WCG 2004 UK Qualifiers

Posted by Myers at 14:55 8/7/2004.

Information for this year's UK World Cyber Games qualifiers is now available. Preliminaries will take place at Multiplay's i21 in Newbury from the 27th - 31st August. The finals will then be held at ECTS (Earl's Court, London) from the 1st - 3rd September.

Information regarding the format and games is limited but we can expect a press release from Multiplay very shortly. According to the Official WCG site there appears to be one qualification place for CS:CZ, 1 for FIFA and 4 for UT2004.

The event itself is being developed by Samsung.UK following iGUK's decision not to hold the event anymore. Ironically iGUK will be involved with the running of the European Online Gaming Championships from the 1st - 5th September at Excel in London.

The only statement that can currently be found online regarding the UK World Cyber Games is on the ECTS website.

Comments

otacon
15:13 8/7/2004
:o cu there if i can get a lift [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
stabby
Virgins!
15:15 8/7/2004
According to the Official WCG site there appears to be one qualification place for CS:CZ, 1 for FIFA and 4 for UT2004.

Im guessing theres going to be some places for cs too? or have they decided cs:cz will be more popular? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
b0sH
twisted Reality
15:15 8/7/2004
Qualifying be using 1.6 or CS:CZ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
stabby
Virgins!
15:16 8/7/2004
OMG

http://www.worldcybergames.com/wcg2004/wc_officialgames.asp

cs is no longer an officail game for WCG! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Thuggie`
Croydon
15:16 8/7/2004
stupid f***ing wcg's [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Grunt
15:17 8/7/2004
so its all byoc ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Atemi
ForsakeN
15:17 8/7/2004
still only gonna be cs:cz then?

and that is quite ironic that iguk are hosting the European Online Gaming Championships, i must say! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
stabby
Virgins!
15:17 8/7/2004
do people actually have clans in CS:CZ yet? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
15:18 8/7/2004
It's ironic cos it clashes with the same dates, it's the opposite of what one might expect. Thus..ironic. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Atemi
ForsakeN
15:20 8/7/2004
ok i'll let you off then [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Negotiator
Clan ONE
15:24 8/7/2004
cs:cz is the worst game ive ever played,

wcg change to cs:cz so evey1 who wants to be pro has to buy it!!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mOrt
15:26 8/7/2004
was going neway , mite aswell try and enter it forra larff :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smiffeh
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
15:27 8/7/2004
so you have to go to a s*** byoc to enter? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Inferus
15:35 8/7/2004
Yep, BYOC and then you have to pay your 80 quid or whatever it is to get into iseries. Lets not forget, Iseries is supposed to have an awful LAN set up where your ping is f***ing balls?

You're looking at nearly £100 of entry fees :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ColdAsIce
ImaGine
15:35 8/7/2004
Will be giving that a miss then. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Reevey
15:54 8/7/2004
The pings/reg at i17 were a joke. i19 was ok sometimes, but shocking the rest. Got better pings/reg online. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mebR
15:54 8/7/2004
CZ is great! u can pick up nades and stuff. its a better version of cs, just no one plays it [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
VGA
15:54 8/7/2004
IGUK are running CS 1.6 tournament at Gamestarslive from 1-5 Sep 2004. See www.gamestarslive.co.uk

They are NOT holding CS:CZ tournament. LOL.

The PCs will all be provided, it wont be BYOC. Plus its free to enter.

Im sure myers will release all the details shortly on this site. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
15:57 8/7/2004
..well u gotta give me the details first dom :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
amgolkm7
16:08 8/7/2004
nice m8!" [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
16:12 8/7/2004
CZ is not a great game. The majority of the retextured maps are poor, the gun models are nasty, most of the new player models are awful. Minmodels will force a Terrorist skin that resembles Rupert The Bear at a distance.

The good features it has such as being able to pick up grenades are far outweighed by the terrible registry on the bots and the redone textures, the valve-naming of areas for where radio messages are sent from etc.

Anybody who pays for CZ has every right to feel robbed of their money. I'd be reluctant to pay the price play.com offer for it [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
RoMeRz
16:29 8/7/2004
er...doesn't the uk get any warcraft slots ? or is it only cz, fifa and ut2k4 :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
16:41 8/7/2004
StePL has the autoberthed wc3 slot [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
madmk
16:41 8/7/2004
funny how they still use a really old cs picture as CZ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
RoMeRz
16:55 8/7/2004
why did he get it ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SumsoluS
16:56 8/7/2004
your face is funny [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
16:59 8/7/2004
no its not [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Nx
Hub.cs
17:02 8/7/2004
mebR
15:54 8/7/2004 CZ is great! u can pick up nades and stuff.

LOL at that guy ^^ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
yates
17:18 8/7/2004
CZ is great! u can pick up nades and stuff.

oh wow bonus! high five mate _o/o_ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
17:29 8/7/2004
condition zero, rofl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Boz
theb0g
18:13 8/7/2004
lol need for speed underground is an official wcg game. why oh why?

as a racing game, its flawed compared to pgr2 :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
alexxxx
18:14 8/7/2004
Bet all the UK2 fans have copies [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rd
theb0g
18:28 8/7/2004
boz plays 4 russia [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tomiK.
19:08 8/7/2004
I have a copy!!!! :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
19:32 8/7/2004
According to an e-mail blast from Valve, a limited-time beta of Counter-Strike: Source will begin later this summer via the developer's Steam download service. Subscribers of the Valve Cybercafé Program will be the first invited to the beta, which will be extended to owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero at a later date.

Other than reminding the world that Counter-Strike is still "the world’s number one online action game," Valve gave no other details on the beta. However, Valve head Gabe Newell did demonstrate Counter-Strike: Source at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo.

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is CS:CZ good for something after all? :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mebR
19:55 8/7/2004
laugh at me all you want!

cz > cs!

='o[ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
21:12 8/7/2004
dont think so [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
emfive
21:40 8/7/2004
Just ignore cs/cz this year and put all your concentration into wc3, its the simple soloution! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mebR
21:56 8/7/2004
yeah, but most of us arnt asian so we will never be good at wc3 =[ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AphexTwin
21:59 8/7/2004
Interesting. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wood
00:04 9/7/2004
so is there any 1.6 quals or what? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Bard-
00:59 9/7/2004
is there a uk space(s) for wc3? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AceRimmer
Landed LAN
01:17 9/7/2004
No, there are 4 spaces for UK2004, 1 space for Fifa 2004 and 1 for CS:CZ.

WCG have not chosen CS 1.6 as one of their competition games.

Best of luck to all involved. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ZertioN
01:56 9/7/2004
well if CS:CZ is the game for WCG, no UK team @ WCG then, and alot of other countries aswell for that reason [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Fox
ClanNEW
04:09 9/7/2004
i'm sure if its financed, someone will pay it. Easy trip to korea for anyone that bothers. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Fox
ClanNEW
04:10 9/7/2004
ok not korea, USA wherever its being held thesedays [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
idrinkpaint
04:16 9/7/2004
fox is a c***. He wanted me to type that. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Fox
ClanNEW
04:17 9/7/2004
interesting reading on the WCG site btw
Official Maps: De_Aztec, De_Cbble, De_Dust2, De_Inferno, De_Nuke, De_Train (use the general ¡°de¡± maps instead of ¡°CZ¡± maps)

normal maps in the CZ engine, only real change will be the models / sounds and the radar i guess.
Not sure if any of the netcode is different in CZ, when i played it, it all seemed very similar. Thought it played better but thats maybe due to the awful standard of the players on the servers

thanks kev :X [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Fox
ClanNEW
04:26 9/7/2004
find ig:uk's stance on using cs a bit strange. one minute they are trying to get everyone to dump cs in favour of medal of honour, abandoning the ig:uk leagues, now they are all behind CS and "LOL."ing at the WCG for using CZ.
WCG a bit bigger than iguk i'd imagine. Be interesting to see which event has the more registrations, shame they weren't arranged to be on different days [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Coopsy
Landed
09:07 9/7/2004
The WCG.UK was awarded to CMP, the guys who run ECTS and a variety of other exhibitions/ IT related events. Naturally (and fortunately) they looked for someone to run the operations part of the deal, namely the nitty gritty of actually running the tournament and have chosen MPUK at i21. Interesting choice but then, seeing as we'd effectively turned it down in favour of the CPL quals, there isnt a huge amount of choice left from established UK LAN events. Personally, I'm glad someone IS running it, theres nothing worse than having world wide tournaments and the UK not represented or not given the chance because noone can be bothered to organise the relevant event :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Aardvark
theb0g
15:38 11/7/2004
/me thieves from MPUK site:

"The games chosen for the UK leg are:

* Counter Strike: Condition Zero (PC)
* Unreal Tournament 2004 (PC)
* Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (PC)
* Project Gotham Racing 2 (XBOX)

The preliminaries will take place at the i21 LAN event at Newbury, Berkshire over 27-30 August. i21 is the latest in the i-series of LAN events run by Multiplay UK, which are the largest events of their kind in the UK. Featuring many hundreds of attendees, i21 is a non-stop 4-day multiplayer gaming fest including a huge BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) arena, organised tournaments, exhibition and demonstration areas and some great organised social events.

The gamers who qualify at the i21 preliminaries will then go on to compete in the UK finals at Earls Court, London at ECTS (the European Computer Trade Show) over 1-3 September. The winners of the UK finals will then be flown out expenses-paid to represent the UK at the World Finals in San Francisco in October."

And apparently there will be 'limited' turn up and play slots at i21, and NO slots on offer at ECTS itself, you have to qualify. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Aardvark
theb0g
15:51 11/7/2004
Oh and some form of forum appears to be present, I'm sure everyone wants to go give some constructive feedback now ;)

http://forums.multiplay.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=162 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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