Formosa Island Internet Cafe: Moscow, Russia — Championship Chronicle… 1998, 1999, 2000

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November 30 to December 4, 1998 — Formosa Quake II Closed Championship.

From 25 to 30 January 1999 — Quake II Open Championship.

From 16 to 18 April 1999 — Quake II Team Championship held.

24 and 25 April 1999 — Quake II championship held in Pyatigorsk.

“So, having collected things and lined up near astalaVISta, Formoza Quake2 Mission moved to the Paveletsky railway station. The farewell was short, and the Moscow delegation immediately got down to business, somehow buying beer for the journey, plastic soups in American plastic glasses, and all sorts of reading matter. Moreover, in addition to XXL, ‘Bear’, etc., the super-duper magazine ‘Filya’ was purchased. Publishing House ‘Funny Pictures’ ;-) It seems like [NiP]-A-xa gave it to Fillet.

Plunging into the train, Noise somehow warily looked at the curtain with the text ‘Caucasus’ and thoughtfully said: ‘Yes, how not to get into the penis.’ If anyone does not know, it came from a reservation on the radio, either ‘Europe-plus’, or ‘Maximum’ on the first of April, but one way or another, this phrase became just some kind of motto for the trip. Meanwhile, the prudent [NiP]-3D-BUG pulled out a plastic bag full of black bread crackers and offered to help themselves. For beer, I guess. ‘Bug! Are you going to the pepenets or to the championship?’ Noise’s questioning voice. ‘Crackers never hurt,’ Bug answered, and the car was filled with a loud crunch, accompanied by periodic sipping of beer. The whole delegation slowly went to sleep.

“– And yet it spins!
— It also bounces!”

I will omit the details of the second day of the trip, because nothing relevant happened. Is that a terrible amount of controversy on the topic of what is spinning in the second Quake and what is standing still. That’s how it happens, and prize places seem to be winning not for the first time, but what and where should rotate – no one really remembers. In general, the disputants made quite a lot of bets for a certain amount, and with this they were waiting for their arrival in Pyatigorsk, with the aim of getting to the nearest computer with the second Kwaka, in order to be documented. So to speak.

“I will give you an oak, I will give you an oak, I will give you an oak. I will give you an oak, I will give you an oak, I will give you an oak …”

Five am. Mineral water. Big train stop. It was here that a vague suspicion crept into the souls of the Quakers that the resort of Pyatigorsk could meet just as unkindly … And so it happened. Under a nasty drizzling rain and a cold wind, everyone fell out of the train and began to look through the eyes of TEXHO’vtsev. Soon Lar[TEXHO] appeared, Crusader[TEXHO] immediately arrived, and we went to the sanatorium to be accommodated.

As soon as they left their belongings in the rooms (in local slang they are called ‘chambers’ for some reason), the fathers moved to the club. Warm up, train and look at the results of the dispute. With training and visits to the local pizzeria, Friday passed unnoticed. By the way, about the pizzeria. Lyrical digression. I don’t know how anyone else, but she personally reminded me of Moscow in the late eighties, when the plush cafe Lira was converted into an institution called McDonalds and proudly called it a ‘restaurant’. So this pizzeria, in its soul being the most eatery in the world, in Pyatigorsk enjoys the reputation of a ‘restaurant’ where people go to ‘sit’. But I digress.

Championship. The first day.

After a roll call and finding out that there were as many as 36 participants, the technologists, under the strict guidance of K7-InfiDel, conducted a random draw in Excel, and the North Caucasian Quake2 tournament began. M-yes. We strongly hope that Crusader[TEXHO] knew in advance what he was getting into by inviting the Moscow fathers to Pyatigorsk: five of the participants in the tournament could compete with them at most. Naturally, the Moscow fathers easily passed both the qualifying round and the first two rounds of double elimination. No problem.

Second day.

Right in the morning, Lar and Kruzader came for us and took us to Mount Mashuk. Either because it was quite cold, or because Filya and Noise had already climbed on her on foot (almost a kilometer), but a significant part of the fathers left to indulge in gluttony, and a smaller part went upstairs, having previously bought mocking cable car tickets. Why mocking? Yes, because there was a rather low cloudiness, piercing cold, the cable cars dived right into the clouds, and the proud inscription flaunted on the ticket: OAO Teplo. Brrr. [NiP]-A-xa took the AKA leather jacket from K10-Tiger, [NiP]-3D-BUG shot the jacket and even the hat from Crusader[TEXHO], after which he and A-ha climbed on Lenin’s grandfather, posted minerals on the slope. Chat your feet.

The time was drawing near for the third round. Having descended from the mountain, the Muscovites continued to beat everyone into losers and out of losers in a row, and after a short but heated (in words) duel between K3-CooKiE and [NiP]-NoiSe-, the finalists were determined:

[NiP]-3D-BUG
K7-InfiDel
[ NiP]-A-xa
[NiP]-Noise-

The final.

I won’t describe the process of the final game, but due to rather uneven results, I had to play two duels. The duels are chic – both Filya and Bug won thanks to their pressure, despite the fact that they were losing at first. Either Noise, with whom both duels were played, always starts for health, and always ends with a requiem ;-).”

[Ntl]-MazDy and Muscovites.
K7-InfiDel tries to accept [NiP]-3D-BUG in Kick.
Moscow team in TEXHO club.
Wet pine on foggy Mashuk.
Maloy in front of his plaque.
Roll call before the draw.
Finalists.
Krasnodar clan team [Ntl].
Sign from the cafe on Mashuk.
Also.
[Nip]-A-xa and [NiP]-3D-BUG climbed Ilyich.
Pride of Moscow – they deserve it.
Before leaving Pyatigorsk.
The same pref … “On brotherhood” ;-).
Mount Mashuk in the morning – “sequel to Myst”.
Tournament organizers.
View of Pyatigorsk from Mount Mashuk.
Either fog, or clouds scratching the ground …
Yet another sequel to Myst.
Baron, Cruzader and Tigra.
In club.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010411053515/http://www.cafe.formoza.ru/champs/mission01/index.php3

September 4 and 5, 1999 — The Lavina Club hosted the Unreal Championship.

September 11 and 12, 1999 — Team Fortress Open Championship.

From 11 to 14 December 1999 — Our NiP-Formoza team took first place in the PACC Cup tournament in St. Petersburg.

Papa ViS seeing off his sons to the war.
The train, PiToN is a pensive python, and at this time crowds of excited Alliances are raging in the neighboring compartments.
Already in St. Petersburg. 
PiToN is trying to write news. 
But is it a computer? 
You won’t.
hit the keys┌ nip.power wants to eat!
… the meal is about to begin.
In the lobby of the hotel. 
[PK]-shniks have arrived.
3D-Bug, Polosatiy and Axa on a soft sofa. Talk to [PK].
The view from the window… River, indeed!
nip.3d-bug – sat on the bed.
Registration for the tournament is in progress.
Registration again. Meeting of old friends.
Registration continues.
The first appearance of the chief judge in public. 
Explanations about the rules and org-issues.
Mini team gathering in the corridor.
Soon there will be an opening and people are starting to catch up. NiP-Formoza and Wolf Pack are waiting.
]A[.Keeper. Either angry or sleepy.
NiP-Formoza team at the opening. 
In the frame (from left to right) nip.Polosatiy, nip.3d-bug, nip.noise, Arkady and nip.PiToN.
A dark hall and a projector through which the progress of the meetings is shown on a LARGE screen.
At the moment of respite. Haven’t played yet – didn’t get an opponent.
We are reprinted the wrong badges.
This is Elena. Manages food, housing and much more. Thank you very much, she helped us a lot!
… and at this time they are already working at the computers – they are gaining frags.
Eldorado, E1/Gribnic and support team.
Suddenly out of nowhere, appeared – Billy Bonce :)
Satisfied as “Cheburashki” Alliances after the first victory.
The results are being filled in.
NiP-Formoza is getting ready. Now someone’s blood will be shed!
And here it is – the FIRST VICTORY!
And Eldorado ate nearby.
And it’s fun at our table.
The PiToN that had eaten collapsed under the rays of the lamps.
Nip.noise is interviewing a local today.
Sid. At first they thought that he was a “kinder”, but it turned out that he was the same age as Power.
Dueling Double-elimination.
Aha prepares for a duel.
Rest during the break.
]A[.Varan – just played and won a duel ┌ but not with the right one. A little later there will be a trial with the judges.
Team [UC] – UnrealClub. Right – [UC]-GhosT.
And the beer was poured right in the lobby.
Someone from the [VIST]s, instead of whom Varan unknowingly played a duel. And also the same girls, because of which he did not hear that he was being called to the game.
Resting nip.Axa after duels.
The results are being discussed.
A crowd gathered – we decided to take a picture :). From left to right: Slider[PK], Technics[PK], nip.Axa, nip.Polostiy, ]A[.Hanzo. Bottom – ]A[.Raptor and [DF] Billy Bonce.
They came to Noise.
[UC]-GhosT just won a tough duel against E1/Gribnic.
Sid and PELE [PK].
Spirit sets up the computer. Tech genius at work :).
And so we, in Bakland, wish you success.
The Super Bison are having breakfast. ]A[.Vogel, ]A[.oGRe, ]A[.Keeper.
In the judging room – at the time of disassembly with nip.3d-bug.
And this is the Ace team. It was in the game with this team that a protest was filed that nip.3d-bug was recorded immediately in 2 squads. In fact, it was just a mess. On the first day, ]A[.Alric didn’t come, and in order for the Moscow teams to increase their chances, nip.3d-bug supplemented Alliance-1. We approached the judges with a request to remove Bug from our roster, but we forgot to do it. And at the time of the game with Ace, the team leader (you can see her photo below) filed a protest. Even when these players were ready to withdraw their protest, she insisted that Alliance-1 be given a forfeit loss. The judges, by the way, behaved absolutely correctly in this situation. Since the protest was not withdrawn and the violation actually took place at the moment, then Alliance-1 was counted as a defeat. But right after that, they allowed 3d-bug to be crossed off NiP-Formoza’s lists because he didn’t play a single game with our team. By the way, this protest did not help the Ace team to win. In the 3rd game they lost.
The captain of the Ace team – being between 2 fires, the team players and its leader, could not take sides.
Ace in the game.
Crushing defeat at El Dorado.
The mood is not just bad, the mood is just p@#$#%.
E1/Gribnic.
Judges. It was the people in those yellow jerseys who watched the games.
Team Wolf Pack – in my opinion, the last day of their participation in the tournament.
Win something won, but the game is not glued. We have to do something…
It was these guys who broadcast the matches in the auditorium. The commentator in the game did not cut, but despite this he spoke cheerfully and therefore no one tried to put him on the soap.
nip.3d-bug.
nip.Axa accepts congratulations after defeating E1/Gribnic and E2/Zlo.
During the break, Axa drinks Bitter Lemon…
…and PELE gets more Coca-Colo.
Immediately after the end of the match.
Winner and loser – but no one was defeated!
And this is the press. Large glass eye that transmits the image to the cinema.
Special computers for writing news. There are only 2 of them, and at times there are significantly more people who want to sound the bells of what’s new at the tournament.
Power is preparing for a strategic strike – from two balls overboard.
And this is what I don’t understand.
Where we are – THERE IS VICTORY!!! Where we are – THERE IS VICTORY!!!
Pitersburg Killers – Just lost to El Dorado in a tough fight.
Victory…
Victory!
VICTORY!!!
The wave of happiness subsided – fatigue remained. 
The fight with PK was difficult and uncompromising.
The crowd poured out into the hall. Yes, there were few such fights.
Here it is – the joy of the fans.
Dump of elite devices.
“… and under on-a-a-mi lying-a-a-a-l, blue Eldorado-o-o-o! …”. (left to right) CooKiE, nip.Axa, nip.noise. Eldorado we still MADE!!!
placards An exemplary teamplay is played in Q3. Peter’s team: E1/Gribnic, RippeR [PK], PELE [PK], [UC].GhosT
And this is the Moscow team: nip.Polosatiy, nip.3d-bug, ]A[.Hanzo, ]A[.Mad- Demon. Moscow won this match almost by 2 times.
The official award ceremony has begun. On the stage, Mr. Bulkin is the president of the PACC.
First lucky ones. At first they gave all sorts of incentive prizes.
[UC].GhosT receives the “will to win” prize.
And PELE [PK] snatched Sharp’s radio for audience sympathy.
An announcer against the background of various officials.
Rewarding for duels has begun: 4th place E1/Gribnic – get CD-Rom.
3rd place – E2/Zlo in the process of getting flowers. In his speech to the audience, he said: although I passed for free, but I’m a professional freeloader :).
Axa makes a speech.
PELE [PK] – first place in duels. Got 1 TEEN-PC and 1 Samsung 17″.
Removal of property from the stage.
2nd place – Alliance-1 team. As PiToN called them – unmeasured herds of super-buffalo :) NiP- Formoza.
1st PLACE!!!
… PACK CUP IS GIVEN TO THE NiP-Formoza TEAM!
So that’s what kind of reindeer you are.
Another official speech.
On stage – Spirit. Thanks to him, all the equipment worked at this tournament and you saw regularly updated news both on the PACC page and on ours – via I-Net from the competition.
Joyful mini wash.
… and yet, and yet, and yet, we WON!

January 29, 30, 2000 — Our NiP-Formoza team took first place in the PACC Cup tournament in St. Petersburg.

February 26, 27, 2000 — The NiP-Formoza team took first and fourth places in the second stage (teamplay) of the PACC championship in St. Petersburg.

March 18, 19, 2000 — The NiP-Formoza team took second and third places in the third stage (duel) of the PACC championship in St. Petersburg.

April 1, 2, 2000 — The NiP-Formoza team took second and third places in the team tournament at the Matrix club.

April 8, 9, 2000 — Polosatiy and Power took first and third places in the duel championship at the Astalavista club.

April 29, 30, 2000 — The NiP-Formoza team took first place in the fourth round of the PACC Championship for the Formosa Cup.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010424205044/http://pacc.formoza.ru:80/photos/30apr/index.php

May 6, 7, 2000 — The NiP-Formoza team took first place in the team stage of the URAL 2000 championship in Yekaterinburg, while Polosat1y and 3D*BUG took first and third places in the duel stage of the same championship, respectively.

May 25-28, 2000 — The NiP-Formoza team took the first place in the team stage of the PACC championship in St. Petersburg, and Polosat1y took the first place in the duel part of the same championship.

HOW TO FIND CLUBS

Internet Cafe “Formosa Island”.
Internet Cafe website: http://cafe.formoza.ru
Address: Moscow, m. Kitay-gorod, B. Trekhsvyatitelsky per., 2
Phone: 728-4004

Computer club “AstalaViSta”.
Club website: http://www.astalavista.ru
Club address: Moscow, Lavrushinsky lane 17/5 building 2, two minutes walk from the Tretyakovskaya metro station.
Club phone: 953-0111.
Club Fax: 953-0111.
Club ICQ: 953-0111.

Computer club “iN-Station”.
Club website: http://in-station.formoza.ru
Address: Moscow, Novosushevsky pereulok 6. In a building entertainment complex “DEPO 2000”, 4th floor From Novoslobodskaya metro station, tram number 9 or from the metro station Belorusskaya tram number 19.
telephones – 973-36-56, 973-49-97
ICQ UIN – 67571136

https://web.archive.org/web/20011204132240/http://pacc.formoza.ru:80/way.php

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