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stranger used to do these "column inches" over on qn, and i always thought they were interesting, so while dossing around this morning i said i'd point at a few columns myself
on sky's ch-uk column he talks about going to savage lan last weekend, although it sounds like he played more playstation than quake:
...i staked my claim to some space under some tables, and crashed not too long after i stopped ddr'ing, carrying with me the statistics - hours at lan: 8, hours of q3 played: 0. i groaned into life the next morning without the faintest idea of the time. i briefly entertained the fantasy that it was still 4am and i could legitimately sleep for another 5 hours, but the call that "breakfast was being served" served to dis-spell that illusion...
anselmo writes on his quakenation column about cratered lan, which seems to have been a big qw lan that also went on last w/e:
...chatted to him[blitz] for a minute before a gangly ginger pony tailed streak of piss came crashing out of the doors demanding to know who i was. a couple of grunts later and id established that this was tezz...
over on xsreality, some absolute twat called vicious gives us the low-down on what comic shop owners think teamplay is. a prize for anyone who can find bunny's anonymous comment. try not to puke:
...to me real teamplay is not playing 100% along the strategy you chose before the match. it is a very special and unique feeling. it is there when you look your partners deep into their eyes before a tough lan game...
finally, over on mar's ch-au column, a quite funny joke about the 4th reich.
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the latest craze to hit the quake ii scene is the jumpmod. the mod is server side and a map pack is available with over 150 different maps to chose from.
jumpmod times how long it takes a player to get from the start of the level to the finish, although to finish the level a number of difficult jumps have to be used, like circle jumps, strafe jumps, slope jumps, double jumps, water jumps and more.
jolt currently have a jumpmod server running at 195.149.21.13:27920
the fastest players to complete the level will have there names posted on the jump website, which has a live update.
read more here
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| bwctfl this week saw ts lose out to gs, 2-1 in a close game on ctctf2, before the belgians took cp9 more comfortably, 4-1. this doesn't change much, it just means gs are 4th, while ts will finish 5th. their final game next week is against omg, a meaningless fixture for ts, but bio will be hoping they don't slip up. bio vs tc was postponed because of savlan i think. next week they'll find out whether they'll still be in division 1 next season, when they play nv on sunday and the rearranged game vs tc on thursday. fh have all our games played in div3a, beat w33d comfortably in a rearranged fixture on thursday, before a big win over swcs on sunday. that means the div3a title is officially ours, finishing on 43 points out of a possible 44. our connects haven't been as good in a long time as they were vs w33d, and our pings were great vs swcs on sunday also (aside from a couple of moments which saw all of us on 140 ping). i think oceanfree is the isp to use to bw at the moment, although people have always said that its a bad isp, it was miles better than eircom/indigo for the 5 of us the past couple of weeks.
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theres been a lot of action in the quakeworld league scene over the last few months, with nations quake rank now reaching the finals after a lot of tense and exciting matches. it has ended with hellfire vs zetor reaching the finals with what should turn out to be a very interesting game, with zetor being more an oldsk00l clan making a massive comeback. the times havnt been announced for this game yet, but you can find out more in #nqr on quakenet irc. im sure there will be alot of cams specing the game to handle the large amount of spectators wanting to watch it.
also with nqr getting the league action started again in the scene it has also encouraged the peeps at challenge smackdown to get the finger out and get the great smackdown league moving into its fourth season. the group games have now finished for it and we have had some good games and good results. there is no word on dates for the playoffs yet but im sure it wont be long till they get going. #smackdown on quakenet for more info.
nqr site
smackdown site
on another note, there has been a demo site dedicated to the new file type mvd (multi view demo) put up, this allows you to view anyones pov while watchin the demo. the site is here
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with bwctfl coming to an end, we wont have long to wait for some more competitive ctf thanks to the resumption of the savage ctf league.
it has often been said that savage have a ridiculous means of structuring their leagues.. and this season is no exception. last season bw div1 clan ts were waaay down in div4, which they easily won, beating their only rivals gzd. i can understand the logic in clans working their way up to the higher divisions, but somehow this season, gzd (who finished below ts in div4) have found themselves in division 1, while ts are a level below in div2. i presume gzd were chosen to replace inf (who decided not to accept their place in div1) because they beat ts in the "fun" savage ctf cup. anyway, with ts' main challengers gzd out of the picture, i don't think anybody will bet against them winning division 2, as all of their opposition (aside from rv) played in div2 in bwctfl last season: inf, wc, gm, lkff, and kazz's clan mb.
fh i think are well placed in division 4, where we'll be replaying some of the more difficult clans we faced in bw this season, mia and b&k, along with other upper div3 bw clans ql, sv and r|x. tipped by fruitbat to win our div are sec, a swedish clan that i had never heard of before this.
fruitbat's predictions are here. although they haven't been updated since the changes in div1 and 2, its worth noting that he had expected ts to finish above gzd in division 2. the league starts on sunday 12th may, when ts play gm and fh play 3p on q3wcp5. the league will be using two of the popular chicken team maps, ctctf2 (as seen in bw) and also ctctf3.
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the regular season has concluded with only the final knockout stages for div1a and div1b left. the final placings are as follows
division 2c - bio division winners
bio take the title for their division with a win as expected over spanish clan spr. they finish with an unbeaten record this season and take automatic promotion to division 1.
division 2b - nd 6th place
this division took an unexpected twist with kr defaulting to lk. ek went onto beat nd over both maps and would have expected to gain promotion but for lk getting 3 points over kr. ek settle for a playoff place, lk take the title and nd place a disappointing 6th from bottom although a 2nd place playoff was almost within their grasp. from the stats, this looked like the most evenly matched division in the league.
division 3d - fh 5th place
fh comfortably took both maps against iy 82-26 on dm14tmp and 95-43 on ospdm5 to place mid table this season. lsr top their division with an unbeaten record. lsr only dropped a single map out of 18 to fh - fh will prehaps have felt unlucky not to have done better this season.
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| a good week for the quake.ie clans in the bwctfl saw ts take maximum points in some comfortable games vs the uk clan pq (6-1 on cp5 and 3-1 on w2). this leaves them in joint 4th/5th with gs who have a game in hand, in a division of two halves where 5th place is a massive 13 points above 6th.
bio did well to hold the french clan sarl to a draw on each map. this is a great result for bio which rekindles their hopes of staying in div1 for next season. they're capable of winning their remaining two fixtures vs tc and nv, although maximum points from both games probably wont be necessary.
in div3a fh beat icf.>>, a close game on cp5 although >>'s only cap occurred when it was 5v4 in their favour when nex timed out. we cancelled that out with a 5v4 cap in the first minute of the second map, although i don't think their depleated team made much difference since the first 10minutes of that game were very one-sided in our favour, leading 7-0 at one stage before things settled down. that leaves us one point from securing the title, with a possible 8 points left to play for. hopefully we can settle it on thursday when we play bottom placed w33d.
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in case some of you didn't know already id have re-done their website
with information on their latest games (quake 3 arena, wolfenstein) and some of their older and still played games (doom, quake 1, quake 2) nice of them to update their website since the release of quake, no mention of doom 3 though?
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esat today announced that it has unbundled the local loop at an exchange in limerick. this historic event marks the first step of a government part-funded programme to bring fast, always-on internet access to communities throughout ireland. by december 2002 esat plans to have unbundled 40 exchanges which can potentially serve some 400,000 lines.
here's a quick breakdown.
512k/256k asymmetrical service
download speeds up to ten times faster than a standard dial up connection. quarterly subscription rental of 270 with a once off connection fee of 125.64.
1meg /256k asymmetrical service
download speeds up to twenty times faster than a standard dial up. quarterly subscription rental of 615 and a once off connection fee of 125.64.
2meg /256k asymmetrical service
download speeds up to forty times faster than a standard dial up. quarterly subscription rental of 1200 and a once off connection fee of 1500.
for the full press release, check here.
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biffey has posted his weekly review of the barrysworld q3dm league. some interesting comments on the up and coming week 9, which is a real decider for those clans hoping to make the play offs. have a read.
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there must be a lot of frogs playing quake3 these days. i see over on xsreality that lan arena 7 is coming up in paris in july. an idea of the figures expected:
"the event will take place in the hall of the villette and provide around 10.000mē to receive the 1500 awaited gamers. in order to provide an unique spectator show, the event will have a 3000mē theatre with 1200 seats, huge screens to broadcast live matches, and finals played on stage"
just wondering, wasn't it lan arena 3 or 4 that team.ie made their first jaunt to? that was a little pokey gym room in a sidestreet in paris with about 40-50 people. qw/quake3 has definitely come a long way in france.
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in div2b nd comfortably beat lk* 104-54 on ospdm6 and 107-50 on poq3dm5. nd are currently sitting mid table but a win next week would secure them 3rd place in the leagues final standings.
in div2c d&m unfortunately had to give a default win to bio because of clashes with the spanish national team games. bio sit 2nd in the division 2 points behind french side rnf - however we've 1 game in hand over them and if we secure 3 points versus spr next week we take the division title.
in div3d fh also easily overcame their opposition dnd , 42-94 on ospdm6 and 73-107 on dm7. they're around mid table in their division but with only 3 points separating 3rd place and 6th place things could change next week.
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the two quake.ie clans in div1 of bwctfl clashed this week, but the outcome was disappointingly one-sided, ts winning by a landslide. its a pity the fixture didn't occur earlier in the season when it would have been a lot closer. an win vs iqs on monday would have seen ts move into the top 3, but unfortunately, iqs managed to get the larger share of the points, drawing the first map before taking. both bio and ts will have a good opportunity to gather some more points next week against the frenchies sarl and uk clan pq (who have lost a lot of key players since the start of the season).
fh are back on top of div3 after playing two games last sunday, winning a difficult game vs the dutch mia, before a more comfortable victory over c++ (despite 2fish's frequent suicidal attempts on his w7 debut to reach that "camping ledge" out the window). another postponed fixture will be played next thursday, against the improving uk clan w33d. that will lead on to sunday's potential title-decider vs second placed >>.
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we now have a new server up, thanks a lot to reverend hellfire. its clan arena and it can be found at games2.iol.ie:27961
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from the people who bring you quakenation, they have just launched a brand new site about, yes.. you guessed it, return to castle wolfy. worth a look.
oh, on similiar news, osp and team abuse are bringing out their mod for rctw. i saw this on clanbase.
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at long last we finally got our very own irc server linked back onto quakenet again. big huge kudos to ronin, regi and cloud for getting things running. you can connect to it by going to ign.ie.quakenet.org.
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i was just checking out the raven website. the soldier of fortune test is out now, that game really stretches the quake 3 engine and puts it to great use. i noticed how many games raven have based on the quake 3 engine. id software only have one!
i also hear that they are releasing elite force 2, i havn't seen much of it though, but i know that it will use the quake 3 engine. the screenshots i've seen look very similar to the last game but the graphics seem a bit more detailed. in my opinion it doesnt look different enough to warrant the ii at the end of its name, but the game looks worthy of a play none the less.
ravensoft
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welcome to the new quake.ie - please don't adjust your monitor, yes, it is
green. as you can see, its all new bells 'n whistles. i've still to complete
some of the niftier facilities like articles, features, polls and some other cool stuff.
i completely re-coded the entire site from scratch and learned a few new
tricks along the way. importing the data from the old quake.ie was a complete
biotch. i managed to get most of the data over correctly only having real difficulty
getting the demo comments in. ahh well. we all know koopa blows, no need to
read about it eh?
you will find your old quake.ie account works just dandy and
you may notice that you will get automaticly logged in. registered users, not just
admins, can post news now and there will be some really cool play things coming online
real soon. for example, say you don't like that nasty green colour, you can edit
your profile and change the style. i've only got two styles up now, but as things
progress, i'll put some more up. or if you got a cool style of your own, i can put
that up too.
alt="the green machine!">
src="links/qie-blue.jpg" width="150" height="90"
alt="blue thunder!">
for now, have fun and let me know if you run into any problems.
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saw this on bluesnews that activision have released the source to both the single and multi-player version of return to castle wolfenstein. this could be a good move as mod makers will develop extra's onto osp/gtv, new player missions, etc. you can grab the source here.
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last night saw the finals of
href="http://www.splashdamage.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=3">splashdamage
ctf cup aka, nowctf. after sevaral weeks of battling it out with the top
teams for the grand prize of an xbox for each player on the team (8 players max), the
final took place between ts and
href="http://www.we-are-lame-ass-benders.com">tc.
href="http://www.fragged.org/">tc win 1-0, snarf the prizes, fade to black, roll the
credits.
now, you can read it like that or you can read it like this - tc were allowed to
play four players that wernt on their team list, right before the final, the league rules
allowed it and they beat ts. the league is a great league and very enjoyable,
however, that sort of shit is just lame on behalf of tc. to have to bend the rules
to ensure a win, make sure they get the prizes, blaa, blaa. here, don't bother
listening to me, go to the following -
gunpower - godsmurfs news item
quakenation
- bigfoots news item
malc - the
strangers column
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eircom and indigo peering to barrysworld is back. to be precise the journey to barrysworld is only 7 hops rather then 13 and the bad return traffic issues bbplanet were giving are resolved with the new route eircom and indigo take through the london internet exchange.
tested with indigo and eircom both of dublin pop numbers - 7 hops 35 ping average. hopefully this will make the coming league fixtures a little easier.
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ts, encouraged by their victory in the easter cup, continued their good form and beat nv in a couple of narrow games, 2-1 on w7 and 1-0 on ctctf2. they should be very happy in 4th place after 12 games, although they'll hope to remain ahead of iqs who have a game in hand. the two sides clash next week, but on current form i would expect ts to be favourites.
bio weren't so fortunate, and took a hefty defeat from 1st placed kr (the guys who don't like tdm anymore because they lost to nd), the scores there being 0-5 on w7 and 0-8 on ctctf2. this has been a bad season for bio, currently in last place despite having played more games than the other clans in the relegation zone. i don't think they'll be worried about returning to div2 next season, it will give them a chance to rebuild their team after so many players leaving. having said that, they will still be aiming to scratch up a few wins over the other struggling sides, such as potzw next week.
another postponement in div3a for fh.. this time w33d postponed in advance due to lack of players. that leaves us in second place, with 2 games in hand, and all rusty for our week 7 fixture vs 3rd placed b&k.
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the quake.ie, hosting and ftp services are now back in full swing. apologies for the down time. again, thanks to ecksor for the assistance in getting them back up and running.
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bigfoot has his bwdml week 5 review up on quakenation this morning, worth a read. in the irish side of things this week, we saw 3 draws from the 3 irish teams, some welcome, some not.
after a reasonably comfortable win on cpm4, the fh lads became the usual victims to ping against ucq, who took osp6 by nearly double scores. according to bif, fh have to beat da next week to avoid the mingin-ness that is relegation. having seen these guys rock on lan, its frustrating to see them lose because of ping, div 3d is way below their level.
bio had what seemed to be two pretty close games vs ea, winning cpm4 but getting pipped at the post in the last minute on osp6 to lose by a shitty 5 frags to cost them the 3 points, although i wouldnt think they are worried, as they are sitting pretty comfortably at the top of the table in 2c.
this week saw nd face down kr, who are leading div 2b, and went in expecting a loss. the superior-pinged kr ran away with cpm4, winning 122-65, playing the level very well, but didn't seem to have the same knowledge of osp6. nd took a slight lead and held it throughout the game, holding ra and getting all but 2 or 3 quads, coming in at 111-100, to take a point from kr, who "were disgusted by nd's tactics". god forbid we ever win a game.
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bigfoot has done up his review of the weekends barrysworld easter ctf cup. as usual, its a great read.. get coffee, snacks and sit back, etc.
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its been a little quite lately with it being easter and all that (i hope you had a
happy easter btw). this weeks scheduled
href="http://leagues.barrysworld.net/bwq3ctfl/">barrysworld ctf league was postponed
due to i10 being on this weekend.
in place of the bw ctfl, the
href="http://leagues.barrysworld.net/bwq3ctfl/fixtures.php?section=25">easter ctf cup
took off yesterday. from looking at this,
you can see the way the fixtures went down, although, at the time of writing, its not
up-to-date. ts went on to beat capcom in a nail biting game. pq beat scrb and
kr beat gzd. tonight, ts play pq, kr v pq and ts v kr take place.
matches kick off at 7:30 (rarrr, go ts) with the finals on later tonight.
on ctf stuff, the euroctf league
is coming into its final stages. england lost against belguim on thursday last, over
five cracking games. these have got to be some of the best games of the season to
date, with some amazing skill and team play. ready2kill has done up a match report which
can be found here.
demo's, courtesy of quakenation, can be slurped by map,
href="ftp://ftp.barrysworld.com/pub/games/quake3/misc/demos/euroctf/quarterfinals/euroqtrs-ctf-q3wcp5-be-eng.zip.zip">cp5,
href="ftp://ftp.barrysworld.com/pub/games/quake3/misc/demos/euroctf/quarterfinals/euroqtrs-ctf-q3w3-be-eng.zip.zip">w3,
href="ftp://ftp.barrysworld.com/pub/games/quake3/misc/demos/euroctf/quarterfinals/euroqtrs-ctf-q3w2-be-eng.zip.zip">w2,
href="ftp://ftp.barrysworld.com/pub/games/quake3/misc/demos/euroctf/quarterfinals/euroqtrs-ctf-q3w2-be-eng-2.zip.zip">w2
and
href="ftp://ftp.barrysworld.com/pub/games/quake3/misc/demos/euroctf/quarterfinals/euroqtrs-ctf-q3wcp5-be-eng-2.zip.zip">cp5.
take a look at
href="ftp://ftp.barrysworld.com/pub/games/quake3/misc/demos/euroctf/quarterfinals/be-warlock_vs_eng_cwp5_final-map.zip">warlocks
demo for the final game, at 19:44, he pulls off a class rail shot which, imho, won the
game for belgium and saved them from going into a sudden death game.
switzerland take on france on wednesday at 9pm with the usual gtv's in #euroctf.
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some of you may have noticed we've been having a bit of trouble of late. we've been investigating a certain problem resulting in the server crashing from time to time. we hope to have resolved sometime in the very future. the ftp server is down for the moment and we hope to bring back normal service soon.
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due to it being easter and all, the normal
href="http://leagues.barrysworld.net/bwq3ctfl/">bwctf league was postponed this
weekend. however, the bright sparks over there decided to have a cup instead.
the barrysworld
href="http://leagues.barrysworld.net/bwq3ctfl/fixtures.php?section=25">easter ctf cup
ctf kicks off on sunday night at 7pm. teams so far are as follows :
upper divisions
div1 - kr, pq, ts
div2a - bop, inf, xpd, scrb
div2b - lkff, so, gzd
lower divisions
div3a - b&k, c++, mia, >>
div3b - 3vil, en, ql
div3c - mdu
div4 - uiq, sa
there will be scorebots and gtv in #bwq3l on sunday and certainly worth a look into if
you've nothing else planned.
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