Clanbase - Game Over
For those unfamiliar with the name: ClanBase once was a cool site to visit if you were an online gamer. With cups and ladders hosted for games such as the RtCW, ET, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Counter-Strike and Call of Duty series, a teenager really had quite some options for multiplayer entertainment. Heck, we even had LAN finals for our renowned EuroCups.

Those days are far behind us and as it stands today, the company that owns the ClanBase site - GGL - is unable to cover the costs required to run the website. Moreover, lately the owners of the site do not wish to cooperate with the voluntary crew, keeping everybody in the dark and thus showing complete disrespect to people who spend many hours a day trying to make our tournaments a success.

The website has now been offline for more than three weeks due to an unpaid bill. No action is being taken by the owner to get the website back online. Having no vision for the future, we - the ClanBase Crew - have lost our last hopes about ClanBase ever coming back online, and unfortunately we announce the end of a great era.

The history and the truth as the ClanBase Crew sees it

A US-based company called Global Gaming League (Professional Interactive Entertainment, Inc.) noticed the success of the site and bought it from the original owners in December of 2004. They had financial backing for server hosting and our tournaments. Things were going well until in 2007 CB suffered its first heart attack when GGL couldn’t deliver the prize money they put up for the EuroCup. This can be marked as the start of our downfall.

The CB Crew has always been made up of volunteers with the majority being just teenagers. There was no possibility for us to come up with the money on our own that was promised, yet we were always the ones getting blamed. After all, it was our cup season and our name. It is no surprise that after this blow there was no way for us to host another season with the promise of any kind of prize until the debt was settled with the previous winners.

To this day, GGL owes around €24,000 in prize money which will never be settled. The other sites who were in the same gaming business of course had no problems hosting their tournaments however they wanted. ClanBase, however, lost a great deal of its reputation along with some top teams who never got their winnings.

As time went by the site also started to decay. After the takeover we had paid developers who tried to put the code in shape. There were some noteworthy developments such as the seasonal and invitational ladders, but after the first test run we couldn’t get the necessary changes implemented - because GGL stopped paying the developers.

Money. The source of all evil.

GGL started moving the servers between hosts (RackSpace, Amazon, GreenQloud) to save costs, and to avoid further missed payments. This appeared in the news a few times when providers came out with how they were lied to. We also lost the ability to upload files anything other than demos. Fortunately, a Crew member had the means to help out.

Funding continued to dry up. After the first wave of cuts where we lost the two developers and a head admin, things cooled down for a while. Recently, a general system administrator was cut off which got interesting at one point when CB suffered a denial of service attack to which the host (GreenQloud) responded with moving the servers to a different IP address. However, the domain name had to be updated as well to point to the new address. Since our sysadmin was not getting paid, he refused to perform this, essentially holding the site hostage for a while.

So how do we get money? The site had ads for a while which obviously was not enough. We may have been naive thinking that upping the quality of the site would be a good move, which was promised more times we bother to count. GGL thought otherwise. In fact, many of the cool features our gamers would have loved to see on the website were never implemented - because "CBv2” was supposedly just around the corner.

Their first bold move was trying to get adult banners on CB - a website that was home for thousands of teenagers. The Crew was shocked and appalled by this. Fortunately, we managed to get our voice through (by threatening to go on strike) - but we also lost several valuable crew members who had enough of the poor conditions and bad decisionmaking.

Next to adult material, gambling can also be a good source of income. The Poker and Betting ladders were introduced. It is doubtful that much money was ever made of this, at least nobody said otherwise. The only thing certain is that these projects never got off the ground.

A poor attempt was also made to gather money in the form of offering VIP membership. Nobody took this very seriously and as expected, nobody bothered to opt in after a while. The only benefit to having VIP was the ability to get rid of some of the ads. Perhaps a regular donation system would’ve been more useful.

By the end of August 2013, yet another problem surfaced: the money ran out for the hosting. This is when CB started to go down every month when the time came to pay for the next 30 days.

Of course we tried contacting GGL through our manager who was in charge of handling communications. As you may have guessed by now, he also failed to receive his payment for a while and a company owing money to you, and who knows how many others, is not in a hurry to get back to you.

The ClanBase management tried to directly contact the GGL founder and president Ted Owen (since everyone else left), with very little success. Whenever we got a response it usually consisted of no more than a few words.

The last we heard from him, he stated that "GGL will move on without ClanBase, and besides, why did the Crew never put any money in it?”

Mr. Owen, the Crew put time in it. A lot of time... for free. Every day. And to clarify, nobody has ever reached out to us to ask for any kind of financial aid. Not that we would’ve ever agreed to anything if the money had to go through GGL as that would’ve resulted in the money never reaching its intended destination.

Ultimately, we understand that our users would have expected us to come out with the truth sooner. It has taken us three weeks to make a public statement - but the only reason it took so long is that we were trying to not lose the hope and to reach out to mr. Owen. Unfortunately, our last request (or offer) to him - to release the ClanBase site to the crew for us to be able to continue running it on our own, without the GGL - was not welcomed.

It is thus our sad duty to inform you that ClanBase is gone. We would like to sincerely thank over a thousand admins working on the website over the past 15 years of ClanBase’s existence. And an even bigger thanks goes out to all the players who supported us over the years and who did not lose faith no matter what.

This writing has not come easily because ClanBase has been a big part of our lives, and we definitely did not want to see it end like this.

Clanbase - Game Over
Die Clanbase war einmal eine sehr coole Website für Online- Gamer, mit Cups und Ligen für Spiele wie RtCW, ET, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Counter-Strike und der Call of Duty-Serie.

Diese glorreichen Tage sind nun hinter uns, und heute steht es um die Clanbase Website sehr schlecht - wir sind nicht mehr in der Lage, die erforderlichen kosten der Website zu decken.

Die Website war offline für mehr als drei Wochen, wegen einer unbezahlten Rechnung. Keine Aktion wird vom Eigentümer übernommen, um die Website wieder online zu bekommen. Da sie keine Vision für die Zukunft mehr hat. Wir - die Clanbase Crew - haben unsere letzten Hoffnungen die Clanbase jemals wieder online kommen jetzt endgültig verloren, und müssen leider das Ende einer großen Clanbase-Ära verkünden.

Source: etpro.de | clanbase.org

=F|A= Fearless Assassins Halloween Heist Event

Beware peeps. Because well. The event staff will release the creeps. And give you hell.
Fearless Assassins clan is organising a Halloween Gameday and we're gathering all our troops to attend!

Event: =F|A= Halloween Horror Heist
Date and time: 30th of october - at least 5pm to 1am BST
Server Name: F|A NODOWNLOAD XPSAVE FOREVER | FUN #1
Server IP: fun1.clan-fa.com
Teamspeak IP: ts.clan-fa.com:4666

 If you don't do it for halloween, you still don't want to miss seeing an ugly-dressed sis!

Source: www.fearless-assassins.com | www.wolffiles.de

It has been exactly 2,5 years since the battle of all battles has been fought.
Now the Rest Of The World feel strong enough for another try to take down the members of the almighty community Dark Alchemy.
Some great names has passed the years: Enogma, Brachi, Odeon, JudgeMe, Tuxedo, RaveTeef and the list goes on and on.

But will they stand against the old timers?
Old-Owl will take the lead and fight with his infamous crew against the challengers.
For weeks they are already in bootcamp drilled to perfection.

Did Old-Owl train the new members well enough?
Are the old farts of -)A(- still in good shape?
Will the ROTW show up or is it past their bedtime?

Only time will tell....

More info HERE.

Source: dark-alchemy.com | wolffiles.de

Panzers, riflenades, shotguns and headshots. Just some ingredients for a nice map-cocktail.

We promise you a "blast" of an evening. And you also need to keep your "head" clear.

Come and show us your skills with all weapons available.

See you the 29th (Sunday) of june at the server to be: Dark Alchemy #2

More info > here <

Source: wolffiles.de | dark-alchemy.com

-|D|- Desperados Halloween Event

Hello ET lovers!

I'm proud to announce that Desperados-ET have a Halloween event. But you can drop in at anytime. Don't forget that we are searching for members so this can be your chance.

The event is at: 31st Oct 18:00 Central European Time

We´re having a Halloween Night on our silEnT server with special skins and sounds.

Maplist:
- Resurrection
- Warbell
- Transylvania b2
- Haunted Mansion
- Tarket Spooky Beta 2
- Halloween beta2
- Die ! (Special Halloween Edition)
- King of the Hell v1.0* (CTF map)
- (UM) Dracula final
- Necrology final
- Grave robbery

Everyone is welcomed and have a fun evening with us. Welcome to our FORUM

Source: Macchute via SL | www.desperadoset.enjin.com | www.wolffiles.de

I'm happy to announce that the CyberGamer Anticheat now supports Enemy Territory! Effective immediately, CGAC is mandatory in all CG EU ET ladder matches. Read the rest of this newspost for more information.

To install CGAC, follow the steps below. Once you have installed the software, on your first launch the program will automatically update to the latest version.

1. Download the installer here.
2. Extract the .zip file.
3. Make sure you have .NET framework 4.0 installed. If you do not have .NET framework 4.0 installed, you can download it here.
4. Run setup.exe from within the extracted folder.
5. To find your User ID and Auth Key, go to your Extended Profile page and click "Game IDs" in the "GAME DEFAULTS" section. You'll find your information at the top of that window.

If you experience any troubles installing the software, please make sure you add an exception to your antivirus, have extracted the .zip file, and are running the program as administrator.

As stated above, CGAC must be used in all ladder matches played on CyberGamer. Simply open CGAC.exe, enter the match ID, and start playing.

By scrolling down on the match page, you can see which players are currently running CGAC along with all logs for that match. If CGAC is active, it should display "CGAC running" in green text.

Playing a match on the CG EU ET 3on3 or 6on6 ladder without CGAC will result in a forfeit loss.

Please note that the CG EU ET crew and I are not experts on CGAC, so all queries regarding technical support should be directed to badkip, the developer. You can contact him by posting in his journal or opening a support ticket on the CyberGamer website.

Related:
http://eu.cybergamer.com/article/4427/CGAC-Major-Update-Public-Configs-and-ET-Support/
http://eu.cybergamer.com/forums/thread/534070/CGAC-Updated-CoD4-Config-and-ET-Support-Included/
http://www.crossfire.nu/journals/151436/cgac-supporting-et-now
http://eu.cybergamer.com/article/4345/CGAC-The-new-anti-cheat/
http://eu.cybergamer.com/cgac/

IRC #cg.et

CyberGamer AntiCheat unterstützt jetzt ET und ist Pflicht für die CG-Liga

Das Team von CyberGamer verkündet, dass das CyberGamer-Anticheat (CGAC) jetzt auch Enemy Territory unterstützt!
Ab sofort ist in allen CG EU ET Ligen (CyberGamer ET Europa) das Spielen mit CG-Anticheat pflicht!

Um CGAC zu installieren, folge den Schritten wie unten aufgeführt. Sobald die Software installiert ist, wird beim ersten Start, das Programm automatisch auf die neueste Version aktualisiert.

   1.  Downloade das Installations Programm hier.
   2.  Entpacke die zip-Datei.
   3.  Stelle sicher, das du NET-Framework 4.0 installiert hast - Wenn nicht... hier herunterladen.
   4.  Starte die setup.exe aus dem "entpackten" Ordner.
   5.  Um die Benutzer-ID und den Auth Key zu finden, schaue in deinem "erweiterten Profil" nach und klicke auf "GAME-IDs" im Abschnitt unter "GAME DEFAULTS". Mehr Informationen dazu findest du auch oberhalb des Windows-Fensters.

Falls irgendwelche Probleme bei der Installation der Software auftreten, stelle bitte sicher, dass du in deinem  Antivirus-Tool, CGAC als Ausnahme hinzufügst bzw. erlaubst und führe CGAC in deinem Windows als Administrator aus.

Source: crossfire.nu | etpro.de

Hello dear players! Prime Squadron No Goldrush night is back!

When? Sunday, 28th of September, starting at 18:00 GMT+1
Where? PS1 - 178.63.72.111:27960

This uncommon nightly event is coming back at our server, after the summer break!
You didn't participate the first time and do you want to know know more about this event?
Here's what the No Goldrush Night is all about.
Just like last time, we are asking your help selecting the maps. You can suggest some fresh new maps or some very old but forgotten maps, which are out of the rotation since long time.
A couple of nice new gameplay modes will be added to the event, aside from the normal gameplay (attack/defence) mode.

New gameplay modes:
    Last Man Standing mode
    Gungame mode
    ET Pro Stopwatch mode
    Panzer only map.

We are planning to set up a 8-map rotation, so you are free to suggest maps for every mode or just for one.
Don't miss the chance to play one of your favourite maps!

Source: prime-squadron.com

=TM= Teammuppet Halloween Event

Hello friends and visitors! It’s time for another event. Halloween is coming and we are ready for it! This event will take place on the Teammuppet Infected server!

Server IP - 109.70.149.30:27944
Date - Saturday 31st October
Time - 19:00GMT (UK time)

Please don’t forget to join us on Teamspeak as well for an even more fun night.

Teamspeak IP - 109.70.149.30:9987
Hope to see You all there on the night!
Trick or Treat!

Source: www.teammuppet.eu | www.wolffiles.de

Fun Evening on Clan .UK | FUN2 !
Server IP: 213.108.31.111:27020
on 27th December at 7.00 PM MEZ

Source: wolffiles.de

After long time, it is so far again! We, the #gTh Clan would like to invite you. - The 11. Night of Fight starts on 12-11-2011 at 20.00 hours. Location is our server EISENFAUST with the IP: 188.138.11.115:27960! We continue the tradition started by other clans a long time ago.

Nach langer Zeit ist es mal wieder so weit! Wir, der #gTh Clan möchten euch einladen. - Am 12.11.2011 um 20.00 Uhr startet die 11. Night of Fight. Location ist unser Server EISENFAUST mit der IP:188.138.11.115:27960! Wir setzen damit eine Tradition fort, die schon von anderen ET Clans/Communitys vorrangetrieben wurde.