The CPL to start taking drug tests

8-12-2006 01:05

The build-up to the CPL Winter 2006 Finals has brought a lot of excitement and buzz this December. However, along with that has come with some shocking news. The CPL have announced that as from next year's events they will start drug testing the participating gamers.

In 2007, the CPL's terms and conditions will include a new provision allowing the CPL to test participating players for drugs. "The potential for [drugs] being an issue absolutely concerns me," Munoz says. "It should concern anybody in eSports, because as the stakes get larger, as in any sport, people will look for an edge."

This perhaps comes as a shock to some who would never have though gaming would reach such a high and competitive level. The question really is, what drugs can any gamer take that can boost their performance levels in-game?

For more information about this, the full article can be found here.

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FGS this is so stupid... lets be honest... gaming is still for teens. And teens experiments... If they did drug tests at a CPL for example... they would find weed, marijuana, coke etc... Not drugs to maximize the performance. Would give gaming a bad rep :o Boys will be boys you know...

2006-12-07 20:15

4 replies

Martin, you are old!!! :D

2006-12-08 19:40

3 replies

Ok... If I ever attend a lan and u are there... x_x

2006-12-08 23:51

2 replies

haha :D

2006-12-09 18:04

suuuure!! You can't follow me if I ruuuun! :D:D

2006-12-11 10:37

i agree totally :>

2006-12-07 20:36

agrees

2006-12-07 20:45

you never know, what players are prepared to do for win.

2006-12-07 20:51

right n1

2006-12-07 21:50

I wonder when CS and othergames are going to be a olympic sport :p

2006-12-07 23:58

i know i play better while stoned lol

2006-12-08 10:37

haha, when players used drugs they can't see the cpu monitor better, 'cause they are "flying to the moon" (or may be flying to polaris).

2006-12-08 13:09

They want to say that for example drugs increase gaming skill? I don't think so

2006-12-08 14:30

its not drugs like coke, and stuff mates.. its drugs too increase your performance, better concentration, and better reflexex... and they aint searcing u backage for drugs.. omg, (:D) they are just doing a "doping test"

2006-12-08 14:35

I dont even think you will aim better with drugs :D this is just so stupid! it have no point

2006-12-08 16:18

Drugs can boost reflexes very much.

2006-12-08 16:48

no it decreases them, so basicly ull play 100x worse:)

2006-12-09 00:01

Agree with mios :) I don't know which drugs can make your reflexes better... :P

2006-12-09 08:16

"Omg, noob hacker" "i dont hack i'm doped!" :)

2006-12-09 15:41

2 replies

Haha lol! :)

2006-12-11 10:39

Hahaha :D *rolf* :D

2006-12-12 19:54

LoL... ^^

2006-12-09 15:47

where so much money is, there will try to cheat

2006-12-10 17:56

hacker is a present 4 our ^_^ gl

2006-12-12 17:45

-_- drug test man what drug gonna do to gamers when they r playing ? -_-

2006-12-14 07:05

When I think about doping in real sports, and in CS... c'mon I don't think that your reflex will be buffed much higher than you can obtain during years of playing. Someone said that when they were playing Q3 they used some very little doses of morphine to become more calm, but for me there isn't a solid drug that can be better than pure skill.

2006-12-14 23:24