Greatest moments in YOUR gaming history!

[Jolt]

No competition in it? Ah well, guess I'm the first. The national ETL (Enemy Territory League) Cup was held in Lisbon some years ago (Ugh, 2005 I think), and as one of the major national clans of ET, my clan was thus direct invitee into the tournament. It was my very first LAN.

I might add that all competitions of ET are done in Stopwatch, which the attacking clan has a set timelimit to accomplish a number of objectives, ending the map, after which, the defending team switches to the attacking team and must beat the time set by first attacking clan. Two maps were played per match. In case both teams managed to prevent the other team from accomplishing the objectives during the game's max time limit for the map, in both maps then it was considered a tie. The matches order of play, concerning who attacked and defended was done in "AB-BA" form.

The Group Phase was a piece of cake, except for the war with another of the top-favorite clans which also was placed on our group. I don't quite recall that match as it was the only one I didn't participate in it (It was our opening match), but I think it was a tie in both maps. In any case, we advanced to the quarter finals, quickly dispatched the team and went to the semi-finals. They won the first map (Gold Rush) - They attacked first, and managed to finish the objectives, while we didn't manage to finish the objectives in the time limit they did. On the second map (Supply Depot) we attacked first and we made an average time, and they attacked, and we basically control the match pretty well, but I still remember the defining moment of that match. My entire clan was dead save for a Clanmember of mine who was in the Crane Controls room (Building the Crane controls is an objective of the attacking side) and he killed two engineers with his SMG and Pistol in the Crane Controls room, who were there constructing the said obj. Thing is, he didn't gib them, but he had no bullets left and the medic was coming fast to revive the killed engineers, and still remember it clear as water, that clanmate giivng them with his knife, then the medic appears from behind him and kills him, reviving the two engineers, who proceeded to construct the crane controls, which puts the gold into a truck and then the attacking side must escort the truck to an exit outside the base. Thing is, if he managed to gib both engineers, we would spawn shortly afterwards and retake our defensive positions, effectively winning the map and forcing the game to go on a decider map, which we might have very well won.
But that is not the entire story. True to our skill we attempted everything to slow down their advance with the truck, and in the end we were extremely frustrated as they were able to accomplish their objective with 4 seconds left on the timer. They won over 4 seconds. ...Man. ...It sucks to lose like that.


Other than that, my prime time in gaming history is reaching the 3rd spot in Populous 3: The Beginning multiplayer rankings, effectively making me a living legend of Populous