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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Olympic gaming

It's time for the World Cyber Games...

From Cnet:

"Already a bona fide cultural phenomenon in its birthplace, South Korea--where WCG tourneys and similar events routinely fill soccer stadiums and top game players have their own fan clubs--organizers hope to quickly and profitably export competitive games to the rest of the world.

"Judging from tepid response during preliminary competition Thursday, where the atmosphere more resembled a bridge tournament than a rock concert, the organizers may have some work to do to reach South Korean levels of frenzy. Overheated play-by-play commentary during early rounds of "FIFA Soccer" was pretty much the extent of any excitement. Uniformed referees prowled the sidelines, not interested in potential doping scandals so as much as enforcing arcane rules such "No eBay bug!" and "Do not look at big screen!" "

Game on.

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