Thursday, 29 December 2011

KiRa's thoughts

So I’ve decided to write my first blog for Voxe about my take on some recent events that have happened within my team and in the community in general. One of these things include why my team and I decided to transition to Counter-Strike: Source after our initial formation in Counter-Strike 1.6. There were a lot of things that sparked our decision to make the move but mostly it was the appeal of frequent competitions and events that would keep our team active and interested in improving. The transition for me was actually a lot easier than I expected because source is like coming home to familiar territory, I was glad to see my prior 4 years experience with the game hadn’t completely failed me.

In all but one circumstance though, our first CyberGamer league match. It is of my opinion that my performance was less than what I expect of myself. However, there were a few contributing factors to my lacklustre game play such as the DDOS attack that affected all competing players and my dying mouse which decided to cut out for 10 seconds at regular intervals. All disruptions aside, I was proud of my team regardless of the loss for bringing it back to a 16:14 score line after a crushing beginning score 15:6 in favour of Kings of Kings. I’m really glad we get to compete in the league supported by our newest sponsor, Western Digital. It shows their passion and commitment to the advancement of eSports in Australia and I couldn’t be happier with their contribution.

Our next CyberGamer match is on de_inferno which was recently updated by Valve. Personally, I love the update and the way that it makes Source look more like 1.6, in a funny way it makes the last years effort on 1.6 sort of worth it. I think that the update will make the game play more even once all the little glitches are fixed. It’s nice to see a developer updating their game and trying to improve it.

Something more exciting that I’m really looking forward to is another team bootcamp in Brisbane. Flights have been booked and our accommodation is being finalised (but being kept secret at this point to my own annoyance). It’ll be a great opportunity for all of us to nail down our strategies and communication. Plus I’m really looking forward to getting to see all of my team mates again We will have a much better chance to get everything done and actually improve with all the support and help from Voxe management and members.

Thanks again guys!

Gabrielle ‘kiRa’ Benn

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