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The Championship Gaming Series - Sore Loser...

I was just looking at some weblog entries from the Championship Gaming Series. The team in question here are the San Francisco Optx, following their tough defeat at the hands of the Birmingham Salvo (holy crap, Britain beating the USA, this should NEVER happen!)
Most of the entries were standard, casual passages about life after defeat, but one very much stood out from the crowd, namely from the female Optx DOA 4 player, Vanessa. Titled 'The Day After' (more like 'The Morning After'), the post attempted to disguise its true nature under the veil of 'a good old fashioned vent' but in actual fact it's just pure, unrefined sour grapes. The belly of the beast considers the semifinal in which Birmingham's Messy defeated Carolina's Offbeat in a final round decider. Offbeat had won 5 rounds in a row, but lost the 6th to send Carolina crashing out. The poorly written blog demeans Messy, ranting about how he essentially didn't deserve any credit for winning the final round, when he had been dominated by Offbeat for the previous five. It seems to deny Offbeat choking for some reason, and even worse, denies Messy pulling through for his team, calling it an embarrassment! I'm sorry, but Offbeat actually stood up to taunt Messy before the final round... Messy remained seated, kept his focus and won. If that isn't pulling through then please tell me what is!? Oh, and during the world final itself, Messy defeated NinjaCW, the heavy favourite.
Winning when it really matters is exactly what all legendary sportsmen and women, no matter what discipline, have in common. It's a quality that Britain does lack in a number of areas, so it's great to see them triumph at the CGS.
Both Messy and Offbeat are terrific players, but I would agree that the North American DOA4 skill level is higher than that of the UK, and I dare say the rest of the World. It's just a vapid, pointless attempt at criticising an underdog for showing the skill and determination on the day. The behaviour of NinjaCW after his defeat was also appalling. A very lame handshake with Messy, followed by him completely ignoring ODEE, Birmingham's Manager, on his way off the arena. NinjaCW then lay inconsolably face first on the side of the arena...
Gaming is now branded a sport, the gamers branded 'athletes'. This ungraciousness in defeat is not how athletes behave. NinjaCW, like myself, is also a karateka, and his televised amateur dramatics do not conform well with the honourable actions of a true martial artist.
Aside from all the negativity of the blog and indeed this post, Vanessa did congratulate the Salvo on their win. This was great to see, and she is a fantastic player, but for some reason I seem find the phrase "I don't give a f**k" floating around some of the message boards of the American DOA4 players. It's great to know you don't give a f**k, about what exactly? Maybe you all enjoy thinking like this, but evidently, Birmingham don't take no crap from nobody, san.

Messy, you sure can hold your nerve under pressure.
RattlesnK and the Counter Strike Source team, you're awesome.
Vanessa, just keep thinking of that scoreboard. Hmmm, what was it again? 22-15 to Salvo?

posted by qmchaz64 @ 5:30 pm