BC2 DG League Leg 3, week 4 wrap-up

So the Telkom Do Gaming league has reached the end of week 4 (White Pass), and sees us moving into week 5 (Laguna Alta) with eyes on the end of the leg. We have been kept upto date with the proceedings of the premier division and would like to give some feedback on the lower divisions. We will hopefully endeavour to contribute game content on a weekly basis for each round. That being said, lets get down to business.

1st Division:

Sees NSD hold their undefeated top spot having beaten the likes of BBH, GRRR, DAC and HF while UBS and DAC fight for 2nd place,  having won 2, drawn 1 and lost 1 respectfully. BBH currently holds 3rd Place with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss.

“NSD`s game vs HF came as a wake up call as they totally caught us out in the start. Capping and defending  the center flag very well. causing us to put extra effort into taking and holding 2 flags” says  NSD Leader Prokill

“HF had a good start and lost momentum with 2 quick disconnections. Besides that point NSD was all over the place. We felt like we were playing against 16 of them” says Pedi from HF

2nd Division (Group A)

SSG Ravens have as of last night taken the lead in this group, with BFB-Tubbeh coming in second place. The Ravens beat BUD on Laguna last night for their week 5 game, 2 games to 0. They will be facing the as of yet, undefeated BFB side on Arica next week. The Ravens have won all 4 consecutive games in this leg and are looking strong for the playoffs. BFB have won all 3 of their games this leg.

“Ravens have played well together this leg, proving that commitment, effort, and hardwork do pay off in a team game environment. Having been a bit shaky in the first leg, we are striding to make back that difference this leg and look forward to hopefully moving into the 1^st Division after the playoffs” – Surv0 from SSG

WrG is sitting in 3nd  with 2 wins and 2 loses and Enthalpy Gaming are in 4th having 1 win,1 draw and 1 loss. As things are going now, Enthalpy may not make the top 3 in their division, along with SLS, CraK and BUD. But good luck to all involved!

“The War Geeks entered the league as a social device to try and spend some more time together as a clan, with no intentions of taking it seriously. As the league has progressed we have started to think about strategies and organize inter-clan practice matches. We have been having a lot of fun, and even though we have been severely outclassed by some of our opposition we are taking notes and learning from the experience, hopefully improving as we move ahead.” – Flatspin from WRG

2nd Division 2 (group B)

Group B has been dominated by -=NFX=- Invictus holding 1st place by winning all their games. The morale at team -=NFX =- is high and it seems they want to take their team to the next level of competition. They have a really dedicated team and play well together.  ESWAT and iB are tied for 2nd ESWAT having played 5 games have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2.  While iB have played 4 won 3 and lost 1.

This group also see the forfeit of the NSD 2nd team due to a lack of devoted players .

Next weeks game offers a less liner map (Laguna Alta) which put a spin on some of the games.
Quotes from some of the teams:

From: iB Itabull
“As the leg comes towards the closing stages we still have 2 games remaining against [AAG] and [MYBB] both on the map “Africa Harbor”. We only lost 1 game thus far against [NFX], it was our first game playing as a team with a few new members but we are improving every game. Beating [ESWAT] and [HF] was a step in the right direction after our 1st game. We’re looking forward to the rest of the games and the league.”

From: NSD Prokill
“I am worried about UBs and ATF as in the last leg we drew vs ATF but this map (Arica Harbour) will be tougher as I think it’s more their style, as for  Ubs we played them on this map (Arica Harbour) last leg and JUST came out on top. We are doing well but we are weary  coming towards the closing stages of the leg we still need to face ATF and nAz and uBs and not let our guard down, last week’s game was a wakeup call as we had a tough game VS HF.”

From: -=NFX=-Vitblitz and Invictus

“This is our 1^st league, we were put in our place in 1^st leg, so we decided to step it up, put in compulsory practice and get strats going and walk throughs before each map. I am so proud of -=NFX=- as a whole, the chaps are more dedicated than ever, the moral is high. Every player is like an important cog in a well oiled machine. We stick to our roles as team players, making victory our main goal.

We have [EWSAT] up next on Laguna Alt. Thanks to hours of practice and good group of dedicated players, Strats have be drawn up, player roles allocated for the upcoming battle. Needless to say -=NFX=- had it tough in beginning but we learnt from our mistakes, quickly making us a versatile team and we looking forward to what else we can learn from the rest of the league.”

Microsofts Project Natal

Microsoft last year introduced the latest advancement in their console gaming hardware called ‘Project Natal’. For those of you who have no yet heard about this new toy, Ill try give some enlightenment.

This neat little piece of equipment brings to the fore, wireless controller free gaming for the Xbox 360 and later the 720. This consists of a TV mounted camera and microphone sensor bar which picks up 3D motion as well as 2D motion and sounds. Not only does it track your movements but it also has built in facial recognition which can be used to create your Xbox character and log you in automatically by identifying the person in front of the TV. It also records your voice, tone and pitch and process this in real time. During the demos at E3, the motion bar worked really well but also made the avatar move in a weird way proving that there was still a bit of tweaking required before this piece of enjoyment can be rolled out.