Also feel free to tell us what you think of TakedownSpecials new logo.  Takedown finally said he was gonna do work for the team and it looks like he did a good job.

Special Thanks to Magic Wooshy and Takedown for putting in work to get this done.  These guys were a tremendous help.  If it wasn’t for them we wouldn’t have a new design for our website.

Things to Look For:

Old Shout Box: People were crying they want the old shout box back so we said the hell with it bring on that old shout box drama. Feel free to talk trash on whoever you want to be that day.

New Logo: Takedown actually got off his ass and did something.

Sponsors Page: New page that will feature links to all our partners and sponsors. (This is coming soon)

Stay tuned more changes coming soon!

Hey guys its Gymbo here again and I figured I’d ask the LRSD again if they are interested in doing a fantasy football league? Last year we had some interest but it wasn’t enough to get a league going.  There would be prizes involved and I’m sure for those who follow the NFL it would be a great time.  If anyone is interested please leave a comment on this blog post and leave an e-mail address so we can contact you with a league invite.

Madden League

Is the LRSD interested in running another Madden League this year? In years passed the LRSD has tempted running a few Madden Leagues but only had limited success.  Most of the failure was due in part because of Gymboslice’s dominance in the Madden League.  During League play in the LRSD Gymbo holds a stellar record of 12-0 and has yet to be challenged by a legitimate contender.  So its understandable if no one wants to do a Madden league. If we have to we won’t allow Gymboslice to take part in the Madden League because he has a long history of dominance.

If anyone is interested in either option please leave a comment on this article with your e-mail address.

Some guys have stayed active like Mr. Bone, ManCubb and Ghost and these guys have dramatically improved their game.  ManCubb has risen from prospect to superstar and Mr Bone has gone from inexperienced rookie to a deadly veteran. If you ask me Ghost has pretty much stayed the same but maybe he improved a little and yes he still talks too much.

Some surprise appearances were to see Battojin and Feccy J back in action.  I’m not sure how much these guys still play but for me it was the first time back in action in a long time.  Feccy J as usual had his connection issues and Battobad has managed to stay pretty much BAD. As usual I managed to do work and dominate games like old times.

All in all it was a good night.

Other News Mad Dog and Takedown Return

Mad Dog and Takedown are back in action and they are bringing back the LRSD Hall of Fame Team (you know the team from World at War).  Well if you are interested in playing World at War again contact Takedown or Mad Dog and see if you got the skills to be apart of the team.

Also I know the website hasn’t been as active as it usually is but expect the action pick upcoming months. The LRSD is planning big things as usual.

Gymbo

This game only comes out ever four years just like real world cup.

Ok to start of all that has been released are the basics about what’s going to be the main plot of the game. PS the real world cup is in Africa so this is based off of the real world cup.

Now to the review

Near 200 national teams. All the stadiums, and fans creaming there heads of to the world’s biggest sporting event of the year. It’s safe to say EA’s latest World Cup game will be the one to wait for……..for all the soccer fans here.

Sure you can recreate international tournaments in the last game. But with such a big selection. It’s hardly going to be an authentic World Cup experience. According to FIFA 10 most of Africa doesn’t exist. Thankfully, that’s something the new title with all the big African nations like Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo in there.

EA says it wants to recreate the crazy atmosphere of the world’s most popular sporting tournament. And with pre-match confetti full 3D crowds for all the teams (which includes supporters with face paint, hats and banners……they took it to far) and all 10 stadiums that will be used in South Africa.

Commentary is also up to the FIFA legacys high standards. Clive Tyldesley normally is, paired with Andy Townsend in the UK version. They even provide inside info on each side’s manager which is handy because the of all the biggest nations feature in the game. and give you inside info on two highly known coaches in mid game battling for a win to advance.

Alright this is a bit of an obvious but ill say it any ways. This game is built on a bigger engine last year’s title. Which means World Cup is more impressive than its last one.

Seeing as FIFA 10 already plays the most balanced, addictive game of soccer ever, big changes just aren’t necessary. With that said the small tweaks that will be made are going to be made very nicely. Players now feel weightier so now you cant run every were with your player. While build up play is also a little quicker so it’s now easier to play a tight passing game as you pass the ball across the field.

Thanks you for reading

leVel

Covenant weapons……

• Plasma Rifle: The shots slow down as it heats up and it needs to reload instead of recharge. It’s a bit more effective than the old Rifle.
• Plasma Launcher: This thing can send a stream of four plasma explosives then will track any player or vehicle on the other team similar to the Needler.
• Focus Rifle: This is described as a combination of the Sentinel Beam and the Beam Rifle you can zoom in with it and the launch a beam right at YOUR FACE.
• Plasma Repeater: This one’s interesting. Bungie says the Plasma Repeater is the Covenant answer to the UNSC Assault Rifle and replaces the Plasma Rifle. You can lock on to your enemies and get multiple people in one Burst.
• Needle Rifle: The Needler is a classic Halo weapon and it’s back in Reach…. But now it has a BIG DADY. The Needle Rifle is a slower more accurate version of Needler. The old Needler was a killing machine that was at its most dangerous when it fired full clips of pink death at your enemies.

Human tech (Spartans)……..

• New grenade launcher: The cool part about this is that if you hold down the trigger after firing the grenade won’t explode. This allows you to decide when that grenade will go off and I can already see pros using this to make BKs look really bad.
• DMR (Designated Marksman Rifle): The DMR is the same thing as the BR from Halo 3. It has 12 Shots in each clip and is a single shot gun but with lots of power. To kill another player it will take you 5 perfect shots with put any help of any other weapon.
• Assault Rifle: Same as old time
• Magnum: Some think oh what am I going to use a Magnum for……well this is an all around good gun it will take people out with a 5 shot clip and kill from far rang. This gun is the same as Halo 1 but just a bit new.

Pre-made Load Outs can be chosen before a round begins just like Call of Duty and can also be changed during a round while you wait to respawn, Load Outs are not player created but rather playlist and game type specific. They allow you to choose your Armor Ability…..your starting primary and secondary weapons…….and your grenade.

Custom made Load Outs won’t be made by you. Types of Load Outs available will be different depending on the gameplay mode. For some playlists that might mean every Load Out is the same weapon sets with only the Armor Abilities to tell them apart. For others it might mean that as the game goes on you’ll have access to more and more choices.

• Armor Lock: When used the ability makes you temporarily invulnerable depending on how long you hold the button down…and also freezes you in place. But while you can’t to move what you will do is shed plasma grenades shred vehicles that are stupid enough to attempt a splatter and deflect crap that people are throwing at you. (And you look pretty bad ass while you’re doing it.)

All kind of say what it is in the name.

• Active Camo: Is like in all games you can go invisible but……when you do it screws up the other team’s radar.
• Sprint: Same thing in Call of Duty just a sprint.
• Jet Pack: Its just a bunch of rockets on your back. And you fly

Thanks for reading, leVel

I will keep you guys updated soon with new games……next is CoD Black Ops

Article By: LeVel

Another Charity Event??

Anyone interested in running another charity event?  If so please let me know.  If you have a charity you know and would like to do something for please e-mail me or contact me in some form to talk about your idea.  If anyone wants to do it I’d be down but I would want a bigger staff then the last event.

Anyone Just Wanna Write?

Hey if you just want to write for the hell of it please message me in some form.  I know guys like Captain Insano, Blind Mice, Tivo, Grim, Level, etc. like to talk a lot… You guys can write about basically anything its pretty much an open stage to voice your opinion about pretty much anything gaming related or not.  I need some of you guys to step up and start taking over the website.  I can’t be writing nonsense all the time.

If you guys want money for tournaments or supplies I need people to step up and do some work other then just game.

Do You Have Issues?

If there’s any problems going around please e-mail teamlrsd@gmail.com.  If it is a serious issue you guys can call or text me.  Only if it’s a serious issue!!

Hey guys its Gymbo here and you are probably wondering what is going on lately. Well it seems to me that a lot of people are taking some time off (myself included) from the game and that’s expected with the weather getting nicer as we move into spring and summer.  Those who are around and want to continue to play please do.  If you are looking for people to team with let me know and I’ll put something up on the website.

Also if you guys want to write any articles about whats going on or you just want to voice your opinion please feel free to e-mail any articles you may want to add to the website.  E-mail them all to TEAMLRSD@GMAIL.COM.

Moving Back to World at War

Word on the street is that a lot of our guys are moving back to World at War.  If you want in on it contact Takedown or Mad Dog.  If you good at the game I’m sure they’ll find a spot for you on the team.  If you are bad at the game I’m sure they’ll find a spot for you on the team.  I might even make an appearance on the team.. Stay tuned..

LRSD Social Network

We plan on making the website sort of like a social network in the future. Members are going to have profiles and stuff like that.  I’m not sure when this move is going to happen but it should be happening soon.  We might even have a whole new look to the website. As soon as Magic Wooshy and I get off our ass we’ll get that done. So stay tuned!!

This new team features some of the top players throughout the LRSD such as Mad Dog, Interpretations, McNasty, Choppy, Camo and Blind Mice.

So far it looks like TBRE has fumbled the torch that was given to them by Pivotal Moments.  TBRE has started off with a mediocre 4-4 record and they have fallen from the first page of Game Battles.  Not to worry though the LRSD has all the confidence in the world that they can recover and make it back to the first page.  This is a young team with a lot of promise and there is only one way to go and that’s up.

Final Rankings:

1. Xtravagant IXI
Played solid the entire tournament. The only map they lost was a forfeit due to some rules confusion. IXI Played in a class of their own in this tournament and showed us that they have a lot in store for MW2.

2. Dirty Girls
A very young team that has only been playing together for less than a week. Dirty Girls did very well, but met their match with IXI. It was clear that these guys play with class, and have very high ambitions for MW2.

3. LRSD Pivotal Moments
I am very proud of my team. My guys played pretty well, and we proved a few teams wrong when they labeled us TDM all stars when we entered. We did kind of backdoor third due to some disqualifications, but I hope it is a sign of things to come for Pivotal Moments.

Thanks to all who participated and supported this effort. We do not have a final tally but I think our donation to Wounded Warriors will be close to 500 DOLLARS. Good job everyone!!!!! I am glad that a select few from the gaming world got together to do something they enjoy for the bettering of society.

We may do another tournament for charity in the future, but I will not mention anything of that.

Special Thanks to:
-GB for allowing us to advertise there
-ReadyUpServers for hosting much of our tournament (Thanks Nate, GREAT service guys CHECK THEM OUT)
-Activision for supplying us with 8 (count em 8!!) games for prizes
-Stride Gum
-Arizona Iced Tea
-MLG- for donating the MLG wrist bands and t-shirts
-Gymboslice for being the main organizer
-ALL teams for participating
-iCn Ego for helping recruit teams
-LRSD members FeccyJ and Magic Wooshy
-Devine for helping with the streaming and commentating of the games we did broadcast. Technical difficulties did shut down our live stream for the majority of the tournament.

Updated Bracket! Click Here to Enlarge!!!

Hey its Gymbo here again and I’d like to give ya a breakdown of what happen in day 2 of the tournament but I’m going to have to give you guys a write up tomorrow. Again I’d like to thank all of the teams that particapted in first ever LRSD Gaming for Chairty Event.  So far its been a solid event and all the teams have really brought their A Game.

Here is the updated bracket: