UT3 iCTF OpenCup Spring 2008


Tuesday 17 June 2008
by: ooLaLa - Comments (25)
The Crew:

All cups are coming to an end, this one is also finished. I want to thank Freakzilla for being here at all times for this cup. As the scene already knows, ClanBase lacks UT3 Crew to cover all cups/ladders. So most Supervisors had 3 cups or even more. I had to cover the EuroCup at all times since it needs to be perfect, so Freakzilla did the most of all work here, thank you for that! It was your first official season as CB Cup Supervisor, and you did it very well, also in your other cups.

Summary:

I also want to thank all clans/players who participated in this cup. It wasn't an easy season, mostly because this was the very first ClanBase Cup of this UT3-game since it has been released.
The mapdiscussion had some small problems, since we had to do with a lot of mapbugs/remakes/etc.. We tried to get every single map that might have a chance in that poll and let the community decide. Next season we have a better view about which maps worked and which maps didn't.

We didn't have too many issues with clans/players regarding abusing rules and/or lame/flame during official cupwars. We did hand some cards out, but it was not that much. So you can all be proud on yourselves. Only a bit too many no-shows and cupdrops.

If you have questions if there will be a next season? The answer is YES. The scene will be smaller, but ClanBase won't give up on this game. It isn't dead for us, it needs new maps, bugfixes, patches, etc.. But during the summer people have plenty of time to bring those out. That's 1 of the big reasons why we didn't plan any Summercups. The other reason is that we want to get the ladders alive again and maybe do some new ladders (more info soon). UT3 ain't dead, it's because people talk negative about it all the time that it dies more everyday, try to stay positive and give it one more chance!

The Results:

Division 1

Team pure Soulreapers
inevitability
KaozZ!

Division 2

Underworld Preachers 2002
2 [p!rate] - Pirate
3 ROYAL

Division 3

network elite warriors
2 nimbleMinds
3 MixedBlood powered by GameZoo.IT

Future:

There will be some Crew Openings to become UT3 crew for ClanBase soon (Cups/Ladders). Keep an eye on the 'Crew openings' -page in the left menublock on the mainpage, apply if interested.


Monday 16 June 2008
by: Supervisors - Comments (9)
Interview of eFFeN by Freakzilla
FreakzillaHey eFFeN, congratulations. First the NC with Sweden, now the OC with Soulreapers.
eFFeNThanks alot! :D
FreakzillaI guess you can look back onto a successful start of UT3. Was it as hardfought as you expected it to be??
eFFeNWell, I never thought we would breeze through as easy as it actually went. Can't really get better than only loosing 2 official maps in the past months and not loosing a single war! :p
The only time I didn't feel that we as a team had control over the game was in the semifinal vs Kz, that one could have gone either way. Was a really strong performance by them.
FreakzillaThe general consensus seems to be that clans do recognize that UT3 has a lot of potential gameplay-wise. There will probably still be enough clans left to form a (small) cup next season, any chance that could rekindle the fire for UT3 iCTF in the long run?
eFFeNI've got no idea to be honest, but I do hope there will be more cups even if some SR people don't want to participate. UT3 has some defects but I think the killing blow has been people talking it down further, totally uncalled for in my opinion.
Sure, it needs some upgrading but what game doesn't in the beginning? :)
FreakzillaWhat do you think makes the major difference between iCTF and TDM players? In that keep we're seeing clans like dignitas, xtp, H2k and 4Kings get over the bugs and compete.
eFFeNAs I don't really see any bugs except demo/pause bug and some difficulties setting a server I don't really know why people are whining. I guess it's in most iCTF players nature, unfortunately. I just think the whiners are sore loosers cause the convertion to UT3 didn't go as smooth as they hoped.
FreakzillaWell onto those that went smooth, lets do some quickstats :)
Best attackerFreeman
Best defenderpaleface
Favorite whinerrMp
EC winnersHmm... I'll go for a Croatia :p
Hottest babeRihannnnnnnnnnnna (dubbelmacka please? ;D)
FreakzillaGuess we should keep this interview limited to the main page ^^ Any shoutouts to end this?
eFFeNGreetz to all SR people for making the start of UT3 so much fun! :) and ye ofc, challenge me and pale FFS, we want some 2on2 challenges! :DD
Thanks for the interview :)


Sunday 15 June 2008
pureSR!   -  inevitable 
Match:Details
Score:6 - 2
Levels:ultrace, anfractuous, turbo, turbo
Odds:55% - 45%
PotM:luxxiz Sweden
by: Freakzilla - Comments (60)
In a war that started out equal, Soulreapers prevailed over inevitable


Thursday 12 June 2008
by: Supervisors - Comments (29)
Premier League
War IdMatchCBookyDate
7809710 inevitablevs pureSR! 45% - 55%Sun 15 Jun 21:00 CET

Interviews of inevitable:

Interview of flow by Freakzilla
FreakzillaHey Flow, tonight's the big night. The UT3 iCTF grand final. How are you looking forward to it?
flowI think it will be an interesting game, both teams have a strong line-up and it should be a fun game :)
FreakzillaThis match is quite reminiscent of SWE-GER in the past NationsCup. Sweden isn't limited to 3 SR players and Germany includes you and Kenny now. Do you think this one will be as close as the 5-3 back then?
flowI dont think anyone is quite sure which team has the edge atm, looking at the players and their previous achievements this game should be at least as close as the NC semi-finals if not even closer, yet with the current state of activity its hard to tell.
FreakzillaWell it is true that the activity in iCTF is quite low, does it sadden you or are you glad that UT99 and UT2k4 prevail?
flowPersonally I dont see it as the original games prevailing but more as a shift in gaming from fast-paced shooting to the more tactical shooters such as CoD and CSS. Which i think is too bad because in my opinion UT3 is gameplay-wise the best in the series. It has better gravity, smaller hitboxes and a good combination of movement options.
FreakzillaWich is probably why the more gameplay-oriented NW is reaching a lot of success attracting some top-level clans again. Back to iCTF, do you have any players in SR you are watching out for, or are you just going to play your own game?
flowI dont think there is a specific player to watch because SR usually gain their strength from a combination of good players, good teamplay and experience. Our team is a lot like that atm tho so we will just play our own game and see where it goes :)
FreakzillaI hope the game will live up to that so that we'll have a nice ending to this cup :) Any last shoutouts?
flowYes! Shoutout to adi our awesome-o cheerleader and the dutch footballteam who will undoubtfully win the european championship! ;)


Sunday 8 June 2008


by: Supervisors - Comments (8)
Premier League
War IdMatchCBookyTime
 7826129 Kzvs NC 55% - 45%21:00 CET

Third League
War IdMatchCBookyTime
 7807040 MGvs MxB 50% - 50%21:00 CET


Tuesday 3 June 2008
n3w   -  nM 
Match:Details
Score:6 - 0
Levels:anfractuous, ultrace, sprinta-2008
Odds:50% - 50%
PotM:s4` Belgium
by: Freakzilla - Comments (34)

by: Supervisors - Comments (3)
Third League
War IdMatchCBookyTime
 7807609 nMvs n3w 50% - 50%20:30 CET


Monday 2 June 2008
ROYAL   -  Fc 
Match:Details
Score:4 - 0
Odds:50% - 50%
by: Freakzilla - Comments (18)
ROYAL takes the div 2 bronze

by: Supervisors - Comments (2)
Second League
War IdMatchCBookyTime
 7800504 ROYALvs Fc 50% - 50%21:00 CET



Wednesday 28 May 2008
pureSR!   -  Kz 
Match:Details
Score:5 - 3
Levels:turbo, sprinta-2008, ultrace, strident-ictf
Odds:60% - 40%
PotM:Freeman Sweden
by: Freakzilla - Comments (28)

by: Supervisors - Comments (4)
Premier League
War IdMatchCBookyTime
 7753653 Kzvs pureSR! 40% - 60%21:30 CET



Tuesday 27 May 2008
uP   -  p!rate
Match:Details
Score:5 - 1
Levels:anfractuous, reflection-fps, turbo
Odds:60% - 40%
PotM:-=[uP]`PHARL Portugal
by: -=[uP]`ramp @ ph34r - Comments (34)

by: Supervisors - Comments (3)
Second League
War IdMatchCBookyTime
 7796516 p!ratevs uP 40% - 60%21:00 CET