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Yesterday at the Quakecon Carmack made his words come true, and released he Wolfenstein:Enemy-Territory source code..
Another great day to be an ET player!


Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Goes Open Source
RTCW and Enemy Territory GPL source release

Here my outlook on what might being done with it..
First off I believe some chaos will start, many will start hacking around with the code, a quality thing should work on all plattforms.. so at least some way to measure the quality. There are already some projects resembling Enemy-Territory, but as far as I know none of these does target compatibility - so all our loved maps would be not working. Now with this release, we might see some basic features like MP3 support (smaller filesizes), maybe Mumble (Like Ventrilo but better integrated into the game), and hopefully some improvements from ioquake3 taken over to ET - which should improve performance of the game extremely for old hardware - but aswel for new.

One thing is sure ET can't die now... we have its blueprints; everything can be done now. As nice as that might sound its also a pitfall, many things are already good - and do not need to be changed - There is no need for Enemy-Territory 2. Just improve what is already there..

I truly hope there will build up a community working together, sharing their knowledge and improving ET. As its released under GPL that should happen, but I fear there will be many forks which will split up the community even more.

Someone said cheaters will go wild again, that might be the case but only until some a fresh compile of ET has been done of some group like ETPUB. Cause there are various ways to make cheating harder, this was impossible until now for modders - now it is, that does not prevent private coders from unleashing their diarrhea ... but every known hack till today could be successfully blocked and future hacks have it way more difficult.

Contents:

Community Statistics
Holiday News
Pic Time!
Special Thanks

Statistics for the week of June 6 - July 30 were as follows: We had 22 new registered members to the forums, allot of our community members celebrated their birthdays, there were 0 reported admin abuse topics across all servers this because the admin abuse area got deleted in the forums, 4 unban requests, and countless promotions for regulars, members, and admins. At last count, we now have 4,060 registered members who have made ~266,023+ posts.

Newest Bunker Members Tagged:


DrJuice - B10
Badshooter- B10
Mark.NL - B2
Amisa - B1
d.a.r.k - B2
Mandinghino - B1
Frei QUEBEC - B1
Doug Heffernan - B2



Congratulation's on the promotions everyone, keep up the good work! If you have been promoted to member(tag wearing) you now have access to a members section of the forum, if you don't have access PM a member and have them add your name here (member link) to get you access. If your name is not listed, PM Vidi to be added as a correction in the following weeks news.
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- Summer Holiday -
Written by: Vidi

well for most of us its summer holiday , this means for many holiday with family and kids, or just staying home beeing bored and play ET all day or others (like me) have a million things to do now and don't have time at all. anyway i want to say that i hope every1 has a nice holiday how he/she wants or wanted to spend it. now i'm gone in August so even less time for me to spend in front of the computer. For the rest i want to announce that allot of things have changed in the forum lay-out, people are talking about restyling bunker to attract more players to the server. I did not make a bunker or server news because i don't have the time to do so. i just want you guys to know that i'm still alive and still writing TBT's.. the next TBT will be somewhere in September with everything in it!!

Sun to all!



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- Pic Time! -

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For contributing to this weeks news: Vidi, UndeadWarrior, Saevio, Dioxide and SkorzenyPL.

The founders, donators, regulars, admins, forum staff, server owners, PBstreamers, and everyone else, you have made this community what it is today.
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Thanks for taking the time to read our attempt to keep the community aware of news, information, and issues that affect the entire community.

Contents:

Community Statistics
Bunker News
Server News
Tip of the Week
Pic of the Week
Special Thanks
Editor Comments

Statistics for the week of May 31 - June 6 were as follows: We had 5 new registered members to the forums, 18 of our community members celebrated their birthdays, there were 0 reported admin abuse topics across all servers, 0 unban requests, and countless promotions for regulars, members, and admins. At last count, we now have 4,038 registered members who have made ~262,345+ posts.

Newest Bunker Members Tagged:


Magnus - B1


Congratulation's on the promotions everyone, keep up the good work! If you have been promoted to member(tag wearing) you now have access to a members section of the forum, if you don't have access PM a member and have them add your name here (member link) to get you access. If your name is not listed, PM Vidi to be added as a correction in the following weeks news.
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- 6 June 2010; D-day +66 years -
Written by: Vidi

66 Years after WW2, we as ET-community are still daily busy with WW2 and everything arround it. but because of the 66th anniversary of D-Day, the turning point in the war, i present you some general info about D-day.



as 66 years has past since this event that changed the world people all over the globe want to keep it remembered.
that is why i wanna keep it alive in our thoughts, by making this news about D-day.

On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied soldiers clambered aboard heaving landing craft and braved six-foot swells, waves of machine gun fire, and more than 6 million mines to claim a stretch of sand at a place called Normandy. Their mission was to carve out an Allied foothold on the edge of Nazi-occupied Europe for the army of more than one million that would follow them in the summer of 1944. This army would burst forth from the beachhead, rolling across Europe into the heart of Germany, liberating millions, toppling a genocidal regime, and ending a nightmare along the way. But it all began on this beach in France, with an army of teenagers on a day called D-Day.


In its historical and human consequences, D-Day is epic. A turning point in the course of the war, D-Day signaled the beginning of the end of the age of fascism and the return of hope to millions in occupied nations globally. Moreover, as the largest land, air, and sea invasion in history, D-Day drew upon human and military resources on an unprecedented scale, one consequence of which was the creation of an unprecedented number of veterans of a single battle. There are more veterans of D-Day than any other engagement in the Second World War, derived from every sector of our population and reflecting a wide variety of backgrounds, each one with a distinct and unique story of D-Day to share the story of ordinary men and women living in extraordinary times.


The 66th Anniversary of D-Day represents one of the last best opportunities for dialogue about this pivotal moment in history between large numbers of those who lived it, those who study it, and those who live with its effects. Overlord Echoes is designed to take full advantage of this extraordinary moment.

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Wikipedia about D-day

- BunkerGaming announcement -
Written by: Vidi, KILLERBEE and Karl-Otto

- ! - IMPORTANT INFORMATION - ! -
Some time ago karlotto made a topic in the AF that he wants to quit the contract for the B8 beast, this will mean that the following servers will be shut down: B6, B7, B8, B11, the ETTV servers and the matchservers!


Posted by karlotto himself:

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i talked to hetzner and the contract will be cancel on the 31.06.2010 at 24:00.

new locations/owners/... for the servers are uknown, a future for Bunker6 is allready known you can look at the topic that KILLERBEE made about it here

1ns again i find it urgent for every1 to please look @ the TBT 'donation' news

Thank you KArl-Otto for everything!

you can read the topic Here


- Castle Eltz *map* -
Written by: Vidi
info given by: Peyote

A nice new map was launched. its allready in the current Bunker1 and Bunker2 map cycle but i guess that it will be a well known map soon, the map has a great objective and is not to easy nor to hard. and 1 of the most important features it looks nice! as far as i know the map is also not an FPS eater, only downsite maybe is that its a 23MB large map.

here is something what Peyote said about the map:

peyote said:

uhrm sorry dunno what to say to it,.. the map is just a masterpiece..

the Storyline of the map: "Axis Scientists have been working on a Teleporter Device inside the Castle of Eltz. This Teleporter is powered by rare pieces of crystals...Allied Forces must Infiltrate the Castle and steal these crystals. The crystals must be delivered at the Zeppelin."

more info about the map can be found Here



- Silverhaze (Sickone) Productions: a day in the life -
Written by: Vidi, movie by: SickOne

Sickone released his video about him in the 'Bunker-Cup' and in the '.B2' team. In the video you can see some nice actions made by sickone in the bunkercup, you also see some (actually a lot ) of fails. you can check the video out yourself by clicking on This Link hint: watch the video in HD to get maximum of effect.
you can also give your comments (no flame kiddies) about the video in The topic

- Donations -
Written by: Vidi

with the new forum upgrade it has become way more easier to donate money to the community.
Server hosting costs money, its always a nice if you play on a server to donate to keep it alive and running. With the new improved donation tracker we can also see who has donated money towards the community. Now don't forget, donating does not give you only 1 benifit, that is keeping the server online. if you want to donate money but wanna be anonymous this can also be done;

bunker community thanks you for every donation people made and will make, Thank you!

Donate? --> Click Here <--


*In The News stories are picked to give information about community members. Have a story about Bunker or some of the community members? Send them in!*
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B1 Top News - Bunker 1 got a new campaing, thanks to Jecoliah. you can find the new campaing in the Bunker1 campaign topic

B2 Top News - The spawnpass rule got deleted on bunker2, this means you are allowed to spawnpass on this server, tho you are still not allowed to Spawnkill or camp in the spawn area

B4 Top News - a warm welcome from all Bunker 4 players to the new members of the Bunker community

B6 Top News - B6 is shutting down, more info can be found Here or in This TBT, tho a new future for B6 is allready here

B7 Top News - B7 is shutting down, more info can be found Here or in This TBT

B8 Top News - B8 is shutting down, more info can be found Here or in This TBT

B10 Top News - G0rt updated Bunker 10 his Campaign, you can find the new campaign info here

B11 Top News - B11 is shutting down, more info can be found Here or in This TBT




*Top news is determined by when the topic started, number of replies, views, and popularity of the topics*
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- Tip of the Week -

- Pic of the Week -

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For contributing to this weeks news: Vidi, KILLERBEE, Peyote, Karl-Otto, SickOne, PROWND, and SkorzenyPL.

The founders, donators, regulars, admins, forum staff, server owners, PBstreamers, and everyone else, you have made this community what it is today.
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- keep sending in those stories, pics,... people !!!
- warm welcome to the new tagged people
- not really fully updated server news




*This section is for notes regarding the news from TBT staff*
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Thanks for taking the time to read our attempt to keep the community aware of news, information, and issues that affect the entire community.

Contents:

Community Statistics
Bunker-Dev1ous Cup News
Bunker News
Server News
Tip of the Week
Pic of the Week
Special Thanks
Editor Comments

Statistics for the week of May 16 - May 30 were as follows: We had 8 new registered members to the forums, 25 of our community members celebrated their birthdays, there were 0 reported admin abuse topics across all servers, 0 unban requests, and countless promotions for regulars, members, and admins. At last count, we now have 4,033 registered members who have made ~261,829+ posts.

Newest Bunker Members Tagged:


vercingetorix - B4
solewu - B4


Congratulation's on the promotions everyone, keep up the good work! If you have been promoted to member(tag wearing) you now have access to a members section of the forum, if you don't have access PM a member and have them add your name here (member link) to get you access. If your name is not listed, PM Vidi to be added as a correction in the following weeks news.
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after knowing that some1 of the pink nutsacks got cought cheating, another ex-pink nutsacks member got caught cheating, probably with the same cheat. This again is a bad thing for the pink nutsacks

Semi-Finals are over, you can rewatch every semi-final of first divsion and 2nd divion on ETTV1: 78.46.44.197:27961

let the playoffs begin!
The playoffs are double elimination. Its not very clear on the BCup website, but winner of upperbracket
will have to play winner of lower bracket to come to final winner.

Division 1:

Next match: a2id vs Dev1ous



Division 2:

Next macht: #distracted.et vs CPC Castors




Stay tuned for dates of the matches !!!

more match info about the Bunker-Dev1ous Cup 1st Division can be found Here, Bunker-Dev1ous Cup 2nd Division can be found Here. General info about the Bunker-Dev1ous Cup can be found Here
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- BunkerGaming announcement -
Written by: Vidi, KILLERBEE and Karl-Otto

- ! - IMPORTANT INFORMATION - ! -
Some time ago karlotto made a topic in the AF that he wants to quit the contract for the B8 beast, this will mean that the following servers will be shut down: B6, B7, B8, B11, the ETTV servers and the matchservers!


Posted by karlotto himself:

Quote

new locations/owners/... for the servers are uknown, a future for Bunker6 is allready known you can look at the topic that KILLERBEE made about it here

1ns again i find it urgent for every1 to please look @ the TBT 'donation' news

Thank you KArl-Otto for everything!

you can read the topic Here


- Eurovisionsong festival -
Written by: Vidi


is it crap or not? with more then 120 million television viewers in Europe alone, many dislike it others like it and still think its a nice music festival in Europe. Do you like the winner of this year? that and much more you can discuss in The topic about it


- Donations -
Written by: Vidi

with the new forum upgrade it has become way more easier to donate money to the community.
Server hosting costs money, its always a nice if you play on a server to donate to keep it alive and running. With the new improved donation tracker we can also see who has donated money towards the community. Now don't forget, donating does not give you only 1 benifit, that is keeping the server online. if you want to donate money but wanna be anonymous this can also be done;

bunker community thanks you for every donation people made and will make, Thank you!

Donate? --> Click Here <--


*In The News stories are picked to give information about community members. Have a story about Bunker or some of the community members? Send them in!*
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B1 Top News - Bunker 1 got a new campaing, thanks to Jecoliah. you can find the new campaing in the Bunker1 campaign topic

B2 Top News - the spawnpass rule got deleted on bunker2, this means you are allowed to spawnpass on this server, tho you are still not allowed to Spawnkill or camp in the spawn area

B4 Top News - Lud@nub is back after beeing mia/afk for some time, welcome back newb

B6 Top News - B6 is shutting down, more info can be found Here or in This TBT, tho a new future for B6 is allready here

B7 Top News - B7 is shutting down, more info can be found Here or in This TBT

B8 Top News - B8 is shutting down, more info can be found Here or in This TBT

B10 Top News - G0rt updated Bunker 10 his Campaign, you can find the new campaign info here

B11 Top News - B11 is shutting down, more info can be found Here or in This TBT




*Top news is determined by when the topic started, number of replies, views, and popularity of the topics*
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- Tip of the Week -

- Pic of the Week -

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For contributing to this weeks news: Vidi, KILLERBEE, Dioxide, Karl-Otto, PROWND, and SkorzenyPL.

The founders, donators, regulars, admins, forum staff, server owners, PBstreamers, and everyone else, you have made this community what it is today.
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- keep sending in those stories, pics,... people !!!
- warm welcome to the new tagged people




*This section is for notes regarding the news from TBT staff*
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Thanks for taking the time to read our attempt to keep the community aware of news, information, and issues that affect the entire community.