Freedomware Gamefest 2007

[YokoZar]

http://happypenguin.org/newsitem?id=7839

We are excited to make the final preliminary announcement of Freedomware Gamefest 2007, a first international online event featuring a multitude of tournaments as part of a single happening and with games that are only Free Software.

It has been founded to promote Free Software gaming as well as gaming on Free Operating Systems such as GNU/Linux, to show that the gaming world at large is not limited to proprietary offerings on proprietary platforms such as Microsoft Windows.

The name "freedomware" is an attractive brand that refers to software that is free as in freedom rather than just free of cost (like "freeware"). The name "gamefest" refers to this event as a gaming festival which, albeit held online, celebrates and propagates Free Software gaming through action packed and fun-loaded competitions.

It will feature a number of tournaments for games like Nexuiz, OpenArena, Tremulous, Armagetron Advanced and more, depending on community interest. Even after the first tournaments begin there will be a limited window of opportunity for additional game tournaments to be organized, which is why we encourage communities of games not currently included to register as soon as possible and work with us on organizing their tournaments.

This event is being organized by Nuxified.org (from Libervis Network) and in cooperation with Cluenet.org, The Tux Project and the gaming communities. It is sponsored by ZaReason Inc. and TheLinuxStore.ca.

Registrations for participation will be accepted until November 20 when both individual players and clans can join. Immediately after, we will invite all registered participants to confirm their participation in tournaments which fit the preferences they stated, and proceed to split the players into groups and teams and schedule the first matches.

Exceptionally, registrations may still be accepted, for a limited time, even after the deadline for backup players and players who wish to start a tournament for a game that hasn't yet been included.

Each tournament will have two stages, qualifications and the "final tournament". By default, bottom third of all players or teams in the qualifications stage will be disqualified, while the rest proceed to fight it out based on a chosen tournament scheduling bracket (usually single elimination). There can be multiple tournaments per each game, such as a 1vs1 and a CTF tournament for both OpenArena and Nexuiz.

Recognized winner titles include winners of each tournament and a single universal Freedomware Gamefest 2007 Ultimate Player, which is to be chosen among all of the tournament winners.

Each tournament winner is to be awarded a prize worth at least $50 while the main winner, the Ultimate Player, will win at least 25% off from any ZaReason computer and Logitech G15 Gamers keyboard sponsored by TheLinuxStore.ca.

You can help increase the pool of prizes for the tournament winners by making a donation or buying from one of the Freedomware Gamefest web shops offered by REVELinux Gear.

We have the support, we have attractive prizes and we have some excellent games. We invite you to take advantage of this opportunity to be a part of a great event that will rock the Free Software gaming world! We call on you to spread the word, to join the tournament of the game you like and to rock the virtual arenas!

Let the games begin!

Thank you

Let's get a Spring tournament!

[KDR_11k]

The name "freedomware" is an attractive brand that refers to software that is free as in freedom rather than just free of cost (like "freeware").

I thought the term for that was opensource?

[imbaczek]

I guess they want to underline the difference between the GPL and the rest of the world. Wrong IMHO, but I'd love a Spring/KP tournament anyway

[Pxtl]

Well, probably the only mods eligable for such a tournament would be Kernel Panic and Nanoblobs, since those are the only played OSS mods on Spring... and neither of them really have a large-enough playerbase for a tourney... wait, what's the licensing status of War Evolution? I mean, there are also KDR's other mods, but I haven't seen a game of CvC or Dozerz in the lobby since... well... ever. Honestly, in the case of KP, I'd be thinking it'd be best to play Evil-less, since the 1.5 version of Evil still had a few bugs (like the "can't mine-convert while fighting" thing).

[Neddie]

War Evolution, if I recall, is Optimus' Content still, but you could consult him?

[YokoZar]

The name "freedomware" is an attractive brand that refers to software that is free as in freedom rather than just free of cost (like "freeware").

I thought the term for that was opensource?

Freedomware is just the name for this event, that's all.

[Felix the Cat]

Freedomware is ironically not about freedom and all about collectivism.

[Neddie]

Freedomware is ironically not about freedom and all about collectivism.

It isn't about the meaning, silly feline, it is all about the packaging!

I'm glad I'm not the only person who noticed.

[smoth]

so does freedomware include any french software?

*/me hides from the tomatoes *

[Felix the Cat]

The French make cheese and whine, silly man, not software.

[BaNa]

The French make cheese

Ah, but how? Nothing compares to that wonderful cheese and wine. I spent a week this summer just gobbling cheese and washing it down with wine by the seine...


btw: Ubisoft

[SwiftSpear]

French Canadians don't make anything but dept, so sometimes they get board and stray into other hobbies like video game design.

[tombom]

Freedomware is ironically not about freedom and all about collectivism.

explain

it will probably be some gpl stuff

[Felix the Cat]

Freedomware is ironically not about freedom and all about collectivism.

explain

it will probably be some gpl stuff

[insert GPL stuff here]