Thread: CPL (Cyberathelete Professional League) closes

CPL Closes [March 14, 2008, 08:28 am ET] - 7 Comments
Cyberathlete Professional League Website announces this professional video game league has shut down after more than ten years of operation. There's no word on how this impacts development of Severity, the competitive multiplayer shooter being developed for the CPL by Escalation Studios under the helm of Tom Mustaine (story). Here's the announcement:

Effective immediately, the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) will cease operations. Therefore, all CPL events currently scheduled for 2008 are hereby canceled.

The CPL was launched in June 1997 with the pioneering mission of promoting and sanctioning video game competitions as a professional sport. For ten years the CPL events experienced increased growth - commencing with a small LAN event in Dallas, Texas, and culminating in world-class competitions across five continents.

However, the current fragmentation of the sport, a crowded field of competing leagues, and the current economic climate have prompted the CPL to suspend its pro-tournament operations. The CPL regrets that this news will disappoint those that were planning on attending the summer and winter events this year.

Many thanks to all of the sponsors and partners that helped CPL establish the groundwork for professional video game competitions. Their vision and pioneering spirit should always be remembered.

A moment of 1337 silence, please.

lolz - pwnd.

CAL remains intact, for those that care.

Guess that just leaves cevo, cgs, csa, esl, eswc, kodes5, ngl, wcg. :/

Originally Posted by Bunni

Guess that just leaves cevo, cgs, csa, esl, eswc, kodes5, ngl, wcg. :/

I really, seriously hope that was sarcasm.

(and you forgot a couple :P )

Originally Posted by styley

Originally Posted by Bunni

Guess that just leaves cevo, cgs, csa, esl, eswc, kodes5, ngl, wcg. :/

I really, seriously hope that was sarcasm.

(and you forgot a couple :P )

?

Well I know you forgot TWL and OGL (if you really want to count OGL as "pro"...), but I'm not sure what the sarcasm remark was about.