ETQW Shackbattle - The Aftermath

(ducks) #1

A new blog entry has been added:
[drupal=120]ETQW Shackbattle - The Aftermath[/drupal]

As some of you may be aware, Saturday 1st March 2008 was a very special date. Not only was it the anniversary of Communist spy Klaus Fuchs being jailed in 1950, and murderer Fred West being charged in 1994, but it was also the date that two goliaths went head-to-head (and later arm-in-arm) in an epic Shackbattle - Team Splash Damage versus Team Shacknews.

At 20:00GMT, battle commenced in the African campaign, with Team SD defending and Team Shacknews attacking. With a Dallas server giving us an average ping of up to 200ms (compared to Team Shacknews’ 50ms) and maps lasting 30 minutes instead of the default 20, the odds didn’t look good.
Success was not guaranteed. If anything, it should have been a bloodbath.

(stealth6) #2

200ms ping oO, Who won?

(rydogg1) #3

They whupped us. Which wasn’t much surprise, the Shack has been primarily a Valve/TF2 stronghold for the last six months and much of the attention has been spent there.

We’ve been pushing for ET:QW Shackbattles for close to a month and every week we’ve attracted more players who are picking up the game. Hopefully the next match will be a bit closer, BTW Splash Damage, I think the battles would have been closer if you guys would buff the Shotty back to pre-1.4 levels

:slight_smile: :slight_smile:

(Nail) #4

RyDogg1 comments and demos here:
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16389198#itemanchor_16389198