Source: No More Room in Hell

I'm sure everyone has been looking forward to hearing some news about the mod's progress, so I figured it was about time to start posting some. As many of you are aware the NMRiH team has been working hard to get new mod content publicized on the website so that we could show everyone what we have been doing for the past few months.

It is only recently that we have managed to reach a point where we can finally start doing that. As with all begins I shall start by informing you that as of today the updated design document is nearing completion and as such we have finally updated the mod’s Gameplay and Features here on the website so that you can now have a taste of what is in store for you.

In the next day or so we will also be updating the screenshots section as well as adding new sections to the website, such as a "Soundtrack" section to display some of the music that will be playing during the mod and a "Job" section from which we will be hiring new team members. Until that time please feel free to PM our mod team leader, Cs42886, here on the forums with any prospective applications.

Source: Steam

A 6v6 Day of Defeat tournament is happening at this summer's CPL in Grapevine, Texas. The winning team will take home a $30,000 prize. The tournament is sponsored by Nvidia, and more information may be found here.

Source: Steam

We hope everyone is enjoying the Half-Life 2: Deathmatch contest winning maps that were released earlier this week.

The next big Counter-Strike release is set to include two maps. The first map will be de_port, previously mentioned here. This map is set in a resupply port for outgoing ships. The gameplay is designed for a balanced layout employing a mix of long sightlines with cover and close quarters fighting environments. The second map will be a completely redone de_inferno, a historical favorite at CS tournaments and competions. We'll be releasing some screenshots or other media from both of these maps in the next week or two.

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We also promised a sneak peek into work on Half-Life 2: Aftermath. Here is a shot from that, the continuation of Gordon Freeman’s adventures that we'll be releasing as an episode later this summer.

Source: Steam Bans
Please remember this is the opinion of someone else...

For the past 6 months or so, people have spoken about the Valve Anti-Cheat version 2 with great expectation and excitement. Lately its been announced that its going to be very effective, but the truth is different. It needs more work!

Valve takes many precautions in their anti-cheat department, which leaves alot of people with nothing else then trying to figure it out themselves. They are notoriously silent about their system, and the argument that it would only give cheaters indications that will help them crack it could be valid, but its not. Cheat-developers almost knows more about the VAC system then Valve themselves, and keeping information will leave to nothing but faint rumours and peoples wild imagination. This means that steambans.com hasn’t been able to retrieve factual information on the system, but we have done some research.

First, we established that changes came in the system along side the announcement that VAC2 beta will arrive soon. There was changes in server modules that suggested a rather significant change in parts that haven’t been changed in a long while (VAC - core hasn’t been changed since steam platform was initiated). Secondly reports that on selected servers, mainly CS:S servers people were forced to download additional information before connecting. Additional downloads that they were not required to do elsewhere on source servers, and downloads that most definatly wasnt due to custom content.
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Source: VERC
Related: Plan of Attack

The first beta of Plan of Attack will be released this Friday at 12 noon EST. The team will also be releasing Windows and Linux dedicated server files on Thursday. If you want to setup a dedicated server for Plan of Attack and would like those files as soon as they become available, please visit our web site and post a message or contact the team.

We're happy to announce that we've partnered with several leading hosting providers that will be offering a number of download mirrors and game servers for our launch. Filecloud, a part of the Speakeasy network, will be exclusively offering Plan of Attack on their high-speed network. Fragism, a provider of high-quality game servers, along with a host of other generous partners, will be hosting games in the United States and Europe.

The Plan of Attack development team will also be hosting a "Play the Devs" event all day Friday. If you want to play against us, just drop by the forums for more information.

Source: The CPL

The CPL announced today that it will hold a $50,000 Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament at the Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships to be hosted July 6 - July 10, 2005 at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas.

While the CPL is committed to Counter-Strike:Source, a large number of Counter-Strike teams remain loyal to CS 1.6 and have asked for an opportunity to compete at the summer event. The CPL realizes that many of those teams have given years of patronage to its events and has responded by offering them a CS 1.6 tournament.

Registration for the CS 1.6 tournament will open at 10:00 AM Central on Tuesday, April 19, 2005, and will be limited to 64 teams. Registration will close as soon as the 64 team limit has been met.

The cash prize distribution will be as follows:

1st place $15,000
2nd place $10,500
3rd place $7,000
4th place $4,500
5th place $3,000
6th place $2,500
7th place $1,500
8th place $1,000
9th - 12th $750
13th - 16th $500

Commencing on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at 10:00 AM Central teams may register for this tournament, on a first-come, first-served basis only. The official CPL registration page is located at www.thecpl.com/register/.

Source: District

We are currently hiring:

• 2 Modellers


• 1 Texture Artist


• 1 Coder

Distict is a multiplayer Urban RPG mod, in a manner of speaking.

We're very serious about making a high quality mod, at a professional pace. I've worked on teams in the past where people eagerly joined, only to spam the forums and get minimal work done.

If you are new to the field, and are serious about it, this is the team for you. The focus of this mod's development will be quality first and foremost, and the heart and soul of this mod is gameplay.

Team Leaders:
Ben Wiklund:
3d Modeller, skinner, programmer, music.

Paul Soucy:
Database programmer.

Tim Sottek:
Mapper, graphic design, administration.

Mark Zagata:
Music.

If you are interested, email me at:
methodicalj@gmail.com

Source: Resistance and Liberation

Alright kids I think it's about time for some new media. So..

First up we got a render of the 505th PIR beautifully modeled and textured by Ryan Duffy and Valerie Williams. Next up we got a render of the completed Wirbelwind modeled and textured by Ryan Duffy, Josh Smith and Josh Schroeder. Next is a render of the Opel Blitz radio truck modeled and textured by Charles Gervais and Josh Schroeder. Last but not least we got a few screens of Stefan Bermig's map St. Come du Mont.

Source: Shadow Phoenix

Hello again, this update is very big for amount of time it took to prepare it. I have here 8 new images that we have put together in the past week. It includes our first EVER skinned phoenix and some very nice new guns all of which has incredible skins all done by my good friend and 2d/3d artist ZiZane (Nathan Newman)

At the movement we are looking for a some new staff so if this mod looks interesting to you give a shout out to me at [email >beakshy@gmail.com[/email > or you can just go to the team page and fill the forum out

At the moment we are looking for

Animators
Coders
Concept Artists.

On a last note.

The team here at OSP has released a sourced up version of cs_assault you can find it files page

That?s all for now, Enjoy!!

Source: Spirit of Konoha

[F]irst of all id like to welcome Uchiha Sasachi to our team, he is going to create us some awesome sounds.
and 2nd we have some media for you.

credits go to Neotek for the models.

you may have seen that i posted a few pics of my current wip map in the dev section of our forums, feel free to post every crit and comment you have about it.