There have been various attempts over the years to "improve" the Doom palette. While these attempts had various goals, and succeeded to various degrees, one question remains: did the authors get paid billions of dollars for recoloring pictures? No? Then their attempts were objectively inferior to one group of people who did!

The hope is strong that certain developers leverage visual enhancement technologies discovered by mobile developers, the so called 'filters', as one of the numerous means of rejuvenating modern gamer interests.

DreamHack Winter is coming up in less than 10 days, how do you feel going in?

DaHanG: I feel very good. I haven't played top tier players except rapha a few times but he's never that impressive until days before the events when it's crunch time and he gets back in shape. So it is hard to tell exactly where I'm at but I feel like I am in better shape than I was at QuakeCon earlier this year.

I have fond memories of the development work that led to a lot of great things in modern gaming – the intensity of the first person experience, LAN and internet play, game mods, and so on. Duct taping a strap and hot gluing sensors onto Palmer’s early prototype Rift and writing the code to drive it ranks right up there. Now is a special time. I believe that VR will have a huge impact in the coming years, but everyone working today is a pioneer. The paradigms that everyone will take for granted in the future are being figured out today; probably by people reading this message. It’s certainly not there yet. There is a lot more work to do, and there are problems we don’t even know about that will need to be solved, but I am eager to work on them. It’s going to be awesome!
--
My time division is now Oculus over Id over Armadillo. Busy busy busy!
-Twitter

Rumors of Doom 4’s troubled development have been floating around for quite some time now, but over the past few months, we’ve learned a great deal more than what has circulated so far. I’ve talked to four people with connections to the Id Software-developed game, and they’ve described a studio plagued by mismanagement and lack of communication that has frustrated staff both at Id and Id’s parent company, ZeniMax (whose main branch Bethesda is the publisher of Doom 4 and a number of other games, including The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim).

We’ve also learned that in late 2011, after working on Doom 4 for three years, the studio behind the legendary series decided to reboot their newest game completely. Bethesda confirmed this to Kotaku yesterday.

“An earlier version of Doom 4 did not exhibit the quality and excitement that Id and Bethesda intend to deliver and that Doom fans worldwide expect,” Bethesda's vice president of marketing and public relations Pete Hines said in a statement to Kotaku. “As a result, Id refocused its efforts on a new version of Doom 4 that promises to meet the very high expectations everyone has for this game and this franchise. When we’re ready to talk about the Doom 4 Id is making, we will let folks know.”

We’ve heard a great deal more about what’s happened at Id over the past few years, and bits and pieces about what’s happening now. Today we can share it all.
....

- Page 1 - Duel tournament details and schedule
- Page 2 - Duel results and VODs
- Page 3 - Rankings and Prize money
- Page 4 - Coverages, Interviews & Galleries links
- Page 5 - Streamings links & informations

How successful were you in professional gaming?

I came 3rd at that New York CPL tournament in the end, and I had a mixture of top 10 places after that in various competitions. If I’m honest I never really did very well at Quake 3. I think I hit my peak in Quake 1 when I was totally devoted to the game. I played a bit of Quake 4 when it came out too, but I don’t think I could have competed with the top guys like Toxic and Cooller who were hitting their stride.

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: esreality: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 3.0.0-16-server -- #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 27 18:03:45 UTC 2012
   Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz (4798.9 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   03:33:40 up 59 days, 10:18,  5 users,  load average: 0.44, 0.29, 0.25; runlevel 2

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Benchmark Run: Fri Apr 27 2012 03:33:40 - 04:02:14
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       14613170.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     2522.4 MWIPS (9.4 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1571.6 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        567983.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          158856.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1068121.6 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             1215262.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 177751.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               7130.3 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   3076.5 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    410.3 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        2213177.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   14613170.2   1252.2
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       2522.4    458.6
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1571.6    365.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     567983.9   1434.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     158856.0    959.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1068121.6   1841.6
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    1215262.5    976.9
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     177751.1    444.4
Process Creation                                126.0       7130.3    565.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       3076.5    725.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        410.3    683.8
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    2213177.6   1475.5
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         822.4

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: nature.rccc.ou.edu: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64 -- #1 SMP Wed May 18 07:07:37 EDT 2011
   Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz (4654.9 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz (4655.0 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 2: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz (4655.0 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 3: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz (4655.0 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 4: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz (4655.0 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 5: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz (4655.0 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 6: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz (4655.0 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 7: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz (4655.0 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   21:29:38 up 322 days,  9:53,  2 users,  load average: 0.16, 0.04, 0.01; runlevel 3

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Benchmark Run: Thu Apr 26 2012 21:29:38 - 21:57:59
8 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       21865783.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     2773.9 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1125.8 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        507252.3 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          140176.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        884293.8 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              975205.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 138909.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               4666.9 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   3444.3 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1477.8 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        1180380.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   21865783.5   1873.7
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       2773.9    504.4
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1125.8    261.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     507252.3   1280.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     140176.9    847.0
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     884293.8   1524.6
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     975205.5    783.9
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     138909.5    347.3
Process Creation                                126.0       4666.9    370.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       3444.3    812.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1477.8   2463.0
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    1180380.0    786.9
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         796.3

Benchmark Run: Thu Apr 26 2012 21:57:59 - 22:26:26
8 CPUs in system; running 8 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables      174421976.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                    22122.9 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               3845.2 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        248775.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           74020.8 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        739652.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             7739396.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                1978949.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              51032.6 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  14416.0 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1994.4 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        2347365.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0  174421976.4  14946.2
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0      22122.9   4022.4
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       3845.2    894.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     248775.0    628.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      74020.8    447.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     739652.0   1275.3
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    7739396.0   6221.4
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0    1978949.4   4947.4
Process Creation                                126.0      51032.6   4050.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      14416.0   3400.0
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1994.4   3323.9
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    2347365.0   1564.9
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        2430.4

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: lenin.local: Darwin
   OS: Darwin -- 11.3.0 -- Darwin Kernel Version 11.3.0: Thu Jan 12 18:47:41 PST 2012; root:xnu-1699.24.23~1/RELEASE_X86_64
   Machine: x86_64 ()
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="US-ASCII", collate=)
   CPU: no details available
   0:19  up 55 days,  2:19, 4 users, load averages: 0.87 0.97 0.96; runlevel 

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Benchmark Run: Fri Apr 27 2012 00:19:20 - 00:47:39
unknown CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       18295605.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     2924.2 MWIPS (9.8 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                                603.6 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        401995.3 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          116352.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1104041.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              682349.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  87767.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               3014.4 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   3386.9 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    777.7 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         733986.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   18295605.3   1567.7
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       2924.2    531.7
Execl Throughput                                 43.0        603.6    140.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     401995.3   1015.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     116352.9    703.0
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1104041.9   1903.5
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     682349.8    548.5
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      87767.5    219.4
Process Creation                                126.0       3014.4    239.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       3386.9    798.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        777.7   1296.2
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     733986.4    489.3
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         603.2

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: lenin: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 3.2.0-23-generic -- #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012
   Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2467M CPU @ 1.60GHz (3200.1 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2467M CPU @ 1.60GHz (3200.0 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2467M CPU @ 1.60GHz (3200.0 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2467M CPU @ 1.60GHz (3200.0 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   04:23:11 up 41 min,  2 users,  load average: 3.64, 3.72, 2.81; runlevel 2

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Benchmark Run: Sun Apr 29 2012 04:23:11 - 04:51:31
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       26163200.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     2938.6 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                                935.2 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        440837.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          121400.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1354579.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             1650673.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  53602.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               3971.6 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   2885.4 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1848.2 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        2953237.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   26163200.8   2241.9
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       2938.6    534.3
Execl Throughput                                 43.0        935.2    217.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     440837.5   1113.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     121400.4    733.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1354579.0   2335.5
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    1650673.6   1326.9
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      53602.8    134.0
Process Creation                                126.0       3971.6    315.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       2885.4    680.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1848.2   3080.4
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    2953237.6   1968.8
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         835.0

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Benchmark Run: Sun Apr 29 2012 04:51:31 - 05:19:32
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       47991293.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     9066.3 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               7818.7 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        241250.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           62946.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        893354.3 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             3338450.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 581630.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              26706.0 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  14804.7 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1962.7 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        6273551.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   47991293.3   4112.4
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       9066.3   1648.4
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       7818.7   1818.3
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     241250.4    609.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      62946.4    380.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     893354.3   1540.3
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    3338450.5   2683.6
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     581630.0   1454.1
Process Creation                                126.0      26706.0   2119.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      14804.7   3491.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1962.7   3271.2
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    6273551.8   4182.4
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        1862.1

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: datavm: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 3.2.0-23-generic-pae -- #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 22:19:09 UTC 2012
   Machine: i686 (i386)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D525 @ 1.80GHz (1698.3 bogomips)
          MMX, Physical Address Ext
   22:54:01 up  1:01,  1 user,  load average: 0.85, 0.72, 0.70; runlevel 2

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Benchmark Run: Fri Apr 27 2012 22:54:01 - 23:22:48
1 CPU in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables        5013916.7 lps   (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                      864.9 MWIPS (10.2 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                                 65.4 lps   (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks         38659.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           10225.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        125480.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                               49566.2 lps   (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                   2238.6 lps   (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                                150.4 lps   (30.1 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                    174.1 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                     20.5 lpm   (61.5 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                          45512.7 lps   (10.1 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0    5013916.7    429.6
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0        864.9    157.2
Execl Throughput                                 43.0         65.4     15.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0      38659.5     97.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      10225.4     61.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     125480.4    216.3
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0      49566.2     39.8
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0       2238.6      5.6
Process Creation                                126.0        150.4     11.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4        174.1     41.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0         20.5     34.1
System Call Overhead                          15000.0      45512.7     30.3
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                          48.1

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: miner: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5.028stab095.1 -- #1 SMP Mon Oct 24 20:49:24 MSD 2011
   Machine: i686 (i386)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31230 @ 3.20GHz (6385.8 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31230 @ 3.20GHz (6385.3 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 2: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31230 @ 3.20GHz (6385.5 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 3: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31230 @ 3.20GHz (6385.4 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   03:51:25 up  1:22,  1 user,  load average: 0.34, 0.09, 0.03; runlevel

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Benchmark Run: Sat Apr 28 2012 03:51:25 - 04:20:05
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       15625283.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     2879.6 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               5839.2 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        689834.7 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          184898.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1634353.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             1107913.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 242436.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              18890.9 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   6140.6 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   2026.1 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         868369.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   15625283.4   1338.9
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       2879.6    523.6
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       5839.2   1357.9
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     689834.7   1742.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     184898.2   1117.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1634353.5   2817.9
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    1107913.3    890.6
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     242436.8    606.1
Process Creation                                126.0      18890.9   1499.3
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       6140.6   1448.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       2026.1   3376.9
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     868369.0    578.9
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        1229.7

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Benchmark Run: Sat Apr 28 2012 04:20:05 - 04:48:53
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       50878601.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                    10653.9 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                              19071.1 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        454844.1 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          118346.1 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1316478.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             3577608.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                1056267.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              53114.3 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  19142.9 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   2743.6 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        2779776.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   50878601.8   4359.8
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0      10653.9   1937.1
Execl Throughput                                 43.0      19071.1   4435.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     454844.1   1148.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     118346.1    715.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1316478.0   2269.8
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    3577608.6   2875.9
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0    1056267.9   2640.7
Process Creation                                126.0      53114.3   4215.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      19142.9   4514.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       2743.6   4572.7
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    2779776.9   1853.2
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        2576.4

If you have friends who cheat, you are more likely to become a cheater, according to computer scientists who say this can be used to label you as a potential cheater.
...
Cheating also appears to be infectious. The likelihood of a fair player becoming labelled as a cheater in future is directly correlated with this person's number of friends who are cheaters. So if you know cheaters you are more likely to become one yourself. Cheating spreads like flu through this community.

Cooller - $4,000
av3k - $2,500
strenx - $1,150
4th. Cypher - $750
5-6th. k1llsen, fazz - $500
7-8th. Spart1e, noctis - $400
9-10th. madix, tox1c - $350
11-12th. GoHLink, zsx - $300

Sunday 23rd
Semi Final #1
05:00 CDT: Cypher 2:3 av3k (Details) @ ESL TV

Semi Final #2
06:00 CDT: strenx 2:3 cooller (Details) @ ESL TV

Bronze Final
07:00 CDT: Cypher 1:3 strenx (Details) @ Level Up TV :: VOD (Trance: epic ending)

Final
16:10 CDT : av3k 0:3 cooller (Details) @ ESL TV (4 OTs on ztn!)

Saturday 22nd

Quarter Final #1
06:25 CDT: av3k 3-0 fazz (Details) @ Level Up TV

Quarter Final #2
07:45 CDT: Cooller 3-1 k1llsen (Details) @ ESL TV

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| randybrown             |    45 |
| G.I. Jonesy            |    34 |
| seven                  |    26 |
| fragerr                |    18 |
| topic? what topic?     |    17 |
| vedic                  |    16 |
| stunt.us               |    15 |
| Troll                  |    15 |
| bubble_ru              |    12 |
| Jamerio                |    12 |
| Dird                   |    11 |
| luKrek                 |     9 |
| way2ez4gtv             |     9 |
| Anonymous              |     8 |
| ArKtiK                 |     8 |
| brumu                  |     8 |
| Cloud                  |     8 |
| iNkind                 |     8 |
| J`18;n'z`18;           |     8 |
| ricky                  |     8 |
| runner_100m            |     8 |
| Aaron                  |     7 |
| p0rt                   |     7 |
| ScarletJohansonsFather |     7 |
| utrtdttddtjt           |     7 |
| [CopperHead]           |     7 |
| arachno1d              |     6 |
| Jubei                  |     6 |
| Monkey_Business        |     6 |
| Thorin                 |     6 |
| Aquashark              |     5 |
| bubble                 |     5 |
| funnybOowski           |     5 |
| IceIYIaN               |     5 |
| mindz                  |     5 |
| skint                  |     5 |
| UNR-Lord Rab           |     5 |
| cK^                    |     4 |
| danskie                |     4 |
| freakZfx               |     4 |
| h0rus                  |     4 |
| He4rTL3sS              |     4 |
| InFeRn0^               |     4 |
| koOma                  |     4 |
| Lethe                  |     4 |
| light                  |     4 |
| Majestic               |     4 |
| stier                  |     4 |
| xerosawyer             |     4 |
+------------------------+-------+

Three-foot nemertean worms and carnivorous sea stars prowl the Antarctic in search of flesh. Finding a dead seal, the sea stars inject it with digestive juices ... then suck it up like soup.

The closure came about as a result of funding issues, our source explained, with the shut down said to affect both 3D Realms and the recently resurrected Apogee. Employees of both entities have already been let go.

Deep Silver and Apogee Software are not affected by the situation at 3D Realms," a representative for the companies told us. "Development on the Duke Nukem Trilogy is continuing as planned."

In 2002, Daphne Bavelier, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Rochester in New York state, found that playing action video games improved visual attention skills (ScienceNOW, 18 April 2002). This time she compared avid gamers with nongamers on a type of visual perception called contrast sensitivity. It allows people to make out objects in dim lighting and to distinguish objects from a busy background.

EU-Nato, under the Bush doctrine of continuous eastward expansion, becomes an unstoppable politico-military juggernaut, advancing relentlessly towards Russia's borders and swallowing up all intervening countries, first into the EU's economic and political arrangements and then into the Nato military structure. Considered from the Russian standpoint, Nato's explicit new vocation to keep expanding until it embraces every “democratic” country in Europe and central Asia, with the unique and critical exception of Russia itself, becomes hard to distinguish from previous expansions into eastern territory by French and German heads of state whose intentions were less benign than those of the present Western leaders.

Western politicians may ridicule such fantasies as Russian nationalist paranoia. But why shouldn't the Russians worry about Western armies and missiles moving ever closer to their borders? This contributes to a territorial encirclement very similar to what Napoleon and Hitler failed to achieve by cruder means. The official Western answer is that Nato's expansion is purely defensive, that no Nato country would dream of claiming even an inch of Russian soil. But the feigned innocence of the West's baffled answer to the encirclement protests only intensifies Russia's sense of fear and provocation - and there are at least three reasons why the Russians are right to feel aggrieved.

Russia's first reason for justified resentment relates to the purely “defensive” nature of Nato's expansion. As President Putin put it in his notorious (to Westerners) or celebrated (to Russians) Munich speech last year: “Nato expansion does not have any relation with ensuring security in Europe. On the contrary, it represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust. And we have the right to ask: against whom is this expansion intended?”

Given that Russia is the only country in Europe (or in central Asia) that has been explicitly barred from Nato - and that will remain barred as long as Poland and the Baltic states are members - the only possible enemy implied by the alliance's “defensive” posture must be Russia itself. Every defence policy statement from Central Europe makes perfectly clear that defence against Russia is the main raison d'être of Nato. And given the Polish and Baltic experience of Russian occupation and oppression, it is hardly surprising that they see Nato's mission in a different light from President Bush or Gordon Brown.

The guy who earns my scorn is the ass who tries to disguise his drooping belly with a baggy t-shirt and pushes his chest out whenever a girl walks by because he has convinced himself he's “not like the rest.” He's the guy who offers free advice about training just because he's one step ahead of the poor guy who has to listen. And the most annoying pricks are the ones who say, “I've tried to get that ripped (muscular, lean, fit, fast, whatever) and I can't do it so it's impossible that anyone else can do it without chemicals.” Those who aren't the real thing always find an excuse for their failings when confronted by the real thing. Or they cast the accomplishments of anyone further up the food chain as having been achieved by cheating.

Even in the small world of mountain climbing a few guys were convinced that their betters were using EPO, “because there's no way they could be that much faster than me.” Ski mountaineering racing is the same. Cycling is the same; the best guy in the country goes to an international level race, finishes below the 50th percentile and before checking into his own training/diet/recovery/stress-management/genetics/etc the ego goes into self-preservation overdrive and imagines all sorts of doping practices to be responsible. This is a natural consequence of having been told from childhood, “you are a unique snowflake.”

If however, you think you've done enough or you decide you have “arrived” then you'll stay in the small pond and stagnate. And when the rot is complete you'll be just a little bit better than those around you – your initial example will have driven them to reach higher levels of performance – and there you'll sit, an intellectually bloated, pontificating fuck who once had the juice to work hard but having done so feels entitled to coast on past success all the way to the grave. That's when you'll start offering opinions based on the certainty of your own short-lived, amateur experience.

In this clip, you'll see "a classic Super Mario Bros. level recreated in 3D, using the Doom engine." Though the skin may not be perfect, it's definitely a conversation piece to say the least.

* Bugged movement: variable jump height depending on FPS.
* Debugged movement: Consistent jump height set at what you get with 85FPS in BASEQ3 (56units).
* Debugged movement w/ increased jump height: Consistent jump height set at what you get with 125FPS in BASEQ3 (64 units).