The engie is enjoying the new server!

We've put a new testserver online called 'SpecialAttack.net :: *TF2 Presents* Wheee!'.

You can find the server at IP: 85.17.60.96:27075 

The mod on this server is called "Presents!". On this server when you kill someone you have 50% to have a present being dropped at the location of your kill. If you pick a present up, you receive something. This can be something usefull or funny.

For more information on the mod and the availible presents please visit the plugin page over at sourcemod.net (click).

Enjoy playing (We surely did in our test session earlier this night)

ETF2L Season 5 is finally over, so now team #1 can have a well earned break! A total of 40 matches were played last Sunday which was the official deadline.

Team #1 were in division 3A after being promoted from division 4 in season 4, we knew the standard of play would be much higher. Just to show that hard work and practice pays off (also recruiting che into the ranks), we managed to do much better than any of us expected and rise to the top of the table, finally finishing second in our division. It was close in the end, but OverGame just pipped us to the post:

As you can see we are in a green slot, which means we will be promoted to Division 2 next season, which is great news, although it means that we are more likely to be thrashed about. Season 6 starts on Monday the 28th of September so we have a long break before we have to start working hard again.

For more information on Season 5 visit: ETF2L Season 5

Thanks for reading and wish us luck!

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Recently we've added a donation counter to the website. Ofcourse, we had to redesign this for the new design.

And no, BAM, it is NOT blue!

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This is the first preview of some of the new features the future site will have. Since the forum will be moved to drupal, and incorporated into the new design, we will have a much better control over how the generic forum information will be shown.

The entire spapoints system will also finally be moved to Drupal, and we have designed this neat box to give users a quick overview over their points and bought features.

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The new layout of Specialattack.net has gone FINAL, and this means we can finally give you all the first peak at what you can expect from specialattack.net, once the new layout has been coded. We have decided to reveal one small part of the design over the next few days. The first preview today shows a small part of the header aswell as some of the top navigation and a new forum ticker. As can be expected, the new specialattack.net will feature alot of new and cool features :)

The layout may be subject to changes depending on how hard it is to code.

We've had a bunch of games lately, with only the ETF2L and the ShopTo cup running.

Next Sunday we will be facing off with Dignitas on cp_fastlane, we're prepared to take a beating in the ShopTo cup but it should be good fun :D

Both the Wireplay and Enemy Down leagues have ended, in WP after a terrible season start we placed third with a little bit of help from other teams. And then we tied in points with Hampshire Heavies in EDTF2L and had to a playoff match last Wednesday for the first spot. Beating HH on cp_freight (3:1), losing on cp_granary after about 25 minutes Che timed out and they got the only point in the round at the very end of the game (0:1) and as a decider we played and won cp_well (5:0).

ETF2L has been an odd ride so far, after losing to TEAM ASES, drawing OverGame e-Sports and winning the rest we have (for the time being) taken over the first place in division 3A. There are only two matches left who are crucial for us promoting to division 2 :D

(good game Che)

Our very own warteam #1 medic made his way through 7 rounds to get to the finals of the 1vs1 soldier cup, [SpA]cheetah suprised everyone with his ferocious attacks, ripping them all to shreds! Sadly his rampage was ended in the final by YoYoTech.Coinz (Cheetahs are known for sprints after all, not stamina!), who is known as one of the best soldiers at the competitive level of Team Fortress 2.

Very well done che, we supported you all the way!

More details can be found here: ETF2L Report

Our techteam has added a donation counter on the left top side of our website. This donation counter indicates the amount of money we require monthly to keep this community running, and the amount of money we have received so far this month.

Currently the counter shows an incorrect amount of money. The script just started counting a few day's back and we have not yet finished the manual entry of donations. Starting from next month the counter will be 100% up to date.

To donate to our community please follow this link or use the ‘donate!’ button in the top menu of our website. On there you will also find information on what rewards you’ll get for your donation.

There is currently a survey being held by the authors of the voice communication tool ‘Mumble' we actively use in our community. If you wish to participate in it, please follow this link.
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We noticed a lot of people are having issues with activating their SpA point accounts. We're currently redesigning the system so activating will become easier with fewer steps to follow.
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Sourcemod has been upgraded several times since the "Spy vs. Sniper" update. Because of the classpack update several functions stopped working or got partly broken. We're now back in a state were we think everything is more or less working again. If you notice any bugs please inform us about them on the forums.
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A Little while ago we announced our website DNS hosting would get moved to a different provider. We have successful completed this move without any noticeable downtime. In the next few weeks we'll make the second step in the process which is moving the actual DNS zone hosting to our own environment.
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VMware on Mr.White has successfully been upgraded and all new features we wanted to use are currently configured. We expect no more downtime for VMware maintenance on that machine.
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Our new Cisco ASA hardware firewall is almost ready to be put into the datacenter. We're just finishing up its final configuration and financial stuff with our datacenter.
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Due to the growth in player numbers we've had to upgrade our datacenter contract. We're now processing some 3TB gaming bandwidth and 1TB bandwidth for other services such as Mumble, sBNC's and the website each month.

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