Hi everyone. I �haven’t had the time to write anything for a while. Actually I didn’t have much to say but I think it’s time to update my situation. I’m aNouC and I’ve been playing Counter-Strike much more than Quake during the last years, even I started with that game and is the one I like the most.

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Last�summer�2007�I�went�to�the�ESWC,�as�I�used�to�do�every�year.�I represented�Spain�together�with�four�girls,�because�Counter-�Strike�is�a�game played�on�a�5�vs�5�modus.�We’ve�been�kinda�unlucky�with�our�lineup�because since�we�made�the�Top3�in�2005,�we�went�through�some�lineup�changes�that made�very�difficult�for�us�to�fix�our�teamplay�and�to�have�a�team�stability�which in�this�game�is�quite�important�aswell�as�having�the�right�motivation. That’s why in 2006 and 2007 we only took the 5th place due to our own mistakes.

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After�the�last�tournament,�we�all�took�a�break�till�the�new�season�started.��I decided to step back for a while. Told my mates I needed to focus on some other things and so I did. We finished the ESL Major Series playing very badly, due to the lack of activity and motivation, even we were doing great at the beginning. Then everyone got lost. We left the organisation that was supporting us and we all took different ways. I needed at least two or three weeks far from the game and from most of the people till I finally recovered some energy. On that point I decided to play with males instead of starting over with a female team. Actually one of my former mates and best friend, joined another team so I thought we would never be together again and somehow I thought I would be retired from the Counter-Strike female scene. I didn’t feel right with all that, because I still wanted to go to the ESWC but I couldn’t see an option to get there. It was almost impossible to fix a competitive team on that situation so I forgot about it for some time. Last february, my friend iRene was kicked from her team and she was clanless again. She came to me to talk about it and the idea of being together again and prepare something was on the air. But we knew it was very difficult. We weren’t talking to some of the other girls since last summer, some others have been inactive for a couple of years and another one was going to be very busy on her new job so it seemed almost impossible to do anything. Suddenly somebody announced a LAN Tournament in Madrid, with a female combo on it. That was pretty interesting and we both tried to put together some old friends to give it a try. If we had the chance to meet up, would be much easier to talk about our future too, in case there was any.

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The�event�was�small�but�the�feeling�I�had�there�was�amazing.�I�had�fun,�I�met �some�old�friends�and we’ve done well together, even without preparation. We managed to beat all spanish and portuguese teams and end up being the winners and leaving�the�place with 1.000 Euros and a big smile. We had time to talk and we decided we wanted more of this, we wanted to be together again. That’s how once at home we decided to announce our comeback. Celebrating the 10th year of a community I started once as a Quake team, we became the new spanish badGirls for now. We are playing the ESL Major Series II, where we already won our games against Defeaters, ALTERNATE aTTaX and Endless Inspiration. We still should have to win extenSia and Les Seules if we want to go to the brackets, but we will see what happens. For now we are just trying to get some teamplay back, doing some tactics and practicing a little bit every day from 22.00 CET.

Now�we�can�just�hope�to�have�a�ESWC�Qualifier�in�Spain,�that�gives�us�a�slot to go to the big finals in California. At the same time we applied for the ESWC Masters in Paris, just in case we don’t have the qualification, we will have to win the Masters and use the money to go to America. And that’s it… that’s how everything happend during the last half a year, what I’ve done and how I felt. I’m motivated again about the ESWC, which is the top event for a CS team. I would also like to reinstall Quake 3 to play it again on my free time, but since my computer is not working very well, I prefer to wait first. I love to teamplay and I would like to see some Q3 or even Q4 TDM tournaments, so I could play together with my lovely girlz 0f destruction! Damn it, I miss the rail…

Exactly as the title states! Sorry about the delay in updates

xx Livia

The AFI Dallas FIlm Festival will premiere the documentary “Frag” April 1st and 3rd in Dallas Texas. http://filmguide.afidallas.com
AFI Dallas announced today that Yvonna Lynn has been appointed moderator for the Question & Answer session after the film on April 3rd at 5:15 showing at Northpark 7. Jonathan “Fatl1ty” Wendell, John Romero, Rafik ” LoSt-CaUzE” Bryant, and Frag Doll Morgan “Rhoulette” Romine are scheduled to be present.

Frag
Documentary Showcase
(USA, 2007, 79 mins)
World Premiere
Directed By: Mike Pasley
Featuring: John Romero, Johnathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel, Rafik ‘Lost-Cauze’ Bryant, Gene Simmons, SK, Fnatic, and interviews members of the girlz 0f Destruction Trito & Liefje along with feature spots of Alana and other of the g0d girlz
Producers: Judd Saul, Todd Fossey

Kids no longer dream of being a pro athlete, they dream of being a pro cyber-athlete. In the 1980�s kids were competing in arcades for high scores. Today they compete for millions of dollars around the globe, and some gamers have achieved celebrity status.

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Hey everybody, some exciting news has surfaced on the gaming front. Our friends over at Stoked Energy are hosting a� sweet, sweet Call of Duty 4 contest with some awesome prizes including a whopping $10,000 grand prize. Here’s the press release:

Announcing the STOKED� ENERGY GAMER CHALLENGE�, an exciting new campaign featuring Activision, Inc.�s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare�, the top selling video game every month since its release in November 2007.

The STOKED� ENERGY GAMER CHALLENGE� will run from March 15 through June 15, 2008. Residents of both the United States and Canada will compete to earn points both by answering general knowledge questions, trivia questions about Call of Duty 4� and referring their friends. Each point earned becomes an entry in the Challenge. The more points earned, the higher the odds of winning. Void where prohibited.

At the conclusion of the STOKED� ENERGY GAMER CHALLENGE� one lucky participant will be drawn at random to win the Escalating Prize Pack�. Stoked� Energy will initially seed the Escalating Prize Pack� with $10,000 in cash and invite donations from all corners of North America to build its value throughout the Challenge period. Who knows how large the Escalating Prize Pack� will get? Truly, the sky is the limit. You can apply to make a donation of cash, merchandise, gift certificates, just about anything, to the Escalating Prize Pack�.

This is a great opportunity for gamers in North America to win some�fabulous prizes, and also for companies to contribute to the prize pack and gain recognition from gamers.�The contest is in full swing now so head on over to StokedEnergy.com and start reaping in those points! Wooo

In one week it’s time to pack the bags to go to the next gaming event. This time I won’t go that far though, I will go to the north part of Sweden to take part of DreamHack Skellefte�. DreamHack, the biggest LAN in the world, takes place twice a year in J�nk�ping, but this year they’ve expanded and will host an event in Skellefte� as well.

There will be a lot of tournaments at the LAN, among others ESWC pre qualifiers for CS and WC3. But the most spectacular tournament must be the CounterStrike one, where each player in the winning team receive a block of solid gold at a value of 10.000 euro.

I won’t be competing in any games myself this time though. I will be there filming the event for television and I won’t have time for playing any games. But it will be fun to be there anyway.

Cebit is now over and me and Ms.X are back home in Sweden and Canada. We had a great time working for Belkin demonstrating the speed pad N52TE. There were a lot of people interested in the unit and a lot of people that signed up for playing me and Ms.X in the shootouts.

Each day we did a total of 32 shootout games and anyone could sign up to play us. I played Quake 4 (map Lost Fleet TMP) and Ms.X played Unreal Tournament 3 (map Sentinel). It was good to have two games to play since the challengers could sign up for the game of their choice.

After each session consisting of 8 games, the challenger with the highest amount of frags against us won their own N52TE. A pretty good prize considering it won’t be out on the market until April.

During the whole event me and Ms.X stayed undefeated, but a few people managed to get one or two frags and win their own N52TE. Congratulations to all the winners!!! and GG (good game) to all of you challengers that played us.

Thank you Belkin and all the other nice people I met during Cebit for making this event to a great experience.

We will try to get some photo’s up for you later.