Went to play TFC the other day, and guess what, couldnt access WON, because there has been another update! - So that means no TFC!

A new set of patches to add to your collection... depending what version you have!

Version 1.0.0.9 to 1.0.1.0 Patch (2.46MB)

Version 1.0.0.5 to 1.0.1.0 Patch (21.3MB)

Right in the last news I wrote, I taked about Nuke Match! Want to know more, go here ---> Nuke Match Homepage

More members have been added! The -=BeAsT=- Would like to welcome Alucard, MeenMunky, and last of all Moo! to the Engineer Guild.

Right, thats all I have for now!, so cya l8r!

The -=BeAsT=--=GC.ENG=-Engineer Guild Leader

Lo All, Sorry there hasn't been much happening here recently, trying to cope with HD problems But have got them more or less sorted now. And I do appologise for emails sent to me requesting membership, I have now sorted you out and added you to the members list, but if I have left you out please email me again. Thanx

Right... More members! The -=BeAsT=- Would like to welcome AcId-DaeMoN, Jo, Lord Of Living, and last of all Slaughterer to the Engineer Guild.

Bard's TF Hanbook is a new guide for quake TF. Have a look if you are interested in gaining more knowledge in everything from demo to spy, tactics to clan activity. Even if you are a TFC player, many of the class and general tactics still apply. Check it out. Interested... then tryout... Quake TF Handbook. It is a must for a good read.

A new site has landed at PlanetFortress called TFC Encyclopedia. It is the place to go if you need to know anything about the basic functions of TFC. Its a site! So you want to know more about the basic functions of TFC... then tryout... TFC Encyclopedia

At the moment I am investigating a new mod for Quake, its similar to TF but... Its called "Nuke Match"

"Nuke Match is a Team Fortress style multiplayer Quake mod with multiple player classes. There are two teams (blue and red) and each team has a base, one on either end of the map. When the game starts, players must pick their team and their class. Both teams start in their base and the object of the game for each team is to get the greatest number of frags. Unlike in Team Fortress, in Nuke Match each team has a nuclear missile silo in their base, and they must collect all the components of the missile from the storage bunker which is in the centre of the map, along with the nuclear warhead which is stored in the enemy base. Each team must carefully guard the other team's warhead, because if any team succeeds in launching the nuke, everyone on the opposing team will die, and everyone on the team which launched the nuke will get one frag for everyone on the other team who died. As a result, huge numbers of frags can mount up, and teamwork is essential to prevent the other team from successfully launching the nuke. "

I will let you know more when I have finished looking into it myself! cya all l8r.

The -=BeAsT=--=GC.ENG=-Engineer Guild Leader

Hello everyone! Sorry for being away during the last few days. There was a major hard drive crash at Gamespy Networks. Good thing I had backed up Engineer Guild!

More members! The -=BeAsT=- Would like to welcome Liquid Snake, Smurf, Tyler and last of all SpOOkY Staff member of Pyro Guild

I am still looking for a News Editor here at the Engineer Guild. Have you got HTML skills and would like to become a Newsie for the Engineer Guild, If so please contact me as soon as possable. Pleeeeeaaaaaaasssssssseeeeeeee!!!

The -=BeAsT=--=GC.ENG=-Engineer Guild Leader

First of all I would like to say Thanks to Jugulator for all his help at the Engineer Guild, he has left his Newsie position as he has a busy lifestyle at present. So Now we are looking for a News Editor here at the Engineer Guild to fill his position. Have you got HTML skills and would like to become a Newsie for the Engineer Guild, If so please contact me as soon as possable.

TFC

Yes TFC has now arrived and is being released today!!!! YIPEE at last!

Want more info... then go http://www.planetfortress.com

News taken from PlanetFortress - (Finally, all the waiting and anticipation is almost over! Tomorrow, Wednesday April 7th at 9:00AM Pacific Standard Time, you my friends, can have Team Fortress Classic! That would be 12:00 Noon Eastern time. You will be able to down load TFC one of three ways. Those who own Half-Life will be able to use the auto update feature built into Half-Life, you can use the Sierra Utilities or you can direct download from the various sites who will be mirroring the TFC file, including, but not limited to PlanetFortress. The file size is 18MB. Additionally, the Primary Server Program download for Half-Life v.1.0.0.9, with Team Fortress Classic, will be available at 4:00 p.m. PST today! To be eligable for the Primary Server Program, you must have a high bandwidth connection, such as cable modem or better. You have to fill out an application for this, and you can find the application after 4:00PM PST at http://www.gamecenter.com. The Primary Server Program is a 75MB down Load. But wait! Here is more yet! The Half-Life SDK will also be availible at 9:00AM PST tomorrow! Head on over to Valve for the goods on that. But what about LINUX you ask? We are told " The Linux server is in the final stage of development and will go into testing later this week." ).

The -=BeAsT=--=GC.ENG=- Engineer Guild Leader

Right, sorry there hasnt been much news at the moment, Jug has some problems he is sorting out, and me, well, have just had ISDN installed and having problems but, I have sorted most of them out now! Had to replace my Terminal Adapter

I would like to say welcome to another two new members they are... DeathWind - as some of you will know he is the Leader of the Soldier Guild, and also Predator.

Also have been playing TFC alot recently and testing it out, I hate to tell you all but, do you know all those nice dark places on TF you could place your SG, Well on TFC try and find a dark spot now! There isnt one Every part of the maps I have seen so far, are all well lighted up by lights above you! like in Half-Life.

Any way, some of you have prob played TFC already as TFC for the LAN (only) has already been released note as I say only you can download it if you wish but it will not work accross the Net! You can download the LanParty version of TFC by clicking here or you can goto PlanetFortress.

Its a whopping 18Mb though! - Well if you do have fun.

I am still waiting to here about the realease of the NET version of TFC, they are still "Beta Testing", but the 24 hour clock should start soon for its release! When it does, i'll let you know!

I am now getting questions about the -=GC.ENG=- tag, and what is it, well sorry I havn't replied to your e-mail's as I have had a back log of e-mail's to go through, but the tag is to be placed in front of your TF name or behind, it doesnt matter what way round. I will even make you an offer to do it for you using a name maker if you wish, just contact me. Ok I think thats it for the moment, cya l8r!

The -=BeAsT=--=GC.ENG=- Engineer Guild Leader

Well, some of you are now asking about "TAGS" and does the Engineering Guild have one? Me and Jug discussed this a while ago and really havn't thought any more about it. But now I have noticed that dear old [TF] Ringo at The Scout Guild has now gone ahead with the TAG! So what the hell you have to go witht the flow eh? So I now announce the Engineer Guild Tag!!!

-=GC.ENG=-

The tag may only be worn by fully fledged members, listed on the members page, and may not be altered in any way. However it is not a requirement of being a member, and hence optional.

Also we would like to Welcome yet again 3 new Engineer Guild Members!!! Where do all these new members come from!!! They are Assman, SawBlade & Mayhem! And last of all SawBlade is looking for a clan so if you can help him out with one... just email him or go here to see his details.

The -=BeAsT=-Engineer Guild Leader

Oh yes! Another member! The -=BeAsT=- and ]FKH[Jugulator Would like to welcome TexTDB. Also he is looking for players to join his clan. So are any of you looking for a clan... for more details click on Clanz to your left or click HERE!or also you can email him above!

The -=BeAsT=-Engineer Guild Leader

Well! my clan got a server today, which in turn meens the engineer guild now has a server to use for matches! so yes... yes... this meens we will finally have some events!
for anyone who wants to scope the server see how they ping, or want to play around with ]FKH[, you can find it in Gamespy under planetquake, or directly connect to 207.252.246.60:27500
feel free to message me on ideas for events, my first thought was to challenge -e- :) in fact I plan on contacting them as soon as I'm done with the news, and will keep you all posted.

]FKH[Jugulator

Oh yes! Another welcome message! The -=BeAsT=- and ]FKH[Jugulator Would like to welcome 3 new members to the Engineer Guild, And they are... MaDaMaN, Old Smokey & Mr..Shotgun!
Not much News at the moment! Unless Jug Has some, Which surely he will post up soon if he does! Also we have a member (TreeSlayer) that is looking for a clan. For more details click on Clanz to your left or click HERE!

The -=BeAsT=-Engineer Guild Leader

First of all I have been asked by [TF] RINGO, that he needs a hand over at the Scout Guild, So if your a good Scout as well head on over! or email [TF] RINGO.

Also I have some more TFC pics of the Engineer in Action yet again!

Yes you guessed it! Its the Engineer & Sentry Gun, He certainly looks mean!=P And a better looking Sentry too!

The -=BeAsT=- - Engineer Guild Leader

-=BeAsT=- and ]FKH[Jugulator Would like to welcome 4 new members to the Engineer Guild, And they are... Seth, Hairball, -Lag- & TreeSlayer!

-=BeAsT=-Engineer Guild Leader

To my surprise while I was reading the News at PlanetFortress I found... We received word today that Guild Central has created a huge map archive. The announcement follows... "Guild Central now has its own exclusive Map Archive! This Archive has virtually every map in existence, and is being constantly updated by our Engineer Staff member, The Beast. Following the increasing lack of updates at TFNewbies, our Archive is the easiest and most current archive to find your favorite maps in so please visit Guild Central and check it out!"

As You can guess I was over the MOON! hehe ;)

Who submitted this News to them! Cheers Whoever! If it was U E-Mail me -=BeAsT=- at Engineer Guild!.

-=BeAsT=-

Can all members please E-Mail me -=BeAsT=- at Engineer Guild!. To let me know if you still come here to the Engineer Guild and so I know what members we still have and alive out there still! ;) Thanks ever so much!

-=BeAsT=-

Be sure to check out the NEW Maps section put up by The Beast at guild central!

-FKH-Jugulator

Happy B-day to me
ok, sorry bout that. had to :)

I'm sure there are alot of people out there, like me, that have heard alot about TF2 but haven't taken the time to look and see what it is like. well, I did finally today,, and I must say.. I was amazed!
I went over to www.TF2.com and ended up reading this report on tf 2. I was amazed reading about how much more realistic this game was! engineers setting cameras for commanders to watch out, controlable sentry guns, APCs for transportation, dropships, added grenade effects, what looked like pill boxes in one of the screenshots! I'd say this game is definately worth the wait. I'll be doing more reports on this game as I get information, I apologize for the lack of content as of lately.

-FKH-Jugulator, Engineer Guild News Editor.

Nope haven't died yet! ;) - Still here.

Things are running slow at the moment at the Enginner Guild, Don't know why?. I have been busy creating the New Maps Archieve at Guild Central, Will have it finished soon I hope - the only thing that is holding me up at the moment is my monitors knackered! Havn't got any news for you at the moment, But if you haven't been to or heard of Team Fortress 2 or known to some Team Fortress Classic check it out at Sierra's Web Site.It has some decent screen shots as well!

Whahay! Found a pic of the Sentry Gun, Which you will soon see and build in TFC! ;) Cool eh? What do u think? Let me know in the Message Board!

The Beast, Engineer Guild Leader, Graphic Developer & Link Editor.

Things running slow in the enginner guild. I, Jugulator, have been asked by The beast to help him get some things going for the guild. He is going to manage the operations in the UK, as I will be managing the US affairs. Ideas for right now are games vs HWguy guild and the Pyro guild. more to come!

-FKH-Jugulator, Engineer Guild News Editor.

Suprise Suprise!! I am Jugulator, Engineer Guild's new news editor. I'd like to thank OgreBiter for keeping up the news up till my arrival. Now he can focus more on the HWguy guild and other priorities. If you are a regular visitor to the engineer guild's page, you may have noticed the new layout of the news. Please send me any comments concerning the new look.

-FKH-Jugulator, Engineer Guild News Editor.

Not much by way of news lately, although if you're interested and haven't heard: TF Classic is delayed another few weeks. Apparently it's done but needs tweaking a little to get the game balance right. The old "It'll Be Done When it's Done..." (sigh..)

QuaRk, a popular Quake (and TF) editor has a new version (5.5) out.

by  [CPFF]OgreBiter, DeputyGuildmaster & temporary News Editor

Not much specific for Engineers today, but a few general items that I found worth a look:

Those of you that have Half-Life already, TF Classic is due out any day.. watch this space (and most of the other sites too heh..) for news about it. There's agroup of Aussies already working on a map, they'll finish it when the Ents are released with the Mod.. you can get a few screenshots HERE. Looks good so far.

There's an article that traces the History of TF and looks at its future regarding Half-Life. It can be found here.

Here's a really good site dealing with all of TF: TheGUF's Old School Briefing Room. I like it. Check out the Engineers' page.

That's it for today. More to follow...

[CPFF]OgreBiter, DeputyGuildmaster & temporary News Editor

Hi all. I am [CPFF]OgreBiter,Deputy Guildmaster. I've been asked by Guildmaster KingMatt to do anabbreviated news page here until we can get a proper Newsie who is also anEngineer. I don't have much for you right now, just got the duty. However, ifyou haven't been checking any of the other Guilds, I have a lot of general TFnews, files, assorted goodies at my News Page at my Home Guild, the HWGuy. Infact there's an Archive 'cause the page got too long!! Any questions,suggestions, News, whatever, just mail me at my address below.
Also, If you haven't seen yesterday's PlanetFortress, there's a mention of anew Strategy & Tactics site, Fragopolis. I had a chance to look thru a great deal of it, it's an excellent, in-depthlook at how to work together as a team. It's clan-oriented but tons of usefulstuff for everybody even if they're not in a clan.

[CPFF]OgreBiter, DeputyGuildmaster & temporary News Editor

Lo, and Welcome to the Engineer Guild, First of all Thanx Matt for welcoming me aboard. The guild hasbeen in an inactive state for a while, but we're back. I have just started hereand have been assigned to Graphic Developer and Link Editor of the Engineer's Guild. And to get this site up and running we are looking for some dedicatedengineers to help me with various jobs in the guild. The staff I'm looking forinclude: A Leader, Recruitment Officer, Events Organiser, and a News Editor. Soif you would like to get involved please don't hesitate to contact The Beast orKingMatt . Also, if you haven't signed up for the guild, what are you waiting for? Membership includesbeing able to take part in guild events, which should be coming soon.

As from yesterday, -e- is no longer a part of Guild Central are are nolonger maintaining (or failing to maintain) the site here. I am KingMatt, GuildCentral leader and I apologise for the problems experienced by the the engineer guildpreviously. I will not let it happend again and until I can find a suitableleader I am handling the leadership myself on a temporary basis. If you areinterested in the leadership job or any other, please contact me and I will tryand arrange a job for you.

I am pleased to announce that we have 1 member of staff already, The Beast will be handling the positions of Links Editor and Graphical Developer. I see he has already introduced himself on the guild message board so some of you may already knowhim. I'm sure he will do a superb job and I am glad to welcome him aboard.

Thankyou everyone for yo ur patience with the engineer guild, things lookpromising from here and we hope to get some events going shortly of which itwould be very useful to have an events organiser for, if anyone is interestedin the job and has enough time and enthusiasm pleasecontact me.

KingMatt, GuildCentral leader and temporary Engineer leader