It is with sadness and regret that effective immediately StensGaming will be dropping all forms of team and community sponsorship within 1.6. Over the past year there has been a clear breakdown of the community across all levels - competitions/Nationals seem to be losing their competitive edge, fewer players and teams behave professionally, and we feel there is less and less security around what we can offer the community without it being attacked and brought down. In having less confidence, our enthusiasm to invest in the current 1.6 market is obviously lacklustre and we feel that perhaps it is best for us to step back and see where this community is going, rather than continue to drain funds into something that at the moment is spiraling out of control. Two years ago when we joined the 1.6 community, we thought that we'd make an active contribution to fostering and developing the 1.6 scene in both Qld and Australia, but with so many obstacles facing us along the way we feel that perhaps now isn't the best time to continue this endeavour. We look forward to continuing to watch and support 1.6 from the comfort of our computer screen, and wish you good luck in your community development.

We'd like to wish Jac, Kram, c0ke, GazR and Benor all the best in this coming nationals, and they are truly the most accomplished team we have ever had the pleasure of sponsoring. We look forward to watching your progress at the WCG Grand Finals, and look forward to seeing you in Germany. We'd also like to thank Andychode, Jamesburbs and Daveslither for their ongoing support of StensGaming and 1.6. They have been with us since the begining and are the only few who have continued to contibute and assist us in everything we do. Thank you all, and good luck.

To those of you who have supported StensGaming either now or in the past, thank you and we hope you can understand and appreciate where we are coming from now in making this difficult decision.

StensGaming looks forward to hopefully seeing you all again in the future.

 

 

2nd. A-Gamers - #2 Autobirth

3rd. EYA (disqualified after dead-talking in their game verse A-Gamers) - Invite

4th.  GameSeven - Invite

 

With ESAU being ddosed by community scum who will no doubt try attack this site, there has been relatively little coverage of the WCG 2008 event - particularly pertaining to the Queensland Qualifier which is taking place today. As far as I know, there is no bracket available, so please feel free to comment in the comments' section to keep post this updated as news unfolds.

 

Server 1: 202.172.101.3:27035
Server 2: 202.172.101.3:27036
Server 3: 202.172.101.3:27037
Server 4: 202.172.101.3:27038
Server 5: 202.172.101.3:27039

 

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=283100 

 

For the registered team listing and top3 predictions, please click Read.

 

StensGaming were successfully able to take out CEVO 2008 tonight, after comfortably winning the bo3 Grand Finals verse Sydney's Volpriv. The first map was played on de_dust2, and StensGaming were able to take the early lead with a very strong t first-half. GazR's ace in the 2nd half pistol round ensured the money and momentum was on SG's side, and they were able to take the first game 16-3.

 

The second map saw VP win the knife round and choose the T side for their first half. SG were able to win the pistol round, but VP came back quickly and won several strong rounds in brief succession. SG eventually regrouped and finished strongly, winning the first half 9-6. VP sadly did not have much luck the following half, and with SG winning the next pistol round the money was on their side. SG did not lose another round for the map and were able to take out the 2nd map 16-6.

 

StensGaming 16 > Volpriv 3

 

StensGaming 16 > Volatile 6

 

GG all teams, and a big thank you to CEVO and GotGames for running the competition. 

StensGaming packed their keyboards, mice and pads and headed over to Melbourne's Ibisq Internet & Gaming Centre. In what was a massive day of CS, the top teams in Victoria made the trip over to Hawthorn to take part in this cash prize event. StensGaming were able to take out the competition undefeated, with Invy putting on a very strong performance for the day and claiming 2nd place. The event was put together by the lads at Dice VIP, so a massive thank you for your effort in putting together the event. Also a huge thanks for the lads at gamestah.com for doing a great job shoutcasting all day :D

 

 

GG all teams, and we look forward to the next competition. Please click Read for more details on the competition and the placings for the day...

Australian Counter-Strike is segregated across 2 sides - you're either a 1.6 player, or a CS:S scoundrel. But even within these communities there is a further breakdown of allegiances with clans and groups of friends forming their own smaller 'clubs'. There are a lot of clubs around online, with members ranging from a few people to over 40, their members are only identifiable during online scrims or when they tag-up on irc. Furthermore, there are various types of clubs, created for different purposes - whether designed around scrimming with mates, or for more social and interactive reasons. StensGaming take look into the various 1.6 communities within Australia, and chat with the creators of some of Australia's best known clubs to gather an insight as to what they're all about.

ESAU's previous owner, Jason 'Orotund1', has decided to step down from his position as owner and operator of Australia's #1 CounterStrike 1.6. The sale opportunity was announced in surprising fashion within ESAU's own forums on Friday, and it did not take long for two of Australia's long-term 1.6 community members to take on the challenge.

 

David 'Godless' Christie and Hamish 'Bee' Allen were able to raise the funds necessary to purchase the site, and now face the challenge of upgrading and maintaining the face of Australian 1.6. In what will no doubt be a big job in the weeks ahead, they have enthusiastically stepped into the role and look forward to the challenge. StensGaming welcome ESAU and their new management, and look forward to working in alliance with them in the months ahead.

 

StensGaming's slither was able to have a quick chat with bee about the purchase... Please click Read for the full interview

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2nd place AINC Gamerthon - voLatile

 

3rd place AINC Gamerthon - XG.NSW

 

Sunday's timetable is proposed as follows;

 

8:30am

CounterStrike 1.6 Consolation Finals    -    XCN vs XG.NSW 

 

10:00am
CS:S   -    Sydney Underground vs Sequential

 

1:00pm
CounterStrike 1.6 Grand Finals   -   StensGaming vs voLatile

4:00pm
CGS Announcement

5:00pm
Awards Ceremony

6:00pm
Screen Pit cleared/closed

StensGaming's slither has safely arrived at the Gamerthon venue where he will attempt to provide regular updates throughout the day on the AINC National Finals event. I'll be providing photos, updates and regular blogs across the weekend, so with any luck you'll all be able to have some idea of what's taking place down here in cold, wet, horrible Victoria.

 

 

203.88.117.154:27031 

203.88.117.154:27032 FOR SEMI FINALS ONLY! Media stream broadcast was shutdown

 

Scorebots

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XG.nsw vs Zero Remorse

Map 1 - de_train XG.nsw (16) > ZR (14)

 XG.NSW go through! 

 

EVerize vs voLatile

Map 3 - de_inferno voLatile (16 > Everize (9)

 voLatile go through!

 

 StensGaming vs Team Sidewinder

StensGaming go through! 

 

XCN vs NME.xg 

 XCN go through!

 

 

StensGaming > XCN    -    (de_train16-4, de_dust2 16-7) 

voLatile > XG.NSW    -    (de_train 16-10, de_inferno 16-9)

 

 

 Please click Read for more details

The Anything Interactive National Cup finals for 2008 are set to commence this coming Thursday in Melbourne, where StensGaming's sponsor Zone Adrenalan (ZAM) is set to host the AINC Group Stages.

 

AINC announced details for the Group stages earlier today. Groups will run over Thursday and Friday, where Dave 'cokester' will admin the event in an effort to determine the top8 Australian 1.6 Lan teams. The final 8 teams will battle it out in the AINC Grand Finals, held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, located at Federation Square. These teams will be fighting for $10,000 worth in cash and product prizes that will be distributed to the top 3 teams;

 

1st prize: $2,500 cash and $2,500 in products
2nd prize: $1,500 cash and $1,500 in products
3rd prize: $1,000 cash and $1,000 in products

 

For further details, please click Read.

 

StensGaming have decided to put together a demo repository of Australian players from the latest online and lan events. For this to be successful, we're looking to you to help assist building this project through submitting your own contributions to StensGaming. We're looking for any and all demos that you, the public, will find interesting and good to watch! All demos stored within this repository can be accessed and downloaded anytime from the File section of this site.

 

Please click Read for more details on how you can help make this happen.