Bits And Bobs
Posted by Hotshot at 09:43 12/9/2003.
In Dev's absence I feel it is important to continue the homage to Bits And Bobs, and as a mark of respect I've avoided making a funny title for the post. So without further ado, let's take you on a whirlwind tour of wonder and excitement:
- First up is something which seems to have slipped through the UKT net. The UK and Ireland CB Cup has recently closed its signups. A link to the relevant page can be found here
- After a poor showing at WCG, Fairie has decided to leave 4K.females. After poor performances at WCG, and with SCEE ladies attending the Paris exhibition event, some would doubt 4K.fe's dominance of the female UK scene right now. With Fairie's exit does this spell the end to 4k.fe?
- The journalistic marvel that is the BBC have written a short-ish piece on the imminent birth of Half-Life 2
- With so many of you sifting through the rumour mill about Half-Life 2's performance on non-DX9 video cards, here are some benchmarks to peruse. Valve have also revealed a press release regarding the apparent poor showing of Nvidia cards on the tests.
- Gabe Newell has been busy with an interview at Gamersdepot.
- For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past 48 hours, the full Steam client is available to download. After the release of the HLDS yesterday the steam website is now hosting the client side files
God bless you Dev.
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Choke
09:46 12/9/2003
Choke
10:01 12/9/2003
er yeah..... like 99.9% of the UK CS community have doubted that ever since the two ladies squads were formed. SCEE.ladies are 5 times better. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
10:03 12/9/2003
10:08 12/9/2003
Choke
10:11 12/9/2003
fightclubclan
10:23 12/9/2003
Choke
10:25 12/9/2003
10:39 12/9/2003
fightclubclan
10:45 12/9/2003
Landed
10:55 12/9/2003
eSports.Edge
10:58 12/9/2003
Rush!
10:58 12/9/2003
2seXeh 2perfoRm
11:00 12/9/2003
Choke
11:00 12/9/2003
11:03 12/9/2003
We've recruited a new member in teh form of MinXy and shes top class :D. Charleh played at WCG as i was unable to go. Who else could they have got at such short notice? I've apologised several times over for not being able to be there but hey, real life comes first i'm sure many of you would agree...Although probably not seeing as most of you live on here...
We also wish SCEE the best of luck at ECG, and hope they do the same for us at BLR and any other lans that we are going to attend :)
gg ta [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fightclubclan
11:10 12/9/2003
Can we please have a poll to see if people care about it?
I like news to be posted about those who have earned it. There are 100's of clans who should get a mention before these. Hotshot I hope you get something out of it...
Ok, think I you guys got my point, Ill not make it again. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Choke
11:11 12/9/2003
11:13 12/9/2003
He played for me as i was trying to save my relationship with my bf. Sorry if thats a bit drastic, u know, gettin someone to play for me while i try not to ruin my life, but f*** it :)
That was ages ago and if u lot are that petty to not know the full details and drag s*** up thats ur problem :)
wp bibi [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
11:14 12/9/2003
Rush!
11:14 12/9/2003
fightclubclan
11:15 12/9/2003
:x bibib girlfriend [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
11:15 12/9/2003
Rush!
11:16 12/9/2003
Rush!
11:16 12/9/2003
11:17 12/9/2003
Choke
11:17 12/9/2003
11:18 12/9/2003
Choke
11:20 12/9/2003
Landed
11:21 12/9/2003
11:23 12/9/2003
Choke
11:25 12/9/2003
and mat i never once mentioned them as the "top" UK CS team. the 4k tag of 4k.fe carries a brand dominance in as much as people assume they are the best being part of the 4k franchise. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
11:25 12/9/2003
11:26 12/9/2003
Team56
11:26 12/9/2003
:P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
11:27 12/9/2003
I was also told the 4k ladies team didn't even turn up to a LAN centre to qualify. So how exactly that works I don't understand. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rush!
11:27 12/9/2003
fightclubclan
11:27 12/9/2003
Her post was very feminine and stupid to look at, but dont go too far :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
11:28 12/9/2003
Well must dash, can't sit here reading ur trash all day ;)
gg wp tata [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
11:28 12/9/2003
Every bird wants some of THE FELLA'S prime beef ... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Team56
11:28 12/9/2003
girl powah [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ForsakeN
11:28 12/9/2003
Choke
11:29 12/9/2003
11:29 12/9/2003
ilic`` & fella... you need to shut up? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Team56
11:31 12/9/2003
11:35 12/9/2003
11:36 12/9/2003
11:40 12/9/2003
4k ladies didn't qualify at a lan center... would someone comfirm that ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Team56
11:40 12/9/2003
not gonna happen [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Infinity-eSports
11:45 12/9/2003
Tis funny how they're probably the 2nd best sponsored uk cs team after the real 4k team. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Infinity-eSports
11:45 12/9/2003
i was quite impressed with some of em >:) gl in ze future [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Infinity-eSports
11:46 12/9/2003
Void.gaming
11:48 12/9/2003
Choke
11:50 12/9/2003
cs2.meatyballs.net
etc [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
11:51 12/9/2003
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Lite
11:53 12/9/2003
Infinity-eSports
11:53 12/9/2003
I actually asked Myers about that, there was a time when northampton was meant to have been cancelled for qualifiers, so i asked Rich if we could just be the 1 team that went and get the qualifier spot. But he said no, cause that's against the rules and in th event that happened a 2nd team would get the spot from another qualifier event. No special treatment or anything :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Shoot First Ask Later
12:11 12/9/2003
so yes 1.6 is out of "beta" as its gone public release
so go dl it...
they wouldnt have released the bloody 1.6 HLDS if it wasnt going publicly out of beta [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
12:16 12/9/2003
12:16 12/9/2003
Infinity-eSports
12:25 12/9/2003
theb0g
12:25 12/9/2003
:DDDD [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
12:27 12/9/2003
umm? work on bots for all this time then remove them for final release? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
theb0g
12:28 12/9/2003
Specster
12:29 12/9/2003
12:30 12/9/2003
theb0g
12:31 12/9/2003
but maybe i just have a thing for donkey anus [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Last Chance
12:35 12/9/2003
12:35 12/9/2003
Last Chance
12:37 12/9/2003
12:43 12/9/2003
13:03 12/9/2003
13:04 12/9/2003
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infact just rename your old config to userconfig.cfg and stick it in the steam cstrike folder [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
13:09 12/9/2003
Yeah, we're not as good as most teams. We're not pretending that we are. Just because we have the 4k tag, it shouldn't affect you. All it should mean to you is that you know where you can find us.
The tag is good for us in a number of ways, and also bad for us, but don't assume that we think we're something that we're not.
We have lots of room to improve, and that we shall do. WCG was a good experience for us, even if we have been used as a marketing tool.
Look at it this way. Yes, making a big deal out of girls playing games could be considered shallow etc, or pointless. I almost agree. But raising public awareness of gaming, in any way, can only really be good for it in the long run. And _using_ females is the simplest way to do it.
We partook in the WCG-sponsored media activities because it was FUN. Simple as that... it was all there for us so we took it. It wasn't because we're soemthign special, and noone ever pretended it was.
We're humble but it doesn't mean we're not hungry to improve.
And i'm disgusted at any comment which uses our gender as confirmation that we are akin to some 15 year old slag from some s***ty estate with a baby already. We're jus trying to play a game, no need for all the flames. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Warped Reality
13:11 12/9/2003
13:13 12/9/2003
Rush!
13:14 12/9/2003
Warped Reality
13:16 12/9/2003
13:21 12/9/2003
There really isn't much special about us yet, so I don't know why people care. My thoughts are rather like necroboy was trying to put across...
When we're worth all this attention, and we do soemthing wrong, THEN flame us. It'll be confirmation of our improvement, and probably very well received.
By the way, don't take my humblistic attitude as the one of the whole team, or in meaning that we're s***. Cos we aint :P
Just some of my thoughts.... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
13:24 12/9/2003
was part of 4k.fe when they were ^X^ she was one of the clan starters when they left from PMT i think it was.
there was lots of different b***hing etc around between all the ladies and it turned out that a few of their players always had been male.
besides the point though they were not good certainly not players of any serious skill.
their so called best player at the time and the only person of the team who gave me a run for my money later admitted to being norty cheater.
now all well and good i 4k wanted a female team however there are many many better all female clans out there than ^X^ part of the only reason they got to being so well known and hence noticed by X was the amount of spamming and putting it about on irc they did [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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