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<title><![CDATA[Vuelve la ESWC en el 2010 ]]></title>
<link>http://aventuradelgaming.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/vuelve-la-eswc-en-el-2010/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Javier Martinez Salazar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://aventuradelgaming.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/vuelve-la-eswc-en-el-2010/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Después de que meses atrás se dio problema financiero mundial y donde la empresa Game Services fue u]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ESWC is back!!!]]></title>
<link>http://rndmr.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/eswc-is-back/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rndm</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rndmr.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/eswc-is-back/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[DIP-Organization says there will be ESWC 2010 As we all remember the popular and one of the biggest ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vuelve la ESWC]]></title>
<link>http://intelligenceroom.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/vuelve-la-eswc/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dunex</dc:creator>
<guid>http://intelligenceroom.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/vuelve-la-eswc/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tal y como reza el título, va a volver una de las más renombradas competiciones del mundillo del dep]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://intelligenceroom.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/eswc_logo.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-275" title="eswc_logo" src="http://intelligenceroom.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/eswc_logo.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="389" height="133" /></a>Tal y como reza el título, va a volver una de las más renombradas competiciones del mundillo del deporte electrónico: La <strong>ESWC</strong> (Electronic Sports World Cup).</p>
<p>La cual, hace unos años tubo ciertos problemas y tuvo que cancelarse, y se le vendió la marca a <strong>DIP-Organisation</strong>, la cual ha anunciado hoy que el año que viene volverá a haber ESWC, y se celebrará en un lugar&#8230; cómo decirlo&#8230; un tanto peculiar.</p>
<p>Se celebrará ni más ni menos que en <strong>DisneyLand Paris</strong>, durará desde el 30 de Junio hasta el 4 de Julio con unos premios en metálico que llegan hasta la cifra de <strong>200.000$</strong>.</p>
<p>Y las disciplinas que se incluirán son:</p>
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<li> Counter-Strike</li>
<li> Counter-Strike Femenino</li>
<li> Warcraft 3: Frozen throne</li>
<li> Trackmania ESWC</li>
<li>Virtua Tennis</li>
<li>Need for speed Shift</li>
<li>Street Fighter 4</li>
<li>FIFA 2010</li>
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<p>Esperemos que sea un gran torneo lleno de partidas épicas&#8230; y ojalá haya clasificatorio español.</p>
<p>Para más información, visitar <a href="http://www.eswc.com">la web oficial de ESWC</a>.</p>
<p>¡Hasta la próxima entrada!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Off to ESWC 2009]]></title>
<link>http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/11/04/off-to-eswc-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Andy Brice</dc:creator>
<guid>http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/11/04/off-to-eswc-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I will be off to ESWC 2009 in Berlin in a few days. I am doing a talk &#8220;Marketing for microISVs]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2639" style="margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" title="marketing for microisvs" src="http://successfulsoftware.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/marketing_for_microisvs.png" alt="marketing for microisvs" width="200" height="169" />I will be off to ESWC 2009 in Berlin in a few days. I am doing a talk &#8220;Marketing for microISVs &#8211; embracing the dark side?&#8221; on the Saturday morning. It is going to be tough to tackle as huge a subject as marketing in 45 minutes including questions, but I like a challenge!</p>
<p>I am also looking forwarding to touching base with old acquaintances and meeting some new people. If you are going to there, do come and say hello.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Entrevista a SiNCLAiR Manager de VlF.AMD]]></title>
<link>http://aventuradelgaming.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/entrevista-a-sinclair-manager-de-vlf-amd/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Javier Martinez Salazar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://aventuradelgaming.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/entrevista-a-sinclair-manager-de-vlf-amd/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A pocos días de la Gamegune Mexico les traigo una entrevista con el Manager del Team Chileno VlF.AMD]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[O que é um Cyberatleta?]]></title>
<link>http://firststage.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/o-que-e-um-cyberatleta/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cesar Martins</dc:creator>
<guid>http://firststage.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/o-que-e-um-cyberatleta/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Disse certa vez que traria para cá dois textos meus, escritos para o jornal da faculdade. Na verdade]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Disse certa vez que traria para cá dois textos meus, escritos para o jornal da faculdade. Na verdade trouxe só um, mas dessa vez trago o outro. A pauta era &#8220;esporte virtual&#8221;, cerca de 2500 caracteres. Tentei ser bem objetivo pra compensar o pouco espaço e fiz uma citação <a href="http://colunistas.ig.com.br/gamerbr/2008/11/10/entrevista-da-semana-2-paulo-corgosinho-carom-3d/" target="_blank">desta entrevista</a> do Pablo Miyazawa com um medalista brasileiro do WCG 2008 (mas dei créditos).</p>
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<h2 style="text-align:justify;">Cyber Esporte</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><em>Os e-sports estão crescendo rapidamente no mundo todo e criando milhares de atletas virtuais</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nos tempos atuais a indústria da música já não tem tanta força e o cinema sofre baixas sem precedentes devido à crise econômica mundial, indo de contrapartida aos videogames que cresce assustadoramente no mundo todo e hoje é a indústria predominante em questão de entretenimento. Não é de se espantar que vários seguimentos surjam daí. Hoje em dia muitos games são considerados verdadeiras obras de arte.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Por que não fazer desses aparelhos, que antes eram tidos como brinquedo de criança, um esporte também? Pois fazem. Já há mais de uma década que diversos tipos de jogos são usados em competições mundo a fora, que movimentam a economia em milhões e milhões de dólares todo ano.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Existem atualmente competições de grandes proporções, com etapas eliminatórias em diversos países, onde centenas de competidores de diversas modalidades buscam prêmios cujos valores ultrapassam os cinco dígitos.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Como exemplo, podemos citar a ESWC (Eletronic Sport World Cup), que tem a final sediada na França, e a WCG (World Cyber Games), com final sediada nos Estados Unidos. As duas competições são o sonho de qualquer cyberatleta. É onde eles podem conseguir reconhecimento internacional, além dos tão desejados patrocínios (é comum ver jogadores profissionais que bancam viagens e hospedagem com o dinheiro do próprio bolso).</p>
<div id="attachment_799" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://firststage.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/m_img_00212_water.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-799" title="m_IMG_00212_Water" src="http://firststage.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/m_img_00212_water.jpg" alt="m_IMG_00212_Water" width="500" height="332" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Durante as finais, todos param para acompanhar as partidas</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">França, Coréia do Sul e EUA são os países com mais tradição nessas competições e geralmente são os que conseguem o maior número de conquistas, mas o Brasil não fica muito atrás e cada vez mais se coloca como um páreo duro aos adversários. Em 2006, a equipe brasileira MiBR, do game Counter Strike, alcançou o primeiro lugar na ESWC, tornando-se referência para novos jogadores brasileiros.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Na última temporada, em 2008, o MiBR não teve um bom rendimento deixando o WCG ainda no início. Em compensação o jogador do game Carom 3D (simulador de sinuca) Paulo Corgosinho, conseguiu medalha de bronze (a única do país na competição). Sobre ser um cyberatleta, Corgosinho diz jogar por prazer e não por prêmios, em entrevista concedida ao blog <em>Gamer.br</em> (http://colunistas.ig.com.br/gamerbr/). “<em>Eu não vou querer participar da WCG só porque distribui prêmios: tem que gostar do jogo. E é isso que eu acho legal, eu gosto mesmo de jogar. Se ganhar, ganhou. Mas eu gosto de competir, eu vou pra ganhar, não pra perder</em>”, diz.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">É certo que esse novo estilo de esporte ainda tem muito que crescer e amadurecer, mas já está aí. Quem sabe, daqui uns anos, as crianças troquem a bola pelo Joystick e quando profissionais, se tornem ídolos assim como os de qualquer outro esporte hoje em dia. É esperar para ver.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>- César Martins</em></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Créditos de imagem: <a href="http://www.wcg.com" target="_blank">http://www.wcg.com</a></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[L'heure est grave]]></title>
<link>http://kand0o.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/lheure-est-grave/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kand0o</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kand0o.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/lheure-est-grave/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cher lecteur, Chère lectrice, L&#8217;heure est grave !! Que tu sois fan de cs (ou que tu l&#8217;ai]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Chère lectrice,</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">L&#8217;heure est grave !!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Que tu sois fan de cs (ou que tu l&#8217;aie été car c&#8217;est un truc qui te reste), de quake 3 (ou 4 une année), de trackmania, de warcraft III ou de tout autre forme de jeu.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En effet, notre évènement de l&#8217;année, celui qui nous fait vibrer au plus profond de nous même (oui j&#8217;en rajoute, mais c&#8217;est pour le coté mélodramatique) n&#8217;aura pas lieu !!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Vous avez bien compris, pas d&#8217;ESWC cette année, et vu que le seul évènement de niveau comparable est la finales des WCG (Wolrd Cyber Game, fabuleuse theme song en passant) et que la finale a toujours lieu dans une ville différente, j&#8217;ai bien peur qu&#8217;on n&#8217;aie pas de jeu de qualité à se mettre sous les yeux en ce début de mois de juillet.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Source : <a href="http://www.eswc.com/news/major/eswc-grand-final-scheduled-last-quarter-2009">Eswc official website</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">PS : si comme moi cet élèvement marque le début de tes vacances et que tu es désemparé, je peux te comprendre et nous pouvons en parler ou nous pouvons aller à la japan expo, parce que je suis sur que tu es fan de la DDR (sujet de mon prochain post je pense).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">PS 2 : En regardant mes archive, j&#8217;ai retrouvé cet <a href="http://kand0o.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/eswc-2008/">article</a> sur l&#8217;ESWC, et la réponse à la question de l&#8217;époque devient donc évidente, comme quoi, la japan, c&#8217;est un vieux rêve.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lightning Talks at ESWC09]]></title>
<link>http://webofdata.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/lightning-talks-at-eswc09/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>woddiscovery</dc:creator>
<guid>http://webofdata.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/lightning-talks-at-eswc09/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure to host the lightning talks at ESWC 2009. The slide sets are now available and so]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I had the pleasure to host the <a href="http://www.eswc2009.org/lightning-talks">lightning talks</a> at ESWC 2009. The <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/mediasemanticweb/eswc-2009-lightning-talks">slide sets</a> are now available and soon the talks themselves will be available (including the very interesting discussions) via http://videolectures.net/ &#8230;</p>
<p>Some of the talks where quite controversial, most of them related to linked data in a sense &#8211; check it out!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pratfall]]></title>
<link>http://tonylinde.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/pratfall/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tonylinde.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/pratfall/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well, this prat is keeping up his ESWC record. Those who remember the multi-coloured eyes I was spor]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Well, this prat is keeping up his ESWC record. Those who remember the multi-coloured eyes I was sporting on return from Tenerife and ESWC 2008 will not be surprised to learn that I&#8217;ve taken another tumble over here. Nowhere near as serious this time. Was walking along the plastic pathing spread along the beach (shingle) between the hotel Maggie and I are staying in and the one the conference is held in and went to give way to someone carrying a couple of glasses, tripped on the broken plastic strips and went sprawling. Scraped up hands and knees with right knee bloodied but nothing serious &#8211; one plaster and no concussion! Hopefully will make it back to the UK in one piece with no more <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_comedy">pratfalls</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Semantic Wikis]]></title>
<link>http://tonylinde.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/semantic-wikis/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tonylinde.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/semantic-wikis/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m typing this up sitting at a poolside bar with a glass of Mythos (local beer, very nice, bu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;m typing this up sitting at a poolside bar with a glass of Mythos (local beer, very nice, but served in Stella glasses!). Could almost be on holiday &#8211; well, except for being the dork with a laptop open and having only two weeks to get an outline proposal written up which not only satisfies all the partners to the bid but is attractive to funders. Still &#8211; bit nicer view than the window out the AstroGrid basement at Leicester.</p>
<p>Was in the <a href="http://www.kiwi-project.eu/index.php/semwiki/">Semantic Wiki Workshop</a> today (Monday 1st &#8211; our anniversary btw &#8211; in case I get this posted late) which I wanted to attend because the JISC Semantic Technologies Working Group will be discussing how it moves forward after I get back and one item on the agenda will be to set up a wiki for ourselves. Would be only appropriate for us to &#8216;eat <a href="http://data.semanticweb.org/">our own dogfood</a>&#8216;.</p>
<p>There were several interesting presentations and it sort of narrowed down the ideas for platforms to use. The most obvious is of course <a href="http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki">Semantic MediaWiki</a>: it is the oldest (AFAIK) and certainly the most well known (which might be why there were no presentations on it, only one extension to it). <a href="http://www.kiwi-project.eu/">KiWi</a> looks pretty good (and not just because of the antipodean name and icon). <a href="http://attempto.ifi.uzh.ch/acewiki/">AceWiki</a> uses a controlled natural language but I found the idea of a &#8216;controlled wiki&#8217; something of a contradiction in terms. <a href="http://www.is.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/research/applications/knowwe/">KnowWE</a> looks quite extensible and is based on the popular <a href="http://www.jspwiki.org/">JSPwiki</a> platform.</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;ll look further into KiWi and KnowWE: see if either are available for deployment outside their projects and how stable they are right now. Otherwise it&#8217;ll probably be Semantic MediaWiki.</p>
<p>Note to self: look at how KnowWE are synching with JSPWiki: if and how often and how conflicts are handled.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Really tagged]]></title>
<link>http://tonylinde.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/really-tagged/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tonylinde.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/really-tagged/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just been RFIDed. At ESWC the Tagora project is providing RFID badges which people can li]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;ve just been RFIDed. At ESWC the <a href="http://tagora-project.eu/">Tagora</a> project is providing RFID badges which people can link to their social system usernames (delicious, Flickr, Facebook etc). Everyone is shown on a map, you can find people with similar interests etc,  by going to the <a href="http://social.eswc2009.org">http://social.eswc2009.org</a> page.</p>
<p>Wireless here is dire so won&#8217;t be saying much.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Old age or common sense?]]></title>
<link>http://tonylinde.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/old-age-or-common-sense/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 10:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tonylinde.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/old-age-or-common-sense/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m just waiting for a taxi to take me to the airport to fly to Crete for the ESWC 2009 meetin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;m just waiting for a taxi to take me to the airport to fly to Crete for the <a href="http://www.eswc2009.org/">ESWC 2009</a> meeting&#8230; and I really do not want to go. The hotel looks okay, am really looking forward to exploring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos">Knossos</a> tomorrow but, frankly, I&#8217;d rather stay at home, get some work done, read the three books I had delivered yesterday (<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521002931/">Spinoza: A Life</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0575084588/">Lavinia</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844086011/">The Little Stranger</a>) and sleep in my own bed. In fact, right now, I&#8217;d like to work on a WordPress addin that provided links to phrases that you type!!</p>
<p>So, am I just getting old and curmudgeonly (well, more so) or just realising that the vast majority of what I do at the other end of my travels could be achieved just as well at home: yes, except for meeting and talking to people, which I&#8217;ve found really valuable at past meetings &#8211; ok, I guess I am just getting old and curmudgeonly!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ESWC Asia Masters of Cheonan ]]></title>
<link>http://aventuradelgaming.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/eswc-asia-masters-of-cheonan/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Javier Martinez Salazar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://aventuradelgaming.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/eswc-asia-masters-of-cheonan/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Estamos a una semana del la ESWC Asia Masters of Cheonan que sera del 2 al 5 de Mayo, el torneo será]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TrackMania Nations Forever]]></title>
<link>http://noobles.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/trackmania-nations-forever/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alex M</dc:creator>
<guid>http://noobles.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/trackmania-nations-forever/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[TrackMania  ist nicht eine CD-Mix-Compilation mit einer Menge &#8220;Bumm Bumm&#8221;, sondern ein F]]></description>
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<p>TrackMania  ist nicht eine CD-Mix-Compilation mit einer Menge &#8220;Bumm Bumm&#8221;, sondern ein Free Game , welches sich durch weltmeisterschaftliche Atmosphäre über die letzten Jahre zu einem Referenztitel in Sachen Online Racing Games etabliert hat. Grund genug, Trackmania mal richtig durch zu nooblen und zu testen, was die kleinen Flitzer wirklich unter der Haube haben!</p>
<h3><!--more--><strong>STAR</strong><strong>T NOOBLES</strong></h3>
<p><strong> </strong> <img src="/DOKUME%7E1/MATTHI%7E1/LOKALE%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /></p>
<p><a href="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/tmnf01.jpg?w=200"><img class="alignright" style="border:5px solid black;margin:5px;" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/tmnf01.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="160" /></a>Marketing ist bekanntlich alles, doch wenn es zu Lasten des Gamers geht, schwillt mir schnell der Kamm. Im ersten Moment richtig erfreut über die Tatsache, dass man via Google sofort die deutsche Präsenz ( <a href="http://www.trackmania-the-game.de" target="_blank">www.trackmania-the-game.de</a> ) erreicht, ernüchterte mich nicht nur das gewöhnungsbedürftige Design. Anscheinend ist der deutsche Verleger &#8220;Deepsilver&#8221; nicht wirklich stolz auf ein Freegame, das mittlerweile über 3.7 Millionen Spieler weltweit hat. Denn News &#38; Promotion &#8211; Schwerpunkt ist momentan ganz klar die kostenpflichtige NINTENDO DS Version. Aus purer Logik oder auch Geiz ignoriert man dies und checkt gleich die Download Sektion. Dort findet man dann an aller erste Stelle endlich&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;   gezippte Werbe &#8211; Banner zum Download für die Nintendo DS Version?! Keine Sorge, Ihr braucht nicht erst eine Fan Community eröffnen, um zocken zu können. Denn der eigentliche Game &#8211; Download hat es dann tatsächlich doch an Platz 2 im Download Bereich geschafft. Im Glauben das Ziel endlich erreicht zu haben, schickte mich der Link zu einem Download Angebot hosted by Gameswelt.de . Bis dahin ja nicht schlimm, nur das ich mich zum Download erst bei Gameswelt registrieren muss und wieder einmal total unnötige AGB&#8217;s an der Backe habe, war es mir bei allem Respekt vor dem Zusammenhalt Münchner Unternehmen in Krisenjahren, ein bisschen des Guten zu viel! Daher mein Tipp:  Sucht direkt die englische Homepage <a href="http://www.trackmania.com" target="_blank">www.trackmania.com</a> auf. Das Layout ist bei weitem nicht besser und die Performance der Seite eher schlapp. Dafür erwartet Euch aber gleich im Kopf der Seite ein Banner mit aktueller Member Zahl und Download Link zu TrackMania Nations Forever! Diese 504 MB schrauben sich auch in knappen 20 Minuten auf Euer System, so dass  dem Ausführen eines Standard &#8211; Installer nichts mehr im Weg steht!</p>
<h3><strong>COST NOOBLES</strong></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /></p>
<p><a href="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/tmnf02.jpg"><img class="alignright" style="border:5px solid black;margin:5px;" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/tmnf02.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="160" /></a>Der Launcher kommt eher wie ein Relikt aus dem vergangenen Jahrtausend daher und bietet neben  einem Update Button, Hilfe, eine schmale Konfiguration, die sich auch nach Start noch ändern lässt. Vielleicht würde ein simpler Start Link auch mal wieder ausreichen, anstatt dieser permanente Launcher Wahnsinn!</p>
<p>Absoluter Trumpf für TrackMania Nations Forever ist definitiv die Registrierung, die den Spieler gleich seiner Herkunft zu sortiert. Diese lässt sich zu 100% Ingame abwickeln und erspart dem Spieler die lästigen Web Formulare. Schnell registriert, erwartet mich eine sehr bunte Welt, die verdammt stark an Nintendo 64 erinnert. Dies empfindet man im Nachhinein eher als passend zum Thema. Denn so viel darf man vorweg nehmen, ausser LOADING Werbung und der ein oder andere Hinweis auf kostenpflichtige TrackMania Produkte bzw. Upgrade Möglichkeiten, wird euch kostentechnisch bei TrackMania Nations Forever absolut nichts die Suppe versalzen!</p>
<h3><strong>PLAY NOOBLES</strong></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /></p>
<p><a href="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/tmnf03.jpg"><img class="alignright" style="border:5px solid black;margin:5px;" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/tmnf03.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="160" /></a>Neben einem Einzelspieler-Modus, mit insgesamt 65 erspielbaren Strecken in verschiedenen Schwierigkeitsstufen gekennzeichnet, steht TrackMania Nations Forever ein Party Modus für lokale Netzwerk Spiele zur Verfügung. Sollte kein Netzwerk vorhanden sein , hat man sogar die Möglichkeit, am selben PC die Reifen qualmen zu lassen.  Doch da es bei  NOOBLES grundlegend um das Online Erlebnis geht, stürzen wir uns gleich mal dort in den Kampf um die Pole!</p>
<p>Sofort zu Beginn begrüßt Dich die Weltrangliste, in der Deutschland momentan sogar Platz 2 belegt! Durch mehrfaches Klicken, kann man problemlos herausfinden auf welchem Platz man sich in seiner Region befindet. Ähnlich verhält sich auch die Server Auswahl,  wo man lokale Server intuitiv auswählen oder einer aktuellen Empfehlung ins In- bzw Ausland folgen kann. Nach kurzem Ladevorgang (der auch sofort die simple Steuerung erklärt) der Strecke, tickt auch schnell der erste Countdown runter.</p>
<p>Allein die Einfachheit des Gameplays und die Chancengleichheit durch identisches Automobil, ist auch ohne Gamepad fast gar nicht zu überbieten. Zwar hat man auf der Leertaste eine Handbremse zur Verfügung, aber Ihr werdet auch ohne sie ganz entspannt Eure ersten Erfolge mit den Pfeiltasten der Tastatur einfahren.  Nach den ersten Runden im Spiel angekommen, bemerkt man schnell, dass es sich fast ausschließlich um Strecken handelt, die im intergrierten Editor geschraubt wurden. Hier liegt auch der eigentliche Hund begraben. Abwechslung ist zwar garantiert, aber auch stark mit dem Talent der Streckenbauer verknüpft. Es gibt einfach ab und an unbefahrbare Strecken, wo wahrscheinlich der Schöpfer des Kurven &#38; Looping Chaos noch nicht mal selbst ans Ziel kommt. Gerade der Spiel Modi &#8220;Cup&#8221;  gestattet nur einen einzigen Versuch pro Spielrunde. Dieser wird bei Abschluss, nach abgelieferter Zeit bepunktet und wer X Punkte nach X Spielrunden erreicht, gewinnt die Strecke! Hat man sich erstmal an die Strecke gewöhnt, ist sie meist auch schon wieder weg und sieht sie niemals wieder! Das erinnert schon stark an meine Ex-Freundin. Sollte es ein Streckenbauer einmal definitiv übertrieben haben, habt Ihr die Möglichkeit, das Track Karma zu bewerten und so einen Teilfrust zu entladen! Die anderen Modi wie  Zeitrennen, Turniere, etc. verfolgen hingegen übliche Ziele&#8230;. Beste Zeit! Bester Platz! Rauf die Rangliste!</p>
<p><a href="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/tmnf041.jpg"><img class="alignright" style="border:5px solid black;margin:5px;" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/tmnf041.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="160" /></a>Grafisch geht bei einem Spiel im Jahre 2009 bestimmt mehr, aber würde hier wahrscheinlich nur dem Arcade Spaß schaden. Clevere Schachzüge gibt es nämlich definitiv genug! Die Kollisionsabfrage der Autos wurde einfach weg gelassen! Viel besser noch, man kann mit der Taste &#8220;O&#8221; sämtliche Gegner ausblenden und freie Fahrt, ohne optische Ausseneinwirkung durch Lags oder Fahrfehler der Konkurrenz genießen. So garantiert man eine Menge Arcade Spaß um die Jagd nach Millisekunden! Wenn dann der Server- Admin auch noch richtig gute Musik auflegt und man sich an die EGO Perspektive in Loopings gewöhnt hat, gibt es einfach kein Halten mehr. DJ Tatana gemixed von Armin van Admin rockte uns daher durch die ersten Loopings und zur ersten Pole&#8230; Musiker fragen sich wahrscheinlich, &#8220;but who pays the Mechanicals?&#8221;  Eine interessante Frage, da eine Webradio-Funktion in einem Computerspiel, garantiert keinen GEMA befreiten Raum darstellt!  Nettes Gimmick &#8211; wer noch aus den 90ern irgendwo eine 3D Brille rumfliegen hat, sollte definitiv mal die entsprechende Funktion in den Optionen aktivieren und mit Vollbild und Brille über die Piste bratzen.</p>
<h3><strong>HACK NOOBLES</strong></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /></p>
<p>Auch bei so einem lieblichen und einfachen Spiel soll es tatsächlich so schlechte Spieler geben, die es tatsächlich für nötig halten zu hacken. Der Witz, man setzt laut diversen Foren tatsächlich auf Speedhacks, um die Autos schneller zu machen. Daher mein Aufruf! Bitte, bitte liebe Hacker&#8230; schickt mir ein Speedhack Video, ohne an der nächstbesten Bande zu kleben! TrackMania macht auf mich einen Eindruck als seriöses und faires Spiel ohne Benachteiligung während der Testphase!</p>
<h3><strong>SUPPORT NOOBLES</strong></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /></p>
<p>Selten erlebt, aber tatsächlich passiert. TrackMania ist so stabil, dass entweder der IQ einen Strich durch die Rechnung macht oder eine kaputte Internet Leitung. Mit dem sehr gut besuchten Forum auf www.trackmania.com hat NADEO eine Plattform geschaffen, wo bei evtl. Problemen, schnelle Hilfe zu finden ist! Dieser indirekte Support hilft schon ungemein weiter, sollte er dennoch nicht ausreichen, bietet man unter <a href="mailto:support@tm-united.com">support@tm-united.com</a> unbürokratische Hilfe an. Diese unbürokratische Hilfe sucht man auf der vom Publisher betriebenen deutschen Seite leider vergeblich. Meinen geliebten &#8220;Fehler 0815&#8243; &#8211; Test konnte ich diesmal leider nicht machen, was an dem glücklichen Umstand liegt, dass TrackMania Nations Forever diesen 08/15 Fehler momentan einfach nicht anbietet und sogar richtig Old School ohne Internetverbindung spielbar ist! Plus Punkt für all die, die von der Telekom nicht immer geliebt werden.</p>
<h3><strong>SOCIAL NOOBLES</strong></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /></p>
<p><a href="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/tmnf05.jpg"><img class="alignright" style="border:5px solid black;margin:5px;" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/tmnf05.jpg?w=200" alt="" width="200" height="160" /></a>Die wirklich penible Aufteilung der Server- und User &#8211; Landschaft, erleichtert die Suche von Mitspielern nicht nur sprachlich. Daher würde es nicht wundern, wenn jemand auf Deiner intergrierten Buddy Liste nur 2 Straßen weiterzockt. Bei unserem Test hatten wir z.B. für die Region Dortmund alleine knapp  30.000(!) registrierte Mitspieler. Das sind wirklich Zahlen, wo viele Flirt Communities neidisch werden. Die Einschränkungen liegen je nach Spiel &#8211; Modi leider am Ingame Chat. Dieser ist nur schwer durchführbar, ohne wichtige Milisekunden zu verschwenden oder gleich einen ganzen Start zu versauen. Von dem sozialen &#38; kulturellen Faktor können sich definitiv einige andere Spiele eine Scheibe abschneiden! Positiv fielen nämlich auch die Umgangsformen auf, man flucht lieber über Strecken und seine eigene Dummheit, anstatt Mitspieler durch den Kakao zu ziehen! Thumbs Up!!!!</p>
<h3><strong>EVENT NOOBLES</strong></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton.jpg?w=20" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesbutton2.jpg" alt="" width="20" height="20" /></p>
<p>TrackMania Nations Forever ist wirklich ein Event für sich, durch die Weltrangliste schafft man den zentralen Event &#8211; Dreh und Angelpunkt. Weil Events aber nur selten gesondert betreut oder gestaltet werden und die kollektive Spiellinie dadurch identisch bleibt, wird man nicht gerade zu aussergewöhnlichen Höchstleistungen animiert. Solltet Ihr Euch aber zum Zocken auch vor die Tür trauen, beerbt TrackMania Nations Forever seinen Vorgänger TrackMania Nations schon auf diversen Groß Events. Zur Info &#8211; der Vorgänger war sogar offizielles Game des &#8220;Electronic Sports World Cups&#8221;, kurz ESWC!</p>
<h2><strong>TOTAL NOOBLES (7,00)</strong></h2>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesgros.jpg?w=50" alt="" width="40" height="40" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesgros.jpg?w=50" alt="" width="40" height="40" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesgros.jpg?w=50" alt="" width="40" height="40" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesgros.jpg?w=50" alt="" width="40" height="40" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesgros.jpg?w=50" alt="" width="40" height="40" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesgros.jpg?w=50" alt="" width="40" height="40" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesgros.jpg?w=50" alt="" width="40" height="40" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesgros2.jpg?w=50" alt="" width="40" height="40" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesgros2.jpg?w=50" alt="" width="40" height="40" /><img class="alignnone" src="http://noobles.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/nooblesgros2.jpg?w=50" alt="" width="40" height="40" /></p>
<p>Wäre ich Engländer, Amerikaner oder einfach nur im Einzugsgebiet von www.trackmania.com, wären 8 Noobles locker drin gewesen! Leider sieht die deutsche Lobby 3,7 Mio.Gamer nicht als Grund, dieses Spiel effektiver und umsorgter zu präsentieren bzw. zu pflegen!  Dieses Spiel hat das gewisse Etwas, diesen Grund einfach immer weiter zu machen und egal was auch kommt, man muss einfach Gas geben! Leichter Einstieg, Leichte Bedienung, Nette Community und das passend primitive Ambient, machen das Spiel einfach rund. Ein Thema, was Jung und Alt gleichermaßen begeistert!</p>
<h2><strong>Game Trailer:</strong></h2>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong> </strong><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/zwhC0PCYAa4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/zwhC0PCYAa4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<h2><strong>Links</strong></h2>
<address><strong>Homepage:<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.trackmania.com" target="_blank">http://www.trackmania.com</a><br />
</address>
<address><strong>Game Download:</strong></address>
<address><a href="http://download.nexoneu.com/cba/fullversion/Combatarms_eu.exe" target="_blank">http://www.focus-files.com/game/<br />
</a></address>
<address><strong>Support Forum:<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.tm-forum.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tm-forum.com/</a><strong></strong></address>
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<h2>Systemanforderung</h2>
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<li>PC ab 1,2GHz</li>
<li> 512MB RAM</li>
<li>64MB-3D-Grafikkarte</li>
<li>Windows 2000 / XP / Vista</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Kejuaraan Game Internasional]]></title>
<link>http://threocha.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/siap-hadapi-eswc/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>threocha</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Hello gamers indonesia! sebelumnya selamat nehh bwat yang udh menang di eswc 2008. dan yang kalah at]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hello gamers indonesia! sebelumnya selamat nehh bwat yang udh menang di eswc 2008. dan yang kalah ato yang blum sempet ikut, tenang aja masih ada kesempatan lain kok.</p>
<p>Tapi kayaknya banyak yang gak tau apaan tuh eswc. eswc itu singkatan dari Electronic Sport World Champion, yaitu kejuaraan game tingkat internasional. Wow! mungkin ada yang kaget krn baru denger, game aja punya ajang internya. Ini beneran loh, gak percaya? liat aja di space toon hari sabtu ato minggu jam 07.30. di acara &#8220;game.tv&#8221;. tahun kemaren sih yang dibahas eswc melulu, tapi gak tau dah kalo tahun ini.</p>
<p>Di eswc ada banyak game yang diperlombakan. yaitu DOTA, Battle Field, CS(Counter Stike), Ayodance, dll. Itu bwat game PC, di PS game yg dilombain salah satunya PES(pro evolution soccer). Untuk game HP juga ada loh, salah satunya Zuma.</p>
<p>Gw udh rada2 lupa sih dimana tepatnya lombanya, &#38; kalo gak salah eswc tu diadain 4 tahun sekali. Jadi, bagi yang berminat ikut coba aja sendiri.</p>
<p>Makanya jangan angap remeh game dong! pusing kan lo?! lo aja pusing, apalagi gw.</p>
<p>wkwkwkwkwkwk . . . . . .</p>
<p>tapi tetep jangan malah game melulu! belajar tuh pikirin!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Resumen de la Elite Gaming Challenge Counter-Strike]]></title>
<link>http://aventuradelgaming.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/resumen-de-la-elite-gaming-challenge-counter-strike/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Javier Martinez Salazar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://aventuradelgaming.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/resumen-de-la-elite-gaming-challenge-counter-strike/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[El fin de semana que paso se juego la primera temporada de la  Elite Gaming Challenge con un total d]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside a Gamer's Mind]]></title>
<link>http://wishbox.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/test/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>queenstrike</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wishbox.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/test/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Being a child of the video age, I must say that gaming has been the latest passionate habit of today]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Being a child of the video age, I must say that gaming has been the latest passionate habit of today&#8217;s generation. It is a new form of addiction that does not constrain itself just to the younger breed. The outbreak devour kids and adults alike and its epidemic is not only confined in a gamer&#8217;s bootcamp but the entire world. This is not the olympics nor the World Cup, but this is high-tech sports, with which you don&#8217;t need a ball, just mouse balls &#8211; this is eSports.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The simple old family computer cartridge of Super Mario evolved into gameboy, Xbox, Playstation, PSPs, computer games like Counter-strike, Warcraft, Call of Duty and Halo3. Because gaming is not only fun but is also a convenient way of enouragement to overclock personal computers, and to sell out gaming equipments, major sponsors have been backing up prestigious gaming competitions like the World Cybergames, CEVO, ESL, ESWC and KODE5. Companies like Samsung and Intel takes the advantage of selling out more products from huge promotions out of this tournaments, earning billions of dollars each year. Gaming is a thriving multi-billion dollar industry developed to take us into the virtual world of fun and excitement.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">What truly makes the game a hit to its gamers that despite highly cost of maintenance, the gaming world has since then been developing and evolving into a revolution like no other? &#8220;We will be emotionally influenced by computer games as much as we are by films, pictures, or music,&#8221; said Peter Molyneaux, creative director and CEO of Lionhead Studios. &#8220;We will laugh and we&#8217;ll smile and we&#8217;ll talk about them and we&#8217;ll be emotionally invested in them.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><!--more-->Games has been developed from the hybrid collaboration of creative media, which invokes the imaginative mind to create their own virtual world, control it and discover their own creative skills and style making the possibilities endless. Behind these games are an epic storytelling, heroic, not to mention, fantastic, making them more exciting and very addicting.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Inside the game, we&#8217;ll be slaying dragon while sitting in a couch, be a millionaire and learn the game of strategic money-making, meet new friends and just be cool, at least virtually. Aside from these excitement, people have varying reasons why they get hooked. Some out of passion for gaming, to relieve boredom or just to spice up one&#8217;s life. But gamers, beware. Amidst fun, there is a potential danger. Suffer from stress, cut classes, extend a sem at school, become anti-social, the worst, violence and aggression.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">There is more to it actually, the important thing is just to sort out what is real from what is not, let yourself be in tuned, or else the game can control you. By then, we&#8217;d realize that we have wasted some precious times, we lose our friends, or we lose control of our own self.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">One of our contributor, Mhaldito and myself are gamers too. I wouldn&#8217;t have been writing if I were not. As a gamer for over eight years, I have witnessed and experience the thrill of the ride. Gaming is just like the survival of the fittest &#8211; survive the horror of trashtalking, win the national championship, and compete in the international level. A few of my friends a while back have accomplished and experienced the wonderful life of being a gamer that a few of us can ever experience. Sadly, in a poor country like ours, there is no way we could beat Europe, the U.S., even a country like Brazil and Korea. Gaming there reigns supreme according to a friend who is now playing for MoB Gaming. He started out playing for the Philippine&#8217;s very own representative for Counter-strike, Horsemen of Apocalypse, at present, he is one of Asia&#8217;s finest CS player.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Because of the excitement the game has to offer, along with the potential of earning money by selling by php aside from just the pleasure of mere gaming, it is becoming really huge to the point of being disheartening. For instance, a friend of mine has been going to college for 7 long years, but too much game addiction has taken its toll, so he has to quit college. My own brother used to be cheerful and fun-loving, now, he locked himself up in his room and keeps his PC turned on 24/7.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Yes, it is fun, it keeps you alive but the outcome is more likely negative at most part. A lot may be invited but only few will be given chances, only a few are chosen. Among millions, there might only be 10. How many thousands of players in one server, but in all six servers, only 8 men will be the chosen ones. So, what does the future holds?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">What&#8217;s the future of video gaming?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">We tend to see gaming as one all-encompassing genre under a capital &#8220;G.&#8221; But within that genre, many sub-classifications will rise, thrive, endure and fail. Just as reality-based fare is among the most successful television of the last decade, it&#8217;s possible that the new massive, multiplayer online games will follow a similar course. It&#8217;s feasible that millions of people will soon compete in a virtual world for the right to become Donald Trump&#8217;s Apprentice. Perhaps an enterprising designer will create an educational game that rivals the social significance of Sesame Street. And maybe a group of prescient developers will make a game series that allows participants to see what it&#8217;s like to perform in a real-life ER. &#8211; Michael Dolan, Deputy Editor, FHM New York</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">It is exciting how gaming has evolved these days, and well, how big its impact has become to the sprouting net cafes all around near schools and universities and how they offer an inexpensive way of tapping to the virtual world worth 10 pesos an hour. Imagine what the world is without the net, imagine without YouTube or Friendster, its is just like a world without video games. Wouldn&#8217;t it be dull?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Entrevista a Hadrok jugador del Team Xuxan]]></title>
<link>http://aventuradelgaming.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/entrevista-a-hadrok-jugador-del-team-xuxan/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Javier Martinez Salazar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://aventuradelgaming.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/entrevista-a-hadrok-jugador-del-team-xuxan/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Con esta entrevista doy inicio a este tipo de entradas en el Blog de Aventura del Gaming. En esta oc]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Competitive Gaming in the Dumps]]></title>
<link>http://lagleak.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/competitive-gaming-in-the-dumps/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sl1ck731</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lagleak.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/competitive-gaming-in-the-dumps/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[                Professional gaming, or even competitive gaming, has seen better times. The current ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><em><span><img class="alignright" title="Video Games" src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/Zangar/Gaming/Video_Games_by_machairaSeven.jpg" alt="" width="209" height="265" />                </span>Professional gaming, or even competitive gaming, has seen better times. The current state of gaming is a non-centralized mess and it can be difficult to determine what is causing the slow death of this hobby.</em> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">Two years ago the CPL looked strong and it seemed like there never was a better time to get into the business. The Cyber Athlete Amateur League was a great place for beginners to take up an interest in the competition. What we have now is a no centralized point for aspiring gamers to focus their skills. Currently, leagues such as CAL, CEVO, ESWC, etc., are trying to put forth good effort in competitive play; however they seem cliquish for amateurs and beginners. The separation of the competition and lack of a summit-type competition or match fails at drawing in new players. If you were to turn on your TV and want news, you may turn to CNN. If you want to see sports you will watch ESPN. If you wish to start playing competitively where are you going to start? What is your major goal? Traveling to compete at the CPL, or even travel just to watch, was a goal for most that is not equaled by the diverse titles and gaming awards from various competitions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">An even more debatable question is what game would we play? Counter Strike 1.6 scaled incredibly well with hardware. Most people when competitive gaming hit its peak were able to play this game, so obviously a game that requires minimal hardware to play is required. A problem for this hobby is developers releasing games far too fast and instead of putting effort into honing the game for those that wish to pursue glory in it. The current spotlight of competitive gaming is Call of Duty 4. Since its release most, if not all, leagues and ladders have accepted it and have pushed it to the front page. Those players that have put such effort into their skills are going to be sorely disappointed when the next big game is released. Did I mention that next big game is will hit the shelves in only a few weeks now? That’s right, the developers have pushed out another game for us to sink our money into if we wish to be competitive and even GotFrag recently changed its </span><a href="http://www.gotfrag.com/cod/story/43280/"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">Call of Duty 4 tournament to the upcoming Call of Duty 5</span></a><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">. Not to sound too angry or sarcastic, but what on <strong>this earth is that going to help</strong>? To catch the eyes of passing glimpses into the gaming world a game must be tolerable to watch and even enjoyable for those that do not regularly play video games. Take for example Quake 3, this game’s fast pace and easily identifiable objectives makes it exciting to watch. A game such as any of the Battlefield series would not be as enjoyable for a passerby because watching a sniper be shot from somewhere you are unable to see is not nearly as thrilling as two players pitted face-to-face in a race for armor, rockets, and a frag.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">I&#8217;m sorry to say, but this is where we are. Where is our shining star? Competitive gaming seems to be going nowhere faster than ever with the lack of a goal and tool to reach it. For those of us left our only choice<span>  </span>is to follow what little competitions we have with apparently the newest games that will be kicked out every few months or so. </span></p>
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