Back in lovely NYC after a kooky four day/seven city (if you count stopovers) tour of the USA. The FRAG3 was a terrific event, definitely continuing the trend of the CPL events getting smoother and more seamless every time out. This event featured one of the best layouts I can recall (though there never seem to be enough spectator seats for the big matches), food and drink sales available right in the middle of the gaming area (anyone who has ever attended a LAN party large or small knows what a great thing this is), and the usual mix of happy, friendly folks all focused on a quest for sleep-deprived LAN fun. There were some great matches (with the aforementioned final match that featured a kill to tie the match with five seconds remaining on the timelimit!), though there was also at least one match that degenerated into a shameful 0-0 that ran more than five minutes into overtime because neither player seemed interested in leaving his camping spot--the type of play that does not help gaming as a spectator sport. Props to the hard-working CPL staff and volunteers on the success of the event. Some MAD PROPS are surely in order for Frans as well, for keeping things running so smoothly here in his debut trial-by-fire weekend.

Link of the Day: Cliff, what is this look? GT Forum. Thanks devilbunny.