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News Round Up

Posted by Zorro- at 14:25 20/8/2004.

Lots of small bits of news having floating about in recent times, so its about time some of them see the light here.

• CS:Source BETA along with Steam received another upgrade last night. Check out the changes and additions here.
• Clanbase have opened signups to teams for its new Cup season, including the OpenCup for Counter-Strike. Log into the site and sign up here.
• Followed by the newly issued CPL Rules by CPL Commisioner Justin Blanchard, the Irish CS community site  CS-Ireland have performed an interview with the entitled source of these changes, Midway of Gotfrag, who saw his recent article come to reality. Check out the interview here.
• Ampednews.com created a 35 minutes long CS:Source movie covering studies to several aspects of the game such as physics, recoil, jumping, lightning, ragdoll effects and more. To download the thing, go here.
• The number of sponsors and ammount of money involved in the Counter-Strike scene have greatly increased over the past years. CPL President Angel Munoz, now asks the gamers "Do companies that sponsor CPL have a better chance of attracting the gaming community's purchasing dollars and recommendations?". Let him know by voting in his poll over here at the CPL Forums (registration required).
• British CS team CAution! have recently released a movie based on their recent play at We Got Rhythm. Enjoy!
• Always wanted to have Counter-Strike straps to attach to your keychain, mobile phone or digital camera ? This must be your lucky day then, as Lik Sang started selling them for as low as 4.95 american dollars.
• The playoffs for the ESL CS European Nation Championships have been finished, resulting in the final lineup of the following countries who qualified for the €12,000 LAN Finals (held 4th and 5th of September):
   Austria,  Finland,  Germany,  Greece,  Sweden,  United Kingdom
• ex Clanbase admin amarc wrote a column on esreality.com in which he expressed his vision on the slow fall of the giant, and the reasons for this decline.
• VR Zone Hardware ran a CS:Source benchmark involving the latest and greatest graphics cards both from ATI and Nvidia. Check out the article here.
• With the release of CS:Source BETA, people were left in despair for not being able to use their old CS sprays. Dont worry any longer, 'cause here's a step by step guide to get you a new one.
  

If you have any last minute bits you would like in, let me know.