World Series of Videogames Announced 32
bdickason writes "Games Media Properties released the initial press release for the World Series of Video Games, a 6-stop worldwide event that features PC and Xbox gamers competing for a million dollars in prizes. Sponsors include Intel and Xbox 360." From the article: "The unlikely Midwestern city of Louisville, KY will play host to the first WSVG event at its Kentucky International Convention and Exposition Center from June 15to 18. What makes this event interesting is not the huge size and extra side acts, but the integration with Swedish super-LAN, Dreamhack, whose dates and time will coincide. The release states that 'American and European teams will have the ability to compete against each other from these two events,' indicating that international travel might not be required and that online play might determine the winner. Let's hope their server is somewhere in the Atlantic!"
One game they should be playing... (Score:1)
Get it? World Series? Baseball?
Ah screw it, I'm heading back to work.
Re:One game they should be playing... (Score:2)
So tell me, which one looks more like the real thing to you? The Atari version (shows some flickering garbage that looks nothing like a baseball game) or the Intellivision version (shows a pixelated game that looks something like baseball)? The choice is clear. The Intellivision lets you play games that look more like the real thing!
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Sorry, couldn't resist.
I remember my grandpa telling me about baseball (Score:2)
Re:I remember my grandpa telling me about baseball (Score:2)
Re:I remember my grandpa telling me about baseball (Score:2)
Well, I guess ANYTHING will entertain you if TV and the internet haven't been invented you've just come off a 12-hour-shift at the iron-smelting plant. But there's no way someone in our modern age would want to watch something as boring as this "game" you describe.
-Eric
Talk about home field advantage! (Score:2)
This brings the concept of home field advantage to a
Re:Talk about home field advantage! (Score:2)
Top secret advice for the finalists.. (Score:4, Funny)
Why did they call it "World Series" again? (Score:2)
So, it's called "World Series" but it doesn't work like THE World Series. Instead it's based on the two least interesting major sports leagues ever invented...
OK, last comment on this...I promise... (Score:2)
useless article (Score:2)
No, the cat does not "got my tongue." (Score:1)
At some point 10 years or so from now:
"But today (echo: ooo-day, ooo-day, ooo-day)
I consider myself (eye-self, eye-self, eye-self)
The fattest man (attest man, attest man, attest man)
On the face of the earth (cheers drown out echos!)"
Louisville, KY not a bad choice (Score:2)
Re:Louisville, KY not a bad choice (Score:1)
Re:Louisville, KY not a bad choice (Score:2)
Anyway, I guess you missed the point where I said it was a great place because there was generally a lot of space, which is far more important to this sort of event than the nightlife. If we're talking about a different location, which I find bizarre but whatever, then all bets are off.
I also think you missed the demographic of these events. Bar/club hopping is great, but a lot of people at this thing are probably going ot be 18-21, or
Re:Louisville, KY not a bad choice (Score:1)
Re:Louisville, KY not a bad choice (Score:1)
They also have long traditions in handling with massive videogame-related disasters. In the 1980s they even had superheroes to deal with them. Or cause them.
(A big grin from comics fans in Scandinavia, and wishing luck too =)
Re:Louisville, KY not a bad choice (Score:1)
Oh, really? (Score:1)
Meanwhile, how can you even HAVE a good competition throughout the whole world? Every region has very different game preferences and staples. Somehow I can'
To paraphrase an angry asian's website... (Score:1)
Are they afraid of losing?
Or is this like another "World Series", where the only parts of the world that matter are Europe and America?
And why should I even pay attention to this joke of an event, especially when compared to that other, big, world-famous one. Y'know... that... World... Cybering... Games? Or something? That's racist!