theres a good few leagues on at the moment - dodgy starts to the barrysworld leagues for quake.ie clans - first bio drop out of both leagues, then in bwctfl fh are forced to postpone our week 1 game and an understrength ts lose to gzd.
similarly in bwdml, a weak fh team lost to a bdi powered by new recruits, notably the impressive deanocasino. nd's game against nv was postponed.
in qw, things were going well for clan gauntlet in the ecal iii, but then ukgamer redesigned their website and the ecal page is gone now temporarily. having lost only one game (against the swedish clan ugo) iirc, they should be top of their group, ahead of the likes of 4k and n3. all the home games are played now i think, so gt will have to play all the clans again, and the top 2 in the group will advance to the next round.
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i think everyone was very disappointed when the cpl dropped quake3 as a competition game, around 18 months ago. since then cs has taken over as the predominant competition game at all cpl events. i for one lost all respect and interest in the cpl when quake3 was dropped.
well there may be good news ahead; a small article which can be found here, courtesy of the adrenaline vault, announces that the cpl is looking into televising a quake3 1 on 1 competition this september. the target audience is expected to be around 250,000 people.
this is very welcome news, and if the cpl does bring back quake3, servers everywhere may once again be full.
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bigfoot has posted his review of the up-'n coming season of the barrysworld tdm league. check it the three different parts.
- part i
- introduction, divisions 1, 2a, 2b & 2c
- part ii
- divisions 3a, 3b & 3c
- part iii
- divisions 4a, 4b & 5
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yes, it says nerdess, ie. female nerd. i just read this article over on planetquake3.net. it's an interview with "[g0d]genosg1rl" one of the few female gamers out there. she's rather attractive too.
here's a snip...
planetquake3: when your playing q3 online or talking on irc, do you feel people treat you different because you are a girl?
[g0d]genosg1rl: yes, i do. half of the guys that play quake are lonely horn bags that haven't seen a girl in any of their pathetic lives, so when they find out that one plays quake, much less is in an all girl clan, of course they treat you differently. what other channel in irc has over 100 idlers?... not very many *all guys* clans that's for sure. most of them that idle in your channel just want "sumfin" and think that they all have chances.
lonely hornbags eh? well that's only half of us, naturally i'm in the other half.
i am sure however that more than half of you would give her one.... a game that is.
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i just read a very interesting article over on xsreality about what makes an online game good.
here's how it starts:
this is a simple list of things that would dramatically increase
the chances of a game becoming a popular online game. some of these
things are easier to implement that others, but you will notice the
most popular games like counterstrike already have most of these
features. of course, if you design a really shite game, none of the
rest of the article is going to be of any use to you whatsoever.
read on.
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not sure is it fully completed yet, but bif has most of his ctf preview up over on quakenation. this season we see a relegated bio and a promoted fh clashing in div2a. bigfoot says of both teams:
bio:"as with potzw last season could be a turning point for bio whose long and successful q3 career might just be coming to a close with some key players going inactive / seeking pastures new. although they still have some really strong players on their list like alan and thefou there are big question marks over the clans motivation during summer and just how active they are with talk of this being their last q3 season, if indeed they make it through to the end"
fh:"the best side in div3 last season by far, their potential impact on this division is subject to a few question marks over connects and the activeness of their squad. assuming they have no problems on these fronts then they have got to be fancied to do pretty well as their teamwork is class at times and has even had some people suggesting to me they should be considered for a div1 spot, savage form doesn't confirm this as they only won div4 but did beat some decent sides there i suppose."
read more.
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killy has a good preview up on his column of div2b of the upcoming bw league. looks like nd have their work cut out for them.
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week two of the challenge-tv cpm tournement, challenges, continues tonight with some interesting matchups. kicking off at 11pm tonight, we got some class games going down. my clan mate, drexciyian plays zero4 in one of the games. anyway, take a peak at the games here.
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this years barrysworld ctf league fixtures have been posted by bigfoot. they can be found here.
the maps decided upon were q3wctf1, q3ctf2, q3wcp5, q3wcp9, q3w2 and q3w3. the biggest surprise here is the return of q3wctf1, which should be interesting.
standard operating procedure sees bigfoots season preview over on quakenation.
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bigfoot has drawn up the schedule for season 9 of the barrysworld q3 tdm league.
the maps decided on were q3dm7tmp, q3dm14tmp, cpm4, ospdm5, ospdm6, and pro-q3dm6. the only significant change to the map list is the replacement of poq3dm5 with pro-q3dm6.
the main reason for this was complaints from last season over fps problems.
the entire league will be covered on gtv and bigfoot's preview can be found over on quakenation, as per usual.
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eurocup v lan gets underway this friday. the schedule can be found here.
the quake3arena and counterstrike matches are played using a double-elimination scheme which means that a team gets a second chance after one defeat.
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yes the league we have been waiting for with anticipation these long
cold, wet summer months is getting tantalisingly close.
bigfoot has sorted out the draft divisions for the upcoming league - number
9.
straight from our friends on quakenation: "at the moment the new
campaign will see 94 clans competing over 9 weeks of matches with the fixtures
& map list being posted early next week, the most noticeable change to the
league itself being the return to a solitary division 1." clans have until
monday night to request changes.
checkout bwq3dml site here.
as it stands nd are in division 2b and play on wednesday nights @ 8 pm. fh
are in 3c and start at 9 pm on tuesdays. and last but not least m1ke and his bio
team are in div 1 (no a and b this season just one division) and play
tuesday at 9 pm as well. of course these are provisional and can be changed. if
you have any queries or need to make some changes, you can contact bigfoot here.
the league starts on tuesday the 23 july. ill miss the start because of
holidays :/. best of luck to all irish clans and players.
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on of the lads on xsreality has put up a column talking about the conscious mind -vs- the subconscious, in relation to gaming. apart from continuing the american trend of telling us what we already know, he does give one decent bit of advice as regards playing : be aware of when you are practising and when you are trying to perform. i.e. to put that in english if you have two mates playing the same level over, concentrate on everything you are doing, or in a friendly war, really concentrate on what decisions to make, and then when you are playing important games, it comes naturally. apparently. i'm too tired to know if i even agree, but have a read sure.
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nations quake rank (quakeworld) season 3 will be starting soon with new rules and a better scoring system. the signup page is up so get yer asses over there and get your clan on the list.
more info @ www.nqr.nu
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there's an article up on lanaddict on the new game america's army. it is currently suffering a few teething problems, but all going well it will overcome these.
the guys at lanaddict think that "this game is going to be one of the greatest multiplayer experiences ever".
perhaps it's worth a download afterall.
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just read some very sad news over on challenge-au. matthew barnett "greyseer" one of australia's most influential quake personalities has passed away after his battle with cancer.
hoony, over on challenge-au shows his respects.
"a good friend of mine and one of the central figures in the brief history of 'quake' in australia has passed away after a battle with cancer - greyseer, aka matthew barnett. he is survived by his wife jen and twins, liam and chelsea (born about 10 weeks ago).
pretty much everyone in the au quake scene knows greyseer, particularly the quake 1 community. internationally, anyone who has updated news via the challenge network will have used "greyseer's truly amazing news updater thing v0.9a". there are over 900 writers in the database, and userid number 1 is greyseer.
i know alot of you people knew "greyseer", especially those who were evolved in the start up of challenge-ie. please feel free to show your respects by saying a few words either here or over on challenge-au. our hearts and condolences go out to his family.
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the "duel of the century" appears to be looming on the near horizon, after a discussion on who the best player in ireland is.
hardened veteran (haha) koopa looks like he's about to toddle down to waterford with his homies and bitches in tow to take on a guy (newbie) by the name of nemesis, the prize starting to look like upward of eur200. i think we'll all be going down to have a look.
have a look
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there's an ongoing trick jumping competition being held by team ixion here.
if you think you're up to it follow this link!
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qpo (quad people org) take home first prize of €5600. match report here
ic (ice climbers) follow in second place with the prize of €2800.
full results here
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i've never played this but supposedly it was quite popular for a brief period of time. well anyway, there is a new version on it's way.
read about it
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la7 is on now. (8 ish gmt friday 5th july)
gtv: screen3.gamer-tv.de - games.clanbase.com:40000 - clanbase1.edome.net.
the site www.lan-arena.com has some scores.
if you want to see anything, head into #la7.q3 on irc.
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sweden have overcome the russians to win this years clanbase nations cup. the full report is on cyberfight.org.
the russians were out pinged according to polasity.
that's something all of the irish players can relate to when trying to play competitively with the rest of the world. hard luck russia, well done sweden.
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lan arena 7 is on this weekend in paris. they are holding a quake3 tdm 'world championship'. visit the website here.
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the first ever official warcraft3 tournament has already taken place. unbelieveable.
read more here.
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id have released a new edition of rtcw, called the game of the year edition.
read more here.
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bigfoot has posted the start date for the season 9 of the bwq3dml.
the deadline for new clan entries is friday 7th july, with the draft divisions being posted shortly afterwards. clans will have a few days to ask for changes before the divisions are finalised and the fixtures posted around the 16th of july. the league will then commence on tuesday 23rd / wednesday 24th july.full post
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i just saw this over on xsreality and thought some of you would be interested.
tribulation, michael flatley's q3 trickjumping movie is finally out. it's about 20 minutes long and about 600mb in size, but there is also a low res version which is only 300mb. (only 300 lol?)
you can download the 300mb one from
planetquake3.net
and the 600mb one from
miami.edu
own-age.com
progamers.cz
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this seems to be the newest way to create interest in the us army. i'd say it will be an interesting game.
america's army homepage
the release date is set to be the 4th of july.
god bless america.
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i was just over on xsreality and came across this article written by tomcat who considers himself a professional gamer.
he mentions one thing about a person's reaction time that perhaps makes one player better than the next: how long does it take you to react, from the second you see a guy to the second you actually press fire?
i suggest you have a read and try out this test to determine your reaction time. you might amaze yourself.
i got 0.153666666666664.
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