Because at Razer CPL on a Friday/Saturday night, even when the tourney was over for almost all the players, the future was still wide open. Everyone was crazy serious about practicing for the next tournament. Razer CPL was early Q3. We all knew there were more, bigger! tournaments in our future, and everyone there was thinking how good a player they'd be next time. And you could talk about how good you were going to be next time with your friends, and sometimes even wake up in the morning thinking about it.

That was a fun time, but now there is no next time. There's online leagues, and maybe another online tourney from Cache, but really, what's out there for a Quake 3 player? We like the game, and we'll keep playing the game, but what is there to look forward too. Where's the reason to practice hard?