tbh its starting become a little annoying opening Custom PC to find articles that i have read on bit-tech, or vice versa.

A couple of years ago I played in a couple of local counter strike tournaments and really enjoyed it. Playing in the competitive environment of a tournament is just a lot more fun than just playing on a public server online. The biggest problem when playing on a public server is you rarely get any real team work at all, because everyone is just playing for themselves not really for the team.

I also enjoyed watching some of the demos of the CPL finals if only because it showed how much room for improvement my team still had. Just watching how they played was interesting and I enjoyed it just as much as watching some other sport on TV. Although I should mention here that I don't watch sport much except for a bit of one day or twenty-twenty cricket.

Funny to see all the local 'pros' coming out of the wood work for their 2 pence :p

I used to be very active in the CS1.6 scene - even managed to get my clan sponsored once, and that's the closest I ever got to the pro scene.

I once truly believed that gaming would one day become 'mainstream', and whilst in many senses that's become a reality, it's still not quite at the level it needs to be in order to be really endorsed.

Well, I got to travel the whole united states playing Counter-Strike and Quake, I Also have made over 20,000 in 2 years. which yes is bad but not being a full professional gamer it also is not bad.