SK Gaming goes CoD4
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22 Feb 2008, 00:51
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Just moments ago SK Gaming have announced a move that was expected by many, they have picked up a Call Of Duty 4 team. The chosen ones are none other than the German number one team 
The6Devils. As it was announced today, the team will be participating at the Crossfire Devotii Challenge 4 in Enschede.
Team captain Andre "iFEARdilemma" Merzinsky had this to say:
http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/15832-SK_Gaming_welcomes_CoD4_team
The6Devils. As it was announced today, the team will be participating at the Crossfire Devotii Challenge 4 in Enschede.Team captain Andre "iFEARdilemma" Merzinsky had this to say:
http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/15832-SK_Gaming_welcomes_CoD4_team
gl guys :D
etqw is dead comments under this line plz:
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they did bootcamp last weekend :D
- didnt happen :D
nice try though
Also, does anybody know what these guys played before CoD 4?
Perhaps it is not as imparritive to get a TV-system for multiplayer games as it was in 2002, if you think of the increase in bandwidth, and the fact that there are more "stations" broadcasting matches. However, when a game gets a TV-system it just gives the community such a huge boost; if this would happen to CoD4 I really do believe that it could overtake CS:S and maybe even CS, in terms of being worthy for huge competitions.
I personally would so much love to get a TV-system for CoD4, since I have a upload/download limit on my internet; which in turn makes me unable to watch that many matches on the "stations".
cod5 soon
Locally in Denmark, I have seen several teams switching from CS:S to CoD4. The game just needs so backing of the huge organisations.
And sure, it's not like I have any experience within eSport...
css will be here for a long time and already has a name for itself, its the starcraft of FPS and where the most money can be made, cod4 will be here for 7 months till cod5
i may be wrong, you may be right, we all got our oppinions sorry if i offended u xD
If anything, "regular" cs would be the starcraft, or even quake I will agree on some level. But css? come one.
css is not, and will never be, the starcraft of fps gaming. Just the fact that you said that, nulls out anything else decent you might have to say.
doesnt matter how much bigger and more popular starcraft is, its not an fps game
cs is the biggest and most popular fps game and like starcraft has alot of history
you laugh at the scale of the context i put that comparison into, whereas when you look out of your little box you will see they are two different genres and in each genre they make the most amount of money for gamers
players playing cgs css can live off their earnings and more, as do starcraft players, the original post related to cod4 taking over css, which i have proven whether you choose to beleive it or not, cannot and wont happen. i am not in the slightist bit comparing popularity alone (if i was i would agree that css and starcraft are miles apart) which you have chosen to laugh at me about because you fail to have the ability to read.
enough said.
In regards to the money, it isn't the money that makes the game. CS didn't start out as a game with lots of cash prizes, neither did Starcraft. They both evolved into that when people wanted to see CS and SC/SC:BW matches because they both were superior games of their genre.
By your terms, even CoD4 can be the Starcraft of FPS if somebody puts the money in it.
In regards to the most popular games, css has more players than cod4 according to gamespy, but less played hours than cod4, according to xfire. So that I won't deny. There is perhaps another site giving more indepth statistics though, not sure.
why do u think starcraft is so popular EVERYWHERE.. because its a good game?! street fighter 2 is a good game yet where are the lans for that? doa4 instead? rofl!
its because theres money in it now that its still around, why isnt cod1 used anymore yet its seen by almost all cod players as the best one? because there is no money in it.. plz think about what you write before you make yourself look silly
get a brain
While street fighter is a decent game, it has nowhere near the complexity and the ability to choose amongst a wide variety of tactics, and is relatively boring to watch for spectators.
The whole gaming world agrees that Starcraft is perhaps the best RTS game of all time so far, while there is a very very small minority that thinks CoD1 is it, so mentioning this as an example is bullocks.
CoD4 will not take the place of CS, but it MIGHT take the place of CS:S. Internet, and online gaming, has proven multiple times that games that are good, will be picked up and given the support which it needs, in form of money and commercial.
Once again, I remind you that CS didn't have large cash prizes in the beginning, but as a result of being a good game, the developers of the CS mod got the support they needed, both in the technical form, but also the financial form.
The reason why games like CS and Starcraft is still around is the gameplay, the possibility for many tactics and constant game evolvement(not so much patches, but in the form that if you're #1, then you can alway lose to #2 because #2 is bringing their game to another level).
Get a brain is hardly wise to say for a guy who thinks that CS:S is the starcraft of fps gaming. I suggest you read a little up on the history of online gaming and do a reality check as to why CS and Starcraft are the two biggest online games.
which quite clearly, is not possible when the money does not meet that of css especially, whether u think cgs is good or not is opinion as is your cod4 or whatever exactly you are trying to argue with oppinion, and quite clearly £30000 a year salary or whatever it is before winnings, is more than even the whole cod community can probably make from competitions and so yours, mine and anyone elses oppinion really does not matter because the simple fact is, cod4 is going nowhere in comparison to that of the cs series... despite the game, in whoevers eyes, being superior.
do you see it becoming the new mainstream game?! lol. money talks mate, being a good game just doesnt cut it anymore on todays pc platform when it comes to competitive gaming
i ask you this
why have alot of players gone to play UT3 over Q3?! even though Quake Live is here soon which is certain to bring lots of money, because Q3 has eswc and the prizemoney does not compare so they can afford to wait for quake live.
the point im trying to make is sometimes history has its benefits with certainty, stability and popularity, however sometimes history has its disadvantages such as shit prize money, and its the shit prizemoney that determines a games success to anyone that cares more than the below average player.
sure, make your own CGS for cod4 and give players +£2000 more than css a year, then make your own CPL (yes its shit im just proving a point) and add cod4 to that too, then i might agree with you that cod4 could maybe take over cs
whether u class cs and css as 2 different games entirely is your oppinion, but when it comes down to competitive gaming, they are made by the same company and im sorry, but id rather put my faith in a game like cs and css that has great history, present and future than cod 2 and 4 whcih has a few clan hosted lans in addition to every other reason i have mentioned in this post
wake up and see out of your cod4 fanboi box and remember, i prefer cod as a game too.
In terms of money, cs:s has had 3 whole years more than CoD4 to build it's fundament on. So it is in some way unfair to compare the prizepurses yet. We will see in 6-12 months how successfull CoD4 really is compared to CS:S.
In the UT3 vs Q3, it's a matter of money for survivability and keeping dead games up. There's not "a lot of players" that have gone to UT3. There might be a lot of q3 players going to UT3, but certainly not many else.
Players(people) are not where the money are necessarily, but the money is always where the people are. An example of this is WoW, though not a FPS game, it is still the example that it isn't only prizemoney that attracts players to a game.
Heavy cash support in form of prizes does not ensure a game in the competitve scene. It certainly helps, that I won't deny. I don't believe it's the make or break for a game in the competition aspect(it's a make or break for unsupported games like ET, but well supported games like CoD4, CS:S, WoW etc. it doesn't matter that much).
im not saying cod4 prizemoney wont increase, nor will cod4 hold its own well, but, css already has it.
i laugh at you all if you think cod4 will take over css, i was simply taking the fps game where you win win the most amount of money 1.6/css and comparing it to that of the rts or whatever starcraft is
you'll get some lans, but i cant ever see cod players making more $$$ than cs and css players, and that is what defines a game taking over another game correct in this context correct?
ppl outside the cod community never understands
the competitive scene only plays the games that Infinity Ward develops (cod1, cod2, cod4)
Infinity Ward wont develop cod5 and it will be wwII again.
my cod5 explanation was probably retarded i know, but its that exact point which gives the game no future as there are always new ones
If CoD5 wil be released on PC, has a multiplayer similar to CoD2, it will be the beginning of the end for competitive CoD4 because;
1. People will be less interested in buying CoD4 because CoD5 is newer and will get more promotion.
2. Activision will not sponsor any CoD4 events anymore.
3. A lot of non competitive CoD4 players will switch to the new game, meaning the scene will shrink.
4. Tournament organizers will have to choose between hosting the old CoD4 or the new CoD5.
5. Activision will most likely sponsor some CoD5 events, leading to CoD4 teams focusing themselves on both games, or even switching to the latest game.
I'm sure there are more.
For your sake I hope CoD5 wont have a PC version or a multiplayer mode.
SD had 2600+
and you are wrong lol......
but nvm, cant argue with ppl who have no idea about cod
n1.
Goodluck with SK t6d"