http://goheadshot.com/wordpress Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory, gaming, etc Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:06:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've written about Backgammon Masters before. They provide a platform where people can play online backgammon, blackjack and other games This post is not about gaming, but about giving and about social responsibility. Even though what this company does for profit is to organize backgammon tournaments they seem to have a ... http://goheadshot.com/wordpress/2008/06/06/backgammon-masters-help-people-in-need/ I've mentioned before that backgammon is a great way to get away from playing first person shooter games like Enemy Territory. BackgammonMasters Game Lobby has recently been revamped with a new, improved menu/navigation structure and a new look. In fact it looks like this website will start offering full casino ... http://goheadshot.com/wordpress/2008/02/18/play-backgammon-on-line/ Do you know how to play backgammon? If not then you are missing a lot. It's a fun game played by two people and there are a few variations. It definitely is different from Enemy Territory but we all need a bread from "shooting people". It's very easy to play ... http://goheadshot.com/wordpress/2007/11/29/online-backgammon/ Jaymod is another MOD which is becoming popular in the Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory world due to its imaginative features. In this post I'll explain some of the basic Jaymod configuration cvars that I recommend setting up on your server. Just a clarification: this configuration does not replace the server.cfg ... http://goheadshot.com/wordpress/2007/08/09/wolfenstein-configuration-explained-jaymodcfg/ I have compiled a list of educational articles and put them up on in this post to make them easier to find and access. I will also put a link on the left menu of the blog.These posts are mainly written to help you with your journey as an ET ... http://goheadshot.com/wordpress/2007/08/07/articles-roundup-popular-information/ If you are just starting with Enemy Territory then you probably don't have any custom maps on your PC. The only maps that come with the installation package are the so-called 6 standard maps (Oasis, Railgun, Fueldump, Radar, Battery, Goldrush).There are 2 ways you can get new maps:connect to the ... http://goheadshot.com/wordpress/2007/08/03/how-to-download-and-install-maps-on-your-pc/ Every Enemy Territory forum I know has a specific topic dedicated to configuration tweaks. These are small changes to the default ET configuration which will improve your gaming and make it more enjoyable in the process. My favourite ones are: Crosshairseta cg_drawCrosshair "5"          //dot (.) type crosshairseta cg_crosshairColor "red"       //crosshair ... http://goheadshot.com/wordpress/2007/08/01/top-5-config-tweaks-you-need-to-have/ If you are just starting a clan then you will most probably need some private place where you can discuss your group's issues like who to recruit, your preferred servers etc. You can easily get some free forums on the web where you can easily start off your forums but ... http://goheadshot.com/wordpress/2007/07/30/get-free-forum-space-for-your-clan/ I've written  before that when you get a game server it is recommended that you redirect your downloads (maps, soundpacks etc) to a webserver because downloading from the game server is very slow (capped at 12KB/sec). One of my colleagues in FreeTeamPlayers has found a free web server ... http://goheadshot.com/wordpress/2007/07/27/how-to-get-a-free-downloads-server/ Lately I've been struggling to find time to play Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory with real life getting in the way :). Imagine having 100 free games available to play! How many can you handle? How much time can you make? While browsing around blogs, I've stumbled on a list of ... http://goheadshot.com/wordpress/2007/07/26/how-much-free-time-do-you-have-to-play-games/