http://blackpulse.ca Latest news from http://blackpulse.ca uk-uk Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:43:07 -0400 The crackhouse and aim server will be going down for approx. 30 minutes tonight if things go as planned.

We have also changed the player stats system. Player stats will now go through http://blackpulse.gameme.com. You can view your stats and compare your rank with blackpulse only players, or you can scroll to the bottom of the page and view your 'Global Ranking' on all gameME.com enabled servers.

Please leave a comment below and let us know how you like the new stats and servers.


Update: Our New Server Its Sexy
Intel Quad Core Xeon X3360 2.83 GHZ / 12 MB CACHE / 1333 MHZ FSB 2 x 750GB HDD RAID1 8 GB DDR2 800 ECC
Update:I Belive we have fixed the fps issue
Update: Servers are back up.]]> brades@gmail.com (Todd Brady)
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Prizes include

3 x steam download link for the full version of Left 4 Dead 2
1 x steam download link for the full version of Team Fortress 2
2 x steam download link for the full version of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
5 x Reserved slot on all blackpulse game servers for 6 months

For info check out http://www.blackpulse....ite=forum_topic&topic=273]]> brades@gmail.com (Todd Brady)
update 1:Crackhouse is back up!
update 2:As soon as we get crackhouse to 100% we will get aim server back up
update 3:Texture server is running
update 4:We Now Have A L4D2 server ip is 173.208.151.67:27015
update 5:We Now Have A Rotation Deathmatch server ip 173.208.151.66:27015]]> brades@gmail.com (Todd Brady) Updates to Counter-Strike: Source have been released and the game is now available on the Mac. To celebrate this update, Counter-Strike: Source will be on sale for 66% off until Friday. For more information, click here.

The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

General
144 achievements added
New lifetime player stats and summary screens
New match player stats and summary screens
New end of round display with MVP and interesting fact about a player
Updated scoreboard with new icons, visual style, MVP stars, and avatar pictures
New cinematic death camera
New domination and revenge system
Added avatar icons to voice chat, scoreboard, and end of round display
Incorporated many source engine updates
Disallowed the use of arbitrary command strings for the message of the day screen. Now only a specific list of commands is allowed.
Addressed issue in which AWPs and Scouts sometimes did not make the zooming sound.
cvar mat_showlowresimage is now a cheat command.
Many development console commands which would crash the server removed.
Updated source engine addresses many issues:
Better flashlight effect
Better HDR behavior
Multicore rendering support
Added sv_disablefreezecam cvar to turn off the freezecam on a server.
Added sv_nonemesis cvar to turn off domination/revenge on a server.
Added sv_nomvp cvar to turn off MVP stars on a server.
Added sv_nostats cvar to turn off stats on a server.
Removed -tickrate command line option and defaulted tick rate to 66 rather than 33. This addressed a number of issues, including:
Tick rate affecting how fast doors open / close
Tick rate causing players hitting the ground to stutter
Tick rate affecting the firing mechanisms of certain guns

UI
Added the following cvars to allow players to customize their scoreboards.
cl_scoreboard_ct_color_red
cl_scoreboard_ct_color_green
cl_scoreboard_ct_color_blue
cl_scoreboard_t_color_red
cl_scoreboard_t_color_green
cl_scoreboard_t_color_blue
cl_scoreboard_dead_color_red
cl_scoreboard_dead_color_green
cl_scoreboard_dead_color_blue
Changed the screen that appears when the message of the day fails to load to display proper error text.
Made the CT silhouette for the auto-select option in the Choose a Class screen smaller and corrected its aspect ratio.
Addressed a problem that occasionally caused characters to be colored incorrectly on the Change a Class screen.

Gameplay
Made ladders easier to climb. Added cvars sv_ladder_dampen and sv_ladder_angle.
Fixed issue that awarded three points when the bomb explodes after the round ends by elimination criteria instead.
Fixed issue in which you weren’t given credit for grenade damage if you fired a weapon at someone then hit them with a grenade (in that order). Also fixed problem in which grenading a player and then killing them with another weapon showed as ‘*** in 1’ on console.
There’s now a priority order for displaying win conditions when multiple win conditions are set.
If timelimit exists and is not 0, then show timelimit.
If timelimit does not exist, show maxrounds if not 0.
If both timelimit and maxrounds are 0, show winlimit.
If timelimit, maxrounds, and winlimit are all 0, show nothing.
Added a cvar to ignore win conditions: mp_ignore_round_win_conditions.]]> cyberthug@blackpulse.ca (Randy ) north of Toronto in the town of Aurora.

With lots of cash prizes, hardware prizes and various free-entry tournaments to take part in they offer an excellent LAN event. Some of the cash tournaments for LANapalooza 6 will include Counterstrike (Source and 1.6), Team Fortress 2, Quake Live, COD:MW2, Heroes of Newerth and more. Lots of free-entry hardware prize tournaments will be held as well.

Mark June 18th to 20th off on your calendar if you're up for some quality LAN action.

If you're a PC gaming enthusiast from the Toronto area make sure to get yourself added to Zero PING Event's Steam Group and help spread the word to others! You can also find them in irc.gamesurge.net in #zeropingevents and on Facebook.

http://www.zeropingevents.com

]]> brades@gmail.com (Todd Brady) Thanks!

UPDATE: The TF2 server is up! The IP is 174.137.51.206:27015 It has a mapcycle of Rotation for now. Roll the Dice plugin, HLStatsX in game, and fast respawns. Go check if out, if there are any problems with it or anything you would like added or changed, please let me know.]]> brades@gmail.com (Todd Brady)