It's been a few days since our last maptest for Lugerfrag (sw_railgun) and of course we couldn't stop there, so I went looking for a new map. I wanted to do sw_fueldump, but I knew that it wouldn't be much in the state that I found it in. I contacted arni, and luckily he could help me out. We changed sw_fueldump into a better one (or so we hope)! That's right ladies and gentlemen, Fueldump is back, and back with a vengeance.

Fueldump is a map that has been impopular for a while, and for good reasons. It was a slowmap with that annoying covert ops (some can disagree) and often lead to fullholds or coverts sneaking through. But it's always nice to have them oldies back, isn't it?

One and half year ago a guy named Mortis created a map called sw_fueldump, and it had some interesting changes. However, it still had snow, and, as we know, a lot of people are not so fond of the snow. arni told me he could remove the snow, and make it a spring version. And he did. Me and arni looked at eachother, and we knew it, we had to change more in order for this map to work. And we did.

Movie makers Smartazz and Cage have released their latest movie and it's one that even plaZma of dignitas has rated at 10/10, and by Call of Duty standards that does still raise an eyebrow!

With frags collected by an abundance of North America's finest CoD players the creators have added a unique flavour with some intense editing and some powerful rifle frags.

Download it Here

Read Gotfrags Interview and Review Here

The makers of Get Quaked 3 arguably the most "beautiful" Quake 3 movie to date have published a lenghtly article on how to get the most from your movie making experience! With the ET scene being awash with budding movie makers, its perhaps appropriate to bring to attention the tips from the stars of the fragmovie world!

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It takes a lot of patience to make a video like Get Quaked 3. The learning process involved in getting to know the software (and hardware) I was working with had a big impact on the final product. Because Fei (my editing partner for the movie) and I took our time in getting to know what was available to us, as well as using initiative to obtain what wasn’t available to us, we were able achieve whatever we wanted.

Our idea was to create a video, showing the world the best frags (or shots / kills) seen before in a popular video game. Quake III Arena was played competitively for money at events such as ESWC (Electronic Sports World Cup), WCG (World Cyber Games), CPL (Cyberathelete Professional League) and QuakeCon. Prize money was anywhere between $3,000 and $50,000 USD for first place. Now with Quake4 and the increase in popularity and exposure in the gaming industry, we are sure to see more tournaments like these, bigger and better than before.

So, our main goal was to expose Quake 3 in a way that would make people look back on the game and see the huge potential for upcoming videos and entertainment for other games the future. This is how we did it.

You can read the full article HERE at VIA CGA

After spending some 30 minutes trying to find a new piece of news, this writer felt it appropriate to steal from another site!
The Global Gaming League has written many girl gamer articles in the past, asking "Do boys like sex?" for one, however yesterday they did come up with a rather interesting article about Girl Gamers and Online dating agencies!

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Besides curiousity -- who doesn't want to know if people like you or not -- I thought it would make a nice research area. My goal was to see how people react to a profile of a girl who plays games. Freaky nerds or some cool guys who are worth checking out?

A litte part of the text in my advert: Who's not afraid to go to the next level and get his ass whooped (in gaming, that is)?

If I would have thought this experiment through a little bit more, I would have realized that it could and would lead to some strange reactions, some even a bit frightening. I registered on a Thursday at 10 p.m. When I woke up the next morning and eagerly checked my inbox, I already had 42 messages. OMG! After two days the total was 154! Quite some work to read them all, but I laughed my ass off. Let me share it with you:

You can read the full article and the many replies, HERE

Well, its done, more or less successfull due to some connection problems in the last match. We got some awesome shoutcasts and great matches!


In a nice final on burgundy, eSuba gained the win with a great defense! After a 5 - 5 in the half, a clear and skilled attack, they run over FearFactory.ATI.

In a very close match, the czechs team of eSuba won against the british powerhouse of uQ Gaming (16 - 13) in the half final. After they walked over Team Helix.Alphacool (16 - 05).

Check out the grid and stuff!

Yes! Its comming now, only some moments left, until we are getting live into television.

The first round is done and the best clans left. Now we are going onto toujane and going to present you the upcoming matches together with the voices of iTG`s TosspoT and FlyingDJ.

Only some seconds left until the first Crossfire CoD2 cup runs up and this are the teams playing the first matches!

Following my recent column regarding the ClanBase Ladder system the ClanBase admins have bowed to community pressure.

In an interview with iTG stewie on his show Luger Frag the ClanBase Enemy Territory admins announced several major changes to both the Ladder system and EuroCup.

As a result of the “stronger than hate” situation at the top of the ladder, all ladder matches will now be forced to play a decider should it be required. Issuing a brief statement ClanBase Ladder Supervisor Mrozu had this to say:

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We will force tiebreakers in all ladder matches

This means that points will no longer be awarded for a draw. The purpose of this change is to remove the ‘1 map wonders’ and ensure clans remain motivated to win, knowing there’s always something to play for.

In the same interview ClanBase EuroCup Supervisor Adacore confirmed that there will be no Summercup this year. This is due to both OpenCup and EuroCup lasting longer than expected, hosting a Summercup now would infringe on the Autumn season.

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Given that it’s late June I doubt it. If we started a Summercup now it probably wouldn’t end till mid-November – early-December.

In a final statement ClanBase stated that an unconfirmed number a clans from the top of the ClanBase European Ladder will be awarded at least a EuroCup qualifier [should there be an EC]. These changes are to ensure transparency when deciding what teams receive a EuroCup invite.

You can read a transcript from the Adacore interview here.

XonX-Network is proud to present you with their public server hosted by Cyber Athlete Game Services. Unlike, current conventional servers, it features brand new map scripts and special settings to improve your gaming experience.

What follows are the major enhancements: