ClanBase is no more – we are sorry
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ClanBase is no more – we are sorry
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#2The end of an era, sad. I remember playing ClanBase tournaments back in my Counter-Strike days.
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#3Used to play UT Classic there a ton.
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#5played a lot of Urban Terror in clanbase, but clanbase was already pretty much dead as of a year or so ago.
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#6played a lot of Urban Terror in clanbase, but clanbase was already pretty much dead as of a year or so ago.
Me too. I believe somewhere between 2003-2005. I have even browsed the archived match reports from cups on ClanBase a few months ago to see what I have been up to in the past :) Good times.
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#8The end of an era, sad. I remember playing ClanBase tournaments back in my Counter-Strike days.
Same here! ClanBase was one of the first systems out there to be matched compete against other big clans. We used it for a while in the EU CS scene, still remember how much we got our ass kicked one day by the 4kings clan on de_nuke.
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#9Sad state of affairs in gaming. My memories of a number of high profile "pro-gaming" organisations is almost entirely tainted by broken promises of paying out prize money to the winners of their competitions (delays, partial payouts, not paying out at all). With the GGL buying ClanBase in 2004 it was - unfortunately - only a matter of time before something like this happened.
I've often wondered why so many big name organizers have gone bust - why they end up with such bad reputations - why it's so hard to build a sustainable business out it. Of course with so many naive kids participating it must be very tempting for even remotely crooked people to take the money and run.
Two organisations which have been running for a while and which I still have respect for are ESWC and WCG. Would be interesting to hear from someone in the know about the economics about these operations.
So many good memories, gone. RIP CB.
-- Source: ex Quake3 player
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#10"Since our sysadmin was not getting paid, he refused to perform this, essentially holding the site hostage for a while."
You don't pay the man and you expect him to do work for you, and then you blame him for holding the site hostage?
Sorry, what?