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| taylor has posted the savage ctf league season 8 preview. he has ts down to win division 2, while he expects fh to come 3rd in division 3 behind ql and rv. the predictions look good, i don't think he'll be too far off in any division. you can read the preview here. unfortunately, a late sign-up by jobos was not accepted.
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bigfoot's review is up as usual over on quakenation. take a look here.
i think his comment's on nd requesting a postponement was a little unfair, seeing as he knows well how bad the connections have always been from ireland.
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despite having nice 50 ping connects for once the nd lads requested a postpone with ek due to "connection problems", ek relunctantly agreed which i personally thought was a mistake but there ya go.
aside from that we are in a bad situation in the group and need to make the best of the remaining games to avoid relegation. hence we only want to play when the connection is at its best. why should we play with a crap connection? what does that prove? who is the better team or who has the better connection? having a 50 ping in quake 3 means nothing, the ping time can remain constant with spikes and lags not being reflected in the ping displayed. anyone who has ever tried to play quake 3 online is aware of this. ek also know of our strife (as we play them about 3 times a week) and were very decent to give us a postepone. (thanks guys!)
nd face mvc another formidable opponent this week so we are keen to play when the conditions are right.
fh played two great games this week versus brother, to take them away from the relegation zone. well done lads! keep it up! they face wz this week on tuesday at 9pm. gl n8s.
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its been quite a while since the last frags done extreme movie was released, so they've released a trailer to give us a taster of whats to come. it looks well and the full thing should be pretty mad "when its done"
check it out here
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give a million nerds a million copies of knuths algolrithms along with the q1 source code and about seven years later and someone will come up with this: tenebrae is a modification of the quake source that adds stencil shadows and per pixel lights to quake. stencil shadows allow for realistic shadow effects on every object in the game world. per pixel lighting allows you to have fine surface details correctly lit. these are essentially the same algorithms as used by the new doom game. -- check out these screenshots. omfg.
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| i noticed a post by a guy called kjoer on the savage ctf forum regarding a new q3 utility called map2loc. this is a tool he made with griffon26 which allows you to extract the location marks from riginal q3 maps, as seen in the hud team overlay and convert them into osp location mark cfgs, ready to be customized. you need the included bspc.exe to decompile the bsp file from the pk3 file into a map file (plain text). then you can use map2loc.exe to filter out the entities with classname "target_position" and output these into an osp loc format. you don't have to worry about all that though, since hes done the work for us already: "i've made a zip containing all the original locs extracted from all popular tdm/ctf maps with the tool above, to spare you the work. u can just unzip it into your q3 dir (be carefull not to overwrite any existing locs). if a particular loc is empty, that means the bsp contained no location markers (doh).
fire up q3, connect to an osp tdm server, type cg_customloc 1. not happy with the result? (well these are the original locs from the maps.) just edit the loc cfg."
you can download the map2loc tool here or just get the ready-made zip.
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savage q3ctf draft divisions have been announced, they're likely to change a little bit between now and the start (1st sept.), since three clans have already pulled out. ts, who won div2 last season, are still there this season, while fh move up to div3 after coming first in div4 last season.
ts shouldn't have too many problems in div2 this season. there are two clans there that i don't know (murk, and the danish clan qrz), but ts are well capable of beating all the other clans in this division - inf, wc, tc, bop, and zn, and i would expect them to finish 1st again this season, as long as they don't concede any defaults.
fh's division 3 looks like a mid/lower bw div2 standard, aside from ql who are on great form, undefeated in bw div2b. on paper, i think ql would be favourites to win this division, but as usual with savage it will come down to the commitment each clan has to the league. there are always a lot of defaults in this league which sometimes end up shaping the division.
the maplist is a bit disappointing thanks to the inclusion of laggy q3wcp1 (japan ctf) and also the new, unpopular (as far as i can tell) ospctf2. still, they've stuck with the old reliables cp5, cp9, w2, w3, and w7 which is fairly standard now. ctctf3, which was used last season, has been dropped (pity imo).
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there is a very interesting interview with sujoy over on esreality. he talks about how he came to be where he is and where things are going.
here's a quick snip to get you interested...
when i returned to university in october with my room plugged straight into the leased line, i ended up playing practically all the time. it was such a buzz back then, everything was new and the people were always friendly. i’d be playing and chatting to these guys all night and skipping lectures the next day.
i think most of the oldies here can't argue that those truly were the days. i know i'd do anything to be back in university playing 24/7.
here's the article. there are three pages...
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yes! that's what it says. not sure if is just a rumour or not though. the origin of it was the topic in #cpl,
"topic: next event: october 2002 oslo (norway) - counter-strike no retail 1.5 and q3 tdm"
apparently they have removed ut2k3 from the line up to make way for a quake 3 team deathmatch event.
jolly good news indeed!
you can read more here, over on shackes.
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i've just read an article over on ign.com about the presenation and demos given by id software at quakecon 2002 on the upcoming doom iii.
it's a two page article (page 1, page 2) that gives a promising outlook on the game. they seem to be working really hard at recreating an in-game atmosphere that made the origonal, doom i so popular and enveloping.
here's a snip...
if you look closely you can tell, but for my money it looks better than anything i've seen in the gaming industry ever. "in stills, you'll see the edges and look lower polygon to people," argues neilsson, "but when you actually see it all actually moving and all of the detail, you'll be like, okay, wow." of course, this means that the team has to create these incredibly detailed models to start. "the technology has definitely added a lot more time to make textures and monsters and everything. we can't just paint the wall anymore, we have to go and model every nook and cranny and bolt and nut. so building all of that stuff takes a lot more time."
if you are looking for more info on doom iii you can find a lot of stuff including articles, files and screenies over at the phobos lab.
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over the weekend there was a big money q3 duelling tourney taking place in texas - quakecon 2002. all the big name americans were taking part, zero4, fatality, socrates and as far as i know only about 3 non americans, lexer (russia) aim (europe) and fist1 (brazil)
free-for-alls were used to determine the seedings and as usual all the top players did very well, except for lexer who didnt seem to have a clue what to do. zero4 got off to a great start, destroying his first opponent 50-0, none of the top seeds loose out in the first round. lexer comes close to being beaten in round 2 and zero4 continues his good run. fatality then knocks out the only european (aim) after coming back from 8 - 0 down on dm6. zero4 is still going strong having a closer game against ni3 on pro-t4 whilst lexer seems to be having trouble but manages to beat carde on dm6.
zero4, undoubtably one of the best in the world, comes up against fatality (who hasnt been to the last few tourneys) on dm6. amazingly enough fat dominates the entire game and destroys zero4. down in the losers bracket zero4 loses again, getting beaten by chaoticz, hes out of the tourney. fat then loses to newcomer *69daler in some strange games. the whole time lexer has been winning his games and makes it to the final with daler. the games aren't close as lexer, after his bad starts earlier in the tourney, beats daler well. lexer wins 20 grand, not bad.
results:
1. lexer - $20,000
2. daler - $10,000
3. fatality - $5,000
4. kuku - $3,000
5. chaoticz - $2,000
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i can't find an exclamation for this but if any of you find out post a message. i know there has been a new esports company set up, and maybe that has now taken over xsreality. who knows.
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well, the lan is over and koopa has unsurprisingly emerged victorious, winning prodm6 28-0, demo here, and winning tourney4 47-0, demo here.i'll put up an account of the w/e on my column later today, but i must say thanks to searrard and brendan from cybermart, the lan was run very well (if a little short!), and we had great crack. and also, for those of you who weren't there, nemesis was quite a sound bastard, and a hell of a lot more gracious in defeat than a lot of people would have been if they had handed over 200 euro before the game.
p.s. nemesis, your setup is all wrong, that framerate etc is totally crippling, all that 3d stuff should be turned off, take my config here, and change the binds etc to the keys you are used to.
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a new irish q3 clan emerged today with some new and old faces as their members. jobos looks like a good clan so far and has the potential to really make a name for themselves. i'm looking forward to giving them a game.
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gamespy have posted a couple of new screen shots from the upcoming doom3, taken at quakecon 2002.
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in a move which has been on the books for some time now, barrysworld, one of europes longest free gaming service, has changed over to a subscription service.
for a mere £2 quid a month (24 per year), you get access to the bw ftp, their bookable servers, their public (or not) servers, email accounts and some other nice stuff. apparently the leagues are still free.
for further info, check out the press release.
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a 14 year old gamer, xbn-phocus was raided yesterday for hax0ring and dos'ing the irc network, enterthegame.
phocus was responsible for hundreds of attacks on etg and thousands against the gaming community members and other gaming organizations. with the successful raid and apprehension of phocus, it brings the close of one phase off the investigation and the opening of many new ones.
check out shakes for the full story.
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i noticed on cached today that they finally caught the evil cyberterrorist l33t hax0r, who has been ruining the lives of thousands of americans for the past 6 months with dos attacks on enterthegame irc network - a q3 player named phocus from the well known clan xbn. last friday his house was raided by the fbi and he was arrested - it turned out he was aged 14-15, but according to the etg president, dave sherman, "i don't see this as an overall problem however, as in many of our past cases where the person was the juvenile, they were tried as adults and received adult sentencing". he went on to describe why it took so etg and the fbi agents to find the boy:
"in phocus' case one of the odd things was, it's the only case where the person didn't even reveal his true identity even to his best friends on-line. normally we can get a better beat and information on them, but he was pretty smart when it came to that. for over 4 years the name he's been telling friends, location, even the pictures he gave were all fake. collin gregory fortino isn't even close to his name, the pictures he gave out of himself and his suv were all fake ripped off of other websites...."
as usual there are mixed views in the american community - many are calling for his blood, while others have a less extreme view: "phocus' acts were synonymous to him running into the middle of a ymca 8 year old soccer league and picking up the ball and punting it and then yelling, "haha, you're fucked, look at me, give me attention".
you can read the full press release on the etg website.
they also announced that the etg cyber-crime investigative taskforce has been established to protect the world the criminal scourge represented by phocus and his ilk.
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the long awaited duel between koopa and nemesis is just around the corner, four more days in fact. details of the event can be found over on room101.org if you haven't already signed up and are interested in attending then please go and sign up now.
my money is on nemesis, i've seen a demo of him playing and i think koopa will have his work cut out if he wants to win this one.
[edit] made this post sticky, as the event is only two days away - zero.
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i just read over on xsreality that they are bringing back their advice or agony aunt column, dear sit and seven.
i know there are a lot of people in the irish games community with girlfriends and find it difficult at the best of times to find a balance between gaming and girlfriend time. i for one, gave up quake for the best part of a year to spend more time with the girlfriend and my final year in college.
i'm sure a lot of you can relate to this, so keep an eye on xsreality to see if any interesting points are made.
you could even participate if you wanted by emailing seven or sit with your questions or problems.
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found a pretty nice review of the upcomming game unreal tournament 2003. maybe this will be the next big game to hit the highstreet. take a look
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in div1 this week in bwctfl, ts shared the points with tc, going down 2-4 on ctf2 before recovering on w7 and winning 3-1. there were also some points for fh in the div2a, although we were unlucky to drop some. for the first time in a league game we didn't have vincent on flag def, thanks to hard drive problems meaning he couldn't start up his pc :( this meant we had to play 4v5, and nearly got maximum points anyway - leading 3-1 at one stage on ctf2 before potzw drew level with 15 seconds to go. thankfully the mighty 2fish arrived 4 minutes into the second game, which we won 3-1.
elsewhere, ts went out of the savage cup in the quarter finals after 18mins(!!) of overtime vs nv.
in tdm, fh got knocked out of the jolt cup by d5a - the uk clan winning ospdm5 comfortably (despite us beating them there in the league last season) before winning ospdm6 by about 2 frags in the final minute. i'll attribute our loss on osp5 to the fact that i was playing  (from san francisco on laptop). we had our chance to get revenge 2 days later when we met in bwdml, but dodgy connects, especially for dest who kept getting disconnected, and lack of organisation meant we were well below par and d5 were comfortable winners on both maps.
nd continued their good form on ospdm6, despite ser being new to the map, with a hefty win over the belgians lost. this led onto a much closer game on pro-dm6, but nd held on for maximum points, winning that map by 3 frags. tomorrow they play a rescheduled game vs nv, the team i labelled dark horses of the div, a squad which contains the old bio-duo of m1ke and abyss.
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benjispendlove is looking for players for [jb], a new irish tdm and ctf clan. they're planning on entering the bw leagues next season. no website yet, but that shouldn't take too long. you can find them in #jobos on irc.
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we vacacted the premises, elvis left the building... err.. okay.. were back with an all new, singing dancing server with lots of nice features which makes our lives easier and should make your lives a little more interesting.
thanks for your yaddy yaddy and sorry for any yaddy yaddy caused while down
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a lot of results to catch up on... dodgy start to the season by irish clans is continuing, first in bwctfl where an inexperienced fh team lost to bop, a game which saw the legendary quozl play his first competitive q3 match since 2000. its a pity we had to play the title favourites when we're missing 3 of our first team, because our connects were good and i think the result could have been different.
ts didn't play in bw last weekend, but instead they had the savage cup to deal with, where they didn't perform as well as expected, but thats not surprising since its intended as a fun competition. they lost to 32nd, but that was followed bya nice win over +so+ which means they'll probably finish second in their group.
in bwdml on tuesday, fh played the french clan ftf (mindphuck's leagues debut). a fairly comfortable win on dm7 where we were pinging fine but ftf were a bit lagged, led onto ospdm5 where their ping settled down as ours got worse. the frenchies managed to secure a lead by a few frags in the last 30seconds of the game, so it was two points dropped and we're following the same route as the last 4 seasons in division 3 tdm .
nd managed to drag themselves away from the pool table long enough to play the french clan ug on wednesday. i had expected ug to be comfortable winners in this division, but they didn't look it in week1 where they lost to ql. they rectified that this week at nd's expense where the french superclan won both maps fairly comfortably. ug are in action against another quake.ie clan tomorrow when they play ts in the bwctfl.
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we are currently upgrading all our servers. the server that quake.ie is currently running on is being revamped to an all new, singing and dancing server.
so what does that mean for you? basicly, we are moving the site to a temp server. the ftp and all hosted sites will be down for the duration it takes to get the system back up and running.
so, be patient, its for the better. normal service will return over the next couple of days.
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| the shack has a couple of new doom 3 screenshots from the activision press event activate. doom 3 is looking very impressive. let's just hope that the game play is as good as the graphics.
 
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read this over on shacknews. theres a plan to bring out another update for quake3 because of the growing issue with cheating. i myself have noticed quite a few aimbots flying around as of late and welcome this update. this is what robert duffy of id software had this to say;
just a quick note on future releases for quake 3 arena. we will be releasing a new point release in the relatively near future which includes a handful of fixes and updates and also includes full punk buster integration to combat cheating. no firm date on when this will be out but it should not be too far off.
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