GameArena ET:QW Season 4 to Start Soon - Show of Hands
As per the subject line, we’re up for another season of ET:QW follies.
Towards the end of 2008 we were struggling to find a team of 6, so I thought this would be a good time to get a show of hands of who is interested in playing GA Season 4.
Commitment will be as per normal:
* Practice Tuesday nights (or another night if the majority agrees)
* Maximum of one match per week on another night
We would hope to have at least 8 or 9 signed up, as real life intrusions etc. mean we need the extras.
Please place your name below if you’re ready to go in GA Season 4:
| Team IPX | Season 4 Yes/No | Comment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ltmon | Yes | - | ||||
| Robag | Yes | |||||
| n0mad | Yes | We need the numbers this Season s0 sign up | ||||
| Sha8doW | Yes | I seriously don’t know why we are bothering tho (See Comment | ||||
| Fuzz | Yes | Only if we have enough obviously – see comment | ||||
| HarassmentPanda | Part Timer | See posts | ||||
| Bloodstorm | Sorta part time | Depends on my work but ill try to be there | ||||
Comments
GA Season 4
count me in
If i’m really needed then
If i’m really needed then ill be in. When does the season start, what pr0m0d version we runnin, and where can i download it, ahh crap and i gotta re register on the games arena/bigpond site thingo, anybody remember where how i can do that? =D
Why bother
We know we aren’t l33t, and we sure as heck dont want to be nor trying to be. We play for GGs….
I don’t feel any of the teams in the ladder, bar 1 or 2, allow or even want GG’s anymore. Most teams are too arrogant and probably alias to hide it, and the rest are all about trying to get a l33t team so they can kick all the “good” teams.
All that happens to honest teams such as us is an absolute analising…. And they wonder why people don’t want to play. Maybe its WHO that are playing, not so much WHAT.
Ive played a few different games of late (COD4 & 5, DoD, HL, CS, L4D and others), and up there at the top in my opinion is ET:QW & W:ET for its team/objective basis. Nothing tops that. But that said because of the above (1st 2 paras), I don’t feel participating in the ladder is doing anything else but feeding egos or rewarding R-tards, F-wits!
I will play when and if I can (i do travel alot for work nowadays)if participation is the general consensus of the team, and if the team so wishes me to play. Of course I continue to train in whatever game we play on a Tuesday night.
My personal preference would be to see if we can get the majority of people turning up to Tuesday nights for GGs, LOLs, a scrim and possible pubstack on fun games for fun times…. but that is just me!
And I am looking at all those who, fuck knows where they are, dont show up… and those who we do know where they are still dont show up…. Fuck the gaming roster. Turn up to play with your mates.
(sorry got a bit angry there at the end)
Shad
Numbers
I’d only be willing to go ahead with this season if we had clearly enough numbers. Given peoples attendance to practices and matches last season, I’m not sure 8 would be enough. If we used last season as a basis for actual game attendance, there were 5 games (see the bottom of this page). Each person that puts their hand up here should only be worth a percentage of one person depending how many games they played last season. So for example, I attended 4 out of 5, so I’m worth 0.8 people. Robag & n0mad attended 5 so they’re worth 1 each.
So our current count is:
Ltmon: 0.8
Robag: 1
n0mad: 1
Sha8doW: 0.2
Fuzz: 0.8
Running total: 3.8
Still a fair way to go…
ughh... maths
Brain explodes.
It's a bit sad at the moment
Our best competition (as in, most fun) MaD Blue just gave up on the ladder and left.
I disagree with you on the arrogance factor of most teams. But we now have only what, 5 teams, on the ladder. And that isn’t even guaranteed yet. Just means we don’t have much to play with at our skill level, everyone is either too far above us or below us. It does seem that ADA will finally get it together and play a few matches this season, but really we may as well just scrim if it’s only one team in our skill band.
Problem is we’ll lose a game that pretty much all of IPX play, and now fragment out into several other games that not everyone owns/likes/plays whatever.
Just rambling thoughts.
Yeah this year looks like a lucky year for us all...
Hopefully this year i will have more luck with promod. I honestly think i causes more problems then it solves. I should be able to have a go.
Did I miss something here?
Sure I did…
Percentage of us in Season 4
0k s0 it l00ks like the Percentage 0f us actually playing Seas0n 4 w0uld be
TF0FA
It is disappointing that the few have to carry the team again and again……
n0mad
Walks away thinking m0re L4D then :P
Distraction of last post aside
I don’t know.
I loved the ET:QW ladder season 2, can’t think of more fun then that season but I think my priorities have changed a little for this year. I need to pay more attention to my health and my kid is getting to that age where he thrives on attention, not to mention the normal work commitments we all have to manage but for me it adds up to my time not looking the best.
In all honesty I have a sac of potato’s that needs to go first, before I can again game with commitment.
No worries...
No punishment or ostrasizing if you can’t make the commitment, that’s not what we’re about :)
We just need to know before committing the team to a season, so thanks for the answer.
For everyone else who is still keen: It looks like we won’t get a team up at this stage. What kind of reaction is there to teaming up with the keen members of MaD Blue to form a complete team for S4? Looks like that might be a doable compromise if they agree. Let me know your thoughts.
Suggest they fill out an appliaction form...
or someone better be a damn good negotiator.
Are there any TOG players we could team up with?
Or any other small (for ETQW) affiliations of players who are regulars? I’m still keen to play on a casual basis if there is room but the only way that would be sustainable, as has been mentioned in this post is to have a much larger gaming roster of part timers.
If we can’t put a team together, I don’t see why that should cause an issue for a joint venture this season.
Combined team
I wouldn’t play for a combined team. Nothing against the MaD Blue guys, but I’m only really in the ladder to play with IPXers. If they wanted to apply to join us, that would be a different matter though.
Clarification
If we don’t have enough players, there would be no reason why other members of IPX couldn’t play with an adjoined team right?
Normally this is what everyone wants
But as current we don’t have a single game that everyone owns, wants to play regularly, has an active community, has a ladder etc. etc. etc.
Basically we then end up with nothing if you are someone who wants to play in a ladder comp somewhere (anywhere!).
I’d suggest that during this time playing for another team in ladder matches shouldn’t get up anyone’s nose. If you want to be part of IPX then contribution around here (social, gaming, otherwise) would still be part and parcel of being in the team. But if someone wants to play a game in a ladder, and IPX isn’t able to field a team.. why stop them?
are people trying to piss me off?
Am I being baited into ranting about this type of thing?
Isn’t this an issue we
Isn’t this an issue we need to worry about if the MaD Blue leftovers don’t want to join IPX? I’d suggest floating that idea by them. We’ll deal with what to do if they aren’t interested then.
id ask
id ask if they wanna join us 1st
yeah, that’s what I
yeah, that’s what I said…
The other option I think
The other option I think we’re ignoring is not playing in the ladder (due to numbers obviously) but trying to organise regular games against specific teams that are worth playing (tW’s etc…). Games can be when we actually have the numbers, not just when we’re challenged. We’d still get to play as IPX, but we wouldn’t have the headache of always being short players, forfeiting etc which is exactly the reason I was hesitant in joining the ladder to begin with.
I just want t0 play Padman
I still like the idea 0f just asking every0ne t0 create Padman teams t0 battle IPX…..
I w0uld als0 like t0 add my 2 Cents (c0pper pe0ple) that playing with IPX Friends is what I’m all about
and s0mething that Luckless said did piss m0st us off by saying
“The reason I wanted to get into clan matches was to improve”
but the way I look at it is maybe he was not IPX at heart therefore BYE….
I’m never g0ing t0 impr0ve s0 why am I here, well it’s simple, to have fun in clan matches……
Maybe we l00k t0 Tuesday night scrims with 0ther clans on 0ur server ?
And yes I think the introduction of news game is healthy as I plan to be up and running in L4D as 0f t0night (Hint Hint)
I w0uld h0pe that 0ur members stay IPX and let the Non Team ETQW players c0me and j0in IPX….
And t0 that point I have started a v0te t0 ask – Due t0 l0w numbers sh0uld we call f0r recruitment on the GA ETQW Forum
And the key w0uld be 0ur w0rding 0n the recruitment p0st, (n0mad l00ks at f0unders)
If we d0n’t have the numbers by the Ladder Start Date: Monday 12th January 2009 – Well i would assume IPX waves g00dbye
t0 Seas0n 4 as f0rfiting nearly every challenge and screaming f0r players each week has g0tten 0ld f0r me…
n0mad
IPX is a way 0f life and m0re than 1 single game
To clarify
I’m certainly not for playing on new, temporary or other clans. I just want to head off any potential conflict that might end up with people having no option to play in the ladder if that’s what they really want to do without simultaneously p****ing off some other members of IPX. A best case solution would be to recruit enough to have a full team, but we only have a week.
As far as casual scrims go: Our opposition would all be ladder playing clans, with weekly ladder commitments, wanting to play and practice under ladder conditions. It kinda seems easier to be in the ladder to me.
But as one who has done a reasonable amount of screaming for players, I certainly don’t want that again either. But without the ladder impetus I dunno if we will end up scrimming much. It would take a fair bit of proactiveness.
No, I don't think so.
The amount of commitment that’s being displayed in this thread and the fact that it is being discussed openly and honestly would be testament to that.
We had some problems last season around attendance and availability which we have all recognised in one form or another and now we are all working together to try and find some amicable options on how we can keep gaming and meet the various needs of all concerned. [Begin Excuse] I’ll take my fair share of lack of availability, with one of my most extremely busy working experience I’ve had; having to travel overseas for a month on short notice as well as a tree falling on my house while the electricity was being rewired resulted in my lacklustre availability [End]
I can’t speak for every one else but I’m honoured to be part of a group with such strong commitment to each other, providing support and working through challenges as they present themselves. Personally I love the ladder matches we play but I just can’t promise the time at the moment. I hope we get enough for coverage but we would only be able to do this with a reminder to those who are on our roster, especially those we haven’t seen in a long time and/or actively undertake some recruiting.
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i’ll be around as much as last season so should only be counted as a rare part-timer (about 0.0001% by fuzz math :))
happy to play when i can and will try and make regular prac etc. its just getting tougher; i’ll be away for at least a few months this year for sure.
D:
Won’t be joining Team IPX till March.
Pub recruiting
Yep can see where you’re coming from. Thanks for clarifying that.
That’s definitely true. I guess one of the drawbacks of us not playing in pubs as much as we used to (at least as a large group) is we generally don’t find people like this.
Anyone who applied would go through the normal trial period either way, but it’s not the most fun kicking them out if they don’t work out. Wastes everyones time too. Necessary evil, but nice when it can be avoided.
So how about we try a bit more on our best solution of getting our own team back up and running. Lets get out on the pubs at the same time this week on a high traffic night and see if anyones worth tapping on the shoulder. This tends to work best when we’ve got a bunch of players and we’re actually showing what it’s like to play with Team IPX. So we’ll obvioulsy need more than just the few that have responded for the ladder here (looking at the majority of the gaming roster that haven’t responded yet)
How’s Thurs or Fri @ 8pm?
Good to hear from ya'
Good luck with the studies and see you in March!
As long as your alive still
;-)
Sounds like a great idea
Can I put myself down as a part timer for the ladder too?
I had so much fun last night; I really don’t want to see us lose the team on the ladder.
Sign up
Please sign up for a recruitment pub stack match – it’s worth a try: Save the IPX QW Lladder Team
Just on whether we should be
Just on whether we should be in the ladder or not… I think if we can get the numbers we should do it (regardless of what some think of the other teams, getting hammered by them etc). All the guys that say no to the ladder, won’t be stuck not being able to play. The ladder team would still need to prac each week, and anyone wanting a fun game could cannon fodder on the other side, and in any warm up matches etc on the other side.
RE:Pub recruiting
Sounds Like a great idea Fuzz
count me in
ta
Robag
Ill try be there
but no garentees as work keeps me pretty busy.
mmm post
Numbers
Overall looks like much the same as last season.
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