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Half-Life 2 gamer wins $100,000 (200 comments)

( Major News: HL2)

Posted by tom @ 09:12 CDT, 10 August 2006 - iMsg

The Verizon FiOS Grand Half-Life 2 Online Deathmatch Tournament has been won by Micah Ernst. Micah said he will spend his winnings, which is the largest to date for any online only tournament to
"pay off his student loans, buy a big-ass TV and make a trip to New Zealand."
There is no mention as to whether he will pursue a career in professional gaming.

Source:

kotaku.com

Edited by Nicky at 01:37 CST, 19 January 2008 - 19138 Hits

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<< Comment #1 @ 09:17 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

dillyo

he'd not have won had i been american. fact

<< Comment #15 @ 09:44 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #1

Neither would you if I had been :P

<< Comment #111 @ 14:39 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

dillyo - Reply to #15

you don't beleive that ;]

<< Comment #156 @ 06:58 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #111

I know :) No need for beliefs :P

<< Comment #2 @ 09:23 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

ix +|

Joke tournament.

31%

<< Comment #20 @ 09:49 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

therogue ' - Reply to #2

laughing all the way to the bank

10%

<< Comment #77 @ 12:35 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

CPLains +' - Reply to #20

^.^

<< Comment #145 @ 03:36 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

Quadman - Reply to #20

...til he realizes he is too fat for the door?

<< Comment #146 @ 04:28 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

therogue ' - Reply to #145

um, have you seen the photo? he's not fat

<< Comment #149 @ 05:03 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

Quadman - Reply to #146

why do you think they invented those huge novelty checks? you cant see his stomach =)

<< Comment #28 @ 09:58 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Anonymous (164.106.159.18) - Reply to #2

You said "joke tournament" -- lets examine:

Do you say this because you might know know his name when compared to Purri, Toxic, Fatal1ty, Socrates, etc.?

Do you say this because you perhaps there was no competition? If so, did you play in the tourney yourself to judge that?

OR

Do you say this because of the winning amount? I hardly think so.

The people I mentioned above were all new and unknown at some point, and just like this guy, had to start somewhere. While I do not care for HL2 at all... its no need to pass of this guy's winning and his abilities as jokes. I mean afterall, hes $100,000 richer than you are now ;)

Regards.

<< Comment #52 @ 10:55 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

anal justice ' - Reply to #28

the joke is - one person for 100k and nothing for 2nd and 2rd place.. simple as that.

Edited by anal justice at 10:56 CDT, 10 August 2006

<< Comment #55 @ 11:06 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

GoiracH - Reply to #52

100000% agreed, this is just fucking up esports imo.

I mean great for the guy that won it, and gg to him. But hello if you wanna kill esports don't hand out a price at all. rediculous 100.000 and 1 person gets it.

Edited by GoiracH at 11:06 CDT, 10 August 2006

<< Comment #98 @ 13:35 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

anal justice ' - Reply to #55

I doubt they are doing this with eSports in mind, but still very bad idea. Something like the upcoming $100k Guild Wars tournament at Leipzig's Game Convetion. Really odd.

<< Comment #108 @ 14:23 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

snap - Reply to #98

Guild Wars has a huge following.

<< Comment #120 @ 15:56 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

GoiracH - Reply to #98

ye but that one got a good price distribution so it's oke. But this is just stupid.

<< Comment #187 @ 05:55 CDT, 14 August 2006 >>

Levi215 - Reply to #120

Why? As i've said in other posts you think it's about the competition, in which case you're totally wrong.

<< Comment #191 @ 01:52 CDT, 16 August 2006 >>

mkeiy : - Reply to #98

A GW comp? ROFL that's fucking gay.

<< Comment #72 @ 12:25 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

ix +| - Reply to #28

I'm hardly alone in thinking HL2DM is a joke game to be holding a $100,000 tournament. The gameplay and features are not good enough so it's really sad to see this money being thrown at it.

Valve need to put more effort in or hire some one with a clue about deathmatch design. The winner might be the most skillful and greatest player ever, if so it's a pity he won a joke tournament.

<< Comment #75 @ 12:34 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Nellie - Reply to #72

The gameplay and features are not good enough so it's really sad to see this money being thrown at it.

Quake 4?

Painkiller got $1 million :o\

Edited by Nellie at 12:41 CDT, 10 August 2006

<< Comment #84 @ 12:45 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Jabb0r - Reply to #75

*sigh* the warsow community. Warsow is an alright game an all but the community is starting to follow the path the cpma community did and it's really not going to help the game grow. People have different tastes in games. Not everyone dislikes Quake 4.......

edit: oh and pk>all tbfh ;))

Edited by Jabb0r at 12:46 CDT, 10 August 2006

<< Comment #87 @ 12:55 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Nellie - Reply to #84

I've not played Warsow in a few months :)

Quake4 is shit - no argument.

<< Comment #134 @ 18:25 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Jabb0r - Reply to #87

Meh, that's your opinion. I kinda like q4 1.3. Most fun I've had playing q4. ;)

<< Comment #152 @ 06:05 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

speedz - Reply to #87

Quake4 is shit - no argument.

Erm right... you didn't supply any argument...

I enjoy it. I did enjoy it even before the 1.3 patch.
Thats exactly the point of jabbor. People have different tastes...

<< Comment #126 @ 16:57 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

AgamemnonZ - Reply to #84

Amen Jabbor :D

<< Comment #192 @ 01:53 CDT, 16 August 2006 >>

mkeiy : - Reply to #75

for it's faults (which were all community born) PK was a GOOD game, so what it didn't have PKTV christ it wasn't even played by people outside the WT.

<< Comment #76 @ 12:35 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #72

Heh, it's very good, just unbalanced. If they'd used Pro at least (with Pro gameplay) then it would hvae been even better and more balanced.

<< Comment #99 @ 13:36 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

ix +| - Reply to #76

Yes that's what I mean.

<< Comment #85 @ 12:49 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

snap - Reply to #72

>Tournament was chosen to show verizon's fios not HL2DM which isn't so bad imo.

And what REALLY is a joke is, a gaming website like esr, didn't even mention this 100K tournament, as far as I could tell, until it was over. Amazing.

<< Comment #89 @ 13:09 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

therogue ' - Reply to #85

was posted ages ago, as the winner himself said in his blog, he only found out about the tournament because of esreality

<< Comment #103 @ 13:53 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Demiurge ++' - Reply to #89

OH *SNAP*

<< Comment #106 @ 14:19 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

snap - Reply to #89

oh, I missed it I guess because I never saw it and I check in fairly often. =(

<< Comment #90 @ 13:09 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Sephir0th - Reply to #2

$100,000 joke

i guess ur just jealous

<< Comment #116 @ 15:05 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

way2ez4gtv ' - Reply to #90

lol thats stupid...

<< Comment #3 @ 09:24 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Anonymous (ip56501d81.direct-adsl.nl)

Quake 4? What the hell is that. Move on to Half Life 2 guys!

<< Comment #46 @ 10:22 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

ACiD. - Reply to #3

tru dat

<< Comment #4 @ 09:25 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Mojo '

He was a Quake player.

<< Comment #24 @ 09:58 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

anyk3y ' - Reply to #4

He apparently was an oldschool hldm/ag player as well .. dunno about quake so cant comment

<< Comment #5 @ 09:25 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

offo

does he have an alias?

<< Comment #9 @ 09:31 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

replicant_ - Reply to #5

Micahwave.

<< Comment #45 @ 10:21 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

anyk3y ' - Reply to #5

Trem_R is/was his hldm/ag nick

<< Comment #6 @ 09:26 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

zerox

PR-gag

<< Comment #7 @ 09:26 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

DDDD

Danger: fast gaming!!!!!! l�ll?

thanks.

<< Comment #91 @ 13:11 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

viaIImaximus : - Reply to #7

no thanks.

<< Comment #8 @ 09:31 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Kami.Kaze

Nice one - hope he enjoys the money :-)

<< Comment #10 @ 09:34 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

cbs

<< Comment #11 @ 09:34 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

ManobroW

omg.... N1

<< Comment #12 @ 09:37 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

freakZfx ++

lol

<< Comment #13 @ 09:43 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

gst_

1. Micah Ernst, Meadville, PA $100,000
2. Scott Rogoff, Trumbull, CT Alienware Prize Systems & Monitor

Great prize for the second place.

<< Comment #80 @ 12:36 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

CPLains +' - Reply to #13

omg, that.. sux so hard

<< Comment #193 @ 01:54 CDT, 16 August 2006 >>

mkeiy : - Reply to #13

Is it a complete Alien gaming system cause those things are beast. Still next to $100k it's nothing.

<< Comment #14 @ 09:43 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

pisk

nice! trip to new zealand - good idea \o/

<< Comment #16 @ 09:45 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Micahwave

Anyone want to sponsor me / put me on your team? I'm bored

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<< Comment #17 @ 09:45 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #16

You know if there are any demos available from the tournament?

<< Comment #18 @ 09:49 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

therogue ' - Reply to #17

http://www.fiosgrand.com/fios_demos.zip

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<< Comment #23 @ 09:55 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #18

Thanks :D

<< Comment #19 @ 09:49 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Troll - Reply to #16

Did you get into HL2:DM, just for this tournament?

<< Comment #27 @ 09:58 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Micahwave - Reply to #19

I started playing when the tournament was annoucned on this website

<< Comment #57 @ 11:43 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

willoji ' - Reply to #27

haha, thats amazing :)

<< Comment #68 @ 12:08 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

DDDD - Reply to #27

nice, what did u play before hl2? =)

thanks.

<< Comment #118 @ 15:09 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

viaIImaximus : - Reply to #68

no thanks.

<< Comment #22 @ 09:52 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

tom +++ - Reply to #16

you're bored?

<< Comment #25 @ 09:58 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Micahwave - Reply to #22

Kinda, I need a new challenge

<< Comment #30 @ 10:01 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

xgo : - Reply to #25

try to win cpl Finals in q3 ;)

<< Comment #32 @ 10:04 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

dvide - Reply to #30

pfft and only win 15 grand are you crazy?!

<< Comment #154 @ 06:39 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

sk!a ' - Reply to #30

Looks like hes goinna try :)
28. Micah Ernst (Micahwave)

<< Comment #160 @ 07:29 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

xgo : - Reply to #154

if he makes it, hes the greatest gamer for me =)

<< Comment #33 @ 10:04 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

tom +++ - Reply to #25

yer, CPL q3. also have fun in new zealand. spend more time in the south island than the north. dont do the shotover jet in queenstown. say hi to marcelo at the internet outpost on shotover street from tom. thanks.

<< Comment #53 @ 10:57 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

judge717 +' - Reply to #25

www.thecpl.com

they're doing a q3 world tour

good luck :) :P

<< Comment #174 @ 19:54 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

way2ez4gtv ' - Reply to #25

lol...

<< Comment #48 @ 10:25 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

eVeNfLoW - Reply to #16

say hello when you're in nz :D

<< Comment #60 @ 11:50 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

cholie - Reply to #16

hey micah, this is yiffzer from ritfest. ;) good job man.

<< Comment #21 @ 09:52 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

dvide

Wow check out the fios website. They're really laying it on thick
http://www.verizonfios.com/

<< Comment #26 @ 09:58 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

marshmallow

someone make an avi!

<< Comment #29 @ 09:59 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #26

That's why I wanted demos. That, and to see if they were any good :)

<< Comment #44 @ 10:21 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

marshmallow - Reply to #29

Nice, im counting on you.

<< Comment #81 @ 12:37 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

CPLains +' - Reply to #29

metoo

<< Comment #190 @ 13:31 CDT, 15 August 2006 >>

Nukm ++++: - Reply to #29

would be realy great

<< Comment #31 @ 10:02 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

niko

make a $100,000 quake torunament?

<< Comment #34 @ 10:07 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

xgo : - Reply to #31

ahahaa

<< Comment #58 @ 11:48 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

stoneeh - Reply to #31

no, just make a 100000$ tourney for an even less known game!

<< Comment #194 @ 01:56 CDT, 16 August 2006 >>

mkeiy : - Reply to #58

A $100,000 Crimson Land tourney!! That would fucking own :D

<< Comment #35 @ 10:09 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

_kai

2nd place had no prize?

Edited by _kai at 14:15 CDT, 10 August 2006

<< Comment #37 @ 10:13 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Troll - Reply to #35

sucks, remove from news tbh :x

<< Comment #47 @ 10:24 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

therogue ' - Reply to #35

top8 all had prizes

<< Comment #49 @ 10:28 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

_kai - Reply to #47

how much?

<< Comment #62 @ 11:57 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

ReAX - Reply to #49

i thought hardware?

<< Comment #63 @ 11:57 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

therogue ' - Reply to #49

1. Micah Ernst, Meadville, PA $100,000
2. Scott Rogoff, Trumbull, CT Alienware Prize Systems & Monitor
3. Zachariah Kendall, Colville, WA Alienware Prize Systems & Monitor
4. Kenny Wells, Towson, MD ATI Radeon X1900 XT Series Video Card
5. Brian Kihneman, Austin, TX ATI Radeon X1900 XT Series Video Card
6. Dominic Anderson, Portland, OR ATI Radeon X1900 XT Series Video Card
7. Richard Oliver, Virginia Beach, VA Saitek Gamers Keyboard
8. Stefan Hock, Trumbull, CT Saitek Gamers Keyboard

<< Comment #129 @ 17:08 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

willoji ' - Reply to #63

haha, thats disgusting what the others got.

<< Comment #36 @ 10:12 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Backstab

How bout $100.000 Doom 2 tourney if were giving out lots of money for crapgames

<< Comment #41 @ 10:18 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

revoN - Reply to #36

Too bad Doom2 ain't crap.

27%

<< Comment #56 @ 11:31 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

becks ++++ - Reply to #36

Wtf, my first Multiplayer experience is not crap!!!

Keyboard aim ftw :)

<< Comment #69 @ 12:11 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

endi : - Reply to #36

they're doing a vq3 world tour

<< Comment #130 @ 17:09 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

SixxHole - Reply to #36

Wow...retarded much?

<< Comment #144 @ 03:22 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

Aquashark +++' - Reply to #36

Doom2 crapgame?

do you call your grandparents "crappeople" just because they're old? :|

<< Comment #153 @ 06:30 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

Backstab - Reply to #144

I call doom a crapgame because theres no mouseinput. Love to see someone earn 100k with arrowkeys

<< Comment #155 @ 06:43 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

Aquashark +++' - Reply to #153

Doom had mouse input!
DOH!

you just couldn't look up or down so it was basically useless.

Edited by Aquashark at 06:45 CDT, 11 August 2006

<< Comment #179 @ 03:02 CDT, 12 August 2006 >>

revoN - Reply to #153

D2 had mouse input. There's also been some builds taking advantage of 3d acceleration.

<< Comment #38 @ 10:13 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

fact-drk '

DEATHMATCH = ONE WINNER = ONE PRIZE

POINT !

<< Comment #39 @ 10:14 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

fnx

crazy! :D

<< Comment #40 @ 10:15 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

borda

rofl @ esports

<< Comment #42 @ 10:19 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

GzUz

wow... congrats to him...

shitload of money...

<< Comment #43 @ 10:21 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Anonymous (82-42-153-107.cable.ubr10.live.blueyonder.co.uk)

terrible thing, envy

<< Comment #50 @ 10:35 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Dird +++

all that money and all the places in the world and u pick nz
lol

<< Comment #188 @ 09:25 CDT, 14 August 2006 >>

ioz - Reply to #50

from tom's galleries I couldn't think of a more naturally beautiful place to go than new zealand. where would u go?

<< Comment #189 @ 09:39 CDT, 14 August 2006 >>

Dird +++ - Reply to #188

spain, ibiza, new york, austrailia, amsterdam, egypt, china (especially)
lots rather than nz

<< Comment #195 @ 01:58 CDT, 16 August 2006 >>

mkeiy : - Reply to #189

Well Australia is just 40 minutes away soo ;p

<< Comment #199 @ 04:24 CDT, 16 August 2006 >>

Dird +++ - Reply to #195

g'day m8, u need to vacate coz based on ur timezone ure a day l8

<< Comment #51 @ 10:42 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

juxx

prizes could have been devided more properly but I have serious doubts he'll care about that :D

<< Comment #54 @ 10:58 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

judge717 +'

nice job trem_r

<< Comment #59 @ 11:49 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

donka +

Make a trip to new zeland to walk path of frodo to the mountain Mordor(*)

<< Comment #86 @ 12:50 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Jabb0r - Reply to #59

hmmm, mordor isn't a mountain ;e

<< Comment #93 @ 13:16 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

thelawenforcer ' - Reply to #86

idd, mordor is a region, orodruin is the volcano that the ring is finally destroyed in.

<< Comment #102 @ 13:52 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

R Kelly ++ - Reply to #93

is it fun living in your parent's basement?

25%

<< Comment #135 @ 20:19 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

thelawenforcer ' - Reply to #102

i have my own flat thank you, i read the LOTR when i was about 14, can you blame me for having a good memory?

<< Comment #136 @ 20:21 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

thelawenforcer ' - Reply to #135

just had a look at ur homepage; turkish borat? yekshemash

<< Comment #158 @ 07:13 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

R Kelly ++ - Reply to #136

ikissyou

<< Comment #196 @ 01:59 CDT, 16 August 2006 >>

mkeiy : - Reply to #102

There will only ever be one Return and its not of the King it's of the Jedi.

Edited by mikey`` at 02:00 CDT, 16 August 2006

<< Comment #61 @ 11:52 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

stoneeh

hmm, 100000, lets see
evo IX, plasma tv, good new pc, a few trips to some negro sea island, lots of coke - perfect life

<< Comment #157 @ 07:11 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

R Kelly ++ - Reply to #61

what the hell is negro sea island? black sea? africa? brooklyn?

Edited by the letter b at 07:12 CDT, 11 August 2006

<< Comment #161 @ 07:54 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

stoneeh - Reply to #157

some sea island where negros live. and noone else. well perhaps a bar or something
:/

<< Comment #162 @ 07:57 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

R Kelly ++ - Reply to #161

planet of the apes

<< Comment #166 @ 14:22 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

stoneeh - Reply to #162

negros, apes, everything the same :D

<< Comment #168 @ 14:51 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

R Kelly ++ - Reply to #166

OMG U RACIST

also that was my joke

<< Comment #169 @ 15:17 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

stoneeh - Reply to #168

... you dare steal the jokes i was going to use in the future!! *raises hand*

<< Comment #170 @ 15:18 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

R Kelly ++ - Reply to #169

future negro joke stealer - i kill u

<< Comment #64 @ 11:58 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

willoji '

i'm surprised fatality didn't decide to enter

<< Comment #65 @ 11:59 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

trinion

i didnt even know of this tourney... when did this start? was it 1on1? any videos?

Edited by trinion at 12:00 CDT, 10 August 2006

<< Comment #79 @ 12:36 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #65

It's US only :( Lots of active European HL2DM players signed up, but we were all removed :/

Edited by netrex at 12:37 CDT, 10 August 2006

<< Comment #66 @ 12:04 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

bsk |

Great for Micahwave; a waste for e-sports :/

<< Comment #67 @ 12:07 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Demiurge ++'

It's a sad day for e-sports.

<< Comment #70 @ 12:18 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Demanufacturer

good on him.

<< Comment #71 @ 12:21 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

flu1d

your grav gun is nothink on 30mbps fios network

<< Comment #73 @ 12:26 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

fern

grats to the fellow that managed to take advantage of these holybatshit retarded tournament organisers

Edited by fern at 12:26 CDT, 10 August 2006

<< Comment #74 @ 12:33 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

InFeRn0^

wow he won money playing a video game, I see a future here

<< Comment #181 @ 05:25 CDT, 12 August 2006 >>

Shrike : - Reply to #74

nahh - it'll never catch on ;)

<< Comment #78 @ 12:36 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Lukas

thats just crazy... ;P
Great for him. Sucks to be second there.

<< Comment #82 @ 12:37 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Anonymous (p54924FE7.dip.t-dialin.net)

deathmatch mode? not even 1on1???
how many players in DM mode? on which maps?
my name is ysa, i played quite alot on the biggest HL2 1on1 ladders the time the game was released.....
but deathmatch with like 8 ppl on one of the default maps would have been really just screwing around with gravgun, spamming the hell out of everyone....
i never liked DM, and i cant really understand this...
btw, was this really for americans only? i mean not possible to fly over and participate for europeans?

<< Comment #83 @ 12:38 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #82

DM mode is used for 1on1 as there is no 1on1 mode in the game. It was all 1on1.

Edited by netrex at 12:38 CDT, 10 August 2006

<< Comment #88 @ 13:04 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

bigwest

some of the stuff in micahs demos is cool

<< Comment #92 @ 13:16 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

just a guy

lol, gg quake4/quake3 "progaming"

i bet the hl2 dm community doesn't have osp, promode, gtv, mvd, omg fix the railgun, etc etc etc, and didn't stop the guys putting money on it.

<< Comment #94 @ 13:19 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

thelawenforcer ' - Reply to #92

this is a promotional stunt, by verizon, to promote their Highspeed ISP service to gamers. by using the most recognisable PC multiplayer gaming franchise it ensures that it will get the attention required from mainstream gamers.

<< Comment #95 @ 13:26 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

dansen +++ - Reply to #94

well it did get attention

<< Comment #105 @ 14:14 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #92

It does. Check www.hl2dmpro.com. It's a VERY good mod with a crazy long list of features, and it's not buggy, it all pretty much works as intended. Janek and RATICIDE who makes it has done a fantastic job with it. But FiOS did not use it for their competition for some reason. But Valve has updated HL2DM a little now because fo this tournament. Though before this tournament, it wasn't updated for about a year or so, and not because it wasn't buggy, cause it's buggy as hell, and was a lot worse before this tournament, but because they don't care. And now they only update Windows servers it seems, not Linux..

<< Comment #109 @ 14:25 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Anonymous (adsl-70-137-156-172.dsl.snfc21.sbcglobal.net) - Reply to #105

why would they bother with the DM? All people play is Counter-strike. Man I loved HLDM original though, the reason I bought the game. HL2DM sounds so fucking dumb from what I have heard.

<< Comment #114 @ 14:41 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #109

I haven't had any problems with the sounds. Neither before or after I bought my X-Fi card.

<< Comment #115 @ 14:44 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

GzUz - Reply to #114

I guess he wasn't talking about the sounds in the game, literally...

<< Comment #117 @ 15:06 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #115

I ment the system. The actual sounds are pretty much whatt hey are in HL2 :P

<< Comment #132 @ 17:30 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

GzUz - Reply to #117

I knew what you meant =P

<< Comment #127 @ 16:57 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

TelMarine ' - Reply to #115

I meant the game itself, not the actual sound effects.

<< Comment #123 @ 16:19 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

primax ' - Reply to #109

"from what I have heard"

i rest my case

<< Comment #125 @ 16:57 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

TelMarine ' - Reply to #123

throwing toilets to insta kill people? doesnt sound that fun. Now shooting people through the wall with the Gauss and using the egon gun to kill people, now that is fun :D

<< Comment #128 @ 17:06 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

TelMarine ' - Reply to #125

the gauss rifle is just so absurd it was fun (shooting through the walls) but also the jumping capabilities just made it awesome.

<< Comment #143 @ 23:36 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

primax ' - Reply to #128

the gauss is in hl2dm pro

<< Comment #96 @ 13:28 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Venim '

sad how all this money went to waste on a shitty game like hl2dm. hldm was a lot better

<< Comment #97 @ 13:30 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Six16 ++'

wp, enjoy spending all that cash :)

<< Comment #100 @ 13:40 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

bud

crazy pot of cash
shame to the game
congrats

<< Comment #101 @ 13:46 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

pudzian

so what?

who cares about hl2?

<< Comment #104 @ 14:08 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

r4ndsen

what a great player this must be so noone ever heared his name before

<< Comment #112 @ 14:40 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Kizaru - Reply to #104

I've heard of him. He is an oldschool Tribers player :)

<< Comment #107 @ 14:22 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

MarzenGold |

Where was Garpy?

<< Comment #110 @ 14:35 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

CPLains +' - Reply to #107

Maybe he would've needed an us passport or smt :c

<< Comment #113 @ 14:41 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Kizaru - Reply to #107

I don't think he would have played in the online game rounds with his ping...

<< Comment #119 @ 15:55 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Ben - Reply to #113

And it's not HL:AG? it's HL2 DM? totally different game.

<< Comment #121 @ 16:04 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

snatcch

everyone says it's a joke, but micah is laughing all the way to the bank

gj trem_r

<< Comment #122 @ 16:18 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

CR0C0

hl2dm is just too annoying to play. The people who play it regularly are people who get a laugh still out of chucking a high speed toilet or filing cabinet at someone. While I admit that was fun for like 15 minutes, it got really old.

<< Comment #124 @ 16:20 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

primax ' - Reply to #122

there is more to hl2dm than the gravity gun

<< Comment #138 @ 20:52 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

CR0C0 - Reply to #124

maybe but that is all that most players use, and that is why it is so annoying. At least half the players only play it to have their fun chucking desks toilets and other debris at people.

<< Comment #142 @ 23:35 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

primax ' - Reply to #138

most public players maybe. you won't get far with only gravity gun in 1on1 vs a guy who knows how to play

<< Comment #197 @ 02:03 CDT, 16 August 2006 >>

mkeiy : - Reply to #124

Yeah, the magnum.

<< Comment #198 @ 02:41 CDT, 16 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #197

And the crossbow, and the grenades, combind with the gravity gun :P

<< Comment #200 @ 06:17 CDT, 16 August 2006 >>

primax ' - Reply to #197

and those fucking balls and the rpg and the shotgun and the pulse rifle

<< Comment #131 @ 17:20 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

sudsta '

People WILL ALWAYS BITCH, for fuck sake who gives a fuck what game it is, any game helps towards advertising esports, and hes won �60 000/ �70 000 so how can you call him. Yes the game aint really that good, yes there should be a greater winning spread (though were unsure if there was or wasnt) etc etc but everyone shut the fuck up, and accept this has a nice payout even if for 1 player, and there being a tournament in the 1st place.

<< Comment #133 @ 17:38 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

GzUz - Reply to #131

Yeah!

And one more thing: some people said a such high prize should be given to better games (Q3 1vs1 for instance), I kinda agree. HOWEVER, you may not complain about THIS HL2DM organizer for that, but for the ones that make the Quake tourneys...

Edited by GzUz at 17:38 CDT, 10 August 2006

<< Comment #137 @ 20:24 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

thelawenforcer ' - Reply to #133

this wasnt a progaming tournament, just some amateur contest, to promote a product, just like BMW could do a fun driving competition with an M3 as 1st prize. sure its not the best cars or tracks, or even drivers, but thats not the point of it all.

<< Comment #139 @ 21:28 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

GzUz - Reply to #137

I agree, but if a non progaming tourney gives 100.000 for the 1st place, the pro tournaments "should" give a lot more.

<< Comment #147 @ 04:35 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

rdminho - Reply to #139

Well a company like Verizon who probably has millions of users for their internet service, can afford that without too much problems. Where as tournaments like cpl have to depend on their sponsors.

<< Comment #163 @ 08:47 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

sudsta ' - Reply to #147

correct, and 100 000 to them is not easy to come by.

<< Comment #164 @ 09:36 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

GzUz - Reply to #147

Yes, I'm aware of that.

It's just that a non professional give better prizes then professionals is just "wrong". At least it feels wrong for me.

<< Comment #140 @ 21:33 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

simple_quaker

micah:
buy the penny bar and give jimmy a vacation.
or better yet,
steamroll that european market disaster.

still can't believe yer from meadville.
and that i went to college there.

just too funny all around :o

<< Comment #141 @ 22:34 CDT, 10 August 2006 >>

Mattinator

Congrats on the win Micah!

<< Comment #148 @ 04:36 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

rdminho

Congrats indeed nice sum ;)

<< Comment #150 @ 05:37 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

giewuer

Big-ass tv? I would buy a plasma one ;/

<< Comment #151 @ 05:54 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

perez� - Reply to #150

"big ass tv" includes plasma...

<< Comment #159 @ 07:19 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

giewuer - Reply to #151

nope. plasma is thin. big-ass is big-ass crt :F like fat == big-ass.

Edited by giewuer at 07:26 CDT, 11 August 2006

<< Comment #165 @ 09:59 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #159

Just in case you're not kidding. It's an expression :P Just means big, not that it necessarily has a big ass.

<< Comment #176 @ 21:19 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

giewuer - Reply to #165

I'm never serious. Usually every1 thinks I'm very serious when I say anything IRL or in teh internets. ;F Anyway, I would rather say: BAD-ASS not BIG-ASS.
hje hje

Edited by giewuer at 21:23 CDT, 11 August 2006

<< Comment #178 @ 22:30 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #176

I never understand sarcasm or irony online, so I don't try :P

With bad-ass I think of something very good, cool etc, with big-ass I think of sometihing that's just big :)

<< Comment #167 @ 14:33 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

perez� - Reply to #159

no, like fucking big = big ass - like big ass car or big ass bag. here 'ass' emphasizes the adjective 'big' xD

<< Comment #177 @ 21:24 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

giewuer - Reply to #167

Ye, maybe. ; ) Anyway CRT's are usually big-butted.

<< Comment #171 @ 16:06 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

Anonymous (CPE-65-30-10-132.kc.res.rr.com)

this dude probally would have got raped if more people knew about it of course... im sure if fatal1ty knew about it he would jump over there and rape everyone. but anyways dm is nonthing but spam. this guy said he needed a new challange try q4 or q3 1v1.... i give him about till quake 6 before he becomes known.

<< Comment #172 @ 16:46 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #171

He already is known :P

And he's signed up for the CPL Championships Q3 finals http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=1172640#pid1172640

And if the European players could have attended, Zebib or Jager would have won, and we can continue like this forever :P but it doesn't matter. He won over a field of more than 6.000 players, and that's quite an accomplishment :) and I doubt he cares havin't that big check an all :P

Edited by netrex at 16:48 CDT, 11 August 2006

<< Comment #173 @ 19:00 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

willoji ' - Reply to #171

Did you read his comment?

He found out about the tournament when it was posted here, he then began practicing and ended up winning it. It's not his fault other people didn't use there initiative is it.

<< Comment #175 @ 20:00 CDT, 11 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #173

Strange thing is that cl0ck signed up and was gonna play, but he never did I think. I can understand fatal1ty not playing as he's probably very busy with Q4 and his brand and all.

<< Comment #180 @ 04:43 CDT, 12 August 2006 >>

Vo0 ++:

Nothing really.

<< Comment #182 @ 06:34 CDT, 12 August 2006 >>

Anonymous (CPE0011119f8c99-CM0012c90fe760.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com)

1. Bad game.

2. Restricted to NA players only.

3. Prizes horribly distributed.

4. He will most likely never continue a career in Pro Gaming.

5. Verizon sucks and only made 1 person happy.

Conclusion: Let's hope that is the one and only time an e-sports event with that much money goes horribly wrong.

<< Comment #183 @ 08:15 CDT, 12 August 2006 >>

netrex ' - Reply to #182

1: Taste! (though it's buggy and unbalanced)

2: True!

3: True!

4: He's signed up for Q3 CPL

5: I'm sure one is VERY happy, but those who won PC's gotta be a little happy as well :P

<< Comment #184 @ 16:56 CDT, 12 August 2006 >>

Anonymous (CPE0011119f8c99-CM0012c90fe760.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com)

Yea they are probably happy with a new computer but when they think of that computer compared to his $100,000 they will be pretty angry. Especially the 2nd place guy knowing he was so close =p. Oh and I will take back #4 since he is attending CPL and trying to continue gaming etc.. =]

<< Comment #185 @ 16:56 CDT, 12 August 2006 >>

Anonymous (CPE-65-30-10-132.kc.res.rr.com)

he may have signed up but he is going to get raped first or second round.

<< Comment #186 @ 22:57 CDT, 12 August 2006 >>

CR0C0

everyone knew about the tournament. Not everyone cared to play because of the game and because it required you to spend alot of time playing it to qualify. Fatal1ty has a plenty big network of suckasses to tell him of something like this even if he never read the internet , don't worry.

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