The new idea.

Posted by aCcuM at 15:11, 29/6/2005

Everyone on ukt has been on gathers right?

Following the abysmal match that will have ensued you will no doubt like me have decided that gathers are populated by moronic admins aswell as idiotic players.

Now think of this what if you added to a gather which only had good mature players in it aswell as talented known admins?

This is our idea, im not going to post the channel because if it works hopefully soon you will inhabit this yourself.

The purpose of this column is to gather information from you all who have been around for long enough to know a thing or two about what makes cs good.

Now this is where the "new idea" really kicks off because what I and my fellow friends are going to do is set reserve slots on EVERY gather that is played.

How do you get a reserve slot?

simple by getting +av on the channel.

How do you get a +av on the channel?

this can be obtained in 2 ways.
As we are starting out we will have to give certain clans automatic +av this will be the "upper class" of the community so to speak (thats if they want to play of course).

The other way is quite simple if you are unclanned or in a unknown clan all you have to do is play gathers be mature and skilled throughout your time and we will be in touch to give you the +av.

So there it is if we get this well oiled machine working like a ferrari soon all your gather needs will be fulfilled with no s***e admins or s***e annoying immature players.

By getting the answers to my questions from yourselves this will help us make the type of gather YOU (and i) want.

So here goes

What anti cheat would you like to be on the servers?

HLGuard, CD or VAC.

Which server providers would you like the gathers to be played on?

Would you be interested in playing our gathers?

We will also be looking for 1/2 high quality admins is this the job for you?

Hopefully we can get this idea off the ground together thank you for your time.

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fiskov
13:21 30/6/2005
"I and my fellow friends"

ahehaha ^_^ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
NicholaisoN
13:39 30/6/2005
gl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Gingerfish
Point Five-O
13:40 30/6/2005
hlguard still exsists?
jesus

gathers are s*** no matter who plays.

end. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DooMeh
Lite
13:47 30/6/2005
this is not even remotely close to a "new idea". [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
monkE
euthanasia
14:10 30/6/2005
im trying to figure out how to say "ahehaha" having read fiskovs comment, intense. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
LEEZER
14:34 30/6/2005
aint gonna work cos
1) always one f****t leaves and then the rest drop.
2) it aint the same as playing with friends
3) 85% of uk cs class themselves as "high skilled" which they aint.
4) it would be almost impossible to get mature ppl only as most of the chumps that play cs alot are the immature ones.
5) talented known admins? how the hell can an admin be talented or known?! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Tru
15:21 30/6/2005
I actually agree with leezer ahah

best of luck tho [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Valar`
The Anti-DoZ
16:04 30/6/2005
that's a mighty amount of paragraphs for such a short piece [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
NeonCraze
Viva La Resistance
16:16 30/6/2005
leezer im the only true highskilled player in the uk : [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
GAZZZZZZ
16:28 30/6/2005
4u cspickup was class back in the day

There is 2 many hacking / immature bellends nowadays so u would struggle to get a gather finished [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Seaweed
16:47 30/6/2005
paragraphs are basic english you stupid chav [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Venomous
BLACKLiGHT
17:04 30/6/2005
There has always been immature pricks and hackers since i started playing in v1.0 or something (retail noob laugh etc)
Just better to mix with people you know, you learn the names to avoid playing after a while! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Mango
17:14 30/6/2005
No anti-cheat.
Any decent server provider.
Yes.
No.
GL. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
hayze
17:14 30/6/2005
Just sitting here considering the fact that you think theres a class system in a gaming community.....omfg. The "upper class" wtf man I mean come on. actually think about that. are you one of the people who think guys like heaton arw actual celebrities? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Mango
17:37 30/6/2005
hayze: the dictionary defines 'celebrity' as:

1. A famous person.
2. Renown; fame.

HeatoN quite easily fits into this catagory. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
jaff
17:54 30/6/2005
its always sweet to try and make gathers nice and friendly and fun, but everyone always fails

gl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
GAZZZZZZ
18:15 30/6/2005
yes there was hackers in 1.0 but there was no where near as much as today and they was consigned to public servers as cheating in pcws was the worst thing u could do

also there was pricks but they didnt leave 99% of games after 1-5 rounds its actually impossible to play a full game nowadays [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
immuNe18
18:56 30/6/2005
vac2
alpha-networks
yes
no

good idea mate hope it works out and hopefully will c u in there soon enough :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
brenje
reSonance
22:05 30/6/2005
lol monkE [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
aCcuM
23:38 30/6/2005
cheers people for your constructive critiscm aswell,
to answer some questions:

hayze: i do not believe that heaton is a celeb nor did i say he was infact i think hes a t**t that resembles a hamster.
also to think that there isnt a class system in the uk community is ludicrous.
i mean when was the last time u saw the likes of lastchance(csgn) playing a newly formed clan?

Leezer: you pretty much summed up what i hate about gathers.

Thats why we want to change that if you get enough reputable clans willing to play in gathers then we could have it so that 6-8 slots were taken by reserved slots.

and i know 85% of the uk talent think they are gods and the best at the game but the people who get +v's need to show maturity aswell as a reputable standard of play.

as far as talented admins are concerned we want to take a step forward by not actually playing the gathers when your admining itwe will just admin and for doing that you get to play in games which you are not admining.

Of course for any of this too actually work we need some help from some established clans within the community to take the reserved slots.

Rather then taking the p*** out of the idea give it some support if you can. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
aCcuM
23:40 30/6/2005
oh and valar im proof read before posting im pretty sure my paragraphs are grammatically sound. ;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Roar^
23:45 30/6/2005
So who gets to decide who's known enough to join this gather channel of the gods? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
aCcuM
23:56 30/6/2005
well it all depends who approaches us really, its not like its a decision that we can make.

whoever is willing to play and wants a reserved spot will then be looked at over a period and taken into consideration.

and if a clan wanted +v then we look at how reputable the clan is and make a decision. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ColdAsIce
ImaGine
00:20 1/7/2005
Cant see this working for the simple fact the UK scene cant even hold a decent pcw channel together. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
LEEZER
01:14 1/7/2005
it dont matter if its ur gather channel or some random one.
im just telling u how it is, people wont want to gather with people they dont know and s***.
gathers are a waste of time. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Mango
02:51 1/7/2005
I disagree LEEZER. I gather with people I don't know, and I'm a person. Well, barely anyway. ;p

I don't believe gathers are a waste of time. When I wish to play something that resembles a clan match and can't be bothered to go through the rigamarole of organising a mix, they fill that void perfectly. I don't know a huge amount of CS players (under #15), much less even conversing with the CS playing population on a regular basis. So once again, gathers perform a decent function.

I also find the gathers I play in - at #cs.gather.uk - the population of 'pro kids' is decidedly smaller than the 'random' mixes (on IRC) that are available for the population of unknowns and unconnected. I'm not indicating that all 'random' mixes are this way, this is just from my own experience.

As for most gathers being lower skilled - and therefore useless to the medium skilled and above crowd (when used as a skill elevation device) - what can I say? I suck. So it does me fine. :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
cpr
08:56 1/7/2005
Good idea but wrong time to do it, CS is too old for new idea's, people have made friends and will only play with select people. There are different classes within the community but just reading irc is a joke, in every channel you see people amsg'ing for highskilled pcw's etc and their s***. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Venomous
BLACKLiGHT
09:59 1/7/2005
aye true gaz, i think the main difference is back then if you were caught cheating in a match, you would have had to rename and change your wonid and all sorts because nobody would play you and you'd be banned from every league going.
Nowadays people cheat, nothing happens, they get banned from leagues then let back in, etc.
No punishment at all really, people see it as a quick way to improve at cs, you can learn more about cs in a few days cheating than months of playing legit i reckon. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
oldlady
10:29 1/7/2005
If people took the time to try this it could quite possibly work, I'm in a few channels (foreign ones albeit) with some decent enough people, and it's worked for them. IF ONLY I COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
bodin
15:23 1/7/2005
hmm whats been said in comments is true, but I think you could get it to work if you kept at it.

What anti cheat would you like to be on the servers?

VAC2! (or none)


Which server providers would you like the gathers to be played on?

No-Servers, Dustworld.


Would you be interested in playing our gathers?

Prehaps, only the odd game I don't really play much anymore


We will also be looking for 1/2 high quality admins is this the job for you?

Read above :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Seaweed
18:47 1/7/2005
i like eating brie [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
georgeda
21:24 1/7/2005
i loved 4u pickup :(

CD is the only mainstream anticheat thats maybe worth using, alltho new cheats come out for it pretty regually.. guess you're SCREWED! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Hixie
15:08 2/7/2005
If say it was associated with csgn, then it could use that anti cheat and i reckon it would take off. csgn.gather has a ring to it [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MooN81
04:10 3/7/2005
gowan then :| [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
b0sH
twisted Reality
10:44 4/7/2005
the esportsea PUG servers were good fun during the time they were tested. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Necroblob
20:15 10/7/2005
ESEA servers were pretty dire tho..

what might be an idea is to make a channel where all the players run CSGN:AC for pcw's. so far iv never seen anything dodgy on it, so as use was enforced (admins?) then it would go along way towards a fun pcw. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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