With a strong background in Enemy Territory, vicious and evil over time has become one of the more known names across the scene. Today, we see the multi gaming clan return to recruit a new team, who have intentions of attending CDC4 and competing in the upcoming EMS.

The team includes players who have been ruling on the top of the scene for years, mainly coming from teams such as idle.ee & skit-evil. Due to the downfall of idle.ee and ping pong, the lineup is as follows:

Quote by twidi, VAE.ET player

First of all three of us had planned to go cdc4 with idle.ee and the other three with ping pong. However both teams faced some problems with their players and after some discussion with RELOAd we decided to merge with the remaining guys from both teams willing to go to cdc4.
Our team consists of very experienced players and we know each other pretty well already, which is why I think we should be able to get our team working very well despite the short preparation time we have before cdc4. Shortly after our team was formed, we asked for support from vae for the cdc4 and further tournaments and they got interested. So now with the support from vae we're preparing for cdc4, where we should have all the chances to fight for the first place, and other tournaments coming up like the ESL EMS II.

Today we see the former Morrigu join team-ephix as their new ET squad. With the recently announced ESL Master Series and Crossfire's CDC4 LAN, this is likely to be one of more MGC's who will recruit ET teams over the next few weeks. The lineup consists of:



A Statement from Wesbo:

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We're very pleased to be joining team-ephix as their ET team. They've shown us they can offer us the support we're searching for and we hope to do well under their name. We're looking forward to competing in CDC, ESL Masters and other competitions.

A Statement from ILoveYou, team-ephix manager:

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I'm very glad to present our 2nd squad. After getting in contact with these guys I found out that they are very nice guys and have the potential to become one of the better ET teams. Together with our CoD4 team we will be visiting cdc4 and of course we hope to get as far as possible.

www.team-ephix.eu
#team-ephix

As we come closer to the finals of the QCUP, we see four top teams competing for gold, glory, and 500 euros! Our semi finalist teams include german giants megaprogaming, who can be seen in the EuroCup final tonight at 21:00 CET, who will be facing none other than ET stars idle. On the other side of the bracket, we can see the clash of The Last Resort vs aMenti, a game of old vs new, and both will certainly excite the spectators.

The Last Resort vs TBA
Time: Thursday 20th 21:00cet
Coverage: TBA
Maps: Adlernest & Supply
Prediction:
eVo (impact):
[(if it's TLR vs amenti)]
My prediction for the game is a 4:2 win for TLR, obviously Amenti have been a fantastic squad who have won everything however i think most now concentrate on other games and their level will have dropped slightly, as long as we can contain some of their key players i think we should take this with it possibly going to a decider, adlernest being the relatively unknown factor here. I expect it to be a relatively tense game, obviously this is the new TLR squad vs the Old one, it will be interesting given some of the comments passed by some of the Amenti players at the TLR management, that could have added a little niggle to the game. Hopefully everyone gets to spectate a fantastic battle.
Rosters
TLR
Iron
Sheep
perfo
Squalli
toxic
teKoa
eVo

aMenti
Clown
Winghaven
mAus
dAv1d
XyLoS
Matias
doktor


mpg 4 - 0 idle
megaProGaming vs idle
Time: Wednesday 19th 21:30 CET
Coverage: gamestv
Maps: Adlernest & Supply
Prediction:
drago (mpg):
We are looking forward to our match versus idle and even though they have been inactive for some time, there is no way we would underrate them. These guys have played together for such a long time that their teamplay has developed to a level only few teams could ever reach. Nevertheless we will try our best to win and hope the spectators will enjoy this match.
Rosters
idle
urtier
senji
night
kot
sol
jakazc
reload
r3vers

mpg
aCoZz
wEAK
drago
snoop
keran
butchji

A personal good luck to all teams from myself, and to you a recommendation to spectate, as these games are certainly not to be missed!

Due to various misunderstandings, the semifinal with vs TLR will still be played this thursday at 21cet, however their opponent is still undecided.

After weeks full of work VAE is proud to announce the return of their Call of Duty Players. Whilst Wonderbase 2007 was the latest event vae.CoD was attending, the Squad had a lot of discussions about switching to Call of Duty 4. Not everyone was pleased with the new game and couldn't bring up the motivation to play on a serious level.
That's why they had to switch some of their players; xHabit, preparing for army, zar, playing for a different team and cosa, inactive, left the team, resulting in the three new faces which are chippy, toppe and beng.

VAE.CoD4 Lineup:
Niklas Nidler Rosenblad
Patrik loke Nylander
Dennis chippy Andersson
Tobias toppe Thorsén
Johnis beng Alm
Carl elac Svärd ( Backup )

Statement by the VAE Management:

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We are really happy about presenting you our new Call of Duty Team. The choice wasn't that hard, since we knew Nidler, elac and loke already from the former VAE.CoD2 Team, which was part of VAE for a long, long time.
In our oppinion, the team has the motivation it needs to play the game on a top level and we are looking forward into the future.
Welcome to VAE guys.

Statement by loke:

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For me and NIdLER finding the two first pieces was an very easy task. Since I played WoW and CoD2 together with the all knowing-toppe and the almighy-bengaN and knowing their personalities in and out only a fool would turn them down.
The 5th and final member was alot more tricky to find, but when we first heard his voice over ventrilo we had another easy choice ahead of us. Now presenting chippy as the last member of we are also pleased to announce that we are going to play for me and NIdLERs cod 2 organisation VAE. Yet again, a simple choice for us to make.

Official Press Release
#vae

Belgian superstars see themselves under a new roof today, known only as Team EDiT. The ET squad were recently seen competing against the superbly named megaProGaming, but having lost 2-4 will now be pushed into the lower bracket where they will face MoD. The players have been seen together in similar teams on multiple occasions, resulting in a team with much experience together, and a respectable amount of experience. Expectations of the team versus MoD in their next EuroCup game are relatively high. The lineup of the team has not been subject to change despite a new MGC, and is as follows:



The MGC itself, has also just released it's site, and is run by Oliver "oLi" Adams, known for his past with cZar. Currently the MGC consists only of the ET squad, and sponsors such as SteelSeries & Servlogic. It is expected to grow soon.

Statement from CEO of EDiT - [flag=uk "oLi"]
Im very happy to see cZar joining EDiT. We have been looking to open the new site along with a new gaming squad and im very proud to make that squad these guys. Our original plan was to wait and see if ET:QW's took off the ground but with cZar so interested and some time still left on the clock of ET we decided it would be worth it.
We now hope they can prove themselves at upcoming leagues and CDC4.
Statement from squadleader of the ET team - [flag=be "mesq"]
I'm proud to announce that Just Another ET Team, or better known as cZar, are joining up EDiT. We are very proud by joining up such a known organisation as EDiT. We hope we can live up to their goals.

#edit
www.team-edit.eu

As another day passes since the release of Enemy Territory Quake Wars, top spanish team wArning! has watched the time pass, and now the time has come for the team to finalise the lineup and get themselves a new home. The team has found the home they were looking for under the name of Nextlevel e-Sports. The multigaming clan has sponsors such as Packard Bell, providing both hardware and LAN support, and has recently represented as the only spanish team at the recent WCG LAN. After the unfortunate loss of top spanish ET players MaRTe & Winghaven, the team has found new replacements, bringing the lineup to the following:

Fran “morbit” Roy
Carlos “dr3am” Sánchez
Javier “1k” García
Jose María “actiono” Fernández
Enrique “Zheroc” Adiego
Daniel “Omood” Sañudo

Omar “blOp” Ornaque (backup)
Sergio “arcadia” Pulido (backup)

The team still hosts remnants of it's original ET lineup, with players such as dr3am, morbit and arcadia, but having lost 2 star players MaRTe and Winghaven to exilium & h2k. With a main 6 of 2 ET players, 2 NS players & 2 BF2 players, the lineup hosts a mix of backgrounds and playing styles, and one can only hope the team keeps up the skill level behind the warning name.

Statement from dr3am We are happy to be joining one of the most important organisations in Spain. Nextlevel is giving us full support; thanks to them, we will be focused on playing without having to pay attention to anything else besides the game itself.

#nlesports
Site

Those of you who are unfamiliar with Challenge TV, may be wondering what exactly it is. The site consists of a demo database, allowing people freely to upload and download demos at any time, and with no expense. The site consists of demos from ET, Quake, UT and more; and more recently, ETQW. Although the site does not yet have an ETQW section, ETQW demos have been placed under the ET section until an update arrives creating a set section. Demos can be either scrims or officials, and from any range of skill levels.

Those of you who have ETQW, may or may not currently be competing in the competitive side of it; whether or not you are, you may still be interested in how competition is evolving in the game, possibly with plans of picking up competition in a near or distant future. Whatever the situation is for you, you may be interested to hear that demos are being uploaded to challenge TV, to give you the opportunity to see for yourself just how competition works in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. The site now hosting ETQW demos, allows people to access them freely, and see for themselves just how it is that ETQW works in competition, or for whatever other use they choose (watching a player to learn a thing or two, making a fragmovie etc.).

Not only is this a notice for you to download, but a request for your uploads, as by providing the site with your demos, you will be helping to provide the site, and the community with a widespread variety of demos, and helping to make the site of use.

Demos uploaded so far have been the POV of myself from grof, Fenda from point blank & Doomsteri of pelit, and include both 4v4 and 6v6 gamestyles. Current demos are against teams such as dignitas, cash please (now h2k) & Speedlink, and requests for more demos from other teams have been put forward recently.

Demos
http://www.challenge-tv.com/index.php?mode=demodetail&demo=34480
http://www.challenge-tv.com/index.php?mode=demodetail&demo=34483
http://www.challenge-tv.com/index.php?mode=demodetail&demo=34481
http://www.challenge-tv.com/index.php?mode=demodetail&demo=34482
http://www.challenge-tv.com/index.php?mode=demodetail&demo=34490


Challenge TV
CHTV Upload

The Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars 1.2 Update has just been released! It weighs in at just over 280MB and comes with a multitude of improvements, fixes, and new features, including full voice communication, an improved server browser, and a variety of XP balancing adjustments. More information on the 1.2 Update can be found in this developer blog update. You can download the 1.2 Update either via the in-game updater or from the mirrors below.

In addition to the client update, there are also updated server files available - please note that due to the amount of changes, there is no server update this time around, only a full installer.

Mirrors
4players
Extreme players
Fileplanet
Fileshack
Gamershell
i3d
Internode
Multiplay
Student Net Twente
Worth Downloading
torrent

Changelog (Long!)
* Added voice over IP (VoIP). A new menu has been added to the settings menu that will allow this to be configured. The PC must have a microphone configured properly via the Windows Control Panel in order for it to work in game.
* Comprehensive bot improvements
* Medic revive/health drop XP bonus (20%).
* Light weapons xp bonus (10%) (reduce the cost for each upgrade by 10%, not increasing the actual xp given).
* Threaded renderer: enable via r_useThreadedRenderer 2, when from console in main menu, can not enable in game.
* further optimization of pre-generated shadows, across all maps.
* Alternative mouse input method (enabled by default) using the Raw Input API. Disabled by setting m_rawInput 0.
* Fixed high DPI mice dropping input in certain situations.
* Added support for quadraphonic and 7.1 speaker setups.
* Made vehicle wheels appearing to clip through the ground less common.
* Fixed Titan engine shutdown sound getting cut off when switching seats.
* Spectators come to a complete stop instead of infinitely drifting slowly up or down.
* Vehicle horn sounds don't play when the vehicle is underwater.
* Fixed respawning player being visible in a standing pose over their corpse briefly when they respawn when unlockFPS is enabled.
* Sniper rifle & railgun tracers appear no matter how far away you are from the firer.
* Technician can now switch to other tools while sprinting after changing to his stroyent tool.
* Fireteams are saved across map transitions.
* Fade in vehicle panel/fireteam dialogs.
* Added tool tip explaining the time limit functionality in the play computer shell.
* Remember the chosen class when the admin forces a player to the other team.
* Added EMP effect for all deployables/vehicles while they are disabled.
* Added total XP tool tip for the different proficiency types when mousing over them in the overview tab in the stats.
* Gray out quick chat item "I'm disguised" when not in disguise.
* Lighting Pistol: Fixed not overheating at the same rate if tapping the fire key instead of holding it down.
* Fixed not graying out drop down button in admin menu when "Add bot" is disabled.
* Hide friend/foe indicators while going through the Slipgate teleporter.
* Fixed occasionally seeing a spectator's command map icon if there was a radar deployed.
* Health Packs and Stroyent Cells now have separate uses count on the stats page.
* Fixed treating mining laser objective as a destroy objective instead of construct objective with regards to stats.
* Fixed not resetting radial timer on deployable notify icon when the icon is created.
* Send a tool tip instead of a chat message when a fireteam is disbanded.
* Fixed players seeing the enter vehicle icon on the MCP when it is deployed at an outpost when another player is occupying the gunner seat.
* Fixed driver not getting a tool tip when he is kicked for driving in the wrong direction.
* Grenade Launcher: Always display "Grenade Launcher" obituary even if using bullets.
* Plasma Launcher: Always display "Plasma Launcher" obituary even if using Lacerator.
* Fixed when a Strogg player delivers an Energy Cell back to the Strogg ship, the objective icon next to his name in the scoreboard does not disappear until he dies.
* Fixed not resetting decoy charge bar when switching from driver to another vehicle seat.
* Notify client when client has been muted/unmated from text chat or VOIP.
* Joining a game in progress displays "Warm up(Waiting for more players to ready up)" in the in game scoreboard.
* If a spectator switches to spectate a player firing a one-shot per charge bar vehicle weapon the charge bar will not update properly.
* Now hides energy segments when holding the landmine.
* Fixed the charge notify icon disappearing for someone who has planted a charge, that is dead and spectating someone else while the spectatee charge explodes.
* Fixed charge notify icon not disappearing if you arm a charge you are not the owner of.
* Added option to save account password.
* Added a message history to friends/clan chats.
* Added an option to keep the message friend/clan member window open after sending a message.
* Added a Favorites source, similar to History.
* Added Time/Date information to the Replay page.
* Added Delete button to the Replay page.
* Added option to disable the Complaint popup after you are team killed.
* Added built in support for 1280x960 and 1400x1050 video modes.
* Fixed the server list getting a new list every time Play Online was entered.
* Fixed the server list getting a new list every time a filter changes.
* Fixed display of servers with < and > in their names.
* Changed bot filter to filter out a server only if it's completely full of bots.
* Changed obituary and chat text to a smaller font size.
* Changed menu transitions to make it more obvious that there were new choices when entering the options menu.
* Adjusted energy cell drop-pod rubble in Quarry so players can't clip through it.
* Added EMP sparks and effects to "disabled" vehicles and deployables.
* Added unique hit sound for headshots.
* Slight increase in damage distance falloff for all Lacerator variants.
* Reduced damage distance falloff start point to 25% of weapon range for the Sniper Rifle and Railgun.
* Slight reduction in maximum spread for standing and crouching stances for standard Lacerator and Plasma Launcher variant.
* Reduced firing rate for Grenade Launcher variant to match the Scoped Assault Rifle.
* Reduced firing rate for Plasma Launcher variant to match the Accurised Lacerator.
* Improved initial accuracy for Pistol and Blaster.
* Slight increase to fire rate for both Shotgun and Nailgun.
* Anansi and Tormentor take longer to repair.
* Constructing the mining laser should count as a primary objective for stats purposes now.
* Outskirts: removed two deploy squares that were directly below Strogg spawns.
* Slipgate: fixed fogging on decals on the Antarctic-side structures.
* Valley: raised flight ceiling to allow aircraft to navigate more of the map.
* Volcano: fixed a number of holes in the terrain and missing faces on geometry.
* Roughly 1/3 Drop in Light Weapons and Battle Sense requirements for each level unlock from:

Level 1 10
Level 2 20
Level 3 40
Level 4 80

To

Level 1 8
Level 2 16
Level 3 32
Level 4 64
* Roughly 1/4 drop in all class requirements for unlocks. This means that Soldier, Medic, Engineer, Covert Ops, Field Ops and Strogg equivalents would change from:

Level 1 15
Level 2 30
Level 3 60
Level 4 120

To

Level 1 12
Level 2 24
Level 3 48
Level 4 96

Source

As the ephix cup reaches it's last game, we will see grof vs Dignitas facing each other in the finals tonight at 22:00 CET With GROF having beaten pelit in a very close 4:2 game, and grof therefore coming from the lower bracket, having already lost to dignitas on island, dignitas are certainly favourites for the match.

In the consolation final pelit failed to win their map, island, whilst losing to grof despite strong efforts. grof having chosen sewer also failed to win their chosen map, having lost by 15 seconds due to a series of mistakes. Having reached the decider map of salvage, grof managed to pull through a win, concluding a particularly exciting game.

Lineups for tonight are expected to be as follows:
[bdignitas[/b]:]
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[bgrof[/b]:]
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With both teams having played each other on a number of occasions, dignitas have often had the upper hand, and again come into this infantry match having won every match so far, beating teams such as junk52 & grof. grof also reach the final having beating teams such as wArning! & pelit along the way, reaching the final match with both teams having earned their place in what is expected to be an interesting final. Despite the unfortunate dropout of the particularly strong team Eyeballers, we can only hope the cup will finish as well as it started.

Maplist
AB = Dignitas map
BA = Grof map but only if grof wins the first map, this is because they come from loserbracket.
Rules
- Vehicles are not allowed.
- Flying vehicles are not allowed.
- Deployables are not allowed.
- Air strikes are not allowed.
- Heavy weapons are not allowed.
- Only one sniper rifle/railgun is allowed per team at any time, however Covert Ops/Infiltrator aren’t limited.
- Mines, Tripmines, Flyerdrone and 3rd eye camera cannot be used, with exception of the flyerdrone on volcano obj3.
ClanBase Page



For those of you who don't understand the meaning of a 2:2 win, because grof has come from lower bracket, it is necessary for them to win both maps. Dignitas only needed to win 1 map to win the match due to coming from upper bracket.

match detailsMap 1: area22
-dignitas attack first and set ~16:30
-grof attack and win setting ~11:30
Map 2: sewer
-grof attack setting 8:10
-dignitas attack and win setting ~7:30

Another clan follows the ET:Quakewars hype by recruiting their own team for the upcoming ET:QW events. If you have browsed the Clanbase Opencup page the last days, you may have noticed that the german team, who was formerly known as DkH.etqw have just changed their clan details. They will continue under the flag of Ping of Death ( pod ). POD had teams in older games like Quake III, EnemyTerritory, RTCW & BF2.

The team recently beat sfto in the EMS Qualifier, but had no chance against top german team Speedlink.etqw.

The pod etqw lineup is as follows:

pico ( Team-Manager )
Caliban
bldr
Currey
Nager
PeeKaaay
juICE
Neox
Losti


Clanbase sheet
Homepage
#pod.etqw