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                      <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><i><font color="#904C10" size="2">Game, 
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                        <font size="2">Six Months in the Life of the OGL</font></font></i></font></b><br>
                      
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                        Stephanie &quot;<a href="mailto:bobbi@loonygames.com">Bobbi</a>&quot; 
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                    <h5 align="right"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#00025E">Vol. 
                      2, Issue 4&nbsp; <br>
                      December 1, 1999&nbsp; </font></b></h5>
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              <div align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I asked 
                Hanif what he thought about the ladder and the OGL, to see if 
                his experience had been the same as mine. I found that it had, 
                &#147;Yeah I have had fun on the ladder, even though there is 
                a serious lack of player involvement and most of my matches have 
                been forfeit, etc. I think the OGL is more about meeting new people 
                and coming together to play the game than a real ladder. In that 
                sense it has been very fun, however the OGL has its faults too, 
                and they begin with the obvious Internet play and distribution 
                of players across the world. In addition, the OGL seems to lack 
                the involvement of the tried and true professional gamers, etc. 
                the list can continue for each side forever.&#148; </font>
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                <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hanif sums it up 
                  pretty well. The OGL is fun, and you do meet people (when they 
                  show up/respond to e-mails), but it&#146;s not exactly the place 
                  for premiere online competition. There is a major problem with 
                  people sitting on the ladders and not playing or responding 
                  to e-mails. However, when I looked at the website, I could not 
                  find a place to leave a ladder. I assume that e-mailing the 
                  ladder admin would do that, but...is a button on the user panel 
                  too much to ask? Might make it much easier for that guy who 
                  joined the<b> Quake III</b> ladder on a whim (when he&#146;s 
                  really an OGL member for the <b>Magic: The Gathering</b> ladder) 
                  to get off. </font></p>
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                <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Six months after 
                  joining the OGL, I sit at number 70 on the ladder, and have 
                  played 3 matches, one I won by a landslide, and two where I 
                  had my ass handed to me on a plate. I did meet people, albeit 
                  not many (I think irc would be more productive if you&#146;re 
                  looking to meet people), and I did learn a few valuable lessons 
                  about playing really good gamers. But all in all? I&#146;ll 
                  sit on the ladder for a while, play if I&#146;m challenged, 
                  but I&#146;ll probably be e-mailing the ladder admin as soon 
                  as the retail version of <b>Quake III </b>hits the shelves and 
                  tournaments start up.</font></p>
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                <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">______________________________________________________</font></p>
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                <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To follow up on (and 
                  debug) last week&#146;s article a bit, I received e-mail from 
                  both Angel Munoz from the CPL and Frank Cabanski from i2e2 pointing 
                  out that their organizations do not exist to make money off 
                  of gamers. That said, I would like to point out neither organization 
                  is classified as non-profit. :) Angel Munoz also wanted to point 
                  out that Frank Cabanski was not a founder of the CPL, as I said 
                  in the last column (i2e2 press releases list him as former Commissioner 
                  of the CPL, I apologize for the error). Rix (of &#147;Gollum 
                  and Rix&#148;! First professional level <b>Quake</b> match I 
                  saw in person was Gollum vs. Rix. It sounds corny, but I really 
                  never have forgotten it...it was amazing) also wrote in, making 
                  sure that I pointed out that although the CPL may not have gone 
                  by that exact name at the time the PGL started, it was very 
                  much the organization it currently is today at that time. </font></p>
                <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Future columns will 
                  feature interviews with Angel Munoz, Frank Cabanski, Rix, and 
                  more covering these and other issues.</font></p>
                <p></p>
                <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&#145;till then, 
                  &#147;PMS-Bobbi on D!&#148;...I&#146;m off to find a <b>TWCTF</b> 
                  server. With the release of <b>Quake III</b> around the corner, 
                  it looks like I may be saying goodbye to <b>QuakeWorld</b> soon. 
                  But...we&#146;ll see...</font></p>
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              <p align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><i>- 
                Stephanie &quot;Bobbi&quot; Bergman needs to come up with better 
                taglines.</i></font></p>
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