good performances all-round in the bwdml this week. bio.b hammered s9r in div1a, scores of 155-53 on dm6 and 119-56 on dm12tmp. a defensive fh team capitalised on vincent's camping skills (who died 6 times over the two maps) and had no trouble in beating d! by 87-36 on dm6 and 70-22 on dm12. some close games in div3b saw bio.r get three points against 2l* by 104-96 on dm6 and 76-70 on dm12tmp. hat put up a good fight against very talented opposition, x4, but failed to get any points, losing 103-153 on dm6 90-106 dm12.
hat have another tricky task next week against the uk clan dfl, but will be hoping for a win that will be crucial at the end of the season. bio.b will play mr, a uk team with a very strong squad who narrowly lost to unr this week. fh will play the dark horses of div3d, the spanish clan ucq, while bio.r face a solid swedish side, iu.
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the irish mapping centre is just starting up.
if you've been looking at the game editing boards recently you'll know about this. its the new site for the irish mapping community. will be well worth a look once they have more than just news posted on the site. if there are any people interested in mapping or modding please check out the game editing section of boards.ie. currently the board is mostly cs we need more quake mappers!
irish mapping centre
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clan nd are back, and their (under construction) website can be found again back at http://www.quake.ie/nd. welcome back lads.
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just to fill everyone in on how the quake.ie clans are progressing in the ctf league at the moment.
week 1 in division 2a saw ts take out xpd who were highly tipped in quakenations season preview 11-2 over 2 maps, their new lineup looks like it's working churning out a very nice result here against a decent clan.
bio's game vs wc was rescheduled and replayed last thursday with bio drawing 1 map a piece, this was a big game for bio with wc being very highly tipped in the division as possible winners. the result still leaves the division wide open.
the week 2 to be - bio vs ts has been postponed due to bio attending savlan and has yet to be replayed.
week 3 games saw more wins for bio and ts with bio taking xpd out 10-2 over 2 maps and ts recieving a default win vs 32nd.
the division has really opened up, the pre-season hype about xpd has been fairly dampened down with both bio and ts brushing them aside fairly easily - the division is still wide open now the big deciders in my opinion being bio v ts / ts v wc.
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the guys from promode may have stumbled upon the most significant fix to q3 since the fps fixes last year.
it's been said that q3 has a "built-in" lag of around 50ms which the promode have overcome to give that lan feeling. worth a read.
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just spotted a new mod for q3 called unlagged. the mod aims to give hbps the same abilities as lpbs.
heres what the creators have to say:
targhan (from the art of war mod) and i have been hashing it out, and the result is pretty darn good. i can finally say that it feels exactly the same to aim as an lpb as it does to aim as an hpb. the evil fudge factor is vanquished! there's still a bit of testing to do just to make sure, but i'm very confident in this one.
get it from alternate fire
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just reading this a rescent interview by homelan with casey(the lead designer of the q3a version of the threewave ctf mod) by jcal from homelan
homelan - what sort of things are you planning on creating for the next version of threewave for q3a?
casey - we have two or three more versions planned right now. the first update will contain some bugfixes, as well as fixes to the quickstart and ingame server browser so people can find servers easier and get in the game. the second update will contain a full suite of match mode tools for players and admins, as well as a greater level of cheat protection. the final release will implement a lot of great features that we didn't get time to implement, as well as some new maps.
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the stranger from quakenation has done an excellent interview with odee of euro ctf fame. anyone interested in playing in the coming euro ctf cup should have a read here.
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in recent seasons, irish clans have been crippled by soaring pings in fights against broadband players, which some people have attributed to high maxpackets settings. i've heard just as many people say that this is a myth, and that this command does not lag the opponent. ster on challenge-fr has written a detailed article on how the cl_maxpacket command effects users and their opponent. its a bit too technical for me, but you might be able to make something of it  read the article here.
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irish net users are hoping for nationwide support next week when it protests
against the lack of unmetered dial-up and broadband net access and the
impact it's having on the economy.
the irelandoffline blackout is scheduled to take place on friday, november
16. the organisers hope that consumers and businesses alike will make their
voices heard by boycotting the phone and internet.
irelandoffline, a well-organised and increasingly vocal pressure group,
believes this internet "strike" is essential to draw attention to the lack
of affordable dial-up and broadband services in ireland.
it claims that unless something is done now the country risks falling behind
in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.
despite the lack of progress so far, the lobbyists believe that ireland can
be kick-started back into competitiveness, but only if there is a commitment
to make these products and services available.
in a statement the group said: "the primary aim of the 'blackout' is to draw
attention to the problems in the telecommunications industry in ireland, and
to educate consumers and businesspeople about these problems and how they
can be fixed.
irelandoffline hopes that business and net users will replace their web
sites with a protest page for the day. it also hopes net users will abstain
from using the internet or telephone in a concerted effort to attract
attention to their cause.
the roll-out of dsl in ireland was delayed in september following the
intervention of the telecoms regulator who wanted incumbent telco eircom to
submit revised wholesale pricing proposals and to provide evidence that its
pricing proposals did not breach competition laws.
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its out. its cool. and you can grab it here.
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i meant to do this last nite when i heard, but i was mad wrecked.
the weekend just gone, the bio lads went on a merry trip to savagelan in the uk. and merry it turned out to be as they snatched up the savlan ctf title, beating nme 5-1 in the finals.
aparently, they did well in the tdm competition too, getting through the semi-final stages. they were knocked out by the tournment winners gzd. well done lads. demos can be snarfed on from the bio web page.
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not a great week for the irish clans.. in div1a, bio.blue lost to m5, 73-116 on cpm4 and 84-123 on dm14. hat in div2a got a good result drawing with the french clan poq, those games finished 98-57 (to hat) on cpm4, and 57-62 on dm14. fh in div3d lost to kudos 82-43 on cpm4 and 99-59 on dm14.
next week should be very different, with bio.b taking on a battered s9r (got raped by unr this week), while fh play d!. hat face a much more difficult task against the dutch clan x4.
update: in div3b bio.r drew with [+] 93-89 on cpm4 and 99-103 on dm14
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i want to run a survey here on what type of mouse you people use. the reason for this, is partly to know which is the current most popular mouse, and partly because i own a logitech mouseman wheel, which is nearing the end of it's days, and to my disgust i see that they have been discontinued by logitech in favour of the cordless and optical versions, which, imho are the gamer's antichrist.
so what mouse to buy? stick a comment down, 1 comment telling your mouse type, no discussions or they'll be removed, we just want a tally.
edit: since writing this piece this morning, i have since found a site here that still sells the good mouseman wheel, and the pilot wheelmouse here on this dodgy german site.
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while we can all go to sites like cyberfight.ru, cached.net and xsreality.com when we want to watch a few demos, the sites' large lists can be daunting and the downloads sometimes run at a snail's pace.
we are going to put a lot more demos locally here, some of the more "choice" ones that we recommend you have a look at, even if only to remind yourself that after 3 or 4 years of gaming, you still have mount everest to climb to be remotely close to any of these guys.
the three newest today are:
arbiter vs james.mask t4, check out the vicious rails.
[pk]pele vs wkcobra ztn, pele is sick on this level,
and polosatiy-v-demon t2, which is well worth watching.
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just a quicky to say all site hosting, clan web pages, etc are back on-line again. there was some minor loss of data which there aint much i can really do about but apologize. a big thanks to ecksor again for his help on this one.
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the bwdml starts tomorrow and bigfoot has just updated quakenation with this season's preview. always a good read, its in 4 parts this time around - i haven't read through it all yet, but theres some fair and positive comments about the irish (and irishish) clans competing, fh (div3d), bio.b (div1a) and hat (div2a).
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due to a raid controller failure on the server (hopefully), all clan, league and personal web hosting are down. this includes all ftp access.
this will be until i get a replacement controller and physically get into the server to swap it in. they should be back up early this week with any luck.
apologies for any inconvenience.
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not quake related at all, but it brought a tear to my eye when i watched it. wtc disaster clips.
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anyone that is interested in playing
for the irish team, please show up this wednesday night, 9pm for trials. #ctf.ie,
quakenet.
even if you wish to make up numbers for the games, please, feel free to show up and you
will get some games. a couple of requirements for wednesday which are :
- osp .99w
2mb
- threewave
unification pack 120mb
- q3
pointrelease 3.0 26mb
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aude - this is a new quake video similar to frags done extreme except all the clips are off australian players. im downloading it atm so i dont know how good it is. heres what challenge-tv had to say
" pyth and pace did a very nice job making it, even the soundtrack is good. it'll take awhile for anyone on a 56k modem, it's 265 megs. i think it is very well done and worth the download"
anyways you can get it here and here.
maybe eric will put up a mirror. (i dont know how)
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i've already mailed everyone that has expressed interest in the team, including all those on the draft team at the moment. however, just in case people are not aware, the trails are on tonight at 9pm, #ctf.ie on quakenet if you feel your the man for the job.
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savlan 3 will be kicking off friday nov 2nd and will have a very good showing from the q3tdm community. bio will have 2 teams there, and hopefully will be competing in the q3tdm and ctf tourneys. chilled from savage sends along the following details for anyone interested in attending :
"savlan 3 is a q2/q3 lan taking place in coventry between 2-4 november. savage are looking for £37 for 3 days of lanning, pickup, tourneys & prizes. this is a community lan, mainly focusing on q3 with 160-odd players signed up so far. players from clans bio, !, fear.uk, unr, ek, sp@nky & c3x, digital nemesis, gunzoids, lanlords, mortal retribution, and nme are amongst the attendees and it promises to be a lot of fun.
i'd just like to confirm that ati have signed up as sponsors for savlan 3. they have initially provided 5 x radeon 7500s for the q3 events. this is in addition to the prizes of savage clan ports and the 1 v 1 competition sponsored by scan with a dvd player as 1st prize.
i've also been asked to pass on the news that any players who have signed up should pay up as soon as possible so that they can confirm their place. we're coming towards the final deadline, and the number of sign ups could mean that we will have to work on a first come, first served basis for the remaining spaces. you can now pay for savlan3 online by visiting http://www.pccyberstore.com/product.php?id=4 (unfortunately vat is charged via this method, therefore ticket prices are up 17.5%)."
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most of you are probably read boards but for those of ye that dont there's a ul-lan coming up soon. the website is here this has everything you need to know about it, regristration and accomodiation details etc. the discussion on boards is here
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torc interactive - you've heard the name,
now let me tell you about them. based in ireland, they are a five man team working hard to
move from the spare-time situation they currently find themselves in, to full-time game
development professionals. two of irelands quake oldies, freak_bruther and donron, are
working on it.
anyways, take a peek at their site http://www.torcinteractive.com
and maybe even download their techdemo,
which at under 7.5mb gives a quick and decent idea of where they are coming from.
they have had positive responses from the likes of david perry and graeme devine (of id
softawre no less!), as well as making iotd on
href="http://www.flipcode.com/cgi-bin/msg.cgi?showthread=10-10-2001&forum=iotd&id=-1">flipcode.
there is more news mentioned from various web sites around the world on their site.
here is a few screenshots of the demo, a first-person-shooter which is set in an old
celtic monastery, where you have to battle your way thru to collect the torc artifact and
complete the demo. you can check out the rest of the
href"http://www.torcinteractive.com/techdemscr.htm">screenshots on torc's site and you
can nab the demo here. there is a cool
specifications page which you should take a look at too.
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quicker than quakenation, quicker than ch-neo(ch-uk) your heard it here first the new osp is out, slurp it here
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i'm sure i won't be the first to point out that the good mr mindphuck has cooked up a new website for the hatstand clan. if it doesn't get plugged here he won't get the props he deserves for it, so take a look at www.hatstand.cx
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quakenation posted a list of all the captains for 20 teams in odee's euro ctf. in true copy and paste fashion, heres the list :
thanks to qn for my blatant ripofery.
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the draft divisions for season 7 of the barrysworld q3dm league have been posted on the leagues new webpage as the build up starts for the next edition of the longest running uk based tdm league for quake3. for the 3rd season in a row the league will feature 140 clans from 14 different countries.
the season itself will be kicking off on ther 6th/7th november with the divisions, maps and fixtures all being finalised over the next week.
looking at our old favourites, i see bio.b(lue) in div 1a, hat in division 2a, bio.r(ed) in div 3b and finally, fh are in div 3d. these are draft and a few of the clans may move up or down the divisions before the final listings.
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as the title says - the q3 ctf european championships will be starting again very soon and theres a team to be made for the squad.
last season there was great interest in the league, some conflicts and some headaches. at the end of the day, most people enjoyed it.
if your interested in playing for ireland, stick your name here. trials will be held as soon as there is enough people.
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