Right now some of the polls are a very close call so your vote can be decisive in more than a few awards!
An article containing all of the previous newsposts can be found on the left-hand side of the page, or if you click here: Community Awards Article.

I am proud to present to you the Crossfire Draft Tournament! Captains have been chosen to form 8 teams from a poule of players. With a strong combination of good coverage, shoutcasting, management and interesting matches we hope for a successful tournament for the whole community to see! If it is a success you will certainly see more of these in future, with possibly more teams if held on a Sunday. Wait and see!

The signups for JeeSports.ET 3rd qualification tournament are now open! If you have signed yourself and your team upto the website it is very simple to declare your interest - just follow the link below and you will secure your place.



Schedule JeeET Cup #3

• Check in start: Sunday, 15th January 16.30 CET
  
• Check in closes: Sunday 15th January 17:30 CET
  
• Tournament start: Sunday, 15th January 17.30 CET
  
• Slots: Upto 32 teams
  
• Bracket: Single elimination
  
• Match time: 1 hour each game
  
• Signups close: Sunday, 15th January 2012 16:30 CET

Captain sign ups are now closed! All of the contenders are known here. Please start voting for your nations team captain!

The crossfire admin team would like to wish all of you amazing people a wonderful Christmas. We hope that you continue with the fine tradition of stuffing your face with not only food but alcohol!

We look forward to seeing your drunk festive journals, however, if you are spending the day with the family and or loved ones then we wish it a pleasant one with many happy returns.

The signups are closed! It's time for the groups of the Winter Leagues to be published! The 1on1 tournament will start with 52 players divided into 2 parts which will merge together after the group stage. 32 teams found their way into the 2on2 tournament divided into two divisions. The 3on3 (76 teams) and the 6on6 (68 teams) tournaments will both have 4 divisions.

The 3on3 map voting was won by et_ice with 50% while missile_b3 turned out to be the winner at the 6on6 voting with 53%. Both maps are included in the schedule and will be played.

As we're nearing the end of the year we thought it would be nice to give teams the chance to finish the year on a high, we will be hosting a 6v6 cup on the Thursday the 22nd of December, starting at 19:00CET, details of the cup can be found below.

Additional Info: If this cup turns out to be a success we will look to be hosting bigger cups with bigger prizes in the future!

Each week I plan to cover the past week's latest news surrounding the world of gaming, including major tournament results, headline gaming news & headlines and notable games releases and updates. Next Monday will be Boxing Day so I doubt I'll be able to write, so until then, Merry Christmas!

Gaming News

The most important piece of gaming news this week is likely to affect us all. SOPA, also known as the Stop Online Piracy Act. If you haven't heard anything about it then check back here on Crossfire.nu tomorrow as I'll be writing a column explaining all. A possible outcome of this bill passing would be that websites that we use would be shut down. You can say goodbye to megaupload, youporn and thepiratebay. TotalBiscuit has made a YouTube video explaining it which you can see here. The short story here is that a number of large American corporations including Sony, EA, UFC, NFL, NBA, Universal and 350+ more are supporting a bill which:

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The bill would allow the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as copyright holders, to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement.

Of course, you will be wondering how this affects you or why you should care at all, you're not American, right? Well the problem is that all of our major international entertainment industries are American ... the games we play, the music we listen to, the porn we watch ... It's all in jeopardy. I'm honestly not being sensationalist in writing this. This isn't exaggeration for exaggeration's sake, this bill is BAD NEWS for anyone who regularly uses the internet. Simple as that. Watch TotalBiscuit's video, he explains it better than I do.

Our final category of the Crossfire Community Awards is called "Class-specific". Just because Enemy Territory is a game with so many different facets we decided to split it in two. This category will therefore take the four big types of players under investigation. Of course aim is crucial in this game. Will mAus take away this trophy once more? The riflenader is pretty unique in the gaming world thus we should celebrate the class with an award on its own! To finalise the Crossfire Awards we give praise to the best medic of the game throughout 2011, and the engineers who eventually do all the objectives.

After going through the Crossfire and eSports awards, we reached the category most of us are most interested in. The "Enemy Territory" category spans all sorts of awards specific to our favourite game. The pinnacle of the Crossfire Community Awards must be the Player of the Year. Which player has impressed most of you this year in terms of team achievements and personal accolades. Another big one is the Team of the Year, which could cause some upsets just like last year. The Match of the Year is a completely new award which puts the spotlight on the most exciting, thrilling and controversial matches we've seen this year. Breakthrough player is similar to most improved from last year. Crumble of the Year is definitely a well fought off award as we've seen many teams underperforming throughout the year. Finally the best ET movie of the year is awarded by another prestigious Crossfire award!