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| bigfoot has updated his the bw ctf and tdm league pages regarding the decision to move to a pay to play league for the new season. interesting enough, he has decided to leave them as free leagues for this time round. anyway, check them out.
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..btw, which is why i havent been "oh lol cmon team" etc but everyone seems to be playing away, we had a praccy last night against uk (they slapped us), that killy organised, and we have another praccy tomorrow night at 9.30, for the game on wednesday. anyone who will be having problems, let me know ahead of time so we can put our best team out.
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there will be team.ie tdm prac sunday night at 10pm, in preparation for the estonia game which has been forced to this wednesday at 21:00 cet.
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the date for the crucial match vs estonia hasn't been decided yet, however it will be some day next week (late next week).
so we are going to get some practise vs serious teams over the next week, i'm gone for the w/e but will update re: practises as soon as i know. hopefully clan uk can give us a few games next week.
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go
href="http://www.q3acn.com/?action=demo">here for wcg 2002 demos from both pov, and no spoilers.
i'm using flashget, a download manager, to get around website problems, i just copy the failed url and it works by magic.
edit: having watched the phantom/socratez demo, it seems that the forum paste i put up here was lame american fanboy bullsh*t. phantom really did beat socratez 17 - 0.
[x]pipi injured his arm, so he missed out on his games, pity it wasn't insured eh? maybe we will see a lot more of this insuring stuff (gzd/dreg had it done, see
href="http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_697757.html?menu=">here) happening in the future (granted, not for 375k.)
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group a:
zero4 is out, losing to cooller_ru and logan_es in crucial games. radic_ca and cooller_ru go through.
group b:
phantom_za destroyed socrates 17-0 on pdm6, both go through, death_hu didn't make it.
group c:
chipdeep_ua beats sidney11_uk, both go through easy group.
group d:
rocketboy_cn beats daler_us, both go through, st_germain_fr only wins one game.
next games begin tonight at 1:30am, gtv is working almost perfectly (even on modem) python_au, if22_nl, unkind_ru and b100death_ru all playing tonight in the last 4 groups.
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in a flash of common sense that hit me the other day, (and having watched a ton of demos that showed a lot of people with very little between them), i realised that picking 8 out of 11 interested players was going to do nobody any good at all. (the 11 is now 10, ever hear of email at all?). picking the four players, on the other hand is a tricky business, and while i have four named as a "preferred team" below, that can possibly change as we practise.
clanbase nations cup team.ie tdm squad (final):
anarchy, (beast), dest, killy, (koopa), melachi, overlord, saik, ser, sky, sno, vincent, z3on
preferred team @ 29 oct: ser, anarchy, vincent, dest(change your f**king mouse).
internal practise tonight at 9pm, #team3.ie for anybody who can make it.
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clanbase tdm nations cup has announced the list of captains and countries competing. ireland will be one of the six clans in a playoff, we will be facing estonia, a country i know very little about (its next to russia... lag? and has a really nice looking flag  ).
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i don't like changing the "plan" when i have said otherwise for the last few weeks or so, but frankly the response to the chance of playing on the irish team has certainly surprised me, and others too, i'm sure. the fact that there are a lot of people interested also means that the squad should be made up from people who can be, and are online playing every night, to ensure we have a team that is ready for this league. also, i "prematurely" (?) put people on the team and left a few slots open for "the rest", while i find after watching last night's games that some of "the rest" show themselves to be good enough to take any place on this team, just as much as the guys that were put in there two weeks ago. after talking to some of the guys, i'm going to do what i think is the fairest allround way of picking this team, i'm (almost) wiping the slate and i'm going to pick a squad of eight players from scratch, with the exception of beast/ser/koopa.
for people who don't know, beast/ser/koopa are three guys who have generally represented the country since we ever started playing, from qw thru to q3, and while they are not currently available for regular practise online, there is a general consensus that they are that good, and they should be on the team. so they are going to be kept on the a squad, but likely to be on the bench unless they are drastically needed.
with those three guys moved, everyone else is going to have an equal chance, and there are eight places that will be filled from the guys who have been showing an interest, and turning up to trials. i have a reasonable idea of who these eight guys will be, but want to see demos first of all. if you aren't in the following list and think you should be, mail me.
ok, i want 2 tdm demos (last night's where possible) from:
killy (recvd)
saik (recvd)
anarchy (recvd)
overlord (recvd)
melachi (recvd)
sno (recvd)
z3on (recvd)
dest (recvd)
sky (recvd)
vincent (recvd)
shaun (2 tdm demos of your choice)
mail them in zip format to me. like i said, if i am missing anyone let me know. the quicker i get demos, the quicker the team is going to be picked. i think after the last few trials etc, this is the best way to do it, we are all (going to be) part of the same team here so if anyone has any problems with the way things are run, post up here and we can sort it out.
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can the guys who trialled last night put their demos up here on quake.ie, or else zip them and mail them to me. no need for the three maps, just your best two in the one zip file. everyone played well last night, which is kind of annoying, as it makes picking the last additions to the team difficult, but take it that all the demos are going to be watched, most of them by bunny, and the squad will be posted asap.
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we've applied to enter the clanbase nations cup, so we'll need to get a team sorted asap. could every irish ctfer who is interested in playing for the irish team please email me or msg me (fh|killy) on irc, and then we can see what needs to be done about trialling etc.
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i was on the phone to killy and he wants to enter the nations ctf. any irish q3 players who agree on killy as captain, post here. i do.
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 right, enough messing. tonight is the final night for team.ie a squad trials. the team is gonna be picked tonight, and practises will start very soon afterwards.
tonight, at 7.45pm, in #team3.ie, i want to see :
killy, overlord, dest, melachi, z3on, sno, shaun, saik
i realise that the ni guys (z3on, sno), will have dodgy pings but they ping ok to uk so it will be taken into account. we are playing on cloud.ign.ie, no spectators (except me) as the server isn't the best. playing at least 3 maps in a row so put aside that time. everyone take a demo, i might request one or two of them.
the irish team will be announced tomorrow.
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the trials won't be held tonight as planned since zero won't be able to get online for it this weekend, so watch this space to find out when they'll be held.
savage ctf league just about finished up tonight. there are a few games left to be played, but none that affect the quake.ie clans. ts became div2 champions for the second season running, only dropped points in a 4v5 vs qrz. fh came 3rd in division 3, although there was no clan this season who beat us both games. clan revenge (rv) finished first, a team which started the season as a solid division 3 side, and evolved into a star-studded, potential superpower in ctf. it will be interesting to see how they progress next season, whether or not they will take to ctf and overcome their tdm instincts as ndc did.
clanbase open cups are around halfway over i think. ts are top of their group atm, but could be overtaken by lkff (to whom they lost in week 1). a shaky bop have been removed the division after some very poor performances by their standards were followed up by defaults, i think this means that ts have only one game left (against x on wednesday). fh in the second league have had a mixed season so far and are 4th. we were driven almost to the point of dropping out by a german clan called don (who also created the same difficulties for uc in week1). i don't even feel like writing about it; suffice to say that we have experienced clanbase at its worst and we most likely wont be entering again next season, for fear of having to spend two and a half hours on a dutch server with 5 painfully lame 14 year old germans whose primary tactics are to demoralise their opponent and try to make them late for their other league commitments :|
the tdm open cup has gone well for nd so far, their only loss being a 3 mapper vs aos. one clan has been removed from their division. they're now 3rd in their div, although i would expect them to finish higher. its hard to tell though since all the clans in their div are euro clans that i have never heard of.
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yeah so i'm changing things again. with this clanbase league coming up, we are going to have to speed things up, while at the same time we have to be online practising. koopa and ser were added because they are class, however they don't really have the time to praccy with the team atm, so while they are going to be on the squad, i'm not going to have other places taken up by them.
so that makes the a squad look something like this:
team.ie a squad: sky/beast/vincent/./././koopa/ser
we also have more people that have shown interest, and a few previously "knocked-off" people that have since been re-added once it was sorted out. this means that for the remaining three places in the irish a squad, we have killy, overlord, lorcan, dest, melachi, z3on, sno, shaun, saik. saik is brought back to try again for a squad seeing as we have new additions. jay doesn't want to be on a squad as he is away for a while and so remains on the b.
team.ie b squad: jay/././././.
remaining:mindphuck, spectator, m1ke(afk), jedi(afk), benji/rapier(conn).
if i am missing anyone, let me know. we are going to have a trial this sunday at 9pm. i want all the guys in the running for the a squad to be there. if you aren't there, the best you can hope for is the b squad. not trying to be an asshole but we haven't much time and we have plenty of players (for once). mail me if you cannot turn up and it's something serious.
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bigfoot has posted some news on both the ctf and tdm leagues. firstly, he is stepping down as league admin due to more pressing priorities at barrysworld. secondly, there is a discussion on making the next seasons subscriber only and has a bit of an effect to most people who play in the leagues. check out the full story here. gluck to biffeh and thanks for all the fish.
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it's starting, and it's time to apply. the rules for applying, listed here, dictate that they want to see support for whoever declares themselves captain, mainly from top clans in that country. this obviously doesn't apply to us in as much detail, what with having 3 or 4 active irish clans, but they are still the rules and we have to go by them.
so we need a few players from the "top irish clans", i.e. nd, fh, jb, bio, (acid), to reply here acknowledging me as team.ie captain and i can go and enter us in this cup.
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quite literally. this is something i would get up to with a large spl^h^h^h cigarette hanging out of my mouth. 
look for yourself.
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sunday 9pm, not monday.
z3on and melachi have been reincluded in the potential squad list.
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one of the worlds biggest demo archive sites, challenge-tv, has re-launched with a new look and feel, so don't delay reading this, go have a look yourself!.
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bigfoot has done a mighty job on the season end review over on quakenation. you can check it out here.
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| update. having had a chance to look over the uploaded demos (some very good), and the fact that certain people didn't show up and didn't email me, there's a slight change in the squad.
team.ie
a squad: sky/beast/vincent/(tba)/koopa/ser
remaining a place:killy* or overlord* or lorcan* or dest*.
b squad: jay/saik/./././.
remaining:mindphuck, spectator, m1ke(afk), jedi(afk), benji/rapier(conn).
monday 9pm
final trial for a squad
team #1: killy, overlord, lorcan, dest.
team #2: beast, vincent, sky, zero.
meet in #team3.ie at 8.45pm
maps: ospdm6, q3dm14tmp, q3dm7tmp.
i want demos for each map from overlord, killy, lorcan and dest, in the format zero_ietrials3_dm14tmp.zip
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we had a second show for the trials last night, played some good games. some of the squad have been provisionally picked, these players aren't just based on the last two nights, some of them have established themselves over a long period of time. you will notice that 5 out of the 6 a squad have been named, there is still a place there and i'm scratching my head looking the names with asterisks on them wondering who deserves the place. we'll have another game later in the week, and i want specific people there on specific teams, will update later.
team.ie
a squad: sky/beast/vincent/(tba)/koopa/ser
b squad: jay/saik/dest/././.
remaining panel: killy*, overlord*, lorcan*, mindphuck, spectator.
others: m1ke(afk), benji/rapier(conn), z3on*/melachi(are ye still interested? no-shows and no email last night?)
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well, its finally here. the long awaited release has some very nice fixes indeed with some connection tweaks and optimization for isdn/modem users, not forgetting the anti-cheat code from punkbuster aswell, it should give a new lease of life for us all. of course, you can download it here.
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get these loc files and type in "cg_customloc 1" to activate them.
so we'll be seeing sky, jay, mindphuck, z3on, spectator, melachi, spaceman tonight then at 8.45pm in #team3.ie
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if you wern't on-line this weekend you missed some great q3 action!
firstly, cpl oslo took place which has some amazing tdm action. with nearly all the slots on gtv maxed out, it was worthwhile watching. the results and cash prizes being -
1. ice climbers - 2.500 euro
2. eyeballers - 1.250 euro
3. steel - 750 euro
4. murk - 500 euro
demos from esr, here and here
onto the wcg : two qualifers took place, one in engurland and the other in the us. admittedly, i only watched a couple of the cs games *boo hiss* from the uk quals and didn't get to see any of the q3 games. so, even though i just mentioned it, i've nothing really to say except that sid won it.. *cough*.
now, the us quals, that was soo worth watching. winner of the qualifiers was socrates, followed by daler. watching fat getting flatted was a joy, even though hes still the best. fatality was beaten down by chaoticz and doesnt make it to the actual finals. ahh the new breed of q3 kings are here and have given a new burst of life to the game. you really want to check out those two demos. the end results of the qualifers means that zero4, socrates, daler and cha0ticz go to the wcg finals.
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{edit: trials on monday, not tuesday}
the_stranger over on quakenation has posted about getting a scottish tdm squad together, and says "if enough nations are interested, some sort of international competition maybe formed from it."
now that would be class, and it's all the more reason for us to get a proper squad out. seeing as there seems to be so much interest in ireland over the national team, we are probably going to put out 2 squads of 6 players, an a squad and b squad (best 6, next best 6 as against "two teams"), so don't anyone be dropping out, everyone has a chance of making one of the teams at least.
i saw 7 of the guys playing last night, and some day early next week we are going to see the rest. anyone who can't make it by then will be put in 'reserve' to try out at a later date, but the provisional panels will be picked next week. we have a few additions to the panel aswell.
a squad: tba
b squad: tba
panel (tried): beast, vincent, killy, saik, overlord, dest, lorcan.
panel (trials next monday 9pm): sky, jay, mindphuck, m1ke, z3on, spectator, melachi, spaceman.
reserves: benji/rapier(waiting on isdn), koopa(busy), ser(busy), jedi(away), slaan, gerry, havok.
if i have left anyone out it's because it's a large number of names, just let me know and i'll rectify it. i have included a list of binds here that i want ppl on the team to use so that we are all using the same ones. they are our own nd ones, but they more or less cover everything. copy these in to a config and use them in-game.
bind alt "say_team ^2#h^5/^2#a^5/^2#w"
bind 3 "say_team need wep"
bind 4 "say_team ^2waiting #m"
bind n "say_team ^5unable/ignore"
bind p "messagemode2"
bind k "say_team ^2quad soon - tool up/dont die"
bind m "say_team get mega; say_team get mega"
bind r "say_team ^3replace me"
bind [ "say_team ^2flood primary now"
bind ] "say_team ^1leave primary now"
bind h "say_team ^3help"
bind 2 "say_team ^2safe ^5(^2#h/^2#a^5)"
bind q "say_team ^2get quad;say_team ^2get quad"
bind i "say_team ^2get battlesuit"
bind o "say_team ^5(nme) powerup killed"
bind l "say_team ^1lost"
bind mwheelup "say_team ^2item #i"
bind w "say_team ^2coming"
bind t "say_team ^5took => #p"
bind y "say_team ^2you take"
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the barrysworld q3ctf league finished off its 9th season last night with the final 2 titles being decided, the full winners list reading as follows:
division 1 - gzd
division 2a - ndc
division 2b - +so+
division 3a - rv
division 3b - rofl
division 3c - yo!
division 4 - bdi
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having looked at who can and can't turn up, we are going to have only two teams of four playing tomorrow for practicality, breakdown as follows:
sky, m1ke and koopa cannot make it.
rapier and benji are on bad connects for the next couple of weeks.
mp is mad busy atm.
that leaves me with 10 names for tomorrow. gerry signed up as reserve and was pulled to make 16, so for this session will be put back. spec, i'll have to put you off aswell til the next day, we'll organise a game for everyone who isn't on tomorrow.
wednesday, 9pm, games2.iol.ie, dm14tmp/cpm4
teams: (alphabetical)
team a: jay, overlord, saik, vincent.
team b: beast, dest, killy, z3on.
can each of the eight players record a demo, and put it on quake.ie. log into ftp.quake.ie as anon and put your demo in the uploads folder, with the name format zero_ietrials_dm14tmp.zip
be in #team3.ie at 8.50pm at the latest. cya then.
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there are 16 names on the team.ie panel atm, by wednesday there are going to be 8. koopa cannot make trials at the moment, and is getting a "buy" into the main panel, being by far the best q3 player in the country at the moment (next to nemesis).
wednesday we have the first main part of the trial, which will "whittle" the 16 names down to 8.
wednesday, 2nd oct, 9pm
servers on games2.iol.ie, all players will meet in #team3.ie at 8.45pm, if you aren't there and don't have an excuse you're out, it's too much work to organise something like this if ppl aren't going to turn up.
team a: beast, benji, dest, z3on.
team b: killy, koopa, (m1ke), rapier.
team c: overlord, saik, sky, spectator.
team d: gerry, jay, mindphuck, vincent.
9pm, server 1 (dm14tmp) : beast -vs- overlord
9pm, server 2 (dm14tmp) : killy -vs- gerry
9.45pm, server 1 (cpm4): beast -vs- killy
9.45pm, server 2 (cpm4): overlord -vs- gerry
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