PACO
05-26-2013, 12:47 AM
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"never trust a man with a mustache."
This old saying kept these two Unreal heads of state out of the same room for quite some time but after much back and forth, the two sides were able to come to agreements and reach deals pertaining to a future direction for Unreal Tournament.
GlobalUnreal houses competitive UT leagues, tournaments and pickup games however that makes up just one portion of the overall Unreal Tournament community. Over the years, Shiva and his right-hand man Sam have built up a formidable pub network and have kept the pubbing scene alive and kicking for several gametypes. Both communities have done well on their own, however the untapped potential from working together is enormous and we plan on maximizing it. Healthy pubs and strong hubs will be key to sustained growth and long-term success.
At the moment, the UK network sees 1000's of players who might have no idea that a competitive scene exists or where to even find it. This will be remedied by notifying players about globalunreal.com, alerting them of pug statuses and giving them easy to use options for how to get on IRC (there is even a guide for how to get started (http://www.globalunreal.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=956)). On the flipside, all users using default UT IRC will connect to GlobalUnreal affiliated channels by default. Via IRC scripts, they will be alerted about the online communities and redirected to the UK pub network. Eloy's GlobalUnreal pub will be joining the UK pub network and all of the GU/UK servers will be running the most up-to-date versions of newnet as the mod progresses.
Shiva and myself would both like to see Unreal Tournament thriving for the next decade and beyond and as the heads of our respective communities, we will do our best to make sure that it happens. Together we stand and divided we fall but simply standing can get tedious so we are going to make sure that we keep moving forward.
In the upcoming weeks and months, there will be several small and large announcements regarding ongoing projects and collaborations. A lot of work has gone into getting us where we are now and a lot of work will need to be put in to get us where we want to go. I'll end this post by saying: stay involved and stay tuned.
Sincerely,
PACO
"never trust a man with a mustache."
This old saying kept these two Unreal heads of state out of the same room for quite some time but after much back and forth, the two sides were able to come to agreements and reach deals pertaining to a future direction for Unreal Tournament.
GlobalUnreal houses competitive UT leagues, tournaments and pickup games however that makes up just one portion of the overall Unreal Tournament community. Over the years, Shiva and his right-hand man Sam have built up a formidable pub network and have kept the pubbing scene alive and kicking for several gametypes. Both communities have done well on their own, however the untapped potential from working together is enormous and we plan on maximizing it. Healthy pubs and strong hubs will be key to sustained growth and long-term success.
At the moment, the UK network sees 1000's of players who might have no idea that a competitive scene exists or where to even find it. This will be remedied by notifying players about globalunreal.com, alerting them of pug statuses and giving them easy to use options for how to get on IRC (there is even a guide for how to get started (http://www.globalunreal.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=956)). On the flipside, all users using default UT IRC will connect to GlobalUnreal affiliated channels by default. Via IRC scripts, they will be alerted about the online communities and redirected to the UK pub network. Eloy's GlobalUnreal pub will be joining the UK pub network and all of the GU/UK servers will be running the most up-to-date versions of newnet as the mod progresses.
Shiva and myself would both like to see Unreal Tournament thriving for the next decade and beyond and as the heads of our respective communities, we will do our best to make sure that it happens. Together we stand and divided we fall but simply standing can get tedious so we are going to make sure that we keep moving forward.
In the upcoming weeks and months, there will be several small and large announcements regarding ongoing projects and collaborations. A lot of work has gone into getting us where we are now and a lot of work will need to be put in to get us where we want to go. I'll end this post by saying: stay involved and stay tuned.
Sincerely,
PACO