Where Eagles Dare!

Hey hey….Oswald here to bring you the latest and greatest from the world that is Urban Terror. As I am sure most have seen, there is still no release date from the development team. But I have it on good authority they are making excellent progress…hahaha.

Speculation continues to swirl within the community. I can tell you, the development teams wants to release it as badly as most of you want it. But we cannot do that just yet. Still some buggy code to work through. Props to Density and 27 for working their asses off on this.

Today we bring you a new review. Yeah, really another new review of a level that was released around mid-June this year. That level is Eagle by “MasHeeN”. Believe it or not Eagle was his first “official release,” but I will continue to stand behind my principal of “never release your first level.” Eagle has quickly gained in popularity through out the Urban Terror community. You can usually find Thunder, of Thunder’s Playpen having a weekend fling with Eagle, where you can play the same map all weekend long. You can read my thoughts on Eagle, right here.

We also continue our series on Female Gamers over in our Rants Section. Today we talk with Vampyress from UTZ. Many involved in the community know who she is, but now you can get a feel (no, not that type of feel) for who she is, as we are provided insight on her gaming world. Be sure to check out the previous interviews and the introduction here. Thanks to Vampy for the feel…err…I mean interview. Don’t want LOD after me. Hahah.

You “old school” terrorists will remember R.U.C.A.B. from eXKalibuR, during the early Beta 1.x days. There was a full and half RUCAB back then, but recently it has been reborn and eXKa is in the process of updating it.

He has asked that I provide him some feedback on this an internal version of the level. It has always been an interesting level, as eXKalibuR was a “mapper before his time” during the early Urban Terror. His levels were far above those from other level designers. Not sure when we will see a release of RUCAB. From the pak file I received, the level is done, but there are some issues he will need to resolve or it could run the same fate it did before when very few played it. CTF should rock on it. Watch for snipers on the rooftops!

-Update: I also added a new tutorial to the mapping tutorials section. This tutorial will walk you though your first fountain and comes to “the floor” courtesy of The Red Arrow. Check out and get all wet!