Fistful of Frags News

Howdy there pardners!

The whiskey never stops flowing in Fistful of Frags and as such we've prepared for you a competitive event to try your skills going against some of the very best players at the game at the moment.
This event is something that happens only once or twice per year so don't miss out!

The dates and times that the event will be taking place are as follow

• [EU] 25/2/23 7pm (London UK time)
  
• [US] 26/2/23 4pm (PST)
  

[h3]Update[/h3]
27 / 2 / 23
Another night of absolute mayhem, this time on the US region!
So many answered the "call of the whiskey" and came in to show their skill.
Even making it into the Finals means a big deal when you're competing against some of the best players in the game and that stands true for both the [EU] and the [US].
We're honoured to share with you the names of the Top5 [EU] and [US] players!

O.R.C.S [EU] season3 Top 5

• (1st) Scamper9 Ⓢ
• (2nd) YAYOI Ⓢ
• (3rd) Spunty Ⓢ
• (4th) Fresho
  
• (5th) wojtusu Ⓢ
  

O.R.C.S [US] season3 Top 5

• (1st) Lidnunis Ⓢ
• (2nd) Soviet Doggo Ⓢ
• (3rd) Dark
• (4th) A Pair of GlasseⓈ
  
• (5th) Kyeki Ⓢ
  

The 1st player of each each region will receive the Golden Guns effect, turns every revolver or one-hand type of gun to appear in Flashing Gold!
The Top 3 will be awarded an exclusive cosmetic, in-game scoreboard badge that makes
them immune to votekick!.
The Top 3 as well as the Top 5 will also receive rewards in the form of Steam games.
(will be contacted within this week)

We want to congratulate the winners but also thank everyone brave enough to have taken part in this competitive event.
You are part of the reasons why this community still exists...the dedicated few.
So here's a toast to you, the dedicated playerbase of Fistful of Frags, we hope to see you again in the next season!

Pass the whiskey!

[h3]Update[/h3]
26 / 2 / 23 After an night of pure awesomeness and incrediblly sweaty tryharding im proud to announce that we have the Top3 EU players!

• (1st) Scamper9 Ⓢ
  
• (2nd) YAYOI Ⓢ
  
• (3rd) Spunty Ⓢ
  

Gongratulations to the [EU] champions of this season! The Top 3 and the Top 5 will be contacted in private to be given their awards and rewards!
(within the week)

Now... the event moves on with it's second and last part, the [US] region!
Please take look at the Countdown Clock to confirm that you have the right time in mind and the "excel" sheet bellow to find your group and server to join!
O.R.C.S. [US] Countdown Clock O.R.C.S. Season 3 Group Lineup and Server Info

Please show up 30 minutes earlier so we can start on time!
Cya there, pass the whiskey!

Update 25 /2 /23

This is it ladies and gentlemen, we've reached the final point. :)
In a few hours the O.R.C.S. [EU] event will begin, please make sure to be on time. Being 30 minutes earlier is always good to get ready.

O.R.C.S. [EU] Countdown Clock

O.R.C.S. [US] Countdown Clock

Check the excel sheet bellow please to find the group you belong to and the server you need to connect, both server names and IPies can be found in it.
O.R.C.S. Season 3 Group Lineup and Server Info

REGISTRATIONS ARE CLOSED FOR BOTH REGIONS

We are also looking for streamers interested in streaming the event!

For more info please visit the forum thread linked bellow.

O.R.C.S. season 3 Registration Thread

We hope to see ya there!

Pass the whiskey!

credits : Saloon member "Rangelicious" (cover art)

[h3]It only took 15 years?![/h3]

It never was a big development milestone, in part because gameplay didn't really required vehicles of some sort, but this year came with lots of big changes and additions and... here we are. I'll save you the technical details, isn't really hard to add horses to Source engine if you go the simplest route, but there's a lot more. Riding horses probably wouldn't have happened without the superb animations made by Nimrod Hempel, community member that has helped FoF over the years. The main motivation source came from the sheer will, positiveness and insistence from another community member called Paralhama. Finally, also big thanks to The Saloon people that joined our playtests and helped with final touches.

[h3]Concerns?[/h3]

The inclusion of horse riding into a game known by its small arms and silly footed combat could cause some scepticism at first. So let me clear something up, we don't want to change how most of our maps play. We have chosen a few regular maps as Fistful, Depot or Tortuga for this experiment to take place, there still exist areas (mostly indoors) where cavalry can't enter. A couple of new horse exclusive maps were added, this is probably the main direction where horse riding should be going, but I must say that the experience in some of our larger traditional maps has been very positive so far.



[h3]Horse riding explained[/h3]

Horses offer great advantages when it comes to movement speed and attack power. For instance, there's no moving penalty while aiming or slowed down speed while reloading. Ramming other players to death is a key advantage for riders.



However, horse riding requires good control, isn't just about speeding around mindlessly. Turning fast at high speed makes horses slide/drift. This side effect may be used to deal with trailing enemies though. The control scheme is quite similar to standard first person view, in short: aiming and movement direction are tied. Some degree of free aiming should be expected in upcoming updates, such improvements were delayed due time constraints.

[h3]And this is just the beginning![/h3]

We are reaching new horizons, do you want to ride along us?



Credits : The Saloon ("Badass Gunslingers" steam group)
Playtesters : Nimrod Hempel, Paralhama, El Indio, Chitch, Yami, Flaydin, Kyeki, Papa Pasda, Paollus, Decathlon Antifa, Ranger, sid3windr, Ψευδαίσθηση, Treed and YAYOI.
Also thanks to Kyeki for providing a test server for the beta tests. Pass the whiskey!

Fistful of Frags existed way before its Steam release in 2014, in fact, only half its existence has happened on this platform. It was the end of year 2007 when this adventure started. Those were other times for sure: YouTube or Facebook? two small start-ups. Smartphones? ha! Freemium exploitative games? Fortunately not.

As a western modification for Half-Life 2, our first public beta was rather small, unpolished, yet engaging. Vigilantes, desperados, team based gameplay (way slower than it is now), 5 maps and a handful of weapons.



Many more betas, weapons, maps, game modes and lots of changes came, and of course, a release on Steam that allowed us to be known and played by millions of persons. Ain't the subject of this modest reminder to talk about all those releases. Some FoF 'historians' around could tell you the positives and negatives of such lengthy development cycle.

Beyond success and failure, what's really important to me is how lot of great people shared their time with each other, making assets, giving feedback or publicising the game around. That's how many stories of friendliness (and even romance!) started. Do you have any story to share? I'd love to read them.

Finally, the past is gone and future is always around the corner. Here's a sneak peak of something we'll be playing soon!



(yep, that in the background is one of our first maps, tramonto_lite)

Hi, as a previous player of FoF, which was the Source SDK 2007 mod branch then went Standalone on Steam!

The Wild West theater for Insurgency we showcasing today redesigns team loadouts to feature new weapons like:
double barreled Coach Guns, Winchester rifles and shotguns, Remington revolvers, dynamite, and more..for Outlaws (Insurgents) versus Lawmen (Security).
Ride em cowboy!

The server can be found at the following IP and is named “#INS2U-M.G.E D.U.E.L.S”: 164.132.201.207:27015
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2612282363

While we dont usually ask for favors from our community, we want to make an exception for Shoubi and his servers. Hosting quality servers is a big expense, and we would really appreciate it if you could toss a few bucks in order to help with his server costs.
Donation page: https://ins2u.online/support-us
Server Website: https://ins2u.online/

Howdy pardners

This is a reminder, a singal boost one might call it for an event that is bound to take place really soon.
This has already been mentioned in the previous news release but it seems people have missed it somehow.

[h2]The Saloon's Team Elimination Competitive Event 2022[/h2]
>>> Event forum thread <<<

Visiting the link above will give you all the information you need just hurry cause there ain't much time left !

Pass the whiskey !