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  • 18-01-1999 11:44am
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    bubbles
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    For you ppl, who don't know what a paper is <IMG SRC="http://lacerta.ucg.ie/boards/smile.gif&quot; WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=15 BORDER=0 ALT=":)"> I've taken the time to type up Dev article which was in the Irish Times this morning.

    Grabbing a slice of French "Qauke"

    The French national rugby team comes to Landsdown Road on February 6th for Irelands first game in the five nations tournament. A more novel first, however, is scheduled for February 27th when the Irish national Quake team heads for Paris to take on the mighty French.
    This will be the first time the Irish Quake team has travelled abroad to play an international. The Australians and New Zealanders have already staged a similar event but this will be one of the first "true" internationals. If the Irish team is not expected to win, it is going to die(frag) trying and, it is all fired up to upset the odds. Fired up indeed, with rocket launchers, BFG's, rail guns and anything else its members can lay their hands on.
    As in most sports, the irish will be underdogs, thanks to the population advantage of the French. Irelands manager, Tom Murphy, estimates that the French have up to 3000 serious players, compared with Irelands 150.
    In the recent five nations Quake tournament, the Irish did themselves justice by convincingly beating Scotland, putting up a good fight against a very strong Welsh team and losing by only a small margin to England. This match was played from home over the net, so the English had an advantage since the game was played on English Servers, giving them a lower ping times and hence quicker performance.
    The French backed out of the tournament rather than play on the English servers, setting the scene for the forthcoming international. Following their withdrawal, the French invited the Irish to play in France on a level playing field.
    While it is fine to have a kickabout playing Quake over the net, when a competitive match takes place it is essential that all players have very similar and low ping times. This is imposible to to achieve over the Internet. TO be fair, competitive matches must be played over a LAN (Local Area Network) where all computers being played on are local to the server.
    The Irish Team consists of six players - three each from the Celtic Warrior Clan and Clan Trinity - Dave Wilson, Samresh Singh, Ciarab Byrne, Tom Burnell, Nicky Condon and manager Tom Murphy, with an average age of about 24. Samresh Singh will carry the flag for Ireland in the single-player one-on-one mode, while the rest will play in the team event. Ciaran Byrne is rsponsible for pre-match tactics, and will assign players their duties for each match itself. Who knows, in a few years' time there may be a pub-quiz questions asking who captained Ireland in the inaugural Quake international.

    For the match, the teams will be physically separated to allow the respective captions to call the shots in peace, while Tom Murphy and his opposite number will each sit in with the opposing team to make sure everything is above board.
    The Irish Quake team is just that and members don't play Quake 2, at least not competitively. They are considered to the very different games. Quake2 looks better, but offers a slower, more tactical challenge, while Quake is much faster and more furious. A casual observer may not see much difference in speed between the two games, but every millisecond counts.
    The winner of the fixture will need to win five of the nine matches if none are drawn. Each game is expected to be limited to 20 minutes. After each game, results, feedback and even recordings from the matches will be posted instantly at the Spin Solutions web site: www.spinsol.com/quake. (Spin Solutions, a web design company, and HWTechnology, an IT recruitment company, are sponsoring the trip) The team is also looking for a cybercafe to host it for practice and to make challenges to the public.
    For the international, the Irish players will be wearing a newly designed team strip, or "skin" within the game. Before the redesign they wore green, white and orange, but the orange made it too easy for the other team to spot.
    If as expected, the French beat us on the rugby pitch, our Quake team may just exact some onscreen revenge. Come on you boys in green!
    For more information contact Tom Murphy at renraku@indigo.ie
    Games@irish-times.com



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