2:49 AM on 06.01.2007
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In what will no doubt be hailed as a huge step forward for the legitimization of gaming as an actual sport, the World Series of Video Games announced earlier today that they've entered into an agreement with CBS to televise four event recap sessions beginning this summer. Featured games will include Quake 4, Guitar Hero 2, and the World of Warcraft expansion, The Burning Crusade.
While many may scoff at the athleticism involved in gaming, the let's-bury-this-sh*t-in-the-middle-of-summer timeslot, or the fact that this isn't a CSI spinoff, I'm sure tens of people will be eagerly glued to their televisions, cheering on that guy, the other one, and that dude with the hat.
[Via Kotaku, the winningest thoroughbred since Secretariat]
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Burger Time, bitch! Flippin' your ass up and down the grill!
Your'e kidding right?
I'll watch it. Just to say, "meh, I coulda done it better."
on ESPN OCHO!
And WoW? Fuck. Could they not do Halo 2, Gears, Rainbow Six:Vegas, Madden, hell, even Worms? Any one of those games would be better than seeing which guy can memorize Jessica on Expert better.
But only if the losers die.
That'll guarantee the ratings.
3 a.m. is like prime-time for us anyway isn't it? I know I don't sleeps.
Ok I'm done.
Guitar Hero is amazing to not only play but watch the way we have it setup. It’s going to be a concert atmosphere with a set of judges, one being a celebrity not yet named, who will then be judging on their performance not just score. World of Warcraft is based off of the 3vs3 PVP Arena system on a Private server provided by Blizzard and pre-made characters. Players will choose from a list of pre-determined gear (I think you get the point it's not their own characters) so the gear>skill controversy won't arise. Each event has 4 Circuit Games that stay the same (Guitar Hero II, WoW, Quake 4 and Fight Night Round 3) with official titles changing at each event. If you take a look at www.ThwWSVG.com you can see the rules for each game and how we have them organized.