The opinions represented in "Dolven's 2008 Post-Draft Analysis" belong to Mark Dolven and him alone. His opinions do not represent the Carolina Core, the Championship Gaming Series or its parent companies.

A few days have passed since the draft and things are starting to finally settle in. The players are starting to hand in their contracts and the season seems like an eternity away. I am so excited about 2008 and even more excited about this team; I just wish the season was starting s…  More

Girls & video games
Most of us guys take this truth to be self-evident. Let's delve in this universe where Tide flows like wine and free time is spent washing dishes. I should say that this article was inspired by Ming's post about Hafu and the recent CGS Draft in TX. This past week was in a sense sad for the eSports community.. and on another hand it was simply hillarious. This article is misogynistic, sexist, satirical, rude, blunt, offensive, not politically correct, and probably illegal. …  More

Written by Ryan "Solo" Terpstra, Lead Forza2 Feature Writer

Welcome Back CGS and Forza Fans!

Sunday's draft sure was exciting! Saturday night was an interesting night for all of the Forza hopefuls as they found out just how many spots would be available in this years draft. With the same genre, but new game it was going to be interesting to see if any of the GM's retained any of their PGR players from Season 1. The World Champion Chicago Chimera chose to retain their dynamic duo from season one w…  More

Posted by: Renji^

This is a recap of my "2008 Draft Strategy Analysis." This article will include my initial predictions, as well as the the actual protected players, and how I believe the changes will effect the overall draft sequences. Please keep in mind, that these are strictly my own opinion, and that I'm not completely omniscient.

San Francisco Optx
General Manager: Kat Hunter

2007 Draft Position: 1st
2007 Finish: 3rd in Region 1 at 7-6
2008 Draft Position: 4th
Franchise Player:…  More

Welcome to the second half of a series where theCGS.com writer Samuel Lingle breaks down the draft in detail, step-by-step, by playing the role of the most important man on each team come draft day: the General Manager. In this portion of the series he becomes Kat Hunter, Mark Dolven and Brian Flander. Contrary to many of the other articles on this subject, this article discusses what the General Managers should do, not what they likely will do. Make sure you also read the first half of t…  More

The following is an excerpt from Phantom's Weekly Blog

Last week as a Core member?
Continued dominance as a Core member?
Epic?
bananas?

After a year playing under the Carolina Core name I have been through a lot. The combine and draft, the "preseason" at EA, regular season on tv, and of course the world finals. It has been a hell of a year, full of the required ups and downs and controversy. I have to give my thanks to everyone because the support was always there for me.

First off I would …  More

Welcome to the first half of a series where theCGS.com writer Samuel Lingle breaks down the draft in detail, step-by-step, by playing the role of the most important man on each team come draft day: the General Manager. In this portion of the series he becomes Alex Conroy, Jason Lake and Dave Geffon. Contrary to many of the other articles on this subject, this article discusses what the General Managers should do, not what they likely will do. Stay tuned for the second half of this ar…  More

David "Renji^" Strausser gives us his first article after transferring from the staff of LA CompLexity. In this article, he will discuss the upcoming draft rule changes, and how they should effect the overall strategies when it comes to picks. He also goes as far as to predicting who he think each of the General Managers will choose as their four protected players. With the Combine and Draft less than two weeks away, things are starting to become a little more clear amongst the confusion, but …  More