CAL - CPL Down! LEAGUE SUSPENDED

CAL CPL DOWN?​

UPDATE

From Iceman:

ok on Irc this is what is posted by Beck:

The CAL staff and administration are still locked out of the site and therefore the league is temporarily suspended from operations. THIS GOES FOR ALL GAMES. Intention, motive, reason and future plans are thus far up in the air. As soon as we know anything you guys will be promptly told. Until then we're choosing not to make asses out of ourselves and spout assumptions. so please just bear with us until we have something.

CAL is Cyberathlete Professional League
CPL is Cyberathlete Professional League

UPDATE



From GGL WIRE: It looks like this may be the end of CPL. There has been a lot of people losing a lot of money. For instance, there was ALOT of Saudi money invested in CitiBank and it basically evaporated. It turns out there is ALOT of oil and diminished demand. We do not know who in the EAU bought CPL but they undoubtedly are invested in other areas besides CPL (or if they are only invested in gaming, they really really really like video games).

Sponsors are cash poor. So companies like CPL with budgets and salaries are taking it on the chin. Where as organizations like eGO, whose salaried employees are paid with pride, can take gear in lieu of money.







It looks like the CAL website is down. CAL was recently purchased by a company in the United Arab Emirates on November 14th, 2008.


From a cached page on their website:

Update on CAL's Acquisition
As previously announced, CAL was sold to the newly formed CPL Holdings Group, LTD., of the United Arab Emirates.

A few weeks ago the acquisition was finalized and this weekend we have commenced the process of transferring CAL to new host servers in the United Kingdom. While we are hoping for minimum interruption to CAL operations, it is likely that you will experience downtime while trying to access the CAL website.

Please bear with us as we complete the transfer process to the new owners...

*Due to the Islamic EID holidays, email addresses in this release will not be active until Monday, October 6, 2009. angel.munoz

This is interesting at the very least.

Can we get reports from anyone who has forum access to CAL?

 

[DarkElfa]

Thats why we rock, plain and simple.
XD

 

[gotrice]

I MADE A POST ON THIS

http://edgegamers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=70761


NEW CAL WEBSITE: CPLHOLDINGS.COM

 

[ottobohn]

This is the best time to throw up an entirely new league. Start it in America first, then move beyond.

Otto

 

[Baghdatis]

Put it this way, the admins can login to the forums and all, still have IRC access, but the owners changed. Angel Munoz's name is not on the organizers list anymore, but he has a @thecpl.com email adress. Its weird what is going on with CAL, but I think they will die.

Looking at the forum, admins are posting videos about CAL dying and such.

If they are going to become a Pay-To-Play league, no one is going to play, they will just play CEVO since it is much better than CAL (Sorry if I offend anyone).

More info to come most likely. They aren t taking IRC support in #calsupport-css either. There were 120 people in their the other day lol

 

[Swordsman12]

Wow fist the economy now this

 

[Geno]

This shouldn't be a suprise! They've been talking about this since CPL got bought out months ago, it was only a matter of time.

 

[Legit^]

wow this sucks

 

[ottobohn]

I think it's a great oppertunity. Honestly, CAL dropping allows new fresh blood to bring a gaming league. Pay to play like CEVO has its gig, but if no one steps up and puts a new league together, oppertunity missed. Fortunes and success are made in recessions. Bad economy means weeding out the the bloated guys.

 

[skoutzykola]

to me....it doesnt matter if the cal is down....as long as we all have fun

 

[gotrice]

UPDATE*****


CPL WEBSITE:


As previously announced, CAL was sold to the newly formed CPL Holdings Group, LTD., of the United Arab Emirates.

A few weeks ago the acquisition was finalized and this weekend we have commenced the process of transferring CAL to new host servers in the United Kingdom. While we are hoping for minimum interruption to CAL operations, it is likely that you will experience downtime while trying to access the CAL website.

Please bear with us as we complete the transfer process to the new owners.

 

[JohnT]

Rice, we knew about that yesterday. That is on the front page news.

Thanks for fixing your sig

 

[Geno]

From what I've seen heard, Cal will be staying in action. Except now it'll be run out of europe.

 

[BillytheKid]

from what i've seen heard, cal will be staying in action. Except now it'll be run out of europe.

give this kid an award .......... Academy award

 

[BILL CLINTON]

"The new management of CAL will seek to increase its worldwide presence, enhance its infrastructure, and create a more interactive and fair environment for online game competitions. Participation in CAL will continue to be free of cost."

All I know is DoD:S is already dieing, so I wouldn't expect it being on this new version of CAL.

 

[Azn_Master]

...

thats weird

 

[Azn_Master]

hope it goes okay

 

[Deacon]

CAL Operations

All CAL Operations are currently suspended while the acquisition is being completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused to the community.

A more formal announcement will be made in the coming days regarding when operations will resume.

-CAL Network and Operations Staff

Posted on Tue, Feb 24, 09 at 06:24

Keep and eye on this page. The others have good info, but this is where the players go.