WEM Drop 1.6

According to sources at cnFrag.com, WEM staff have stated privately they will be dropping Counter-Strike 1.6 from their list of supported games.
Joining 1.6 on the scrapheap will be Warcraft 3 and in their place will be League of Legends and Starcraft 2.

The news will be an especially big blow for the 1.6 competitive scene having just learned that WCG will no hold PC gaming tournaments. Speculation is also rife that other big tournaments are set to follow suit in what looks like being the final year for serious competitive 1.6

WEM had announced that they were putting the tournament back for a year following the last one 2010 and it now seems that it will return but in a very different format.

No official statement has been made about the decision but it seems likely it will be made at some point next week.

take it to hltv.org

no1 gives a shit about 1.6 anymore

People aren't gonna suddenly stop playing 1.6 because it gets dropped by these big sponsors and companies. There will still be tournaments and events for years to come probably mostly in Eastern Europe/Scandinavia.

cs is dead

there's games like battlefield3 which just sorta s**t al over cs, its too old, why would companies want to back such a dated game anymore, its done its time.

Best game ive ever played and will always support people trying make it more active.

shame

World Championships final, 80,000 people was watching that stream.

Group stages an average of 25,000 people was watching the matches.

Dead u say?

yes it is dead, compared to the figures back in 2002-2006 when CS was actually good to watch.

Brings back memories of team 3D, GOL, SK etc :( makes me sad

Agree and disagree :P

Did love team 3D though.