#beerstars - eSport clan News Feed http://www.beerstars.eu/v3 #beerstars logo http://www.zerious.eu/wp-content/beerstars-logo-2009.png http://www.beerstars.eu/v3 Latest news from http://www.beerstars.eu/v3 uk-uk Sun, 15 May 2011 15:13:35 +0200 €15.000 Euro Brink tournament announced by the ESL! Sun, 15 May 2011 15:11:17 +0200
We proudly announce that we will start a European Brink Championship, the day this new title will be released! €15.000 are waiting für Europe’s best teams! The big final will take place in August 2011, at the Gamescom in Cologne. Prepare for the battle now and maybe you will be on the stage while about 2 million people are watching you, at the world’s biggest fair for interactive games!

Brink is the brand new post apocalyptic tactic shooter by Bethesda! It will be released May 13th 2011. On the day of the release we will start several opening cups, release cups in different modes and of course the Brink Championship with €15.000 prize money. Celebrate BRINK with us in this firework of fun events and serious challenges!
]]> admin@beerstars.eu (Fernando Sandoval Rojas) summer break! Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:09:47 +0200
  • You´re receiving spontaneously an invitation to an event (party, concert, festival, birthday)
  • You want to enjoy the sun, beach and everything what can be done outside at high temperatures.
  • It´s too hot, you are sweating already and the hot computer gaming-place is just not the right spot to be at.
  • And so on...


Thus I announce: "This clan taking a summer break!".

Of course, individuals play on their own if they want to.]]> admin@beerstars.eu (Fernando Sandoval Rojas) The Other Pad: Yes, A Mousepad Guide Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:36:34 +0200 http://media.bestofmicro.com/Mousepad-Surface-Mice,7-5-245201-13.jpg

On Tom's Guide there has been released a hardware review about mousepads about one month ago. Since this review covers alot of different mousepads, it explains details about different technologies and interviews with executives of companies who produce them, I thought I pass on this review.

Following persons were interviewed:
  • Dayne Wilcox, Logitech, global product manager
  • Debbie Uttechet, Microsoft, senior product marketing manager
  • Robert Krakoff, Razer, President of Razer
  • Kim Rom, SteelSeries, chief marketing officer

These mousepads were reviewed:
  • Saitek Cyborg V.3
  • Saitek Cyborg V.5
  • Razer Sphex
  • Razer Megasoma
  • Razer Vespula
  • Razer Goliathus
  • Greensforged Remember Ravenholm
  • SteelSeries 9HD
  • SteelSeries NP+
  • SteelSeries Experience I-2
  • SteelSeries QCK
  • SteelSeries QcK Heavy
  • Kensington Memory Foam Wrist Rest
  • Kensington Versatile Wrist Rest
  • Kensington Memory Foam Mouse Wrist Rest
  • Old Mousepads
  • A Magazine
  • No Mousepad

Here is a short excerpt:

Once upon a time, mousepads were a requirement. Ball mice, which tracked the computer’s cursor based on the turning of a metallic, rubber-coated ball inside the mouse, needed a surface with enough friction in order for the ball to turn. Ball mice have been obsolete for the last decade, replaced by more accurate laser and optical mice. So why keep mousepads around?

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There are several different types of mousepads you can buy today, but knowing which one is the best for you is more complicated than you may think. There are hard mats, soft mats, metal, cloth, silicon, and even glass. Some come with designs, some glow in the dark, some are big, and some are small. So what are the criteria for finding the best mousepad for you?


Read on directly on Tom's Guide!

Disclaimer: This review was not made by #beerstars. This review was made by James Pikover of Tom's Guide.]]> admin@beerstars.eu (Fernando Sandoval Rojas) Site Update - May 25th (by SyncError) Tue, 25 May 2010 23:05:33 +0200 SyncError from Id Software wrote:
Today's update brings improvements to our ability to support LAN events, and in particular to support more than one LAN event at any given time. An additional bonus to this new support is that now when LAN events are actively running, players outside of the event will have the option on their match browser of selecting from 'LAN Events' on their Location filter. This will allow you to view match thumbnails and scoreboxes for these matches as they occur. We have a few events running at the end of this month, we hope you enjoy following the scores of these LAN matches live.

*UPDATE* If you are receiving the error message 'Quake Live core entry point missing' please install this security update from Microsoft. We have found this to resolve the issue. ]]> admin@beerstars.eu (Fernando Sandoval Rojas) ennyaa does videostreaming! Sun, 16 May 2010 15:18:43 +0200 tv.holysh1t.net! They provide video coverage of major QuakeLive events. Since he´s an official streamer, I´ll try to embed a link to his videostreams here.

Now live is yet another QuakeLive cup!]]> admin@beerstars.eu (Fernando Sandoval Rojas) Big finale lost / 2nd place after a 5 mapper / Hands up for the #beerstars Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:55:02 +0200 CTF h0t english people with fags on 11.04.2010

league: ClanBase
result: 4:6

BEER* team: ZeriouS, TT, arthy, Damarus, Jacob, lozZz, Thresh`r, Zelos, trishy, prix, saNtizzle

CTF* team: dannyLFC, Ark, SBS-, mnt, m0rpheuS, sebo

match details - click ...luding Dirds match report

Here is my pov:

CTF* is one of the strongest, if not the strongest UT2004 CTF team out there. Every gametype and round against that clan was hard to win.

I think we were exhausted and nervous in the end. And I was a little bit disappointed, if not to say sad that we lost. I asked myself several questions before that 5th map began. Again in a cup-final? Again a 5-mapper? And after. Again lost the 5th map? What tactical decisions could have been made different, to have a better outcome?

But now, when I see the scores, I´m really glad with the teamplay, the outcome, the result!

I can´t see into the minds and soul of the persons we have played with and against, but I hope you were excited as I was and you felt something special.

It´s just a hobby, and we all have better things to do than only staring at the monitor all day long, moving the mouse around, smashing buttons and fragging pixels. But sometimes this weird free time activity delivers some real fun moments.

So thanks for the game!]]> admin@beerstars.eu (Fernando Sandoval Rojas) The big finale in the ClanBase UT2004 QuadCup! Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:56:21 +0200
Date: Sunday 11 Apr 2010 22:00 CET

There will be several methods to follow this match.

Directly via UTV by Dird: ut2004://85.131.247.109:31000
Livestream by f1d1l1ty: Taschenkrebs on USTREAM.tv
Shoutcast by bayo: IP tba!

About: This match is the climax for the current cup we are active in. It is a benchmark for the experience we gained in the past years. We will be proven in four gametypes: Capture The Flag, Double Domination, Bombing Run and Team Arena Master.

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[/toggle]]]> admin@beerstars.eu (Fernando Sandoval Rojas) Fixed user registration error (no valid E-Mail found) Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:06:34 +0200 admin@beerstars.eu (Fernando Sandoval Rojas) reCAPTCHA enabled! Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:26:53 +0200
eCAPTCHA is a free CAPTCHA service that helps to digitize books, newspapers and old time radio shows. Check out our paper in Science about it (or read more below).

A CAPTCHA is a program that can tell whether its user is a human or a computer. You've probably seen them — colorful images with distorted text at the bottom of Web registration forms. CAPTCHAs are used by many websites to prevent abuse from "bots," or automated programs usually written to generate spam. No computer program can read distorted text as well as humans can, so bots cannot navigate sites protected by CAPTCHAs.

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Now, human visitors can still spam this website, if they solve the captcha again and again, but this service has a higher security level than the old captcha method, we used previously. Let´s see how this works out!]]> admin@beerstars.eu (Fernando Sandoval Rojas) We´re back online - attempt #2 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:37:24 +0200 admin@beerstars.eu (Fernando Sandoval Rojas)