IGN have undertaken the mammoth task of compiling the Top 100 First Person Shooters of all time from all of the shooters released in the past 20 or so years. It’s great to see Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory make the list a full decade after its release, deploying in the #84 spot.

Back in the dark age of the FPS, multiplayer was nothing but a bunch of people running in every direction at once with their triggers held down like savages. Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory wasn't the first game to feature objective-focused, class-based competitive play, but its free, open-sourced nature exposed a massive amount of new players to the concept, opening the door for what eventually grow into a much larger trend in multiplayer design.

As a reboot of the franchise that started the genre, Return to Castle Wolfenstein had a lot to live up to. And though it didn't constitute the wheel re-inventing some had hoped it would be, it was still an excellent take on the space between fighting soldiers and fighting hellspawn. In many ways it was just a natural extension of Wolfenstein 3D's controversial final boss, taking historical myths about the Nazis dabbling in the occult and swinging for the fences with them. But it would be the multiplayer that would be remembered most fondly, keeping scads of frag-heads tethered to their gaming rigs until the wee hours for months and years to come.

The great-granddaddy of first-person shooters, Wolfenstein 3D launched the genre we take for granted today. It was inspired by Castle Wolfenstein and its sequel, a pair of relatively crude 2D stealth shooters that pit you against Nazi guards. The metamorphosis into 3D (well, pseudo 3D) was like sorcery in 1992. Gone were the stealth elements; the golden age of run-and-gun shooters erupted with the roar of a chaingun as you blasted through three glorious episodes filled with Nazis and even Adolf Hitler himself as a boss. Id's breakout achievement directly (and indirectly) gave birth to Doom, Rise of the Triad, and every other shooter that followed.

You can check out the rest of the list over at IGN.

Source: ign.com | etpro.de | splashdamage.com

Save RtCW Master ! - The masterservers are turned off for almost 2 weeks - While there already are alternatives on ET, it still looks gloomy on RTCW with masterlists.
It’s time to save #RtCW ! Let them know you still play by posting on each one of these pages: http://goo.gl/ejuud   http://goo.gl/KDVYB    http://goo.gl/u4XYK

Rette die RtCW Master ! - Die Masterserver sind nun schon fast 2 Wochen ausgeschaltet und der Unmut der Wolffans wächst. Wärend es auf ET immerhin schon alternative Masterlisten gibt, sieht es auf RTCW noch düster aus.
Es ist Zeit RTCW zu retten! Lasse Sie wissen, das du immer noch RTCW spielst und poste auf folgende Facebook-Seiten: http://goo.gl/ejuud   http://goo.gl/KDVYB    http://goo.gl/u4XYK

Quelle: AG3NT @ s4ndmod-forum

Link: rtcwcoop.com

one.more Cup #5 took place just yesterday and there are requests from the NA portion of the RTCW scene for a cup of their own - calm down, we have what you need! Introducing one.more Cup #6 RTCW 3on3, NA Edition!

Date: Sunday 4th August, 2013
Start Time: 14:00 EST / 20:00 CET (Earliest)
Minimum Teams: 4 (probably a maximum of 8, first come first serve.)
Tournament Structure: Double Elimination Bracket
Maplist: TBA

This tournament is aimed mainly at the NA RTCW scene so players and teams from NA will get first priority, you must have at least 3 players on your roster and a maximum of 4. Players can only be signed up for one team and all info on who has signed up to the cup so far can be found here: LINK

Some Special Rules
All games will be played on NA servers, so if EU players do get the chance to play, they 100% will NOT play on EU servers, at all.

The cups later rounds will also be casted by Warwitch himself over at WarwitchTV as well as the mg42 crew. Please show your love and give a like to his facebook page HERE

#onesoldier
facebook.com/TeamONESOLDIER

Source: etpro.de

Team Dignitas
zeroPoint!
aMenti

Wir gratulieren allen Clans, die es auf das Siegertreppchen geschafft haben. 
 
Quelle:   The New RtCW2-Prison

S4ndman (creator of S4ndmod) has made masterlist patches for RtCW 1.0, 1.0 with PB and 1.4b !
As everybody is well aware of by now, the RTCW server list has been down for some time. The future of the original RTCW masterserver does not look promising.
I create patches that will allow clients/players to still get a server list.
I would like to note that currently I am not hosting this server list. I have only created a pointer to another master server.

Instructions for Clients:
Download your type of RtCW version file and replace your current WolfMP.exe with it. (Make a backup of your old WolfMP.exe!!)

Instructions for RTCW Server admins !
All RtCW Server admins this will require you to add this to you (server)config file:
set sv_master5 "wolfmaster.s4ndmod.com"

S4ndman (Schöpfer vom S4ndmod) hat Masterlisten-Patche für RtCW 1.0, 1.0 mit PB und 1.4b erstellt !
Jeder weiß inzwischen, das die RTCW Serverliste schon seit einiger Zeit down ist und auch die Zukunft des ursprünglichen RTCW Haupt-Masterservers sieht nicht sehr vielversprechend aus.
Ich habe jetzt Patche erstellt, die es Clients/Spielern erlauben, wieder eine Serverliste zu bekommen.
Ich möchte dem noch hinzufügen, daß ich die neue Serverliste nicht selber Hoste. Ich habe nur einen Adress-Verweis auf einen anderen Hauptserver erstellt.

Anweisungen für Clients/Spieler:
Lade die passende Datei für deine RtCW-Version herunter und ersetze die WolfMP.exe mit deiner Vorhandenen. (Mache ein Backup von deiner alten WolfMP.exe!!)

Introduction: Because of the upfloating interest in the game thanks to the stream provided in the RTCW 3v3 ODC #5 by ZeD & Malmen a few weeks ago, I thought i'd be a good time to announce another RTCW 6v6 Crossfire Draftcup. I'm aiming to get 8 teams to play in a double elimination bracket.

Motivation: So why should you bother signing up? Cause RtCW is still one of the best games ever created. If you still want to try RtCW out, now might be your last chance. If you are an ETplayer, don't worry. There are still plenty RtCW players who can carry you. The only thing that you have to do is click that download button. You can generate a fully working CD-Key by using the ETKeygen inside. Last but not least, there will be a great livestream & shoutcast for the most exciting matches!

Date: Sunday 15 April 2012
Format: 6v6
Map pool: Beach, Village, Ice, Frostbite, Base
Signup: Reply in this news post as following:

Map Schedule:
Note: Decider map will be chosen by elimination (each team eliminates a remaining map)

• WB Round 1: Beach + Ice
• WB Round 2 / LB Round 1: Village + Frostbite
• LB Round 2: Base + Ice
• LB Round 3: Frostbite + Beach
• WB Final: free choice
• LB Final: free choice
• Grand Final: free choice

Cup Schedule:
Note: all times are in CEST

• 15:45 - All players should be on #rtcw-draftcup
• 16:00 - Captains will each pick one at a time untill they have a team with 6 players
• 16:30 - 17:30 WB Round 1
• 17:30 - 18:30 WB Round 2 & LB Round 1
• 18:30 - 19:30 WB Final & LB Round 2
• 19:30 - 20:30 LB Round 3
• 20:30 - 21:30 LB Final
• 21:30 - 22:30 Grand Final

Quelle: crossfire.nu