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What Happened to CAL?

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I thought CAL was the league to be in... You were like a nobody if you werent in CAL. What happened?

LANs happened to CAL.
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umm... cevo happened. like 10 years ago brah. catch up.
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CAL still has potential. Gotfrag hurts CAL without them covering it, so no one gets to see what goes on.
I know it sounds crazy, but Gotfrag can help CAL out by giving it some exposure, but just like any media coverage, they pick and chose what to cover because of the organizations(CEVOvsCAL), and not for the community at large.
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Joined May 2008 | Total Posts 15 Posted Today at 4:05 PM EST
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CAL is a decent league still. Retarded admins though.
#cmd
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3D and coL became too cool for CAL, others followed, and it all went downhill from there
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stop posting as me you F UCKING nerd lmao
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#5

I agree with that statement
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#5, 7 , 8 , 10 are all correct
San Jose Sharks!!!

dont forget #11
Frod? lol. Sunde? yes.
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#11 is incorrect
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CAL, CEVO, LAN. Just do them all. Its that simple and its easy! enjoi captytain!
W00t
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CAL is still huge, there is just a difference between CAL and CEVO now.

CAL-O -> CAL-IM/CEVO-A -> CEVO-IM/CAL-M -> CEVO-M/CAL-P/I -> CEVO-P

Obviously, lots of variation, but as someone who has played all of those besides CAL-I/CEVO-P and still actively plays teams from all leagues, I'd say it is pretty accurate. There are CAL-M teams in CEVO-M, etc. lots of variants but still fairly accurate.
#afterwind all day
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CAL seriously sucks. No paying, crappy teams, crappy admins, and yet im still playing in it. it almost means nothing to be cal-m or cal-i in anything unless you play cevo-p
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yea gf barely does any coverage of CAL anymore, I do agree with that. I used to look forward on CAL match nights of the MELEES but you dont even see those anymore.
step out
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#5 It's quite hard to cover one league let alone two leagues. Why cover a league that is missing the top 5 (maybe more?) teams in N/A?
An update for Steam has been released. Please restart your Steam client. "what should i do?" -spinty
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They could probably pull in money from advertising and put it towards cash prizes for their league divisions. They managed to do it with some server company for CAL I a season or two back. I think it was, like, $500 first place and then some server sponsorships. >.o
I love Evil Geniuses.
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Dont even try to blame gotfrag for Cal's problems. Its not gotfrags fault CAL doesnt know how to run a legit league where people cant cheat. The real reason is because of CEVO. Cevo's client, is unhackable. Just about anyone can hack on Cal's client and get away with it. As long as ur good at covering it up ur cal-i.
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#18 because CS isnt about those "top 5" teams.

CS especially, at a time when 1.6 is arguably losing ground to source, can't afford bias like this. CS is CS. CAL still has plenty to offer to teams and fans.

Oh, and its not hard at all. All you gotta do is post the match times, the melee, and maybe get an interview here and there and some analysis on the progression of the seasons. I could do it by myself.

As much as gotfrag helps the community, it hurts it, too.
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it hasnt been good since s155555
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cevo brah

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