Crew Cut: Stiff Competition
Posted: November 09, 2012 10:24AM | Author: R* M
CREW VS DEVS CHALLENGES
Since we challenged Social Club's top Crews to face off against a team of our Devs in Max Payne 3 Multiplayer, we've received a torrent of propositions - ranging from the polite to the... well, let's just call them 'fighting words'. On Monday October 29th we held a private throwdown with the Dutch Stoners in a 4v4 Soft Lock battle on Xbox 360. With the Devs rocking their fearsome Demonic skull masks, we took a clean sweep winning all five game modes in a Gang War at the bus depot. A Team Deathmatch went the way of the Dev Crew as well; they racked up an impressive 200 kills in the process. A Gang War at the docks was a slightly closer call, but ultimately our Devs ran out 3-0 winners over the course of the match.
We tip our hat to Slaughterhouse Crew who showed us a few weeks ago why they're one of the most feared Free Aim squads out there. After being given a lesson on Free Aim, we fear for the the Legends Of Red Dead Crew who seem to have their own private war with Slaughterhouse. If you two Crews ever organize a face-off, make sure you invite us so we can stream it on our Twitch page.
On Thursday October 18th, we clocked up a glorious win in a nail-bitingly competitive matchup with The VII7 Crew. GGretski and company came out strong, winning the first Team Deathmatch in Bus Depot by a handsome margin. Switching over to Gang Wars, our Devs proved their worth in Max Payne 3's signature multiplayer mode, opting for tight-knit tactics that paid off brilliantly. After losing an opening round of Deathmatch in the Favelas, our team was able to take a round of Short Fuse after the timer ran out with 3 seconds to go on a bomb planted on the bridge. Using this springboard to win the next two rounds comfortably, our Devs held on to take the match. GGretski admitted the loss was "embarrassing" in the Twitch chat but declined to comment on how he felt after we won another Gang Wars in the Hoboken Alleyways; if it's any consolation, GGretski, we've seen that end of the stick all too well ourselves, as you can read about below. You can also check out recordings of the full stream of this bout, and our other games and events, in the videos section of our Twitch.tv page.
Prior to that, we took a convincing victory over our friends from the BrokenWhiskyBottles, who count amongst their ranks some of our most dedicated and hardcore fans. Ever gracious, even in defeat, ChicagoEnigma has come out said "This was so much fun, and entirely insane for us to do.. But I would not change a thing about it. It was a definitely a privilege to get to play against the Devs." Thanks Chicago! It was an honor to play against you lot as well. While we were streaming the game on our Twitch page, GermanScientist recorded his own gameplay perspective during the match and kindly uploaded it to YouTube. As the man says, "See 0:55:15 for a cool view when MaxPayneDev6 shot a RPG right in my face!" Sorry bout that!
We were less successful in our earlier Free Aim fixtures, losing decisively to elite Free Aim Crews Shinobi, Murders Death Kill and Ice Cold Assasins. Our Devs were humbled by the talent on offer - these squads put on a clinic in our two battles and showed the value in a Crew working together to hone razor sharp strategy, skill and coordination. Shinobi were featured all the way back in the third edition of the Crew Cut for their formidable Feud win percentage, and recently gave MLG Pro player Crream a sound beating on his own Twitch channel - something that Crew member Kenshiro360 proudly displays alongside their waxing of Rockstar in his profile Status. Congratulations to Kenshiro360 for taking Top Player in two of the games, and we have grudging respect of ' strafe tactics with the PT92.
Back on Saturday October 10th, Ice Cold Assassins came out to represent PlayStation Crews against the Rockstar Dev Crew. They did their platform brethren proud, winning conclusively in all three Team Death Matches that we played. We were intrigued to see Crew member hkl_100's tribute to his friend The M3rcad0's unusual tactic dubbed "No-Scope Sniping" in action. However, since being at the wrong end of an ass-whupping, the less we see of them in the future the better. Against Murders Death Kill Crew, our Devs cited FAARNSWORTH as a particularly fearsome shot with the sniper rifle. With the open ground covered, the rest of the team were able to outmaneuver our Devs and take a convincing victory in all three games.
And in our earliest of these bouts, the Rockstar Dev Crew faced off in an 8 vs 8 Team Deathmatch against the Elite Gamer Crew, who proudly boast the top 3 Team Deathmatch players on Xbox, IRAQDE3IL, LOSTBOY FOUND and MIShka Madness. While the Rockstar Dev Crew were able to claim their fair share of Feuds and lost by only seven kills in the Bus Depot, we again took an L in three straight sets to our worthy opponents - now a well-earned boast at the EGC Crew page ("WE BEAT THE DEVS 3-0 ... WELL DONE BOYS BIG UP"). However, during team practice the following day, the Rockstar Devs invited the Elite Gamer Crew for a behind-closed-doors off-camera rematch. With no one around to witness the game, both sides have controversially claimed victory, which can only mean that one final rematch is on the cards! Elite Gamer Crew, we'll be in touch.
We'll be announcing our next set of Private Throwdowns very soon. Make sure you check out our Twitch page to watch recordings of past games, and follow us at either Twitter or Facebook to get the word when we're kicking off our next matches (we'll also drop a heads up in comments here). To everyone else from a Crew who has challenged us so far, you should have received a reply to your email by now (if you've only very recently contacted us, then watch your inbox in the coming days); while we can't play everyone immediately, we're trying to get to as many, if not all, of you bit by bit you so please be patient. If you're a Crew with some cred at the top of one of the new tiered leaderboards by platform who'd like the chance to take us on, keep your Challenges coming in to crewchallenges@rockstargames.com.
SOCIAL CLUB FOUNDER CREWS
When Rockstar Games Social Club was relaunched back in May of this year, we gave out special tags to those Crews who were with us from Day One. (For those not in the know, two stripes on a Crew tag denotes a Founder Crew, which is a special designation granted to any Crew created before May 15). With the recent announcement of exclusive Day Of The Dead Skulls for our Founder Crews, we thought we'd take a Where-Are-They-Now look at which Founder Crews have stood the test of time, and made the most of their head start, as well as some who haven't quite lived up to their early hype.
Of the Founder Crews who currently boast full membership rosters, most have already earned at least one mention on the Crew Cut. SFO-Wolf however are one Founder Crew with a full headcount who have thus far been overlooked, despite being around since May 9th. In their time, they've put out some pretty serious emblems, but we particularly like the regal crest shown above. Crew leader pencil_dude splits his time with another Founder Crew PCC, who still rep hard across all three platforms after being featured in the very first edition of the Crew Cut.
While they may no longer be in the top ten private PS3 Crews, the Rising Angels are still putting in work in Max Payne 3 Multiplayer and maintaining an impressive 75% Feud win PCT, counting prominent Founder Crew Ganja Outlaws amongst their recent scalps. Having just tipped over in to the 101-300 tier of Xbox Crews, Tennent's Special Crew maintain a dedicated Twitter account to boast of their status as the "Top Scottish" squad. Just behind them is another Founder Crew, The Sevens, this one with several color variations on an awesome 50s gun-totin' rockabilly chick. The Sevens also lay out a Communist manifesto in their status claiming that "there is no Crew leader, and that all members are the Crew." Marx Payne?
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nMsDembek Fri at 8:24PM ↵Reply
vT Violent Technique is the best team out there. We won 4 GB SEASONS NEVER LOSING ONCE. We ARE WILLING TO PLAY ANYONE. STEP UP TO THE PLATE WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE DAY ONE AND BEEN DUCKED BY ALL THE TOPS TEAMS/. ITS A JOKE! STEP UP TO THE PLATE @MAKAVELl #STOP DUCKING
Qlw34k November 30 at 8:56PM ↵Reply
Max Payne 3 on Xbox360 and PS3 was really different than play on PC, i think rockstar crew was not so good on computer... ;-]
Snuser November 30 at 8:01PM ↵Reply
when will you finally feud a PC crew?
R* X November 20 at 2:20PM ↵Reply
We're live on Twitch.TV battling the Ganja outlaws. Catch the action here: http://twitch.tv/rockstargames.com
el_serpe November 18 at 2:56AM ↵Reply
Dear Rockstar, do you consider normal that AK47 and DAZE crews two days ago entered rank 2 and 3 of 1-5 tier leaderboards by kicking all their 50+ members to get down to 5 members? (but keeping xp worth for 50 members). We SERP, and other crews in the top ten like ICED or LOSC, were always playing with 5 members or less and it feels unfair to be surpassed in this way. While we can still beat them, some top crew with 150 million xp could one day do the same and enter 1-5 tier, then it would take 10 years for 5 members to beat them. What do you think? Should be there a system to prevent this, or the tier system do not mean anything and all crews can start this form of manipulation? Maybe this is normal and we are ---s for not doing the same, we should recruit 200 members for the next 3 xp weekend then kick them all the next monday? Not a big deal anyway :-) but I'd like hear your opinion, and also if other crews have opinions please comment. Thanks!
EnigmaAssassin November 18 at 8:41AM ↵Reply
@el_serpe I agree, but it's hard to think of a system to prevent this. I wouldn't want a crew to be limited to one division who may have inactive members that get kicked and the crew happens to fall to a lower division. Also, I wouldn't want small crews to be discouraged to expand. Maybe if a crew goes over 20 members and earns a certain amount XP in a short amount of time, they should be locked out of lower divisions to prevent XP padding. I think that would be fair.
el_serpe November 18 at 9:02AM ↵Reply
@EnigmaAssassin An idea to fix this simply could be the following: when a crew is in a given tier, its leaderboard tier could compute xp and rank by adding the XP of the current members only (or if we can be more sophisticated in computations, the xp of the members who didn't join in higher tiers), while in "overall" leaderboard it would show the whole xp.
Evolution24_7 November 18 at 10:51AM ↵Reply
@el_serpe Agreed. I'm sure R* will figure out a way to best suit us in some new updates. It may even come down crew creation. When you first create a crew you are given options to what division you choose to compete in. 1-5 division will lock the crew to only 5 players and 6-20 will lock the crew to a max of 20 players and so on and so forth for the other divisions. This of course would limit the ability to expand your crew but if you wanted to expand you would have to choose wisely and crews that are in higher divisions will not be able to drop players to take top positions in the lower divisions because they will be locked to their tier. It may have to come down to locking the divisions although we lose the option of reducing and expanding.
Mx_ALEX_xM November 19 at 1:23AM ↵Reply
@el_serpe This message has been deleted for abusive behavior.
R* K November 19 at 6:53AM ↵Reply
@el_serpe Thanks for the feedback. The leaderboards are there for players to enjoy competing both as Crews and as individuals and we're always up for hearing how the system could be improved. We'll take this into consideration.
Mx_ALEX_xM November 19 at 10:00PM ↵Reply
@el_serpe hahaha they deleted my message
FAARNSWORTH November 24 at 6:35PM ↵Reply
@ It seems like an easy fix if the XP went with the player. If a player is in two crews, he can only gain XP for the specific crew he's using at the time, but if he/she leaves the crew or is kicked, the XP leaves with them. It would be nice if they were to rejoin the crew that the XP could be reinstated too. These are just suggestions, but I know that it's a lot more work than just putting it down on paper.
FAARNSWORTH November 24 at 6:38PM ↵Reply
@el_serpe I agree! XP should leave with the player. Only the players that are still in the crew should have XP going toward the Crew's score. If a player plays 6 months gaining a ton of XP, but takes some time off, the leader would have to think twice about kicking them for being inactive and losing the XP they've accrued. Max Payne 3 may not get fixed, but I really hope they're taking notice of these things so they can put it forward into GTA V.
MAKAVELl November 17 at 7:18PM ↵Reply
also i had a long talk with lord they told me they "dont have enough people to play us in a 4v4" even tho they have 5 members also they are "on vacation" & "his dog was sick" well the patch is out n they still wont play us so maybe you can find us a diff clan to play on twitch
Cartoon_Badman November 18 at 2:33AM ↵Reply
@MAKAVELl You didn't talk with Lord, you just resorted to calling people names, so don't try to play the maturity card.
You also have known modders in your crew so even if you did ask me, I wouldn't play you out of principle.
It's funny you got all high and mighty once everyone stopped playing the game. You were probably the worst player in your old crew, before you went crazy n kicked everyone, then left.
Oh, and Lostboyfound, I though we established you don't get paid to play computer games.
MAKAVELl November 18 at 2:00PM ↵Reply
@Cartoon_Badman i am crazy and can back it up and if rockstar called our crew p***y wed play the guys just on that fact i think thats the best part "we fear for losers of red dead" they know what will happen just like you guys do so im done asking you guys well just have a grudge match with a diff crew oh and lmao @ modders thats the worst excuse since your dog was sick
Cartoon_Badman November 19 at 3:54AM ↵Reply
@MAKAVELl Who used my dog as an excuse?! Not me matey.
You call us p u s s y, yet we had a feud the other day and you quit? Sound logic there. In fact, I have won every single feud against XSHX :/
I am referring to one of your members using a mod in GTA, it was said by two different people so I'm more inclined to believe them.
Plus, I remember some of the things you came out with to other players regarding lag, so there is another reason I wouldn't play half your roster. Remember we played alot of games. Heard alot of shxit.
Like I said, you weren't so mouthy when we were all playing most of the time. Hiding in TDM bashing nubs, whilst all the best crews were in GW.
You should beat us, considering most of you still play everyday and I play maybe a couple of times a month.
You should give this game a rest for just a few weeks mate, see if you feel happier. Real talk.
MAKAVELl November 19 at 5:59PM ↵Reply
@Cartoon_Badman i dont have mods u guys change ur tags when u see us im 1-1 vs lord cause u guys had wispyjo give u kills it sad rockstar called u ---es even 4 months ago b4 u were even in lord when shnooby was in it they would change tags to troll we beat them so many times u guyg are scared simple as that just read older post "dont play sh" "we need more wins b4 playin good clans" u forget i have a capture card n have proof of all this b4 u even joined lmao the more u talk the more u come off scared 2 death so dont say "old days" n only respond if u want to play
Cartoon_Badman November 20 at 1:43AM ↵Reply
@MAKAVELl To be fair, your criticisms are aimed at others so let's just leave that there. I don't even like Wispy (who lost feuds for REFX against you anyway)
My record against you lot is 3 - 0 under MVLG and REFX, I won't even count the LORD victory the other day. So I have nothing to prove. You're clutching at straws and it's hilarious.
Carry on beasting n00bs and doing what you have to do to win, I'm gona go out, I haven't got time to go back and forth with you.
Have fun getting angry over a video game.
x x
MAKAVELl November 20 at 1:36PM ↵Reply
@Cartoon_Badman well play us on a diff tag then since lord knows youre trash and wont let you play on that tag youve never beat me in a fued so please dont make up lies and im not angry everyones laughing @ you and how you cant play on lord tag lmao you were trying to get down with sh but you couldnt cut it heres what i suggest whatever tag you want dont even care if its mp3 and well live stream it with or without rockstar let me know
Cartoon_Badman November 21 at 3:10AM ↵Reply
@MAKAVELl LOL carry on you are like a 5 yr old, I beat you are spitting whilst you type.
If you have to resort to lies then we are done, I have thrown several facts at you, that have ignored.
I can play on whatever tag I choose, pleb.
MAKAVELl November 21 at 3:13PM ↵Reply
@Cartoon_Badman 4v4 ur marvel clan then lmao marvel clan bunch of free kills we can live stream it too
R* X November 17 at 11:48AM ↵Reply
Our Devs are hopping online in the next hour to battle the Fear the Wrath Crew. Catch the action here: http://twitch.tv/rockstargames
DiE_OR_FiGHT November 17 at 7:54PM ↵Reply
@ cant wait :)
lostboyfound November 16 at 7:21PM ↵Reply
i bet your really upset for some one WHO only plays rockstar games to NOT even be a top 5 ranked player ROCKSTAR even said it TEGC have THE TOP 3 RANKED PLAYERS IN TEAMDEATH MATCH i bet your upset i can understand how someone WHO ONLY PLAYS ROCKSTAR GAMES would be considering your rank and not getting (your name) in the news i bought my daughter a shetland last week from my money earned from playiing this game off youtube and i called it MAKAVELI THE ONE TRICK PONY
MAKAVELl November 16 at 5:37PM ↵Reply
rockstar ive never complained about anything on this game and ive had all my weapons taken down (.38 50 cal etc) even when people were invisible i would just vote for new maps and they would get kicked from lobby and i still never got some of my titles back and a few other things since reset i dont care about any of that PLEASE adjust the bomb suit its to protect players against rocket ---s but if you run into somebody from UK AUS GER CAN etc etc its like head to toe body armor please fix this issue
lostboyfound November 16 at 7:33PM ↵Reply
@MAKAVELl MOAN MOAN PLEASE ADJUST THE BOMB SUIT ADJUST YOUR DUAL WEILDING SELF BLACK.OPS.AVELI you dont like the fact that unknown gamers came on to your scene and broke you .... as for you rockstar ( OUR TIME WILL COME ) any time you can get your teaboy and janitor dev crew back together you have my email so please dont hang about but in the mean time TEGC CREW as you miss spelled in your latest edotion of CREW CUT will be busy OWNING ON BLOPS email me when you want some tips on how to play your game .... loving you loving life loving being THE ELITE GAMER CREW
MAKAVELl November 16 at 7:57PM ↵Reply
@lostboyfound i use 1 pt92 idk why you care youre scared & so are the rest of the crews if u want we can do a free aim grudge match n have rockstar film it oh wait youre scared to death n talk about mw a game i dont own like woww mw lets go camp under trucks how fun f**k that 3rd time i only play rockstar game f**k army games
R* A November 16 at 8:33PM ↵Reply
@MAKAVELl Settle this online in the game, guys - not in comments
nMsDembek Fri at 8:22PM ↵Reply
@MAKAVELl XSX XHX WILL ASK EVERYONE TO PLAY BUT MY TEAM. STOP THE DUCK HIBE PLAY THE BEST/. YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE THE BEST N ALL IF IT WASNT FOR ME AND SHARK YALL WOULD OF LOOKED HORRIBLE AGAINST THE R* MODS.
You keep ducking I ask you're team for matches EVERYDAY. You didnit play GB because you would of been forced to play us!
peawicko November 16 at 1:56PM ↵Reply
im surprised by the amount of issues that we all have to endure 6 months after release! lol
peawicko November 16 at 1:59PM ↵Reply
@peawicko that was a reply to R* A