Well... I had told my crew to keep quiet and not chime in here, because we are too new and without enough founding and public support to ring in on this issue, but, i just can't keep my silence anymore.
First, before all else, I want to express my immense respect for anyone that spends their valuable free time, of which so many of us have so little, to organize
free competitions for a
free game. I have dealt with, and worked with, many of the UZ admins in my very short existence in the UrT community, and most all of them are completely stand up individuals deserving of your respect and admiration. I think offhanded comments directed (even if indirectly) at UZ admins are uncalled for in this specific public space. Regarding coverage, I know EXACTLY how difficult it is to organize the broadcasting of matches, and I think 7o9 is a hero of UrT for all that he has done. But, I can't sit by and listen to people claim that there is either no organization, or too many organizations, capable of hosting a simple tournament. Someone mentioned hosting the nations cup on urt.info. That would probably be the most appropriate solution in my eyes. BUT, as far as I know, there are
2, yes, I said
2, leagues in existence capable of handling such a task.
I want to first say, that this is in no way a shameless plug. This is a call to reason; this is my unbiased need to spread information to those that might not possess it. Information that is vital to most of what is being discussed in this thread. There is another league. You can visit their (our, to be fair) website at
utschamps.org. You can also read an interview that touches on the reasons for its founding and the spirit behind it at
iourbanterror.de. Those that left UZ because of a feeling of unfair treatment, please come take a look... I invite you to inspect the admin decision making processes that have taken place so far. Our ultimate goal is a focus on absolute fairness and transparency, in every aspect. We are, admittedly, still ironing out the kinks of running an Esports league. And once again, I want to publicly thank all the UZ admins (and others) who have gone out of their way to help us establish ourselves despite being, in some ways, competitors with them. This is the true meaning of sportsmanship.
In regards to broadcasting, you can find the link to our youtube channel and watch some of the matches of our current event (the Sr8 tournament) to see if the quality is to your liking. I have been staying up late and waking up early (at local times ranging from 6pm to 4am) just to make sure that as many matches as possible are broadcasted for the enjoyment of UrT players. Our quality and production value is nowhere near what UZ and past CB puts out, but we are there, and we are dedicated. If shoutcasting is a concern, I would be more than willing to broadcast all these matches from my personal server's GTV on our Twitch feed. Whether it be through a new CB site, UZ, or UTSC. I am in this for UrT, not any allegiance to a league or small clique of players.
Now, I am a n00b. I have been playing UrT for just over 6 months now. I don't know anything, and I wasn't there for the 1973 nations cup, and I don't know that guy who played UrT when people hand wrote letters to their mom's from aboard steam cruisers and paddle boats. But, I do know that even in those short 6 months I've been increasingly unimpressed with the community. I took a long hiatus from FPS gaming and returned to find UrT very much alive and pulsing. A true game, that revolves around skill and strategy. A game where you must put in the time to learn not only aim, but movement and game sense. A game where you can get so much, month after month as you watch yourself grow as a player. When I started this past spring, I was overwhelmed with a sense of community and incredibly impressed with the player base, the competitive scene, and the thankless devs that make it all possible. Then, the change from 4.1 to 4.2 produced some of the most deplorable ingratitude that I have ever seen. That and some of my first brushes with less desirable members of the community almost made me consider quitting this game. If there was a comparable game out there, with the same qualities that make us incapable of giving up on UrT, I probably would be long gone by now. But, we are still here, bitching about nations cup for a reason. Because we love this game. Because we are not willing to sit idly by and let it die. Honestly, I don't know if 30-40 players playing a few matches recorded on youtube will really make a difference. Nations cup this, nations cup that... 99% of UrT players won't participate and won't watch the matches (I will watch, I care that much [fml]). You guys should be putting this energy into recruiting your friends to start playing UrT... you should be putting this energy into being nice to noobs when they join your server, so they don't rage quit and uninstall minutes after being kicked from a server multiple times for not quite understanding what they are doing. Do you feel as though you deserve the hard work of CB and UZ admins? What makes you think that???? If CB makes a new site, and all goes back to normal, then I will feel like a complete idiot for posting this. If UZ takes on that role, then I am sure they will do a phenomenal job of it. We at UTSC are prepared to take on any of the community's needs with respect to competition. If nobody can decide, I will host a nations cup myself!
What I'm trying to get at, is that there are plenty of great people here trying their best to promote UrT, fair competition, and general good times, with absolutely no gain to themselves. Once again, being honest, I've had way too much to drink this evening, and I'm letting all my frustration over UrT out in this post. In the pit of my stomach is a nagging fear that this game is in fact dieing. If it does, then so does my gaming habit, and all the good times and great friends I've made along the way. I'm not willing to let that happen! As someone with fresh eyes, so to speak, who has not only a wide perspective of gaming, but of life itself, I have to inform you all of your childishness and lapse of sound reasoning. Please stop acting like CB admins or UZ admins owe you anything. (unless of course you are in that group of people that the parent company owes money too, lol) If you guys want a nations cup so badly, then make it yourselves. The teams are all but decided already. Start a live feed on twitch and pull names out of a hat to determine matchups. Send me a PM and I'll be there for the shoutcast. And, most of all, don't forget that the majority of this game is played on FFA pub servers with a bunch of noobs that don't even know what UZ/CB is. Let us not ask what UrT can do for
YOU, but what
YOU can do for UrT!!
pwnie.saint 
community admin
shoushou, on 23 December 2013 - 11:24 AM, said:
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