team beyond goes hardmethod gaming

earlier my team beyond decided to join the mgc hardmethod gaming (hMg), hence - the following newsitem was released on behalf of our new team. please note that i have no idea what "and with the upcoming lans also offline" means.. but maybe that's just me ^^

hardMethod Gaming is pleased to announce that we have secured the services of a ET: Quake Wars team. They were known as Team Beyond. Beyond have proved themselves in online cups and with the upcoming lans also offline. This team has alot of potential to compete with the top of Europe.

Current line-up consist of:
Jesse 'Lukos' Huijskes
Daan 'Longbow' Stelder
Simon 'ViPer' Nolden
Thomas 'Janus' Bernink
Bart 'Jaede' Van Remortele
Martin 'dohfOs' Lundén
Erik 'Guru' Staffans
Adam 'adP' Parkes
Alexander 'merola' Merola

hMg Co-Chief Executive Officer Pavo gave the following statement:
"It is with great pleasure that i can welcome the ETQW team to hMg. This team has a great attitude to move forward and becoming better. I'm confident that they will succeed. We look forward to working with this team and hopefully its a long term agreement."

Player of the new ETQW team ViPer gave the following statement:
"I'm very happy that hMg invited us to be their Enemy Territory: Quake Wars squad, especially before the game has even hit the shelves. After talking to Pavo for a couple of days we came to an agreement that we think will benefit both parts. I truly believe hMg will give us the right support. Some of us old BF2-players knew Pavo from before so we know we can trust him. With the release of the actual game just ahead of us we have much to look forward to and I'm sure we can accomplish great things both online and offline wearing the hMg-tag!"

We say them welcome and good luck!

links:
hardMethod Gaming
#hmgaming @ quakenet

etqw updates

it's been awhile now since i wrote anything and i thought it would be time for some updates..

first off, enemy territory: quakewars beta2, ETQuakeWarsBeta2Setup.exe has been released. d/l links:
qw.se - (768,80MB)
fileplanet - (768,80MB)

the beta 2 had the following updates:

- The map will be Valley (the one from the original QW videos)
- Bug and Balance fixing
- Improved Bots
- Improved Prediction and Player Physics
- Improved Vehicle Physics and Controls
- Improved Interface
- Improved Audio
- Improved Game Performance
- Improved PunkBuster
- Unranked Server Support
- New Statistics Website

as you can see, the map valley was introduced. and after playing this map now for awhile all i can say is that this map is one of the worst i've ever come to play in an online game, it's unbalanced, got 235656 vehicles and it got huge spots where u can glitch all over.

and some competitive results..
qwl
01. One2
02. cause
03. NINJA
04. dignitas

cb beta cup
01. One2
02. cause
03. dignitas
04. wArning

etqw.euro #1
01. Kompaniet
02. One2
03. 4Rng
04. cause

inf cup by tlr
01. dignitas
02. TLR
03. lolicon
04. BEYOND

quakecon 07
01. dignitas
02. HOT
03. Check6
04. Demise

showcast from the quakecon 2007 - enemy territory: quake wars grand final can be found HERE.

#etqw.euro rackage-cup #1

inquake.de presents you the #etqw.euro Rackage-Cup #1
inquake.de is proud to present their first Enemy Territory: Quake Wars beta Cup in co-operation with #etqw.euro, Rackage and QuadV.com. The ET:QW beta Cup is invite only and it will be played this sunday, the 22nd July.

The starting signal for the one-day tournament will be at 14:00 (CET) with 16 of the currently strongest ET:QW teams face eachother in a classical K.O. system (single eliminition) where they will fight for fame and victory. The IRC channel #etqw.euro will be the tie point and official coverage channel, and the channel will also be where the teams meet before every match.

The following teams participate in the Cup:
cause we can
Pain is Coming
u14
Team exilium
wArning!
TLR
lolicon
team-dignitas
BEYOND
Logitech.QW
spierdalaj!
Kompaniet
NINJA
Team One2
edge
Power of Greyskull

With the friendly support of the british server host Rackage we can ensure that there always will be servers to play at.

During the tournament intoquake.de will ofcourse provide you with results and information. TosspoT of QuadV.com will handle the shoutcast and there is also a possibility that there will be a german shoutcast aswell, this is however not yet final.

Set of rules and tournament details:
- stopwatch mode (20 min timelimits)
- six players per team (plus a maximum of two backup players)
- naturally the map Sewer is played
- maximum 1 Cyclops/1 tank per side (no Tormentor)
- each team leader has to be in #etqw.euro for the entire Cup
- inquake.de-Cupadmins will admin each game
- ingame spectators are not allowed, except for the casters and admins
- using bugs/exploits or any kind of cheats leads to an immediate disqualification

notice that this newsitem is freely translated from german into english by myself (dohfOs) and since i'm not a german it may not be 100% accurate. please check the links below for the source.

links:
the official news item
the cup site
quadv
rackage
#etqw.euro @ quakenet