Electronic sports Electronic sports The World Cyber Games 2005 was held in Singapore at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 16 November to 20 November 2005. There were over 800 players from 67 countries. Over 39,000 spectators turned up at the games to cheer for the players. The grand prize for the game is US$435,000. ...more on Wikipedia about "2005 World Cyber Games"
Angel Munoz (born March 6, 1960 in New York City), is a leading figure in the computer games industry, and founder & president of the Cyberathlete Professional League. ...more on Wikipedia about "Angel Munoz"
Call of Duty (released on October 19, 2003) is a first-person shooter video game based on the Quake III engine. This war game simulates the infantry and combined arms warfare of World War II. The game was produced by Activision and developed by Infinity Ward. ...more on Wikipedia about "Call of Duty"
ClanBase often abbreviated to CB by gamers is the largest electronic sports league in the world and one of the oldest online gaming leagues in the world. It was founded in October 1998 as a Dutch Quake II Capture the flag ladder, and quickly grew to cover all of Europe and beyond. ...more on Wikipedia about "ClanBase"
Counter-Strike (CS) is the common name given to a series of team-based tactical shooter games which originate with Counter-Strike, a total conversion mod of Valve Software's first-person shooter Half-Life. The series also includes Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Counter-Strike: Source. ...more on Wikipedia about "Counter-Strike"
Cyberathlete is a term coined by Angel Munoz on June 26, 1997 to first describe a competitive player of computer games. The word is now a registered trademark of the company Munoz founded: the Cyberathlete Professional League. This company is dedicated to promoting his vision of computer games as a professional sport by hosting tournaments for large cash prizes. This has helped popularise competitive gaming worldwide, which is now commonly referred to as e-sports (short for electronic sports). ...more on Wikipedia about "Cyberathlete"
The Cyberathlete Amateur League (or CAL, as it is abbreviated to) is a large online electronic sports league that allows players to test their skills against each other in a variety of multiplayer games, usually in the first-person shooter category. CAL is the online variant of the Cyberathlete Professional League, a global leader in professional computer game competitions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cyberathlete Amateur League"
The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) was founded in 1997 by Angel Munoz as a professional sports tournament for computer gamers. The CPL holds tournaments throughout the USA, Europe and Asia, and has hosted a variety of teams and players usually regarded as the best in their respective games. The CPL's tournaments are open to all registrants, although there is an age limit of at least 17 due to ESRB content rating concerns with the exception of some "teen" rated games where a player can register with a parental consent form at the age of 16. As of early 2005, the CPL has distributed more than $2,000,000 USD in prize money. The CPL's aim is to make computer gaming a viable competitive and spectator event, on the level of athletic sports. They are a driving force in e-sports and are widely respected as a major player in person competitions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cyberathlete Professional League"
Electronic Sports, abbreviated e-Sports or eSports is used as a general term used to describe computer and video games which are played as competitive sports. Other terms used are competitive gaming, cybersports and cyber athletics. The terms most popular among players are gaming or e-Sports. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electronic sports"
The Electronic Sports League (ESL) is one of the largest and oldest competitive gaming leagues in Europe. It was founded as a German league in 1997 (under the name Deutsche Clanliga - DeCL). In the ESL over 500.000 players and 185.000 teams take part in different competitions and ladders. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electronic Sports League"
The Electronic Sports World Cup is an international professional gaming championship. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electronic Sports World Cup"
(Gameplay of StarCraft) 'Terran' ...more on Wikipedia about "Gameplay of StarCraft"
GotFrag was founded in 2002 as a professional eSports coverage website that would provide news and updates for the growing gaming community. It provided gamers with a place to look up information and current happening about their favorite teams and/or players. Since then, the site and grown exponentially, and in 2004, GotFrag released the second version of their website, one which allowed for great expansion and content to provide its growing fanbase. Along with the launch of version 2, GotFrag announced their GotFrag Prime service. Prime provided paying viewers additional content, features, and benefits. In December 2004, GotFrag revolutionalized record keeping and statistics in eSports by debuting GameSense . GameSense is the first ever statistical database of professional players, and it has allowed for many players and fans of gaming to have a sense of who the best player or team is in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "GotFrag"
Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game developed by Valve Software and published by Sierra Entertainment in 1998, based on a heavily-modified Quake game engine. It was first published for PCs running Microsoft Windows, and was later ported to Sony's PlayStation 2 and Sega's Dreamcast video game consoles, although it was never officially released in the latter's case. ...more on Wikipedia about "Half-Life" Tell your friends about http://www.shortopedia.com shortopedia
Painkiller is a first-person shooter PC game released on April 12, 2004. It was published by DreamCatcher Interactive and developed by People Can Fly. It attempts to replicate the 'old-school FPS' gameplay of Doom and Serious Sam. It has 24 levels of seemingly unconnected designs that include medieval castles, factories and lunatic asylums. Five of the levels are 'boss levels' with some of the largest FPS bosses to date. The game takes place in Purgatory and Hell. It is notable for using the Havok 2.0 physics engine extensively. Main character, Daniel Garner, is Voiced by Cam Clarke. ...more on Wikipedia about "Painkiller (game)"
Quake is a first-person shooter computer game that was released by id Software on July 22 1996. It was the first game in the popular Quake series of computer and video games. ...more on Wikipedia about "Quake"
Quake 4 is the fourth title in the series of Quake FPS computer games. It was developed by Raven Software and distributed by Activision. Raven Software has collaborated with id Software, the usual developers of Quake games in the past, and for this game, id Software supervised the development of the game as well as providing the Doom 3 engine upon which the game was built. Quake 4 went gold early October 2005 and was released on October 18, 2005 for the PC. A special DVD Collectors Edition also exists, including promotional material and the game Quake II with its expansions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Quake 4"
Quake II, released on November 30 1997, is a first person shooter game developed by id Software and distributed by Activision. It is, to an extent, a "sequel" to Quake. The main theme was done by Rob Zombie and the rest of the soundtrack was provided by Sonic Mayhem. ...more on Wikipedia about "Quake II"
Quake III Arena (also known as Trinity (working title), Quake 3, abbreviated as Q3A or Q3) is a multiplayer first-person shooter released on December 2, 1999. The game was developed by id Software and featured music composed by Sonic Mayhem and Front Line Assembly. Quake III Arena is the third title in the series and differs from the previous quakes in that it excludes the normal single-player element, instead focusing upon multiplayer action. The solo experience in Q3 is arena combat versus AI opponents, in a similar style to Unreal Tournament. ...more on Wikipedia about "Quake III Arena"
Quakecon is a bring-your-own-computer computer gaming event held every year in Dallas, Texas, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game Quake, sees thousands of gamers from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty. It is North America's largest LAN party, the largest free LAN party in the world, and usually runs over a period of four days. ...more on Wikipedia about "QuakeCon"
SoGamed is a community website focusing on gaming and eSports. It provides extensive reporting on eSports, supports forums and IRC channels, and refers to itself as "the CNN of e-Sports". It is mainly a gathering point for Counter-Strike players around the world, but many other FPS games are supported. Over the past few years, SoGamed has developed itself the one of the premier homes of the casual and elite e-Sport player. ...more on Wikipedia about "SoGamed"
StarCraft (SC) is a real-time strategy computer game by Blizzard Entertainment. Introduced in 1998, it was the best-selling computer game in that year and won the Origins Award for Best Strategy Computer Game of 1998. It is praised for being a benchmark of real-time strategy (RTS) games, due to its depth, intensity, and game balance. Blizzard estimated in 2005 that 9 million copies of StarCraft and Starcraft: Brood War had been sold since its release , and it has achieved an international cult-like status in the computer gaming world, especially in its online multiplayer form. ...more on Wikipedia about "StarCraft"
Team Fortress Classic (TFC) is a popular multiplayer mod for the first-person shooter computer game Half-Life that allows teams of players to compete on the Internet in action packed games of capture the flag, escorting a VIP, territory control, and many other missions. It was ported to Half-Life by the developers of the Team Fortress mod for Quake in collaboration with Valve Software. ...more on Wikipedia about "Team Fortress Classic"
Unreal Tournament 2004 is a first-person shooter computer game designed mainly for multiplayer gaming although the game had a built in single-player mode that mimics multiplayer gaming by featuring AI-bots. Unreal Tournament 2004 is part of the Unreal series of games and is the sequel to 2003's Unreal Tournament 2003. UT2004 was co-developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes and published by Atari. The major addition to UT2004 is the introduction of vehicles to the classic first-person shooter formula following in the footsteps of Tribes 2, Halo: Combat Evolved and Battlefield 1942. UT2004 also features great user interactivity with user-made mods, maps, and other add-ons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Unreal Tournament 2004"
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2002, is a real-time strategy computer game and the second sequel to Warcraft. It is the third game set in the Warcraft Universe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Warcraft III"
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