Vemix

Was a fun event, pasickle obvs mvp for best spot

good stuff, i'ma give you the 

Good event apart from the end...

Will EDIT for place after I check what Im doing on day
EDIT: sign me up

> No notice = miss 2 events
> gave notice

great event +1

Great event overall guys :), really well prepared and it seems you got over the problems that you initially faced when you started.  All of you deserve a good pat on the back after the hard work you put in :). 

Thanks for the event pepe, finnley and raw. well organised and went smoothly. i obvs had the best hiding spots

Good event until we lost a 1v4 to Extinct

Giving away Inferno PIN.

 
UPVOTE  THIS POST TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY
i will select winner 16-september-2016 or when there are 40 UPVOTES.
Goodluck 
p.s jaydog isnt allowed to enter this giveaway 
 
UPDATE
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So i used a randomizer to pick out the winner, it seems who comes first gets served first.
and the WINNER is 
Congratz ..... with the inferno pin.
 
 
p.s here screenshot so im not faking it.
 

Before doing updates to the drivers and stuff make sure to make a restore point because, if you don't you will end up like me fucking up my shit and having to reset the whole thing.

Yo I like this style of art https://gyazo.com/1b2871b0a44686ad813dd35db2eebb00 

Damn sick pc build

It isnt his fault for a random Power cut so there shouldn't be a Punishment for his inconvenience.
 
And we can we a change in roster JME for Brawler Kappa

Jamie please drop out of 5v5 so you can cast rest of tourney with jibby jibson 

Alright, first of all, I would like to apologise for the delays yesterday, it shouldn't have gone on for that long, however, it was all technical and was out of our control. I promise you something like that won't happen again. As for Nick, the problem was he didn't let me know whether he was coming or not and as I stated before, I am not letting you guys have a sub if you don't tell me beforehand that you might not make it. Anyway, let's move on and hopefully something like that won't happen again.

Other things i want to talk about:

-  It is the CAPTAIN's responsibility to get your team members together and tell them about the day and time of the matches. Event hosts will not be going around contacting all 40 of u because that's nearly impossible. That said, please do yourself and the captain a favour and check the ESL page yourself. This way you can't complain you didn't know about it.
- In the group stages, everyone will play every other team TWICE, this means you will have 6 games, a few of you came to me to ask why it wasn't just one game against each other - the answer to that is, we planned it that way and wanted to have more games which meant more fun for you guys and more entertainment. We also wanted it to be big and a tournament where you really have to work hard to earn those juicy £80 worth of prizes. Maybe in the next ESL we will reduce the group stage games, however, it will be unfair to change it mid-way through the tournament, especially for the teams who can still make it through.
- Last but not least, I schedule the matches around Sunday/Monday each week. To avoid "Sorry I cant make it to my match that day" PLEASE tell me before the schedule goes up for next week if there are days you prefer or cant do... this will help you, your team and event hosts and avoid reschedules etc. 
Reminder for today's matches: 

Saturday 9th July
7:00pm Simi's Sexual Healing Squad vs Ich habe die Input Lag 
8:00pm Lupha's A Virgin vs Krisstian Dragon's Asian Stiqqy Ikky Balls
9:00pm Sovman vs Jamie 

Independence day haha not a birthday
 

You really took that Payday 2 Panda mask to a whole new level Vemix, what are you doing!!!! 

Hades will be rip 
 

Why I mean it was an easy way to get credits but if you want u can be like those servers 
 

Surf Grand Opening
We are glad to say that we are at last going to be opening up the server that we promised in the April News Update. After an eventful couple of months and a silly number of issues popping up along the way, we are finally able to start up the surf server this Friday at 6PM.
Join using this IP: 149.202.88.7:27017
The server will start out with 11 maps, a rank system and !redie. It also has hive365 radio.
We look forward to opening the new server and hopefully expanding our community! 
    
The OB Staff

Hey all,
As many of you know gathers are a big part of OB and being part of them is among one of the easiest ways to play with and integrate with players from the community. It allows for us to play CS:GO in its competitive mode without the same competitive pressures you get from playing matchmaking or ladders. This means gathers can potentially have a variety of abilities, personalities and levels of seriousness within them.
We are aware that people enjoy gathers in different ways and so to an extent people should be allowed to play how they want. However it has come to our attention that recently behaviour in gathers, both in gameplay and attitude, has become unacceptable. From flat out mindless team killing to continually harassing individuals to getting excessively angry over extremely petty in-game events; the list can go on from the number of things which add up to make a large portion of gathers toxic as of late. Due to this we will be enforcing the poor behaviour which has become the norm from now on, this isn't done with the intention of 'safe spacing' and ruining fun but to prevent more gathers taking place where people are intentionally ruining other people's fun, finding it acceptable and in some cases boasting about it when they spark a reaction out of someone.
 
The first, and most significant point, is about the extents of 'baiting' in gathers. Baiting and mocking among friends is something which has always been part of OB and having a laugh is not something we want to stop but recently, especially in gathers, 'baiting' and 'joking' has become a disguise for what is frankly flat out harassment and toxic treatment towards individuals. It becomes worse in gathers because everyone groups up on individuals and makes them feel awful; that isn't having a joke or mocking someone, that is bullying. This sort of continuous beratement of people which leads onto more personal jibes has been getting out of hand and has been completely ruining the atmosphere of what could be enjoyable, pleasant games. Do not be surprised if a mod warns you and ends up banning you, not only from gathers but from OB full stop, if you are found being toxic.
Next is about gameplay and the line between trolling and having fun. People enjoy the game in different ways and enjoy playing with different weapons, however purposely ignoring team mates and stubbornly acting for your own gain when a team mate has asked you to do something is just as much toxic behaviour as the way they might be reacting to it (which I'll get to in a moment). These cases are situational but you know when you are trolling and it is obvious to others when you are intentionally doing something in-game to annoy others. Extreme cases such as intentional constant team killing just won't be tolerated full stop, it ruins the game for everyone.
Finally, the levels of competitiveness and seriousness of players in gathers can be a large cause for issue. Being competitive is absolutely fine and so is wanting to win, but allowing this drive to make you angry and take it out on the people you are playing with is both petty and unnecessary. Treating people as if they are inferior to you as a person because they don't do what you want in a game is simply pathetic. Even if they are provoking you with the way they act, resorting to toxicity will never help the situation and will only make it harder for us to believe you and deal with the people infuriating you in the first place. 
 
To summarise; behaviour causing gathers to become toxic is going to be enforced upon. This is a last warning for everyone. A list of rules will be put into the gather gallery channels in due course. Sorry it is has had to come to a set structure of rules but hopefully this will lead to an improvement in the atmosphere and attitude in gathers.
The OB Staff

I made a post before, but I think the thread got wiped due to whatever reason.
Anyway, I am actually rather excited for this. Like Fluxy, I was sceptical at first but it's since grown on me and I'm rather looking forward to giving it a go. Originality will certainly be the winning point of this game, along with how far the Frostbite engine has developed over the years to really give it a destructive feel. 
There are actually a handful of WWI games already on the market (Verdun?) but also I believe somebody made a mod for Battlefield 1942 and appropriately named it Battlefield 1918. I haven't played it myself, but it looked impressive for the time. It is certainly a niche in the market and if done properly could really rake in the sales. 
The First World War was a particularly interesting conflict, as it was a changing time. The advancing technology meant that the days of facing each other in long lines with virtually no cover were gone. The technology improved (tanks, artillery, planes & gas) however, the tactics remained the same. So, as (again) Fluxy said, it was major bombardments for very little gain. Having said that, I still think there could be potential to this game - the dogfights are certainly going to be an interesting element (I was getting a bit sick of the easy SAM and the quick respawn of flares). I also hope, from the look of the trailer, sea battles are going to be a thing. This was something attempted in BF1942 in the early days, however I didn't hugely play it online so I never saw its full potential :( 

When I first saw that Battlefield was going to be using a WW1 setting I was very unsure about it. There is a reason why almost no games have used it as a setting, it wasn't the most exciting of all wars. While there was stuff going on in Italy and Africa the majority of fighting took place between two static lines that just shelled the shit out of each other. Ground gained and lost was measured in meters over a period of weeks. Guns and attachments are also obviously going to be pretty limited. But as I have seen more and heard more about it I am quietly hopeful that it could be a really good game. Im sure historical accuracy will go out the window but I'm not sure thats a bad thing