Week 3... Probably been the easiest week so far to find things to talk about! What first, Css is f#*! terrible... (not really) but the general idea is that valve have messed up a game that we all love so much!

What the patch gives us:

• New match player statistics and summary screens (144 achievements)

• New end of round display with MVP and a fact about a player

• Updated scoreboard with new icons, visual style, MVP stars, and avatar pictures

• New cinematic death camera

• New domination and revenge system

• Added avatar icons to voice chat, scoreboard, and end of round display

• Incorporated many source engine updates

So they claim!!! My version of that list:

• New match player stats and summary screens (Including 'Achievements' for being crap!)

• New end of round display with Gazza gaining a star and a fact about a player

• Updated scoreboard with new icons, visual style, MVP stars, and avatar pictures

• New pointless and poorly implemented death camera

• A TF2 Feel to counterstrike

• Added avatar icons to voice chat, scoreboard, and end of round display

• Incorporated many source engine updates (which lag a lot of people)
  
  
  

Now being fair, I believe that after a few patches, we will get a newer and better CSS - and if you don't understand the anagram skip this paragraph. Its not long out, and in comparison to the problems with Bad Company 2 But when we enter the world of source engines and programming I know as much as this guy about art “Van Gough's Mona Lisa” - Epic fail... But my personal feelings on the update is that it will provide more than it will remove, and unless your a fan of mini-games you will also like the final outcome.

On a side note TWK currently has “Two Gungame servers, one regular Gungame, the other Deathmatch Turbo, one Surf Deathmatch server, one pure Deathmatch server and finally 3 Source servers. You can find their IP's on the "Our Servers" panel. “ - thanks Vogon, saved me writing it out!

Now to move away from the firing ball of rage, that is the feeling of a high percentage of the CSS community, I will move onto a personal discovery. Anyone who likes there endurance sport apple have an app for you! Well apparently they have one for everything. But this little gem I found is free! Its called RunKeeper and its available for iPhone and Andriod, It cannot be used on an iPod touch as it requires GPS. Now it basically turns your phone into a GPS watch (which will set you back £300 to tell you where you went). But it gets better, since you have or should have unlimited data, it will upload the information to the internet, giving you a page like this! Now in the terms of sporting ability it is pretty good for cyclists / runners. Its all the information you require after a workout. Now I do realise I'm sending this out to a gaming community, and as stereotypes stand. This isn't the most significant to you! No offense intended. Now after offending you all I'm going to make a dash, and you wont be able to catch me because your a chubby gamer!

Now since im no professional article writer, I like some feedback on these articles. Do you enjoy reading then? Do you think im an ass? Are you a rich hot dumb blonde who thinks im the greatest thing ever? Are you a gamer on a diet? Please let me know!

Howdy all.

I have something here to post on behalf of Gazza who is currently sunning it up in Cyprus the 'enter suitably detrimental word here'.

Before I do I want to say a couple of personal things.

Firstly, it's our birthday soon TWK will have an official birthday on the 6th of this month - due to a lack of time we might not be able to celebrate it immediately, but expect a community event very shortly after linked with our birthday. It's always a good time to say thanks to everyone involved and again plea for suggestions and advice on how we can make things better!

Secondly, linked with the above, someone who was here from the very start is stepping down from duties as our Clan Leader and I wanted to say a personal thanks for the absolutely huge commitment to the community and particularly to the clan, which I feel has really started to become a big player in the competitive source gaming community. Luckie was one of the original senior admins who founded TWK and he has been an excellent clan leader for as long as I can remember so a huge thanks from everyone for the time and effort in an often thankless task.

So, having escaped from Gazza's clutches and a SAW like puzzle, with all limbs intact, without further ado I can post this ....

From Gazza .....

"Hey people, Gazza here and i'll be doing a weekly article containing current happenings in the TWK clan and community. You can also expect to see some news from the gaming world. This will be my way of keeping the community updated on what we are doing.

First of all I'm going to thank you! Well most of you anyway. Anyone who has helped make our community into what it is today! Whether it's by playing on one of our many servers or by donating; we are grateful. Now the emotional stuff is over, I am going to congratulate Tin and Slab who have taken over charge of the clan, and to thank Luckie for all the work he has done!

For the clan this week we saw the end of 'KGL season 8'. Although its season 8, it was TWK's first season within KGL. We beat all expectation to finish 4^th in division 3. “We were denied promotion for next season by two unlucky draws and two narrow losses. But hope to do better next season. Well done to all those who played in the matches and thanks to all the community for your support “ - Vapour (Clan member).

Now onto the community! This week brought the on-lining of a new source server, but with a competitive twist, It is a pretty damn good attempt at bringing a competitive side of source to a public side of game play. It focuses on team work as well as individual skill. So if you wanted to give it a go the IP is: 81.19.209.200:27220 – any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.

As well as feedback on the new server I am personally looking for things that the community would like to see. One suggestion I've had is doing some live streams of the clan matches with commentary and explanation of what is happening throughout the match. The matches are fun to watch, and for anyone wishing to give competitive source a try, it can give you a good insight into the various aspects of playing CS:S matches as a team. Having said that, if listening to a Scottish guy describe a bunch of animated terrorists doesn't appeal to you please tell me what does! And as long as it doesn't involve me taking off clothes, getting naked or doing web cam shows, I may give it a shot.

If you do have any suggestions or anything else you would like to see in these articles please email me using this form here or leave a comment in the comment section!

Thank you

Gazza."