, but I imagine this is like the video game olympics.
I really love playing video games too
I think this make our live more colourful 
Sounds like fun!
Sounds like fun. What game(s) are you joining in?
Lol, I’m not alone at being baffled, am I?
World’s largest?! Oh well, guess its about time I get out of my cave.
Will they be playing Halo 3?
Can’t be otherwise I’d be there
! Seriously though it’s got to be the best multi-player game to date.
I don’t think Halo3 is part of WCG already.
I’m curious as to what game you’ll be playing myself, John! Is this for all sorts of games?
Go USA
Go
Isle of ManUK!DUDE COOL!
WCG is the highest event in eSports, top Korean StarCraft gamers earn hundreds of thousands of USD. Koreans have dominated StarCraft at the WCG ever since it started, now US and European gamers are trying to take away that crown once again.
I was actually about to blog about this, I’ll check back, take some pics!!!
That Should be fun!
It’s been a long time since I’ve played a game on my computer… but hey they are still fun for some of us. Once you grow older and you spend a lot of time working you will forget about playing on…
I have always feared games, i find them extremely addictive and hence have always kept distance, but this 4 days champ. sounds like a big fun.
Sometimes i hate that I don’t live in the US.
Sounds like Fun ….hey have similar events in Tokyo every year, not sure if they`re associated with this though.
I told my parents that playing all of those video games when I was a kid wasn’t a waste of time! Too bad they didn’t believe me.
http://www.worldcybergames.com/6th/TV/live_chat.asp
Live video, Damn it I can’t believe I missed the StarCraft games and I blog about StarCraft lol!
Missed the Counter-Strike matches as well, oh well it goes on till the weekend.
Oh man this brings back memories. I used to be a pro CS player back in the day. I was so close to going to korea to compete in the world cyber games. Got second in the USA qualifier (got beat out by team 3d)
good times though.
Carl you are in nostalgia
Big time. It’s kinda sad that it was probably the most exciting point of my life so far. I’m trying change that right now.
lol.
Good Luck Mr. Mogul
Hope you have fun.
Good Luck JC.
Are too going John ?????
Great !! never heard of such a thing before.
It’s coool John how you get to know these new things that keep happening around the world. but I am sure it’s would be a great experience to see the gamer’s in full form.
Uh, more fun! This is nice! U`re a gamer huh?
Do you guys know of any similar events in Europe? I know a pretty popular one in Germany…any others?
I would get destroyed at that competition because it’s all FPS games. I’m too much of an RPG player.
Cyber? Who would have looked at it like that! Some people just have dirty minds!
you get to have all the fun dont ya.
Sounds like fun! And I bet there will be upcoming games to be previewed too! Awesome!
Yea.. the Koreans rules in Starcraft .. no I am not Korean.
Check out these videos during the 2006 WCG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhD6GGZSb5w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Fd6fHNdsE&mode=related&search=
It’s pretty exciting.
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I have heard something about this… seems to be quite interesting
Go Team Canada? What is going on here? An Olympiad? How many nations and how many events?
I’m a Warcraft III geek myself, I’ve been watching the whole thing on streams since it started yesterday. GOGOGO 4k^Grubby and 4k^ToD
The next big game next year will be StarCraft 2, so if any of you are looking to get back into amateur or professional gaming look out for it. Also Starfeeder.com will be running prize StarCraft 2 tournaments too, we’re not just a blog
Counter Strike Forever!!!
This looks like a pretty cool event does any else cover it??
would love to be there to watch them play