clanbase ctf opencup

n8z in second league group a with no success so far... the season opened with a loss to the experienced and very active dutch

clan, scarab (here) despite a close

game on cp1. no games documented since then, although i would think hazzle would be difficult games and next1 potentially tricky too; the fixture

vs inf proposed for wed 13 oct is one they should look to win.

good start for fh in 3rd league group c - an easy win over the swiss clan ston3d (
href="http://www.clanbase.com/news_league.php?mid=41615&lid=1637" target="_blank">here) followed by another comfortable

win over the polish ppp (here).

good play by the newly recruited potemkin. next up is dutch clan uf! agreed for next thursday.

ded, also in 3rd league lost out in a 3 mapper to x (no report there), before a 3-1 points win vs estonians err (
href="http://www.clanbase.com/news_league.php?mid=42653&lid=1637" target="_blank">here). ded were well out pinged but

did well to take the win on a swedish server. next up for them though is a more difficult game vs the well skilled uk clan

ek.

clanbase tdm opencup

jolt q3ctfl

ded and n8z both in div3c; a good start for ded with apparently comfortable wins over qq on w3 and cp1. bigfoot mentions good

performances by casc, nozi (aka s1r-k1llal0t), and tru3n3o, on the ded side. n8z lost heavily to uk clan inferno...

while the foot claims "the lads of n8z were simply out-gunned and out-played", the result suggests to me that there must have

been some problems with the line-up at that early hour. n8z should be looking to get points vs lr on sunday, while ded take

on inf, who are one of the better sides in the div.

jolt tdm league

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in the second round on w7, ded got an easy win over frenchies no, while fh were

comfortable in beating the english bdi. third round, quakelamers strike again, after

knocking n8z out of clanbase summer cup playoffs (
href="http://www.clanbase.com/news_league.php?nid=139840&mid=40755&lid=1530"

target="_blank">in 4 maps) they beat ded on cp1. fh had to forfeit the rest of the

competition due to a lack of players.

all three clans are signed up for the clanbase open cup, and with the jolt q3ctfl starting

soon, if bigfoot is in charge, i wouldn't be surprised if the three irish clans end up in the same group.

the final was played against the americans and reigning champions, cloud9. a very well

organised c9 defence (viju and pals) kept aaa at bay on one of their better maps, cp9, but

it wasn't good enough as the frenchies slayed the ghosts of 2003 and took out the

americans on their own turf of cp15. i said before the tournament that i was worried that

aaa's too-aggressive tactics might backfire on lan, but i was wrong about that, and they

were very impressive in the execution of their ambitious strategy. great powerup syncing

gave them the deserved points on cp15, before a very short 3rd map which i missed mar bhí

orm dul go dtí an leithris (a quick "overtime" cap won it for aaa in a couple of minutes).

the gunzoids looked savage before the tournament, blokey's aim working nicely, defmasta

appleseed as rock-solid as ever. i think this was the first time i had seen deus ctfing

on lan, and he didn't disappoint either. the only downside to the gzd team was, as i had

anticipated, that derfel's lack of fragging power and survival made it difficult when the

enemy was hitting 50% lg. nonetheless, gzd had a good tournament, destroying *69's feeble

hopes just like last season with a thorough hammering, and even disposing of the highly

rated tempest comfortably. their best game saw them send cloud9 into the lower bracket,

breaking the americans altogether in the second map. i think that tiredness set in, this

is what it looked like to me as they reached the winner bracket final and performed well

below the standard they had set for themselves. a moderately heavy loss against aaa

damaged their form even further, and set them up for the lowlight of their tournament vs

cloud9 on ctf2, where they never really contended in a map where they should have been

favourites.

ice climbers deserve congratulations for their campaign, which saw them finish 5th after a

3 map, overtime loss to last season's 2nd place 519. not bad for a clan which has only

been playing ctf for a couple of weeks. their greatest scalp has to be that of the

internet gamers 32nd, who had been sent to the lower bracket in a very close game against

cloud9.

a great tournament nonetheless, and well done to the teams involved. all the results and final standings are on the
href="http://tournaments.quakecon.org/tournament/tournamenthome.php?tournamentid=3"

target="_blank">qcon site

update: mini preview by right at http://www.clanbase.com/news_league.php?nid=139638&mid=0&lid=1530.

some of the american teams which will be primary contenders include 519 (socrates, zero4, czm, gator), cloud9 (viju, tim, cl0ck, yrim), and tempest. tempest features the champion flag def from last c9 last season, ffsmasher, and one of the best

players of the tournament last year, mickey, the one man team formerly in md.

teamlists taken straight from qcon site. since i don't know the american teams well enough, i won't comment. the european

clans look good but theres no real outstanding team there. i would rate aaa highest since they have thefou in attack. their

positive, aggressive tactics last year backfired, as more defensive play suits lan better and won out in the end. they will

know maps like q3wcp15 a bit better this time around, and will have more experience in 4v4 ctf. quakecon free for all champ

appleseed has been replaced on the flag spot by st_germain.

gzd also looks very strong.. i don't recall deus travelling last season (could be wrong there) so he would be a big boost to

their chances. i can't remember who did flag def for gzd last year either, but this time around its appleseed. i think they

look stronger than they did last time around, and will be title contenders.

its good to see that 32nd are travelling. they won that fear.uk warmup to quakecon but i wouldn't credit that at all seeing

how thefou was in their team, and that makes all the difference. forever and tdo are highly rated as flag carriers online,

but, like [gzd]derfel, it will be interesting to see how much that counts for on lan at a the cost of raw aim.

germany is far from the force it used to be in ctf. and the mtw players have not been outstanding in any recent competition

that i have followed. with the likes of mike in their squad though, you cannot write them off, just don't be expecting too

much.

the 1v1 tourney looks just as

good, with prizes, first place: $25,000, second place: $15,000, third place: $10,000. the maps this time around are

ztn3tourney1, pro-q3tourney4, hub3aeroq3, pro-q3dm6. its interesting to see that the aerowalk remake has been included again

after a successful showing at the eswc. this could establish it as a main duel map for q3's future. i had a run around it

and it looks like a good map, nice and fast and also has the advantage that most people have seen it before in qw or early

days of q3 in some form.

loads of top players at this 1v1 tourney... unfortunately, i've been told that the qlan champ (finished first ahead of

players like cooller, z4muz, and czm) and in form player at eswc, fooki, is not attending, although other swedes like fox,

z4muz, and toxic will hope to make up for it. most of the other big names from eswc are though, the americans, a chunk of

russians, including cooller, unkind, polosatiy (sp?), lexer (a few top players missing there but can't have them all). pity

the belarussians aren't going. theres also the french and uk ctfers, players like blokey and st_germain.

the people's favourite for the 1v1 this year is czm, always near the top of these competitions, but i can't remember him ever

winning, this could be his chance. the bookie's favourite would have to be cooller, the world's number 1. zero4, reigning

qcon champ, is always a main contender. lexer, winner of qcon 2002 iirc, is also making a return. the chinese russian, jibo,

will be attending.. for the first time that i can remember. a lot of people rate him highly so hes one to watch out for.

looks like it's out in a few u.s. shops before the official release date. dest sent me a link to a post that seems genuine (new screenshots etc):
http://boards.ign.com/doom_3/b5646/63929546/p1

and also check out this new d3 trailer: http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_doom3_4.wmv

it says it all, it's definitely "enjoyable" with the minimum specs. it's not 5fps, it's the entire doom 3 experience.

don't forget boys that carmack is your 3daddy and he knows how to squeeze and optimise those precious frames per seconds.

after all, it's him who did put the very number in that top right corner of you favorite video game. he knows how to talk nicely and convince your low-spec hardware to give you plenty of them ...

us release -3 days

after his fourth place at the painkiller tournament, i asked him about the past, the present and of course the future of fatal1ty. he talks about his first steps, his infamous counter-strike and call of duty career, the fat-shoe and of course doom3.

mirrors available here.

when doom 3 is released, it will actually be able to use the whole 512mb of memory. we learn that the game will have so-called ultra settings, able to use larger uncompressed textures that will work when the game detects the additional memory.

now that's another motivation to wait for the next 512mb generation of video cards before upgrading.

added link: and on a low note for ati :

a set of 3 videos from the tv 'icons' serie about doom 3 is available online. after watching them you'll realise that doom 3 will just be unbelievable ...

here is the link to esreality.com where multiple mirrors are available:

here is an interview from tim willits and todd hollenshead by gamespot. of course the article is mainly about doom 3 but has some interesting facts on various other subjects like quake iv, a possible doom3-engine version of rtcw and some other stuff.

here is the link to the full article http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07/22/news_6103236.html

edit:

... with more from ign :

as well as from gamespy:

looks like the "good boys" gamespot, gamespy and ign got the green lights to release their "exclusive" interviews ...

looks like it's not that bad for the minimum requirements. although it's the minimum requirements and certainly not the fully-enjoyable specs.

edit:

you can find here some official video card benchmarks ran by the idsoftware team but only for the latest nvidia/ati video cards :

john carmack:

it should be noted that all of the modern cards play the game very well, and benchmark scores should not be the be-all-end-all decision maker. scores will probably improve somewhat with future driver releases, and other factors like dual slots or dual power connectors can weigh against some of the high end cards.

[h]ard|ocp:

id software has done a great job of bringing doom 3 playability to the masses, probably including a larger portion of the gamers out there than has ever been done with a cutting edge gaming title.

edit:

as regard to your game input, it's definitely not a "requirement" but check out this doom 3 keyboard by ideazon zboard:

edit:

and about the next idsoftware game requirements :