Americans Win Gold at World Cyber Games!

News Writer · 16th Oct 2004, 11:07 PM

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SAN FRANCISCO - Amid fanfare fit for actual world-class athletes, five Americans with really quick fingers took home the gold medal in the popular "Counter Strike" competition of the World Cyber Games championships, capping five days of intense gaming by the world's elite.

Team3D defeated the Titans of Denmark on Sunday in the counterterrorism-themed PC game, where operatives stake out ramshackle buildings with high-powered sniper rifles and other weapons to take out their foes.

Team3D consists of Salvatore Garozzo, Johnny Quach, Dave Geffon, Ronald Kim and Kyle Miller. The squad also took home $50,000 for their video game prowess. If they plan to pop a bottle of celebratory champagne, only Geffon is old enough to take a legal sip, as his teammates are all under 21.

Many players of online PC games know each other only through nicknames, e-mails and game contests where they never actually meet. This contest allowed gamers to compete in person.

"It really is a great opportunity to meet people from across the world," Geffon said after grabbing the gold.

Organizers said about 30,000 people attended the World Cyber Games championships and outdoor festivities over five days.

Source: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ld_cyber_games

Viper007Bond · 17th Oct 2004, 09:35 AM

Why won't that game just die already?

Chai · 17th Oct 2004, 11:29 AM

Ask them to switch to CS:S

Dashken · 18th Oct 2004, 08:18 PM

Yeah... ET is a million times better and funner than CS.

Viper007Bond · 18th Oct 2004, 09:30 PM

What's ET?

Chai · 18th Oct 2004, 09:45 PM

LMAO! I'm now addicted to CS:S!
ET=Enemy Territory

Dashken · 19th Oct 2004, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

What's ET?

Wolfenstein : Enemy Territory

17th Oct 2004, 09:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
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Viper007Bond Super Active Join Date: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 1,605 Reputation: 152 Rep Power: 7	What's ET? __________________ - Viper007Bond.com Pentium 4C 3.0GHz (I had OC'ed, but the easy OC screwed with my RAM timings) 2GB RAM (4 x 512MB) OCZ PC3200 DDR in dual channel mode (2.5-3-2-6) BFG Tech 256MB GeForce 6800 GT (usually at stock speeds) 74GB Raptor \| 400GB Seagate (thanks ARP!) \| 250GB Maxtor [all SATA] 550W Antec TruePower PSU \| ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe mobo

18th Oct 2004, 09:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,757 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	LMAO! I'm now addicted to CS:S! ET=Enemy Territory __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/