Nice pic in the Tribune......

BossArky

what did it say?

El_Presidente

Yeah, what did they say and what was the picture of?

podgeen

yeah..

Stephen

gah...
www.tribune.ie :

"Welcome to the Sunday Tribune Website. This site is currently under development. Please take a moment to visit the Classroom page."

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Stephen

Actually... could someone who has that copy of the tribune around scan it and post it up here?

Borric

Lookin Smooth Devore

The alex ferguson of the Irish Quake Team

it was a nice little article as well.

But it really p1sses me off with their continuing reference to nerds.


PS Good luck and all that......

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El_Presidente

Anyone got a link to this or could someone scan it in and put it up.

DeVore

This is what you get when you deal with the press and the Journo is a mate of mine too the ****.

Anyway, its all publicity.

Tom.

Cake Fiend

Boredom is a terrible thing...

Originally printed by the Sunday Tribune:
Irish nerds have Europe Quaking in their boots (The European Championships in Quake - the computer game - kick off this week)

Six young Irish men will travel to London on Friday to battle for their country's pride, and for the ultimate geek trophy - the European Quake Championships. The Irish team has already won the Four Nations trophy this year, beating England, Scotland and Wales and have now qualified for the last eight in the search for European glory.
"Obviously this is not a sport," said Tom Murphy, the manager of the Irish team. "But it is very competitive - it's a bit like darts." Quake is one of the most popular computer games, a gruesome, futuristic shoot 'em up with medieval overtones. Players can play against the computer, can play against other people or can play in teams against other teams.
Quake is played on PCs rather than on gaming consoles which means it has exploded in popularity as an internet based game. This is the game of choice for computer programmers and IT workers across the world. Wherever coders sit late into the night on punishing deadlines, wherever IT support staff are left idle for a few minutes, wherever a large LAN is available, Quake is played.
Ireland's chances are not fancied. "We might get through the first stage, though if we draw Germany, Sweden and Finland, we've got no chance," said Murphy. "But if it's Belgium, England or Slovenia in our group, we've a good chance of getting out."
But what is at stake is more than pride or geek-kudos. Tournaments like this are becoming big business, attracting the full and lucrative support of equipment manufacturers who welcome more demanding games in order to sell more capable machines. "This is supported by people like Intel, AMD [chip manufacturers] and Logitech - they see it as the next way to sell their products. You don't need a really powerful chip to run Microsoft Word, but you do need one to play advanced games," said Murphy.
It is with this kind of support that Irish players will soon enter the professional gamer's realm. An Irish qualifying round will be held in Dublin next month to decide who takes part in the Computer Gaming Professional League Europe - a European competition which is likely to carry a prize of £50,000.
"In the US and Asia, prizes are regularly $50,000. Win two or three of them a year and you are doing very nicely," said Murphy.
Murphy's role is typical of the manager's role in much higher profile competitive arenas. "I sort out the hotels, travel, girlfriends," he said. His job description could come straight from Alex Ferguson's lips. "There's one player who's totally attached to this new girlfriend and won't go anywhere without her. I have to make sure that they don't go on the absolute rip the night before a match," said Murphy.
In a distant echo of legendary football manager Bill Shankley, Murphy for a moment forgets the original audience for Quake. "This is not for kids, this is serious," he said, but with national pride and up to £50,000 a time up for grabs, he may be right.

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Ser

nice report. i printed it out and showed all the gurls in the pub tonight. they luved it.

lol...

SantaHoe

for the ultimate geek trophy

Ooooh, you're looking for a slap upside the head with the legendary tinfoil axe beeyatch.

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Shiminay

What's this guy's obsession with Geeks and the likes? FFS - I'd like to give that guy a kick in the teeth.

Still, it is all positive coverage...

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Jaden

Cmere,
If Tom is Alex Ferguson, does that make Chris David Beckham?

Weh weh.

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Jaden.

BossArky

Does that make Nicky Andy Cole?

That writer fair sat heavily on the nerdy aspect of the Comp.Funny read though.Just win and then ask them to call you nerds.

Vorosha

Kharn : ROFLMAO

Bunny

A greasy mess of biactol soaked nerds in a big virgin freakfest snivelling about make-believe guns...

The article went easy on us.

Stephen

Right, time to send them a letter of complaint

Hobbes

except for the Nerds comments it was ok. If you's win do the "Chasing Amy" comic store scene on him. (Throw a bin through the reporters window with a cheque for the damages and message saying "F'You I'm rich" )

jimbai

That´s the spirit men,
keep each others morale up, we are not nerds but soldiers of the web! Battling a crusade for the unsung mousemurderers..

Von

Nope, we're nerds.

Vorosha

U R NURDS!

El_Presidente

Yes, we are all nerds. Except for Vorosha who is above us all.

bubbles

Yes, so far above you he listens and makes remixes of Westlife songs........