More rAge VIP Section Questions

Wed, 12 Aug 2009, 7:35 pm
by Greg Blyth, Do Gaming journalist
Tags: Telkom Do Gaming, rAge, Battlefield 2, BF2, Counter Strike Source, CS:S, Call of Duty 4, CoD4

Telkom Do Gaming is holding competitions at rAge this year in Battlefield 2 (BF2), Counter Strike Source (CS:S) and Call of Duty 4 (CoD4). The competitions will take place in a VIP section. However some gamers have raised some questions about the VIP section.

First off, gamers from the various competitions have raised the question of registered reserve players in the Do Gaming league and whether they will be able to play on the day.

The answer is no. The space is limited in the area, so there is only enough seating for the core teams in each competition. Gamers from the VIP LAN will still be able to play with gamers in the open LAN because they are connected. So when gamers aren’t competing in the Do Gaming competition, they will be able to play with other players on the open LAN.

With regards to team mates being close to them while they compete, Do Gaming will be making space for spectators to come into the VIP section to watch and socialise with the players in the Do Gaming competitions.

Spectators will not require open LAN tickets and at this stage it’s still uncertain how many spectators will be allowed in at one time as Do Gaming is still working out concerns with regards to the space of the VIP section. But spectators will have the chance to get into the area.

Therefore gamers will be able to play with their friends from the VIP section or from the open LAN as they will have tickets to that as well. Their team mates, friends and family will have the chance to see them in action in the VIP area. However, clans will have to pick their best teams for rAge and trust that those players are the rights ones from the competition.

The number of teams in the Do Gaming competitions will be:

• Call of Duty 4 – top 36 teams
• Counter Strike Source – 12 teams
• Battlefield 2 – 10 teams

The ranking of the teams will be decided from the third leg of the Do Gaming League. In the case of CoD4, there will be a playoff at the end of the leg and the top 36 teams thereafter will receive rAge tickets.

AGASA is also looking at the possibility of holding casual competitions in the open LAN across various games and possibly cordoning off an area for these competitions. But this is still to be confirmed.

Article Comments

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Committee Member

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Clan: TEAM LEGS

Wed, 12 Aug 2009, 7:39 pm

Thanks for the clarity. It's awesome that we will be on the same network as the open lan. I'm just a little curious, I heard the reason the comp section wasn't on the open section network was because of lag on servers. Is that no longer an issue?

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Clan: Big Fat B*stards

Wed, 12 Aug 2009, 10:01 pm

So the Top 36 CoD4 teams will get tickets ?

Is the guaranteed, because I know alot of players are relying on this to attend rAge.

|BFC|Maroo

Posts: 4

Clan: Battlefield Community

Wed, 12 Aug 2009, 10:36 pm

Will all the registered reserves get tickets to the open Lan?

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Retired Gaming Inc Guru

Posts: 1038

Clan: Big Fat B*stards

Wed, 12 Aug 2009, 10:47 pm

No reserves will receive ANY tickets from DoGaming.

If they have a lan ticket that they have purchased they will be able to attend the open lan.

Othersie the qualifying teams will receive either 5 tickets for COD4 and CSS or 8 Tickets for BF2.

sG.BurNThaM

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Clan: Synergy Gaming

Wed, 12 Aug 2009, 10:49 pm

as far as I know, reserves will not get tickets at all....

vitriolic`Cyrus

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Clan: Vitriolic Gaming

Thu, 13 Aug 2009, 12:25 am

Guys please read the whole thing before asking questions. Reserves won't get tickets whatsoever. For BF2 you get 8 tickets to the VIP section and 5 for CSS and CoD4. What you do with those tickets remain up to you (you can choose which 5 get it).

Reserves can (could have) purchase(d) their own tickets and come watch the match.

DG|Wonderer

DG editor

Posts: 1586

Clan: Team Do Gaming

Thu, 13 Aug 2009, 9:02 am

Yes Cyrus, its a good point.

Do Gaming has put out a number of articles on rAge:

NAG LAN at rAge Sold Out
VIP Section at rAge
Do Gaming Announces rAge 09 Plans
rAge 2009 Costing
RAge is Ready to Rock

Yes the rAge tickets for the number of teams mentioned above are confirmed. Teams just now have to play to win them...

We'll be doing a lot of articles in the run up to rAge so keep watching the site.