Barcodes win i15

Posted by Dev at 11:58 17/3/2003.

For many UK gamers this weekend the main focus of attention was not CPL Cannes 2003 but the latest in the 'Insomnia' LAN series 'i15'. This time the event was huge and it was the first LAN event to break the 1,000 participants mark with a total of 1,095 people attending. This huge number of gamers battled over the weekend on a number of different games but of course the one that matters to us is Counter-Strike. For many the 'Insomnia' LAN series has lost its appeal and is not as 'serious' as it once was, gone are the days where 4K would attend and wipe the floor with everyone. The memories of the SLDR vs. 4K final at i7 are distant. However the event still manages to attract gamers in there hundreds and the amateur and pro Counter-Strike tournaments are still contested strongly.

Last time round at i14 you may remember Barcodes took the title after a good final against Disturbed and they were back again to retain their title. They did not disappoint, Barcodes (Big-G, A_BeAsT, b33p, DuGsta, Droneboy) took the i15 tournament after a very close match in the final vs. erm (Bom, Monst, StoppA, Fox, kA). The match was played on de_aztec where the score finished 12-12 forcing them to play de_inferno where Barcodes came out on top 13-9. A truly excellent game with some brilliant moments, Fox's terrorist pistol round on Aztec just to name one. You can download the HLTV of both maps here courtesy of Rav0r. Congratulations then goes to Barcodes who managed to retain their title. Here is a short list of some other clans who attended the event and played in the 'pro' tournament:

Check out all the after event gossip and reports over at the Multiplay website where you can also find details on i16.

Comments

-m0o.Rob-
12:00 17/3/2003
stop putting capitals in the map names ;x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rav0r
Croydon
12:02 17/3/2003
o/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
12:02 17/3/2003
lol nice timing, i deleted my own post cos it was s***e :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
big-g
12:05 17/3/2003
anyone got a copy of the final on inferno ?? all the ones i can find are broken!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
12:11 17/3/2003
Team Letters: Roadkill, Minimum, Saber, Louk, ?
Stacey?

Unless I imagined talking to him... :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
12:11 17/3/2003
uk2 could run a better tournament than multiplay! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dev
theb0g
12:17 17/3/2003
oh hush smittins. Ta Rich by the way, it did take a bit of time to write >:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
12:20 17/3/2003
mr 9 with 4 minute rounds ("to save time") instead of mr 12 with 3 minute rounds...

oh wait what does 4x9 and 3x12 equal! yes they both equal 36, exactly the same thing!

added to the 200 LAN-tastic ping and bein expected to play a non-cpl map, prodigy, for both our group games makes for some tip-toppin fun :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
12:20 17/3/2003
ps wp barcodes :x

b33p is sex! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
[4K^Luck1ng]
12:22 17/3/2003
There are so many lans.. get the i-lans well run and good prizes and you will get beter clans going =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
12:24 17/3/2003
I didnt have a clue who was playing who at any point, until the final. :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rav0r
Croydon
12:25 17/3/2003
agreed [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rav0r
Croydon
12:26 17/3/2003
Smittens its not CPL, 1000 ppl on a dated network, what do you expect? YEEE [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dev
theb0g
12:32 17/3/2003
exactly, it has lost its serious edge now, its a fun event where people go to socialise, yes there are competitions but there mainly designed so people can ahve a game of counter-strike with there clan. It isnt the CPL. Like dan said, if they got bigger prizes and made the effort to run the 'pro' tourny more smoothly i am sure more clans would come. But 1095 attendess isnt bad, they must be doing something right. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
w1cked^
Kirby-eSports
12:34 17/3/2003
wp Bcodes, why dont you go to a UKT/CPL? would probably do quite well :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tiSSue
12:37 17/3/2003
i doesnt mean insomnia, it hasnt for like 3 years [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
12:38 17/3/2003
so 200 ping is fun yes i see it all now thx for enlightening me :D

dont get me wrong i15 was cool, but once again the tourney was disappointing :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
12:43 17/3/2003
i enjoyed ;] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
12:43 17/3/2003
and waz plz send me that demo of you vrs 4k that pistol round with you all missing made me laugh so much :]]] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Necroboy
fightclubclan
12:46 17/3/2003
I heard headshot man was caught cheating [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
12:52 17/3/2003
that would be correct [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
b33p
12:56 17/3/2003
our ping was 10-25 throughout the compo cept one match where in went up to 40-70 for a bit. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dev
theb0g
13:07 17/3/2003
what does it mean then tissue? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tiSSue
13:09 17/3/2003
nothing

the first event was run by Wireplay/Gameplay, and they called it insomnia 99, [i1] they then bought the rights to to the name insomnia, so they just call it iwoteva, cos insomnia = owned by gameplay, and they dont work with them any more [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dev
theb0g
13:11 17/3/2003
k, i now know that for the future >:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DArk0r
Infinity-eSports
13:14 17/3/2003
im sure u had better things to do than play cs smit? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
13:18 17/3/2003
dunno what u mean m8 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
13:20 17/3/2003
looooooooooooooooooooooool [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
13:21 17/3/2003
:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
13:23 17/3/2003
nice to see nick follow my shorts trend :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rav0r
Croydon
13:24 17/3/2003
hsman and monster = :] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
13:26 17/3/2003
insommnia name was never really that good anyway. i15/i16 whatever is better and more well known. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
N38
13:32 17/3/2003
well insomnia just means without sleep, kinda catchy :o) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
13:40 17/3/2003
so edge lost because it was prodigy then? spose all the other clans practiced it REALLY hard. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Slider`
eSports.Edge
13:41 17/3/2003
o/ Richardo.
Not only were they fashionable, but they were practical too! I was the 'coolest' person there.

Well played to barcodes. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Slider`
eSports.Edge
13:43 17/3/2003
We lost because we were crap. Cant blame it on the servers/rules etc because its the same for everyone. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
13:45 17/3/2003
i think you lost cause luke had 'other' things on his mind :] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
13:49 17/3/2003
To many people are letting the CPL dictate how CS should or should not be played. They are simply one organisation who happen to have the most money. Simply because they no longer have Prodigy in the map list is not an excuse for everyone worldwide to drop it. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
13:52 17/3/2003
no ripper edge lost cos we were s*** and lost both pistol rounds then couldnt be arsed to play the next game on the same s***ty map :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
13:53 17/3/2003
oh and myers, shut up you, its not just cpl now is it, no-one other than germanbase uses prod in tournaments, not even jolt :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
13:53 17/3/2003
Prodigy really aint that bad. It's very biased to one side but is that really a huge problem? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
callous
Specster
13:54 17/3/2003
yeah if ure getting owned both sides ure doing something wrong!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
13:55 17/3/2003
its a nice map [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
13:55 17/3/2003
I must've been daydreaming when the clanbase eurocup, the most important european online competition had prodigy in their maplist then?

Too many tournaments dropped it because the CPL did, and it is such a pity.

There was no real reason for u guys to stop playing it though [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
13:56 17/3/2003
oi i mentioned germanbase, read up!! ^^ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
13:57 17/3/2003
big difference between germanbase and clanbase eurocup. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
13:57 17/3/2003
ok well now you know :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
13:57 17/3/2003
u talk in riddles :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
13:58 17/3/2003
riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big black bat :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MadSpunk
Last Chance
14:05 17/3/2003
wp barcodes [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nMe
14:12 17/3/2003
how did SO19 do? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
14:14 17/3/2003
lost both games i believe, to dna and umm someone else [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Bodkin
2seXeh 2perfoRm
14:15 17/3/2003
So19 went out in 1st round i think with 0pts. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Gristy
14:15 17/3/2003
rd.uk [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DuGstA
14:19 17/3/2003
thx, we would attend more serious lan events but so far something has always come up with someone not getting time off work or couldnt get to the event etc... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DuGstA
14:21 17/3/2003
dna called us noobs when we beat them ...i never understand how that works [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rav0r
Croydon
14:21 17/3/2003
noobs [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Del`
Sniper's Alley
14:22 17/3/2003
Germanbase? wtf? Surely Dutchbase if it's anything [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
14:22 17/3/2003
lol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
14:22 17/3/2003
bah stop replying while im typing :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
StrideR^
14:23 17/3/2003
Config scum [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
StrideR^
14:24 17/3/2003
i raped j00 all on "default"

and plz who was the guy that came upstairs naked with a gas mask during the finals ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
StrideR^
14:24 17/3/2003
btw well pld on being a b***h. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rav0r
Croydon
14:25 17/3/2003
LOL sick take it to the next level [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
14:36 17/3/2003
Prodigys a class map, the gameplay on it is as good if not better as any other map, the CPL made a mistake in dropping it, doesnt mean everyone else has to make a mistake by dropping it.. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
14:36 17/3/2003
rush hut!

rush tunnel!

gogo :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
iron
14:37 17/3/2003
If thats what you actually did, theres your problem isnt it Luke ! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
14:38 17/3/2003
:D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DArtagnan
Infinity-eSports
14:39 17/3/2003
But dan, surely you'd want to go to enjoy playing 1st class quality public games of cs, and to smell the pleasant smell that builds up after 3 days of people who dont actually know what deodrant is! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
14:51 17/3/2003
prodigy's s***e [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
14:57 17/3/2003
greg i had lynx pulse AND i dance and look like the guy in the advert [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
big-g
15:03 17/3/2003
and the people who dont know how to WASH and use deodrant ! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
15:13 17/3/2003
nah prodigy is a good map, you just need v good tp and comms. Ya cant just freestyle it like you can aztec or sommet [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DuGstA
15:31 17/3/2003
the hltv of the inferno map seems f**ked...there any way of fixing it???? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
itch
15:31 17/3/2003
i15 rocked, wp bcodes, ul erm, and ste got mummified in bog roll [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rage
15:57 17/3/2003
hmm @ tL's mentioning [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
15:57 17/3/2003
hrhrhrhr [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
15:57 17/3/2003
roflroflrolfrofl poor ste :DD [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
16:01 17/3/2003
it appears that out of 1050 gamers, not a single photgraph was taken, sum1 prove me wrong [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smiffeh
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
16:02 17/3/2003
prodigy is s*** [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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