At 8/23/07 10:00 PM, RSQViper wrote:
And did anyone else see that the NGPD had their two top guys put in their notices? TailPrower is stepping down and so is Bran-Man. Hopefully they can get everything together and people in place to keep the place running. If not I imagine some of the Barracks will be called in for temorary relief.
Thanks for letting me know. I posted accordingly.
Incidentally, here's a little something for you all:
The Barracks Under Fire
by EagleRock
Chapter 14 - Opera Time
Most Counter-Strike Players knew cs_italy for its quick gameplay and challenging layout. The map was basically, for all tends and purposes, two points joined by three main routes. The two points were the CT and T spawnsites, and the three routes took you throughout the small Italian town. The beauty of the Italian architecture was often marred by blood and bodies, especially in the marketplace, which was the open area that the righthand route took you to, followed by a long corridor that gave you sniper-shots of the hostage building.
EagleRock knew better than to take that route, especially against the mods. With only two allies, it'd be easy for the mods to ambush them by coming out and surprising them from several sides. The safer route was the middle one, which was through an Italian flat that wound around, taking you to a bridge that spit you out to a long-range view of the hostage building. The bridge and the open area would be trouble, but it was a route less traveled in CS, which might give them an advantage.
As the three Elite Guards worked their way into the open window of the Italian flat, they kept guard behind them, watching for moderators that'd be coming from the nearby marketplace. As they climbed the stack of logs up to the window, they quietly crept away from the window and into the building.
"No sign of them yet," whispered EagleRock. "Careful, though. Up ahead we'll probably meet up with them, or they might come along behind us." They continued along until they came to the hallway where the CTs and Ts usually met up. EagleRock halted them and tossed a flashbang to deter any oncoming mods. As it flashed, they rushed in to find no one. So far, it was a battle of sneaking, which made Phantom happy.
Once they reached the foyer of the house, RSQViper took point and prepared his AWP. He then ducked out to look across the bridge to see if any moderators were waiting. With AWP in hand, he strafed out to the doorway and peered down his scope to find no one again.
"Quiet," said Phantom. "I like it so far."
"Careful, though," said EagleRock. "We can take a lot of crossfire from across the bridge, so we have to rush across to make sure we don't get downed by surprise." And so they dashed out from the doorway, across the bridge. They saw the pathways below that led to several areas across the map, only to find them empty. Once they were across, they crept farther up the street up to where it turned right and opened up to the big area outside the hostage building.
"It's too quiet," said EagleRock. "We'd have run into someone by now if they didn't know we were here. Someone's has to be waiting in the building behind us."
"What do we do?" said Phantom.
"Continue on. But Phantom, you need to watch our six, as they'll be coming up behind us. Luckily there is only 3 of them, so an ambush won't hurt us too much."
"Roger."
That's when RSQViper ducked out to get a view of the hostage building and saw two moderators staring down the pathway. Newgrundling was there with an AK47, as well as Rucklo, with an AWP. Immediately, they both started firing, Newgrundling providing suppressing fire while Rucklo aimed for Viper.
Viper ducked back as the bullets flew towards him. "SHIT!" he cried as EagleRock spun around and grabbed a flashbang.
"Eat this, fuckers," he muttered as he tossed it into the air, where it bounced off of a wall and detonated in the middle of the large area.
EagleRock jumped out and crouched down as he zoomed in his 1.5x scope on his AWP and took to shooting Rucklo. RSQViper ducked out and took a shot at Newgrundling, who he hit in the shoulder, stunning him. Rucklo, in the meantime, took a clumsy shot at EagleRock with his AWP, which missed by a considerable distance. EagleRock kept pummeling at Rucklo until RSQViper managed to squeeze a bullet from his AWP that struck him in the head, downing him.
"GO!" yelled EagleRock, as he proceeded to make a mad dash for the house. Newgrundling jumped down from the house's balcony and ran down the long hallway that led back to the marketplace. RSQViper trailed behind Eagle as Phantom brought up the rear, keeping watch for ambushers from behind. After a few more seconds, they had taken over the hostage building.
"Excellent!" We took the house!" cried Phantom. "This looks to be good!"
"It's certainly good for now," said EagleRock, "but we need to get the hostages rescued. We can't just camp here, or else we'll lose."
"True," said RSQViper. "Shame, though. This is a great sniping point."
"It is," replied Eagle. "We should stay here for a few more seconds and see if they come up, as we might be able to take down more of them."
"That's all well and good," said Phantom, "but we won't hear them coming with this fucking music playing." He was referring to an old radio on the second floor of the building booming some obnoxious opera music.
