CyberGamer would like to welcome our new Media Partner – PC PowerPlay!

Since the release of CGv3, we've been working closely with the guys over at PC PowerPlay to develop them a brand spanking new site based on the CyberGamer system and in the CyberGamer network.

PC PowerPlay are taking a more community driven angle in their magazines with the introduction of the 'Veldt' section run by 'Junglist'. In this section will be a whole heap of the latest e-sports news along with loads of content coming straight from the goings on right here at CyberGamer. In addition, expect to see some awesome professional news updates, reviews and blogs coming straight to CyberGamer hot off the press from PC PowerPlay!

The new PC PowerPlay site will play host to regularly updated articles/reviews / polls prize giveaways and oodles more, so go on, check it out!
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MSI Call of Duty Modern Warfare Summer CUP

Well although it has only been 3 weeks it has been one heck of a journey with bumps twists turns and controversy that only our COD boys can bring. 30 of the 32 teams have now been eliminated and only two remain to battle it out for the prizes on offer from our tournament partner and friends at MSI Australia.

Who is going to take this one out? its anyones guess really with Team Immunity showing great poise and proving that they may have been absent for a while but there is no rust in their AK's or dust on their scopes. Archaic.MSI who also formed for the upcoming COD competitions have also risen quickly silencing the critics with only weeks of training seeing a team with a mixed bag of players very quickly meld into a solid competitive unit.

Lets take a look at these two teams and there progression:

First of all Team Immunity or iM.intel :

Roster:
Obez - TristanJP (teek) - Juzzk1d - BeasT - Enema
Results:
vs Clique(F): 1-0
vs [0utka$t] (F): 1-0
vs Super Friends: 16-11
vs GGunit: 2 maps - 0

The challenger Archaic eSports or arc.msi -

Roster:
Sensuki - Millah - AP - extacy - TheOne
Results:
vs anathema esports: 16-7
vs Sashed 16-8
vs Reistance Gaming 16-10
vs Frenetic Array: 2 maps - 0 maps

This is going to be one of the bigger encounters in Call of Duty and one not to be missed so make sure you jump on board with our event partners GameStah and dont miss a single shot as this is not going to be a match you want to miss! 9pm Sunday 14th of March and Arsey would say "its on like donkey kong".

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predictions are open!

CyberGamer officially announces the partnership with Creative Sound Blaster Australia for the Counter Strike gaming system.

Here are the matchups for round 1:

Home Team Away Team

Gamerz Theory v Team Elevate
Archaic Esports v Team LZ
Rizen vPredator Gaming
AEF Blackwatch v Faceless
teamrad v SYF Gaming
Wild KatZ v Love Shack
z v Pacific Gaming Australia
mcOhnD! v Vital
Hidden Elite Assault Taskforce v League of Awesomeness
Defiance Gaming v Mein
[0utKaSt] v dEMiZE
killing death alliance XTREME v Bravo 2 Zero
paRa| |el Gaming v Mister Serious
Xlayer Legion v Driving You Insane
HYPE Gaming v Wargrounds
Roll The Dice v Requiem Gaming
ezMODE v F*ck the Army
Save our Souls v Southern Infantry Corps
Armada pB v Frenetic Array
SEQUENTIAL Gaming v Mental & Dangerous
rock solid mates v GGunit
Team Reaksie v Skillz
MustBeWheat v Nothing Other Than Zero
Team A v Australian Ascendancy Company
clicK! Gaming v Company of Heroes
Sik v Rhythm~ Gaming~
REAPERS v Team Immunity
Team Hostile v Red Star

To follow the results:

Brackets:

My little ramble box on various things, probably irrelevant or pointless but!

Signups Close: Friday 19th of March
Day of Tournament: Sunday 20th of March, check in by 2.30pm, starts 3pm expected finish around 5pm

Couldn't be bothered playing Quake Live because it's too hard to setup? Too many good players to compete against? Not in a team? Don't know anybody?

We are assisting in further bringing new players to set up for our next duel competition with an early and fun FFA competition. This 1 day event will be for noobs only, no players that have competed in a 4SG comp may enter meaning you've got two weeks to get good :) You have a one in twenty chance to win a decent prize for playing a game you don't even have installed yet, what could be easier 8-)

Signup Rules
* Players must not have competed in any 4Seasons Gaming tournament to date (excluding the CTF, if they are signed up)
* Players must be considered below div3 duel skill level
* Players who signup, must check in on the Sunday 20th @ 2.30 pm, and be available for maximum of 2 hours

// for div3+ players looking for a FFA comp, we will be running one after the CTF is finished. Should anyone try to alias for the 'noobs only FFA tournament', they will face banning from all future 4sg run tournaments

Match Format
* 1 Day Event, 2 hours expected time of tournament
* 20 Player Signup limit
* Two Groups of 10 Players will compete in 3 maps, first to 50 score (frags)
* Players scores will be added together for each of the 3 maps, and the top 5 will go through to the final group
* The top 5 from each of the two groups, is the final group and will play another 3 maps
* The player who is leading, by sum of score, after the end of the three maps, wins the tournament and gets the prize

// Should we get more then 20 signup, then 30 will be the limit with top 3 going through, 40 means top 2, and 50 means top 2. All group sizes will be 10 player maximum

The Prize will be a choice of 1 of these 3 items


Maps
First groups 3 Maps
* Grim Dungeons
* Demon's Keep
* Campgrounds

Final group 3 Maps
* Temple of Retribution
* Chemical Reaction
* DredWorkz

Help Getting setup
Quake live is free, simply download and install:
and play your practice match against crash
We have forums to help newer players setup:
configs/huds/scripts here
And [url=http://www.4seasonsgaming.com/forums/vie...

Hi All,
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SEMI FINALS ARE BEST OF 3
Best of 3 Maps.
The Match will start on strike. Both teams will take a side each for a Knife-Off. The winner of the Knife-off will pick their Map. Once the new map has been loaded, the loser of the knife-off will select the side they wish to start on. Once the first map is played, The loser of the intial knife-off will select their map and the winner of the knife up chooses their side. IF it needs to go to the 3rd map, Each Team captain will eliminate a map until there is one left.

There will be Referees/Admins in the server for these matches to assist with a smooth game.

ALL MATCHES ARE ORGANISED FOR THIS WEDNESDAY 10/3 @ 9PM

9PM
GGUnit vs Team Immunity
Archaic Esports vs Frenetic Array

GL TO ALL TEAMS.

If you have any issues please speak to the other team captain first, sort it out, then contact me now rather than later.

The winners of these matches will proceed to the Final to fight it out for those AWESOME Prizes from our Sponsors at MSI.

CyberGamers welcomes its new sponsors iBUYPOWER and PC Maniacs who are coming on board as a system sponsor for Battlefield Bad Company 2

Well we are here at the launch of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and what better place to announce the CyberGamer Conquest Champions League. Registrations are now open for an unlimited amount of teams to compete in the league that will be a survival of the fittest. You will be broken into groups of 6, so there will be plenty of matches to be had with 1 match being played per week and you will play every other team in your group. With the 1 match per week system each week we will run one of the 5 conquest maps so you get a run on every map and we can determine what map selections are the most appropriate for the final series.

The finals series will be determined by either the top or top teams in the group advancing to the finals where we will hold a playoff series, if we select multiple teams from each group there will be a seeding system in place to ensure fair separation to award group winning teams. Format for the finals series will be either single or double elimination depending on the amount of teams we process through the finals.

Prizes? what prizes? ok so there will be prizes up for grabs, and its ALL cold hard cash courtesy of our league partners and major sponsors:

Ibuypower:
Pc Maniacs:

Ok so i didnt let on to just how much cash there is up for grabs, what we have is $3000 as an initial prize pool and as more teams register the prize pool increases!! This will include a major tounament winners prize, a runners up prize, and alot of smaller giveaways going on throughout so every who gets involved has the chance to win cash and prizes!

Okay registrations are open for 2 weeks, so get your team registered and ready to by the 21st of march with the first round of matches starting on the 28th.

Gameplay system and ruleset will be finalised prior to launch.

How to join: click on the Request to join button as outlined in red below:


If you are in the CGO ladder it will ask you if you want to leave to join the que for the league.

Tournament Specifics:
- 8 players required as a minimum, 14 as a maximum
- Game Mode will be Conquest 8v8
- Unlocks will be allowed


Conditions:
- Teams are required to have at least 8 members on their roster to be accepted into the league.
- League registration also comes with a $50 AUD fee per TEAM, this will be returned in its entirety through the prize pool.
- Teams must comprise of 80%...

Esports Weekly - Season 2 Episode 5.
Join your hosts Ej, BoB and Guest Host SuperRoach as they take a look at the world of Esports.

Topics covered:

Counter Strike Source CEVO Season 6 Round 1 at GotGames
BF:Bad Company 2 Beta Grand Finals
60seconds of News with EJ
Spinning the 360 with Bioacid
Quake Live & 4SeasonsGaming coverage with Mikezerofive.

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Okay now that Villa has taken out the first months CyberGamer Premium prize draw who is next? This months lucky winner will be able to choose any colour they like when selecting their new 8GB Apple iPod Nano!



Random draw guys but you must be an active subscriber to be in the list of members the draw is made from so get in quick!

With Call of Duty 4 live and kicking again, Cybergamer is proud to bring you the CG Draft League for CoD4.



The draft league will be an open registration ladder and will cost $50 per team to compete (better value than $10 per player for teams with more than 5).

Registration will open on the 14th of March, and close on the 28th of March. The Competition will have a limit of 32 teams or 64 teams depending on interest.
Payment will open once there's 32 teams signed up. The Competition will only go ahead once there is 32 paid teams. First to pay, first into the competition.

Teams will then be then split into four groups with loose seeding based on performances from the MSI and Alienware Tournaments, CGo rankings and Team Activity, to give each group a fair mix of teams.

The Ladder will probably run for 8 weeks during the group stage. The four winners of the group stages will immediately receive $100 each. Finals are expected to be over by early July.

The competition will be knockout_mr12, use Promodlive 2.06 NA unless an updated promod is released, will use competition maps only unless someone actually develops a competitive custom map.

When the draft league is complete and if interest is still kicking, the best teams will be moved up to CGi, and a second season of the Draft ladder will commence. CGm may also run as well, depending on the game's activity.

During this time Cybergamer will also be running fun tournaments such as a Custom Maps Cup and perhaps another One Day Tournament.

Turtlebeach's Ear Force X1 headset is extremely popular among Xbox gamers for good reasons. While it may only be a stereo headset as opposed to its big brother in the X41s, you will often hear many users argue that they're indeed all one needs to gain an audio-induced competitive advantage

Tritton's AX PROs are currently their flagship headset with included technologies such as Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Prologic, Sound Field Altering and DRS. AX PROs have been lending its hand to Xbox, PS3 and PC users throughout the world letting them experience a multitude of different movie and gaming scenarios in the highest of quality surround sound

Today's review is on the long awaited Razer Imperator Laser gaming mouse!

Dallas is 23 and lives outside of Brisbane. He has taken the reigns of AU Xbox shoutcasting and brought it to another level of entertainment and professionalism for the community. Acid's been active for around 6 months on CG, but has given a lot over this time, and advanced through the staff ranks. He has some great plans and ideas to improve the competitive scene, which we will get to.

Riley is 21 and lives in Kensington, Victoria. He is the founder of Xbox on CyberGamer, and has been the driving force that made this site a success and the best it can be for the community. As a result, the professionalism and exposure of AU Xbox gaming has gone through the roof in a short time. He is one smart cookie and his passion for games, dedication, decision making skills and intuitive ideas will continue to make CG the pinnacle of E-Sports for us.

Due to popular demand - SteelSeries Ikari [Laser Version] Review.

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Today on taking it to the streets I requested a challenge from the community, who did they want to see an interview from? Not to leave our Call of Duty guys out I went with the request for an interview with Pandemic, when I managed to track the team down I made my first port of call Joe "Nabore" Amorosa, Pandemics ingame leader for the Call of Duty 4 team. Joe "Nabore" Amorosa is a 23 year old who's hometown is Staten Island New York and he has been with Team Pandemic since September 2006.

Ryan is 21, live's in the ACT, and recently graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Commerce. Now he is settling into working full time, but has been apart of the Xbox scene since the beginning and competed in our best competitions. Ryan has also had a lot to do behind the scenes and is developing and promoting the community all the time. He is one of our Xbox moderators and is a ladder Admin for GRID also.

Tell us about your gaming history?

I have a pretty shoddy console history actually. I started with a Sega Mega Drive (16 bit!) for Christmas when I was about six, and could never beat the second level on Sonic 2 (the one with the water rising). Didn’t really like it after that. After that, I had a big break until I was given a Nintendo 64 (for Christmas again), with Super Mario Kart and Rush, introducing me to racing games. Rush is probably the precursor to the Burnout, and was my favourite game for a long time – hidden stunt parks and so on. I had a family computer over the years, but it was always a bit slow, and could never run anything well. Over the ages, games played included Age of Empires, GTA3 series, and the Need for Speed series. From there on, I had a huge break until I bought an Xbox360 two years ago.

So you’ve been on the box for a while now, how long on live and what games have you played?

On live since launch actually – I’ve always had gold membership, but wasn’t an active member. I played heaps of PGR, but not online. Same with Perfect Dark, all of the Burnout Series, Forza, Need for Speed, and Guitar Hero.  I guess Halo 3 was the first game I actually played online – got together with a few uni mates (tags Applzor and turbo619pants) and hit up the 2v2 ranked matchmaking. It was also the first FPS I’d ever played on the Xbox.

From there, I hit up some parties with uni friends, and we had heaps of fun with Halo. Eventually, we all bought COD and had some awesome LAN sessions with about a million beers, and had some pretty crazy times. 5v5 COD4 LANs are unbeatable – so much more intense than you’d think – and no lag too.

I only started to play online after a few invites from a guy called RyanMc1979, who ended up being Db4D Rhyno (not me!) into Call of Duty online. Over time, I’ve made a few friends and had a heap of fun – although I think the COD scene is getting a little tired, as I am of CoD4.

So what clans have you been apart of in CoD4?

The first clan I joined was called Death Before Dishonour (Db4D) – I joined through one of my first friends on XBL, Db4D RHYNO. I then got to know the group – you’ll know most of them today; The Duke, Kritikal Motion, Alucard, Pyrotech, RJ Aus, Darkness, Hitman, Kalamity, Aimless, and a bunch of others. Unfortunately, the clan started to splinter just after I started, and was never as good as it was (they beat Malice at one stage – I don’t think they were expecting to play a hard team, but still). The leader, Db4D Darkness, who turned out to be a mate from uni, pretty much hated Xbox after that, so Duke ran the show.

So what happened after Db4D split up?

Some joined NXS and some other teams; I joined “The Pookebabs” and hit up some AXB magic.  We had a fairly good line-up in retrospect – Pookebab, Superior, AussieRich, AussieBlake, AussieDYNAMITE, and some others. Perhaps the only team to have strats for Shipment on HCS&D, we had a bit of fun.

After that, Pookebab changed the team, and we became Velocity B (for a hard earned thirst). I started to get serious after this, and made good friends with the Dallas, Pooks, and heaps of the VeL guys. The only thing that’s changed since then is our name. We’ve moved from vB, to pR, to apX in about a year and a half – all reflecting a move away from a Velocity B team and into something more professional.

How do you fit into that current team now?

I’m the first to admit that I’m not the best player, which is why you’ll only see me play a few matches a season for our team. Most of my work is done behind the scenes – I’ve been pushing quite hard to get some sponsorships or endorsements for our squad at the moment, which seems will hopefully be bearing some results soon.

For now though, it’s apX on standby until MW2 comes out. Most of us are sick of CoD4, and CoD5 isn’t really as “sharp” in my opinion.

What success have you had?

As a team, we’ve won and lost a few grand finals. The CyberGamer intermediate grand final was perhaps the most intense thing I’ve ever seen/listened to. A good win by the team. We also came runners up to iMLC in the GotGames Intermediate grand final by one round – we had a few clutch chances, but it was a fairly epic game. <br />We’ve made the semi-finals of the CyberGamer S2 Pro league. Although the whole thing was a bit mucked up – a grand final win by forfeit was never a great idea. Uprising should have won it – we got completely rolled by them. To quote Arctiqe (Dylan) on the day, “They are the undisputed kings of Xbox”.

You mention sponsorship before, care to elaborate?

I think sponsorship for CG is the way forward - it means that competitions can have prizes, and that the entire site has a higher visibility. Anything that's good for the community goes.

In terms of sponsorship for apeX, we're focusing on two main ideas right now. Firstly, we're looking at endorsements from particular suppliers who we've all bought products from i.e. headphones. Secondly, we're looking at joining with a multi-gaming organisation such as Exile5 or vVv who can provide us with some credibility and stability in the long run. Our team's been around in a very similar state for over two years - pretty rare in Xbox land! Hopefully when MW2 launches, we can step up a notch in terms of professional standards.

Your focus is off the CoD series for the time being, and playing and managing GRID on the new ladders.

Yeah, racing is probably my favourite genre, so I’m a big fan of GRID. I think it balances arcade action (with Drift and Derby) with some really good tight racing areas (Open Wheel, GT1, and my favourite, Touring Cars). I really hope it goes well. A lot of the community, like myself, is completely sick of CoD (ProMod tournament aside), and wants something different.

You are one of the admin’s for those ladders now, what do you want to achieve?

I’d like to achieve a community with the ladder – in the same way that the CoD ladders are now a community. I think the Xbox scene could do with a home at CyberGamer, and think the way to do that is to establish credibility in games other than CoD. The other thing, of course, is to have a little fun!

If I can recommend one thing, it’s that people with GRID sign up to this ladder – Pro isn’t massively challenging and competitive, and Casual is going to be a heap of fun. Classic and I had a few awesome ideas for the finals, we’re going get the top eight teams (two players each), and have two 2v2v2v2 (eight player) races for the finals entry – same for the grand final. Should be absolutely awesome.

And what about your admin partner iClassic?

He used to be Unknown Creator – after a few chats about GRID, he realised that we’d known each other for about a year. He’s a good guy, and has been with COD4 since the AXB days (since I’d been in Db4D!). I think he understands the GRID game really well, and knows which tracks should go into the ladders – without his technical knowledge; I’d be in trouble.

The other thing I’d like to say about GRID is that we’re always open to new ideas – send us a message or PM and we’ll fix or change things. It may not be immediate, but we’re definitely experimenting. One change we’re thinking about is making the ladders 3v3.

What do you think about CyberGamer?

It’s refreshing to see a site in which the owner and designer (Asterix and sn@p) are always asking how they can improve things – if we see an issue, we mention it in the admin forums, and it’s fixed that day. It’s also good to see a growing community, and a whole new bunch of people taking ownership of the Xbox community – RJ, Kritikal, Butler, Classic, Ciizan, Rohizle and a lot more are making it more than just a game. There’s a lot of work behind the scenes that most people don’t see – discussions about competitions, if we should ban the STG, sponsorship. It’s definitely an exciting place to work right now!

You were one of the first moderators instated by RJ Aus, how did it happen?

It all started pretty badly actually. I knew Kritikal pretty well, and I knew RJ from Db4D days, but my team (pR) had seen a few bad calls made against us in the competition, so I abused the refs in the dispute one week. I then thought – maybe I can help out here. So I got on to Kritikal, put in the word that I was interested, and apologised for the outbreak. It probably took me a month of talks with RJ to get a forum mod position. As soon as I saw the admin forums, I realised just how hard these guys had worked to get the site running well.

From there on in, it was just a matter of helping the site to grow. I’ve had about a million talks with RJ in terms of Sponsorship for the site, and we’re all looking out for opportunities. The progression to admin took a while from there – it only really came when I had a few ideas for the GRID ladders,and helped Classic out.

What do you think about our gaming scene in Australia?

PC gaming is huge in Australia, which is not a bad thing. However, Xbox gaming is viewed as a bit casual, and not as good – which is simply not true. The Xbox scene is pretty much centred around CoD, which makes it simple to organise. However, it’s split between CyberGamer and GotGames – a rivalry that goes back a long way. Not many people know about it, but Asterix came and made CyberGamer after the owner of GotGames screwed him over in a deal for a CoD ladder.

For the future, I think we need to get some sponsorship down – which should happen with CoD6. In addition, we need a separation of the leagues – a Casual League with a higher team limit and more casual focus, and a Pro invitational league which could even be pay to play. I’m fairly sure something like that is in the works – it all depends on the response to CoD6.

That sounds really good, so what are some of the problems, things we could fix?

CG has a reputation as being an easier ladder because it’s not pay-to-play like GotGames. I think we could fix that pretty easily – almost everyone on GotGames, including myself hates CEVO and how it all works. We can make an invitational or pay-to-play league to fix that. We also need a community that isn’t entirely CoD based. There have been a few really good moves with Skate, GoW, and Halo Wars ladders, but the numbers still say 95% of people love CoD.

What other games do you enjoy now?

Braid is my favourite game of this year by far – if you haven’t played it, go buy it. Made by this one guy over about four years, it completely bends the mechanics of what a game should and will do. Best game I have ever played. Period.

What’s some things coming that you are looking forward to?

The National Broadband Network, and thus bloody Internet that works! Most people that’ve played with me will know that my Internet is pretty much constantly red dot on CoD. It’s got to do with Telstra – they’ve put 30,000 people on ONE single exchange and refuse to upgrade it. Despite this, we pay over $100 a month for download speeds of 5-15kb/s during peak hours with Internode too. Sorry, rant over.

Ok, and games wise?

MW2 is going to be the make or break of this community, so I’m looking forward to seeing what happens. I hope the multiplayer is as great as we all hope it will be – another CoD5 will kill all off any chances of a professional competition. Perhaps the weirdest thing to do with gaming that I’m looking forward to is within our clan. Earlier this year, we all arranged to meet up somewhere and have a few beers. Hopefully that’ll happen later this year. For the record, I’ve only met Thinkscope so far.

Will you be playing video games forever, and how about competitive?

Hopefully – I’m finding that with work with Deloitte getting busier and busier, the time I have for gaming is diminishing. Having said that, I’ll make the effort at 10 or 11pm to jump on the box and catch up with all the guys. All of the guys – the NXS guys, the apX fags, and Big Bad Bunnyy are heaps of fun to catch up with. It’s not about the gaming right now – it’s about the friends.I think there’ll always be a place for games in my life. My boss at work is a confessed gamer, and owns probably every console invented by mankind, so it’s definitely possible to work and play.I think playing competitively is an extension of the normal experience – if you really love a game, you’ll try and be the best. So to answer your question, I’ll definitely play competitively for the games I love! If MW2 is as great as we all hope it will be, then I’ll be there. For now though, it’s GRID all the way.

What do you do outside of the gaming?

I do a fair bit outside of gaming, which is why I’ve had a hard time getting on the Xbox lately. I play field hockey with a team in Canberra, and so far we’re undefeated – although we shouldn’t be playing that grade. We’ve won the comp four years in a row. It’s like the old, good MLC playing CG Inter =) Aside from work and hockey, friends and my girlfriend Flick take up a lot of my time. Tuesday Tempura nights with the boys, Friday night drinks with everyone, or whatever. I try and keep myself busy!

Tell us a bit about you job?

Work with Deloitte is becoming a big part of my life – now that I’ve graduated from uni, the days where I could go home at 2pm and chill out just don’t happen. 8-5pm is pretty normal – having said that, I love the work.

Deloitte is huge (4,500 in Aus)– they do everything to do with business, helping business, and finding really innovative solutions. Despite the financial crisis that’s happening, the company is doing really well through a lot of hard work, and hasn’t had to lay-off anyone like the other big four (KPMG, Ernst and Young, and PriceWaterhouse Coopers). I work in Audit, which is about 20% of the company.

My job involves the financial statements that companies put out each year. The team I work with checks all the accounts behind the scenes, and makes sure that there aren’t any problems with them. It’s been a bit challenging so far because I’ve had to learn about four or five accounting software packages in order to understand what’s happening (Finance One, IBA Health, MYOB, etc.).

Hopefully you go far, What are some memorable moments from gaming?

So much funny shit has happened on the Xbox. Some of the best times include:

~Pookebab Oz-Rap battling over XBL – and then winning convincingly!
~Anchorman and Fitzy continuously making gagging noises during clan matches.
~Dylan making people wait so he could get his lucky hat!
~Bunny’s sick, twisted messages, and the ones I sent back. http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss326/RyanoAU/Picture1-8.png
~Bloody Rumbos – I have never laughed so hard at one man.
~Playing AXB with Velocity and winning a match 30-0 (TDM, first to 1000) by camping spawn. Actually, mucking around in AXB in general – ninja planting, ninja defusing, ninja claymoring!
~NSX Alucard’s filthy messages to everyone.
~Duke being drunk as a skunk a few nights!
~Hearing RAGE KING J rage again and again – **** OFF, I SHOT HIM!
~Prank calls from the guys at 3am in the morning – Swanny and SJ.

As for memorable, playing with Db4D was awesome – I remember how scared I was of Hitman when he had a scope or ACOG .50 Cal – I got owned every time.
Also coming on COD4 during our competitive days and Anchorman popping up and saying “I’ve made this new strat” – complete with brand new nades, etc. We managed to get a nade behind the dumpster in the courtyard in Strike consistently – pretty much a genius!

All right Ryan, Thanks for your time, good luck at work and good luck with the GRID section.

Thank you Rohi, If I can make a few shoutouts, I’d love to say hi to Pookebab, Fitzy, JJ Dalla, Baldhound, Anchorhax, Rapture, Arctic, Thinkscope, Duke, Alucard, Kritikal, and Big Bad Bunnyy!

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Ok to kick this off Patrik tell us a little about the fnatic CS1.6 team. Have you guys been together for a while now or have you rotated a few guys in and out as you have built yourselves up to the team you have now?

Jake is 17, and his final year at school in Manly NSW is flying by. He's a skilled casual gamer with an amazing natural talent and relaxed attitude, something that wouldn't seem to match in this evolving game environment. He's apart of a competitive community where many players rely on technological assists and exploiting every avenue to make them great. Players like Jake are rare; he keeps it simple, just playing games as a source of fun like most of us used to. Maybe that's the key to his success, and maybe we could all take it a little less serious sometimes.

Nikolai is 17, and in his final year of school in the quiet town of Busselton, WA. You may think he is new to the Xbox scene, but he actually made the swap from PC a few years ago. If you didnt know now, you will after reading that he is quite passionate about making the competitive XBL scene better. He is currently active in CoD 4 and 5 teams, and has been helping out with Moderation duties on CyberGamer. Nikolai is also one of the recently appointed ladder admin's.

Frank is 20 and lives in the picturesque surf town of Torquay, in Victoria. From simple origins, he quickly rose to be a consistent overachiever in some the worlds top clans, with much success over the last few years. He's a humble champion, who just wants to see the XBL community get bigger and better.

teve is 21 and lives with his lovely girlfriend in Bunbury. He is currently highly active on Xbox playing Call of Duty 4 on CyberGamer, contributing to the scene and helping out as a Moderator.

CyberGamer would like to welcome our new Media Partner – PC PowerPlay!

Since the release of CGv3, we've been working closely with the guys over at PC PowerPlay to develop them a brand spanking new site based on the CyberGamer system and in the CyberGamer network.

PC PowerPlay are taking a more community driven angle in their magazines with the introduction of the 'Veldt' section run by 'Junglist'. In this section will be a whole heap of the latest e-sports news along with loads of content coming straight from the goings on right here at CyberGamer. In addition, expect to see some awesome professional news updates, reviews and blogs coming straight to CyberGamer hot off the press from PC PowerPlay!

The new PC PowerPlay site will play host to regularly updated articles/reviews / polls prize giveaways and oodles more, so go on, check it out!
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MSI Call of Duty Modern Warfare Summer CUP

Well although it has only been 3 weeks it has been one heck of a journey with bumps twists turns and controversy that only our COD boys can bring. 30 of the 32 teams have now been eliminated and only two remain to battle it out for the prizes on offer from our tournament partner and friends at MSI Australia.

Who is going to take this one out? its anyones guess really with Team Immunity showing great poise and proving that they may have been absent for a while but there is no rust in their AK's or dust on their scopes. Archaic.MSI who also formed for the upcoming COD competitions have also risen quickly silencing the critics with only weeks of training seeing a team with a mixed bag of players very quickly meld into a solid competitive unit.

Lets take a look at these two teams and there progression:

First of all Team Immunity or iM.intel :

Roster:
Obez - TristanJP (teek) - Juzzk1d - BeasT - Enema
Results:
vs Clique(F): 1-0
vs [0utka$t] (F): 1-0
vs Super Friends: 16-11
vs GGunit: 2 maps - 0

The challenger Archaic eSports or arc.msi -

Roster:
Sensuki - Millah - AP - extacy - TheOne
Results:
vs anathema esports: 16-7
vs Sashed 16-8
vs Reistance Gaming 16-10
vs Frenetic Array: 2 maps - 0 maps

This is going to be one of the bigger encounters in Call of Duty and one not to be missed so make sure you jump on board with our event partners GameStah and dont miss a single shot as this is not going to be a match you want to miss! 9pm Sunday 14th of March and Arsey would say "its on like donkey kong".

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predictions are open!

CyberGamer officially announces the partnership with Creative Sound Blaster Australia for the Counter Strike gaming system.

Here are the matchups for round 1:

Home Team Away Team

Gamerz Theory v Team Elevate
Archaic Esports v Team LZ
Rizen vPredator Gaming
AEF Blackwatch v Faceless
teamrad v SYF Gaming
Wild KatZ v Love Shack
z v Pacific Gaming Australia
mcOhnD! v Vital
Hidden Elite Assault Taskforce v League of Awesomeness
Defiance Gaming v Mein
[0utKaSt] v dEMiZE
killing death alliance XTREME v Bravo 2 Zero
paRa| |el Gaming v Mister Serious
Xlayer Legion v Driving You Insane
HYPE Gaming v Wargrounds
Roll The Dice v Requiem Gaming
ezMODE v F*ck the Army
Save our Souls v Southern Infantry Corps
Armada pB v Frenetic Array
SEQUENTIAL Gaming v Mental & Dangerous
rock solid mates v GGunit
Team Reaksie v Skillz
MustBeWheat v Nothing Other Than Zero
Team A v Australian Ascendancy Company
clicK! Gaming v Company of Heroes
Sik v Rhythm~ Gaming~
REAPERS v Team Immunity
Team Hostile v Red Star

To follow the results:

Brackets:

My little ramble box on various things, probably irrelevant or pointless but!

Signups Close: Friday 19th of March
Day of Tournament: Sunday 20th of March, check in by 2.30pm, starts 3pm expected finish around 5pm

Couldn't be bothered playing Quake Live because it's too hard to setup? Too many good players to compete against? Not in a team? Don't know anybody?

We are assisting in further bringing new players to set up for our next duel competition with an early and fun FFA competition. This 1 day event will be for noobs only, no players that have competed in a 4SG comp may enter meaning you've got two weeks to get good :) You have a one in twenty chance to win a decent prize for playing a game you don't even have installed yet, what could be easier 8-)

Signup Rules
* Players must not have competed in any 4Seasons Gaming tournament to date (excluding the CTF, if they are signed up)
* Players must be considered below div3 duel skill level
* Players who signup, must check in on the Sunday 20th @ 2.30 pm, and be available for maximum of 2 hours

// for div3+ players looking for a FFA comp, we will be running one after the CTF is finished. Should anyone try to alias for the 'noobs only FFA tournament', they will face banning from all future 4sg run tournaments

Match Format
* 1 Day Event, 2 hours expected time of tournament
* 20 Player Signup limit
* Two Groups of 10 Players will compete in 3 maps, first to 50 score (frags)
* Players scores will be added together for each of the 3 maps, and the top 5 will go through to the final group
* The top 5 from each of the two groups, is the final group and will play another 3 maps
* The player who is leading, by sum of score, after the end of the three maps, wins the tournament and gets the prize

// Should we get more then 20 signup, then 30 will be the limit with top 3 going through, 40 means top 2, and 50 means top 2. All group sizes will be 10 player maximum

The Prize will be a choice of 1 of these 3 items


Maps
First groups 3 Maps
* Grim Dungeons
* Demon's Keep
* Campgrounds

Final group 3 Maps
* Temple of Retribution
* Chemical Reaction
* DredWorkz

Help Getting setup
Quake live is free, simply download and install:
and play your practice match against crash
We have forums to help newer players setup:
configs/huds/scripts here
And [url=http://www.4seasonsgaming.com/forums/vie...

Hi All,
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SEMI FINALS ARE BEST OF 3
Best of 3 Maps.
The Match will start on strike. Both teams will take a side each for a Knife-Off. The winner of the Knife-off will pick their Map. Once the new map has been loaded, the loser of the knife-off will select the side they wish to start on. Once the first map is played, The loser of the intial knife-off will select their map and the winner of the knife up chooses their side. IF it needs to go to the 3rd map, Each Team captain will eliminate a map until there is one left.

There will be Referees/Admins in the server for these matches to assist with a smooth game.

ALL MATCHES ARE ORGANISED FOR THIS WEDNESDAY 10/3 @ 9PM

9PM
GGUnit vs Team Immunity
Archaic Esports vs Frenetic Array

GL TO ALL TEAMS.

If you have any issues please speak to the other team captain first, sort it out, then contact me now rather than later.

The winners of these matches will proceed to the Final to fight it out for those AWESOME Prizes from our Sponsors at MSI.

CyberGamers welcomes its new sponsors iBUYPOWER and PC Maniacs who are coming on board as a system sponsor for Battlefield Bad Company 2

Well we are here at the launch of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and what better place to announce the CyberGamer Conquest Champions League. Registrations are now open for an unlimited amount of teams to compete in the league that will be a survival of the fittest. You will be broken into groups of 6, so there will be plenty of matches to be had with 1 match being played per week and you will play every other team in your group. With the 1 match per week system each week we will run one of the 5 conquest maps so you get a run on every map and we can determine what map selections are the most appropriate for the final series.

The finals series will be determined by either the top or top teams in the group advancing to the finals where we will hold a playoff series, if we select multiple teams from each group there will be a seeding system in place to ensure fair separation to award group winning teams. Format for the finals series will be either single or double elimination depending on the amount of teams we process through the finals.

Prizes? what prizes? ok so there will be prizes up for grabs, and its ALL cold hard cash courtesy of our league partners and major sponsors:

Ibuypower:
Pc Maniacs:

Ok so i didnt let on to just how much cash there is up for grabs, what we have is $3000 as an initial prize pool and as more teams register the prize pool increases!! This will include a major tounament winners prize, a runners up prize, and alot of smaller giveaways going on throughout so every who gets involved has the chance to win cash and prizes!

Okay registrations are open for 2 weeks, so get your team registered and ready to by the 21st of march with the first round of matches starting on the 28th.

Gameplay system and ruleset will be finalised prior to launch.

How to join: click on the Request to join button as outlined in red below:


If you are in the CGO ladder it will ask you if you want to leave to join the que for the league.

Tournament Specifics:
- 8 players required as a minimum, 14 as a maximum
- Game Mode will be Conquest 8v8
- Unlocks will be allowed


Conditions:
- Teams are required to have at least 8 members on their roster to be accepted into the league.
- League registration also comes with a $50 AUD fee per TEAM, this will be returned in its entirety through the prize pool.
- Teams must comprise of 80%...

Esports Weekly - Season 2 Episode 5.
Join your hosts Ej, BoB and Guest Host SuperRoach as they take a look at the world of Esports.

Topics covered:

Counter Strike Source CEVO Season 6 Round 1 at GotGames
BF:Bad Company 2 Beta Grand Finals
60seconds of News with EJ
Spinning the 360 with Bioacid
Quake Live & 4SeasonsGaming coverage with Mikezerofive.

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Okay now that Villa has taken out the first months CyberGamer Premium prize draw who is next? This months lucky winner will be able to choose any colour they like when selecting their new 8GB Apple iPod Nano!



Random draw guys but you must be an active subscriber to be in the list of members the draw is made from so get in quick!

With Call of Duty 4 live and kicking again, Cybergamer is proud to bring you the CG Draft League for CoD4.



The draft league will be an open registration ladder and will cost $50 per team to compete (better value than $10 per player for teams with more than 5).

Registration will open on the 14th of March, and close on the 28th of March. The Competition will have a limit of 32 teams or 64 teams depending on interest.
Payment will open once there's 32 teams signed up. The Competition will only go ahead once there is 32 paid teams. First to pay, first into the competition.

Teams will then be then split into four groups with loose seeding based on performances from the MSI and Alienware Tournaments, CGo rankings and Team Activity, to give each group a fair mix of teams.

The Ladder will probably run for 8 weeks during the group stage. The four winners of the group stages will immediately receive $100 each. Finals are expected to be over by early July.

The competition will be knockout_mr12, use Promodlive 2.06 NA unless an updated promod is released, will use competition maps only unless someone actually develops a competitive custom map.

When the draft league is complete and if interest is still kicking, the best teams will be moved up to CGi, and a second season of the Draft ladder will commence. CGm may also run as well, depending on the game's activity.

During this time Cybergamer will also be running fun tournaments such as a Custom Maps Cup and perhaps another One Day Tournament.

Turtlebeach's Ear Force X1 headset is extremely popular among Xbox gamers for good reasons. While it may only be a stereo headset as opposed to its big brother in the X41s, you will often hear many users argue that they're indeed all one needs to gain an audio-induced competitive advantage

Tritton's AX PROs are currently their flagship headset with included technologies such as Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Prologic, Sound Field Altering and DRS. AX PROs have been lending its hand to Xbox, PS3 and PC users throughout the world letting them experience a multitude of different movie and gaming scenarios in the highest of quality surround sound

Today's review is on the long awaited Razer Imperator Laser gaming mouse!

Due to popular demand - SteelSeries Ikari [Laser Version] Review.

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Dallas is 23 and lives outside of Brisbane. He has taken the reigns of AU Xbox shoutcasting and brought it to another level of entertainment and professionalism for the community. Acid's been active for around 6 months on CG, but has given a lot over this time, and advanced through the staff ranks. He has some great plans and ideas to improve the competitive scene, which we will get to.

Riley is 21 and lives in Kensington, Victoria. He is the founder of Xbox on CyberGamer, and has been the driving force that made this site a success and the best it can be for the community. As a result, the professionalism and exposure of AU Xbox gaming has gone through the roof in a short time. He is one smart cookie and his passion for games, dedication, decision making skills and intuitive ideas will continue to make CG the pinnacle of E-Sports for us.

Today on taking it to the streets I requested a challenge from the community, who did they want to see an interview from? Not to leave our Call of Duty guys out I went with the request for an interview with Pandemic, when I managed to track the team down I made my first port of call Joe "Nabore" Amorosa, Pandemics ingame leader for the Call of Duty 4 team. Joe "Nabore" Amorosa is a 23 year old who's hometown is Staten Island New York and he has been with Team Pandemic since September 2006.

Ryan is 21, live's in the ACT, and recently graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Commerce. Now he is settling into working full time, but has been apart of the Xbox scene since the beginning and competed in our best competitions. Ryan has also had a lot to do behind the scenes and is developing and promoting the community all the time. He is one of our Xbox moderators and is a ladder Admin for GRID also.

Tell us about your gaming history?

I have a pretty shoddy console history actually. I started with a Sega Mega Drive (16 bit!) for Christmas when I was about six, and could never beat the second level on Sonic 2 (the one with the water rising). Didn’t really like it after that. After that, I had a big break until I was given a Nintendo 64 (for Christmas again), with Super Mario Kart and Rush, introducing me to racing games. Rush is probably the precursor to the Burnout, and was my favourite game for a long time – hidden stunt parks and so on. I had a family computer over the years, but it was always a bit slow, and could never run anything well. Over the ages, games played included Age of Empires, GTA3 series, and the Need for Speed series. From there on, I had a huge break until I bought an Xbox360 two years ago.

So you’ve been on the box for a while now, how long on live and what games have you played?

On live since launch actually – I’ve always had gold membership, but wasn’t an active member. I played heaps of PGR, but not online. Same with Perfect Dark, all of the Burnout Series, Forza, Need for Speed, and Guitar Hero.  I guess Halo 3 was the first game I actually played online – got together with a few uni mates (tags Applzor and turbo619pants) and hit up the 2v2 ranked matchmaking. It was also the first FPS I’d ever played on the Xbox.

From there, I hit up some parties with uni friends, and we had heaps of fun with Halo. Eventually, we all bought COD and had some awesome LAN sessions with about a million beers, and had some pretty crazy times. 5v5 COD4 LANs are unbeatable – so much more intense than you’d think – and no lag too.

I only started to play online after a few invites from a guy called RyanMc1979, who ended up being Db4D Rhyno (not me!) into Call of Duty online. Over time, I’ve made a few friends and had a heap of fun – although I think the COD scene is getting a little tired, as I am of CoD4.

So what clans have you been apart of in CoD4?

The first clan I joined was called Death Before Dishonour (Db4D) – I joined through one of my first friends on XBL, Db4D RHYNO. I then got to know the group – you’ll know most of them today; The Duke, Kritikal Motion, Alucard, Pyrotech, RJ Aus, Darkness, Hitman, Kalamity, Aimless, and a bunch of others. Unfortunately, the clan started to splinter just after I started, and was never as good as it was (they beat Malice at one stage – I don’t think they were expecting to play a hard team, but still). The leader, Db4D Darkness, who turned out to be a mate from uni, pretty much hated Xbox after that, so Duke ran the show.

So what happened after Db4D split up?

Some joined NXS and some other teams; I joined “The Pookebabs” and hit up some AXB magic.  We had a fairly good line-up in retrospect – Pookebab, Superior, AussieRich, AussieBlake, AussieDYNAMITE, and some others. Perhaps the only team to have strats for Shipment on HCS&D, we had a bit of fun.

After that, Pookebab changed the team, and we became Velocity B (for a hard earned thirst). I started to get serious after this, and made good friends with the Dallas, Pooks, and heaps of the VeL guys. The only thing that’s changed since then is our name. We’ve moved from vB, to pR, to apX in about a year and a half – all reflecting a move away from a Velocity B team and into something more professional.

How do you fit into that current team now?

I’m the first to admit that I’m not the best player, which is why you’ll only see me play a few matches a season for our team. Most of my work is done behind the scenes – I’ve been pushing quite hard to get some sponsorships or endorsements for our squad at the moment, which seems will hopefully be bearing some results soon.

For now though, it’s apX on standby until MW2 comes out. Most of us are sick of CoD4, and CoD5 isn’t really as “sharp” in my opinion.

What success have you had?

As a team, we’ve won and lost a few grand finals. The CyberGamer intermediate grand final was perhaps the most intense thing I’ve ever seen/listened to. A good win by the team. We also came runners up to iMLC in the GotGames Intermediate grand final by one round – we had a few clutch chances, but it was a fairly epic game. <br />We’ve made the semi-finals of the CyberGamer S2 Pro league. Although the whole thing was a bit mucked up – a grand final win by forfeit was never a great idea. Uprising should have won it – we got completely rolled by them. To quote Arctiqe (Dylan) on the day, “They are the undisputed kings of Xbox”.

You mention sponsorship before, care to elaborate?

I think sponsorship for CG is the way forward - it means that competitions can have prizes, and that the entire site has a higher visibility. Anything that's good for the community goes.

In terms of sponsorship for apeX, we're focusing on two main ideas right now. Firstly, we're looking at endorsements from particular suppliers who we've all bought products from i.e. headphones. Secondly, we're looking at joining with a multi-gaming organisation such as Exile5 or vVv who can provide us with some credibility and stability in the long run. Our team's been around in a very similar state for over two years - pretty rare in Xbox land! Hopefully when MW2 launches, we can step up a notch in terms of professional standards.

Your focus is off the CoD series for the time being, and playing and managing GRID on the new ladders.

Yeah, racing is probably my favourite genre, so I’m a big fan of GRID. I think it balances arcade action (with Drift and Derby) with some really good tight racing areas (Open Wheel, GT1, and my favourite, Touring Cars). I really hope it goes well. A lot of the community, like myself, is completely sick of CoD (ProMod tournament aside), and wants something different.

You are one of the admin’s for those ladders now, what do you want to achieve?

I’d like to achieve a community with the ladder – in the same way that the CoD ladders are now a community. I think the Xbox scene could do with a home at CyberGamer, and think the way to do that is to establish credibility in games other than CoD. The other thing, of course, is to have a little fun!

If I can recommend one thing, it’s that people with GRID sign up to this ladder – Pro isn’t massively challenging and competitive, and Casual is going to be a heap of fun. Classic and I had a few awesome ideas for the finals, we’re going get the top eight teams (two players each), and have two 2v2v2v2 (eight player) races for the finals entry – same for the grand final. Should be absolutely awesome.

And what about your admin partner iClassic?

He used to be Unknown Creator – after a few chats about GRID, he realised that we’d known each other for about a year. He’s a good guy, and has been with COD4 since the AXB days (since I’d been in Db4D!). I think he understands the GRID game really well, and knows which tracks should go into the ladders – without his technical knowledge; I’d be in trouble.

The other thing I’d like to say about GRID is that we’re always open to new ideas – send us a message or PM and we’ll fix or change things. It may not be immediate, but we’re definitely experimenting. One change we’re thinking about is making the ladders 3v3.

What do you think about CyberGamer?

It’s refreshing to see a site in which the owner and designer (Asterix and sn@p) are always asking how they can improve things – if we see an issue, we mention it in the admin forums, and it’s fixed that day. It’s also good to see a growing community, and a whole new bunch of people taking ownership of the Xbox community – RJ, Kritikal, Butler, Classic, Ciizan, Rohizle and a lot more are making it more than just a game. There’s a lot of work behind the scenes that most people don’t see – discussions about competitions, if we should ban the STG, sponsorship. It’s definitely an exciting place to work right now!

You were one of the first moderators instated by RJ Aus, how did it happen?

It all started pretty badly actually. I knew Kritikal pretty well, and I knew RJ from Db4D days, but my team (pR) had seen a few bad calls made against us in the competition, so I abused the refs in the dispute one week. I then thought – maybe I can help out here. So I got on to Kritikal, put in the word that I was interested, and apologised for the outbreak. It probably took me a month of talks with RJ to get a forum mod position. As soon as I saw the admin forums, I realised just how hard these guys had worked to get the site running well.

From there on in, it was just a matter of helping the site to grow. I’ve had about a million talks with RJ in terms of Sponsorship for the site, and we’re all looking out for opportunities. The progression to admin took a while from there – it only really came when I had a few ideas for the GRID ladders,and helped Classic out.

What do you think about our gaming scene in Australia?

PC gaming is huge in Australia, which is not a bad thing. However, Xbox gaming is viewed as a bit casual, and not as good – which is simply not true. The Xbox scene is pretty much centred around CoD, which makes it simple to organise. However, it’s split between CyberGamer and GotGames – a rivalry that goes back a long way. Not many people know about it, but Asterix came and made CyberGamer after the owner of GotGames screwed him over in a deal for a CoD ladder.

For the future, I think we need to get some sponsorship down – which should happen with CoD6. In addition, we need a separation of the leagues – a Casual League with a higher team limit and more casual focus, and a Pro invitational league which could even be pay to play. I’m fairly sure something like that is in the works – it all depends on the response to CoD6.

That sounds really good, so what are some of the problems, things we could fix?

CG has a reputation as being an easier ladder because it’s not pay-to-play like GotGames. I think we could fix that pretty easily – almost everyone on GotGames, including myself hates CEVO and how it all works. We can make an invitational or pay-to-play league to fix that. We also need a community that isn’t entirely CoD based. There have been a few really good moves with Skate, GoW, and Halo Wars ladders, but the numbers still say 95% of people love CoD.

What other games do you enjoy now?

Braid is my favourite game of this year by far – if you haven’t played it, go buy it. Made by this one guy over about four years, it completely bends the mechanics of what a game should and will do. Best game I have ever played. Period.

What’s some things coming that you are looking forward to?

The National Broadband Network, and thus bloody Internet that works! Most people that’ve played with me will know that my Internet is pretty much constantly red dot on CoD. It’s got to do with Telstra – they’ve put 30,000 people on ONE single exchange and refuse to upgrade it. Despite this, we pay over $100 a month for download speeds of 5-15kb/s during peak hours with Internode too. Sorry, rant over.

Ok, and games wise?

MW2 is going to be the make or break of this community, so I’m looking forward to seeing what happens. I hope the multiplayer is as great as we all hope it will be – another CoD5 will kill all off any chances of a professional competition. Perhaps the weirdest thing to do with gaming that I’m looking forward to is within our clan. Earlier this year, we all arranged to meet up somewhere and have a few beers. Hopefully that’ll happen later this year. For the record, I’ve only met Thinkscope so far.

Will you be playing video games forever, and how about competitive?

Hopefully – I’m finding that with work with Deloitte getting busier and busier, the time I have for gaming is diminishing. Having said that, I’ll make the effort at 10 or 11pm to jump on the box and catch up with all the guys. All of the guys – the NXS guys, the apX fags, and Big Bad Bunnyy are heaps of fun to catch up with. It’s not about the gaming right now – it’s about the friends.I think there’ll always be a place for games in my life. My boss at work is a confessed gamer, and owns probably every console invented by mankind, so it’s definitely possible to work and play.I think playing competitively is an extension of the normal experience – if you really love a game, you’ll try and be the best. So to answer your question, I’ll definitely play competitively for the games I love! If MW2 is as great as we all hope it will be, then I’ll be there. For now though, it’s GRID all the way.

What do you do outside of the gaming?

I do a fair bit outside of gaming, which is why I’ve had a hard time getting on the Xbox lately. I play field hockey with a team in Canberra, and so far we’re undefeated – although we shouldn’t be playing that grade. We’ve won the comp four years in a row. It’s like the old, good MLC playing CG Inter =) Aside from work and hockey, friends and my girlfriend Flick take up a lot of my time. Tuesday Tempura nights with the boys, Friday night drinks with everyone, or whatever. I try and keep myself busy!

Tell us a bit about you job?

Work with Deloitte is becoming a big part of my life – now that I’ve graduated from uni, the days where I could go home at 2pm and chill out just don’t happen. 8-5pm is pretty normal – having said that, I love the work.

Deloitte is huge (4,500 in Aus)– they do everything to do with business, helping business, and finding really innovative solutions. Despite the financial crisis that’s happening, the company is doing really well through a lot of hard work, and hasn’t had to lay-off anyone like the other big four (KPMG, Ernst and Young, and PriceWaterhouse Coopers). I work in Audit, which is about 20% of the company.

My job involves the financial statements that companies put out each year. The team I work with checks all the accounts behind the scenes, and makes sure that there aren’t any problems with them. It’s been a bit challenging so far because I’ve had to learn about four or five accounting software packages in order to understand what’s happening (Finance One, IBA Health, MYOB, etc.).

Hopefully you go far, What are some memorable moments from gaming?

So much funny shit has happened on the Xbox. Some of the best times include:

~Pookebab Oz-Rap battling over XBL – and then winning convincingly!
~Anchorman and Fitzy continuously making gagging noises during clan matches.
~Dylan making people wait so he could get his lucky hat!
~Bunny’s sick, twisted messages, and the ones I sent back. http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss326/RyanoAU/Picture1-8.png
~Bloody Rumbos – I have never laughed so hard at one man.
~Playing AXB with Velocity and winning a match 30-0 (TDM, first to 1000) by camping spawn. Actually, mucking around in AXB in general – ninja planting, ninja defusing, ninja claymoring!
~NSX Alucard’s filthy messages to everyone.
~Duke being drunk as a skunk a few nights!
~Hearing RAGE KING J rage again and again – **** OFF, I SHOT HIM!
~Prank calls from the guys at 3am in the morning – Swanny and SJ.

As for memorable, playing with Db4D was awesome – I remember how scared I was of Hitman when he had a scope or ACOG .50 Cal – I got owned every time.
Also coming on COD4 during our competitive days and Anchorman popping up and saying “I’ve made this new strat” – complete with brand new nades, etc. We managed to get a nade behind the dumpster in the courtyard in Strike consistently – pretty much a genius!

All right Ryan, Thanks for your time, good luck at work and good luck with the GRID section.

Thank you Rohi, If I can make a few shoutouts, I’d love to say hi to Pookebab, Fitzy, JJ Dalla, Baldhound, Anchorhax, Rapture, Arctic, Thinkscope, Duke, Alucard, Kritikal, and Big Bad Bunnyy!

http://www.cybergamer.com.au/profile/7510/

Ok to kick this off Patrik tell us a little about the fnatic CS1.6 team. Have you guys been together for a while now or have you rotated a few guys in and out as you have built yourselves up to the team you have now?

Jake is 17, and his final year at school in Manly NSW is flying by. He's a skilled casual gamer with an amazing natural talent and relaxed attitude, something that wouldn't seem to match in this evolving game environment. He's apart of a competitive community where many players rely on technological assists and exploiting every avenue to make them great. Players like Jake are rare; he keeps it simple, just playing games as a source of fun like most of us used to. Maybe that's the key to his success, and maybe we could all take it a little less serious sometimes.

Nikolai is 17, and in his final year of school in the quiet town of Busselton, WA. You may think he is new to the Xbox scene, but he actually made the swap from PC a few years ago. If you didnt know now, you will after reading that he is quite passionate about making the competitive XBL scene better. He is currently active in CoD 4 and 5 teams, and has been helping out with Moderation duties on CyberGamer. Nikolai is also one of the recently appointed ladder admin's.

Frank is 20 and lives in the picturesque surf town of Torquay, in Victoria. From simple origins, he quickly rose to be a consistent overachiever in some the worlds top clans, with much success over the last few years. He's a humble champion, who just wants to see the XBL community get bigger and better.

teve is 21 and lives with his lovely girlfriend in Bunbury. He is currently highly active on Xbox playing Call of Duty 4 on CyberGamer, contributing to the scene and helping out as a Moderator.