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Your Brain on Drugs

Most of you probably don't know, but my old Source team came back to life recently. They're the only guys I've ever played Source with as a team, and the fun times immediately started to roll.In the midst of all...

Things I Forgot About 1.6

I had a humiliating experience a few weeks ago and I figured I'd share. Actually, I have a humiliating experience every week. The reason I'm sharing is that this one relates to gaming. The story goes something like this. Shortly...

Devour and clowN Ban Reaction

We all saw this post coming. This story is right up my alley. It's tailor-made, a perfect fit, the fastball right down the middle of the plate. Before we get to my thoughts, I wanted to aggregate different arguments across...

Sal "Volcano" Garozzo's Legacy

ESEA continued its top-100 series by adding Sal "Volcano" Garozzo to their CS Hall of Fame. Thus far he's the twelfth player in the series, which is being done in no particular order. "Volcano's impact has been significant on...

Daily Spray, Thursday

- Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham's new program for complexitygaming.com premieres at 7PM Eastern tonight. The show is called LO3, and you can find a short blurb with a link to the live broadcast on Complexity's site. Have to say I'm pretty...

More Points on Cyber Rev/CEVO

As the days pass, I thought about it more and there are a couple things I wanted to add to the Cyber Revolution/CEVO-P Finals discussion. Nothing huge, but things worth mentioning, I think. Were They Alone? There's no reason...

CEVO-P Finals: The Bad, The Bad, and the Ugly

Every once in a while you come across something that makes you scratch your head and go "what the hell?" Like, for instance, somebody landing an airplane on (in?) a river. I don't think I have to explain that...

CGS Pro-AM Round 3 Results

Upper Bracket CGS Pro-AM R3 Upper F OT 2H 1H (1) Dallas Venom 8 - 0 8 (9) Los Angeles Complexity 10 - 9 1 Map: de_tuscan Preview Dallas Venom: Mustang, sunman, Dominator, zid, brawwr LA Complexity: Storm, fRoD, Warden,...

CGS Pro-AM Round 2 Upper Bracket Results

CGS Pro-AM R2 Upper F OT 2H 1H (1) Dallas Venom 10 - 4 6 (17) Chicago Chimera 3 - 0 3 Map: de_dust2Preview Dallas Venom: Mustang, sunman, zid, brawwr, Dominator Chicago Chimera: Stevenson, lari, hahN, shaffeR, da bears...

CEVO-P Week 3-1 Results - Part II

CEVO-P Week 3.1 F OT 2H 1H LA compLexity (5-0) 18 6 5 7 x3o (2-3) 14 2 7 5 Map: de_russkaPreview LA compLexity: Rambo, storm, Warden, fRoD, hanes x3o: mason, AZK, PEX, kEEN, pham CEVO-P Week 3.1 F...

CEVO-P Week 3-1 Preds - Part II

We have finally arrived at the official start of CEVO-P week 3.1 after three early matches were played last night. You can view those results here. Tonight we have the last two undefeated teams in action. The LA compLexity is...

CEVO-P Week 3-1 Results - Part I

CEVO-P Week 3.1 F OT 2H 1H Chicago Chimera (3-2) 18 6 3 9 New York 3D (3-2) 15 3 9 3 Map: de_russkaPreview Recap Chimera: Stevenson, Lari, hahN, shaffeR, da bears 3D: juan, Ksharp, method, nickn0it, Volcano CEVO-P...

CEVO-P Week 3-1 Preds - Part I

Tonight, six CEVO-P teams will get a jump start on week 3.1, one day ahead of the Thursday default time. Don't worry. We won't leave you out in the dark. Come on in and enjoy part one of our week...

Late CEVO-P 2-1 Results

Carolina Core vs. x3o Just prior to the Carolina Core's Week 2-2 win over New York 3D on de_season, the team met up with x3o on the same map for their Week 2-1 match. However, the result was not the...

CEVO-P Week 2-2 Results

CEVO-P Week 2.2 F OT 2H 1H Carolina Core (3-1) 13 - 3 10 New York 3D (3-1) 11 - 9 2 Map: SeasonPreview Recap Core: Torrez, Daffsta, devour, sOnNy, org 3D: juan, Ksharp, method, nickn0it, Volcano CEVO-P Week...

New York 3D - 13 | '94 Knicks - 3

The ’94 Knicks entered their Week 2-1 match against the New York 3D in desperate need of a win. Expected to be contenders for a playoff spot, they were still looking for their first victory after starting the season 0-2...

CEVO-P Week 2-2 Preds

It's time for the Week 2-2 predictions from sapphiRe and myself. As always, with every new match night, it's important to consider what we've learned from the previous week's action. For instance, last week we learned that I shouldn't predict...

CEVO-P Week 2-1 Results

CEVO-P Week 2.1 F OT 2H 1H Chicago Chimera (1-2) 7 - 3 4 SF Optx (1-2) 13 - 4 8 Map: SeasonPreview Recap Chimera: Stevenson, Lari, hahN, shaffeR, da bears Optx: Warmach1ne, mOE, clowN, Grt, paradox CEVO-P Week...

CEVO-P Week 2-1 Preds

Thursday night, CEVO-P teams will meet up on de_season to kick off week 2. But before we look ahead and offer some predictions, let's take a quick look back. We're only two matches into the season thus far and there...

CEVO-P Preview: Dallas Venom

Roster: - David "zid" Chin - Kyle "Mustang" Cummings - Eric "brawwr" Neer - Josh "Dominator" Sievers - Justin "sunman" Summy Predicted Finish sapphiRe's prediction: 1/16 Mike's prediction: 1/16 Composite prediction: 1st place, 13-2 How They Got Here As the...

CEVO-P Preview: New York 3D

Roster: - Sal "Volcano" Garozzo - Kyle "Ksharp" Miller - Jon "juan" Mumm - Nick "nickn0it" Nowakowski - Mikey "method" So Predicted Finish sapphiRe's prediction: 2/16 Mike's prediction: 2/16 Composite prediction: 2nd place, 12-3 How They Got Here The last...

CEVO-P Preview: OPTX

Roster: - Mike "paradox" Stanowski - Garett "Grt" Bambrough - Laurent "Warmach1ne" Keoula - Yazan "clowN" Ammari - Moe "moE" Assad Predicted Finish sapphiRe's prediction: 3/16 Mike's prediction: 4/16 Composite prediction: 3rd place-tie, 11-4 How They Got Here The last...

CEVO-P Preview: Complexity

Roster: - Matt "Warden" Dickens - Danny "fRoD" Montaner - Tyler "Storm" Wood - Ron "Rambo" Kim - Corey "hanes" Hanes Predicted Finish: sapphiRe's prediction: 4/16 Mike's prediction: 3/16 Composite prediction: 3rd place-tie, 11-4 How They Got Here After a...

CEVO-P Preview: Carolina Core

Roster: - Sam "devour" Chamma - Mark "masternook" Torrez - Chadd "daffsta" White - Sonny "s0nNy" Tran - Cyrus "org" Habibi Predicted Finish: sapphiRe's prediction: 7/16 Mike's prediction: 5/16 Composite prediction: 5th place, 10-5 How They Got Here Carolina Core...

CEVO-P Preview: '94 Knicks

Roster: - Derek "exodus" Heidinger - Gary "Funshine" Laurita - Cory "BADAPPLES!!!!!!" Branagan - Rich "sauce " Cannon - Grant "Griff" Hall Predicted Finish sapphiRe's Prediction: 6/16 Mike's Prediction: 6/16 Compostie Prediction: 6th Place, 10-5 How They Got Here The...

CEVO-P Preview: Zomblerz

CEVO-P Preview: Zomblerz Roster: - Carson "classified" Holt - Justin "heatwave" McKay - Andres "misty" Gunaratne - Trevor "p0s" Randolph - Frank "ridic" Savettiere Projected Finish sapphiRe's Prediction: 5/16 Mike's Prediction: 8/16 Composite Prediction: 7th, 9-6 How They Got Here:...

CEVO-P Preview: Chicago Chimera

Roster: - Matt "Stevenson" Stevenson - Pasha "lari" Lari - Erik "da bears" Stromberg - Albert "hahN" Hahn - Lloyd "shaffer" Shaffer Predicted Finish: sapphiRe's prediction: 8/16 Mike's prediciton: 7/16 Composite prediction: 8th place, 9-6 How They Got Here Having...

CEVO-P Preview: Devastation

Roster: - Matt "ChEekz" Csikos - Stephen "sasquatcH" Csikos - Dan "railm0" Locilento - Justin "jettt" Thacke - Joe "dubs" Wishnia - Miles "Scorpion" Carmello Not Active Roster: - Todd "anger" Williams - Keith "KwicK" Wickenhauser - John "___" Miller...

Roster moves for the week of 10/20

In preparation for the upcoming CEVO-P CS:Source season, there have been a considerable number of notable roster changes this week. Teams are rushing to fill crucial holes in their line-ups in hopes of improving the chances of a playoff berth....

CEVO-P Preview: Dynamic

Roster: - Eric "adreN" Hoag - Steve "JoKa-_0" Perino - Brett "bmK" Kowalik - Bill "nosey550" Nose - Scott "demonic" Lamb - Peterson "NoObLeR" Yem - Jon "sil" Strong Predicted Finish: sapphiRe's prediction: 10/16 Mike's prediction: 10/16 Composite prediction: 10th...

CEVO-P Preview: x3o

Roster: - Keven "AZK" Lariviere - Philippe Olivier "PEX" Crepin - Mason "mason" Dickens - Bobby "kEEN" Aihama - Kevin "Legend" Binette Predicted Finish: sapphiRe's prediction: 11/16 Mike's prediction: 11/16 Composite prediction: 11th Place, 6-9 How They Got Here As...

CEVO-P Preview: Hyper

Roster: - Jon "Shredder" Hayes - Josh "Daemos" Hayes - Jeff "AlphA" Lada - Tyson "KLUWE" Kluwe - Alex "Mingus" Werner - Adam "PenguinMURDA" Hartzell - Ben "GuileE" Smith Predicted Finish: sapphiRe's prediction: 12/16 Mike's prediction: 12/16 Composite prediction: 12th...

CEVO-P Preview: Cyber Revolution

Roster: - Adam "xperience" Leonard - David "zDk-" Figueroa - Samuel "chewbacca" Tesh - Sam "DaZeD" Marine - Carey "frozt" Kertenian - Branden "eterNity" Rockstroh Predicted Finish: sapphiRe's prediction: 13/16 Mike's prediction: 13/16 Composite prediction: 13th Place, 4-11 How They...

CEVO-P Preview: PK

[Note: I'm not sure what PK stands for, or even what this team will be called tomorrow. They're PuG KiNGz in the CGS Pro-Am, they were PK during the CEVO-PT, they're Moenkhaus Gaming on their CEVO page, and GotFrag referred...

CEVO-P Preview: Keyboard Smashers

Roster: - Paul "Torrr" Mueller - Luis "Nile`" Araujo - Alexandre "Aks" Lebrun - Micah "Monkey" Battson - Andrew "Glockateer" Cook - Matt "resinous" K. - Damian "DamiaN" Kozanecki Predicted Finish: sapphiRe's Precition: 15/16 Mike's Prediction: 16/16 Composite Prediction: 16th...

CEVO-P Preview: Mug 'n Mouse

Roster- Antonio "Showtime" Angotti - Austin "Forever0" Kulig KOrt - Ahmad "ArabianKing" Mohammed - Jonathan "mR.Waffles" Fuller - tbd Predicted Finish sapphiRe's Prediction: 16/16 Mike's Prediction: 15/16 Composite Prediction:16th Place (tie). 2-13 How They Got Here Mug 'n Mouse was...

CEVO-P Preview Coverage

It's almost time for another season of CEVO-P Source. There are sixteen teams in the league this season, which is a pretty big difference from the normal ten.That means a couple things. First, there's a lot more angles to cover....

Everybody Panic!!! -- CGS Loses Three Brazilians

If you haven't heard the news, three players from the CGS franchise Rio Sinistro decided to leave the global gaming league and, in exchange for an especially tasty steak, betray their former comrades by reintegrating themselves back into the Matrix....

Pred Tracking

GotFrag started a new prediction system about a week ago, and I’m a big fan. Detailed predictions are incredibly hard to do week-in and week-out. It takes more time than you might suspect, causing most predictions to slowly fade...

CEVO-P Preview

As part of my ongoing (and possibly never-ending) quest to earn money for writing, I wrote a CEVO-P Preview for the Carolina Core website. Also, as a side note, I'm in Florida and it's supposed to be thirty-four degrees tonight....

CGS World Finals: Unsung Heroes

Originally, I wanted to make this list ten spots, just like the previous entry about Surprising Performances. I soon realized there was a big problem: not many people qualified for both “unsung” and “hero”. Unless you expand “unsung” to literally...

CGS World Finals: Surprising Performances

It is with great shame that I admit you're seeing the second iteration of this post. The first is sitting, nearly completed, on my computer. In my infinite wisdom, I decided not to transfer that file to my laptop, which...

The 1.6 Martyr

The CGS World Finals were a complete rush, and the whole experience was incredible. I’m going to be writing about it in the coming days, but something leaped ahead in the queue. If I don’t write about this now,...

A Bunch of Terrible Ideas

I’m a depressed Counter-Strike fan. Heading into the CGS World Finals, I was upbeat, or even happy-go-lucky (can somebody be depressed-go-unlucky?). The moment we’ve all been waiting for had finally arrived. Well, everybody that isn’t a 1.6 fan has...

More on Source

Rio just never had it going in CS:S. I don't know if their teamwork was hurting because "bit", a longtime member of Made in Brazil, couldn't compete in the CGS, but they looked overmatched from the start. As for the...

CGS Online: Viva la 1.6!

The most shocking news (to this rumor-ignorant blogger, anyway), was the announcement of a CGS Online project, which would feature web-based content, and, far more importantly, games that aren’t tailor-made for television, or are particularly popular in one region....

Baby Beta

Baby Beta I was excited for CSP. I really was. I couldn’t imagine myself personally switching, considering I don’t play professionally and my friends play Source, but who can argue with CSP’s goals? Developers that listen to the community? Sign...

vANKSAP Ties Turmoil

Turmoil came in with a lot of expectations. They won CAL-I, placed second at the CPL BYOC, and they placed second to coL at DigitalLife. Losing to coL is no big surprise; everybody does it. Barely surviving a match...

eGe Gets the Shaft

I hope you remember eGe from their 3rd place finish at CPL, because you won’t be seeing them at the Newegg LANFest. It wasn’t their fault, though. They won the online qualifiers for the event, which awarded airline tickets...

LANFest: First Impressions

The first day is going to be pretty slow, but I’ll try to make you feel at home in the venue. First impressions are mixed. Compared to the CPL, the sponsors and game demos are a thousand times better....

Buy a SourceTV Ticket

The CPL didn’t have SourceTV. The XFX regional qualifiers didn’t have SourceTV. DigitalLife didn’t have SourceTV. I hope you’ve noticed the trend, because I’m out of examples. On the other hand, three examples are enough: too many fans didn’t get...

Interview with Carolina's Mark Dolven

I have a lot of respect for all different kinds of people. I respect Stephen King because my brain looks a lollipop compared to his. I respect Chuck Norris because of his internet fame. (Just kidding, I respect him because...

Daily Spray (9/18)

– I find it hard to believe that World of Warcraft II was even a rumor. Why would Blizzard put out another MMO game when their only competition would be … Blizzard? Their big incentive is money, also known as...

1.6 vs. Source: CPL Winter Showdown

Everybody get off the tracks, the Munoz train is comin’ through! Toot toot! It’s been stuck in the station for a long time. New trains came out with fancy things like air conditioning, friendly conductors, and gamer-friendly double-wide seats. Even...

Best Player in the CGS?

In an earlier article, I went through and figured out the average margin of victory in the five CGS categories to point out how inherently unbalanced the scoring system was. One of the interesting side effects is that it...

CAL Placement Tournament

Everybody was so happy about the CAL placement tournament, but the honeymoon ended as soon as the actual list of teams was released. It’s not unexpected, if you invite X teams into the tournament, the X + 1 ranked team is...

Coaches, Revisisted

This is the kind of man we need in eSports. Coaches can help teach players, but more importanly keep egos in check. That sounds like something a lot of teams could use.

CAL|Gancorz Interview

He's overseen change, but doesn't take bribes. He's CAL|Gancorz, the CS:S Game Manager for CAL, and he was kind enough to answer some questions for LD.

CAL|Barry Interview

I had a chance to ask CAL|Barry some questions about the CPL, CAL, and his experiences as an admin. Find the answers inside, along with some obscure Futurama references.

CSP Update

Pancakes on a stick won't take over breakfast, and CSP won't take over the Counter-Strike scene. Novelties that appeal to small groups of people just don't cut it.

Old Dog > New Tricks

CAL announced some huge changes today, but they're trying to change more than just their colors. They want to bring back the competition, and LD is on the scene.

The Decline of EFG

EFG might not need one of these quite yet, but it's getting close. They lost another good player, and the CGS events are looming just over the horizon.

WSVG Games

The WSVG shifted focus away from Counter-Strike for a good reason. If a seventh seed wins in a tournament, but the top six teams didn't show up, did they make any noise at all?

Buy.com LAN Preview

What does USA basketball have to do with the Buy.com LAN Preview? Both have people trying to play two versions of the same game, with the same relative lack of success.

coL wins a ... 1.6 tournament?

If you're tired of coL winning in Source, you should be happy to know they've just won a little 1.6 tournament. If you're tired of coL winning, period, well ... better luck next time.

Week of Mar. 16th, 2007

There was a flurry of player movement, since our last check-in. One team's attempt to add more power would have made The Toolman very happy.

SHG Open Losers

A major LAN just concluded over in Europe and I’m here to bring you the winners and losers.  Before we can appreciate the highs we have to hit the lows, so let’s start out with the losers from SHG. Losers...

Source Revisited

The recent forum fad – that Source is an easier game than 1.6 – continues, with bandwagons for each engine so full that axles are bending under the weight. Either we start chucking the fat kids, or it's time to...

Source of Debate

When DirecTV announced their new Championship Gaming Series, the Counter-Strike community cheered the news, especially the increased player salaries and the chance for wider exposure. At least, they cheered until DirecTV announced the CGS would use CS:Source, not 1.6, as...