The polls are closed.

A couple weeks ago we told you about the Crossfire Community Awards, and gave you the chance to vote for the people you thought best deserved it in a number of different awards ranging from best aimer to Team of the Year.

There is still time for you to vote in these awards and make your views heard on who will receive one of the Crossfire Community Awards. Currently the race is extremely close in some of the categories, and so every vote could be decisive. It only takes a few minutes of your time.

Today we are happy to announce the kickoff of the annual Crossfire Community Awards. In the coming three weeks all registered users on Crossfire will be given the opportunity to vote on their favorite players, teams, events, movies and determine the eventual winners of 2010.

From today, December 16, until the 31st of December (midnight) you can cast your votes on 10 different polls, ranging from the best players in Enemy Territory to the best movie of the year and "Player you'd like to see come back" award. The results and the winners of polls will be officially announced on the 8th of January, 2011.

The third and final part of the Tier 1 training for our lucky competition winners revolves around a hostage extraction exercise. Using what they have learned over the course of the day they then have to remove a hostage from enemy territory and get him to a nearby jeep.

In the exercise the contestants were encouraged to use the elements of weapons training, close combat and stealth they had been taught by the Tier 1 operators.

See for yourselves how they get on.

The second part of the Tier 1 training for our lucky competition winners revolves around weapons training. They learn how to strip weapons, use sniper rifles and close combat techniques for out in the field.

The contestants find that even after the gruelling physical element of the training they still have to be sharp and focused to learn the skills that will prove vital for the final part - a hostage extraction exercise.

See for yourselves how they get on and what they learn and be sure to keep an eye out for the final part.


Those of you who missed the first video can find it here.

If you cast your minds back not very far there was a competition for people to win the opportunity to train like a tier 1 operator offered by Electronic Arts & Heaven Media. We filmed the "lucky" two winners being put through their paces.

Here we have the first of three videos, this one focusing on the tier one weapons training, vital skills that not only tie in with the Medal of Honor game but also real life as well.

In this video we see our the two competitors meet the drill instructor, be put through their paces in a series of physical tests and learn of what is in store for them over the course of the day. It's a competition prize like no other.

Watch the video below and be sure to tell us what you think:


Keep an eye out on Crossfire.nu for the next two videos in the series, which will include weapons training and a hostage extraction exercise.

After several weeks and months of hard work we are finally able to roll out some major changes to the Esports Heaven website and tournament system. As you will have seen, the activity of the site has gone up again and to boost that even further we are proud to present you a full list of changes and updates to the website.

Tournament System

The tournament system has been overhauled and revamped to make life easier on the admins and users of this site. Running and adminning a tournament has become easier then ever before and you can create your own cups and tournaments from now on!

The full list

• Admin Interface Revamp
  
• User Generated Cups!
  
• Greater control of sub-admins
  
• General Interface Upgrades
  
• Top 3 of newly run tournaments now have cups displayed on their player and team profile after finishing top 3 in a tournament.
  
• Fancy Text Editor for the news, forums and commenting system
  
• Upgrade on Page browser
  
• Tournament Brackets view slightly improved, rounded boxes and full screen
  
• Check in System for tournaments to improve the amount of no-shows and reduce them
  
• Player ID reorganisation
  
• You can game filter matches
  
• And much, much more

In cooperation with EA Games, Heaven Media is proud to announce a competition for the new Medal of Honor.

If you ever wanted to experience military training at its finest, now is your chance. To celebrate the release of the new Medal of Honor game, we have decided to take two readers and give them some serious military training. You will receive a full expensed paid trip to the UK to participate in the filming of "Train like a European Tier One Soldier – earn your Medal Of Honor". During this day you will receive military training, weapons training and basic combat training.

Participants need to be available for travel and filming on the 27th of September and need to keep into account that travel might also be required on the 26th.

To compete in this competition, you will need to fill out the application form and send it to [email protected]. You can find the form, and more information on the splash page www.tek-9.org/medalofhonor
The registration for this competition will run until the 19th of September.

It's been a long and exciting journey and after seven weeks of travelling, blogging and crossing Europe we have reached the conclusion of the Alienware Backpacking Challenge.

The time has come to announce the winner. Who will walk away with $5,000 and an Alienware M11x? And without further ado, the winner is...

The AWC is coming to an end with one final vote which will most likely decide who wins the $5000 cash prize.

Some of you will have doubtlessly been following the Alienware backpacking challenge, an event that saw four gamers travel across Europe while trying to accomplish a series of testing tasks.
During that time the public were encouraged to vote for who they thought had performed each task to the best of their ability. Well now, with the end in sight after the contestants all convened at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, it's now time for the final vote to be cast to see who will emerge victorious and take home a $5,000 cash prize.

This final vote will make up a massive 40% of the total, so if you haven't voted before, or want to ensure that the most deserving person wins, now is the time to make it count.
Here are the four contestants lined up for you again:

Livia Teernstra
Netherlands
23 Years Old
Former CGS Player


Matthijs Hoving
Netherlands
24 Years Old
Shoutcaster for QuadV


Ben Balcombe
United Kingdom
23 Years Old
Teaching assistant


Alasdair Sparrow
United Kingdom
23 Years Old
Inter/Student

The QuakeCon 2010 took place at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas between the 12th and 15th of August 2010. This convention was hosting 3 sponsored tournaments for Quakelive and several tournaments in the BYOC.

Masters Championship
Alexei "srs/rzr/Cypher" Yanushevsky - $14,000
Anton "mouz.Cooller" Singov - $7,500
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone - $4,000
4th: Sebastian "fnatic.spart1e" Siira
5-6th: Tim "EG|DaHang" Fogarty / Shane "SK-rapha" Hendrixson
7-8th: Kévin "fnatic.strenx" Baéza / Dan "dandaking" De Sousa
9-12th: dkt, clampOK, whaz, chance
13-16th: vamp1re, kgb, sparks, Flysher

CTF Championship
Evil Genius - $15,000
Fnatic - $6,000
QUAD Gaming - $4,000
4th: Loaded

Open Duel
jovire - $1,500
_boots - $750
id_ - $250