|LBTG|Clan News

Major update to Counter-Strike:Source in beta

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:47:02 GMT

Through one of the Valve mailing lists I have just learned that there will be a major update to CS:S being released to the general public soon! At the moment the update is available as an open beta. Of course this is great news, as there have not been any updates to CS:S for a long time. Hopefully...

Halo reach beta-release!

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Blaze) — Sat, 08 May 2010 18:41:50 GMT

The beta of the newest arrival in the Halo series; Halo Reach was released a few days ago!The beta will be accessable through the main menu in Halo 3:ODST, in other words, if you don't own a copy of Halo 3:ODST, you will have to wait for the initial release of Halo Reach.Halo Reach is a FPS game...

Birthday IV

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:52:39 GMT

Today, on the 9th of April 2010, it's been exactly 4 years since we started our clan!! All presents can be sent to the |LBTG| clan headquarters located at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 147 in Amsterdam. Normally we have a birthday competition in which we give away prizes.. Unfortunately our CS:S server...

Fallout New Vegas

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:09:05 GMT

As some of you already know I really enjoyed playing Fallout 3 and the expansion packs to that game, so you can understand I was quite pleased to see that a new installment in the series is in the making and is set to be released in the fall of 2010. When I first heard that this game was coming, it...

Crytek dynamically generated city

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:25:19 GMT

Recently some amazing technology was pointed out to me. We all know how in all games we know so far, a large percentage of the buildings is not accessible. That may very well be different for games in the near future! Normally when a game company produces a new game, they hire a team of people that...

GTA:IV Episodes from LC for PC and PS3

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:31:24 GMT

Those of you with an Xbox 360 may have already had the pleasure to play GTA:IV the lost and the damned and GTA:IV ballad of gay tony, but those with PS3's and only PC's have been shit out of luck so far. Thanks to the exclusive deal with Microsoft, they were only released for the Xbox. Whether it...

GTA IV The Ballad Of Gay Tony

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:41:01 GMT

Well what else can I say but.. What the fuck? GTA gone gay? No offense to any people here that might swing that way.. Your business is your own. It's just difficult to picture a GTA episode with a flamboyant gay main character. I guess after many many genius releases over the years we kind of owe...

PHP Final Battleground API class

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:20:02 GMT

Recently the developers of Final Battleground have made it possible for others to tap in to the FBG data. To make life easier for others looking to use this data in their websites, I have developed a PHP class that allows for easy querying of the FBG API. Well.. To put it simpler, our website...

Assassins Creed II

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:36:03 GMT

As I have as well, many of you have probably played part one of Assassins creed. This game was already a lot of fun (although a bit repetetive at times) but the sequel that is set to be released in november 2009 looks even more promising. Not much info has been released about the plot of the game,...

BRINK

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:01:03 GMT

Came accross the announcements for this game today. It's a FPS being produced by , creators of the Enemy Territory games and will be published by , the makers of the Elder Scroll series and Fallout 3. The game is set in a place called the Ark, a floating city built as a prototype for the perfect...

Guns - MP5

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:12:57 GMT

Our second article about the guns in Counter-Strike Source. This one is about the MP5, one of the games better sub-machine guns.By no means is this meant as a review on the weapon. Unfortunately I've not had the pleasure of actually trying it out anywhere other then CS:S, so all I have to go on is...

PHP Steam community API class

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:19:52 GMT

As I've been getting quite a few questions from people who wonder how I have integrated the steam community data into our website, I have decided to make it easier for them and write a PHP class that allows for easy querying of the Steam community API. Well.. To put it simpler, our website connects...

WARNING - Fake LBTG clan!!

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:34:14 GMT

Recently it has come to our attention that a certain member of this forum has decided that it is 'normal' to blatantly copy the LBTG - Live By The Gun name and use it to start his own CS:S clan. They are using [LBTG] as clan tag. Obviously this is extremely lame, as they are fully aware that we...

Scheduled maintenance

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:54:40 GMT

Today the 12th of may 2009 our hosting provider is planning to do some maintenance. This means our services will be offline for some time. We have been notified that this maintenance will happen in the following time window...Date: 12/05/2009 Window: 22:00 for 7 hours Duration: < 2 hours These...

Birthday Competition III Ended

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:00:42 GMT

The third anual birthday competition has ended. We hope you enjoyed running round trying to find the cakes and the presents.. :) You can find out who won in the birthday competition by typing "winners" in the chat in our CS:S server. It will bring up a web page that displays all the...

Birthday competition III started

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:44:33 GMT

In honor of our clans 3 year anniversary, which will be on the 9th of April 2009, we are holding a birthday competition. We have done this every year so far which has been a lot of fun. Anyone interested can join the competition, including people who are not a member of our clan. At the end, we...

New Server: 78.129.250.157:27015

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:02:52 GMT

If you've read the previous news article, you will already know it; our server is moving to a different IP address again. Please all update the address in your favorites and come joins us for a game!SERVER ADDRESS: 78.129.250.157:27015ADD IT TO YOUR FAVORITES!!! As announced, there are some changes...

Server move

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:11:26 GMT

The server at has been with us for quite some time now, but all things must come to an end eventually and that time has now come for our current server. The lease on the current server has been cancelled and a new one has been ordered. The clan members already know this, as it has been discussed...

Birthday Competition III

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:08:25 GMT

April is nearing which means it is time for our clans three year anniversary! The members who have been with us for a while will know what that means; Time for the yearly birthday competition.. :) Yep.. It's becoming a bit of a tradition. This will be our third birthday competition. For those of...

The history of Counter-Strike

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Die) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:04:35 GMT

Counter-Strike (commonly abbreviated to CS) is a tactical first-person shooter video game which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe. The game has been expanded into a series since its original release, which currently...

We're back

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:30:50 GMT

Most of you will have noticed; We've had some issues over the last few days. We are back though and nothing visible has changed visibly. :) It is always difficult to say for certain what happened in situations like this. From what I can tell from the logfiles, someone managed to enter our forum...

GTA IV: The Lost and Damned, now available on Xbox LIVE!

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Die) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:51:41 GMT

It's been ten months since Rockstar released Grand Theft Auto IV to rave reviews and blockbuster sales numbers. Tuesday brings a new chapter in GTA IV and a new step in the evolution of downloadable content. While expansion packs that include significant single-player and multiplayer additions are...

GTA IV The Lost and the Damned

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:14:56 GMT

Rockstar have announced the release of the previously mentioned downloadable content for Xbox 360 and have given some more details about what we can expect... Most of you will probably be sick by now of the GTA IV news, as not many of you seem to like the game. However, I don't care as I do like it...

Genetically Different!

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:39:29 GMT

Yea baby! A stats reset is going to happen, so a moment of glory for the winners is in order, cause that's how we roll. Ice cold!These ones are definately genetically different! But seriously.. It's been quite some time as you can see by the high numbers. There is a lot of 'work' in it by some of...

Happy New Year!!

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:34:44 GMT

The year 2008 has ended and a new year has begun. I think we can say 2008 was an... interesting year, for the world and for our clan. Some good things and also some not so good things. Where our clan is concerned we have seen some people leave, but we've also made a lot of new friends. :) We thank...

Guns - P90

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:24:39 GMT

As we are in the Live by the Gun clan, I figured it's about time we focus on the essence of that sentence; the gun. This is the first in a series of articles about the guns you will find in Counter-Strike Source.By no means is this meant as a review on the weapon. Unfortunately I've not had the...

GTA IV News

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:41:49 GMT

Quite a few of you will have already played it on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, but as you undoubtably already know Grand Theft Auto 4 will also be released for the PC. You can already pre-order it on steam and probably the same is possible in your local games store. After being delayed for a couple...

Clan Actvities

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:13:37 GMT

Recently there has been a lot going on in the |LBTG| clan. Read on for a summary of this and some insight on what's to expect in the near future. As a lot of our members and regular players like to play GunGame, we have put online a new and improved version of our GunGame server. We also now have a...

LiveByTheGun reaches 2 years!

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:13:22 GMT

Today, the 9th of April is a very happy day. Our clan has officialy reached two years of age!Two years is quite a lot for a clan, you often see clans being shut down due to member arguments, bad organization and more of that sort of things. |LBTG| has however, succeeded with no trouble in reaching...

Aaron

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:29:52 GMT

Please all give a warm happy birthday to our clan member Aaron! Happy birthday Aaron, I hope you have a good one.Forum members can ofcourse personally congratulate him in his b-day thread...

Get $$$ for your plinks

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:15:02 GMT

As an extra bonus for the people that donate plinks to our clan, we now give you 25 server dollars for each plink you donate to our clan. To donate go to your profile page on the Final Battleground website and click the "Plinks" tab. Then go to the "Transfer plinks" subsection....

Cataphract

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:26:48 GMT

Today Cata is celebrating his birthday.Hope you have a good day mate.. :) Here is Wraith handing you a...

Multi Theft Auto Deathmatch DevPreview released

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:28:37 GMT

The long awaited multiplayer modification for the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has been released. Well, released, it's a developer preview to be precise.MTA:SA Deathmatch was a gift from heaven to all impatient community members, after waiting quite a long time finally they had the chance to...

|LBTG| Server runs Final Battleground

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:49:09 GMT

Since today, the |LBTG| dust2 server is registered with (FBG). This is a sort of global statistic keeping system, with an additional option for clans to conquer parts of a virtual world map. To be able to use FBG you need to register on their website. This means that if your are playing on our...

xGj

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:56:29 GMT

I know he is normally the one to post these, but this time it's his own turn, so I will post it... Happy Birthday xGj!! Hope you have a nice day and get good presents....

Trinity

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:02:18 GMT

Give our own beloved clan leader Trinity a huge congratulations on her birthday, members see forum for thread :) Trin, I speak for all when I say thank you (and reg ofcourse, but this is your b-day :P) for all the hard work you have done for the clan and you both to keep the clan running so...

Valve's Valueable Box

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:47:11 GMT

Alright, this has been quite a while ago, so I guess I owe all of my readers (yes I mean the two of you ) an apology. I was way too lazy to install software required (read: download photoshop.. ) for this highly demanding task of news reporter, and life hasnt made it easier for me to keep you...

Immersive Virtual Reality with VirtuSphere

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:11:44 GMT

Today while doing some random browsing, I stumbled accross this very cool looking product called . The VirtuSphere is a virtual reality device, that allows you to walk through a virtual environment. The VirtuSphere consists of a large hollow sphere, placed on a base that allows it to rotate in any...

The mystery of G92

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:21:53 GMT

Everywhere on the internet (a place of lies) rumours pop up about the new nVidia core. The G92 chipset was supposed to deliver us the 9 series of graphics, but it seems nVidia are choosing different paths.According to Guru3D nVidia is working on the GeForce 8700GT and the 8700GTS, both will be...

Demo Quake Wars downloadable on 10th of september

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:47:27 GMT

Splash Damage will release the demo of the game Enemy Territory: Quake Wars on the 10th of september. The title is the predicted new king of the online shooters, aiming at kicking the Battlefield franchise from its throne.Quake Wars was developed by Splash Damage, in coorporation with Id Software....

Details confirmed on worlds sweetest looking game

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:44:50 GMT

A few days ago IGN published new details around the development on Crysis, the Crysis staff took some time to have a Q&A session with community members at the Leipzig Games Convention 2007. New singleplayer, multiplayer and general info details have been revealedMultiplayer * Voice over IP...

Give cake to: Regime and Chuck :D

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:04:41 GMT

Our beloved clan leader regime has had his birthday yesterday, however I mustve been too lazy to post, so ill do it now anyway. Our clan member Chuck is celebrating his birthday today, so all give cake and the usual stuff to both, together with a warm happy birthday. You have my congratulations...

|LBTG| active in ED again

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:25:15 GMT

After a period of inactivity, our clan is reasonably active again where match play is concerned. With three wins and only one loss in the last two months, the team is off to a good start. Since a lot of our members have shown interest in playing matches again, and for Trinity and myself time to...

Sephirot

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:15:42 GMT

All give cake to..... Sephirot, our beloved clan member (and GA in teh werewolf game :P) has turned the age of: .... I dont know but atleast its his birthday today, so give him cake as I said in this thread please: http://www.livebythegun.com/viewtopic.php?p=23348#23348Congrats sephi...

Uncle Bill's marketing tricks

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:44:40 GMT

A little while ago, I read an article about Windows Live which was pretty shocking. It seemed to me that Microsoft is trying to take over the market and making us PC gamers pay to play. How I got that impression? Well, I'll share my thoughts with you all, so sit back and relax (or jump out of your...

New server is here

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:39:17 GMT

As announced before, we have yet another new dedicated server, replacing our main Counter Strike Source server.The server is online now and can be found at 85.17.200.116:27015. Hopefully this will be our final server-swap for a while, although we will of course review the server's performance and...

Halo 3 hits one million pre-orders

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:28:35 GMT

Microsoft has announced that Halo 3 has passed the one million pre-orders counter, which breaks many previous records, and will most likely break Halo 2's first sales day record of $125 million.Halo 3 is one of the most highly anticipated upcoming titles of 2007, coming September the 25th. The game...

Another New Server

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:46:57 GMT

We are pleased to let you know that, as we announced before, |LBTG| has yet another new dedicated server. We have decided to try the services of a company called . So far, we are impressed. The delivery of the server was swift and without any problems and the network seems very stable. The server...

Another Server Swap

clan@livebythegun.com (|LBTG|Regime) — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:25:26 GMT

Due to the fact we are not 100% satisfied with our new server, we have decided not to continue renting it. We are now negotiating with several other companies to find a suitable new home for our clan. Aspects we are taking into consideration are for instanse the amount of bandwith the hosting...

nVidia 9xxx wave

clan@livebythegun.com (xGj) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:13:25 GMT

A little while ago I stated in this article nVidia had officially announced the 89xx DirectX 10 based cards. I think Ive done even a lower level of real investigation than Arnie does in Terminator at the time, because nVidia has no way even confirmed anything officialy yet, and most likely the...