Quoted from Slice:
“Server 3 - Siege is up.
We also have a mix of combat maps here to help seed the server. The combat here does not have extralevels. However, it does have TERRITORY.
When a CO map first starts, you have a vote between normal 10 level combat or Territory mode.
After that vote finishes, you select which mode of Territory to play. In Territory, the hive and CC are invulnerable. Game play is all about the NODES.”
Game Mode for Territories are:
Capture All
Resource Wars
Sequence Capture
Take Over
Tech War
All you siege addicts (all 4 of you, including me), this is what you’ve been dreaming of! Have fun!
Details here: http://nsbadclan.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6092
On a side note: All siege maps have been removed from Server 1.
Two days remaining to sign-up
Current sign-ups: 19
Required: 14 (two teams of 6 + spare for each)
Goal: 36 (for 6 teams and more prizes)
If you haven’t signed up yet, do so now and get your friends.
So far, it is confirmed that the winning team members will get a 30-day reserved slot on the servers (either directly activated or in the form of forum resources) and another chance for those that are banned from the BAD servers. Winners will also get special forum and in-game icons. Furthermore, runner up teams and MVPs may also get rewards - this is in process of negotiation.
Go here to sign-up http://nsbadclan.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=604
You may have heard that the <BAD> clan recently organized a draft tournament under the direction of shoester, who has since departed from the clan over an unrelated case of irreconcilable differences within the community. The task of officially directing the tournament has been taken on by Apollo and recently I have also volunteered to help out.
The draft tournament follows the NS Classic game mode and is open to all players of all levels of skill. The teams will be selected from a pool of players that sign up on the forums. The idea is to place players on teams in such a way as to create similarly-skilled teams to promote balanced games with fair opportunities for either team to win. Following the conclusion of Season 1, the sign-ups for Season 2 will be opening shortly at the beginning of February. Check this tournament forum for details.
Whether you are a seasoned veteran of the game, a casual player, or a newbie, there is a something for you to enjoy by playing in the draft tournament. Training sessions are available to bring interested players up to speed for this season’s competition. Come and learn a thing or two from fellow players, experience planning and synergism in teamwork, have a few laughs over hillarious outtakes and bloopers, and make new friends as we continue to keep the element of competitive NS alive in our community.
The evolution continues! Lerks spotted coming out of gestation now have sharp pointy things sticking out of their mouths!
Today, the <BAD> competitive team went undefeated to win over Argentinian competitors 2RAM in the finals of the “End of Year NS International Tournament”. Playing at upwards of 200 ping on South American servers, the <BAD> team was expecting an uphill battle and fought courageously and decisively. After upsetting favorites OVERLOCK in the quarter finals of the winners bracket, the <BAD> team engaged in battle against 2RAM over two maps - ns_lucid and ns_metal. After losing against <BAD> on ns_lucid 2-0, the Argentinians put up a valiant effort to challenge <BAD> on ns_metal but eventually lost 2-0 making <BAD> the champions of the tournament.
See this link for more details and possibly some HLTV demos that may have been recorded.
The second round of tournament play has been scheduled for the weekend of the 12th and 13th of December. Losers of Week 1 matches will play in a specially formatted round robin event on Saturday for a chance to rejoin the winners from week 1. The tournament semi-finals will be on Sunday, featuring the three winners from week 1, and the winner from Saturday’s play.
Details are available at http://nsbadclan.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5544
All players MUST post in the week 2 roll call thread, or risk losing their place in their team
Roll Call thread: http://nsbadclan.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5542
Players wishing to register as potential late-join replacements for inactive players should post in the late join application thread.
Late Join Application Thread: http://nsbadclan.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5543
Draft tournament, holiday icons, and gorge race triumph
<BAD> Draft Tournament Now in Progress
You may be aware that the <BAD> clan is hosting a draft tournament that will be running through December 2009. Two weeks ago, the first round of matches was played.
Schuster, the organizer of the event, posted the following :
“Congratulations to the all the teams and players who played.
Here is the link to all the HLTV demos of the matches: http://72.9.144.10/pub/
Rage Team 6 defeats AROCKALYPSE
Team 1 defeats Team Domination
Team Fuck Phone defeats Phonemanding
As a friendly reminder: We won’t be having any matches this week due to team 3 issues and Thanksgiving. We’ll resume matches with 2 brackets, the losers and winners, the following week.”
If you want to check out the tournament website, you can find it here: <BAD> NS Draft Tournament
The draft tournament has six teams, of which four are currently active. If you are interested in participating and helping out two struggling teams, you may still be able to join the tournament late. See the relevant forum topic for details.
This week the two maps that will be played are ns_tanith and ns_eclipse.
Holiday Icons Now Available
Would you like to share the holiday spirit? ShenTrax is offering all registered players of the <BAD> servers the opportunity to wear one of several free custom icons between now and the new year! The icons would appear next to your player name on the scoreboard in-game! If you are interested, see the Holiday Icon forum thread for details.
Gorge Race Winner and Reigning Champion
Congratulations to TheMunch8! He has won his fifth gorge race event. The time to beat was set by Munch at 12min46s (April 25, 2009) and has not been successfully challenged since. Munch also won his first marine race event and clocked in at 8min19s. Good work soldier!
Thank goodness the medics were able to finally squash that H1N1 outbreak. Power has been restored across all the colonies.
In latest news, recon teams have reported back that there have been new aliens spotted. It looks like some aliens have evolved from the soft brown exterior to a thicker gray hide. These new alien hides are bringing in top dollar right now back in the colonies. Please take the time to skin any of these new gray aliens and return the hide to your quartermaster. We’re pooling the extra credits from the exports and hope to get a hot tub delivered for the barracks in the next drop ship.
Be aware that the last shuttle that docked over at Hera was found to contain refugees from Tanith infected with a new strain of H1N1 flesh eating bacteria. We thought the virus was contained by isolating the colonists but the infirmary is filling up with new cases every day.
Please be sure to follow the full disinfection protocols on your gear before heading out into the field. We’re getting reports that the flesh eating bacteria will bind to your bones and replace the muscles and tendons that hold your skeletons together so you are still able to function in some sort of gruesome resemblance to a marine.
Colonists on Bast are rioting and power output from the refinery has been cut in half. We’re having to reduce lighting levels all over the planet to compensate for the power shortage. A platoon of marines has been dispatched to Bast to quell the riots and we should have power restored shortly.