ClanSphere http://www.starbytes.co.uk Recent informations Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:20:34 +0000 jhadavies@starbytes.co.uk (boss) NEWS http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=39 http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=39

Four Kings have officially confirmed the departure of three players from their Counter-Strike: Source team.
Changes have been rumoured for some time now, with Carlos “Dumbazo” Garcia Martinez’s long term commitment to the team under question due to a lack of motivation. HenryG moving to Crack Clan proved to be a Catalyst with both Dumbazo and Cauzed leaving the team permanently.

According to the Four Kings management, “We have already secured the extra 3 players to create a competitive line-up and the announcement for which will follow soon”. Speculation has already amounted to the new line-up which supposedly includes the i36 stand-in HudzG.

Statement from James "Pez" Perrot:
"It's sad to see all this hard work end after such a great event, we all played well and got on so well! However, end of this leads onto new adventures for us as 4Kings CSS and we will be in France this weekend for LAN79 with our new side! I'd like to thank Eamon especially, this 6/7 months with him has been the most fun I've ever had in CSS and I've met a friend for life in Eamon. Concerning Henry he's a great player and he really is a good mate but it was his time to move on, it's a shame as ideally I'd love to have stayed with the same roster at i36, however I'm looking forward to my new adventure! Carlos quit a long time before i36 and has been inactive since just featuring in the EPS games and I'd like to thank him also for all his time, commitment and stellar performances at the events we attended."

Departing Players

Carlos "dumbazo" Garcia Martinez
Henry "HenryG" Greer
Eamon "cauzed" Pakos

Four Kings

James "PEZ" Perrott
Jack "Callisto" Mason

Rumoured new team

James "PEZ" Perrott
Jack "Callisto" Mason
George "HudzG" Hoskins
Olly "Crazycat" Netherton
Sadegh 'ShadowmaN' Mzadeh


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On the weekend of July 10th 2009, The Imperial will be holding its very own Counter Strike source LAN. This will take place in the well known LAN Cafe; Starbytes in Southampton. Starbytes has been a long time supporter of esports, in particular Counter Strike:Source, having hosted many events for the game sicne it's release including the WCG lan qualifiers. With their recent refit and expert admins at hand we are certain that this will be an evet to be remembered.

We will be using The Imperial's website to invite the teams, sign them up and keep you posted on all going on as well as the starbytes site itself.

As everyone knows a LAN is nothing without some big prizes.

There will be atleast a £1200 prize pot and will be looking to increase with some big announcements to come. It will be a BYOC event but there are 8-10 PC's to rent but the entry fee will increase if this service is used.
Also there will be a sleeping area on the bottom floor for roughly 20 gamers! This will be first come first served so please let an admin know as early as possible if you require to sleep at the event.
There is also a travel inn next door to the event which you can book here:
(www.premierinn.com/pti/hotelInformation .do?hotelId=24074)


Teams Invited:

The Imperial
CrackClan
Team Infused
Veritas
4kings
Dignitas
FM.Toxic
Zen
]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:15:32 +0000 jhadavies@starbytes.co.uk (boss) NEWS http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=37 http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=37

After many months of second places, Reason Gaming's CSS team have finally managed to win a title!

Having knocked dignitas into the lower bracket earlier in the day, Reason will certainly have feared a repeat of previous I-Series finals which saw dignitas come from the lower bracket to beat them over two maps.

Finally however a final did go there way, despite a strong come-back from dignitas in the second half. Reason had taken the CT side of dust2 13-2, but somehow the British team managed to even the game up, to push to overtime.

Reason did then manage to put their feet back on the gas so to speak, and managed to win 4-0, taking home their first title since Lan79, 49 weeks ago - and first under the name of Reason Gaming, with this new line-up.

Here are the final standings from the tournament:

1 Reason Gaming
2 Dignitas
3 LowLandLions
4 Four Kings
5/6 Crack Clan
5/6 Veritas
7/8 fm! Toxic
7/8 Zen
9-12 rasra.rwp
9-12 infused
9-12 yoyotech
9-12 Good Looking Gamers
13-16 imperial
13-16 TumBotMix
13-16 :)))
13-16 Attica
17-24 Clothing4Gamers
17-24 Rasta||
17-24 dtp
17-24 Rasta
17-24 TwistedPlay
17-24 tc5.
17-24 Lost Sanity
17-24 Rasta.
25-32 BoS//
25-32 CYNICAL
25-32 lod.css
25-32 sYnced.css
25-32 [eC*K2]
25-32 wotr
25-32 GECLAN
25-32 evengence ]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:20:17 +0000 jhadavies@starbytes.co.uk (boss) NEWS http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=35 http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=35
Consoles £1.42 billion (+14%)
Peripherals £549 million (+82%)

Comparatively, the Times Online notes that video game sales eclipsed both music (£1.33 billion) and DVD sales (£2.4 billion) in 2008. Sony’s high definition Blu-Ray discs continue to grow, providing £66 million.

In terms of individual console sales, Nintendo predictably took the crown with £481 million on Nintendo DS and Wii, each. Xbox 360 followed the Wii close behind with £443 million and Playstation 3 with £334 million.

Total games sales £1.9 billion (+23%)
Wii £481 million (+112%)
XBox 360 £443 million (+38%)
PlayStation 3 £334 million (+115%)
Nintendo DS £481 million (+17%)

The sales data company, ChartTrack hasn’t issued the full list of best selling games in 2008, but the Christmas Number 1 went to EA’s FIFA 09, with Call of Duty: World at War and Mario Kart: Wii in tow.
]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:02:25 +0000 jhadavies@starbytes.co.uk (boss) NEWS http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=32 http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=32 CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION:)

]]> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:50:02 +0000 jhadavies@starbytes.co.uk (boss) NEWS http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=31 http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=31
Xbox 360Microsoft has officially announced a price cut of the Xbox 360 in Europe, leading in to the Christmas season.



Starting Friday, September 19th, all three versions of the Xbox 360 will be reduced in price.

The Arcade unit (which comes with a Memory Unit in lieu of a hard drive) will be reduced to £129.99.

The 60GB Model has dropped to £169.99 and the Elite (120GB hard drive) will be priced at £229.99

While the Arcade has been the cheapest console on the market for some time, now the 60GB version will join it as cheaper options than the Nintendo Wii.

“Xbox 360 has now sold over 20 million consoles worldwide and due to its unprecedented success, we are now able to pass on the rewards of that success to the consumer with a new retail pricing from £129.99”, said Neil Thompson, Senior Regional Director, Microsoft UK.

Check your favourite retailers on Friday, when the Xbox 360 will have its price slashed.
]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:40:06 +0000 jhadavies@starbytes.co.uk (boss) NEWS http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=30 http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=30 No doubt you have all been wanting to know when you will be able to start gaming back at the south coasts premier gaming centre!

Well good news, we have nearly completed the refurb and will be opening our doors again at
8 this evening.

most of our facilites will be available for you to use , however printing and scanning will not be available till tommorow.





]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:51:20 +0000 jhadavies@starbytes.co.uk (boss) NEWS http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=28 http://www.starbytes.co.uk/index.php?mod=news&action=view&id=28 This friday we will be hosting yet another one of our fantastic all nighters.

Day: friday 29th august

Time: 20:00-08:00

Games: anything and everything (usual suspects include, counter strike source, team fortress 2, alien vs predator 2 and company of heroes.)

Place: starbytes southampton

Price: £20 and that includes pizza and drinks to be served between 00:00 - 01:00 (depending on how hungry we are.)








sounds good? SIGN UP NOW if you are a member leave your name in the comments below to reserve a spot, or just pop in and let a staff member know.








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