Briton claims first gaming gold
Posted by Steven Parker on 08 October 2007 - 12:13 · 19 comments & 7569 views
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#1 Posted by +.Vamp on 08 Oct 2007 - 14:06
- I wonder what it's like to devote your life to being a 'Pro-Gamer'
do they ever see sunlight? A very rewarding accomplishment for him though I'm sure
BTW. It's spelled Britain, not Briton
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#1.2 Posted by Lant on 08 Oct 2007 - 16:16
- May be thats the American way of doing it, but Google says Britain is fine and its the one I've always used.
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#1.3 Posted by |Rapture| on 08 Oct 2007 - 18:36
- Britain is the place, a Briton is somebody from there. Both would work for the heading.
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#1.4 Posted by MightyJordan on 08 Oct 2007 - 21:39
- Quote - (.Vamp said @ #1)I wonder what it's like to devote your life to being a 'Pro-Gamer'
do they ever see sunlight? A very rewarding accomplishment for him though I'm sure
If they're really good, and I mean REALLY good, they can make a bloody fortune from tournaments. Look at Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. He's won over $500,000 in competitions, but that obviously doesn't include the sponsorship and endorsements he does as well. -
#1.5 Posted by toadeater on 09 Oct 2007 - 00:40
- Quote - (MightyJordan said @ #1.4)Quote - (.Vamp said @ #1)I wonder what it's like to devote your life to being a 'Pro-Gamer'
do they ever see sunlight? A very rewarding accomplishment for him though I'm sure
If they're really good, and I mean REALLY good, they can make a bloody fortune from tournaments. Look at Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. He's won over $500,000 in competitions, but that obviously doesn't include the sponsorship and endorsements he does as well.
There is also Thresh, who started Firingsquad and XFire with his gaming earnings. He sold XFire to MTV for $102 million!
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#2 Posted by Meikle on 08 Oct 2007 - 14:11
- Briton is a british person, i.e for america the title would be American claims first gaming gold.
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#2.1 Posted by +.Vamp on 08 Oct 2007 - 17:20
- (y) You are correct sir. I learn something new everyday!
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#2.2 Posted by |Rapture| on 08 Oct 2007 - 18:37
- doh beaten, should learn2read these things before replying
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#2.3 Posted by Magallanes on 08 Oct 2007 - 18:39
- Quote - (Meikle said @ #2)Briton is a british person, i.e for America the title would be American claims first gaming gold.
But American also apply for Canadian, Mexican and even for Cubans, so to use American is the same to say European. -
#2.4 Posted by strekship on 08 Oct 2007 - 22:08
- Quote - (Magallanes said @ #2.3)Quote - (Meikle said @ #2)Briton is a british person, i.e for America the title would be American claims first gaming gold.
But American also apply for Canadian, Mexican and even for Cubans, so to use American is the same to say European.
Technically that is correct, but if you refer to a Canadian or a Cuban as an American I think they will beg to differ.
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#4 Posted by Azmodan on 08 Oct 2007 - 16:41
- I've played this game, it's very entertaining. I usually start with a surveyor / crane, refinery / refinery (shut power down to save energy), and power / power. However it's a "big economy" strategy, you can easily avoid rushes by selling your surveyor and placing the power around your MCV. I always group powers by group of two.
I'd like to know the strategy of these players, someone knows where I can get their replays? -
#4.1 Posted by MegaManXcalibur on 09 Oct 2007 - 02:34
- I haven't seen the replays but I'm sure their strategy equates to a large number of mammoth tanks.
Seriously mammoths with railguns are the best unit money can buy, I love those buggers.
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#5 Posted by PureLegend on 08 Oct 2007 - 18:03
- Quite something, well done to him!!!
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#6 Posted by Magallanes on 08 Oct 2007 - 18:34
- It's insane. Ok, games are funny at all but when some people take this competition for a career.. may be they are earning so much money but also spending time in a zero-future prospect.
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#6.1 Posted by PureLegend on 09 Oct 2007 - 16:27
- Quote - (Magallanes said @ #6)It's insane. Ok, games are funny at all but when some people take this competition for a career.. may be they are earning so much money but also spending time in a zero-future prospect.
You could say that athletes have zero future prospects. How is this any different from being an athlete?
Mr Clark, aka Apollooo, took the top medal in the Command & Conquer 3 tournament at the week-long festival of video gaming held last week in Seattle. The gold is the first the UK has claimed in the six years that the global tournament has been staged.
Britons also took a silver and bronze in other games to put the UK in sixth place in the overall medal rankings.
Mr Clark struggled in the opening stages of the tournament in which he had to take on the top US and German players of the real-time strategy title C&C3: Tiberium Wars.
However, once past the German ace Mr Clark, who plays for the Team Dignitas pro-gaming team, made steady progress through the playoffs before triumphing in the final. For his work Mr Clark picked up a cheque for $12,000 (£5,877).