CBS to air "clean version" of World Series of Video Games

[CptStern]

Now competitive video gaming is going to get a shot at mainstream network treatment when an hourlong special about the World Series of Video Games appears as part of the CBS Sports Spectacular on Dec. 30.

The event will mark the first time that professional video gaming will be broadcast as a sport on network television.

One handicap is that CBS will only show snippets of actual competitive game play. The gory content in the games being played, like Counter Strike 1.6, Halo 2 and Quake 4, is considered inappropriate for the Saturday afternoon timeslot.

there's "gory" content in CS? Halo2? oh you mean blood ...I guess no one's ever bled in competitive sports before? is boxing now a no-contact sport? ..so I guess they'll stick to broadcasting competitive virtual sports in a timeslot competeing with ..real sports ...sounds like a brilliant plan


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/04/t...rss&adxnnlx=1165242570-RyqeccyemxfSeeKpSWj58A

 

[Evo]

Riiiight...would understand if there was some Soldier of Fortune in there!

 

[15357]

It's called animated gore, actually. Darker color. CS is rated 19+ here because of that.


Besides, blood and gore, even though animated has never been for the 12 and belows.

 

[hool10]

Meh who wants to watch that anyways? A good example of failure is TechTV turned into G4TV.

 

[Darkwolf]

Idunno... if they broadcast some Korean Starcraft I'd watch it!

 

[Ravioli]

Whats the point of showing the game if your...not really showing it? Stupid people

 

[Majestic XII]

America, **** yeah!

 

[Beerdude26]

Idunno... if they broadcast some Korean Starcraft I'd watch it!

Hell yeah I think a lot of people would think that they're watching millions of bacteria sprawling everywhere and killing each other.

 

[CyberPitz]

Idunno... if they broadcast some Korean Starcraft I'd watch it!

Yeah, that's some of the best examples there. You see how many people actually turn out for that stuff..it's insane.

 

[15357]

Yeah, that's some of the best examples there. You see how many people actually turn out for that stuff..it's insane.

Oh yeah, there was this live game in front of the City Square, and they had to get riot police because there were just too many fans.


I would get a few videos, if I knew where to post them. (if you have starcraft installed, I'll just post the replays, if you don't mind, somtime)

 

[Jangle]

I find tv programmes about video games or the internet so dumbed-down and patronising it's just awful to watch. Like a while ago on channel 4 there was some games awards show that was terrible. It was full of celebrities trying to show how hip and cool they are by appearing on it when they clearly didn't give a shit or know what was going on. I can't remember what it was now, but when I saw what game had won 'game of the year' I turned my telly off in disgust.

 

[CyberPitz]

Oh yeah, there was this live game in front of the City Square, and they had to get riot police because there were just too many fans.


I would get a few videos, if I knew where to post them. (if you have starcraft installed, I'll just post the replays, if you don't mind, somtime)

Post the replays! You could FRAPs the videos too I guess, and host them on youtube.

 

[15357]

Ah, well, I will have to go through the trouble of getting to know what FRAPs is, and joining youtube.. .but what the hell.



Now the trouble is finding some good games.

 

[CptStern]

ya I spend most of the time saying: no dear god no dont do that, could that possibly be more embarrassing to gamers? why are the guys dressed like frogs dancing?! that's not how the game is ..and WTF CAN HALO WIN ONE MORE AWARD PLEASE!!!!

"and the award for most convincing blade of grass texture goes to ... OMG Halo wins again <clap clap> lets give a hand for the boys at Blizzard for creating such a great interactive entertainment software <golf clap>"

spiketv awards were painful

 

[CyberPitz]

ya I spend most of the time saying: no dear god no dont do that, could that possibly be more embarrassing to gamers? why are the guys dressed like frogs dancing?! that's not how the game is ..and WTF CAN HALO WIN ONE MORE AWARD PLEASE!!!!

"and the award for most convincing blade of grass texture goes to ... OMG Halo wins again <clap clap> lets give a hand for the boys at Blizzard for creating such a great interactive entertainment software <golf clap>"

spiketv awards were painful

You just made people at work wonder why I busted up laughing so hard.

 

[CptStern]

just tell them "videe-o games made me do eet" ..then blink very fast and try to drool a bit ......works for me

 

[DEATHMASTER]

UT...ok, gibs there, CS.............................

 

[CyberPitz]

UT...ok, gibs there, CS.............................

Yeah....CS has slight blood..but that's it. You see worse in movies for the love of god.

 

[<RJMC>]

as I said in a thread in general game chat, games geting into another comercial stuff, soon videogames will be more mentioned in ads,like in a cellphone company showing about how great is a cellphone showing someone playing a videogame whit it,and even politics will use videogames in theyr campaings

 

[CyberPitz]

as I said in a thread in general game chat, games geting into another comercial stuff, soon videogames will be more mentioned in ads,like in a cellphone company showing about how great is a cellphone showing someone playing a videogame whit it,and even politics will use videogames in theyr campaings

The day video games are used in campaigns, is the day guys like Jack Thompson disappear...which I don't see any time soon.

 

[<RJMC>]

The day video games are used in campaigns, is the day guys like Jack Thompson disappear...which I don't see any time soon.

who knows is a crazy world

 

[Darkwolf]

Post the replays Numbers! D:

 

[Jintor]

The day video games are used in campaigns, is the day guys like Jack Thompson disappear...which I don't see any time soon.

Like I said, when gamers inhereit the earth.

 

[Uriel]

Meh who wants to watch that anyways? A good example of failure is TechTV turned into G4TV.

Exactly. I hate watching any games on the TV.
"Hey, they're playing cs"
*plays cs, and leaves tv

Why would I ever watch people play video games on the tv when I could play them myself?

 

[smwScott]

Exactly. I hate watching any games on the TV.
"Hey, they're playing cs"
*plays cs, and leaves tv

Why would I ever watch people play video games on the tv when I could play them myself?

Why watch people play real sports when you could play them yourself?

Although I agree that watching people play video games is retarded, I feel pretty much the same way about most spectator sports.

 

[GhostBoi]

If they don't want to show gore or anything like that, they should just show the SSBM competitive scene. Which, I might add is a million times better than those choices other than maybe CS.