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May - June - Places: Valongo, Braga, Maia
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And after some promenading across the country to gain some balance and teamplay, we couldn't fail the ESWC qualification on the last tournament. Everything that the K1ck CS players had trained for, every tactic, spot and boost, would be at stake on this last chance to qualify.
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At FunkyByte K1ck were placed in Group A, with the games starting really early in the morning (9 am!). 13-10 vs gHK2, 13-2 vs uNit and 13-3 Ft secured first place. 13-6 vs YTS and 13-2 vs IsS Victories showed us the way to the ESWC Finals. Still the Winners Final vs Mid to be played but the festive environment affected the players aim and a 3-13 defeat was just a "we'll be back" after winning the losers final 13-5 vs gHK2. And a great game it was, ending 11-13, where those tiny things and a little luck are sometimes decisive. Gg Mid, we'll meet you in a few days :P
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Great Headshots, a good victory vs Team Ion on the Jogos Gomes qualify in Braga, some quality time spent bootcamping and playing the NetPlanet Tournament and that terrible overtime on the winners final vs Team Ion in Braga, produced a more mature K1ck CS team and the results obviously improved. Well played!
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20th June 2004
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| ESWC Counter-Strike Pre-Qualifiers Photos |
| GNet Counter-Strike Tournament |
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February 21-22-23 - Place: Paços de Ferreira
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35 Clans in dispute on a nice spot to do something like this and a false start for many of them, as it happened to K1ck that only played on Sunday evening after doing the check-in Friday night, didn't spoil the fun and the well disputed games ( some, anyway )that took place.
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After being the main team in Group G, the draw was not at all easy. Being one of the hardest groups and the last to play didn't help, but with 13-03, 13-03 and a quite good now-you-shut-up-and-go-home 13-01 vs a squad that claimed victory to their side before the match, secured a place in the next phase. The lack of concentration in the 10-13 defeat vs Gurcas and the consequent 2nd place was to be decisive in K1ck's Tournament.
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And once again the draw was a hard one. K1ck would have to face Midnight and one of the good teams in the tournament had to lose and end its path at an early stage. 10-13 on a good strugle proved that it was a pitty that the 2 teams had to meet at such an early stage of the competition, but such is life :)
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24th February 2004
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| GNet Counter-Strike Tournament Photos |
| Samsung's IT Show Photo |
| Navigator2 Counter-Strike Tournament |
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December 20-21 - Place: Vila do Conde
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Saturday morning Vila do Conde woke up with some disturbance and unknown ppl gathering on a quiet street. Navigator2 Counter-Strike Tournament was about to start and pt major clans didn't want to miss the chance to win the prize at dispute.
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The first day of the event was almost superb. Easy K1ck 13-0 victories vs 7 deadly sins and Tiger (default win) and a close match vs rWs, with a 13-11 win. But the best match was still to come. Leading the match vs Exotic, with lots of opportunities in a row to close it, the first place in the group sure seemed granted but a nice recover from the Exotic team ended in a 12-12 draw. And in Overtime the turn around was completed and Exotic won, but surely they didn't expect the hard fight for the first place that almost got away.
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On the second day, when everybody at the team thought they would probably be facing zG, a surprising fh was in the way at quarter finals. And the match started not so well, in a map where the results and tactics aren't so great. And fh hang on well to the early advantage that they conquered to win the match, ending K1ck's path at Navigator2.
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21st December 2003
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| Navigator2 Counter-Strike Tournament Photos |
| K1ck Lan I |
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October 10-11-12 - Place: Porto
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Friday the 10th, not the 13th. The K1ck-off for a well spent 3 day, 2 night, gaming at full speed, enjoyable time. It started with a Quake 3 Fortress 1 flag all-soldiers session at Bam5, just to get in shape for the fights ahead. Somehow, this Q3F mod, always reminds me of Rugby matches, where you have to push and push while the flag carrier goes through the cracks you open in the opponent's defense.
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Enemy Territory was the follow-up, and the funny part of the matches were "those guys looking at the sky and whistling" while others fought for their lives. They always wanted to play the game but never gave it a try, so they took the chance and tested it with the pros :)
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All through Saturday night and Sunday morning, QWTF ruled. With hundreds of games, pro players in the room on several recent FPS, Enemy Territory and Q3 fans by the dozen, we all wind up playing the light, speedy and a joy to play as a team, Quake World Team Fortress, now with a lift on the fuh quake version.
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Dinner around the table, telling stories from the past and eating ( not marshmallows by the fire camp 'cause we would set the place on fire ), was a great way to celebrate the reason why anyone should start a clan. It's all about ppl. And 5 years later, some of us still attend the meetings and we watch the list getting larger each year with great pleasure. Next Year, Lisboa awaits us :)
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14th December 2003
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