any recommendations?
I am willing to spend around 40-50 euros with 60 being max price

I've searched the internet for headsets, but google keeps offering me razer or steelseries shit and i dont have money for something really good like sennheiser or logitech

since my all audio ports in my computer are broken, all i've left as an option is usb headset

one question - is it true that usb headsets come with their own build in soundcard?

edit: would turtle beach z22 be a good choice?

What do you think?

http://strawpoll.me/2332880

Hello, recently I got a new computer and I now I have a joy to play the games that I couldn't play on my old machine. As I have missed a lot of solid games, could you suggest me some good first person shooters that really bring the fun of shooting things or have a good story?

Simple question - is there any solid wireless mouse that could do just as good as normal mouse in games?

Yes, I am just tired of the wire already

Does anybody know what has happened to the GDstudio? I miss those guys and their shows so much, I don't really remember the last time I saw them on stream apart from weppas playing dota 2 from time to time. They used to be so amazing, it seems like the only esports scene which is filled with action now is LoL. What I mean is like I haven't heard about any IEM or MLG or whatever worldwide esport tournaments which would run several game titles for a while, only Dreamhack seems to be alive :/

What has happened? :( Esports dieing??

P.S.: Those awesome times :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

A little bit of a story to get things clear. A couple of months ago my friends introduced me to a new game, different from Quake and FPS in general - that was league of legends. As I used to watch lots of dota 2 when it was just released, I generally knew the basic objective of the LoL, but as you all know, it is hard to turn the game to your agvantage when you just started playing it. As my Quake experience told me, the only way to learn the game is to play it, but after two months of pure dedication I bashed into a wall - as I was reading guides, learning builds and strategies, watching pro and amateur streams and doing as much analizing as possible, I did become good, but only on my level of matchmaking. As soon as I play with my friends who are really hardcore "veterans" I don't even come close to their playing skill by a far margin. I realised one simple thing - my work was useless as I just don't know simple game learning basics as I don't have any experience of a cometitive player at all - I am pure noob in Quake just as I am in LoL.

So I want to ask, what are the basic things a person should do to become a solid competitive player in a game, no matter the genre? I do understand that it sounds stupid, but there are people here who know how to get good.

Thank you in advance. :)

P.S. I do know that this isn't a right place to talk about his, so don't be worried - I asked the LoL guys as well :)

Budget is 870 euro

The only two requirements are Intel i5-4670k processor and 32gb of ram, other than that you are free choose anything you want

I would usually do this kind of thing by myself, but since I don't track the pc news for quite a while I do not know what to buy only because I am budget limited.

I would use this generally for playing games (Quake, LoL, Dota and some new games which will come out), watching HD movies and working on MS SQL, Sharepoint, Dynamics AX 2012 all under Miscrosoft Windows Server 2008 R2 from Hyper-V image.

Things I need (In order of importance):
-Motherboard
-PSU
-Good 1 TB or more 7200rpm HDD (no SSD or 10000rpm)
-Good quality RAM
-VGA (Nvidia is more preferred, but ATI is also suitable).

Thank you in advance

P.S. VGA is not important for me as I have GTS 250 and I only play Quake and LoL atm and I am building a new PC just because the CPU doesn't carry the load anymore.

The reason is that these CPMA graphics look gorgeous (I mean the general view and the lightning, you shouldn't take picmip in mind), but when I set the same in QL, it just doesn't look right. What I really dislike is the general QL look compared to CPMA plus various messages which appear in the middle of the screen and they are really distracting (placement/font/size). I really would be glad if someone would help me out atleast getting a hud like that.

Some screenshots of CPMA:




QL visuals:

seta cg_fov "118"
seta cg_zoomfov "48"

seta com_maxfps "125" // Maximum frames rendered per second.
seta r_ignorehwgamma "1"
seta r_intensity "1"
seta r_gamma "1"
seta r_enablepostprocess "0"
seta r_overbrightbits "1"
seta r_mapoverbrightbits "2"
seta r_lodbias "0"
seta r_picmip "6"
seta r_subdivisions "80"
seta r_dynamiclight "0"
seta r_vertexlight "1"
seta r_fullbright "0"
seta r_fastsky "1"
seta cg_shadows "1"
seta cg_marks "0"
seta cg_brasstime "2500"remain on screen.
seta cg_noprojectiletrail "0" grenades.
seta r_floatingPointsFBOs "0"
seta r_texturebits "32"
seta r_colorbits "32"
seta r_texturemode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST"

seta cg_viewsize "100"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_mode "23" // usually 17, t.e. 1280x1024
seta r_customwidth "2048"
seta r_customheight "1152"
seta r_displayRefresh "60"


CPMA visuals:

seta cg_drawDamage "1"
seta cg_footsteps "1"
seta r_mapOverBrightBits "1"
seta cg_nonip "1022"
seta cg_altlightning "2"
seta cg_enemyColor "22222"
seta cg_enemymodel "tankjr/pm"
seta ch_crosshaircolor "3"
seta r_displayRefresh "60"
seta cg_kickscale "0"
seta cg_trueLightning "1"
seta cg_oldPlasma "1"
seta cg_oldRocket "1"
seta cg_oldRail "1"
seta ui_bigFont "0.4"
seta ui_smallFont "0.25"
seta cg_noProjectileTrail "1"
seta cg_noTaunt "0"
seta cg_smoothClients "0"
seta cg_scorePlums "1"
seta cg_cameraOrbitDelay "50"
seta cg_teamChatsOnly "0"
seta cg_drawFriend "1"
seta cg_drawTeamOverlay "0"
seta cg_deferPlayers "1"
seta cg_bobroll "0"
seta cg_bobpitch "0"
seta cg_runroll "0.005"
seta cg_runpitch "0.002"
seta cg_railTrailTime "400"
seta cg_lagometer "1"
seta cg_simpleItems "0"
seta cg_drawRewards "1"
seta cg_drawAttacker "0"
seta cg_drawAmmoWarning "1"
seta cg_drawIcons "0"
seta cg_draw3dIcons "0"
seta cg_drawSnapshot "0"
seta cg_drawFPS "1"
seta cg_drawTimer "1"
seta cg_drawStatus "1"
seta cg_draw2D "1"
seta cg_gibs "1"
seta cg_stereoSeparation "0.4"
seta cg_fov "110"
seta cg_zoomfov "60"
seta cg_shadows "1"
seta cg_gunz "0"
seta cg_guny "0"
seta cg_gunx "0"
seta cg_drawgun "0"
seta com_hunkMegs "56"
seta com_maxfps "125"
seta com_blood "1"
seta com_introplayed "1"
seta vm_cgame "2"
seta vm_game "2"
seta vm_ui "2"
seta cl_yawspeed "140"
seta cl_pitchspeed "140"
seta cl_maxpackets "63"
seta cl_packetdup "0"
seta cl_run "1"
seta sensitivity "2.3"
seta cl_mouseAccel "0"
seta cl_freelook "1"
seta cl_allowDownload "1"
seta r_inGameVideo "1"
seta cg_autoswitch "0"
seta m_pitch "0.022000"
seta m_yaw "0.022"
seta m_forward "0.2"
seta m_side "0.2"
seta m_filter "-1"
seta cl_maxPing "800"
seta name "belka_"
seta rate "25000"
seta snaps "30"
seta model "bones/pm"
seta headmodel "doom/pm"
seta team_model "doom/default"
seta team_headmodel "keel/default"
seta color1 "7"
seta color2 "14"
seta handicap "100"
seta sex "male"
seta cg_predictItems "1"
seta cg_viewsize "100"
seta r_glDriver "opengl32"
seta r_allowExtensions "1"
seta r_ext_compressed_textures "1"
seta r_ext_gamma_control "1"
seta r_ext_multitexture "1"
seta r_ext_compiled_vertex_array "1"
seta r_ext_texture_env_add "1"
seta r_picmip "1"
seta r_roundImagesDown "0"
seta r_detailtextures "0"
seta r_texturebits "32"
seta r_colorbits "32"
seta r_stereo "0"
seta r_stencilbits "8"
seta r_depthbits "24"
seta r_overBrightBits "1"
seta r_ignorehwgamma "0"
seta r_mode "8"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_customaspect "1.33"
seta r_simpleMipMaps "0"
seta r_vertexLight "0"
seta r_subdivisions "12"
seta r_smp "0"
seta r_ignoreFastPath "0"
seta r_lodCurveError "250"
seta r_lodbias "1"
seta r_flares "0"
seta r_ignoreGLErrors "1"
seta r_fastsky "0"
seta r_drawSun "1"
seta r_dynamiclight "0"
seta r_dlightBacks "0"
seta r_finish "0"
seta r_textureMode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
seta r_swapInterval "0"
seta r_gamma "1"
seta r_facePlaneCull "3"
seta r_railWidth "16"
seta r_railCoreWidth "6"
seta r_railSegmentLength "32"
seta r_primitives "0"
seta r_lastValidRenderer "GeForce GTS 250/PCIe/SSE2"
seta vid_xpos "3"
seta vid_ypos "22"
seta s_volume "0.370000"
seta s_musicvolume "0"
seta s_separation "0.5"
seta s_doppler "0"
seta s_khz "22"
seta s_mixahead "0.2"
seta s_mixPreStep "0.05"
seta com_soundMegs "8"
seta cg_brassTime "0"
seta cg_drawCrosshair "18"
seta cg_drawCrosshairNames "1"
seta cg_marks "2500"
seta color "inyny"
seta cg_showPlayerLean "1"
seta cg_oldCTFSounds "2"
seta cg_noteamchatbeep "0"
seta cg_nomip "1022"
seta cg_nochatbeep "1"
seta cg_customLoc "1"
seta cg_autoAction "0"
seta cg_altPlasma "0"
seta creepCamSmoothRate "2.5"
seta creepCam "0"
seta cg_ammoWarning "1"
seta s_announcer "hellchick"
seta s_ambient "0"
seta ch_wstatsTime "10"
seta ch_3waveFont "1"
seta ch_shortScoreboard "0"
seta ch_shortNames "0"
seta ch_selfOnTeamOverlay "1"
seta ch_recordMessage "1"
seta ch_playerNames "0"
seta ch_file "belka"
seta ch_drawWeaponSelect "0"
seta ch_drawWarmup "0"
seta ch_crosshairText ""
seta ch_crosshairPulse "1"
seta ch_crosshairAlpha "0.8"
seta cg_viewAdjustments "0"
seta cg_xerpClients "0"
seta cg_smokeRadius_GL "0"
seta cg_smokeRadius_RL "0"
seta cg_smoke_SG "0"
seta cg_railStyle "1"
seta cg_railRingWidth "5"
seta cg_railRingStep "24"
seta cg_railCoreWidth "6"
seta cg_optimiseBW "0"
seta cg_muzzleFlash "1"
seta cg_lightningImpact "1"
seta cg_lagHax "-1"
seta cg_itemFX "7"
seta cg_gunOffset "-20-2.75-0"
seta cg_forceColors "0"
seta cg_fallKick "0"
seta cg_enemyColors "iiiii"
seta cg_deadBodyDarken "1"
seta cg_damageDraw "0"
seta con_notifytime "3"
seta com_zoneMegs "16"

P.S. I have copied the cpma config all pissble cvars that might effect visuals, if you see a sensitivity or any other cvar, don't be mad :) And I play with 1920x1080 resolution

Since I started playing again, I got into my old shape aimwise and movementwise in a few days, but yet I still notice that my fighting skills only got worse. I have watched a few demos and made a conclusion that when I go into a LG fight, my opponent usually destroys me with 2-3 face rockets, but when I feel don't confident with my LG, I switch to rockets and I try to do the same, but I only see how fast my hp goes to 0. I tryed to calculate how much I actually HIT my opponent with rockets and I only hit about 2-3 out of 10 (not talking about face rockets of course)

Any tips what to do? I have tryed everything, looked for any possible threads about RL tips (even maza's journal about aiming tips) and haven't found anything... my RL together with dodging are just awful...

What do you think, who will win?

If strenx wouldn't play shootmania that often, it would be clear who would win this, bacause as far as I can remember, strenx almost always was winning against k1llsen before shootmania come out. (I guess at that time, strenx was almost unbeatable).

But as you all remember, last month at 125FPS cup k1llsen got up to semifinals, while strenx lost on the way(?). Moreover, if you would check QLranks, the last time they met (that was more than 3 weeks ago) k1llsen won 9 their games of 13 played.

I had put by bet on k1llsen this time, but I really doubt my choise. Even though k1llsen may be in a good shape, I would say that the mappool favors strenx play style more (my guesses are that ztn(strenx) and dm13(k1llsen) will be dropped by them. That leaves with hektik, t4, aero, t7 and dm6, on which strenx feels great (I dunno about hektik and t4 though). In addition, I would say that k1llsen struggles against an lg heavy player, even though he has solid aim.

This will be definitely a great and close match to watch, but I believe you can already tell who will win, but I can't decide, who has the advantage over the other.

Hello.

Let me start by saying that I still learn in school. I am in 11th grade and I have one learning year left. I think I have improved a lot in English over the past 5 years, but since I had been forced to change my school last year, I think my progress stopped. My English teacher has changed and the new way of teaching things plus the subjects we cover on English lessons is basically boring and already have been covered before. So I come to a conclusion, that I need to do something about this, because I want and I need to know English better for a lot of reasons, but I just don't improve the same way I used before. I tried talking with my old teacher, but all she said is that I must just work, because over those 5 years I may have missed something in grammar that I need to work on.

Anyway, the areas that I actually need to improve at aren't even touched at all. I understand how important English grammar is, but I think I know it quite well and I should focus on over things like speaking (which I think is my worst area, as my pronunciation used to be way better and currently is terrible).

So I want to ask, how to improve? All I need is a good advice and I will do everything else by myself.

I think i have these problems:

-my pronunciation is just terrible
-sometimes when I speak, I lack words to express myself - either I can't remember them or I just don't know them
-I do too much mistakes in words while writing
-my construction of sentences is bad and because of that I do mistakes and I can't express myself

What should I do? Should I try to watch films in English more often? Should I read English books?

Thank you in advance. ;)

P.S. I am trying to be like Momento_Mori in Enlish :D

Does all this and this and this mean, that there will be a huge change in mobile industry and its' leaders this and upcoming year?

I wanna start defraging (I always wanted really since i saw my first defrag vq3 and cpm run movie on youtube), but I literately have no idea what to start from... the maps, the cfg, the movements technique - I dont know nothing... videos, links, advices - all gonna be plussed)

please help

Hi everyone, first of all, let me explain, why am I asking for this. First of all, I got an external 500GB HDD from my friends for my birthday and I didn't use it at all, as I didn't have any need in it). But a month ago, as I love listening to pretty much all kind of GOOD music, I come with an idea to make my own music collection of every great artist in this world (rock, metal, rap, pop, electro, etc.). So that's how I started downloading everyone and everything). And under collection I mean artists' album discographies)

Anyway, as I am only 16 years old, I don't know much of the artists from 60's 70's 80's 90's as others, so I decided to come over here and ask some help, because I am pretty sure that ESR community has people with good taste to music).

Before you suggest, I want to point out a few things:

1) FOR GOD SAKES, NO BIEBER!!!
2) I dislike jazz, just I don't get it.
3) I download everything with uTorrent (as it is a very comfortable program to use, atleast for me), so if you know some good torrent for download, just post a link of it.
4) I dislike concert records, as I like to listen to "clean" sound and all that shouting really destroys my listening pleasure.
5) No Elton John. Yes he is also a great artist, but I can't listen to him as I don't understand what he is singing about.
6) And please, it is a personal music collection, I download to listen and enjoy, even if it is Lady Gaga, I don't care.
7) Please, people, don't troll, I beg you.
8) This journal will be updated from time to time.

And now, here is the list of what I have now, what I am downloading now plus what I plan to download

1) Rock, hard rock and metal (and such :) )

Have:

Metallica, AC/DC, Depeche mode, Aerosmith, Iron maiden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Evanescence, Guns N Roses, Linkin Park, Rammstein, Scorpions and System of a Down

Downloading now:

Kiss and The Rolling Stones

Plan to download:

Pink Floyd, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Lenny Kravitz, The Beatles, Elvis Presley :)

2) Rap

Have:

Eminem, Snoop Dogg, The Game, 50 Cent

Downloading now:

None

Plan to download:

Akon, BYZ, Jay-z, Dr.Dre, Kenye West

3) Electro

Have:

Daft Punk, Moby

Downloading now:

None

Plan to download:

David Guetta, Tiesto, Benny Benassi

4) Pop


Have:

None

Downloading now:

None

Plan to download:

Madonna, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Michel Jackson, Nelly Furtado, Adele, Jessie J, Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Timberland, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Frank Sinatra

thank you all!

when i look through the tutorials on official python site, looking for some information, i always get a felling, that python was written in C programming language, because of what i see in descriptions of various commands.

question: is my theory right?

I want to thank leveluptv guys (C.Ronaldo hater zoot, analyzer vor, sexy disrepute and reviewer nvc) for such an awesome stream today. it was one of the best streams I ever watched and it definitely made my evening. I liked the conversation at the end of a stream a lot, which included lots of different topics and i think, it would be even better if you would make daily leveluptv talk shows with inviting different people, for example fazz (:DDDDD). That would be just perfect. So keep it up, good job.

here is the vod if anyone is interested in watching it.

Plus if you agree with me and feel free to comment :)












P.S. i will plus you back ;DD

P.P.S. Follow them on youtube, facebook and twitter! It is worth it!

P.P.P.S. Bit sad that Italy lost :(

i dunno, but this guy is really mad with his rail love, not sure if he is profit, but he definitely seems the biggest railwhore ever to me

why streamers prefer to post their vods in twitch.tv and own3d.tv over youtube? those 2 are like filled to death with different QL vods.

the reason i am asking is because both twitch.tv and own3d.tv videos lag fo me, no matter what pc i use to watch the videos. the only vod, which somehow didnt lag for me was this, but it was a part rapha interview and we all know, rapha is blessed by god. for example youtube never lags for me and is available pretty much anywhere, cuz it has got a good mobile phone support as well

i really respect and love the lvl^ tdm streamers Disrepute and vor for their awesome tdm vods on youtube, which i love as well as russian streamers cooke and FoRcejKee for his russian 720p vods (and dubcat as well, when he actually did upload his vods to youtube)

if there is a big reason, why twitch.tv and own3d.tv is better than youtube, explain it to me please, i dont get it :)

and the last thing would be is that i want to ask you to upload the stream vods to youtube as well, there are ppl, which would love to see them, but cant due to different problems. I would just LOVE to see GDStudio vod on youtube or to see 2GD casting at all


P.S. i personally dont care about the video quality if it isnt like this ofcourse

are there any hardcore, super hard cpma bots available for download? it is just, even cpma bots are too easy and i want some challenge from them

plus i am going to practice bulat way and have the best lg aim everz

Does anyone here use black crosshair?

I am asking because i cant set my graphics settings the way black crosshair would be noticeable very well. I either get a dark, or an ugly set up.

Please, post a screenshot of your config and graphics settings

thx.

i was just reading "sombra caught cheating thread" and read there a fox comment about punkbuster, which never worked properly

then i went to youtube just to see is there an anthicheat, that catches ppl and i found nothing. there are cheaters in any FPS game.

so i ask YOU, almighty esr users, is there an anticheat, that does actually work?

provide links :)

ty

Can you ban Usagi aka. Sanchez from esr as he causes lots of trolling in the q4 forum. His attitude to anyone is very bad and he cant talk with you like a normal person, he just has to call you a noob all the time, as he is so great.

Over communities have banned him a long time ago and they are happy ever since. Moreover, a lot of ppl here want him banned as well.

I will be short to not waste time.

While arguing with some random dude on ql forums, he provided an example, based on a restaurant system and this great idea come to me.

Well, not everyone likes all the premium and pro subscription features, so imagine, that the premium and pro accounts are like medium and big meals at mac. And usually at mac, if you dont like or dont want something from the meal, you can always buy it seperatly.

Based on that, my suggesion is to devide all premium features to seperate ones. So when a customer comes to buy them, he chooses what he actually wants (for example premium maps and server spawning) and pays only for them. Moreover, if he wants all of them, he buys a pro acc, and if he wants smth in addition to his premium, he isnt forced to buy pro.

The idea is simple, but i may satisfy a big part of the community, as you will pay only for what you need and it will cost way less.

What do you think?

As my mx518 broke yesterday (turned off and never turned on again) i am now looking for a new mouse. Before looking for a mouse, i only picked those which have:

1) palm grip shape
2) good sensor with no negative/possitive accel/major tracking issues
3) sensor in the middle of the mouse

and i left with DA, G400 and Kana. As i dont know anything about it sensor, i dropped it as well.

I now cant decide what to buy - a DA or a G400, as they both a ideal of what i want. So i want to ask YOU, what to buy.

And i have a question: how well DA tracks on SS Qck+? If it jitters, then i will get a G400

thx for help

P.S. I would actually had gone for a G400, as it is mx518 with different sensor basically, but as i like to try out new things, he have got a opponent.

P.P.S. Free kevin

First of all, i want to sorry everybody for being a stupid anoying young idiot, i guess it is my teen years fault.

Now, after i apologised for being annoying, I want to ask you for help.

I noticed that it is very easy for me to hit rails with xhair 6 size 59, but i feel that i lack something around my crosshair. Sometimes i just "dont notice it" while moving my mouse fast around (like flick or just random) and i dont hit as i dont see where I am actually pointing at. As I have xhair 7@size 39 for lg, i thought that thats the circle I might need to have, but when i tried out xhair 5@size 39, both dot and the circle were "too thin" compared to what i want.

So i ask, can somebody write a custom xhair for me, all I need is the exact same circle from xhair 7@size 39, but with no +. I would use that circle with crosshair 6@size 59.

I use 1280x1024 resolution.

plus could somebody provide a guide or links on how to make custom xhairs so i would know how to do it myself and i wouldnt bother people with "easy" requests.

Thx

Today i installed q4 on my pc just to try it out for fun. (i have a disk which i stole somewhere). As i know it is 1.3 realise

Anyway, when all was done, i wanted to play a game against ofline bots (like in ql/q3) and i realised, that there is no option for that.

So i want to ask: is there a way to get/set a game against ofline bots or not?

And second is that i would like some links or help with cvar list avalable in q4 as i want to make my own cfg.

3rd question what mods for q4 should i install and where to get them?

Thx in advance

Since I have lots of issues with my internet/isp (like internet turning off all the time, warping, speed issues and so on, while all my cables/router/model seems fine) i decided to install quake 3 on my pc and play some vq3/cpma/defrag.

I just LOVE THE DINAMYCS OF DA GAME!!! i dunno, myabe it is placebo, but in q3 railing/lg "locking" is really easier and the physics feel nicer.

But i have some questions, cfg related:

1) how to set my display refresh to 75 in vq3/cpma/defrag?
2) how to change the color of xhair to yellow (shame)?
3) is there a green keel force model in vq3/cpma? How to set it?
4) what is the + xhair cg_drawcrosshair number in vq3/cpma (shame)?
5) how to set the lg shaft style in vq3/cpma to 2nd lg style of ql?
6) how to get rid of square plasma balls?
7) is there any air rocket practice maps for vq3/cpma?
8) how to set a custom map with /giveall and /god?

Thats all for now :) i know, that the question are really VERY noobish, but i have no idea, how to set that

Let me be fast: i need a good pair of earphones for QL gaming only. My budget is ~50-70 USD.

I need something that would be comfortable and not bad sound quality.

Btw, should i avoid razer's and steelseries earphones?

It is always curious for me, what do ppl use that they hit so many shots :D, so i am collecting cfg's to understand, how you are doing it, nothing more.

and first of all, i wanna see twister's cfg :), just cuz his aerowalk frag vid was really impressive

thx in advance

Happy New Year all esr users! I wish you to get as much fun from the last quakelive minute and lets hope that we will have a happy playing year with more lans and tourneys! Wish you all the best you can think of! Happy 2012 year!

gl&hf