=FF=Clan News:
11/2/2008 =FF=Clan Shutting Down- The Final Faze- As the second and final faze of our clan's shutdown as outlined in my earlier post on 10/1/07, 2009 will be our final year with a web site presence! The reasons are many as outlined in a similar post I made in The =FF=Clan Forums. RTCW is dying as playership is fast diminishing every day. Also, few people are visiting our sites and our =FF=Panzer server is running only on weekends. Finally, no members have offered to help admin or finance the servers or sites. I would, however, entertain reviving The=FF=Clan should we be able to partner with a rival clan (KT Clan, Victory, etc) that would allow us to fly our =FF=
Flag on a shared server and share posting, ,but with real emphasis on a joint alliance and =FF= becoming a sub-clan to help join together players and build the remaining RTCW community. Or if RTCW-2 ever comes out in 2009! Either would make keeping the =FF=Clan name, game mods and scripts alive for several more years to come. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to contact me.Anyway, if none of this comes to bare, I will turn off all =FF= websites and TS services as of December-2009! I will continue to run, and mod the =FF=Panzer server on weekends. There are a few hard core fans that still love our blasting, =FF=
Spree Sounds, explosion extravaganza server!!! I'll run it until no one plays at all or until I trip over the power cord one too many times...LOL.Again, great times here with the one time largest Bani Mod RTCW clan. Maybe things will change to bring new life to our clan flag. If not, thanks for the support from all our friends and members. ..... =FF=TheJudge Admin/Leader of =FF=
New =FF=
Logo 1/4/2008-Thanks to =FF=Sturm we have a new logo for our main web page. Nice job, Sturm!.=FF=TheJudge.Official- 3/30/08 =FF=Host is no longer part of The =FF=Clan. As he has been MIA for almost a year now. So, noting is changing. Myself, =FF=TheJudge, will continue to manage all things =FF=. Of course, we still have our other active members to assist in moderting the game server and forums.....=FF=TheJudge
New =FF=Logo 1/4/2008-Thanks to
=FF=Sturm we have a new logo for our main web page. Nice job, Sturm!.=FF=TheJudge.New Panzer Skin 1/3/08- I installed a new FF Spreepack2008 that includes a new skin for the Panzer! New color and =FF=Instagib Logo...WhooooHoooo....=FF=TheJudge
=FF=Panzer Is BACK! 12/5/07- I had an old server box laying around and installed the original =FF=Panzer backup folder from the shut down server listed in the posting below. This little server will support 6-8 players pretty well, but the ping for West Coast players will be around 150. Which has shown to be ok for panzer play. For now, I feel that this is all that is needed for the amount of interest and players still playing RTCW that know and love our =FF=Panzer Mod! As posted below, I'm not going to do any more mod developments or spend copious amounts of time editing this server. I made a rotation based on a voting session and that's about it. For the few that want to play =FF=Panzer, this will do nicely with minimal work on my part.
I have OBJ installed, but have no intension of firing it up. =KT=Clan has a great OBJ server with plenty of performance and good game play, so check them out if you want to frag OBJ. HAVE FUN on =FF=Panzer!
=FF=TheJudge Leader/Admin
Game Server Shutdown 10/1/07- I announced to current clan members last month that I will be shutting down The FF Clan Game servers come the first week of November 9, 2007. This is due to the large amount of work necessary to keep things running and the lack of technical support from current members. This lack of support is either from lack of knowledge or time... Since the clan is not growing any longer and the games are not attracting new players, it makes sense to shut things down and move on to bigger and brighter things in life.
I did put the option out there for fellow clan members to step up and I'll provide admin powers to co-admin the servers and sites in my absence(I would remain the main Admin of =FF=). But, as of yet I have not received a offer to assist with daily maintenance of the servers. The =FF=Clan web site and forums will stay up for the next year for current members to stay in touch and chat about RTCW (I own the URL rights and the servers).
I had a great time meeting and playing RTCW and then inheriting the sole Leader/Admin role of =FF=. =FF=Host and =FF=Im2Good4U taught me a lot about the servers, Linux, web design, game mods and all the other things that keep a clan alive! For that I am greatful. I recently had hopes of starting a Enemy Territory Quake Wars server and bring fresh blood into =FF=. But, I am only one man. I cannot do it all anymore.
If in fact the game server does shut down come mid-November, =FF=Clan has a proud history of being The Biggest RTCW Banimod clan in the world! Leader and creator =FF=Host was responsible for starting the clan. Many of the ex-=FF='ers played an instrumental part in making the clan the biggest RTCW clan in the world. But things change, games fade out and people move on to better things and other clans. That is what is happening here with =FF=. But =FF= will always be known as the Friendly Fire clan with great creativity and killer innovative scripting that provided a great place to play RTCW.
Stop by our forums and say goodbye.....
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FF=TheJudge Leader/AdminAmendment 5/26/07-I installed one of Host's OBJ Shader Icons. Pretty cool. He wrote it back in December 2006, but never installed it. Whoever has the OBJ has a great big 3-D start above their head! Remember, You saw it here first on The NEW =FF=Clan!
First-The New =FF= web site is 90% complete. You will notice that there are many new pages with information regarding our clan, game mods, servers and members.
Second-Along with our Panzer Mod server, we now have a new Objective server that is running. It has a few mods on it that we are still tewaking, but it is up and running.
Third-There are some mods coming down the line for the OBJ server. More on that later.
Fourth-Are you ready for Enemy Territory Quake Wars? We are and The New FF is making plans to migrate to the next generation of RTCW...er ah....Enemy Territory Quake Wars. More on that when Activision actually releases the damn game.
Fifth-We want your imput! That's right. We want your ideas to make =FF= the best it can and give you what YOU want. So, shoot us a line in the Forums, ShoutBox or where ever. Tell us about maps, rotations, mods, web pages, or darn near anything that would make =FF= the way you want it to be!
Sixth-We need donations. Period. We don't need much, but something from all of our regulars and our new friends sure would help out. We have plans to get another high end server, but that costs $$ to keep running. So please, give a little if you can each month. $2-$5-$10 each month is all we need to keep the lights on the server flashin'. Use Judge's Pay Pal "Donate" link on the main page. It will go to a good cause....RTCW fun!.
Thanks,
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FF=TheJudge
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