The time has come for another big name to return to Call of Duty from the depths of the classic original CoD and early CoD2 days. This time multi-gaming organisation OCRANA will return to their first fps based game since their former CoD2 squad were disbanded in the early days of the game. People may remember OCRANA as one of the top teams in the original CoD and probably the best German team of its time in CoD2 including members from the current SPEED-LINK squad such as Trigger and Fuchsstute.

The team bringing OCRANA back into the action of WW2 is Shildkroeten, a tight nipped German based team that was formed some time ago with members such as former OCRANA player spaR. The squad have recently been out of the headlines for a while without really making any major changes to their line-up, but with the announcement of joining OCRANA the team have added two new players including former Adacom player Kn0xX and former n!faculty player K1ckzZ.

This currently makes out a six man active squad with the following line-up setting the first race for this hopeful adventure in their new home:

spaR
enJO_oy
dizzy
erv
K1ckzZ
Kn0xX

dEF from the OCRANA management also released the following statement:

"OCRANA is a traditional Shooter Clan. The decision to establish a shooter has got a very simple reason: Shooter belongs to OCRANA like fishbones to a fish. There are no other reasons or targets. It's just a step back to the roots. We hope that OCRANA will still bring more thrill into the COD2 competition."

We would like to wish OCRANA the best of luck in the future with their new Call of Duty 2 team.

Links
OCRANA web site
#ocrana

Its been another good week for the ET masters tournament having all ready seen some quality clashes. Heres a brief review of some of the games.

[uGroup A[/u]] is unfortunately not going to be a massively exciting finish. With the drop out of KIH and zeroPoint cruising to a straight 4:0 win it leaves elite walking home licking their wounds being now unable to qualify. The final game in this group will be a battle for first spot between Pingwins and zP

[uGroup B[/u]] is on catchup this week, last night seeing 141 and Helix finalling starting of their campaign. Helix will have to work hard however to bounce back from a decisive beating from the seasoned 141 team. Both squads have had their share of issues recently with talk of Squall leaving 141 and then deciding to stay and for hx we saw Sanda & Spirea again removed from another team with Bull and Azz0r replacing them. (nice breaking M!lk's microphone btw Azz0r)

[uGroup C[/u]]
823 viewers tuned in to see a closely fought match between cZar and Impact Gaming, the latter taking the win 4:2 after beating cZar on braundorf in the decider. Opening the game on frostbite and impact without their usual lineup (since Azz0r sabotaged M1lk's microphone) were marginally beaten by cZar after a great return of the docs when Impact looked set to steal the first map. Turning to supply and the game was less close with Impact setting a reasonable time on attack and looking comfortable on the defence even though they were forced to now replace Tiigeri who is still suffering from internet issues. A poor defence and quality attack from cZar looked like enough to take braundorf however Impact's attack on braundorf was swift and direct and good enough to win the game.
The TLR game was as expected a very one sided affair with Morrigu losing 4:0 to a strong TLR team that really did not look like it even had to go into high gear in this game.
A comfortable win and TLR have qualified for the elimination stages in 1st place having not yet dropped a map. The winner of the Impact - Morrigu should go through to the next round unless it ends in a 4:2 victory for either side and cZar manage to beat TLR 4:0 in their game in which case cZar and the winner of mQ - Impact would be tied with an 8/8 score.

[uGroup D[/u]]
A win for Auxilla 4 - 2 over the finnish powerhouse that is Negative Image and Polar eSports taking a 4:2 win against Violence is Bad. These results have left this group wide open with every single team being able to qualify. You can be sure that the final games in this group will be a tense affair with no one daring to make a mistake.

Round 3 Changes[/b]

The dates for games in round 3 to finish have been extended until Wednesday 21st March. This is to accomodate some of the teams that are struggling to keep up with the fast schedule but also to give some teams a little more time to prepare for a change of map.

Frost Final B3 has unfortunately been a large disappointment to many of the teams that have been practicing this map. Unfortunately the map maker has tried too hard to adjust the design based on the comments he received on b2. B2 was too biased to allies, B3 it seems is just the opposite. Its extremely hard to attack this map and will result in almost certain full holds by both sides as we have seen in practices played so far.
That being said yesterday evening in the tournament private channel i asked the team leaders of nearly all the clans their opinions on the map and unfortunately there were no teams wanting to play it. I agreed to replace the map and opened the floor up to suggestions for a replacement. A couple of maps were mentioned however Battery seemed to be the most obvious with a lot of teams also wanting to see this played in the forthcoming EC. To this end i made a decision and that is that round 3 will be Radar and Battery however there are some stipulations.

Stipulations
- I do not intend to make a new config for this tournament however mines are not permitted on battery. Mortar is already removed. All teams should be aware of this and if mines are placed (and no one is gonna bullshit me by saying i accidently laid a mine that killed 6 guys) it will result in a forfeit loss of the map.

- Since this change is late notice for this round only you may agree with your opponent to play another map on the map pool. If you cannot agree on a map then you will have to play Battery.

- Battery is now part of the map pool and for further stages of the tournament it will be part of the map list so you will "have" to start practicing it because in later stages you cannot agree to change the map. It is only allowed to change for round 3.


I'd like to make it clear that i do not have anything against the map frost final and i think that hopefully when the right changes are made this will be a good map for all to play however at this stage it is not ready for competitive play.

i hope everyone is enjoying the tournament and coverage of round 3 will be posted when all games are scheduled.

#Impact.Gaming
Website

The Directors CUT contest of Creative Movies started around 3 months ago, and after a long waited finish it's just over! Near to 8000 public votes helped the judges to select the three best movies in both categories, although it was a very hard work because of the unexpected level of the competition:

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However we were plesantly suprised by the quality of the entries and we hope you enjoyed watching the fine videos that take their place in fame for being apart of the biggest video editing competition that eSports has ever witnessed.

Counter Strike 1.6
Insane Players 2 by Alex Lukinski
Sunman 5 by Aziz Tazi
Madcat - Rise Of The Machine by Resident

Open Games
Kyu.One by nylon (QuakeWorld)
SEIDO by Sinex (Quake 3)
Winghaven : Out of the Way 2: Expect the Unexpected by Nonix (Enemy Territory)
...
5th The Longest Day by Thoro (Enemy Territory)


Click here to see the official results!

Source: Creative Movies | Contest Page

13/03/07 - Coincidence? I think not.

Temporal Pictures latest recruits and famed Return to Castle Wolfenstein editors, Santabot and Drakh have completed the highly anticipated Parodia movie. Showcasing one of the definitive Enemy Territory teams in the games almost four year history, fans will finally be able to see some of their favourite players in action without having to connect to a server.

:: The Stars ::

Saintt
Raveneye
mystic
Xpaz
jauhis
Jafo
Drc

Santabot and Drakh present

Parodia Magnifica

:: Movie Information ::

Codec: x264/XviD
x264 Resolution: 800x448
x264 Size: 481 Mb
XviD Resolution: 640x360
XviD Size: 441 Mb
Length: 19:35 mins
Framerate: 30 Frames Per Second
Project size: Approximately 150 Gb
Project time: 15 months (9 months of working time)


[b:: Some words from Santabot ::[/b]]

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We've put a lot of work into the movie and we're pretty satisfied with the result even though there are some minor errors here and there. At first we were aiming on releasing it before last summer but we soon realised it was a really stupid goal. After being away working for 6 months I came home and could finally continue the work, and I know the guys (parodia) were getting restless. The last 2 months have been extremely hectic and it feels really good to finally have it finished.

#Temporal | Temporal Website


[b:: Some words from Xpaz ::[/b]]

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Some parts that could've been made better, some frags missing that personally I very much wanted to see, but still I feel it's editing and fragwise a very good movie in the ET-standards.

#clan.parodia

After some rescheduling, we will see the Warleagues Season VII Premier group Semi-final tonight. We will see who takes the Bronze medal of this Warleagues Season home and who will have to face suXus eSports in the Grand Final.

The teams competing for a place in the final are one4one eSports and Infrag. Both teams already showed us their potential in previous games, however, the Czech’s of Infrag seem to be the underdog for this game. So will one4one eSports live up to the expectations and advance to the Grand Final or will Infrag claim the final spot?

Welcome to the most prestigious online tournament in Enemy Territory, EuroCup XV. Bigger and better than ever before, with even more coverage of games between Europe's top teams as they battle it out for ET's ultimate title, this is an event not to miss. Precise details of the size, format and schedule of the cup are still to be confirmed, but we can promise it will be a season you can't afford to miss. So buckle your seatbelts as we prepare for another few months of supreme Enemy Territory action in ET's seventh EuroCup season.

With the dominant force of Team Dignitas coming off a run of two straight EuroCup season titles, will anyone be able to challenge their dominance? Can they be defeated, or will they continue their unbeaten run for an unprecedented third straight EuroCup victory?

As always teams which sign up to 6v6 OpenCup Spring 2007 season are eligible for a EuroCup XV spot (teams can however choose not to be considered for a place in the prestigious EuroCup event if they wish). After the close of OpenCup signups the teams selected to fight it out in this season's EuroCup will be announced in the ClanBase #eurocup channel.

Tournament Structure: 6v6
Supervisor: Adacore
Co-Supervisor: Nightraver
Coverage Sup: Lab
Map List: Braundorf_b4 / Frostbite / sw_goldrush_te / Radar / tba / tba

Prizes?
It is unconfirmed which games will have cash prizes and / or LAN finals.

Quote by ClanBase

With their support, the amount of cash prizes for the 2007 Spring Season will be at a minimum of €20,000 and another €10,000 in hardware will be up for the taking for the best teams and players in selected EuroCup and OpenCup tournaments.

Update: It's been clarified by CB EC Chief Cup Supervisor darvey that every EuroCup will have a prize purse.

21 March - Signups Closing
25 March - EuroCup Invitations Announced
26 March - EuroCup Qualifier Week and OpenCup Groups Online
2 April - First Matchweek
June - End of Season
August - EuroCup XV LAN Finals

Source: ClanBase

Less then 24 hours left till the first round of the International Qualifier Matches for the ESL CoD 2 IPS will take place. 32 spots were available and teams like the Eurocup Winner dignitas, the shgOpen Winner ixus ( former digitalMind ) or Tek-9 signed up for that Online tournament.
On Matama we will see which team has to continue in the Loserbracket and which will make it to the next round.

Tournament details
Mode: S&D MR 15 Double Elimination
ESL_mr15 // 32 Teams

Match Dates
# 12.03.2007 - Map: Matmata
# 15.03.2007 - Map: Caen
# 18.03.2007 - Map: Toujane
# 21.03.2007 - Map: Carentan
# 24.03.2007 - Map: Burgundy
# 27.03.2007 - Map: Toujane
# 30.03.2007 - Map: St.Mere Eglise
# 02.04.2007 - Map: Burgundy
# 05.04.2007 - Map: Carentan
# 08.04.2007 - Map: St. Mere Eglise
All matches will be played at 9pm!


ESL News
vae Coverage

What a night, what a day for the Call of Duty 2 community. digitalMind dropping their very succesfull Call of Duty 2 team because of lineup changes? Wow.

For the outsiders of the Call of Duty 2 community, digitalMind has been one of the best Call of Duty 2 teams up till now. The team has various awards from both LANs and online events on their name. Their latest achievements were ending second in the last ClanBase EuroCup, and first at the SHG Open CoD2 competition.

The official statement from the digitalMind organisation:

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With immediate effect DigitalMind's Call of Duty team will no longer play under the wings of our organisation. We have decided to take this action primarily because of the neverending roster changes. After shgOpen 2007, these youngsters were ambitious to become one of the best Call of Duty clans, they trained hard but once again encountered problems with their roster. Nick Schurink (17), known in-game as solz, is unable to play any more due to personal problems and therefore they had to search for a suitable replacement.

As we felt that changes occurred too often, that means looking back over the last half of 2006 and now the case of Schurink, we decided to release them in order to fully concentrate on where it all started for us, Counter-Strike. We deeply regret having to part ways with these guys, because they're one of a kind, true champions but the removal was necessary. Until further notice, DigitalMind will stay a Counter-Strike clan only.

The Call of Duty 2 team is still playing, however they are now looking for a new organisation. Their temporary name is team ixus.

The Multigaming Clan AuxiliA is proud to introduce its new Enemy Territory lineup which will be representing them at the CPC2 in April this year, as well as future online events. The squad has moved over from dtekt to Auxilia in a surprise move. The lineup is as follows:

Andy "blaze" Kurabasa (Cpt)
Mats "Snuble" Teigen (Manager)
Daniel "humM3L" Müller (Orga)
Fatih "fireBall" Hot
Mateusz "z3R0" Wandzel
Joao 'sexyhot' Carvalho
Mikael "tornis" Torndahl

Ida "irZ" Norberg (Mascot)

Statement from team captain, blaze

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I feel confident in this team. We are having fun and doing our best and hopefully it will stay that way. If we come well prepared to CPC II I think we could go far. But however it goes I’m sure we will have a great time.

Today inFlux.cod2 announced that they will be switching a player from their line up for the upcoming Crossfire Prizefight 2 and increase their changes to surprise at the event next month.

They decided to remove siLenz due to internal issues. Instead they added even more firepower with inviting veritAZ as their new fifth player. Formerly known from teams such as FTUREGAMING and MS13, he will surely increase the team's value.

The new line up looks as follows:

Kian Bing 'Binga' Frijling
Habib 'viRusss' Kayhan
Arsalan 'Rockafella' Mohayy-ud-din
Raoul 'rauL' Klunder Nijland
Matthias 'veritAZ' van Wettum


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#influx