CXG Tournament gets Microsoft Sponsorship

Posted by gst at 20:10 5/12/2003.

Microsoft have been added to the already impressive list of sponsors for the upcoming Cyber X Gaming tournament. As well as backing the main competitions, the software giant are putting their XP brand on both the Quake 3 and Counter-Strike female tournaments. This is an important boost for girl gaming, as the female prize purses normally pale in comparison to the male equivalent.

The tournament takes place in Las Vegas, 8th - 11th of January 2004. All the details are on the website, and the press release is mirrored in this column.

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	gst theb0g 20:12 5/12/2003	Reprint! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	FeArLeSs^ 20:22 5/12/2003	scee ladies going? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	nicklearse Missing In Action 20:29 5/12/2003	that is seriously good news for gaming. scee ladies will do anything to get away from dk .. maybe only brighton though! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DidGe Synergy Online 20:38 5/12/2003	n1 female gamers u got ur self a copy of windows XP! [ Score: 2, funny \| Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	funky 20:47 5/12/2003	woop dee doo [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ObZ^ 21:00 5/12/2003	wow microsft :> [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	amarc 21:02 5/12/2003	*pales in comparison [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	gst theb0g 22:23 5/12/2003	think u find the cash pot is increased [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	w00kie euthanasia 22:57 5/12/2003	who is microsoft anyway? [ Score: 3, funny \| Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	N38 23:13 5/12/2003	sweet [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Velta Professional Gamer 01:16 6/12/2003	w00kie i think they do windows, have done for 95 yeears now, all the way through 98 and the Millenium, apparently they recruited some guy with a lot of XP >:o/ hahaa i can't help being funny [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Carvell 01:25 6/12/2003	Nice to see the worlds richest man's company finally backing computer tournament. It makes sense, but as he explained on the Simpson, Bill Gates dont get rich by writing cheques ¬_¬ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Rhyzz Nocturne 02:18 6/12/2003	worlds richest man lol he doesnt deal with PR, he just sits with the board of directors and smiles [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Valar 02:38 6/12/2003	and laughs when his pc's crash ata public release. the guy who owned him with a custard pie should be knighted [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	emfive 02:55 6/12/2003	WHINGERS THE LOT OF YOU go get a wig doll yourself up and prove yourself in the good ole USA where anythings possible between their 200lbs of 'lightweight' man meat up the the 5 tonne kebabs they call superstars. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	pop quality Teamplay 12:38 6/12/2003	Wtf are there seperate tournaments for female and male gaming? talk about a pile of sexist bulls***tin pricks. Its not like its a physical sport where there is a serious risk of being injured if men and women competed vs each other ... ie rugby .... its a fkn PC game. talk about fkn pathetic. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Dizzee 12:51 6/12/2003	gwan pop u tell em whats right [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	pop quality Teamplay 13:01 6/12/2003	tell yer wot, lets go all the way bak to the 1950's .... "coloured CS tournies" .... "white CS tournies" .... "chinese CS tournies" Its so fkn pathetic its nearly funny. :/ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Necroboy fightclubclan 13:01 6/12/2003	the woman tournaments are just for the men. Something nice to look at. I mean what other reason could there be? Watching a bunch of n00bs play cs? pfft. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	pop quality Teamplay 13:03 6/12/2003	sorry nearly forgot .... "blonde hair and and blue eyes CS tournie!" [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 13:04 6/12/2003	Give them separation and more might come into gaming because they see more female interest in it. Don't give them it and you'll be stuck with the 3 female gamers that are currently in the gaming scene, and the rest who're attention whores [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Fugg3h meatyballs 18:48 6/12/2003	"This is an important boost for girl gaming, as the female prize purses normally pale in comparison to the male equivalent." Well there aren't really "male" competitions, just mixed and now female. I don't know if there's any physiological reason why females should be worse at gaming than boys, haven't heard of any studies that suggest it's the case. Unless there's some conclusive evidence that one or t'other sex is naturally inclined to be be better at gaming, the whole splitting up of the sexes in gaming looks like pure marketing gimmick. And if the idea really is to attract more females to gaming with offers of large prizes... shouldn't they be coming to gaming because it's something they enjoy rather than because they see it as an opportunity to play hard go pro? [ Score: 4, informative \| Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	emfive 19:09 6/12/2003	Works both ways girls come to gaming to play hard, guys come to get hard win win for microsquish [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Demo conneXion 20:50 6/12/2003	f***ing WOW [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ins 16:14 7/12/2003	lets give up gaming and have a picnic [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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