the flagtime rule was a bit disappointing (if teams are tied after 10mins of overtime, the team with more flagtime wins), especially on q3w2 where people often chose to hide behind the flag or play for flagtime rather than take a risk and trying to leg it for a cap. the inclusion of cp15 also managed to dampen the competition, it was clearly an american map where the europeans teams appeared very out of place (except for aaa vs pm). it was a very enjoyable tourney nonetheless, and well played to aaa and gzd for proving that they were more than worth the plane fare.

the quakecon 1v1 was won by zero4, who beat the swedish player zamuz in the final. also congrats to creamy from the irish qw clan gauntlet who played for 4kings and managed to come 4th in the rtcw tournament, with $6000 prizemoney for the clan.



elsewhere, clanbase summercup group stages have been finishing up. fh topped our group, fourth league group b, which turned out to be a disappointing division. both @tarctica and kreaturen dropped out midseason, it didn't really affect us since we had already beaten @ and kreaturen were bottom of the table and didn't look like getting any wins anyway, but it was still disappointing to finish the season with only 3 and a half clans in the group (clan death defaulted a few too i think). dynamic core says fh will be playing the spanish clan sac in the playoffs. ts have been cursed with familiar bad luck in summer 4v4 ctf competitions, narrowly missing out on points each week.



bw draft divisions are up, scheduled to start on 31st august / 1st september. fh are currently in division 3a, a division where we made our debut a few seasons ago, and finished the season without losing a map despite having all our players on isdn. a few of the clans from that season are still there... dp, mia and 28+. xpd is a team we have played a few times in division 2, which has always given the majority of the points to fh. we're in with death from portugal again, who defaulted in our clanbase summercup group, along with yadegari (mostly kuk players i think), klf, sps and bdi. on paper it should be an easy season, i think fh is still a div2 side even with our bad connects, but last season's lack of organisation and player shortages gave us too many 4v5s and unpractised lineups, so we deserved to be relegated. it is difficult to predict how the season will shape up, i might be losing my connect for awhile, and the results will depend on the team we have available to us. unfortunately the l33t broadband from other players in the clan never materialised, so it won't be a return to season 8's ownage.



ts face another season in division 1. theres plenty of competition there this season, with gzd and h' likely to be fighting it out with the newly added 32nd for the title. for 4th place though, its anyone's game... except for yo! who look very out of place here. i have played them several times in leagues in the past for fh and nvr in clanbase, and as far as i can remember it has always resulted in a heavy defeat for yo! i've been told theyve got some l33t players now, but their lineup does not look convincing so i hope for their sake that they've got super teamplay a noticable absence this season is that of recap, with wc being the only clan flying the swedish flag in the top flight this season. ts have the ability to finish in the top 5, but they lack the consistency of other teams like nv, who have been improving again since the addition of blokey to their squad. some people might be surprised to see elaw and lag playing at this level, but elaw have looked very good at times in clanbase... even if it is 4v4, thanks to their new recruit (i think hes new anyway) erazor... formerly in top german clan hf. lag's multinational team stormed through the league so far, always improving, but i think they still have a bit to do before they're comfortable at this level.

and finally jobos have swapped places with fh and find themselves in a familiar looking division 2a. they'll be expecting a win vs l2i and frenchies super fruits.. but theres plenty of competition from the other clans. x4 and scrb are down from division 1, and along with tc, i would expect them to be too much for most clans in this division. zn have plenty of experience at this level and i think they'll be spending another season here after this one. inf the mostly uk clan should be well at home here.. and rofl, when they play well, can beat any team in the division. mdu and zn are the other french clans, i would rate them both above super, even if mdu can be erratic at times, their teamplay is good, but i expect them to be the third clan relegated (along with l2i and super).