WCG 2009 or WCG 1999?

I am a big fans of video game. I started playing video game (NES) when i was 5. Mario, Donkey Kong and Link pretty much filled my childhood.

WCG or world cyber games was created in 2001 and South Korea was the host nation for the WCG 2001 tournament. Since then, WCG kick off as the biggest and greatest video game tournament in the world. It's called "Olympics of video games"

In 2001, 6 games were selected. AOE 2, Starcraft, Fifa world cup, Counter Strike, UT and Quake 3. All those games are appropriate and great at the time.

However, if you can believe it, 3 of those games are still here at WCG 2009 which is Starcraft, CS and Fifa. Luckily Fifa world cup is changed to fifa 2009 but the other 2: starcraft and CS is still here. Then in 2003, warcraft 3 was added into WCG and guest what, it is still here. Luckily we have track mania, guitar hero and VF 5 to save the day.

So back to the topic of this article, are we in 2009 or 1999? is WCG in 2009 or 1999. Are we in the twenty first century yet?

Starcraft is a 11 years old game (released in March 1998 and its expansion, Brood war released in November 1998) and Counter Strike is a 10 years old mod (created in 1999) based on a 11 years old game (half life). Although Warcraft 3 was a 2002 game and its expansion, The Frozen Throne, released in 2003, the graphic element in this game is poor and cartoon-like.

This 3 games feel and look like twentieth century and nowhere near twenty first century. We got simply tons of games that play just as well as those 3 games but way better in graphic and sound element and would simply make the WCG experience that much better.

Starcraft and Warcraft 3 are RTS game. We got World in conflicts, Company of Heroes, Command and Conquer 3 and Red Alert 3, Medieval 2 Total war, Supreme Commander, Sins of Solar empire. I believe all of them play just as great as those 2 but have much better graphic, realism and experience.

As for Counter strike, I can name dozens of great FPS game that is much better than CS either in graphic, sound and even game play. Crysis, call of duty (all of them, especially modern warfare) Gears of war, Medal of Honour (all of them, especially airborne), Brothers in Arms (all of them), Battlefield series (all of them), Dooms 3, UT 2007, Quake 4, Halo (available in pc remember), Rainbow Six (4, Lockdown and vegas), Ghost Recon 2, and the list just continues......

Computer hardware and software nowadays let us know we are in 2009 and not 1999, the game installed in our PC let us know we are in 2009 and not 1999, the calender of the wall let us know we are in 2009 and not 1999. I hope WCG will let us know it is the year 2009 and not 1999.

P/S: No offense for CS, Warcraft 3 and Starcraft fans but you need to move on and look at games in the present and future, not past.