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MEO XLPARTY @ ZMAR 2012

viri@karmaclan.com (Viriato) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:50:58 +0000

A pretexto do 5º aniversário do Festival Meo XLPARTY esta 20ª edição vai ser especial e limitada.

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Estando marcada para a Páscoa, mais concretamente de 23 a 25 de Março na ZMAR - Eco Campo Resort & Spa na Zambujeira do Mar as condições especiais incluem:

Piscina Exterior

Piscina Interior aquecida e com ondas

Campos poli-desportivos

Matraquilhos Humanos

Ginásio

Campismo

Como esta edição do Meo XL Party é limitada a 500 lugares, todos os que querem participar na zona de lanparty terão de efectuar o pré-pagamento do seu ingresso.

A pergunta que se coloca neste momento é em que dia de semana é que o domingo de Páscoa calha em 2012?

INTEL EXTREME MASTERS

viri@karmaclan.com (Viriato) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:04:00 +0000

Epic moments in eSports: Global Challenge Kiev Recap

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Entrevista a Daniel �N3w[A]� Nogueira

viri@karmaclan.com (Viriato) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:24:10 +0000

Após um brilhante 2º lugar na ZOWIE Christmas CUP @ Defs-Lan e um não menos importante 3º lugar na Outono Series da ESL.PT, o capitão da equipa Karma.CS - Daniel �N3w[A]� Nogueira - concedeu-nos uma pequena entrevista de como esta season está a correr.

[K ]N3w[A]

Viriato: Olá viva Daniel, fala-nos um pouco de ti...

[K]N3w[A]: Boas a todos, tenho 20 anos e vivo em Ermesinde. O meu jogo de eleição foi sempre o CS que jogo há 4 anos. Desde há 2-3 anos que levo o jogo de uma forma mais séria e competitiva.

Viriato: Como tem sido o teu percurso a nível competitivo no CS?

[K]N3w[A]: O meu percurso de CS tem vindo sempre a aumentar, principalmente quando entrei para os Karma como capitão e ganhámos o torneio da Bye Holidays na Dotcenter no Porto, a jogadores com bastante experiência e que já passaram por grandes equipas a nivel nacional. A partir daí foi sempre a atingir vários pódios tanto a nível online como offline excepto no qualificador da EPT que não conseguimos apurar para a grande final e ficámos em 4º lugar (só os 3 primeiros é que se apuravam).

Viriato: Como correu a Outono Series onde a equipa conseguiu o 3º lugar?

[K]N3w[A]: O nosso 3º lugar na Outono Series resumiu se a uma fase de grupos que foi uma "brincadeira". Em 4 jogos só jogámos 1 porque o resto foi tudo default. Depois os playoffs foram bastante acessíveis até encontrarmos a melhor equipa do torneio e nos eliminar para o jogo 3º e 4º, onde ganhámos esse jogo.

Viriato: E o 2º lugar na ZOWIE Christmas CUP?

[K]N3w[A]: Posso dizer que os grupos foram bastante acessíveis e não foi preciso andarmos a "mostrar" as nossas tácticas tendo ganho todos os mapas com facilidade. As meias finais deixaram bastante a desejar, a equipa contra quem jogámos era bastante "fraca" e talvez por já estarmos a jogar com as nossas tácticas tornou-se bastante fácil. A final podia ter caído para os 2 lados, encontrámos uma equipa numa grande evolução e a sorte ficou com eles.

Viriato: Que projectos para o futuro?

[K]N3w[A]: Em termos online estamos a participar neste momento na Inverno Series da ESL.PT onde ficámos no grupo H. Em termos offline ir a outro qualificador da EPT para tentarmos qualificar para a grande final, ir também a 1 qualificador da PGS para obtermos o mesmo efeito e participar em torneios na defs lan house.

Viriato: Obrigado Daniel pela tua disponibilidade e boa sorte para os futuros desafios!

O roster Karma.CS é constituído pelos seguintes jogadores:

Daniel �N3w[A]� Nogueira
Victor 'flln' Ferreira
Nuno �lezon� Mendes
Eurico �rimz� Vaz
Manuel �zorBy� Sequeira

Links:

Vencedores da Outono Series

ZOWIE Christmas CUP

Inverno Series

Battlefield 3 2 GB Patch

neophxk@hotmail.com (NeoPhx) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:31:13 +0000

Hoje sai mais um patch para o battlefield 3 contendo o DLC Back to Karkand , Finalmente são introduzidas as devidas alterações na flashlight e irnv que tem feito muitos jogadores postarem opiniões de desagrado.Ficam de seguida as Patch notes

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a problem with spawn timer now showing blue border on startup and lost spawn point
Fixed a problem where player who joined queuing on End of round got spawn screen stuck on screen, but unable to do anything with it untill next round loaded
Fixed a problem where camera would change to 3rd person on killcam when killcam was turned off in server settings
Fixed stat references on several dogtags
Fixed for surveillance ribbon not counting TUGS
Fixed a missing combat area lines on the minimap for Grand Bazaar conquest small
Moved a tank spawn in US base on Caspian Border so it would not be destroyed by a falling tree
Fixed a problem where placing C4 with the russians soldier was playing US faction VO
Fixed a problem where TV guided missiles could be shot into its own helicopter and destroy it
Fixed a problem when attempting to fire lock on weapons without a target
Tweaked the chat, it should now be a bit easier to read
Fixed several vehicles that did not properly shoot rockets and guns towards their predictive sights
Fixed the G17 Supressed Laser not working properly
Added alternate HUD colors to help colorblinds
Added a network interpolation setting. This allows users with good bandwidth reduce latency, but might increase some stuttering. The user can find what works best for his connection by tweaking the slider.
Increased the Spawn protection radius on TDM
Fixed a problem with smoke on land vehicles, Missiles should now miss more often
Fixed a problem where users could end up with IRNV scope in any vehicle
Fixed a problem where player dies if vaulting over a ledge and into water while sprinting
Fixed several crashes and increased general stability
Fixed a problem where the user was unable to revive two players that have the bodies one over the other
Fixed so you can assign an axis and use as a digital input. This makes it possible for the player (on pc) to assign one of the sticks on a gameped to be used for throttle/brake.
Fixed a problem with the Kill camera acting up when suiciding from parachute
Fixed air radar was showing to much. now lasertagged, heatsignature above threshold, enemy missiles and capture points are only visible on air radar
Fixed a problem where the game would enter a technical hang if the user pressed pause menu and tilde at the same time
Fixed a problem where you could get green flashes on screen
You can now reassign cycle weapons
Fixed so the weapon zooms automatically after bipod deploy is gone when using zoom toggle
Fixed a problem where the parachute would stay stuck in air if the owner was killed

Balance Tweaks:

Fixed several weapons so they are properly suppressed and hide the player on the minimap when fired.
Tweaked Tactical Light so it is not as blinding over longer ranges.
Tweaked the IRNV scope so it is limited to usage only at close range.
Reduced heat masking effectiveness of Spec Ops Camo.
Fixed a bug where Ammo spec would give additional 40mm grenades instead of Frag spec.
Increased the number of additional 40mm grenades from Frag spec.
Fixed so AT mines only live for 20 seconds after a player dies to prevent infinite mines. (We want to make a different fix in the future, it�s in JIRA).
Increased the Time to Live on sniper caliber rounds to allow extreme distance shots.
Fixed several weapon descriptions, calibers, and fire rates. The weapons themselves have not changed.
Fixed so the M9 and MP443 pistol can be equipped by the opposing faction when it is unlocked at 100 kills.
Fixed Laser Guided Missiles missing their targets if the target is moving too fast.
Reduced the effectiveness of Stealth on Air Vehicles.
Reduced the effectiveness of Beam Scanning for Jets.
Reduced the damage done to Armored Vehicles and Infantry from AA guns.
Increased the damage RPGs and Tank shells do to AA vehicles.
Slightly decreased the accuracy for all weapons on fully automatic, burst fire is now preferable at mid to long range.
Increased the effective accuracy of long bursts for LMGs when using a bipod.
Slightly increased the range of the 44magnum bullets.
Increased the close range damage of 4.6x30mm and 5.7x28mm bullets.
Increased the reload time of the Mortar from 3.5sec to 4.8sec and increased the time it takes before a shell hits the ground.
Reduced the aimed accuracy bonus given by a Suppressor for the MP7, P90, PP2000, PP-19, and UMP45.
Increased the range and FOV for designating targets with the SOFLAM and vehicle Laser Designators.
Decreased the effectiveness of 12g FRAG ammo when equipped on semi-automatic and automatic shotguns.
Slightly Increased the power of Fighter Jet Cannons against all vehicle targets, especially Helicopters.
Decreased the power of Miniguns against Jets and Helicopters.
Increased the power of Stingers against Jets.
Flares reload times for Jets and Helicopter Gunners have been increased.
Tweaked the AN94 so its burst fire better conveys the real world advantage offered by this weapon.
Added Single Shot to the AN94 as an available fire mode.
Slightly increased the recoil on the M416 and removed the Burst Fire mode (this weapon incorrectly had burst fire, which was not authentic).
Tweaked the spawns for TDM on Kharg Island, Grand Bazaar, Caspian Border, Seine Crossing, Operation Firestorm, Damavand Peak and Noshahar Canals
Moved a tank spawn in US base on Caspian Border so it would not be destroyed by a falling tree
Tweaked the Gas station Capture area on Conquest on Caspian Border
Tweaked the max vehicle height on Noshahar Canals

BF3 | Nova patch Nov 22

viri@karmaclan.com (Viriato) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:43:02 +0000

Nov 22 Patch *completed*

By: zh1nt0

Patch notes for Nov 22 patch
Major client update for the PC version Battlefield 3 as well as a server-side update for all platforms.

The update will be made on Nov. 22nd 7:00 AM UTC / Nov. 21st 11:00 PM PST.

We�ll share release timing on the console patches as soon as we are clear on the timing, these take a bit longer due to console certification process.

---- Client-Side Changes:

-- Visuals, Stability and Performance Fixes:

� General performance and loading time improvements
� �Black Screen� fix for an issue occurring on some PC Configurations
� Stereo and Rendering Support for Nvidia and AMD Graphics Cards
� Adjusted the �stuttering� encountered on some PC configurations.
� Fixed several Crashes when joining MP and Co-Op sessions
� Fixed multiple problems when using multiple monitors (Eyefinity / Surround).
� Fixed visual corruption issues on certain Nvidia Cards
� Improved loading times for certain textures
� Added console command �GameTime.MaxVariableFps� to limit max FPS

-- Balance and Gameplay Adjustments (PC)

� Fixed a problem with high speed mouse movement
� Added back some missing Growlers on Kharg Island Conquest Large
� Added back EOR sound for SQDM and TDM
� You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position
� Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it(note the affect this will have on Hardcore mode!)
� Spawn protection now should work in Conquest. You should no longer spawn on points too close to enemies
� You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM
� Combat areas on Kharg Rush tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after 1st base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun
� Fixed a problem with revived players not suffering suppression
� Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in COOP
� Added joystick deadzone setting
� Fixed sound for when climbing ladders
� Fixed an issue with some weapon sounds in first person
� Fixed a swim sound loop error
� Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns, AA guns, and Jet Cannons against infantry
� Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns against jeeps.
� Reduced the physics impact of AA guns and Jet Cannons, players under attack from these weapons should no longer lose control.
� Increased the damage of the 44 Magnum slightly.
� Increased the range and minimum damage of the .357 Round from the MP412 Rex.
� Increased the range of all .45cal and 9mm weapons.
� Slightly increased the range of the P90 and MP7 and PDW-R.
� Slightly increased the range of the 5.56mm PDW-R and decreased the minimum damage at long range.
� Slightly increased the minimum range of the Mk11, SVD, and M39 EMR 7.62mm rifles.
� Decreased the maximum damage and maximum range of the G3 and SCAR-H 7.62mm weapons.
� Reduced the damage from FIM-92 and SA-18 IGLA missiles against aircraft.
� Increased the damage and range of the 40mm BUCK rounds.
� Reduced the damage .50cal weapons do against Helicopters.
� Updated T90 canister shell tweaks to match Abrams canister shells
UI Changes (PC)
� Added round duration and ticket summary at EOR
� Advanced squad polish � should be more intuitive
� Significant changes to the Join Squad functionality (see below)
� Fixed a problem regarding keybindings while playing
� You should now get a better error message when being disconnected via Battlelog

---- Server Update Highlights

� EOD Bot exploit fix
� Several crash fixes
� Anti-stat padding measures taken, disallowing ranked servers to run obscure settings
� Improved team kill kick configuration
� Support for unranked servers. Unranked servers do not report players' scores to Battlelog, but server administrators can freely control all settings

-- Share your profile and stats with new Battlelog functionality

� Ability to share your Profile and Stats pages to Facebook, Google+, and Twitter
� User Profile and Stats pages on Battlelog can now be accessed without being signed in to Battlelog if you know a user's URL
� Single sign on from Battlelog to Origin. If you're not logged in to Origin and join a game server, Battlelog will automatically sign you in to Origin in the background and join the game server

-- Quick notes on Squad changes in the Nov 22 update

� Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option
� Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 squad members
� Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM
� Disable Privacy flag when 1 man squad
� Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when squad drops to 1 player
� All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad Selection screen
� Players who choose not to join squads will also show up as Blue in the "Not in a Squad� line
� Squads that are currently empty will display as white -- if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text

-- A detailed look at Squad refinements

A detailed look at Squad refinements

Today's PC client patch features numerous tweaks to Squad functionality and is part of our ongoing efforts to make it easier to play with friends and Platoon mates. These changes will also be implemented for consoles when we release the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 updates shortly. Stay tuned for the exact date of the console updates.

First, we need to look at how joining with Squads and Platoons affects the balance of teams. Initially, servers are commanded to equal out each side, so joining with friends can impact that balance while joining with Platoons further hinders this. As a result we have made some adjustments to the in-game Squad management screen.

For PC, you are now able to highlight the various Squads and select which one you wish to join by selecting a Squad and then clicking the Join Squad button. Please note that the Squad Privacy option still allows 2 man Squads which, during 64 player sessions, can lead to players with no squad position �- the number of people with no Squads will be shown at the bottom of the Squad selection list.

After the patch is applied to consoles (in the near future) you will be able to join Squads by cycling through the list and selecting which Squad you wish to join

Sa�da da equipa de CS:S e LoL

joaomframos.gaming@gmail.com (dranskj) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:58:32 +0000

Como já tem vindo a ser demonstrado na comunidade portuguesa, as equipas não conseguem manter-se unidas. Sejam quais forem os seus motivos, nestes últimos meses tem sido impossivel encontrar estabilidade dentro de algumas divisões desta organização. Com isto, anuncio-vos que tanto a divisão de Counter-Strike: Source como as divisões de League of Legends abandonaram a organização.

Apesar de todas estas questões de instabilidade, a organização não deixará de ter interesse em ter equipas a representar as divisões referidas. Contudo, a escolha da equipa só será feita após a próxima XL Party na FIL. Para as equipas que estão interessadas em representar a organização num futuro próximo, agradeço que preencham o seguinte formulário: http://www.karmaclan.com/index.php?mod=contact&action=mail

Gostaria de reforçar que só será dada hipótese de pertencer a esta organização às equipas que, para além de preencherem o formulário, acima referido, previamente, demonstrem, durante o torneio, o porquê de merecerem fazer parte desta organização.

Para além disso, gostaria de aproveitar a situação para desejar boa sorte às equipas que fizeram parte da organização e a todas aquelas que vão participar na próxima XLParty.

Participa��o no 3� Qualificador da EPT

joaomframos.gaming@gmail.com (dranskj) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:27:07 +0000

Este sábado, a equipa de Counter-Strike estará presente na Defs Lan-House para participar no 3º qualificador da 4º edição da Electronic Portugal Tournament.

O torneio contará com a presença de algumas equipas de renome, e serão distribuídas pelos dois grupos existentes, da seguinte forma:

Grupo A:

Exotic
Karma
Energy Play
Slow Motion
Evil Geeks

Grupo B:

PTO Gaming
Connect
myR
break
cyBu

O torneio contará, também, com os seguintes prémios:

1º lugar � 1 Servidor de jogo durante 1 mês + 5 Contas VIP CS Manager durante 2 meses

2º lugar � 5 Contas VIP CS Manager durante 2 meses

3º - 10º lugar � Desconto de 30% na compra de um servidor de jogo tuganetgames.

O karmaclan.com gostaria de desejar boa sorte a equipa e que atinjam o seu objectivo, obter um lugar no top3 e consequentemente qualificar-se para o torneio.

BF3 | Back to Karkand Gameplay Premiere Trailer

viri@karmaclan.com (Viriato) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:29:43 +0000

Back to Karkand Gameplay Premiere Trailer (Official)!

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