Further to last Monday's newspost, I'm happy to inform you that the groups for the upcoming cup on Wednesday are now ready and live. This draw was done at random with Rotterdam style paper balls. The draw is here.

For the clans involved, please note what group you are in and the clans you will be playing. Bear in mind that to qualify for Crossfight, you have to finish in the top 2 of your particular group. This will ultimately lead to 10 teams progressing, while 10 are eliminated. If you do not see your clan on the list, your application was either too late, or rejected.

zP's postion is now filled. Teams are welcome also to seek backup status, should any other clans experience any problems come Wednesday.

All games will be played on Wednesday (Nov 8), this means you will be playing 3 games in one night. Each team has been assigned a letter: A,B,C or D. This letter tells you in what order you will play your games:

Match 1 - 19.00 CET, Maps - sw_gold + radar
A plays B
C plays D

Match 2 - 20.30 CET, Maps - supplydepot2 + ice
A plays C
B plays D

Match 3 - 22.00 CET, Maps - braundorf + frostbite
A plays D
B plays C

Please have at least one idler from your clan in #crossfight at all times. Good luck to all involved. Just as a reminder, as with other Crossfire events, this is taking place in 6v6.
Remember to hug taLa for his pro css skillz.

Today Clanbase will return its supported format of 5v5 back to 6v6.

Over the past weeks, ClanBase took one of its largest risks in order to (arguably) improve the current state of Enemy Territory and see if 5v5 could become the accepted team size within the scene in order to improve the enjoyment of the game itself and increase its chances of getting EuroCup LAN Finals.

With these goals in mind, ClanBase announced in full that all cups and ladders would be converted to 5v5 in order to give it a fair chance to test its feasibility within the scene. It became one of the largest overhauls ever done in any gaming community to fully test the level of acceptance within the community.

And here we are, after some propositions, im proud to present the Team who will play representing Spain on both competitions . We have players from top spanish clans, and some others wellknowns from top europe scene. Our goal is to improve the result got on the last NationsCup, and do our best on ET-Cup 6o6 competition too.


Here it is:

Captains

Jona (inSane)
Cosk1s (aurea)

Players

Winghaven (aMenti)
dr3am (uQ.Gaming)
Marte* (aurea)
pzyqo (pblm)
Gengis (pblm)
Fanter (pblm)
Radifz (pblm)
Dude (tresor)


You can support us on #et.es

ILlusion have entered the competitive ET fray, no not the second place Unterelite side from 2004, but an all new lineup with some familiar faces! Fresh from his aMenti adventures XyLoS is back, and is joined by some Eurocup faces. However with one of them being banned, the side is already suffering roster problems!

The Lineup:

XyLos
Pumu
zeto
tsu
razz

The side has been produced for 5on5 tournaments, which currently only Clanbase are runnning and with that in mind Razz is still banned from Clanbase until January 1st 2007. So, lets assume Eurocup starts before 2007, how will this roster perform with just 4 players? And what is the communities reaction to a banned cheater returning to the scene. I have no doubt this is not the last we've heard from what pumu described as "the regular clanhoppers"

GamesTV.org is proud to announce its latest partner. The legends of Quake 3 coverage at Splatter-TV will be using GamesTV as their new home from now on. With their new sponsor at own3d.at the Splatter-TV crew is proud to continue their legacy of Quake 3 GTV coverage with GamesTV.org

2006 has seen Quake 3 brought back to the limelight with its new found support from the CPL amongst other organisations. The grand father of engines that gave birth to a number of titles and their own TV mods is once again in its place in the front row and now there is one place to go to find all the IP's for all of the best matches. From now on, you can see the complete Splatter TV broadcasting schedule at GamesTV.org and keep up to date with your favourite players and teams.

Since 2004 GamesTV.org has proudly covered as many gaming events as possible and is ever looking to expand, this latest partnership is a proud moment for the site and its crew. GamesTV operates as a hub for as many TV server IPs as possible in a bid to centralise the spectating experience and has worked with Quakecon, iTG, Clanbase, GIGA and many others.

To find out more and view the complete GamesTV schedule please visit:

GamesTV.org
#GamesTV.org on Quakenet

While the German stars of team helix became one of the favorites without a single map lose yet uQ.Gaming will try their best to come up with their first win tonight facing Team Helix and trying to take their chance getting one of the top ranks in the league. Starting at 22.00 CET we will get hot and live ETTV action on the classic maps Supply and SW Goldrush TE. Make sure you prepared yourself for a hot evening.

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Statement helix - biqq: This week we're going to face uQ in the IPS final stage and although we were a bit superior the last time we played them, we're not going to underestimate them. But without a doubt we'll do our best to leave the server as the winner.

Battle For Berlin Day 1 Match Results:

Map: Ice

Critical Impulse > emc 3-0
Demo: CI vs. EMC (POV: Alien|BFB)

Animate Gaming < Highbot 3-0
Demo: Animate vs. HighBot (POV: WTV-Digital)

Lineup:

Twidi (#murso)
Cadein (#murso)
Mikza (#murso)
Lettu (ex SFX-Lan)
Iron (141)
Squall (141 )

Backups:

Decem (ex #stfu?)
Tiigeri (A-Monkeys)

Manager, Sponsor, Entertainer, (Captain):

simamies (#clan.mvk, eGoisti !!!)

Finland decided to take part only in 6on6 Nationscup, provided by #et-cup, for certain reason(s) (which we arent going to mention here because it might cause some disapproval).

Foreign countries, watch your back!

Battle For Berlin & Icemat would like to present the winners of the Icemat Challenge!

The lucky winners of the Icemat Siberia In-Ear Headsets are:

Jane "WildChild" S.

&

Boris "KolosoK" B.


Congrats to both of you!

The headsets will be shipped after we get your addresses, etc.


Thanks to all for participating in the competition!


Zach "Mortal" Hooper
Battle For Berlin Tournament Director
#BattleForBerlin @ IRC.GameSurge.NET

It is just over a month since the EuroCup finals in Aarhus, Denmark and since the day Check Six lifted the cup speculation has been abound as to their future, if there was to be one. Today that has come to an end though, with the news that Check Six will be joining up with the top European organisation Serious-Gaming, the home of the Polish Quake 4 prodigy av3k and a successful Warcraft 3 team. They will provide the former Check Six side full support to attend LAN events around the world and after the trouble they had with former organisations the move should come as a relief to the players themselves. Their first event will be the WonderBase LAN in Boras, Sweden where they will take on their old rivals Dignitas as well as a host of new challengers such as Copenhagen-Esports, Logitech.fi and Cubic.

The lineup remains unchanged from the one that took the EuroCup crown except for one addition. Stim, formerly of Logitech.fi and Idle.ee will join the team as Plaekki travels to work in Germany for a few weeks. Stim was a star performer at both the Playz LAN and the original Call of Duty EuroCup X LAN finals so should slot nicely into the all-star Serious lineup. Plaekki was a big performer for the team at the recent EuroCup finals though and it will be interesting to see how the team reacts to his temporary departure. Ever since Stim left Logitech it was rumoured he was playing with the Check Six team and not for the first time, the rumours have been proved correct. He will be playing at WonderBase with the team and will be looking to impress on his first competitive outing.

The following players will be representing Serious.CoD2:

Liam 'Crow' Crowley
Martin 'mint' Röjder
Rickard 'zEm' Intveld
Sami 'Sacrim' Nieminen
Timo 'Stim' Arminen
Otto 'plaekki' Kuisma