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| as the title says - ireland play portugal tonight at 9pm in the clanbase nations cup.
the usual channels - #team.ie and #cbnations.q3
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right. lets get this league finished for christmas, i have loads of ideas for the next one, its going to be deadly. the following games have to be played, clan leaders please organise them asap:
fh(b)-vs-n8z
xl-vs-lsd
fh(a)-vs-xl
fh(b)-vs-lsd
if i don't get cc-ed in an email from the respective clan leaders in the next 3 days attempting to organise the games, i'm going to be handing out walkovers quicker than vin hands out sweets in a creche.
we have a pretty decisive game tonight with killy's fh(aly) taking on n8z, which could decide the league winners, check #quake.ie later on for a gtv if we can get one up.
also, for those of you too lazy to click a link in irc, if we are to have any hope of getting a deadly q3/qw-only lan after christmas with possible prizes, i strongly suggest you put your name down here and show that there would be some support for such a lan.
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i noticed this interview done by azer with a belgian q3 player zionteck who has been making q3 hacks that are not detected by punkbuster or osp. it is interesting because this player (under different aliases) has been in a number of barrysworld clans, and was even trialling for my tdm clan q3p (known as nator at the time) before he got booted when flamey found out who he was. he has a 20 q3 cd keys, which led to a mistake by jolt q3dml who banned a player thinking it was ziontek.
its just a reminder that we still have to keep our eyes open on the servers, there are still plenty of cheaters around and this one at least is likely to ask for a trial in your tdm clan at some stage 
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alright lads.
word on the street is that there's more than likely gonna be a clan competition on at darkside with a possible prize n all. i see from the attendance list that there will be a n8z team, an fh team, an xl team and possibly even an acid team (gerry luc baz?) and whatever makey-uppey team is formed on the day. should be good crack, anyone who was at the last darkside will remember the comp was the best thing about it. aight.
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ireland played sweden in the clanbase nations ctf cup last nite. played over two maps, wcp1 and w2. with anarchy, killy, sno, vinni and kazz playing on swedans map first - wcp1. the 2nd map, w2 was anarchy, killy, sno, vinni and bd.
something was wrong.. everyone was in foul humour, there was no pre-game banter that there usually is before we play another country, irc was having net city splits and in general, things just wernt the way they normally are.. (no, this isnt excuse time.. im just telling it like it is)
okay, sweden were good, they outplayed us on their home map.. but they wernt that good. considering we have never practiced that map as a team, (yes, we should have practiced it), we should have been totally analed by sweden. on our home map, we wernt on form and sweden were playing well.
now, to the bitching.. why?.. because i have to. basicly, when the servers search started, sweden would only suggests gs.net servers, were all the sweden were pinging 32 or less (god knows what their draw ping was). we pinged about 45-54 on dsl (killy was 65 - in game: 70-170 ping).
we asked for a server in the uk and we were getting on average a 10ms advantage. despite our best efforts to provide multiple other choices of servers (swe gave no other choice but gs.net), the admin felt it was too much in favour of ireland and forced the match on the gs.net servers. (even with killy on isdn and vinnis connect often bouncing up and down from 200-500).
add all that up, i donno what you got, but it just wasn't our night at all and we got punished for it. sweden were a better team on the night and i cannot/will not take that away from them. but i feel the circumstances, not necessarly in our favour, but were just not right. fair enuf if you think i'm talking bollox.
anyway, heres the screenies and the match report (none yet) can be found here.
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i haven't managed to get this confirmed 100% but slayre tells me he was informed that the co-leader of my freezetag clan tdi and head of bw freezetag league passed away yesterday. he was a very friendly and enthusiastic player who spent some years quaking in ireland, but moved back to america temporarily, was due to return to ireland next summer or so. if the news is reliable then the community has lost a great character and a really nice guy. anyone who knew him can post your condolences here.
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ireland play swedan tonight at 21:00 in their 4th match of the clanbase nations cup. check out the usual channels for information and gtv, #team.ie and #cbnations.q3.
also on tonights menu is estonia v portugal at 19:00 and uk v belgium at 20:00, both matches could be very intereting to watch.
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the 5th season of nqr came to an end on monday night, the last day for reporting the games. cmf came 1st in division 1, winning 12 out of 12, followed by slackers coming 2nd and firing squad 3rd, but there is still play off's, containing the top 8th clans from division 1. gauntlet also played, coming first by winning 22 out of 23 maps in their divison, with vincent (teh gay) getting 62.6 frags in average out of 23 maps!
xhrl did a nice and long report of all the divisons, check it out here.
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if you hope to see another cpl quake 3 event follow the instructions over on esreality. registering and voting only takes a few minutes. as it stands bf1942 is running away with the poll, quake3 one vote behind rtcw.
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the lastest version of promode just came out, 1.2.
[snip]the big feature of this release is obviously hoonymode, but you could argue that it has two new gametypes rather than one: we've made a couple of small but key changes to ctf, and the end result is something that has very little in common with what cpm ctf is generally like now.
the days of two people playing defrag while 8 others ffa are over. get used to the idea of escorting and path clearing for your fc, because it's going to be extremely difficult for even the best players to make a cap without proper support. with the increased skill demands, the difference between a great fc and an average one is going to be huge: something that quake hasn't had since q2,
for all that ctf is generally viewed as a "casuals" game, i hope to see it take off to at least some extent within the community. it's a lot of fun, and very suitable for pickup games as well as competitive ones. if you'd given up on cpm ctf as a dead loss, this is the time to try it out again.
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you can get the latest version here.
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score: 3 - 1
"the scandinavians come out victorious and now even up the scores against
uk in their 4 matches in the nations cup. both sides played very well and on
both maps it could have gone either way but overall swe had the slight edge
over the british team. "
levels: wcp9, wcp1
demos : here
report and excuses here
league table here
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ireland played estonia in the clanbase nations ctf cup earlier. going over two maps, both of which were on w2.
ireland were playing with a very different line up than normal. playing in the 1st map, casc, kat, vinni, sno and killy - the irish team got off to a rocky start in the first few minutes as the estonians snuck out the flag and capped. est are known for their defensive skills and went 5 defence for the next few minutes until ireland managed to break down their defence with some well managed powerups and equalised. we then went on to take another 2 caps to win 3-1.
2nd game, casc, vinni, bd, sno, killy - with the 1st game down, ireland were feeling alot more confident much more stable with slight change of tactics. some excellent team work broke down the (at times 5) estonian defence. taking the win at 3 caps to nill, the two games were enjoyable and good fun.
clanbase report - here
demos - match 1 and match 2
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ireland played switzerland last nite in two very close games. the 1st game, (anarchy, vinni, sno, killy and dest) was on w2, irelands home map. the swiss sneaked in an early cap just before the 1st powerups, catching ireland totally off guard. ireland came back strong and placed the pressure on the swiss. taking the flag a total 33 times, going 4-5 attack at powerup times and contineously giving them lots... but the swiss dug in and defended, defended and then some. 1-0 to switzerland.
the 2nd map, ireland (anarchy, vinni, sno, killy, kazz) and took the lead about 4 minutes in and kept the swiss at bay. a tense cross-steal took place shortly afterwards, with the flags been held off for nearly 8 minutes, swapping from player to player as the swiss put some extream pressure on ireland, eventually, the pressure lasted and they returned to equalise 1-1. ireland desperately faught to get a 2nd cap in, but switzerland were content in holding onto the draw and went defensive. game ends 1-1.
they were two great games which could have easily went to a third map. i feel we made a couple of mistakes which lead to the draw on w3 and we shouldnt have let sui get that sneak cap in on the 1st map. never mind.. there is always the next time. i think we did well tho and again, we have proved that ireland are alot better than some people would like to make out (hi bigfoot!). considering, switzerland are ranked 2nd best in the cup, we did well.
demos -
admin demos : w2 and w3
anarchy pov : w3
clanbase report - here.
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a reminder.. ireland play switzerland tonight at 9pm. scorebot in #cbnations.q3 or #team.ie and gtv will be available for the games.
go on!
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.. the inside story - biohazrd tells me there might be a quake only lan happening in the new year. inviting all the players who are currently playing in the iq3cl and a few other boddies, it could proove to be an excellent lan.
24 hours of action packed, quakeworld, q2 (action packed?) and quake3. with 50+ players, thered be plenty of room to chill / drink / smoke etc
.. its all good!
stay tuned....
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 standings are going to be updated now per map rather than per match, seeing as full games don't always get done each time. teams on equal points are for now listed as per frag diff. games played so far:
week 1
n8z 4 -vs- 0 xl
fh(a) 4 -vs- 0 fh(b)
lsd -v- hiv (postponed)
week 2
n8z 4 -vs- 0 lsd
fh(b) 3 -vs- 0 xl (1 tdm map to be played - confirmed: sunday 10pm)
hiv -vs- fh(a) (postponed)
week 3 - i want dates for these games this week or wildcards forced
maps: (tdm) q3dm7, ospdm5, ospdm6 (ctf) q3ctf2, q3w2, q3wc6
n8z -vs- fh(b) (confirmed: monday 9pm)
xl -vs- hiv (postponed for now)
fh(a) -vs- lsd (confirmed: tuesday 9pm)
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n8z-v-lsd is tonight (thursday) at 9pm.
fh(a)-v-hiv is sunday at 9pm.
fh(b)-v-xl is monday at 9 (but not confirmed).
just a point here, i'm getting a little annoyed at how slowly people are organising games and how there is only the odd clanleader who isnt too lazy to email me and tell me when the games are. fh-xl on monday is ok this time (even though its very late), but the following games also have to be arranged for next week:
fh(a)-vs-lsd
fh(b)-vs-n8z
xl-vs-hiv
maps: (tdm) q3dm7, ospdm5, ospdm6 (ctf) q3ctf2, q3w2, q3wc6
to make sure games start getting played, i am introducing a "kick-up-the-arse" rule, if i havent gotten emails from the various clanleaders by the sunday of the previous week, (i.e. this sunday for next weeks games), the matches will be forced to a day and time and if your team can't make it the wildcard will be pulled and the second time it happens there will be a walkover. sorry if that sounds a bit nazi but it doesn't take much effort while ye doss on irc to send a few emails and organise a game, and i have better things to be doing than chasing after ye.
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bigfoot posted his review of the barrysworld q3ctf league end. the usual mug of coffee and an hour to spare and have a read here.
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two teams in our cb nations group, switzerland and portugal faced off last. this is interesting as ireland play switzerland this saturday coming (not 100%). winning 7-0 on their homemap, sui did a job on pt. the 2nd map it was a little closer on w2, the sui winning 7-5.
anyway, you can grab the demos from cb here and here. finland play germany tonight at 8pm our time. g'wan aly
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the iqcl scores/standings are updated here.
seeing as n8z-v-lsd had to be postponed last night, and none of the other teams turned up to play this week, we are turning back the clock again, and we are back in week 2 of the competitions. this week we have xl-v-fh(b), lsd-v-n8z and hiv-v-fh(a). we also have hiv-v-lsd, and i believe the fh(a)-v-(b) mosh was finished up last night, have to read report etc. if i don't get an email from the various clan leaders with at least an attempt to organise games this week, your wildcards will be forced, and the date and time of the game will also be forced. not trying to be a nazi, but i'm not going to sit here like an idiot because people are too lazy to organise their teams.
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over three maps, they were viciously exciting games.
lineup was anarchy, killy (isdn), vinnit(isdn), sno and dest(isdn). sno and dest were having problems, with kazz getting swapped in to replace them when they dissed. the team proved to be able to match the uk's side and gave them a seriously good whacking. on the 3rd map, there was a cross steal just at the end of the game.. it goes into over time and they get our fc 10 seconds in.. unlucky.. it could have gone any way.
in my honest opinion, i believe we were the better side through-out the 3 maps and deserved the win. anyway, it was a moral win for us and a good start to the cup.
demos from anarchy - w2 map 1, w2 map 2 and ctf2.
demos from vinnit - w2 map 1, w2 map 2 and ctf2.
read the clanbase report here.
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just a reminder that ireland play the uk tonight in the first of the clanbase nations ctf cup.
tonight - tuesday
9:30
#cbnations.q3 & #team.ie
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lads over at eqwl have decided to start another international 10v10 league.
any one interested in playing, come to #qw.ie on quakenet!
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eri contacted me during the week to do a interview for the match between ireland v uk in the clanbase nations ctf cup.
check it out here.
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i have to copy over the league details from the quake boards, i'll do it when i get a chance, but just a quick update to let you know that the first three games of the iqcl will be kicking off this sunday:
fh(a) -vs- fh(b) 9pm
hiv -vs- lsd(ai) 9pm
n8z -vs- xl 10pm
all three games should be good, especially watching fh tear each other apart, i'm sure a certain amount of specs will be allowed in via gtv if we get the time to get it sorted out.
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im gonna try and bring you a weekly 'favourite demos' list which are worth a look at. firstly, kicking off with some old skool quakeworld ctf. i was happily astonished to see this up on esr. its a friendly game between sweden v netherlands. if you liked qw and if you like ctf, get it! the speed of those guys bunnying and grapling at the same time! get it here.
next up, is some cpma action courtesy of cyberfight. this is a dual between gellehsizzak and elpajuo (aparently he went on to win the gcl cpma 1v1 tournament). two players i have never heard of myself, but what the hell, i looked at it anyway. right, whats so cool about this ? dammit man, this is one fast paced game! watching from gellehsizzak's pov, he moves so quick its like he is hasted, with wings! unbelieveable stuff. get that here.
then we come to the nqr. this next demo, is a trashing of cmf v tot on dm2. i think this is the new dm2 ownage record.. cmf 567-0 tot. unbelievable stuff. its not like as if tot are newbies or anything.. having said that, its a tad boring.. nab it here.
enjoy!
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ireland have a number of hard matches to get sorted over the next 7 weeks. our first being the uk. match date and time is to be arranged yet. more news as it comes in.
uk ire - week1 : 3-10 nov
ire sui - week2 : 10-17 nov
est ire - week3 : 17-24 nov
swe ire - week4 : 24 nov - 1 dec
weekoff - week5 : 1-8 dec
ire por - week6 : 8-15 dec
ire bel - week7 : 15-22 dec
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after a lot of time looking at demos, watching players povs back to front and a few deliberations about some players, we've come up with a team for the next clanbase nations ctf cup.
caps : mindphuck/killy
anarchy, bd, benji, carl, dazza, dest, jedi, kat, killy, melachi, mindphuck, rapier, sno, spaceman, vinnit, zero
some players who didn't make the squad, i am 100% sure, will make it next time round if they continue to show the skill and desire to be on the team. well done to all that make the team, thanks to everyone who trialled.
the team.ie web page will be back soon.. more news on that later.
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nqr has kicked off and is in its 3rd week running with 225 games being played so far! our very own irish clan gauntlet has also entered, with vin and the boys running amok in there division, with three 2-0 games so far. this season, there's 833 players and 93 clans playing in nqr, not bad a for a game in its 7th year!
empezar decided to make a pretty cool quakeworld installation named equake. here's a list of some features:
fuhquake client
frogbot clan arena with ready to go config files
102 of the best custom maps available!
668 standard quality skins!
24-bit hud and item textures
advanced scripts that make your life easier!
optional fullbright skins
quake scripting examples
additional crosshairs, conchars, hud faces and hud numbers!
useful tools for customizing quake to fit your needs!
this pacakage also comes with an easy to use nsis installer, so no dificulty installing qw! gg emp!
now, if downloading a full installation package is'nt your cup of tea, then check out gibbage's site. this is a pretty cool qw site, including everything you need ranging from bots to textures, each one can be downloaded seperately or together, which ever you fancy. this site is updated on a regular basis, so check it out for some new stuff!
qhlan 6 signups are open, entrance fee being 29 euros, but getting there is another thing since its located in sweeden. this is the biggest qw lan of the year, with all the top players entering it! the qhlan crew have decided to stick with the same 3 maps for dueling, dm2, dm4 and dm6, no sign of aerowalk or ztndm3. 2on2's/4on4's will have the same maps as last year.
more soon!
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all details, rules, and future tables with standings etc will be moved here from the boreds when i get a chance.
in the meantime, remember that next week we have :
fh(a) -vs- fh(b)
hiv -vs- lsd-ai
n8z -vs- xl
get your games organised and mail me with the match plans.
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