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Activisions Call of Duty Championship presented by Xbox brings esports to the next generation

The World’s Best Call of Duty Teams Return to Los Angeles, CA,

28th-30th March, for the Ultimate Competition and a $1 Million Prize Pool

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GamersHeaven3751d ago ShowReplies(3)
Are_The_MaDNess3751d ago

esports, call of duty & console shouldn't be in the same sentence.

wake me up when they are even close to the level of Starcraft players and Dota Players......

ziggurcat3751d ago

wake me up when playing video games is even close to being an actual sport...

Are_The_MaDNess3751d ago (Edited 3751d ago )

well sports is a source of amusement or entertainment in the old language, its only in the later times that they link sports to running and playing with balls.

Sport can be alot of things, aslong as its fun.
most sports also require a degree of skill.
both of witch games can fall a part off.

also a second thing. what does normal phyical sport have to do with anything. we are on a gaming site commenting about a esports championship with a game in it.

esports are already a term well used and known about.

also another point, the states are already giving out athlete visas for esport players.

ziggurcat3751d ago (Edited 3751d ago )

@ are_the_madness:

the definition of sport:

sport

noun
1.
an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

so in order for it to be a sport, it requires physical exertion... and i'm afraid raging like an idiot seen here: http://youtu.be/pJZ3inF2EGc doesn't count.

what does normal sport have to do with it? because video games are *not* sports. putting an "e" in front of the word "sports" doesn't make it so.

and as i've said before in a related article thread: the US has also classified pizza as being a vegetable, so what in the world do they know?

Are_The_MaDNess3751d ago

actually, if you read up on the term sport it can be used in anything that pushes you more than you would do at normal.

also, words are not bound by a dictionary. words can be anything its can be totally random letters as long as people understand what it is. meaning any made up word no matter how silly they are is a word as long as its defined in some way for the second party.

also, most countries give out visas for esports, atleast the larger once when it come to championships.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

also, did you know that Chess is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee? it is.
not everything is like you want it to be. words are words. no dictionary is right and just because a word isn't described in one way in the book doesn't mean that it any less wrong.

and actually, by just putting an e in-front of sports actually makes it another word. weird how words and letters work, add some letters in and you have another completely different word with a different meaning.
by putting an e infront of sport to make esport define it as esport as in electronic sport and not sport witch you think of.

take the term mind sport for example, it can be classified with chess and other board games, even speed reading and computer programming.

esport players should have the same obligation to mental agility as we do to physical agility.

yeahokchief3751d ago (Edited 3751d ago )

But have you considered this?

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

i think you are greatly overestimating the level of skill required for it to be great tonight.

TheObserver3751d ago

Eh . . . Next gen of E-Sports with a game that have aim assist? Okay! Ha!

Are_The_MaDNess3751d ago

i know right.... sad isnt it. that they need to have aim assist in a game. and they are trying to have a real championship with this game. LMAO.

CS players > Cod players......

Thepharaoh3751d ago (Edited 3751d ago )

Your mistaken Counter Strike>>>>>> >>>>>>>&a mp;gt ;>>>>>>>& amp;g t;>>>>>>> & gt;>>>>>>> ; >>>>>>>&a mp;gt ;>>>>>>>& amp;g t;>>>>>>> & gt;>>>>>>> ; >>>>>>>&a mp;gt ;>>>>>>>& amp;g t;>>>>>>> & gt;>>>>>>> ; >>>>>>>&a mp;gt ;>>>>>>>& amp;g t;>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>&a mp;gt ;>>>>>>>& amp;g t;>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>&a mp;gt ;>>>>>>>& amp;g t;>>>>>>> & >>>>>>> >>>>>>>&a mp;gt ;>>>>>>>& amp;g t;>>>>>>> & >>>>>>> >>>>>>>&a mp;gt ;>>>> Call of duty

curtis923751d ago (Edited 3751d ago )

Ah, sponsored by MS. Well that explains it. Nothing like crowning a champ when you're leaving out half the player base.

Team_Litt3751d ago

Sony are more than welcome to host a tourny of their own...no?

hazardman3751d ago

Exactly. I dont know why theyre mad about an event sponsored by MS. BTW would be cool to see who does have better FPS players. PS or Xbox. I play on both and IMO the competition a little bit more on XBL. That being said I dont play these games everyday 24-7 either but can hold my own on both when im serious.

Mikeyy3751d ago

Kind of a hollow victory to win this championship when half your competition is locked out because they simply prefer PlayStation.

Team_Litt3751d ago

Hollow $1 million...I'll take it.

Mikeyy3751d ago

Still can't claim to be the best. Having a million bucks doesn't make you the best at COD

USA0073751d ago

You don't win 1mil anyways, 1st place gets 400k

hazardman3751d ago

Did you have a shot at the $$$ given the chance and that might as well be the ? For everyone mad complaining that it was only for Xbox gamers at a Xbox sponsored event. Because if you didnt have a chance why you MAD. Tweet Sony and have them do an event for you guys.

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Players claim Fortnite ruined Call of Duty by letting in more corporate greed

Do you remember what gaming was like before Fortnite entered the gaming space? One of the biggest arguments was about loot boxes. Now we have conversations about crossovers, battle passes, and community outreach.

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GoodGuy092d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Idk. Loot boxes did disappear and battle passes and in game purchases are all cosmetic. We get free weapons and maps post launch, any gameplay affecting content. I could care less about all the cosmetics.
I absolutely hated the days where weapons were locked behind a less than 1% chance lootbox pull where it'd take 5+ hours to have enough tokens to do a single pull and lazy remastered/remake maps cost you $15 each wave or $50 for the season pass that you didn't know what you'd get and these maps were only available to those that bought it so you get a smaller pool of players match with.

Tacoboto16h ago

The "good ole days" are actually what drove me away from COD and Halo 3/Reach. Halo 4 becoming a COD-like drove me away from that only a week or so after it launched and I beat its campaign.

It sucked way back then, going a month or two without playing online-shooter-of-the-moment, and then needing to buy a $15 map pack to play with the majority of the population or your favorite playlist. The "community" rejecting Spartan Points in MCC killed that game's support, too. No revenue = no support, plain and simple.

Cacabunga8h ago

That headline could easily be something Spencer could have said 😅 I had to check if it was really an opinion piece

KyRo8h ago

As times gone on, the COD battle pass has got ALOT worse so they can push people to buy the more premium battle pass which itself is a huge rip off and nearly half the price of the base game.

The cosmetics can be fine but they've taken it to far to the point of no return. Why make a military themed game then have rabbits, dinosaurs, cats, rats & z list rappers as skins? You wouldn't add a Lamborghini to a fantasy RPG to replace a horse and you would never see Mario have limb dismemberment because they know what they are. COD is having identity crisis but kids and streamer but then all

franwex18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

Call of duty can simply not copy the bad aspects of Fortnite? Or is that too out of this world? Like COD, a realistic shooter-just HAD to have Nicki Minaj running around? Or super heroes?

Inverno15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

Exactly! Trends don't all need to be followed. Plus where Fortnite got somewhat better with it's monetization, Acti got worse. Or at least Fortnite has lended itself more to the wacky stuff, and has put more effort and quality into that stuff.

jjb198116h ago

I prefer the battle passes with free maps than the $50 season pass that divided the community. I definitely feel that Fortnite had some influence on CoD having loot boxes with Blackout being introduced in 2018 with Black Ops 4.

PRIMORDUS16h ago(Edited 15h ago)

Actually Fortnite bullshit ruined Unreal Tournament. Epic are sellouts and I will never have that shitty store on my PC, fuck them and that shit bag Tim Sweeney. At least the community keeps the games alive, I still play UT2004.

StoneTitan4h ago

I mean cant really blame them for supporting the game that made them the most money and the most people player...ever?

Psychonaut8515h ago

Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance.

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Massive new COD Black Ops Gulf War leak lifts the lid on loadouts

The Black Ops Gulf War leaks continue with a list of weapon descriptions giving more info on what you can expect from new and returning weapons.

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Call of Duty Players Disappointed by $80 B.E.A.S.T. Glove Bundle Deal

Recently, players of Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone were met with a new bundle featuring the B.E.A.S.T. Glove, inspired by King Kong's armament in the Godzilla x Kong movie. However, the $80 price tag attached to this themed accessory left many Call of Duty fans feeling underwhelmed.

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Kaii8d ago

Morons that allow themselves to be milked continuously by this company is the definition of irony.
Spend more $$ and you'll end up In easier lobbies so you win both ways when ya spend that cash

melons8d ago

Controversy in the COD community feels like it happens within an alternate timeline. Activision will take the piss with something, there will be a momentary fuss about it, and then they will forget about it and carry on anyway. Repeat this cycle literally every year for the rest of time.

Gridknac8d ago

They call that a crack head! Thats what this is really about, its an addiction. People who dont smoke cigarettes look and laugh at the addicts that spend $8-$10 a pack, but they cant help themselves, they are addicted. That same analogy applies perfectly to the whole MT industry. Only an addict that was not thinking clearly would spend this kind of money on something so frivolous. A round of multiplayer provides the same high a person gets from scratching a lotto ticket, or putting money on a sports bet. MT in general need to really be regulated because you have a generation of kids becoming adults who grew up only knowing the MT era of gaming. Its normal to them and they will in turn teach their kids the same by just being a gaming parent and getting their kids involved with them in gaming. Thats why no matter how ridiculous the headlines keep getting out of the MT industry, it never seems to fade or go away.

X-236d ago

I'm so tired of hearing about what they're doing with this game, its never going to change and it's never going to value the consumer over money, furthermore the people who engage so heavily in the microtransactions I guess allegedly are having a blast and can't wait to do it some more this year when the new version of the game drops.