Some of you have already noticed that our server works again. There were some strange routing problems which caused packet loss. Keg's usage level has increased a lot: lots of players/clans have taken this server as their battlefield. Pub matches starts earlier and earlier every day. And lasts longer. Which is a really good thing.

[dof] is there too, every night. And therefore we've received feedback in realtime. We are starting to know really well what maps players want to play and when. We are updating some custom maps into mapcycle. Eg. We believe that (T2) Beggars Run -map will be a quite popular in few weeks.

Another big news to our daily pubbers is that we are building a mod. Actually, its already in beta-test. For a start it is just "a finetune", but feedbacks and average playing style on pubs have given us ideas how to make the playing better. Our player, zenix, is working with the mod nearly 24/7. He has done remarkable job on this.

"There will be customation nearly everyday. You might not feel all the changes, but we'll extend our server pages and we are updating a specific changelog of this server modification." - zenix

The bottom line to these changes are:

- We do not want you to lose your skiing or aiming skills. Physics etc. will remain same as in any other original T:V server.
- We want you to feel more intensive pub matches.
- We will bring more flag-chase and midfield action.
- We want balanced playing in every areas.


In my opinion, the learningcurve in T:V is in different steps. Eg. If you are not experienced enought to meet a skilled player on field, you can use a shield to stay alive lil' longer. Or if you dont know "the routes", which are essential to your speed, you can use grappler instead to gain more speed. But the thing is that even the most experienced players use these tricks & equipments againts each others, but also against players which are not so familiar with these technics. Eg. flag defending against shieldgrappling cappers is really frustrating even to experienced players, so I can't imagine what the newbies might think in same situations.

"Although there are no limits to what a good team effort can achieve the amount of skill, practice and time it takes to shoot down just one capper, unbalances the roles in the game and the gameplay. The safety of your flag carrier should depend upon your team's teamwork, not the flag carriers l33t grapple shield skills." - Mauri

S I X  Y E A R S - CONFARTS! [dof]

Huge thanks to everyone in dof. Thanks to our fresh members.
You have brought us strenght and belief. Thanks to our oldest
members. You have seen the growth and taken part into
its sometimes demanding tasks.

Thanks to those who have been retired, left or just taken away
from us by another force. R.I.P [dof]Turtles, you will be
remembered.

And of course without you and your team who has been there on
the opposite side. Stealing our flags, blowing our bases, taking
the gens down, ripping our defenses, wiping our defenders, blocking
our cappers, fighting against our offense.. uhh.. I got exhausted..
.. wait a sec..

*nnnnnnghh PHEEEEEEEHWW*

..sssshoouu, if any of these main parts of the game would have
been too easy for us, we would have not lasted this long. Every
battle has raised us. Every loss has made us stronger and every
victory has made us lil' weaker. The balance between these is
the key to the success, which is simply: to exist.

You have been there supporting us to become one of the oldest
Tribes clans in the world. Thank You. We will propose a toast
for all of you in our 6th birthday party.

(Recruitment news in Finnish)

Drunken Old Farts [dof], etsii luontevia kykyjä Tribes Vengeance pelisuhteeseen pitkänlinjan veteraanitiimiimme. Haemme jo hiukan harjaantuneempia, innostuneita ja aktiivisia pelaajia. Pelipaikka kentällä täytetään ensisijaisesti toiveiden mukaan. Pelaaja legendarisoidaan tiimin vahvuuteen T:V:n puolella mutta halutessaan myös Battlefield-osaamisalueelle.

Jos tunnet olevasi vasta-alkaja mutta innostus peliin ja klaanitoimintaan kohtaan on huomattavaa luokkaa ota yhteyttä. Tiimimme on erittäin alokasystävällinen.

Yhteydenotot:
IRC Quakenet.org #dof /moog
email: moog@drunkenoldfarts.com
http://www.drunkenoldfarts.com

We took the so called next step in our Tribes Vengeance career. Our very first T:V match!

We played a friendly match against .idk? and have to say at this point that we got owned really badly. But everyone on my team knew that this match is going to be played under real pressure. Interviews and everything.. TsN-crew and Chadman did a fantastic work with the cast and from .idk? we learned how the game is really played. Thank you for both parties!

For us now on, the heat is on.

This was the 3rd traditional "get owned first" in our history. AV introduced T1, cF made clear on T2 that the bomber will rule in right hands. And now in T:V, idk? showed that there are no cap limits :p .. no seriously.. we witnessed .idk?'s practiced playing style. In matter of fact, now I'm pretty confident that when the final version of the game will be releashed.. everyone's matches will be piece of art.

It wont take a year to know the game like in T1 or T2. This is simply a good thing. Clans can start nearly from scratch and with help of weekly scrimms & inclan pracs they have real success in a less than two or three months. No more indepth scripting knowledge and hidden gadgets, this is more fair and square.

In my point of view Tribes matches have never been this intense. Eg. map called Emerald is one hell of a CPU-measure. Landscapes and sceneries are just awesome. Too bad that I have seen those only on screenshots. Every hobby has its own expenses but T:V sure upholds the tradition of a new Tribes-game where everyone has to buy a new rig to run it smoothly.

*** mycomputer is now known as dia-projector

So buy the game, play the game, say the name and feel the fame. Ok sorry had to put something funny to this end :) -I always do. and I'm not ashamed.. noo noo. Okey.. do you want to hear the funny part now? - Or did you seriously thought my first T:V based slogan was funny ha?! -I'll be damned.. what kind of readers do I have here anyway.. and why aren't you playing .. go now.. please.. but before that remember, we have lots of good t1 and t2 based movies on our movies section and we keep you close to the scene QuakeNet network @ channel #dof .. and.. umm.. you should be there on our channel already... and I should be in bed. Cya :p

*** dia-projector is now known as computerwhichisshuttingdown

Ah the sweet sound of that word.. It surely rings a bell to everyone who knows what it holds inside.

Open Beta has landed and clans are rewriting their lifelines. The battle is on. Our intelligence has spotted several military outposts which contains most of the euro-forces. And the official report also said that there are signs of more forces joining in. It can take hours, days, weeks or even months but the trenches are ready. Powder is dry and a Keg 'O Whiskey has been ordered to the frontline. Let the war begin.

We old farts will wear the very same combat boots on T:V which lead our moonlight patrols on Omaha beach. Soldiers say that they just fit. I believe 'em. We vets don't want any new things.. the same old routine of warfare doesn't kill you with surprises.

So you will be seeing us on the frontline. Say hello to our battlefield veterans when you meet them. If you want help with T:V or just to hear warstories .. you know hero things and shit.. come to our camp fire @ #dof .. we'll keep you a clean mug on stump ready.

Summer was too short. Like always. dof's annual meeting was
a success. No broken bones on our football happening, no darts on foreheads, just some minor injuries like.. 50 trillion braincells wasted.. and three days terrible hangover.. but hopefully no one needed liver transplant -treatment.

..Umm.. what I was just telling.. hmm.. aa yeah.. the braincell thing.. wasted .. umm.. so it was compensated with with our new t-shirts .. I think .. no.. wait.. have to give some time to my thoughts.. umm..

So t-shirts came just in time. And we were wearing those all night. I heard some drunken persons trying to spell the texts on backside from time to time. Gosh.. I'm glad that we put our clan name on the backside and not on frontside.. you can't imagine how much drunks spit while reading the "farts" word aloud.

So heres our t-shirt from front & back.

[dof] says vgh to the summer. We're playing T:V beta whole summer anda.. naa.. just kidding. We're smoothing our tanstripes and taking care of liquid balance.

So you might spot us on terasses, bars, beaches and well.. you know.. the usual places for summer activities. You'll recognize us from our brand new clan t-shirts. We'll publish those on 14.7 in some beach photos. If you find any shots earlier.. those are leaked.. and probably these t-shirts were so cool that we just couldn't keep the secret.

We have gained around 50 members into our roster during 1999-2004. Partly because of our habit of playing three different games with different mods. But also because we had some continuous difficulties to field enough players. The more players we recruited, the more they took place in lineups instead of our older members, who simply couldn't keep up with the pace. Older players got alienated to the team but not to the game. Now after our slight separation of dof, I was surprised to see some old farts jumping out from closet shouting "Hey, I'm here. Show me where I fight!".

We are currently regrouping and looking at our very foundations... introducing ourselves to our own teammates once again. What should have never happened. But it was inevitable thing. Three mods and three different games. No wonder we have been like strangers to each others. Now when everyones eyes is captured on new Tribes: Vengeance -material we desided to make a huge grouphug and pay a lil' respect in each others games and mods. We are going to be one clan sooner or later, not only with tags but also as teammates.

End sprint in activities? Or mark of the very end of our routes? - Neither, this is a new chapter inside dof's long history. We could make a book out from this story someday. But any story isn't good without an end. That we wont have unless EMP sweaps out the internet. And maybe then we play "Throw the pig" -game in candlelight.

Thankfully this wasn't a longer news this time because Dud's mouse just run out of batteries.

Five years ago [dof] saw the first daylight. The light was bright. We were born to last. There was no doubt for that. And that was the only goal we had. Now after these years of everlasting warfare in Tribes 1, Tribes 2 and Battlefield 1942 - I can say that we have still kept our main goal. And we have kept it well. Good spirit, sportsmanship and fair discipline has kept us alive.

We went back to our roots with new layout. What do you think? Combine: brewery, movie factory and Tribes. I had this strange vision of these pages over a year ago. And now I wanted a wrap something up. But these are still under heavy improvements. Links updating minute by minute, hour by hour and day by day :p

If we are missing something important from here.. like eg. downloads to our movies, please come to our irc channel #dof @ quakenet network.

Otherwise just hang on, we will be online for good before xmas holidays. So you can download and watch our most wanted movies again and again..