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Hey guys, the member count keeps growing and we are hopefully getting closer to dedicated servers as each day goes by! As of now, you should start thinking about who you want to be on your team come tourny time. Ive got a few ideas floating around in my head for the tournament structure, and for our first official tournament, to make things easy, everyone will be assigned team mates if there arnt enough registered teams. Thats all for now.

Here are a few imageshack links to some AVP Arena Artwork that is currently being worked on. This could range from logos to site content etc... Anything that we could use them for. Community contributions are welcome as well. If your feeling up to showing off some photoshop/drawing skills, you can send your work to:

Circled1drum@hotmail.com

links:

http://img641.imageshack.us/i/avparena3.jpg/

http://img694.imageshack.us/i/avparena2.jpg/

http://img15.imageshack.us/i/avparena1.jpg/

http://img14.imageshack.us/i/avpal1.jpg/

http://img171.imageshack.us/i/avparenamockup.jpg/

Supposing that everyone thus far who has joined the group is interested in team play tournement, we have a great start to actually get some matches going. But for now, with no dedicated servers, i cannot invest in a private server of any kind. until this comes around and all the options are shown for what could be possible(Match demos, spectators, etc...) we have to hold tight. For now I will be working on some tourny rules and setups and will regularly post them and hopefully you guys can give some feedback on waht would be the best way to run this. Think Cal/Cevo

MP Tips:

General:

-The sprint button is your friend! The faster you move, the harder you are to hit. Dont be afraid to GTFO after you killed your target. This will save your K/D ratio, as well as give your team the advantage. Swapping kills does not win the game.

-Trophy Kills should be used sparingly and only if you are positive you will live past the animation, or your team needs less then 5-10 kills to when. They give your enemies plenty of time to kill you. This goes back to point 1, swapping kills does not when the game.

-It is a good idea to familiarize your self with the melee system. Understanding how to properly use block, light and heavy attacks can increase your odds by a lot.

Marine:

-You are one of the three races that can activly heal yourself. If your injured and alone, remember to Heal!

-This is self evident, but marines do better when they stick together. Watch you buddies back.

-It is always a good idea to find where the pulse rifle grenades are on each map and remember there location.

-You generally only want to use a shotgun when the teams are stacked in the aliens favor. More aliens means more close range combat coming your way. If you havent killed your target by the time he gets close to you, you wont have time to reload anyways, so I suggest to always use the shotguns alternate fire.

-As of now, don't worry about the flamethrower.

-The motion tracker is your friend! But don't rely on it to much as it can distract you from whats happening on your screen, and you might get ambushed by a pred or alien that is camping.

-In MP, the tracking gun only has 100 bullets and no clips to reload it. This would normally be ok, but if you use this gun you are forced to drop your pulse rifle. So if you decide to use it, make sure your near another gun pickup before you run out of ammo.

Alien:

-Your heavy attacks are just as fast as your light attacks if you are on a wall(NO DELAY). You can take advatage of this buy camping over a doorway or waiting for a marine/pred to run around the corner while sitting on the wall.

-It is generally a good idea to open up with a heavy attack on a marine. This will stun them, and give you enough time to hit them 1 more time with a light attack which will kill them. (1 heavy 1 light, or 3 light to kill a marine) The problem with 3 light attacks is that after the first hit, your second attack doesn't make them stumble back, and by then they've already killed you.

Predator:

-If there are no marines in the game, it is still a valid point to use your cloacking device. The aliens vision is restricted to a certain distance. This can still allow you to be stealthy to a point, and can swing the advantage in your favor.

-You can ready the spear by holding down the mouse3 button and have it armed to throw. This is different from the disc because it wont give your position away with the red laser. Could be useful in certain situations.

-Sometimes its a good idea to wait for a group of marines to be attack by a few aliens before you engage. This weakens everyone except you, making it possible to jump in at the last second and grab a few Kill Steals with out sacrificing your self.