oOOoOo tf2 news...- mwhahaha [8:32pm - 3/16/99]

TF2 news...Got this from a press release...only problem is the screenshot url doesn't work :(

Valve Licenses Intel MRM Technology for Team Fortress 2
Highly detailed, realistic looking models will make gameplay 
even more immersive


Kirkland, WA (March 16, 1999) - Valve LLC, the makers of 
the blockbuster PC game Half-Life, announced today that 
they will be using Intel's Multiresolution Mesh Technology 
for their upcoming title Team Fortress 2.  This technology 
will allow Valve to create a "scaleable" game with highly 
detailed, realistic looking models that automatically adjust 
performance to the gamer's PC.

"We believe the PC is the ultimate entertainment platform," 
said Gabe Newell, Valve co-founder and managing director.  
"By combining Intel's new MRM technology with our own 
Parametric Animation skeletal modeling system, we're able 
to create realistic-looking models that move the way real 
people do. This represents a huge advance in terms of making 
PC entertainment more appealing for a broader spectrum of users." 

"A big advantage of Intel MRM technology is that it's 
scaleable to the available processing power," said Ken 
Birdwell, senior development engineer at Valve.  "We build
 models once, and they are automatically optimized for each 
player's hardware, giving everyone the maximum performance 
and resolution possible." 

"The Intel MRM technology lowers the cost and shortens 
the development time needed to create compelling 3D 
content for games," said Matthew B. Langie, strategic 
marketing manager for 3D technologies developed in the Intel 
Architecture Labs.  "With scaleable titles such as Team 
Fortress 2, gamers will see 3D games that automatically 
adjust to their system, be it the highest-end Pentium 
III processor-based computer or a basic PC system."

NOTE: Images for this release can be found at:
http://www.sierrastudios.com/mystery/models.htm
Team Fortress 2 is a cooperative action game slated 
for release later this year.  Valve's debut game, 
Half-Life, currently a best seller, has won Game of 
the Year honors from more than 30 publications worldwide, 
including PC Gamer, Computer Gaming World, and CNET's Gamecenter.

Founded in 1996, Valve develops game software. Based in 
Kirkland, Washington, the company consists of more than 
25 leading artists, game designers and programmers.  TF 
Software PTY Ltd., the developers of Team Fortress, was an 
Australian developer of games software acquired by Valve in 
1997.  More information about Valve is available through the 
company's web site at www.valvesoftware.com.


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Wheeeee..- mwhahaha [10:00pm - 3/15/99]

1) New war grafic thanks to a good friend of mine Kevin Hatch. Thats 3 kick ass gfx...I think Imay just fire HME ;P

2) TFC League? Maybe it's just me but shouldn't TFC come out before the leagues start? :P

===========================
The Inferno - TFC Tournament
www.planetfortress.com/inferno
===========================
 
Now Accepting TFC Clans for Season II
---------------------------------------------------------
 

I wanted to get the word out that The Inferno is now 
accepting Team Fortress Classic clans to begin Season 
II with as soon as Team Fortress Classic is out. Since 
TFC is due out in a few weeks (around March 26th), I 
thought starting to accept clans early would allow me 
to get the 10 needed sooner rather then later.
 
Season II will consist of the 10 clans as I have already 
mentioned, with matches 8 vs 8 in size. This season 
isn't strictly double-elimination as Season I was, but 
still has some of that characteristic. There is a map 
containing 8 territories/countries, and each clan can 
select the one they want (if it's not taken) to initially 
control. The first week, I will pick which clan fights 
which, and the losing clans get their territory taken 
by the winning clans, and have one week to beat that 
clan and regain the territory, or else they are out. 
That's the double-elimination area of it. The winning 
clan will be the one that controls the whole world, so 
there is no set week limit on how long this season will 
go. The days the matches will be on still needs to be 
decided. A poll will go up on the site shortly for you 
to vote.
 
Head over to www.planetfortress.com/inferno and sign 
up your clan by hitting enlist and filling out the 
information that is wanted. The clan will then be added 
to the list, and have the map territory, and be ready to go!
 
The Inferno has been around since December 26th, 1997, 
with the first successful season in November of last 
year. Trying to stay on the forefront of new things, 
Season II, unlike season I, will be a TFC tournament, 
and one of the following seasons (probably IV or V) will 
be a Team Fortress 2. Inferno is currently looking for 
some form of help, most likely with getting match results 
and rankings and such. If you wish to help, email 
xtreme@planetfortress.com.
 
Hope to see your clan in the tournament!
 
- Xtreme

I'm alive...sort of..- mwhahaha [5:00pm - 3/14/99]

1) New header grafic thanks to a good friend of mine Kevin Hatch.

2) This funny little "My Name is.." spoof by maXXis

Hi! My name is (what?)...my name is (who?)...
my name is... T - maXXis
Hi! My name is (huh?)...my name is (what?)...
my name is... T - maXXis


Ahem...excuse me!
Can I have the attention of the clan for one second...


Hi kids! Do you like violence? (yeah yeah yeah!)
Wanna see me stick an EMP up your ass while the spy slips by me in the
silence? (uh huh!)
Wanna copy my gun placement and do exactly like I did? (yeah yeah!)
Try a different class and get fucked up worse that my game is? (huh?)
My grens are heavy weights, I'm tryin' to get my gun straight
But now I don't have enough time to masterbate (Ummmm..)
My clan members said: "maXXis you a basehead..."
Uh-uhhh! "Then why's ya face red, man you wasted..."
Since I was 12, I felt like a soldier
But I don't have the skillz and I gotta be bolder
Got pissed off and detonated my dis
The fellas yelled at me and said "Man, I got something you can kiss!"
I went back to the resupply and rebuilt the thing
Faster than the scout with my flag who said, "meep meep, ding ding"
C'mon defense, defend the damn  flag! (but maXXis, I got some bad lag)
I don't give a fuck, get a new modem, or I'll give you something to suck


Hi! My name is (what?)...my name is (who?)...
my name is... T - maXXis
Hi! My name is (huh?)...my name is (what?)...
my name is... T - maXXis


My clan leader  wanted to have sex in 2fort5 revised
The only problem is, my clan leader was a guy
I smacked him in his face with a big trout
Chased him around the ramp room, but not for long, he had gout
He cried, and said, "maX, stop man, you're making me pout"
Walked out onto the tower with my pants zipped up
Flashed the enemy snipers
Freaked 'em out so much, made 'em drop their tea cups
Demomen, killin' pedestrians
Rapin' lesbains with pockets full of Yen
99% of my clan life I was lied to
I just found out my fellow engy gets more gibs than I do
I told him I'd grow up to be a famous engineer
Make a webpage about sentries and name it after a fellow peer
You know your fucked up when the offense rush 
Scouts flyin' by you with out a hush
This soldier needed rockets, so he asked for some of mine
He was kind, so I gave him some, 9, to be exact, all in a line


Hi! My name is (what?)...my name is (who?)...
my name is... T - maXXis
Hi! My name is (huh?)...my name is (what?)...
my name is... T - maXXis


Stop the match! This engy needs to be locked away! (Get him!)
Goober don't just stand there, this ain't Mega, you can't "lay!"
I'm not ready to leave, it's too scary to die
Even though I can respawn and come back alive
Am I comin' or goin'? I can barely decide,
I just drank a forty oz. grape juice...how can I survive?
All my life I was very deprived
I aint' had a gib in years, my TAB key is to big to hide
Dispencer reproducing rox by the bulk
I spit when I talk, I'll gib anything that walks (C'mere.)
When I was a little engy, I used to get so hungy I'd throw fits
How you gonna breast feed me mom, you ain't go no tits?!!
I roam the basement and slap myself till I'm dead
Put a bulleproof vest on and shoot myself in the head (BANG!)
I'm steamin' mad (Arrrggghhh!) 
And by the way when you see my dad? (Yeah.)
Tell him I got practice Sunday, too, ain't that bad


Hi! My name is (what?)...my name is (who?)...
my name is... T - maXXis
Hi! My name is (huh?)...my name is (what?)...
my name is... T - maXXis

3) TFC in 2 weeks!

4) As soon as HME gets his act together we will have the last part of the CF TF epic

Someone tell SailorScout to quit whoring his clan....- mwhahaha [7:30pm - 3/10/99]

The Taken is MUCH older and is in much greater need of an east coast LPB than is -xA- SoooOoooo before you go try out for them, come see The Taken.

The Exalted is having an open tryout this coming Thursday. Interested parties may meet on Gamesnet in #exalted, with a seperate channel to be setup for the event. We are looking for players in a Central or Eastern timezone who are mature, capable TEAM players.

Positions currently needed:

* Experienced Demoman who can pipe on defense

* An LPB Sniper or two (CST or EST greatly preferred for this position)

* Miscellaenous others.. Soldiers, Medics, Scouts Skill matters, but your personality matters just as much.

I'd like to thank the folks at Clan Aftermath for loaning us their server. A rather simple clan page is at: http://www.scatterblak.com/exalted See you on the battlefield.. SailorScout-xA- General of 'The Exalted'

The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken, The Taken

:)

news.- mwhahaha [7:00pm - 3/3/99]

Alittle birdy told me TFC...end of march...and no it wasn't billings ;P it was Ye ol' email fairy.
Also here's some info on SailorScout's clan's page....

Thanks a ton to ScAtTeRbLaK for providing the webspace, but 'The Exalted' now have a webpage located at: http://www.scatterblak.com/exalted

Currently there's just an intro page, but I'm working on the other pages now. Once again we are in need of members.. particularly an East Coast LPB Sniper (West Coast snipers are easier to come by apparently).

Bastard...TKN wants a few snipers too ;P And your right...east coast snipers are hard to come by.

New clan.- mwhahaha [9:51pm - 2/28/99]

SailorScout has decided to start up a new clan...here's the information:

After a lot of thinking and a heavy heart, I've decided to leave my clan
of Wolvesmoon for another. But not just another clan, but one of it's
members. 'The Exalted' is that clan..


As would be expected for a new clan, we are recruiting both HPBs and
LPBs. There are a few strict rules however, mainly centering around
attendance and guilds, but nothing the average player needs to be
concerned about. By the same token, since this is a new clan I'm willing
to be a bit flexible, and also will put these rules up on a page for all
to evaluate shortly.


It would be greatly preffered if you are an East Coast player, can make
games at 10 PM EST or later during the week and/or weekends, and have
actually hit adolescense.


You can join #exalted on irc.gamesnet.net for more details, or just mail
me for information. Thank you..

News 'o the day...- MwhahahA [9:45pm - 2/19/99]

My friend Lummoxx had an idea... ;P It's been kinda brought up elsewhere(not here) but i thought i would just put it up again..

I want to start with a couple questions for you server admins. First, what's your cost for running that server? You don't have to answer to me, just figure it in your head. Figure in the cost of the machine. The cost of the software. The cost of your excellent internet connection. Last question, why are the majority of your servers completely empty? I've got one reason for you. It's because there is nobody there to kick the little bastard(s) who is ruining the game for everyone else. Ok, so I haven't said anything new. All that is been there, done that. Now, how about the solutions to the problem? Guess what...I have an idea. There's actually quite a few server admins out there. Refresh your gamespy listing, and you'll see. There's quite a few servers. My idea is this. Some of you admins could get together, and start sharing rcon's. Develop a network of trusted admins who have the ability to get rid of problem players. Eventually, by word of mouth and recommendations from other server admins, it's possible to have an admin on a game server almost constantly. Yeah, it's not foolproof. But a trusted individual could only mess up once, and be quickly blacklisted. I believe that it is the minority who cause problems on servers. With a network of trusted individuals, it's possible that lame public servers could become a thing of the past. Anyway, feel free to let me know what you think, however, I'm not the one to get this going. Someone with a bit more time and webspace would be better suited to handle this. If you're that person, then take this idea and run with it, if you'd like. Here's the idea...where will it go? Lummoxx - lummoxx@nycap.rr.com

New site!- MwhahahA [5:15pm - 2/15/99]

I got this in the mail...another Tribes/TF/Rainbow6 newsite. Go check it out.

Hello all!


I just wanted to drop you all a line to let you know 
that redpaw.com has opened its doors for business!


redpaw.com focuses on promoting teamplay, co-operation, 
good sportsmanship, and honor in online team-based 
games.  We're starting out by covering TeamFortress, 
Rainbow Six, and TRIBES ... with featured maps and 
mods, strategy articles, and daily news updates.  
(We're also welcoming article and feature submission 
from the general public - email me for details!)


So feel free to drop by http://www.redpaw.com, 
and check out our current features, read the 
site "manifesto", and meet the staff (heh).


Thanks a lot!
redpaw


redpaw@redpaw.com

The Real questions get asked! - MwhahahA [10:28pm - 2/11/99]

We here at the TF Syndicate ask the questions....I was in the #tfbarandgrill on gamesnet and Rotnhed of Null was there and TyR of TFS was there too...while everyone was busy asking what TFC was gonna be like and all that jazz (just like TF ppl....fewls ;P) I asked teh real questions....

<nameless[tkn]> [TyR]: which is better for tfc crack or acid?
[21:53] <tyr>hrm, crack

<nameless[tkn]> [N|Rotnhed]: who did you have to have sex with to test tfc?
[21:55] <N|Rotnhed> hehe no man [21:55] <]3T[-Striker-> lol
<nameless[tkn]> [N|Rotnhed]: why don't i belive you? ;P
[21:56] <N|Rotnhed> ok ok

<nameless[tkn]> [TyR]: do you have the urge to kill all these ppl with their stupid questions? ;P
[22:02] <TyR> heh
[22:03] <TyR> no, but i do have an urge to work again

<nameless[tkn]> [TyR]: who is more of a slave driver: Robin or John?
[22:05] <TyR> hrm...john, for sure ;)
[22:05] <[TFBG]PlagueBearer> John is the Director of Evil.
[22:05] <Hojo[DJedi]> whoes love child would you rather carry, robin's or johns?
[22:05] <TyR> he was the DoE at tfs, no he is just evil
[22:05] <[WMB]DCI-Raptor> John was in here last night...
[22:05] <[WMB]DCI-Raptor> we were abusing him the whole time... =)
[22:06] <BowDown> John is pure evil, satan is even scared of him
<nameless[tkn]> [TyR]: who do you plot to kill first: robin or john? ;P
[22:06] <BowDown> you cant kill them, they have aussie protection...mate
[22:06] <TyR> why choose one over the other, i can just nuke em both! ;)

cts3a!-MwhahahA [1:35 am 1/23/99]

Cap dat Sheep....Last revision for a while. I think Igot ALL the bugs ;P

Capture the Sheep

TFO3!-MwhahahA [9:14 pm 1/21/99]

I have a plan! In the upcoming months watch for the TFO3!

Hint: TFO3 = Team Fortress Open 3

Speed cheat?-MwhahahA [10:04 pm 1/18/99]

I was on the TKN server the other day because some people were reporting a speedy engineer....So I got a demo. He's running REALLY fast just ot be an engineer.

Download the Demo

TF Novelties -MwhahahA [2:05 pm 1/16/99]

Got this in the mail this morning...

Hello all,


I would just like to announce that I have opened up a new TF site that
is simply a place to find lots of little tips and tricks for not only
TF, but for just about anything you need to play TF. Config files,
Hardware, etc...


Its called TF Novelties and can be found at:


http://members.tripod.com/TFNovelty/


I have learned so much over the last 2 years of playing TF/DM that I
decided I would like to share some of the more interesting things I
have come across. Things such as tweaking your mouse performance and
how to automatically make and keep up with your last 5 log files.


While the information there now is limited, I will be adding to it
slowly as i have time. It will not be a daily updated site, but it
does have a discussion board where people can get their questions
(About Hardware, TF, config files, etc...) answered quickly.


Thanks,
[KoQ] Snare

Capture the sheep all fix0red-MwhahahA [12:28 am 1/16/99]

Capture the sheep....hopefully the last version for a while. CTS3 w00p w00p with solid sheep ;P

Capture the Sheep

You will love thy sheep...You will play with thy sheep...You will *uNF* they sheep.

School sucks-MwhahahA [8:45 pm 1/12/99]

I'm around...exams this week...I'll get something cool up for this weekend tho....perhaps a new version of Capture the sheep....we'll see.

Stolen Mascot or something-MwhahahA [10:45 pm 1/7/99]

Got this in the email today.

 To: <mwhahaha@planetfortress.com> Subject: some news from the UK I am Buk from Clan 
SaintS, one of the better UK clans, anyway, our mascot 
has been stolen by the minions at http://www.kebabs.net 
its the little fella from the tv series, The Saint,the 
stickman. Kebabs.net are force feeding him kebabs 
in an effort to fatten him up for some eery reason. 
CFTF have carried this breaking news already and word 
is rapidly spreading throughout the world! we need 
him back! our site is http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~m.cassidy 
click on news. thank you Buk

Damn you mascot stealing bastards! KEEP IT! ;P

m00-MwhahahA [6:36 pm 1/4/99]

Fortress2.com has been rid of it's cows! It was saved by those bastards at AOA who screwed up my bot MrBot. Bastards. But they saved Fortress2.com and I made several guest appearances and got a nice trip too. goto Fortress2.com for more information.

Cts2b-MwhahahA [1:28 pm 1/3/99]

New revision of Capture the Sheep is out....cts2b. enjoy.

More info surfaces to me...-MwhahahA [2:14 am 1/3/99]

It seems that the IRCops condone the picking on of people and mocking them as seen in a log that was found on DevilM's site. Here is the log from his site. And just incase that gets deleted i saved a copy and put it here. Gunny your a bastard, and just because YOU don't care for fortress2.com doesn't give anyone the right condone the taking of nicks nor mock them. I'm glad you got some of our nicks back after we bitched(i'm afraid to see what would have happened has we not bitched), but it's the whole principle of it that i don't like. I didn't care for this:
<]3t[grifter> I took mwhahaha's nick now
<Gunny-NS-> :)
Oh well.

Gamesnet and the problems within-MwhahahA [1:38 am 1/3/99]

After having experienced what I can only call Bullsh*t on the beloved Gamesnet.net, I have written an article for the public on these events. Read it here.

Lameness and those pesky cows-MwhahahA [4:57 pm 1/2/99]

I love lamers....I really do...I was on a server yesterday and a guy named "Cable Guy" who was an lpb was sniping....he was getting beat down and he proceded to accuse the opposing sniper of using a proxy. Now i've sniped the opposing guy before and he's good but no cheater....oh well, if you see "Cable Guy" on a server, mock him. Anyway as you can see throughout the TF community the Cows are invading. The TF Syndicate will NOT be taken over!

m00.

the cows are coming! -MwhahahA [6:07 pm 12/31/98]

I got this in the mail today....


****!INCOMING RADIO TRANSMITION!****


GOOD GOD! COWS! EVERYWHERE! OH THE HUMANITY!
HELP US!! FORTRESS2.com is being invaded by cows!!
Check the invasion of the cows update at fortress2.com
ETF has also been taken over by another squadron of cows!
They have seized their webpage too! http://tf.ethereal.net
If you can contact *ppshshshssphsphshpsh* *SILENCE!*


****!END RADIO TRANSMITION!****

HME Rambles! -HME [1:02 am 12/28/98]

Well back on that anonymous email topic. I just recieved a nice four page rebuttal from whoever sent it in the first place. Seems many of the sites he/she sent it to hacked his/her argument to pieces and in some cases resorted to name calling. Anyway I'd just like to mention that I find some of his/hers arguments illogical. ie: the ping issue. Yes ping can be an advantage but that is an advantage that can never be stopped. Its not illegal or immoral. The hacked walls were a big advantage even more so than ping. Someone could prime a grenade and hit you dead on before you have a chance to even see the guy. I for one am hpb and yes lpb's can be annoying but they can be stopped. As for the illegal activities engaged, I agree with the writer of the email on that. It is every bit as bad as the cheater. An effort should be made to remedy the problem not enhance the will of the cheater. And to finalize this I'd just like to say that unfortunatly cheating is something that can probably never be stopped. As long as there is a will there is a way.

Cheating.. -HME [4:21 pm 12/27/98]

I just got an anonymous email from about cheating. It raises some interesting points. Head over to the mailbag. It's long so grab yourself a beer and some snacks before you go read it :)

DAMN IT? -MwhahahA [2:08 pm 12/26/98]

Have you ever had one of those days? I have. No power for teh past 2 days for me or HME so I'll be back sometime i think. I hope. See you ppl when one of use gets power back :P

Damn its cold -HME [7:05 pm 12/25/98]

Well yesterday a storm came in froze everything. Was without power for a day and a half. I believe Mwhahaha is still without power but havent gotten a chance to talk to him. Needless to say we're freezing our asses off huddling around the fire. Hope everyone else had a better christmas than us.

Sheep! -MwhahahA [5:20 pm 12/23/98]

Capture the Sheep is here!

Download the file!

Alternate Download

Sheep? -MwhahahA [11:57 pm 12/22/98]

Capture the Sheep is coming. ph33r.

The Brimstone.Organization asks some major questions -MwhahahA [8:02 pm 12/21/98]

As you can read from the front page of Planetfortress front page, the fellows have asked some major questions about TF2 and the whole situation. I myself have some of my own that I would like answers too but do not plan on any formal email.
To VALVe
1) Does you ever plan on doing a massive face lift on the Half-Life multiplayer? It seems to me thats what it's going to take to fix the laggy peice of sh*t they call multiplayer.

2) Drop Sierra like a bad habit? IMO if VAVLe wants to ever make a Half-Life2...they need to get rid of Sierra and WON.net. I understand wanting to cut down on the warezing of HL, but it's not worth all the crap they just put the paying customers though.

3) That thing they call gamespy lite that Half-Life comes with....are they going to fix it so it works well? Rather then give the player what the server pings to the master, give the client the ips to ping for themselves to ping. It only seem common sense to me.

4) GOOD updates and information flow to the people? please? Also some GOOD patches for the hl stuff could be cool. the hl1006.exe was a joke patch. it fixed no MAJOR problems that really needed to be addressed except for the ident to WON.net(what a gay choice. won.net is CRAP) when doing a lan game.

To TFS:
1) Are you doing this for the money?

2) Are you going to keep TF2 up to date and playable? or rather are you going to release it so it's play able rather then some laggy ass peice of sh*t for us to try and play and then bitch at you for? then try to fix it?

3) TF3? for Q3 maybe? no more Sierra!

I'm probably going to be flamed by the whole TF community for these but damn it i want to know. i'm sick of this crap we get put though and then they expect us to pay more for what we thought we were gonne get in the first place...I was on irc last night(at least i think it was irc) and I heard this analogy about the whole thing: The whole HL + TF2 "add-on" thing is like going to a car dealer and you buy a car for $10,000...then they charge you another $10,000 for the keys...but since your bought the car...they'll give you a rebate for the keys...so instead of costing another $10,000...it'll only cost you another $5,000.
But in all actuallity, it's like buying the car and then they tell you it'll only be another $150 for the cd player, when its really gonna be a full $500 but they'll give it to ya for $450. Just a thought.

That damn Forum is fixed! -MwhahahA [6:54 pm 12/20/98]

I finally got the damn forum working :P After being up for 4 months I stopped being lazy and got it all nicely working :) So feel free to throw up topics, flames and lovely messages. The TF Syndicate Forum Also please tell me if it breaks or doesn't work for you.
Oh yea and I gots some mail from a friend...it's in the mailbag. It's his rant about pyros or something.

That damn Forum is fixed! -MwhahahA [6:54 pm 12/20/98]

I finally got the damn forum working :P After being up for 4 months I stopped being lazy and got it all nicely working :) So feel free to throw up topics, flames and lovely messages. The TF Syndicate Forum Also please tell me if it breaks or doesn't work for you.
Oh yea and I gots some mail from a friend...it's in the mailbag. It's his rant about pyros or something.

SailorScout's thoughts on TF2-MwhahahA [5:08 pm 12/19/98]

SailorScout has written one of his imfamous articles and this whole TF2 Hype. Read it here.

tf2-MwhahahA [11:19 pm 12/18/98]

New TF2 Screenshots! http://www.gamecenter.com/Peeks/Teamfort/.

News? BAH!-MwhahahA [9:38 pm 12/18/98]

Anyway...I'm now on x-mas vaction! w00p. After being yelled at to update news *eye roll* i've decided to do the basic run down of what new we have had :P Which isn't much, i might add hehe.

SailorScout has made a Doom map. He says he will be releasing his old maps as well.

Quake World 2.33 is out in a testing format for 2.4. check QuakeWorld.net for details.

Billings is still a whore. And still no one knows Who Shot Ace Ass.

SNARKS!-MwhahahA [2:50 pm 12/14/98]

I got this in the mail today....Get your own snark :P I think hehe I don't have a clue wtf he was saying, but thats what i can conculde from this email!

Well! Magenta ended up getting pregnant so I have more snarks!!! Email me
with Eye Color preference and A NAME for your Snark and I'll start getting
rid .. I mean ... giving them away... hehehe :}

Okay, here's the deal... I'll be taking Snark requests until 10 PM (Pacific)
Saturday night, December 19th. If you haven't Emailed me your Snark Request
by then, you probably won't get one. ICQ and EGN doesn't count - Email me
your Snark request and I'll get you on a list. I will probably be doing the
Snarks until *after* that date, so if you HAVE Emailed me and just haven't
heard back, I haven't gotten to your Snark yet. But I will!

And people without web pages, please don't make me make a Snark for you.
Sorry. :(

-DyerMaker
DyerMaker@AntronOnline.com

p.s. SailorScout and I got our own bundle of joy that you can visit at my
map site http://home.san.rr.com/rel/dcf

-eV.DareDevil, Descendant of Chaos

SailorScout is MY bitch!-MwhahahA [10:20 pm 12/13/98]

My good old pal SailorScout has eluded to the fact that most of the TF Syndicates updates are from him. And he's right. You know why? because he's the only interesting on out there and damn it he's the only who sends me mail :( So I feel obligated to atleast post his mail since others aren't so quick to do so. Anyway SailorScout is my news suppiler and he's my bitch because I only use him for news :)

SailorScout's Site suck! I mean are cool ;P-MwhahahA [5:06 pm 12/13/98]

I got this in the mail just a second ago:

Today is both the 1 year anniversary of my gaming site
(http://www.planetfortress.com/sailorscout), as well as the official
opening of the Team Fortress History site
(http://www.planetfortress.com/history). The former has been given the
reworking and look of the rest of the PlanetFortress network, and there
are several clan and personal histories up since it's early announcement
a few weeks earlier.

Your support is appreciated!

--
SailorScout

SailorScout is gonna kill me-MwhahahA [11:42am 12/12/98]

I was threatened by SailorScout! He must have killed Ace Ass in a murderous rampage! Look here for the threatening IGL message Board message: http://rake.ml.org/IGL/messages/16546.html. I fear for my safety.....I think I'm next!

Ace Ass?-MwhahahA [8:28pm 12/9/98]

Ace Ass you say? Welp he's been shot. Probably deserved it...he knew those CF TF bastards. Anyway go there and listen the the short RA or WAV for info....I blame Billings...he always wanted total control.

The TKN-Man!!!-HME [4:10pm 12/7/98]

Well just thought I would post up a little graphic I made to represent the TKN-Man(our clans bot)and I also wrote a song up. You can download the zip file to get both the spiffy graphic below and here how insane I truly am :) Scared aren't ya.

The Song!

eV.Someone....-MwhahahA [6:29pm 12/4/98]

eV.Someone....crackhead? I think so ;P He sent me this email:

To: <mwhahaha@planetfortress.com>
Subject: An Open Letter to all Lava Weiglers 


        Many a times have we gone down this road.


What road?


                The road called "fucken bastard lane"


Cross4 sucks. Bastards copy border.


        That was my poem.


                                thank you kind sir.


- eV. Someone
  Kyle Graehl

SailorScout moved to PF....now I must find a new host ;P -MwhahahA [7:37pm 12/2/98]

SailorScout has moved to PlanetFortress. http://www.planetfortress.com/sailorscout/

The Devil's Box 2!-MwhahahA [6:25pm 12/1/98]

dbox2 is out. This is the second coming of my first map...this one has sniper roosts and is less campable than the first. ;P Here are some screenshots:

dbox2-1.jpg

dbox2-2.jpg

dbox2-3.jpg

dbox2-4.jpg

dbox2-5.jpg

Download the map:

The Mirrors!
No mirror

A 2v2 tourny...-MwhahahA [6:31pm 12/1/98]

There is an interesting new 2v2 tourny out there called Annihilation Wars. It sounds cool but is for DMers...They don't play on 2f5 or anything, but rather on nice small DM levels with tp11. Anyway...Go Here to learn more about it and sign up.

Half-Life screenshot?-MwhahahA [7:46pm 11/30/98]

My good old pal vodor took this lovely screenshot ;P click here I for one think he is on crack ;P

When News P¡mps gather...-MwhahahA [7:46pm 11/30/98]

When News Pimps gather we have a hellova time. SailorScout(whose status in ANY clan is still "in a state of flux")....the bastard that he is...got us all on the TKN server and a fun time was had by all. Billings joined it and told everyone he is on crack. I for one belive him. ;P Then he began to recomend what I should refer to him as...."The Fonz". Well his partner in crime didn't agree with that and prefered something else. It was a fun time....I owned. ;P Sniped that crap out of everyone hehe. Here is the final screenshot and the SpeedStats. I actually had more frags then the speedstats say. Combine TheNameless[TKN]-C-'s frags and .MwhahahA.-C-'s and you have my total frags. :) Ph33r!@

Cross4?-MwhahahA [10:28pm 11/29/98]

[MM]Sniper[A] has "fixed" Someone's map Border1. I love border1 emensly....but I cannot say I like this Cross4. He killed the truck by "redesigning" it (I think he needs to goto engineer school or something) and the curves in the land :( I'm always giving Someone flack but damn it border1 was a good idea! And it just got ruined with this Cross4. Also there is a lovely bug with the truck...if the truck goes and you get off and look where it used to be, there are 2 diamond shaped polys there. Oh and you can get squished if you jump between them and the truck ;P I don't really care for it at all, but feel free to download it and test if for yourself.

SaliorScout is coming up with a new page.-MwhahahA [11:28pm 11/27/98]

Received this in the email a second ago:

One thing which many have always desired has been a sort of history. A
way to look back on the past, not only to learn from, but also to enjoy.
To see how things once were, and how they are now. So, this mail is
being sent to all of you to reconstruct that history.

While there is currently nothing there, the soon-to-be home of the Team
Fortress History page (http://www.planetfortress.com/history) will be a
repository for this reference. Anything and everything pertaining to TF
that remains known shall go here. Every tourney, every major clan match,
every change from TF version. Key figures in the TF community, and words
from the mapmakers who make this all possible.

All this and more is what I hope to put up, and it will all be possible
with your help. Please spread the word among your peers and try and
gather up any substantial past you can on TF events. The further back
you can go on this info, the better.

Thanks, with the help of the community which makes this history
possible, we can all represent ourselves in the best way. When TF2 does
indeed show, there will be a source for factual data on the first game
which made it all possible.

--
SailorScout [PlanetFortress Admin]
http://www.fifthelement.net/sailorscout

qGRC Supporter and former ETF Updater

ASTFL is dead...I blame big government.-MwhahahA [3:07pm 11/27/98]

Well ASTFL is dead and no one knows why. I have theories...but they all concern massive governmental plots to kill tf...but thats just me :P

Killin' time*-MwhahahA [9:03pm 11/25/98]

Not much out there TF wise or HL. HL ownz....I own in HL. ;P So here's a little comedy:
Confucius say...
"Man who run in front of car get tired"
"Man who run behind car get exhausted"
"Man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day"
"Passionate kiss like spiders web - soon lead to undoing of fly."
"Virginity like bubble. One prick - all gone!"
"Foolish man give wife grand piano. Wise man give wife upright organ."
"Man who walk thru airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok"
"Man with one chopstick go hungry."
"Man who scratches ass should not bite fingernails."
"Man who eat many prunes get good run for money."
"Baseball is wrong. Man with four balls cannot walk!"
"Panties not best thing on earth, but next to it."
"War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left."
"Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cat house."
"Man who sleep in cathouse by day, sleep in doghouse by night."
"Man who fight with wife all day, get no piece at night!"
"Man who tell one too many light bulb jokes soon burn out!"
"It takes many nails to build crib, but one screw to fill it."
"Man who drive like hell, bound to get there!"
"Man who sit on tack get point!"
"Man who stand on toilet is high on pot!"
"Man who lives in glass house should change clothes in basement."
"Man who farts in church sits in own pew."

*zoink*-MwhahahA [10:41pm 11/24/98]

*zoink*

>V<-MwhahahA [10:41pm 11/23/98]

>V< is having alittle turmoil that's getting worked on. Have no p33r something good will come out of this.

My adventures in HalfLife-MwhahahA [7:25pm 11/21/98]

ph33r

The Damnation of SailorScout-MwhahahA [7:04am 11/18/98]

SailorScout is officially gay! After complaining about the horrible MegaMan midi's he was playing he has gone and put up Spice Girls midis. This offends me completely and for this it is official, he is gay. Oh yea and the bastard made up another article about language...evidently he doesn't think j00, gh3y, and any other words like that should be used and to this I say: SailorScout j00 4r3 gh3y!

And now for alittle culture-MwhahahA [7:59pm 11/18/98]

Since i'm sick of hearing "ooOOOoo there was a copy of HL at compusa where i live" and "the release date has been moved back on HL" ;P I've decided to avoid that topic and with little else going on I've decided to post alittel Ballad i had to write for english. I took the Ballad from this little poem (I donno wrote this but is a great poet :P):

O Captain! My captain! Our fearful trip is done,
Our soldiers weathered heavy weps, the flag we've sought is won,
Our fort is near, the bells I hear, the players cry out w00ping
While follow eyes the steady scout, and medic rearward shooting;
But O WTF! WTF! WTF!
O the bleeding gibs of red!
Where on the bridge our Captain lies,
They sniped him in the head.

My hacked ballad:

Ode to my Captain

Dead bodies everywhere! Dead bodies everywhere!
My captain, dear Captain, you are wise in your ways.
I will remember you for you are here to lead.
May the gods have mercy on your soul for those you have killed.

O Captain! My captain! Your planing has just begun,
We must beat the enemy to save the day,
They have the skill and the way,
Be weary for our fight has just begun.

We have our snipers, scouts and soldiers,
Our engineers are ready for a fight,
Our demolition crew has their bombs ready to light,
And our medics are ready for the injured.

The game has begun,
The fight is on,
An all out war is waging on,
The offense is on a roll, the defense is a brick wall.

Rolling heads to the right of me,
Body parts to the left of me,
Explosions behind me,
The Captain commands forward.

Together we grab their flag,
The Captain takes it and runs,
I watch his back out of the fortress,
Our fearful trip is almost done.

Our soldiers weathered heavy weapons,
The flag we've sought is won,
Our fort is near, the bells I hear, the players cry out whooping,
While follow eyes the steady scout, and medic rearward shooting...

But O No! No! No!
O the bleeding flares of red!
Where on the bridge our Captain lies,
They sniped him in the head.

All i can say is Half Life ownz j00-MwhahahA [10:15pm 11/16/98]

Since i have a cable i was able to run a server to get the mplayer key and client and was able to play. I can honestly say when it comes out, I'm getting it. Only thing is the damn thing is the key servers are a bit bitchy and won't let me in sometimes :( I hope they plan on fixing it!

Got a cable? T1? T3?-MwhahahA [7:05pm 11/15/98]

Wanna help test the HalfLife server? go here for information if you have the connection: http://www.won.net/gamerooms/action/half-life/primaryserver/

New header graphic?!?!?-HME [4:10am 11/14/98]

Ive gone and come up with a new design for the header graphic.. but I need some opinions. If you have some time go to Muh Site and give them a gander. The two that I have up are not optimized for a webpage yet though so dont send me an email complaining about the size factor.

Happy Birthday Sailor!-MwhahahA [7:03pm 11/13/98]

We here are the syndicate don't forget our friends and because this we got SailorScout a lovely cake, sheep and a nifty boat :P Enjoy you freak! :)

Not much newz!-MwhahahA [8:42pm 11/9/98]

I'm just killin' time. Not much news out there except Half-life is now officially gold(I heard it from a friend and Half-Life advocate Kasirak....Get a girlfriend again man ;P) I decided to put more news in the old bin. Also the IGL 5v5 is still looking for clans so that when i split it into 2 divisions it will be nice and full :) So let me know if ya want inm in the next few weeks. mwhahaha@planetfortress.com.

Hell spawn wars need alittle help!-MwhahahA [5:32pm 11/5/98]

I got this message in the mail from Billings from CF TF. It's a forwarded email:

[DD]Firestorm said:

I don't know league news counts as TF news, but if ya need something to put
in an update...

I dunno if you guys have heard of the Hell Spawn Wars league, but it's
having some trouble... The clan I'm in (Darwin's Disciples) is the 24th
clan to drop HSW in the past few weeks. Destructor[CFH], the league
commish, is having trouble getting clans to join because many clans see the
droppings and assume HSW is a league for losers. It's being hurt even more
by all the new leagues starting as well...

Just to put my $0.02 american in, HSW is *NOT* a bad league. It's the
FIRST caps-only league (some say HSW copied IGL's caps-only division, but
the fact is that HSW started before this division was created), it has
teamkills on, and we've had some rather hot matches there...

(As for my clan's reason for leaving, we're in a state of flux, with people
leaving and joining, and we have a big 4L streak in IGL... we needed some
extra practices to focus on ending this streak and the sacrifice we had to
make was HSW)
------------------------------------------------------
Jonathan Rimdzius, aka [DD]Firestorm

email: rimdzius@uiuc.edu OR: edgeman101@hotmail.com
ICQ: 7815690 AOL IM: FireEdge1

"On the other hand, gentlemen, what if we started a war and *everyone*
came?"

A NEW TF Syndicate Product!!-HME [4:55pm 11/5/98]

I've gone and made something for those camping bastards. The TF Syndicate parka/camping pouch!

IGL 5v5 looking for 3 more clans...-MwhahahA [8:34pm 11/2/98]

Hola.... I'm presently looking for 3 more clans to fill the division. As of right now I'm only looking for 3 reliable clans that can give 5 people to play every Thursday at 9 est. If I get more responses I may decide to expand the league into 3 divisions like the main league. If you think your clan can fullfill the requirements send me an email at mwhahaha@planetfortress.com and I'll get back to you with information.

Oh hell yes...new KICK ASS models for TF -MwhahahA [11:15am 10/31/98]

A while back I reported on New models for TF made by DOX....and well they are out and look kick ass. here is an example of his handy work:

Oh yes...they own. You can see all of the screenshots here: The TF CoolCrap Site

And you can download them here: 2 men & fast mofo + techboy tf addon.zip

Warning...you need more then 16 megs of ram to run these puppies...so go out and by somemore!!

Not much newz.... -MwhahahA [10:15pm 10/29/98]

Everyone say this aloud(no cheating): "I am we Todd did. I am sofa king we Todd did!!!!"

that's my alittle joke o da day. Thanks to Tracker[TKN] for that lovely quote :P

Other than that there isn't much newz except:

Sir Spiffy(aka Spaceman Spif) of PF posted this:

After receiving an e-mail from The Mighty Ball, something in my head clicked. I said to myself..
"Self... you like other maps.. Maps other then 2fort. Why not try a little experiment?" With those
thoughts fresh in my head, I set out to gather and put together a nice little Map Pak for all to enjoy.
Download Map Pack 1 (6.55 meg) and get some genuine map culture in your blood!
The instructions (MapPack1.txt) are in the zip file, READ THEM! If you install it incorrectly, it will not
work!
maps included in the pak are:
2tech4, sewer1, and border1 by >V<Someone
Bam4 by Brian Green
Hunted by Rodger Sodier
Canalozn by David Sawyer (Ramirez)
2night2 by Matt Wilson ([EQ]Edge)
Rock2 by Jim [Sgt. Thundercok] Kaufman

After you download the map pack, and install it head on over to The Mighty Ball's server where he
has configured a vote40 server with these maps. The address to his server is 207.81.19.4:17501.
Or head on over to our Planetfortress Server at 130.111.72.202:27501 where these maps are all
on rotation. (Awards to KingNothing for getting a sever running this baby on a moments notice!) ;)

And last, but not least, mail me and let me know what you think of this pak file. I plan to do a series
of these, so I would dig like suggestions for future maps.

Yet another SailorScout article... -MwhahahA [7:27pm 10/28/98]

The bastard has the nerve to say realism is more important than fun! :) Oh well. here is the article.

Because of the lack of newz I've decided to screw over another >V<...errr I mean make fun of one ;P -MwhahahA [3:05pm 10/27/98]

No offense...I like >V< alot...but hey I'm bored and there isn't much news ;P

We here at The TF Syndicate have come up with symptoms of spam and have begun helping people with their problems.

Symptoms of Spam
1. You have primeone bound with your +forward key.
2. You have on gren command: "primetwo; wait; throwgren; primeone; wait; throwgren; wait; primetwo; wait; throwgren; primeone; wait; throwgren; wait; primetwo; wait; throwgren; primeone; wait; throwgren; wait; primetwo; wait; throwgren; primeone; wait; throwgren; wait"
3. You had to buy a new keyboard because your gren button broke.
4. You never make it out of you base with any grenades
5. You sit on the sniper roost tossing grenades over and when you sniper shoots you off the edge you start to grenade him.
6. You use spam instead of sugar on your breakfast cereal.

We have helped many through the difficult realization of their addictions to spam. Here is just one example of how we helped >V<SailorScout overcome his spam addiction.

"My friend, >V<Someone, noticed my terrible addiction to spam the other day. I asked him what I could do about this and he referred me to here, The Spamaholic Help Line. Can you please help me?" ->V<SailorScout

You came to the right place Sailor. My advice to you is to unbind your grenade commands because your GHEY!! -HME

Sailor...I'm sorry but you need to be dragged out into the street and shot :P -MwhahahA

Another person I have notices with a spam problem is Billings of CF TF

So if you see him on server...run run like you've never run before. He will spam you. ph33r.

Disclaimer: None of this is true...well maybe the Billings part is....but I donno ;P Also we wub >V<!

MPlayer Tourny-MwhahahA [12:05am 10/24/98]

I got this in the mail today:

Mplayer's Quake League the Mplayer Xtreme League has restructured taking a
year's worth of experience from our previous league and improving upon it to
a new age. Currently we offer Divisions in Quake: DeathMatch, Q-Ball, Team
Fortress; Quake 2: Deathmatch, CTF. and we will be opening a Rainbow 6
division within the next couple weeks. (Rainbow 6 play on Mplayer is FREE!!)
Our league structure consists of a ladder for each division, and upon the
end of our pre-season (3 weeks left) we will place the top 8 or top 12
clans, depending on the size of the division, into it's own league which
will have scheduled matches for an 8 week period, followed by a single
elimination tourney to determine the season champion.
Mplayer has recently improved their server infrastructure to get rid
of the problems they were having by increasing their servers by 2 fold,
restructuring their network, and having plans to quadruple it's capacity in
the next couple of months. Take a look at the site, it's still located at
our old website: http://www.mplayer.com/ladders/mhl

Thank you for your time,
.At.r.Tubaboy-J-
tubaboy@earthlink.net

Damnit! I screwed up :/ -MwhahahA [11:12pm 10/20/98]

Damn Qoole! I screwed up Sailor's ents in the first version. With some help I got them all fixed. New version of the map is 1a. There may still be a posiblity of problems witht he resuply packs broad casting the message to both teams? Let me know if this hadn't been fixed. I fixed the links on all the previous news posts so as of right now don't download dbox1....download dbox1a! Here is NEW the url:

Download The Map!

The crappy mirrors!

Damnit!-MwhahahA [10:12pm 10/20/98]

After being told that the map wouldn't d/l I said screw the mirrors cause they aren't working! So I put it straight on the site and so here is the url:

Download The Map!

I'm alive!-MwhahahA [9:20pm 10/19/98]

I'm here! I really am! I've just been busy off my ass for the past week and I don't think anythin will change this week :/ One thing I did manage to do was make a nice small map :P Well it's called The Devil's Box. (dbox1). Here are some screen shots:

Download The Map!

Back Orifice-HME [9:12pm 10/16/98]

Well the other day thanks to Toadkiller[TKN], I was alerted to a virus named Back Orifice. This virus allows someone to take total control over you computer. Just two days ago [H2K]The.Griffin, ICQ# 966236 tried to send me this program. Luckily I had the protection against it. Go here and get the Back Orifice Eliminator which is near the bottom of the page. Also we're sorry about the lack of updates MwhahahA has had some problems with his computer due to @home and well news has been short, and look out cause I got some new product ideas :)

Words of Wisdom-HME [9:36pm 10/13/98]

>V<SailorScout spoke some words of wisdom to me in an email today head over to the Mailbag to check it out :)

Essence of Spam-HME [3:28pm 10/13/98]

I just recieved this new cologne from ToadKiller[TKN]. If you would like to expierence the extreme pleasures of spam then please send $19 to HME to get your own this exquisite fragrance.

Another disgruntled TF'er-HME [3:20pm 10/13/98]

I just got an email today from [DD]Firestorm who also had a run in with [Tr!cky]. Head over to the mailbag to see what he had to say.

SailorScout has moved-MWHAHAHA [7:12am 10/13/98]

SailorScout has moved! To fifthelement.net? Yup The Fifth Element has gone and gotten a domain. Those wh0res :P So head on over to Sailor's new page. Click here.

Doh!-MWHAHAHA [10:53pm 10/12/98]

NooOOoooo...well it seems that The Sentinel is dead...again. It seems his wife shot him. damn it! I wanted to join forces with that evil bastard too! Icha-Onna muh ass...more like Hillary-Clint....ah nevermind ;P I would now like to request a few mins of silence in remeberance of The Sentinel...

oh yea here is the RA of his unforunate demise :/

Listen Live

Download a Copy

Long live brimstone.org!

Uh oh....-MWHAHAHA [2:39pm 10/12/98]

I saw this on SailorScout's Gaming Center....

In our never-ending search for something to stimulate the TF community, we have begun using our "final solution".

Last night the Organization voted and unanimously decided to thaw the man known as "The Sentinel" from his cryogenic coffin. A message in Real Audio format was posted, and control of the domain was handed over to him. On October 12th at 9 pm EST he will make another public address to proclaim the First Lady of Brimstone (aka Ichi-Onna) the "Queen Of Team Fortress". His Royal Badness demands that all listen to both of these addresses.

Brimstone Public Relations
http://brimstone.org/fortress/

And I happen to agree with his his rulings and warnings ;P and I quote (from brimstone.org)....

And in honor of the return of the TF Christ Figure, I have recorded a short radio spot. You all will listen to it. You all will heed these warnings:

- Boycott Bluesnews.com or suffer my wrath
- Smash your Foo Fighters Albums or become my enemy
- Persecute Guido Jones always
- When you speak to Billings of CFTF you will speak in "Hacker Speak" (i.e.- l1k3 th1s!)
- The only people who keep Scottish items in their house are those that wish me to return as Elvis Christ

As you all know here at the Syndicate we have declared war on Billings and the crew over at CF TF. We are still working on a declaration of war. Be sure to check back in a few days...I'll try and get it up. I promise :) I will be writing The Sentinal and SailorScout an alliance email and see we all can join our forces against those Foo Fighters lovers. Also I have decided to fly a Brimstone.org button from now on...cause damn it I can.

SailorScout article-MWHAHAHA [7:09am 10/12/98]

As I sat down to my morning poptart I began to read yet another SailorScout article. This one dealing with email and replies. I thought it kinda interesting how some people just don't reply to emails. I know this is frustrating when I send an important email and never get any word back on what the hell is going on.

Newz-MWHAHAHA [10:47pm 10/11/98]

Newz newz newz. Well I'm not the admin of the IGL 5v5 division. So I will being in charge of that and this page. Here is the url if you clan is interested in joining. IGL 5v5. Also new speedstats for the TKN vs KoQ are up plus a demo. Thats all for right now. Oh yea Sailor Scouts Gaming Center is c00l. Go there now ;P

Essence of LPB-MWHAHAHA [4:40pm 10/11/98]

You too can feel like an LPB. But at a much cheaper cost to you, the quaker. Our new sent lets you feel like an LPB. No more need for your cable or T1...Just buy our scent and you can frag with the best of them. Just send $19.95 to mwhahaha@home.com and you too can have the Essence of LPB.

I'm back!-MWHAHAHA [8:12pm 10/9/98]

After a long deul with my computer....I came out on top. I'm now the proud owner of a p2-300 :) Anyway....here is some news. Last night, IRON took on KoQ in the Hell Spawn Wars and came out with a victory. They played on 2tech4 and the final cap score was 2-0.

Spam Rule- HME [3:55pm 10/8/98]

Well I got a reply from the Inferno Tournament about their spam rule. Go check out the mailbag if you want to see what the admins of the tourney have to say. If you ask me the answer is just about as vague as the rule.

New Tournament- HME [3:57pm 10/7/98]

Well I stopped over at Inferno today. It's a new TF tourney. I thought it was an interesting idea.. they decided to do a double elimination and the last two clans go head to head for the championship. From what I could tell it is going to be an ongoing tourney. The one thing I do not agree with though is that they have a no spam rule... the question is what is spam. Normally we define it as a bunch of random grenades tossed on the ground.. but what if those grenades are for a strategical reason. Say maybe that you need to go get some health but you don't want to leave the flag sitting there unguarded. So you do what most people would and toss down a nail grenade or a napalm. Are they going to kick the guy out of the game because of that? I will be contacting the tourney p!mps about this.

WAR!!- HME [8:46pm 10/6/98]

We declare war on CF TF for their extreme like for the Foo Fighters... ugh. How can you play Quake to soft rock? It hampers my style I know that. Rammstein is the only way to go :) And they had the gall to declare war on our good friend SailorScout.

Spam...?- HME [10:11pm 10/3/98]

Today I was accused of something that well to say the least is one of the dumbest things I ever heard. A guy with the Quake name of [Tr!cky] accused me of spamming with rockets. Now how a soldier can possibly spam with a rocket when only having four in a clip confuses me. I noticed a bit later that [Tr!cky] was a pyro and was just tossing grenades around randomly... ugh

BrB Won't Be Right Back- HME [9:27pm 10/2/98]

BrB bit the dust today for lack of anything better to say or why they broke up here is the channels topic: Mod is leader of 2BrB|brb.r337.com | BrB has raped its last beagle, we had a great run with a win/loss of 40:2 397 caps to 12 |Goodluck to everyone| 54 people were here!!!

News? What news?- MWHAHAHA [11:00pm 10/1/98]

There was almost absolutly NO news today. :/ I heard AM beat MP with alast minute cap on 2fort5r. But that's about it ;P Oh and the TF Times closed today. http://www.tftimes.com is closed forever.

New look- MWHAHAHA [11:00pm 9/30/98]

I've gone and redone the frames so the banner doesn't have to load with ever page. I think it looks alittle nicer to.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahahahahaha- MWHAHAHA [8:00pm 9/30/98]

Today is a good day :) The IGL message board is back up! w00p. Now I can go back to terrorizing those poor inocent IGLers :) heh heh heh. I love this board.

Another thing you can vote for the box of TF2!@ (aka Half-life team fortress). Click here and vote your choice. I like the 2nd one.

Here is another Half-Life preview. It's done by a fellow over at Voodooextreme and I found it quite interesting. I found that article offa SailorScout's page.

Have you ever had one fo thse days?- MWHAHAHA [8:00pm 9/29/98]

Not TF but thought provoking...so HME and myself were standing in homeroom talking and a girl was sitting there messing with her hair brush and she randomly told us that having the hair in her brush was good for hair....well I turn to HME and say..."Ok if rubbing dead hair on your hair is good....then is rubbing skin against skin health?" And we both start laughing and one of says "Excuse me I must go masterbate...I've heard healthy for your skin" :P Ok enough perverted stuff. Now for the news.

The TF Bug Fixing Project has closed up it's doors. TF 2.9 is now in TFS' hand. Thanks Gudlyf for dealing with the General TF public's crap. We wub j00. :) However there is a TF Bug Discussion board up so you can still bitch and complain but no one who can do anything will hear you. ;P

SailorScout and his damn articles ;P- MWHAHAHA [7:18am 9/29/98]

Sailor is back at it again with another sportsmanship article. It's yet another wise and incitefull one too ;P Here the link: Sportsmanship.

Inflatable sheep!- MWHAHAHA [9:29pm 9/28/98]

Oh yea I've been meaning to tell everyone that I got a reply to the Inflatable sheep ad by >V< Some0ne ;P I got an email from him the other day explaining it hehehe so go read it. It's quite interesting :) It's in the mailbag.

New section...kinda...- MWHAHAHA [9:18pm 9/28/98]

Well being busy and all...I've still been able to play some quake ;P Last night my clan The Taken squared off versus GT in the Central Division title for the IGL. We lost though :( But I've decided to put the Taken speedstats up here for the use of my clan and for all those curious bastards out there :) So here they are. The Taken Speedstats.

Lack of updates- MWHAHAHA [7:07am 9/28/98]

I'm realy sorry about the lack of updates this weekend. I've been really busy with work, homework, and my clan. I'll try to get something up today after school some time.

IC just broke up?!- MWHAHAHA [10:32pm 9/25/98]

I got this in from the ICQ bin just a minute ago and it seems that IC has gone *poof*. Read for yourself: AfterMath. I donno if it's true because I haven't had a chance to verify it. But I'll get right on it and see if it is or not.

According to my sources they have all just quit and joined a new clan which is basiclaly IC all over again but under a new name. So basically they just changed their name. Hoax I say! :) We shall see what happens.

There's not a thing going on... - MWHAHAHA [9:49pm 9/25/98]

Well nothings been going on today...It's another pretty light news day. I'm still working on my level and it's almost done. I'm working on the lights and ents and hope to get it out to the general public for a beta this upcoming week. It's still rather ruff in the creation and the ceilings are not quite all lined up but I thought I'd give it out so I could get some comments. I'm still trying to get a name for it...but I'm having problems.

NooOOooo Rot!- MWHAHAHA [10:41pm 9/24/98]

Well Rot of clan IRON has stepped down from his blessed leader spot. Rot is cool and I hope he still is able to contribute some of that rotteness to IRON still. We still wub j00 Rot! And there's always a spot over at TKN for you... ;P

Re: SailorScout article- MWHAHAHA [7:01am 9/24/98]

I received this from my fellow Taken clan member, Toadkiller Dog. And I also agree on what he said about trash talking. Here is the message:

Hey Nameless:

I had to comment on this topics: Ethics and Sportsmanship.

I agree with most everything that sailor said, however I have another thought to put forth regarding this issue. That is anonymity. Most people in TF or any internet game have the luxury of feeling extremely comfortable because they can exude these ridiculous, and if you would, as sailor put it, "racist" statements with out the fear of reprisal. It's easy to call someone a name or accuse them of some sort of indiscretion, since they are not doing it face to face. This is where people need to think through their thought patterns and ask themselves if they would do this in a personal environment. Most likely, it would be no.

Sportsmanship has always been the topic of debate, and it usually stems around those making another irrational statement and that the problem lies with the "younger" players. I don't agree. Again another stereotypical idea being thrown against the rocks, stemming from a few younger players trash talking while on the publics. But older players trash talk also. No one points fingers at them and says they shouldn't be allowed in clans or games. Granted, older clans tend to be more, lets say stable, but not any better or more established in proper ethics.

I think that leagues have tried to establish rules that deter unsportsmanlike conduct, such as the ban of no MM1 chatter, referees and the such. But ultimately its is the responsibility of the clans themselves to "police" their own members and dictate what is acceptable and what isn't. Until then, the pubs will boast these unsavory conditions, but as more and more clans adopt more sportsmanlike rules of conduct, then it will spill over into the public servers they play on, and most people will defer from unpalatable remarks towards other players.

ToadKiller Dog

Thanks for the input Toady. I agree as well.

Damn techsupport!- MWHAHAHA [9:45pm 9/23/98]

Have you just ever had one of those days? I'm presently getting mail bombed my techsupport@planetfortress.com....the same message over and over again every 10 mins...this is not good ;P Also I appologize for my misspelling of Braveheart in my news post earlier...I can't spell. Dum de dum...e-mail sux ;P

Side note to the news about the sentries...- MWHAHAHA [4:08pm 9/23/98]

I received this email today from Kinlord of Braveheart reguarding my news post about the sentry code:

Like to clarify something with you I read on your page today.

The sentry tracking code was unchanged from 2.6 through 2.81

Gudlyf only tried to adjust the tracking with new code in 2.82 and 2.9 betas to fix what QW had apparently messed up with its ability to track clients.

Reports have been coming in of both the 2.81 and 2.9 sentry being faulty in QW2.3

I believe we are just eliminating one problem up front by removing the new 2.9 code so that we can now focus on what might be wrong with the older code.

All feedback regarding this issue is appreciated on the TFBFP.

Regards,
Kinlord

And I got this message a few minutes later.

I was referring to you celebrating the fact that the sentry has been broken since 2.8's release indirectly blaming our efforts in the TFBFP for breaking it when it in fact was the QW client prediction and physics.

Kinlord

I appologise to the TFBFP and Kinlord and Gudlyf for it sounding as if I was blaming them. I truely am thankful that they are there to keep our beloved TF alive and working. I'm just happy that maybe...just maybe the sent code will get fixed and I'll be able to play engineer again.

Engineers can sigh in relief now...- MWHAHAHA [7:00am 9/23/98]

I saw some nifty little info on TF2.9 on the Bug Fixing page. Here's what they have changed to make it better:

Robin got in touch with me today and sent me a new qwprogs.dat to test on the Test Server. Here's what he changed (one of them at my advice):

Reverted sentry code to 2.7's.
Added "clan1" thru "clan5" commands which play clan1.wav thru clan5.wav to all members of your team.... only active if the server has serverinfo clanmsgs on

There you have it. Please keep up the testing on the test server and expecially the sentry. Thanks!

So now all you who played engineer before 2.8 and had to switch cause 2.8 sentries just sucked can now go back to you favorite class!
*/me pick up his spanner* :)

Not TF but cool none the less...- MWHAHAHA [8:50pm - 9/22/98]

Generations! Whats generations you may ask? Well it's a new q2 mod where you can be a q1 d00d!! :) It's only beta right now and they plan on releasing a version with doom ppl and wolfenstien ppl as well. This mod rules and there aren't many servers right now but go check it out at: Generations.

What is the world coming too...- MWHAHAHA [7:21pm - 9/22/98]

SailorScout has done a little rant on the current sportsmanship of TF and the clans...I can only agree with all of it...I've seen some nasty things happen and it annoys me to say the least. Here is the article.

We've moved!- MWHAHAHA [3:17pm - 9/22/98]

We've moved to our new home at PlanetFortress! w00h00! I promiss no more moves unless we get our own domain which I don't see anytime soon. ;P As of right now the forum is down...cause I need to get some info for the setup. Other then that the pages all work. Also if this page ever becomes to grafically intenst just drop me a line and i'll try to cut back. I'm on a cable modem so I don't notice it that badly.

Some other news...it looks like >V< Someone is going to make a low gravity map..or would like to atleast. I saw him pleading for some code change on the TF Bug Fixing board so he could make it happen. Here is the message. I know I give Someone lots of greif on here but I truely think he's one of the greatest map makers out there....I'm just afraid of what his sick little mind will come up with next. ;P

New Models for TF2.9 :)- MWHAHAHA [6:17pm - 9/21/98]

Well this is kinda old news for those who know about the TF Bug Fixing Message board...but for those of you who don't know...Someone by the name of DOX (who from what i've seen) is a kick ass mdl maker. Well anyway he's making new mdls and new grens for the different classes (a new dartgun and flame thrower is the works). Here is the message board message if you would like to see some screenshots. They are awesome looking. DOX is also the guy who put together the Engineer Cool Crap upgrade that can be found on my files page.

Also as an update on the DS info I reported yesterday, I found this on PlanetFortress buried down on the bottom:

After a little over 2 years of clan life, Dark Shadows has decided to disband. It was not an easy decision but everyone thought it was best. With school becoming increasingly more in some lives, work in others, the time had come to close up shop. 16 ex-DS members have gone on to form Predatorz, others have joined various clans, and a few have decided to leave the TF scene and give it a rest. Good luck goes out to all of those DS members who are pursuing other clans and/or goals in life. It was a blast for everyone and we are all sad to see the era come to an end.
[Pz]Jaden
-formerly-
[DS|WC]Jaden

Clan DarkShadows goes poof..- MWHAHAHA [5:17pm - 9/20/98]

Well I just found out from my good ol' pal Rot[IRON] that DS disbanned. What a pitty...big old clans are a dying breed now a days :/ I'll give you more news when I get some.

Inflatable sheep!- HME [3:47pm - 9/20/98]

Here it is!!:

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Yesterday's news- MwhahahA [8:30am - 9/20/98]

After a throughly enjoyable day yesterday at the FM99 Lunatic Luau here in VA Beach....10 bands...10 hour....I come home to see that my good ol' pal Sailor Scout has redone his page. Anyway he's also got some news on Quake3 and a new verion of Slidge(a random level generator for Doom).
Also while I was at the concert....HME came up with our next product spoof. ">V< Someone's Inflatable Sheep" I'm sure this will get us somemore wierd emails from Someone...so just wait. ;P

News 'n stuff- MwhahahA [10:45pm - 9/17/98]

Well i was screwing around on The Takens erver Gibbles 'n Bits and if you ever have a fun scrim...I recommend setting serverinfo rj 100 ;P...anyway alittle update on how my level is doing. It's coming along slowly. I estimate it'll be done either this week end or sometime early next week. I have no idea for a name yet...But I think It'll be "The TF Syndicate's house o Pimps" or something. The outside is a 2fort clone but the inside has some new ideas that HME and myself have come up with. I'll see if I can get some screenshots up when I get it nice and pretty.

The Dynamic Dou Tourny back in action.- MwhahahA [5:57pm - 9/17/98]

For all those who don't know about the DD tourny...it's a 2 on 2 Tourny put on my the TF>Junction. They play on Tuesday nights and the tourny is open to everyone. HME and myself will be competing in the Easter Division of this tourny and if you want to come beat our asses...join up. Here is the link to sign up. The Dynamic Duo Tournament.

Oh my...this is nice stuff...- MwhahahA [5:53pm - 9/17/98]

I was reading on PlanetFortress.com about this demo released by TFdone_easy....It's extremely cool and well put together...here is what they said on PlanetFortress.com.

A great piece of an artwork has been released by S-Sniper! This movie, grendemo.zip, shows all the basic grenade jumps for those 4 major levels such as 2fort5, well6, bam4 and rock1, combined with some funny inter-level scenes.

Here is the link for the demo. Go get it!

Welp...there's not much new out there...- MwhahahA [10:51pm - 9/16/98]

I swiped this off PlanetFortress.com because I was an engy at heart until 2.8 came out...but that's another story...

This map is >based< (based, not copied) off of Someone's "engbat" (Engineer Battle). Improved architecture, textures, and gameplay has gone into this fine piece of work :) Engbat was a LOT of fun, and I'm trying to make that experience come alive once again. Please read the readme file to completely understand how this and his map where meant to be played. Trust me, this is a LOT of fun.....

Engineer Wars v.1 - http://contaminated.net/vault/engwar1.zip
Website - http://contaminated.net/vault/
my e-mail: xpert@qni.com
my UIN: 4907209
X-p3rt

If only they would fix the damn sents.... :(

New brand of soup!!!- HME [5:56pm - 9/16/98]

I have to much time on my hands :)

Busy...and no news...- MwhahahA [8:38pm - 9/15/98]

Well I'm busy making my first map! It's a ghey 2fort clone with alittle qdeth3 and other maps mercilessly hacked into my creation. Look for it on this page in a few weeks...once i figure out how to do the TF ents ;P

Border1...there is nothing better...- MwhahahA [8:38pm - 9/14/98]

Well I was killing some time this afternoon before doing homework...so I dedcided to go play some Border1 and boy did I kill those beans ;P

Sorry I'm bored so I dedcided to post a screenshot. ;P

2fort5r eh?- MwhahahA [7:35pm - 9/14/98]

Welp John Cook is at it again. To deal with the sv_mapcheck 1, he released 2fort5r to deal with this. 2fort5r has less gren2 (damn it ;P) and more health (w00h00). Here is the Cdrom.com link. Here is the whole list of PlanetFortress Mirrors. So go d/l 2fort5r and get it on your servers!
We wub PlanetFortress ;P

As I was sittin here doing my calculus...- MwhahahA [5:04pm - 9/14/98]

I was rudely inturupted by an ICQ message from my good old pal SailorScout. The message goes alittle something like this:
Check out Some1's page :))

So naturally I go and load up Someone's page and to my astonishment...The new was updated by SailorScout ;P heh heh heh....and it reads:

Mwhahahha!! SailorScout
I've taken over Someone's page! Seriously, good ol Someone hardly updates, and I wonder how long it will take him to notice how badly I've mangled his HTML.. heheh Oh yes and my page is the coolest, 10x better then this page. I just uhh, don't make as many maps and stuff. I'm probably gonna get killed once he finds out I've updated here, but anyway just wanted to provide some form of amusement in the meantime :)

heh heh heh...there is more to the page with Someone Quotes....If you want a good laugh I recommend going and visiting the site and reading for yourself ;P
Here is the link.

Scrimmage..?- HME [10:04pm - 9/13/98]

Well who better to add to the lull in news than me :) Well my clan, The Ancient Souls, had an uneventful scrimmage tonight against Wasps. Unfortunately we ran into server problems. The first server we were on crashed then we moved on to the backup one which when the map was restarted cut the players down to 3 each clan. We went on playing, and throughout my clan members reconnected while the Wasps didn't. The result was 7on3 and a pretty well pointless game. Oh well.

Another slow news day...- MwhahahA [6:37pm - 9/13/98]

Well I was reading on Sailor Scout's Page and he had installed a NeXt-style interface for his windows. Now I have been known to use linux from time to time so I decided to go and install it. Anyway here is the url if you want to go look at it's info for yourself: http://www.litestep.net. Anyway it's an AfterStep clone for Windows95/98/NT. Now I wouldn't recomend it for people who 1) have an extremely long listing in your Start Menu->Programs or 2) run at anything lower than 800x600. Even at 800x600 some stuff still gets cut off. If you like the X-Windows shell AfterStep go d/l this thing. It's pretty cool.

Sailor Scout back in action- MwhahahA [8:35pm - 9/12/98]

Sailor Scout's Page is back up with a slightly new news look...it's a little more organized or something. I don't see the difference but Sailor asures me there is something. ;P

News from the ICQ list- MwhahahA [6:45pm - 9/12/98]

I recieved this today from War|ock at Team Fortress Mapping:
Hey Everyone!
Go d/l our newest map, 2f_tfm, from http://planetfortress.com/tfm/
and come to our release party!
its in our server..... [TKN] >TF Mapping< -public- beta testing @ benefice.ml.org
(the ip is: 24.128.28.25:27500)

Benefice[TKN], who runs this server, is a fellow clan member of mine and one hell of a guy. I'd like to extend him and the fellows at TFM a kind word of thanks for new maps and putting them up for us to play. So thanks guys.

I am NOT a lazy bastard...- MwhahahA [10:50pm - 9/11/98]

I am NOT a lazy bastard...I'm just busy....Anyway, some news....SailorScout's page met and unfortunate demise yestday. Some evil account remover script went on the blitz yesterday and deleted his account....So his page is down until he gets the chance to reupload it. Also we here at The TF Syndicate will be coming up with a list of best cds and songs for TF and TF maps in the upcoming days. If you have any sugestions send them to me.

[MG] breaks up..- HME [10:23pm - 9/11/98]

Well since MwhahahA is a lazy bastard, I went out and found some real news. [MG] The Mortarion Guards fell apart yesterday. Some of the members are moving on to form a new clan, The DarK FactioN.
For those of you who don't know I'm the graphics p!mp for this page. If you have any suggestions please email me Ravana@quakeclan.net.

I HATE PERL!@- MwhahahA [11:00pm - 9/10/98]

I applogize for the lack of update but....I was fairly busy tonight with Clan practice and working on this damn forum....Well since I moved the site to hypermart.net I now get perl access so enjoy. I would really like to move someplace without the damn banner but I can't afford anything right now. So this will have to do until I get to move some place else.

Why must people try and steal other clans people?- MwhahahA [8:45pm - 9/9/98]

HME informed me of a person that goes by the alias <DCD>DaBigTruck proposed to HME's clan member [AS]Cyclops and I quote "would you think of changing clans?" Now why do people ask this? Do they really think someone will drop their present clan just to go join a clan they've never seen or heard about? AND DaBigTruck had the nerve to complain about the spelling of ghey. That bastard. Everyone knows it's spelled G-H-E-Y.
Disclamer: This is true stuff for once. Anyone offended by my slight rant can take it out on the msg board....oh yea it doesn't work...do it anyway!

Real News(for once)...- MwhahahA [8:30pm - 9/9/98]

Havoc, the creator of such famous maps as Havoc2k, Havoc98, 4F5_Havoc, and 4F4, is at it again. He's doing a remake of 2force1. If you want to check out how he's doing or get a beta version of the map go to his homepage. To get the beta 2 version of his remake: click to download. I got this little spiffy info off the IGL message board.

The Top 10...- MwhahahA [7:00pm - 9/9/98]

The Top 10 Signs You Played Too Much Quake This Summer

10. You scan the school newspaper for Half-Life updates.
9. You sign your last name with [brackets].
8. Before each test you turn to your friend and say "GL."
7. You Refer to the school track star as an LPB.
6. You call your class schedule a "master list."
5. You blame falling asleep in class on "packet loss."
4. You accuse the smart kids of having hacked tests.
3. You blame your inability to dunk on the gravity settings.
2. You refer to your calculus notebook as "math.cfg".
1. You list, under community service on your college apps, "Schooling newbies."

Thanks to ShapeShifter[TKN] for this top ten ;P

New grafics...- MwhahahA [7:00pm - 9/9/98]

I've got my fellow p!mp, HME, working on graphics. So far he's made this background, title graphic and this button:

So if you would like to link to my page please insert the following code somewhere on your page:
<a href="http://members.home.net/mwhahaha/"><IMG SRC="http://members.home.net/mwhahaha/images/button.gif" ALT="The TF Syndicate" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=31 WIDTH=88></a>
Also if you would like me to put your button up...just send me a link and the button and I'll get it up as soon as I can.

I think I was threatened by >V< Some0ne or his mother...- MwhahahA [7:10am - 9/9/98]

Go check the mailbag for the mail message. I hope it was a joke....cause Some0ne might sick his sheep on me or something...

Conspiracy? I think so...- MwhahahA [9:30pm - 9/8/98]

So here I am sitting here wondering what to do...So I decide to go check SailorScout's page and low and behold I'm hit number 22000 and I'm in the news. ;P You see this is just alittle agreement Sailor and I made today....In exchange for certain "favors" I would return said "favors" So here I am advertising his site as he did mine. ;P Here's the sceen shot of hit numero 22000.
Conspiracy I tell you...conspiracy.

More News?- MwhahahA [6:30pm - 9/8/98]

The truth about I'm!12! I'm!12 is really a sweat shop! The poor little kids there are forced to play TF 24/7 with no break and every other day the leaders of the sweat shops make those poor little 12 year olds into Child pr0n! And the leaders of this sweat shop? The one and only IC! IC is really a communist leadership over those poor 12 year olds and the child pr0n that they churn out is for the one and only MeatHook-IC- who later sells it at outragous prices after "throughly testing" the pr0n. ;P
Disclamer: Not a damn word of this is true...If it is you heard it here first ;P

News? Where the hell is the news?- MwhahahA [3:00pm - 9/8/98]

Has anyone else noticed a drought in TF news recently? Am I missing something here? I demand news! If there isn't any I may be forced to go out and create some ;P Don't tempt me....cause Big Clans will go down first.....I can see it now....>V< Some0ne convicted of missuse of sheep in his map Blue1....Crooked[TKN] is really crooked....he was found stealing from his clan's IGL Clan Cash and paid off his gambling debts ;P I, MwhahahA, beheaded the beloved leader of the IGL, Helmut, and am in the process of getting rid of the council. The IGL will be renamed MwhahahA's League 'O Pr0n! ph33r
See....see what horrors will come of this lack of news? Now go out and create some news!
Disclamer: The following news examples using myself, >V< Some0ne and Crooked[TKN] never happened...If they did you heard it here first ;P

Question?- MwhahahA [9:20pm - 9/7/98]

Does anyone know where I can find java/perl/html automated polls for free? If so drop me a line.

News from the ICQ list- MwhahahA [11:00pm - 9/6/98]

I recieved this toda