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September 2003 Archives

Update on Figurinez - CaliGirl Mon Sept 29
 The Figurinez contest ends tonight at midnight so if any of you still haven't submitted your figurine, please send them in by 11:59 PST if you're interested participating.

Thanks so much for everyone's participation in this exciting event so far. We received more Quake related characters than anything else, and no Star Wars submission unfortunately.

In The News - CLIMaX Sat Sept 27

  • C&C Generals for Macintosh "Aspyr is very pleased to be able to bring Command & Conquer Generals to the Macintosh, it is one of the premiere real-time strategy games on the market and will be a great addition to any Mac gamer's library," said Glenda Adams, Director of PC & Mac Development at Aspyr. Press release at Yahoo Business.
  • Postal 2 Multiplayer Announced Developer Running With Scissors plans to introduce multiplayer to their bloody, successful singleplayer game with Postal 2: Share The Pain Multiplayer Edition. The new edition will include a CTF mode called Snatch, and a deathmatch mode. The Postal franchise, characterized by tastelessness and violence beyond compare has consistently delivered on its promises since hitting the gaming scene seven years ago. We expect no less from the new edition. More info at GoPostal.com.
  • Golden Joysticks Awards on MTV This year's Computer and Video Games Golden Joystick Awards will be broadcast to a TV audience of up to eight million viewers. The Golden Joystick Awards are the longest-standing UK awards for interactive entertainment. The awards are voted for by members of the game-playing public through GoldenJoysticks.com. This year's ceremony will be held at London's Park Lane Hotel on Friday, Nov 28. More info at XboxGamers.com.
  • Counter Strike for Xbox Preview at GamingAge CS for Xbox will be published by Microsoft Game Studios for the holiday season 2003.
  • Tokyo Game Show 2003 It's E3 only on the other side of the Pacific where the noodles taste better and all the really cool consumer electronics are sold. Check out Gamespot for full coverage.

CAL-RA3 2003 Interviews - CLIMaX Fri Sept 26
-beta has put together a great collection of interviews with teams competing in the playoffs of the Cyberathlete Ameteur League - Rocket Arena 3 event. This knock-down-drag-out contest of pure Quake skill is the most important one for North American teams. The candid interviews reveal that RA3 is a thriving mod with wide appeal in the Quake community. And, with the recent release of RA3 1.7, seasoned players and new enthusiasts are clamoring to the servers in numbers bigger than ever. [Interviews]

Top Selling Games in August - CLIMaX Thu Sept 25
If you're wondering what's hot in PC games and how to spend that money burning a hole in your pocket check out NPD Techworld's list of the top selling PC games for August 24-30. NPD is an industry tracking service for software sales. Average selling price listed below is U.S. dollars.

PC Games Sales

Rank

Title

Publisher

 ASP

1

MS Flight Simulator 2004: Century Of Flight

Microsoft

$51

2

Tron 2.0

Disney

$43

3

The Sims: Superstar Expansion Pack

Electronic Arts

$30

4

The Sims Deluxe

Electronic Arts

$44

5

Warcraft III: Frozen Throne Expansion Pack

Vivendi Universal

$36

6

MS Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection

Microsoft

$25

7

Madden NFL 2004

Electronic Arts

$40

8

Diablo 2

Vivendi Universal

$20

9

Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided

LucasArts

$49

10

The Sims: Unleashed Expansion Pack

Electronic Arts

$28


Soul Calibur II - Taki Review
- CaliGirl Wed Sep 22

WG has a Digital Woman review of Taki from Soul Calibur 2. Snippet:

"Despite the obvious sex-appeal role Taki has taken on in Soul Calibur 2, most paper and television advertisements don't portray her as a sexual object. They also don't go out of their way to portray the female characters as any more important than the males, instead giving more or less equal attention to all the characters. The focus has mostly been on advertising the fact that a long awaited sequel has finally arrived and that the X-box, Gamecube, and Playstation have different guest characters."

Figurinez Contest Deadline - CaliGirl Mon Sep 22
For any of you who are still working on your figurinez, the contest is ending a week away! The deadline is September 29th at Midnight 12pm PST to submit your art. We will not be showing off the figurinez submissions until the week of voting that starts on September 30th.

What's at stake? Prizes will include a $50.00 Gamestop.com Certificate, Quake III Arena tin with id Software signatures, Siberia, No One Lives Forever Martini mixer with 2 glasses, No One Lives Forever 2 Posters, Nvidia Doom 3 t-shirts, Call of Duty Hats, RtCW Xbox, RtCW PS2, Return To Castle Wolf PC game of the year, Quake III Arena shirts and Xbox Controllers.

So get your figurinez submitted! There's nothing you could lose. As always if you need any assistance, please ask in the Figurinez forum, stop by ETG #ladygamers IRC (like many of you have) or check our FAQ for the contest.

Quake Women Search - CaliGirl Mon Sep 22
It began in July 2002 at CG.net, the search for the women of Quake 1 & 2. I have had a few girls notice the section here once LadyGamers was launched. If any of you happen to know any of the gals listed on the lost list, feel free to have them submit their bio. Meantime, ViXEN was kind enough to submit her bio for old time's sake. Thanks again vix!

Community Cluster - CaliGirl Mon Sep 22

  • BattlePony.tk is back and going with a nice new design. Check it out.
  • CS vs Quake! at Cyberfight.
  • MIRC updated with irc.dynamix.com clan:#estrogen
  • TeamAbuse updated with Citizen's contemplation.
  • Xtremeprejudice clan is now under development with a new more design and active website.
  • GirlzClan has the same plans as XP, they are planning on getting everything in order with a better looking and more informative site for everyone.
  • Texas Area Untouchables (TAU) is using this off time allotted by CAL and UGS to adjust to the newly added aspects of Counter Strike through the Steam 1.6 update. 
  • Feminine Effects is now being sponsored by Amped Servers.
  • IronZion has now a 3rd Counter-Strike server.

Event Exposure - CaliGirl Mon Sep 22

In The News - CLIMaX Sun Sept 21

Competition Roundup- CLIMaX Sat Sept 20

  • CAL Quake RA3 Playoffs Underweigh Quake Rocket Arena 3 teams are now battling it out in Round 2 of the season playoffs of the Cyberathlete Amateur League 2003. This is CAL-RA3's second season and interest is high in the Quake 3 Arena mod. LadyGamers will publish exclusive interviews with the RA3 teams before the season final. Find out more about the RA3 playoffs and the many other game events at CAL now.
  • Clanbase C&C Generals 2on2 Cup Fall 2003 European clans match skills and wits in the most popular C&C Geneals tourney any where. The season's in full swing now with commentary and play-by-play reportage by seasoned players, match demos and player stats all available on the website. More at Clanbase, one of biggest and the best run leagues in gaming.
  • Next Xbox Live Tourney USA: ESPN NFL Football Xbox Live/US has posted info about its next live competition featuring ESPN NFL Football. A firm date hasn't been released yet, Xbox is saying "soon". Looks like rap artist Method Man is going to be part of this some how. Check out Xbox.com for more info and man up, dog cause it's all in the game!
  • ESo2 Opens with Q3, QuakeWorld and RTCW ESo2 will open with three competitions: North American Quake3 2v2, QuakeWorld 1v1 and RTCW. The Second edition of the ESReality Online is again an Online invitational tournament. This time the tournament will take place in one weekend and will contain five competitions for four games: Return to Castle Wolfenstein - EU, 8 invites | Quake3: Arena OSP 2v2 - NA conference,16 duo's | Quake3: Arena OSP 2v2 - EU conference, 16 duo's | Unreal Tournament 2003 1v1 - EU, between eight and sixteen invites | WarCraft 3 1v1 - EU, 16 invites.
  • LAN Parties and Local Events (N. America) BluesNews.com has an big and active listing of North American LAN parties and other local gaming events. It's strictly a listing but event links and contact info is provided to action happening in every region. Many of these events are professional endevors run by experienced players who offer prizes, and the cost to participate is usually reasonable or dirt cheap. Stop searching endlessly for decent pub servers online and use Blue's list to find events near you.

Xbox Live in Australia Oct 2003 - CLIMaX Sat Sept 20
Our mates down under will soon be able to play Xbox Live games and join Xbox Live's official tourney competitions. Check out the requirments for Xbox Live here. Peruse the Austrailian Xbox forums here (.NET Passport required). Then, get ready for battle at Xbox Australia. Also, check out ZDnet Australia's coverage of X03, the biggest Xbox Industry event, for a list of Xbox Live games and others that will be offered.

Q3 v1 Clan Extraction Interview - CaliGirl Thur Sep 18
LadyGamers has released the first of a series of Extraction Interviews for various games. Clanmate extraction is a feature where we extract a clanmate from their clan and corner them into answering questions. In version 1, Huntz from Total Control gives us a lot of information about his background in gaming along with his current important role in an Aussie League. Reflux from FemmeBots + Boyfriends is an action guy who has tried out various FPS titles before he found his favorite game, Quake III Arena. Make sure you read Huntz' LAN scenerio. It's a MUST READ. [View Interview]

Ikaruga Exhale - CaliGirl Thur Sep 18
 PharCyde has exhaled on behalf of his addiction to Ikaruga, a Japanese style space combat game by Treasure. Battle fiercely and swiftly in a war set in space. [Read More]

Latest Demos - CaliGirl Wed Sep 17

Figurinez Contest - CaliGirl Tue Sep 16
 We have received a couple of Figurinez for the contest. For any of you who are still working on your figurinez, keep in mind that the deadline is September 29th at Midnight 12pm PST to submit your figurine. We will not be showing off the figurinez submissions until the week of voting that starts on September 30th.

In case none of you know what I am talking about, LadyGamers Figurinez contest is for any of you who are interested in creating your favorite game characters. Best of all, you don't have to be an accomplished artist to win. Anyone with a little practice can produce top quality Figurinez, just follow our Creation Guide listed on the contest page.  

With all of this said, we have some more prizes from the additional sponsor I mentioned weeks ago. id Software has been kind enough to give us some:

  • Quake III Arena shirts
  • RtCW console games [1 PS2 and 1 Xbox]
  • Return To Castle Wolf PC game of the year!

So get your figurinez going! There's nothing you could lose but learn how to work with pixel art! As always if you need any assistance, please ask in the Figurinez forum or check our hefty FAQ for the contest.

Gold Highlights - CaliGirl Tue Sep 16
The following games have gone gold recently!

Celebrity DM Exhale - CaliGirl Mon Sep 15
 Our Chief Editor has done it again with his natural flow of words! This time Climax got his hands on Celebrity Deathmatch to let us know if its worth our time to check out. Celebrity DM is a 3d action fighting game where celebrities duel it off in the only way they know how. [Read More]

Monday Melange- CLIMaX Mon Sep 15

  • Game Boy Advance Works as Videophone Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld now works as a videophone with an attachment that comes with a digital camera, earphone and microphone. The The 13,000 yen ($110 USD) Campho Advance from Kyoto-based Digital Act Co., which makes mobile and Internet equipment, slips into the top of the GBA like any game cassette. So far, plans to market the Campho Advance are for Japan only. Story at CNN.com.
  • Tribe Estrogen All-Female Tribes 2 Clan Recruiting Speak with Jupe, PaNdA, or PixieDee of Tribe Estrogen about recruitment oppotunities. You can chat with them on IRC: #estrogen on irc.dynamix.com:6667. Or, checkout their recruitment form for full details on the painless process; pros and new players with a good attitude are welcome. Tribe Estrogen currently competes in the Team Warfare League and ranks 16 on the Tribes 2 CTF 7v7 Ladder. Butt-kickin' goodness---check em out, ladies.
  • Half-Life 2 to be Sold Online Valve Entertainment will make Half-Life 2 available for purchase and download online, as well as selling boxed copies in retail store. The download will be available after purchasing the game from Valve’s Steam-powered website, and will be available either as a one-time download, or as a $13/month subscription. More at Gampro.com.
  • Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword Gets Punkbuster Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword, a Raven Shield expansion by Ubisoft, will include Punkbuster anti-cheat software from Evenbalance. Punkbuster was first used in online games several years ago and is now included in America's Army, Quake 3 Arena and other multiplayer titles. Story at Gamespot.com.
  • UT1 Uskaarj Coming To UT2003  BarnEbiss and his team at Uskaarj have been busy porting their popular Unreal Tournament 1 total conversion to Unreal Tournament 2003. Right now there's a sneak preview of building models and some news of what in store, including new models. Uskaarj changes UT from a First person Shooter into a Real Time Stratagy game. You can play the humans in thier fight against the Skaarj, or the Skaarj in their conquest of space. Depends on which side of the bed you got up on, really, but either way, this TC rocks.

Q3Pong v2.0 - CaliGirl Thurs Sep 11
Team Reaction has released Q3Pong Arena version 2.0. If you head on over to the IRC enterthegame.com on #Q3pong channel tonight, they'll be posting IP's you can play at.. or you could use ASE or Gamespy to find a game. In Q3Pong, two teams face off in a giant arena reminiscent of a Pinball table. Should you happen to lie in the path of a quickly-moving ball, you can kiss your butt goodbye.

Mod & Level Alerts - CaliGirl Thurs Sep 11

Levels

Community Cluster- CaliGirl Thurs Sep 11

September Focus- CaliGirl Tue Sep 10
This month we talk to Rachel from AngelMapper, Elqueffo who works on Rocket Arena 3 Mod, two Dominant Species clanmates and PC Gamer's Chiaki. AngelMapper is known for her talent with Unreal Tournament maps, while ElQuetto is known for his hard work with Rocket Arena 3! Depot and IcyLiquid give us an in-depth background of the clan and Chaiki lets us know what PC Gamer is like.

[Focus of the Month]LadyGamers Undresses Romero - CaliGirl Mon Sep 08
 LadyGamers is excited to present the latest Guywatch, focused on a man who's contribution in gaming earned him celebrity status among gamers and the reputation of a strong survivor in the gaming industry. We shift the focus on Romero's professional career to something far more important: his love life...

Here's an excerpt:

[LadyGamers]:  Most girls feel guys with bigger lips have more sensual kisses. Have any girls in the past commented how nice and full your lips are?

[Romero]: Yes, just about every girl I've been with comments on them. And, yes, they're great for kissing, etc. :)

Community Cluster- CaliGirl Sun Sep 07

Empires: DotMW Screens - CaliGirl Sun Sep 07
 GameGossip has some exclusive screenshots of the upcoming title Empires: Dawn of the Modern World. This real time strategy game by Rick Goodman is published by Activision was developed by Stainless Steel Studios. You play across 1,000 years of history (950 - 1950), which covers Medieval, Gunpowder, Imperial, WWI and WWII ages. You deal with real units, none of those "fake named" weapons. The game allows you to take to the Air, Land, and Sea.

Jedi Academy Demo - CaliGirl Sat Sep 06
Raven Software and Lucasarts have released the singleplayer demo (187 MB) of Jedi Academy, the follow up to Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. Surrounded by a single player and multiplayer action experience, take the role of apprentice at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy where you can learn the power of the Force. Create and customize your own characters by choosing various characteristics including species, gender, clothing, and physical attributes such as hair and facial features. As apprentices progress in training, different lightsabers will become available, such as the double-bladed lightsaber or dual lightsabers.

Mirrors include: 3D Gamers/Gamer's Hell/JK2Files/Worthplaying

Lady Nyx Interview - CLIMaX Fri Sep 06
She's hails from Montreal, Canada, likes rock and heavy metal, Anne Rice and Quake 3 Arena. This month LadyGamers was granted an audience with the Queen among the Lords, Lady Nyx of the Lords of Quake, aka Lucifer of FightClub. This dangerous damsel descibes her adventures as a member of the two North American clans playing FFA and CTF, and shares with us some insights on enjoying the game and life itself. Interview

Ms. Quakecon Aftermath - CaliGirl Fri Sep 05
I have updated the interview compilation page with the Coordinators Interview 2 of 2, which features L4mby, Beta and Dovey. In addition, Dovey sent in a mini interview for all of us to get to know her as well. There may be a couple other aftermath interviews coming in from participants but other than the few left, the Ms. Quakecon 2003 book will be closed.

In other Ms. Quakecon news...

  • Ms. Qcon Forums are now being mingled in, go register!
  • Rant & Result by Krystal/Byskwik.
  • Ms. Qcon Event Profile has every thing you can imagine in there, even links from other sites, picture collection from around the net and more!
  • Staff Changes: beta, one of the main reasons why the event succeeded, has decided to move on from the project. There's two new peeps added to the staff page, Oblique from Xcast, and myself!

Figurinez Contest Update - CaliGirl Thu Sep 04
Kurgan from Jediknight.net requested the idea of adding just a few more characters for Jediknight Outcast to the give some more selection for the JK community. After all, we do have lots of Quake 3 characters listed! With that said Tavion, Reborn, Lando and Jedi Trainer have been added to the Figurinez Contest. All new character additions are in green text on the characters page. Thanks to thnom for his hard work on getting us the following screens.

MofH:AA Breakthrough Goes Gold! - CaliGirl Thu Sep 04
Medal of Honor Allied Assault Breakthrough for PC has gone gold and will ship on September 22, 2003. The new expansion pack takes players from chasing Rommel in North Africa to the heart of Italy in the struggle to breakthrough the fortified lines of the Third Reich. As a U.S. Army Sergeant, join the battle at Kasserine Pass in North Africa, race to capture Messina in Sicily, and finally repel the German army at the historic battle of Monte Battaglia in the heart of Italy. Multiplayer has been enhanced with the addition of Liberation Mode where defeated players must be rescued by surviving teammates to continue the fight. In addition, you can now drive tanks, and minesweepers can defuse mines. Choose between American, British, Italian, and German skins in all multiplayer modes.

Figurinez JK Character Detail - CaliGirl Thu Sep 04
A guy by the name of thnom stopped by the IRC channel tonight to pay us a visit. He was kind enough to send me some great detailed Jediknight character screenshots for the Figurinez Contest. I was delighted to add them to our character page so check them out if you're creating a JK figurine! All new additions to the Character section has been added in red text.

Please also keep in mind that you are more than welcome to post your need of help or to even chat about the contest in the Figurinez Forum.

Action/Strategy Update - CLIMaX Thu Sep 04

  • RTCW Interview with Kevin Cloud id Software's Kevin Cloud was interviewed by RTCWonline.com. Subjects covered include the history of Wolfenstein 3-D, what's happening with the sequel to RTCW, how Enemy Territory came about, and Cloud's preference for Wendy's Hambugers.
  • CPL CS Tournament Format Change The CPL announced a format change of the $100,000 Counter-Strike Winter Championship taking place at CPL Winter 2003. Now there will be 64 team full double-eliminations. See the full rule changes at TheCPL.com.
  • Natural Selection 2.01 Public Beta for Servers The team at Natural-Selection.org have released a new server-only beta of the popular Half-Life 1 mod. Important fixes for exploits and balance are included, Windows and Linux are supported. Players will see these changes when they connect to any NS server running version 2.01. Download the beta here. More info in the Natural-Selection.org forums.
  • Nosferatu Preview at HomeLanFederation Sweden-based Idol FX’s Nosferatu, is already released in Europe but will soon hit North America just in time for Halloween. Nosferatu is a first-person shooter/survival game awash in gothic scenery, dark hallways, and creeped out characters. A very cool feature is the random architecture generator that changes the layout of Nosferatu's castle environment and the location of characters when you start a new game. Check out JCal's preview now at HomeLan.
  • World Cyber Games 2004 in San Francico  Outbidding Milan, Seoul and Singapore, San Francisco will host the World Cyber Games Grand Final next year. This will be the first time the event is held outside South Korea where it originated. Read more at GameSpot.

Enemy Territory Maps - CaliGirl Tues Sep 2
 WildStar Maps has added seven (7) new Enemy Territory maps for download, including the final versions of Atlantic Wall and Flughafen, the beta 2 version of Apennines Research, Cherbourg, DS Bunkers, Rescue the Maiden and River War. Head on over to the site to check them out.

Game Figurinez Contest! - CaliGirl Mon Sep 1
LadyGamers.com is very excited to announce our first contest today! Co-sponsored by Vivendi Universal, Hypothermia, NVIDIA and Madcatz you'll create original clothing, accessories, hair and practically anything else you can imagine to dress up your favorite game characters. We have supplied you with every tool you need such as tutorials, the character bases and even tips for the characters we have selected for the contest. Head on over to the figurinez contest page for further details.

 

 

 

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