Introduction: This month we have been able to report on three events in the United Kingdom. Information has been recieved regarding possible System T2 Arrival. Show your support and have a read of this months volume.

Acocks Green Members Night - 25/04/03

This month's members night had an excellent turn-out of about twenty players of mixed ability.

New & Old Members
This was the first members night at Birmingham to include members from another site. Ex-Leicester members R@ider and Phantom turned up to compete and put on a pretty good show for the locals. It It was also the return of some older players, including kyi-chan who used to play under the name chibi.

Technique & Style
gohan661 demonstrated his new 'technique' to the other members - jumping about.

Talking of which...

Game Safety
Although there were some minor injuries this member's night, the players acted with more maturity than the previous member's night, resisting the urge to climb onto the bar.

Game Highlights
Ghost was playing on top form in the Reception game, having secured himself a bin to hide in! Other members found the air-hockey table an ideal hiding place.

Sandman, Raider and Ghost tried the Lord Of The Rings game while others played Alien. Lord Of The Rings is a game played in a small open area with three players. The shots are set to one second, stuns are four seconds and de-ac is set to eight seconds. This type of game is good practice for one-on-ones.

Games
Once again the games were Solos, Teams and special games.

Derby 6 Contender Team Tournament - Saturday 19th 2003

We arrived for another event at Derby Megazone, expecting to play some pretty good contenders, and we were not wrong expecting either. We arrived on the scene around 7:00pm in the evening, had a chat with Matt Archer who was running the tournament, and then met up with the rest of our team for a good chat about our chances. We then went in for a solo game, and I came out first place, after destroying many contenders with RPG's, but it was a good warm up for us, who were looking for a good laugh.

Around 7:30pm, all the team contenders flocked into the reception area, waiting for their teammates. Around the same point Cobr@, Hunter, Pinball and Killcrazy Toby arrived, we had a good long chat and a few laughs, I was specially pleased I managed to chat too Toby.

Teams:

Derby-A	Derby-B	Derby-C	Leicester-Ham-D
Carnage	Cobr@	beavis	Ghost
Hunter	J	Bugsy	NEMESIS
Red Devil	KILLCRAZY	Greacy	Phantom
PINBALL	NightWolf	JEBUS	R@IDER
RYU	Vector	Tip-Ex	Sandman
Venom	Wolf

Shortly after wards, Derby-A and Leicester-Ham-D went in to the first warm-up game. Unsurprising when we entered the warm-up battle, we got shot from every angle, there was so many laser pulses coming towards me, I thought there was an invisible army. Derby-A  V.s  Leicester-Ham-D = Warm-up Round 1 Results: Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Derby-A 1st Place 21,451 Red Contender Score Rank Red Devil 4878 1 RYU 4606 2 Hunter 3781 3 PINBALL 3452 4 Carnage 3316 5 VENOM 1418 10 Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Leicester-Ham-D 2nd Place 10,532 Green Contender Score Rank R@IDER 3097 6 Sandman 2672 7 Nemesis 2388 8 Phantom 2269 9 Ghost 106 11 Derby-B V.s Derby-C = Warm-up Round 2 Results Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Derby-B 1st Place 18,991 Red Contender Score Rank Sludge 3766 4 Player 11 3055 6 J 2826 7 Player 8 2843 8 KILLCRAZY 2819 9 Cobr@ 2194 10 Wolf 1445 11 Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Derby-C 2nd Place 16,714 Green Contender Score Rank Greacy 4460 1 BUGSY 4153 2 JEBUS 3776 3 beavis 3132 5 Tip-Ex 1193 12

 

Derby-A Team:
This team was made up of Derby's best contenders, some we new well from previous events over the years, others we new little about. It's possible that Hunter was the team captain, but don't hold me to it. The team was a certainly a dangerous predator force, each contender supporting the team with there own special skill.

Hunter was as usual dishing solo heat, at any contender who was open to receive it, in a frantic style. I sore the signs of Hunter's presence, but ignored the signs and continued to go towards the light of death and destruction, suddenly I was deactivated before I sore the contender fire the act of aggression, ****.

RYU is another Derby best, and dam did I know it after leaving the arena with more wounds than weapon test dummy. He is quick on the mark, and can dish as well as defend his ground. All I can say is, Time is just a window, Ill be back.

As usual, Pinball was cover firing across the arena while hiding behind a wall, so he had to go. With help from Ghost, we muscled him out and took his place firing across the arena. "Heh Heh" Pinball is Pandora's box, how ever old he looks, don't open him, as something horrible always happens and usually to some one else, other than him self.

Derby B Team:
These guys were made up of something, as they were good players, and they franticly dished the heat, some how. We new some of the players on the team, but there were some players that we met after the first round, that we preferred not to have met. They put up a good defence against Derby-A and Leicester-Ham-D, and deserved to take second place for the tournament. "With help from seven players, LOL"

Cobr@ was in Derby B and he was a key player to there success, sadly I did not get much one-on-one battle action this time round, but I've played against him before and I know he can dish the heat.

KILLCRAZY, yes I enjoyed playing against this contender, especially in the 4th round, where he attempted to remove a thorn, from Team-B's butt. "I was the thorn" You best not irritate this warrior, or the ground may just open up and eat you whole. LOL

Leicester-Ham D Team:
Are team was called Leicester-ham as the contenders in are team, were mainly from Leicester with a few from Birmingham. We were a five-contender team, and were expecting possible defeat from the start, but we were still keen to battle anyway against the other teams. We came, we sore, we kicked some ass, and received some ass kicking. We were looking forward to attempting to beat Derby, "well it was a nice dream" but it all got a little nasty, "imagine hell raiser 2" so we need more practise. We did well for are first attempt at a Team Tournament, and hopefully we will return to retry another time.

Ghost is one of the best local players from Acocks Green Birmingham, and I'm sure we would not have done as well with out him. It was his first visit to Derby Megazone arena, so I'm sure he will do better on his next visit. Ghost is an ace warrior so don't drop your guard or he will frag you no problem.

Nemesis, Yep we brought the super contender with us, he was hooked up to the cigarette lighter on the way to Derby, so that he was super charged for the event. Nemesis was the reason Hunter came 10th place in the 3rd Round, that's right we sent the Nemesis after him, and man did Hunter feel it. Nemesis is a good player, if Leicester Megazone ever gets a members team again, he could be number one.

Phantom and his emergency painkillers were on the team, all ready to tackle someone out of their points. Don't be tricked, this guys may look small, but he can play, o yes he can play.

I'm R@IDER, and I'm a good teammate contender, as long as I've slept well. I'm a hairy student, Jesus looking kind of bloke, and a interesting kind of character. I play for Acocks Green, and when needed I dish heat.

Sandman dished heat on this tournament while playing the best in the arena. A contender from Acocks Green Birmingham, and a possible future midlands best player.

Round 1 = A - B - C Are team was not in Round 1, so we missed all the bloody mayhem, which was probably caused mainly by Team-A, and helped by Team-B. Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Derby-A 1st Place 42,026 Green Contender Score Rank RYU 10522 1 Hunter 7676 4 Red Devil 7425 5 PINBALL 6462 7 Carnage 5309 11 VENOM 4636 12 Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Derby-B 2nd Place 32,701 Red Contender Score Rank Player 8 8470 2 KILLCRAZY 5736 8 Cobr@ 5549 10 J 4085 13 Sludge 3545 15 NightWolf 2907 16 Wolf 2409 17 Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Derby-C 3rd Place 26,380 Yellow Contender Score Rank BUGSY 7819 3 Greacy 7084 6 beavis 5551 9 JEBUS 4002 14 Tip-Ex 1924 18

Round 2 = D - A - B
We went in against some heavy resistance, mainly Derby-A Team who were keen to take us on, than Derby C. Are plans failed, and we ended up playing on impulse than planned attack, at which point I twisted my ankle and had to take a more slow approach to the remainder of the round. Derby-A Team quickly took the round, and was really working well as a team; they deserved to win for the performance they gave. Derby-C Team were playing franticly, they were scoring more than we were, as at which point we were spread thin across the arena.

Round 3 Results: = C - D - A Another round of heavy firepower from Pinball and Hunter, we kind of managed to get a plan, but we were still over whelmed. Team-C were blast firing every thing that was a target, causing all who were walking in the open area's to be mostly deactivated. It's unsure who had the round under control, as it seemed more chaos than planned. Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Derby-A 1st Place 47,087 Green Contender Score Rank RYU 11328 1 PINBALL 11150 2 Carnage 7321 3 VENOM 6236 8 Red Devil 5626 9 Hunter 5426 10 Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Derby-C 2nd Place 29,592 Red Contender Score Rank Greasy 7320 4 JEBUS 7124 6 Player 9 6894 7 BUGSY 5150 13 Tip-Ex 3104 16 Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Leicester-Ham-D 3rd Place 26,775 Yellow Contender Score Rank NEMSIS 7138 5 Sandman 5226 11 Phantom 5164 12 R@IDER 4264 14 Ghost 3983 15

Round 4 Results: = B - C - D In this round we got are act back, and kept both teams in equal deactivation. My ankle was feeling reasonable in this round, so I sent heavy amounts of cover firepower across the arena to sandman, and kept Killcrazy busy at the same time. The Team-C were running for cover most of the time, as we had the Nemesis bouncing around the arena, picking off victims. We won the round, and it saved us from being beat by Team C in the main results. Yeah! Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Leicester-Ham-D 1st Place 37,247 Yellow Contender Score Rank NEMESIS 9497 1 R@IDER 8491 3 Sandman 7244 4 Ghost 6090 7 Phantom 5925 10 Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Derby-B 2nd Place 36,538 Green Contender Score Rank KILLCRAZY 9124 2 VECTOR 6032 8 Cobr@ 5975 9 J 5096 13 NightWolf 4752 15 Wolf 3771 16 Player 6 1797 17 Team:   Team Ranking: Team Score: Colour: Derby-C 3rd Place 30,006 Red Contender Score Rank Greasy 7145 5 JEBUS 6837 6 beavis 5831 11 BUGSY 5428 12 Tip-Ex 4765 14

Written by R@IDER

The Leicester All-nighter - 11th April 2003

Raider asked me to revue Leicester's All-nighter for him and to be honest I was looking forward to going back to Leicester having been absent for some time.

Arriving at Leicester early because of problem they have there with cars getting broken into but unfortunately I was proven right as one of the members' car was nearly broken into outside Megazone but thankfully we saw them doing it and scared them off. Getting back to the All-nighter Leicester has a new Manager called Simon. He only took over from Dean, the previous one, in the last 2 weeks. On the members side of things Simon said he is hoping to get things back the way they were a few years ago with lots of events and new membership deals for this year. He all so said that we are getting T2 packs in a few months as they're getting shipped out from Australia.

The night started proper for me when Nemesis turned up at 9.30 and us 2 got playing pool. The score ended up 2 games 1 to me. Well it was the only time all night I really beat Nemesis at definitively. After the pool games all the members started to turn up one by one really until we had 24 members. By 10ish we were expecting #Myerz# from Swansea but he never turned up at all and Leicester members would be forgiven to say "Thank God He didn't" as he would have really upset a lot of new members with his alleged cheating so he can get hold of the Leicester's Trophy he wanted so bad. It's bad enough with all members jossling for possession of a trophy but to contend with #myerz# is altogether a different kettle of fish.

Paul was also working the whole night. He had brought his D.J kit from home and set it up next to one of the video games where we blasted with a mix of dance pop music of his choice.

With Lee taking all the money for the All-nighter bookings and giving out free memberships, we did not get started properly until about 10.15 with a solo game where Ben, one of the Saturday kid morning members, won the game and Nemesis close second.

With all the scores up on the screen everyone had a breather and then went back in for a R.p.g team game for 15mins and thankfully my blue team won by a few grand and I personally got the top score.

Then of course we had to have a re-shuffle of the teams for the next team game so Ian asked me which one I wanted to play. I said it would be good to show the new members Cowboy and Indian game which involves 3 teams: 1 team on the top ramps who have 30 lives, the other 2 have 20 lives each and play on the bottom ground level. All they have to do is eliminate the Cowboys to win. Fortunately for the Cowboys they did not get wiped out at the end of the game. They did this by hiding in corners where they could not get shot or by lying down. Of course that's cheating but it was the first time most of the new members had played that game so most people didn't mind that much but on the other hand some of the old members where really getting miffed of with the cheating and took it a bit to personally.

Paul decided we play a new R.p.g game at 11. By this time everyone wanted to know how to use the R.p.g's so I had the job of telling them that it's 2 pushes on the button on the front of the pack for shields, 3 for smart gun and 4 stealth guns. I didn't bother telling them about spy mode as you only really use it in elimination games to confuse the other team. Nemesis' Blue team came out on top with a good lead in front. He personally got a score of 22454 which to be honest is taking the Mickey really. I guess he had to prove a point that he 's the best in the 'game'.

With everyone liking team games Paul set up the second Cowboys and Indian game but this time we made a few changes to the lives by putting the Indians on 15 lives and letting one of the bottom teams on to the ramps for a change. This time they did a little big horn on the poor guys on top. All them wiped out. It got to the stage where we had 12 members at the end of game hunting down one guy. Give him his due he lasted pretty long considering everyone was after him. Ben made sure the Indians won by getting the top score and let everyone know about it as well.

The accuracy championship came up next with Lee setting up the game to party solo. We all went into the briefing room to be told this is the first trophy game of the night and would be played soon with the results being announced later on. As this was probably the first All-nighter some of the members had been to most of the guys in the accuracy game thought they were Rambo and went round shooting like mad especially this cute 7-year-old kid. He must have on been about 3 feet tall but by gum he can blast the hell out of everything in his path. Pity it was not a normal game as he might have done really well but as it was you just stayed away from the little guy or die. Nemesis managed to keep clear of him and the rest of us so he won with 93%. Ian played as well and came second and Ben trailed in at 3rd

Having played the first trophy game of the night we all had half an hour getting some pizza or eating the crisps that Ian and the rest of the staff had put out. Personally I was expecting a better range of food laid out on the tables. I got the impression from the posters Megazone had put out that there would be a proper buffet but instead all we had really was a few bowls of crisps and some nuts.

Elimination games still in everyone's minds Lee set up a new one with 50 shots and 15 lives lasting 20 mins .It got off to a good start with most of the members running for cover. Unfortunately a large number of members did not really understand that they only had 50 shots and just went silly in the green base and got themselves eliminated in a few minutes by Little Ben and Nemesis so there was no choice but to abandon the game.

Paul then let called us all into the briefing room for the Solo Trophy game he let Lee set up the game to a fast and furious 30mins that entails 4 shots a second, death time 2 seconds, one second stun even though the game setting for a trophy game were to say the least different but we went ahead anyway. Unfortunately towards the end of the game Lee decided he wanted to win the solo game so he put a pack that was not registering hits on it so he won the game with 42000. Thankfully everyone really got miffed off with his cheating and it was decided to restart the solo trophy game after a small break
.
This time Paul set up the solo trophy to 15mins party solo setting to make sure that we all got a fair game if that was possible. With all the setting right we went into the arena and stared to play for the trophy. Nemesis had by this time got in to the swing of things and used his one hand trick to the annoyance of Ian and me. I tried my best to compete with his talent at ducking and blocking shots. Like Nemesis said to me before the game I'm not good enough and I agree with him as I have lost my form in the past few years and rarely play well enough to come in the top 3. With me out the way playing rubbish it came down to little Ben, Ian and Nemesis battling it out for the top score.

The second trophy of the night went to Nemesis with 29000/, little Ben came second with 24000 and I came 3rd with 21000 It might have been a different outcome later in the night as Paul made us play a second solo trophy at 3pm so he could work out what everyone's average would be. As it was the game score did not load up on to the computer so we stuck with results from the first game.

By now it was getting late in the morning and we began to run out of time for games so it was decided that we'd all better go into the briefing room and pick teams for the Team trophy game. We did this by getting 5 members to act as captains and pick 5 members but with having funny numbers one team had to be a 4. This is not as easy as it looks because everyone kept forgetting who they picked so I stepped into help with a note pad but, with my spelling, I let little Ben help out a bit as well.

The first had Nemesis as the captain. He played a team with 4 members in it against a 5-member team and his team qualified to the final. Then it was my blue team's turn. We played little Ben's team of 5 at first. It was close as Ben's team were all in the green base and doing really well by keeping us at bay and scoring lots of points. I had other plans with most of my team behind me. We stormed the green base to shoot it out. The battle for the base lasted a few minutes. By that time Ben's team were losing and they just legged it out of there. We kept on top of Ben's team till the end of the game and beat them by quite a margin to get in the Final game.

The final team game was to say the most challenging games I've played. Yes. You did hear right. We ended up playing 3 games for the Final. The first game was going ok for my side till Nemesis pointed out that I picked up the pack Lee had used in the solo game. Or in other words I was caning everyone and they were getting a bit miffed off about it. We restarted the game again this time. A few packs were not registering hits, so went to play the solo a 3rd time.

With no problems with the packs by this time Nemesis had got it in for me. Most of the game was played with me getting shot to bits or me shooting Nemesis which suited me fine because, when his team was getting me, my team were racking up all the points behind their back.

Finally the game ended and we all went in to the briefing room to hear who had won what.

Simon read out the results to everyone. It was no surprise to hear Nemesis' name called out a few times: one for the Solo Trophy and the other for the Accuracy Trophy. Simon also said that they had a worst member award. I won't mention his name but he only got it because the really bad member had already gone home!

Afterwards Simon called out the team who had won the Team trophy. I thought that my team had not done that well but I was given a big shock when it was my Blue team. That made my night really to see a few new members getting a trophy, not just the normal members like Little Ben and me.

After the Presentation, Simon thanked us all for coming and said he hoped he would organise another All-nighter soon which would be bigger and better. I thanked him for a good night and asked him when he thought the next All-nighter would be but he hadn't decided on a date yet .As we went out Simon handed out little lights to all of us when we got out of the door. I thought that was a nice touch giving out freebees and saying goodbye to everyone.

On my last note the night went well as can be expected with all that's happened at Leicester and Simon did well with all the organisation considering the previous manager had left Megazone on bad terms and not told Simon anything about the All-nighter.

Bye Phantom.
[Leicester member]
Written by Phantom

---

Introduction

---

Introduction