WCG CROSSFIRE (for the halo and mw2 players in NYC)

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The World Cyber Games USA has announced its first event of 2010 hosted at the Samsung Experience in New York City on February 27th - 28th. With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 4 vs. 4, Halo 3: ODST Free For All, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Free For All competitions on Xbox 360, there is over $7,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs! The $5,000 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 4 vs 4 tournament is limited to the first 20 registered, paid, and confirmed teams ($15 refundable deposit upon check-in). The Halo 3: ODST and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 FFA tournament will each be limited to the first 100 registered players and features a $600 cash and prize pool. There will be tentative female-only Halo 3:ODST FFA and COD:MW 2 FFA events pending a minimum number of 20 eligible female players for each game. Be sure to compete or stop in to check out the action for your chance to win great Samsung prizes!

What: WCG Crossfire Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 4 vs. 4, Halo 3: ODST free for all, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 free for all tournaments
Where:
The Samsung Experience in New York City
When: February 27th - 28th

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 4 vs. 4 Prizing:

1st place – $2,000
2nd place – 4 x Samsung Netbook Computers
3rd place – 4 x Samsung Monitors

Halo 3: ODST Free For All Prizing (Saturday, February 27th):

1st place – $250
2nd place – Samsung Monitor
Note: Prizes are contingent on 20 or more participants

Call of Duty: MW 2 Free For All Prizing (Sunday, February 28th):

1st place – $250
2nd place – Samsung Monitor
Note: Prizes are contingent on 20 or more participants



HERE IS THE LINK FOR ALL THIS GOODNESSS

http://qualify.us.wcg.com/crossfire

[PMS NamelessGRL]

the mw2 4v4 is for xbox aswell? no pc at all?? T_T

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yea all 360 im sorry :(

[Rip]

imo the game is not suitable for competition on PC. (COD4 is better for PC) - lacking dedicated servers basically hampers a tournament horrifically in the PC world.

[PMS NamelessGRL]

ya i guess so =( but yayyy for the xbox community! seems u guys get lot of tournaments xD

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yea but the xbox has the same prob its very hard to setup for 360 on lan

[Rip]

yea but the xbox has the same prob its very hard to setup for 360 on lan

yes and no. The console community has long come to accept p2p matches with one player being host as somehow 'okay'. And lets face it, with a closed platform box solely running the games - and the joystick control scheme (as compared to mouse and keyboard), the host advantage is not quite as big of a deal. It still IS certainly an issue, moreso in some games then others, but console tournaments have come to live with that system.

Unfortunately, its much much bigger of an issue when it comes to PC. 25ms on LAN lag you can get away with on console, but its a problem for the ultra-competitive PC side of things. Likewise, online iwnet sits at about 200ms of lag resulting in a huge amount of lag correction calculations. Ever get shot while you thought you were behind a wall, only to see in the killcam the enemy appears to have the bead on you and fire while you're in the open? Lag correction, and its bad. I consider the lag online for MW2 on console "barely playable", moreso on the unplayable from a competitive perspective. For PC however, 200ms is totally unplayable for any vetrin PC gamer in the FPS world. (MMO / RTS is different). For the more hairline trigger games, you want pings under 50 really. Dedicated servers allow for that, but iwnet does not.

I wish consoles had them too, then most people would become accustom to the benefits that dedis provide, they would see hwo they can make the game better. Even if the matchmaking system ran otherwise identical to the current setup, if players connected to a dedicated server you'd see less connections issues and much better connectivity. Sadly it is rather expensive for a company to host a lot of dedis, especially on the scale that you'd need for MW2. :(

[Iris]

still typing stories as posts, I see. GJ Rip!