Gang Green News - April-July 97

Thursday, July 31

Ping Timeout Scrim - by Zaphoid

The first of many scrims with the PT guys. Both teams had alot of fun and we went to irc afterwards to discuss strategies. Game 1 was a closer game.

Game 2 was a 2 on 3 that turned into quite a GG fragfest. Obyte had some lag problems but kept up the fight like a true sportsman.

Saturday, July 26

Scrimmage Night Fever - by KodaK

We had a scrimmage with Daermon Na'shezbaernon tonight on DM3 and had to drop down to a 2 on 2 due to some missing folks on both sides. See if you know what their clan name means. (Hint: D&D). We had a nice ping advantage in this one! Thanks to Ammo for use of their server.

Game 2 of the night was with PJ again on DM3, and we managed a narrow victory. Everyone was puzzled by Leo's self-destuctive traits during the game ;) Thanks to LOD for use of their server.

Moving - by KodaK

I am moving next week, so I won't be able to coordinate any games. I am forwarding any challenges to Jester until I have a stable system and phone connection (Aug 6th) I am also moving to a laptop ;( so I will be fiddling with my system over the next few weeks to keep form being an easy target.

Wednesday, July 16

QuakeCon - by Bones

In interest to Lagitus, Quakecon overall was a blast... (Except for the FIRST day, Wednesday) Leonardo, Strato and I all sat next to each other because of choice. Broken-Lag was there, but didn't show up until Wednesday night, so he sat somewhere else. AnthaSux was also there early Wednesday and Thursday from what he told me, but I assume he left because of all of the disorganization and mass-confusion that was taking place at the time. Neither Leo or I was in the deathmatch or 1 on 1 elimination tournaments, because of the total chaos (Constant Power outages, network problems) of the first day of Quakecon.
I almost totally forgot about taking screenshots until earlier Sunday. We were just sitting around the whole time playing leisure games. Leonardo setup his system as a nice listen server with the custom DeathMatch 3 patch for regular Quake, so everyone loved the shit out of his server due to its awesome Pentium-II 233Mhz speed and the Deathmatch 3 mode play that we've all come to love in Quakeworld. This is the only screen shot I took of any game while I was there, because it had a few Quake celebrities in it. Leo and I ripped up everyone else on DM4 in that game.
Killcreek and Paradox were attempting humor with their nicks "KillCheek and ParaDork", (I know they were playing because I would look back at them sitting behind me, and hear and see them yell or heckle when they got killed. Wendigo (QuakeRally author and #quake op) was also in the game as well, but I didn't see much action from him.
Note: In the screenshot, my crosshair got meshed over someone's handle perfectly, so don't confuse "Seidaot" for "Se+daot".

Big Teams - by KodaK

Lags and Ammoites gathered for a storm on Death32c and the result was a massive fragfest. We played with teamplay 1, deathmatch 3, so there were plenty of weapons to go around. We will have to pull up or socks for a rematch! Thanks to Ammo for the server and a good game.

Wednesday, July 9

Ammo runs out of Ammo - by KodaK

We had our weekly match with Ammo and managed a win. Game 1 was DM6 deathmatch 3 settings. Toyman got disconnected and lost a bunch of frags ;( Leonardo was the top Gang member.

Game 2 was the traditional DM3, and we held the rocket room for a good part of the game resulting in a win. Overall we had a ping advantage which helps out a lot. Thanks to Ammo for their server that we used for both games.

Monday, July 7

Bones joins the Gang - by KodaK

We welcome Bones formerly of the ME division of Lagitus to the Gang. He has developed some good DM teamplay skills, and we see immediate action in matches (as he did last Thursday against ammo). THis brings us back up to 8 players, so recruting is on hold. We are still looking for good alternates however, so drop by #clan_lagitus or look for us on the servers.

Thursday, July 3

GG shoots Ammo - by KodaK

We had our first match with Ammo after a few weeks of scrimmaging. E2M2 was the choice and we managed a victory. Ammo lost a few players, so their score was actually higher than indicated. Thanks to Bones for helping out and to Leo for finishing first! A rematch will be coming soon. We were lucky the Cat wasn't playing the whole game!

Saturday, June 28

Leo Returns to Active Status - by KodaK

Leonardo is back from the void to re-join the Gang! He is also planning to attend QuakeCon in Dallas.

Tuesday, June 24

Farewell to Meth - by KodaK

Meth is off to Navy boot camp, and we thank him for his contributions to the Gang over the last several months. Meth is a good and sneaky player, and will be missed.

Call to Arms - by KodaK

We are now recruiting for the one open position in the Gang. Email me if you are interested.

Thursday, June 12

Return of the Jedi - by KodaK

It was time to even the score with those talented PJ folks. Both teams were very rusty, and the killing of teammates ran rampant. Zaphoid turned up the heat in the last 5 min to ensure victory. Thanks to Ammo for providing the server for us. DM3 Deathmatch 3.

2 on 2 - by KodaK

After the match we had a 2 on 2 scrimmage with some AMMO folks and managed to squeak in a narrow victory. At least with only 4 ppl its easy to find a weapon!

Sunday, June 8

Capture the Frag - by KodaK

Who says we can't field a CTF team! Well 2 from the Gang is better than none! Zaph and Strato help AnthraSux beat the LL folks in a scrimmage. Typical Lag pings.

Thursday, June 5

Zaph Runs out of Ammo - by KodaK

Our scrimmages with Ammo are pretty even as you can see by the screenshot. BodyBag wins the sneaky player award as he is always where you least expect him. Of course here his ping is much much better than mine ;)

Monday, June 2

Jester on a Rampage - by KodaK

Jester went crazy on a packed DM3 server and racked up some frags. Having over 15 ppl on a server is pure chaos. Montoya's is set to DM3 24 hours a day, so we quite often stop there to keep sharp (or dull sometimes).

Monday, May 26

Its Spring - so grab some AMMO! - by KodaK

We have started nightly (or so) practices with In Praise of Ammo in an effort to get our sorry asses back up to speed. Practice is at 8:30 Central. Each week we will have a formal match as well. Tonight's practice was fun with each clan winning a game. Ammo had too many players! Call Guinness! RobDog, Trion, Zaphoid, and myself played for the Gang. I'll be back on Thursday.

Saturday, May 24

Spring Fever - by KodaK

I have been on the road the last few weeks and have not had any time for playing Quake. We did have a good turnout tonight and got in few scrimmages with Clan Rage and NtS. For the summer we will slow down our match play to one night a week.

Tuesday, May 7

CTF4 The Return of the Flag - by KodaK

I loaded up CTF4 and have started playing a few games to learn the levels. In this 1/2 hour game I played Defensive Scout and still outscored the flag carriers. These new levels are GREAT! They are nice and large, providing some good bases for us defenders. Lets get a CTF match soon, or help out the LL division in their games.

Saturday, May 3

HPB's Everywhere - by KodaK

We has a scrimmage with a new clan called "The High Ping Bastards" and in the spirit of their name, we all had shitty pings. It was a fun game, and we hope to play them again before they practice and get too good!

Tuesday, April 29

Toe Tags Issued - by KodaK

DOA did it again, showing excellent control of DM3. Jester was the Gang leader and the only one to end up with some frags! Ugh.

Screenshot We did a little better on DM4 and actually got all of our team to score some frags! Final score 54-156 (approx.) and a Genocide loss for us ;(

Monday, April 28

The Slump Continues - by KodaK

We played PJ for the finals in the IQL, and came up short 132-183. We haven't practiced enough as a team and it showed tonight, as the Phone Jacks had a much better game plan on DM3. I worked hard for my 0 frags, and did have more fun that it might have looked like from the score. Thanks to Clan Doggus for organizing the League - lets have another for the summer!

Screenshot On DM4 we fared much better, but it was not enough! 5 on 5 DM4 is pure chaos, and negative scores are quite common with teamplay 2 set. Thanks go to Trion for stepping out of his spot in the lineup due to shitty pings. As Arnie would say "We'll be back"

Saturday, April 26

Gang Un-Validated with a Stick - by KodaK

Game one was on DM3, and Valid put on a good display for us - too bad he is on the other team! This was our first Genocide loss, and will hopefully get us to work on our teamplay skills. Score was 45-59. These folks are fun to play and are good sportsmen as well.

Screenshot In Game 2 on-a-stick jumped to a quick lead, and the game was looking like a rout until we started gaining ground later in the game. But our comeback was too late and we lost 72-90 for an overall match score of 117-149. Game 2 was DM4 on Duckfin's server, our new home arena. Thanks to the Ruthless Bastards for helpings us out with a QW server.

BFFFA 2 - by KodaK

They came from over 5 countries, Lags on a mission to win the BFFFA 2, the mother of all free-for-alls. We taxed Duckfin's server to about 98%cpu with 30 players on death32a, and it was chaos. Zaphoid won both rounds of the event, and other Gang members made a good showing! Screenshots are on the main Lagitus page.

Saturday, April 19

A Little Ultra-Violence - by KodaK

This was the last match for Clockwork Orange, but they put up a good fight and were in the lead near the end. We played on DM6 with deathmatch 3 settings, and won this Genocide match 69-61. This was our first match after a few weeks off, and it seems that the season is winding down. We may not be playing any matches over the summer.

Bong Water - by KodaK

Game one was DM4 on Vatech using deathmatch 3 and the Gang won 71-45. Deathmatch 3 seems to be a fairer setting, and equalizes the teams a bit resulting in a more enjoyable game. The new QW is good for matches even without the clanring mods.

Screenshot

Game 2 was on the Bong server, and they had to play shorthanded for 3 minutes at the start of the game. We won this game and the overall match 209-152. It was a fun game, and we will play these folks soon now that they have a QW team!

Tuesday, April 8

New Practice Night - by KodaK

Due to server access, I have moved our week night practice/battle to Tuesday at 8pm central.
VaTech QW 198.82.80.251:27500 (until mid May) and NSBWorld Alternate 132.156.143.134:27500 can be used when they are operational. Check the GG channel for passwords to enter the servers. Thanks to their owners for allowing us time on these servers. We also have VATech booked 7-9 on Saturdays.

I am not scheduling any matches until we get some team practices in.

Saturday, April 5

Game Goes to Seed - by KodaK

Our game with the Hayseeds never happened, so we headed to a death32 level for some fun. I got tired after 30 min. but Meth and RobDog kept going and kicked some butt. Make sure you use the w_switch 7 and b_switch 6 settings to control that annoying auto weapon switch upon running over a weapon or backpack (hence the 2 settings).

Wednesday, April 2

First Blood on new QW - by KodaK

We played week 4 of the IQL tonight with Clan Erinyes. Game one was DM3 on QW 1.5! Our practice scrimmage with Wasatch tonight was a blowout for the opposition, but it gave us some valuable experience with the new QW. This was the first victory of the new division!