The Evolution of Gaming - Part 2

Due to the introduction of multiplayer modes in games, games soon became competitive where players would challenge each other in the form of deathmatches either in group or on a 1 on 1 basis. I am not too sure but i think it started over the internet rather than LAN, but LAN connections soon became increasingly popular and therefore the emergence of cybercafes...sigh i remember those days as if it were just yesterday, so damn fucking expensive!!! hahahaha. Yeah so anyway here in malaysia our internet connection is like crap...so no point in playing over the internet (now different la of course), so we all played in cybercafes. Very soon cybercafes started openning every where in the klang valley, and in order to promote their new establishment they organize competitions with cash prizes to win. And so my youngsters flock to cybercafes to practice and sharpen their skills...countless hours and money is spent in these establishment, but not only do the winners get to bring back money...they also gain recognition. As the gaming community grew so did the competition and having said that no one can stay at the top forever. But obviously this trend did not start in Malaysia, to my knowledge it started in the good ol US of A. This is the birthplace of what is now termed as 'cyber-athletes' or 'pro-gamers', who actually play games for a living by constantly challenging one another to vie for the top spot of the their respective game. It really became a big thing when 'Thresh' won a ferrari, some of these gamers even quit their jobs to focus on their training as a 'Pro-gamer'. All this eventually evolved even further with the WCG (World Cyber Games) which is basically the Olympics of Games which is held like every year...although i don't keep track of it anymore. The WCG is held in their respective country to determine the finalists that would represent that respective country to battle it out in the finals held in where ever its gonna be la basically. So the winner would be like world champion!!! Cool ain't it...Previously it was just CPL (Cyber Professional League) which was always held somewhere in the US but it eventually opened up to the rest of the world, now i'm not sure also...hahaha. Although right now i think that the scene of pro-gamming has died down a notch since its hype few years ago, but of course its still there i just don't think it is such a big deal as it was back in the day. Some people even achieved 'superstar' status from winning the WCG...i heard that in Korea fans (hot chics :P) actually flock to see their favorite player in action, hahaha!!! Oh well, guess i'm already too old for that...hahaha.