Dear Crossfire users,

The groups have been put together randomly by the QuickCup system , we can rate the teams and stuff but we can't change anything. We made one change about the Seedings Gamerz Connexion switched with THEPINPALS. You have to play the maps we choose and not the ClanBase maps in the groupstage. At the playoffs every team can choose their own map of our Mappool.

• Group A
  
• Epsilon CC5 Champions 2008 (Poule A)
  
• Gamerz Connexion (Poule C)
  
• HighBot (Poule B)
  
• unKind (Poule D)

Dear Crossfire Users,

Highbot presents you the HighBot Winter Challenge 08/09. The tournament will start at 2nd January '09 and the Final will most likely be played at 3rd February '09. We invite 16 teams directly to the Challenge. We tried to invite the best teams of each nation. Even 2 - 3 NationsCup teams are going to play to have a great warmup for the upcoming NationsCup XII. The Nations teams will be Team Croatia , Team Hungary & mostly Team French under the name of Gamerz-Connexion.

We have also have 7 EuroCup teams, the OpenCup Premier League Champion aToOn and the Crossfire Challenge 5 Winner Epsilon for this kinda special event. We have a competent admin crew for the event, so that we can held et active once again and we take the coverage for most matches by ourself.

Videogame company id Software has now confirmed QuakeLive for QuakeCon 2009.

id Software will hold its annual QuakeCon event from August 13-16, 2009, in Dallas, Texas at the Hilton Anatole Hotel.Described by the developer as "the world's ultimate video game festival and party", QuakeCon 2009 will, as always, be free.The event will host North America's largest bring-your-own-computer LAN party, according to id, with places for almost 3,000 gamers to hook their systems up and play on the company's network.

Dear Crossfire Users,

After the Crossfire Challenge 5, we started our plans to make a german top-team once again.

After we saw that Tomas "kReSti" M. & Stefan "flopjehZ" P. are not a part of AoW anymore, we saw our chance to create an all german lineup.

We played with kReSti already in the last OpenCup, and knowing flopje as well from the lan, both are great ppl and having a nice knowledge in ET. On cc5 everyone was surprised about the performance of kReSti & AoW, and also we think they have the aim and the professional attitude to play at EuroCup level. We would like to announce also a comeback of the HighBot Wolfenstein Panzer Jens "souX" G, who will also be a part of HighBot.ET. During the last 3 year's he has spent a lot of time managing other teams, but after specing at CC5, he is motivated and back playing.

The team has got two main goals, the upcoming EuroCup in February/March and the Crossfire Devoti Challenge 6 in the first week of April.

HIGHBOTFiREBALL (Captain)
HIGHBOTKRESTI (Mainplayer)
HIGHBOTCRIATURA (Mainplayer)
HIGHBOTFLOPJEHZ (Mainplayer)
HIGHBOTSOUX (Mainplayer)
HIGHBOTHUMM3L (Mainplayer)

HIGHBOTVIRTU (Backup)
HIGHBOTM@x (Backup)


StatementsHIGHBOT BE A PART OF IT:

Statement flopjehZ :

"Im really looking forward to play with such experience guys, after my well lan performance im kinda happy to be a part of highbot now. I met fireBall & humM3L on the lan allready and they are nice guys. Im sure the team can perform really well, we are all motivated for cc6 lan and online events"

Statement souX :

"I’m really happy to be a part of this team.I noticed that every team and just every game without fireBall and humM3L just discourage me.With this strong team my desire to play is back and I’m thankful that this team gave me a chance to play with them!"

Statement criatura :

"Im really happy that we are playing now with these guy's , was really fun to hang around with kReSti & flopje on cc5. They suprised alot on the LAN and im really glad to play with souX aswell hes a oldschool wolfenstein player from highbot and what i heard from fatih and daniel they was amazing in the past. We focus now on that team wish us the best of luck"

I also can anounce that we organize a nice direct invite cup

HIGHBOT Winter Challenge Only direct invites (News will follow)

http://clanbase.ggl.com/news_league.php?lid=8422

#HIGHBOT @ Quakenet

A new scandal has hit the online gaming community, gamer discrimination. A report posted on GamesIndustry.biz claims recruiters have been briefed not to put forward candidates that play the online fantasy roleplaying game World of Warcraft. Employers believe gamers to be second rate candidates not fully focussed on their work and usually sleep deprived. It's been known for some time that prospective employers often check a candidates FaceBook page, though this is the first such case of gamer screening.

Quote

"Employers speciffically intstruct him not to send them World of Warcraft players," said the poster. "He said there is belief that WoW players cannot give 100 per cent because their focus is elsewhere, their sleeping patterns are often not great, et cetera."

A whopping 86% of Crossfire users claim to have a poor, or irregular sleeping pattern. How long until employers target further online games? Is keeping your online gaming hobby secret now a necessity?

Related:

Gamesindustry.biz

The prize ceremony

With cheques been given, the CC5 getting over the edge and close to it's end. Soon we will see each other online again, flaming and hating, beeing annoying to each other, but for now we stick having some fun.
For ET, the new generation raised sky high winning the tournament, surprisingly, with a very new but great team - Epsilon. Many newcomers proved themself, just like naga who successfully got an award now proving himself on LAN.

The review

CC5 Daily
:: The day before
:: Day 1
:: Day 2
:: Day 3
:: Admin log (wasn't updated that much)

Highlights
Contributing the columns, highlights and reviews, we had chosen, eiM, Hentai, oBs, nellie and TosspoT before CC5 and onside to keep you up to date on crossfire.
:: The Grand Final: Enemy Territory
:: The Grand Final: Call of Duty
:: EuroCup Final on it's way (Wasn't played though)
:: Unproven polagz tie the veterans
:: VAE vs. Epsilon
:: AoW in the spotlight
:: Latest ET Rankings
:: Epsilon vs. Overload
:: Dignitas vs Fatgames, Clash of the Britons
:: The vicious, the evil, the tag
:: Who's going to win CC5
:: Statistics, why VAE win
:: Why do we go to LAN?

Interviews
Next to all the great matches, we had many special guests in the admin room and Baggiez, eiM and hentai made some interview for you to read through:
:: Senji and Urtier: Ever been shy?
:: Naga: Ever met a cheater?
:: smithz: About CoD4
:: Ross's flame and fun
:: Unblind: And now you see...
:: xpaz: looking back and ahead
:: overdrive: all details over the head
:: Impact players toxic and syK on the chair
:: Oldschool lesson with Ron and Mav
:: Twidi the evil!
:: Bit of a delay for Mark
:: Toxic meeting up
(there is another interview coming with butchij from saturday night)

Latest News

With Fatgames (CoD) and Epsilon (ET) the winners are set and the prize ceremony is next on the schedule. Just a few minutes left before tosspot will welcome the teams to hand out the cheques and to contribute the community awards done by #TAG.et's overdirve.
Make sure you dont shut the quadv stream down yet and keep on the road, CC5 is still live and kickin!

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9.30 Day 3 is up and runngin
CC5 is ready to come to a thrilling conclusion with both tournaments delicately poised ahead of the day where €12500 will be decided. A few interesting obstacles had to be overcome yesterday, firstly the ButtonBashers.ET matches were postponed from last night to this morning due to the illness of one of their players and secondly the Dignitas vs ButtonBashers CoD game ran late due to FatGames vs CubeSports and FG with 4 match points deciding to go with shotguns and losing those rounds (thus needing another map)!


Consolidation final: Mamut vs. Button Bashers
Setting up right now it's button bashers facing mamut in the consolidation final. QuadV is up and running showing you the grand final in call of duty - but ofcourse you can tune in at GamesTV.org.
Xpaz, known as beeing the man for the predication, added his on here: "The matches at the lan have been so offense-based with everyone setting monster times, so its impossible to tell whats gonna happen. If I had to go for someone, I'd probably go for BB just because I believe their keyplayers wing and maus will top those of mamut."

CoD4 Grand Finale
The Call of Duty predictions came up and the final matches are decided. They will come up this afternoon right after the ET consolidation final. Read the entire post over here.





We've a small error with the Bracket system so here are the playoff results for you so far:
Call of Duty Results

Single Elim Brackets

Round 1

ButtonBashers 2-0 vae
Reason Gaming 1-2 Dignitas
Tempus Moriendi 2-1 KomaCrew
CubeSports 1-2 FatGames

Round 2 (Semi's)

ButtonBashers 2-1 Dignitas
FatGames 2-1 Tempus


Final

ButtonBashers vs FatGames

3rd/4th Playoff

Dignitas vs Tempus Moriendi[/hide]

Interviews

No mather if you are oldschool and known since CPC1 on crossfire's event or if you are interested in the CoD4 players showing up with their opinion, we got something for everyone over here, so start checking it out. Baggiez, eiM and Hentai are the editors on side for these interviews.

Local information for clans from the Cabins

If you are leaving on Sunday, you have to bring the keys for your cabin to the WZZRD LAN Centre until 11.00 CET in the morning. Make sure you don't miss that and check this out with your team.

Betting

You can place bets for the Call of Duty matches on XLBET.com. For ET Fans keep enjoying GamesTV.org's gbooky system.

:: Tournament Brackets
:: Gallery
:: Watch Live on QuadV
::CC5 Rules
::CC5 Schedule
::Cadred CC5 Coverage

The Crossfire Challenge 5 is well underway here in Enschede. You can keep up to date with all the ongoings from the event here!

Latest News:

22.00 Lower Bracket Final for Entertainment
The lower bracket final with FiF facing Mamut will take place within the next 10 minutes. Make sure you dont miss that major and deciding match might be broadcasted on QuadV, but it will also be on GamesTV in just a few seconds. Mamut struggled against the PolagZ very hard while FiF beat them twice alreadz in two very entertaining matches. Get ready and watch your back, on GamesTV and QuadV!

history18.00 copyright vs Overload
Overload sees themself most likely unsatisfied as part of the looser bracket of th ET tournament and is now facing Copyright in a match which can have any kind of outcome. Do not miss to tune in to this!

17.00 dESIRE vs Epic-fail
After Epic-Fail dropped into the looser bracket tournament of this events competition they will face dESIRE in a very interesting match. Both teams have more potential than they were able to show up to now and so we can be curious on who will be able to win this match.

16.30 PolagZ vs mamut.si
PolagZ secured the remaining top spot in the second groupstage of the ET tournament. They will now face mamut.si in their first playoff match and we are expecting a great fight between these!

16.00 ButtonBashers vs Zero Empathy
Zero E managed to go through the second groupstage and are now facing ButtonBashers in the playoffs. They overcame AoW and TAG and will for sure give their best to keep up the streak.

14.30 Zero'E vs AoW
Both of these teams already showed what they are made of within yesterdays groupstage. Art of Wolfenstein will again try their best to fight their Online-Only name while ZeroE will give them a hard fight to be able to proceed into the Playoff of the Crossfire Challenge 5 Event! Tune in and dont miss this match.

14.00 v&e vs Epsilon
We will see these two teams fight in the playoffs of this incarnation of the Crossfire Challenge. Both finished their groupstage on the very top with a final round standing of 12:2. Can this finish dreamteam stand up the challenge versus Epsilon who have nams as sNoOp and butchji on their side? This will truly be a stunning match and a must watch! Check out the Preview Column![/url]

3on3 Tournament for Sunday

The sign ups for the 3on3 tournament will be opened near the tournament start. The prize money depends on the teams that sign up. 50% goes for the pool, 50% takes the charity. The prize money will be fairly split for the top positions.
Sign Up Fee:
Teamlimit:
Signed up:
Cup layout:
Responsible:
Questions:
15€
16
7
Single Elimination
Adacore
Find the admin room if you have any questions, don't know adacore yet or want some information about the schedule for the 3on3 tournament.

The participants for the tournament:
epic fail -: faky, vegi, dunno
AoW Mix evilynn, scorch, blade
Ovr/AoW lavod, cooles, krest
Ovr hummel, criatura, fireball
Unk parra, shakes, jesse
Ran felix, tele, eddo
HENTAI hentai, pansy, griim

Interviews

No mather if you are oldschool and known since CPC1 on crossfire's event or if you are interested in the CoD4 players showing up with their opinion, we got something for everyone over here, so start checking it out. Baggiez, eiM and Hentai are the editors on side for these interviews.

Local information for clans from the Cabins

If you are leaving on Sunday, you have to bring the keys for your cabin to the WZZRD LAN Centre until 11.00 CET in the morning. Make sure you don't miss that and check this out with your team.

Betting

You can place bets for the Call of Duty matches on XLBET.com. For ET Fans keep enjoying GamesTV.org's gbooky system.

:: Tournament Brackets
:: Gallery
:: Watch Live on QuadV

Day one was a big success, some very exciting group games in both ET & CoD and now with the day 2 underway there promises to be some some even better matches for you to enjoy. You can of course watch ETTV on GamesTV.org and bet on the tournament at XLBet

Other -

::CC5 Rules
::CC5 Schedule
::Cadred CC5 Coverage

Webcam Link watch LIVE http://en.justin.tv/wzzrdtv

Latest News

1.40 Cheating or not?
We have Fast2Kill and AoW on their first bigger European LAN and both, read all about AoW and their performance in our spotlight and find out all the major things around their team managers and the team with it situation.


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9.00 muse vs. impact

The first match coming up, starting in a few minutes as soon as both teams prepared their computers. Two very strong teams facing each other to give the day a kick start! Will syK and wiaderko shine at their first Crossfire LAN? Will the french be able to compete against potential favourites for the gold? Tune in and find out - but don't forget to ETTVoD if you miss it, this is the first of many great games coming to you today.






11.38 Currently live


vae vs charism
Impact vs TR
muse vs (C)
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gtv
gtv
gtv


The ET tournament is running well so far, with the first game having gone smoothly. The Call of Duty tournament has just started, and should hopefully go just as well. Vicious and Evil have just lost delivery against Charism in a surprising turn of events, and we're now going into a decider.


12.38 Getting the crowd running

The CC5 is running well and healthy with only the Call of Duty 4 tournament is delayed caused by game server issues from this morning. The small delay in the ET tournament doesn't stop the surprises. Eventhough impact took the first two wins with straight 4:0 results, VAE struggled against charism on one map and landed the first surpise taking the first map.
Keep tuned in with bets on XLBet for CoD4 and on GamesTV for ET and the crossfire and quadv crew on side!


13.10 Vicious and Evil facing Dignitas
The highest seeded teams in Group B will face each other to find the possible winner coming on top of it to meet up with the 4th ranked of group A in the playoffs. Kleineman promised a close and tight match. Hopefully QuadV will be able to catch up and bring you some CoD4 action soon!

14.21 ET's first playoff participants
Impact as group winners and runner up muse take the first tickets to ET's playoffs. Both through with wins over copyright and team randoms. They've yet to compete for the tournament top spot and a BYE through the first round of the latter stages.

15.21 CoD Live on QuadV
The battle of the Brits, Dignitas vs fatgames will be broadcast live via QuadV and TosspoT. QuadV

19.30 VAE facing TAG.et

Currently live with TosspoT on QuadV the highly anticipated ET encounter between vae and TAG. Can TAG take down the faltering Fins?





20:49 Vicious and Evil in play offs
They're viscous, they're evil, they're through to the knockout stages. vae cruise through Goldrush and Frostbite to earn an easy two map victory over TAG. Tales of their demise were greatly exaggerated!

23.00 epicfail vs. AoW

"I will flame theme" that's what faky just said right before the match versus AoW gone live second sago, "i will truely insult them.". With epic fail and AoW teams seeded 3rd and 4th in their group prepare their fight against HighBot. "If we win, I will flame them!", Faky added in the end. So let's find out the result for that live with GamesTV!





0.19 overload vs. AoW

The deciding map for the second place in Group D came up. Overload, well known as Highbot formerly, and Team AoW will fight it out right now on Supply. The winner will pass to the playoffs, the losers goes with the rest. Expect a great last fight with 2 even teams!

Interviews

No mather if you are oldschool and known since CPC1 on crossfire's event or if you are interested in the CoD4 players showing up with their opinion, we got something for everyone over here, so start checking it out. Baggiez, eiM and Hentai are the editors on side for these interviews.

Betting

You can place bets for the Call of Duty matches on XLBET.com. For ET Fans keep enjoying GamesTV.org's gbooky system.

major stuff

- CC5 Rules
- Group overview
- Admin Log
- CF Gallery
- QuadV
- GamesTV.org
- YouTube Review

Webcam Link watch LIVE http://en.justin.tv/wzzrdtv