Really it’s a funny thing how I got into online gaming. When I was younger, all I did during hunting off-seasons was play hunting video games on the CPU. Sometime during the year 2000, I bought a title that offered an online multiplayer. To me it was the greatest thing since sliced bread and I sat there day in and day out. It was really fun talking to fellow hunters and networking through a video game. I’ve even hunted with some of the guys I met after hanging out with them in the online world. Eventually, this online experience led me to purchase a network adapter for my PS2 and I started playing online games via the PS2. For some reason I was instantly attracted to SOCOM and fell in love the first time I popped it in. My love for it grew and eventually I made my way into structured clan gaming.

The first tournament site I was on was Socombattles.com (now gamebattles). That community was a pretty cool one (it’s now terrible lol), but it wasn’t quite what I or my clan was looking for. During Socom 2, I found a site called Socomzone.com. It had a real tight knit community filled with mostly honorable clans, but with Socom 2 most of the clans and the site dissolved. During that site’s downfall I heard from a friend in that community about this upcoming tournament site called “Urgent Fury.” The clan I was with at the time of UF1 did not end up signing up, but I watched from the sidelines. I regularly trolled the forums and was always hanging around in UF clans rooms. I mostly hung around with Cp* and ReD at the time, because those were the only people I really knew. That soon changed however, as I got to know more and more of the community and found how great this community truly was, even at it’s early stages.

Eventually, the clan I was with through all of Socom 1 and 2 disbanded during the first month of Socom 3. I got with some old ReD Cell friends and formed a clan called ST2, of which I was the co-leader. We were accepted into UF2 shortly after and I must say, I had an absolute blast. We allied with APC and were about 2 months in when tragedy struck. Unfortunately, some inside the clan stuff went down and my clan leader ended up disbanding the clan and going completely MIA. As ST2 was no more, I was free to join any clan I chose and still participate in UF2. Being that in UF1 and UF2 you could actually war with your allied clan and we strategized together a lot, I knew APC as well as I did my own clan. It really was an easy decision for me to make and the rest was history. I’ve really enjoyed being a part of the community over the years and I can say without a doubt Urgent Fury is unrivaled in it’s community, integrity, honor, longevity, and atmosphere. There is no other tournament site that lives by honor and integrity like we do here at UF, which truly sets us apart from the others.

[TNU] Threat Neutralizing Unit was founded by Honkay in the first week of Socom 2. Honkay created TNU in the hopes of creating one of the most talented and respected clans in the Socom community. The Threat Neutralizing Unit was built on trust, respect, talent, and communication. Since the creation of TNU we believe we have achieved the goal Honkay set out to accomplish.

In Socom 2 TNU won its very first tournament and had over 300 victories with under 30 losses. TNU also Hosted its very first tournament in Socom 2 and began establishing it’s connections with other clans. TNU was joined by a great group of players who were formerly in the [E!] Entertainment clan. In Socom 3 TNU continued their success and began competing in several tournaments. TNU won 2 tournaments and continued their success with a war record consistent with theirs from Socom 2.

During Socom Combined Assault TNU made some major steps to not only improving their status as a clan but in becoming much more involved part of the Socom Community. The first week of Socom Combined Assault TNU put together what became a very large part of the Socom Tournament Community. TNU hosted 7 of their own tournaments offering some of the most involved and interactive tournaments available. TNU won the very first Chaos Tactics tournament beating out over 30 clans and taking over 5 months. In that year TNU also helped raise over $700 for the walk for autism for a clan mate and got involved in several other charities including the Lori’s Watch Tournament.

[TNU] went through a rough patch as almost all clans did between combined assault and confrontation. We even went through the a little stint on COD4 and participated in 2 tournaments on that game fiishing in the final 4 on both including UF: Crucible. TNU finally came together and hosted their last tournament finishing in the Final Four beating out 16 other clans despite their low activity. Since then TNU has began to flourish and is getting large numbers of players on a regular basis and continuing their success on Confrontation. Throughout the past 6 years TNU has been through a lot but we have always maintained a sense of respect for ourselves and our competitors. We have always shown loyalty to our members who have been with us from the start and just joining us as we continue on. TNU has watched members join when they were 12 and 14 years old who are now attending college. TNU is proud to support our members and be there when they need a family and just as proud to harass them to get back online when they take a hiatus from the all angering Socom.

TNU has 5 championships under their belt since starting in Socom 2 and has finished in the top 5 in EVERY tournament they have entered.  TNU is currently recruiting active, loyal, and skilled gunners to continue with us on our road to success.

Threat Neutralizing Unit,
Death is Instant, Pain will End, Glory is Forever!

The word “respect” is often thrown about with little regard for it’s true meaning. These days, an increasing amount of gamers expect it from everyone they come into contact with. However, many seem to have forgotten what the word actually means. Webster’s defines Respect as:

-  “a deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment: “

Too many times we log into our favorite gaming servers to have a nice friendly match, only to be bombarded with screaming, fighting, arguments, and a string of racial slurs hurled at anyone disagreeing with the offender. More often than not, we leave that room in search for a better one. It shouldn’t be this way. A player should be able to log on, find a match and play without all the extra exertion.. For a time this was virtually impossible until a small group of players got together and created “Urgent Fury.”

With a large network of clans that pride themselves on being respectful, finding a good clean game became much easier. For a member of Urgent Fury’s community you could now log in and if your clan wasn’t online, you could easily find a fellow UF community member’s room to play in with the knowledge that the game would be played with the mutual respect you were in search of.

Let’s take it upon ourselves to spread the Urgent Fury ideal throughout the entire gaming community. Let’s challenge ourselves to go out of our way to show respect for other players in public rooms. Let’s remember to tell the other team “good game” and respond to their hate with compliments. While some will still act the way they act because they don’t know any other way, others will take the opportunity to change their attitude and reply with common respect for one another. When a clan or player begins to verbally berate you or your team, don’t sink to their level, instead, respond with kindness and help to change the manner of competitive gaming. By doing this one gamer at a time, we can change a gamers mindset, and he will change someone else’s.

We have all witnessed the definition of a bad gamer and we have many times provided them with a better option. Every single night I run into at least one person/clan that speaks up about the way we carry ourselves. You really don’t even have to go out of your way to try this. Just carry yourself the way you would in a sanctioned UF war, and watch the results. By demonstration of Urgent Fury’s resolve to engage in online play within a respectful atmosphere we have provided a means to a path of respect and honor in online gaming.

A long time ago, during my time in a clan call Zion [>Z<], we were always looking for places to play Socom.  That’s when we stumbled upon a gaming website.  It looked really cool and there was a lot going on.  It’s name…Urgent Fury.

At the time, it was owned by Undertow, Sniper , Demo. And we met clans like APC, SOTG, and 503, to name a few…

There wasn’t really anywhere to actually go and have a regulated game, so this site was awesome!  Of course, there was the usual this and that among clans but it was squashed in a fast and furious manner.

After leaving clan [>Z<] and joining the infamous clan Redcell which soon disbanded, I tried out for Undertow’s clan, APC.  Playing with APC was a lot of fun.  They were organized and knew what the hell was going on.  And to top it off, this was when I finally made it into the actual UF community!  I eventually left APC and continued my quest with DEAD CELL, which I’ve been a part of, on and off, for the past 6 years.  I am now the clan leader.

Jumping to the present, where this site is now owned by 3 new guys that are trying there damnedest to make this a better place for all.  If there was no Urgent Fury, I really don’t know what the hell I would be doing.

UF is a very important part of my life.  I’m a 43 year old gamer, business owner, father, and husband.  I work about 15 hours a day, 7 days a week, yet I find the time to dedicate myself to the growth of UF.  This is a home for me and for many others and there are always those who make the job a lot harder.

Maybe it’s because they’re not as serious as others?

I look at it this way:  Undertow, Sniper, and Demo built us a castle.  AC, Shane, and John bought the castle and now they’re decorating it.

The funny thing of it all is that they’re doing it for us…all the people who have, for years, called Urgent Fury our home.

Now, my question to you: Is Urgent Fury YOUR home or is this just a game?

So, I’m asked, “Hey, can we get a woman’s perspective on gaming?” Okay, but I haven’t gamed in quite a few months. (Well, except for the map and a half last Friday on Socom, but that was because my brother finally bought the game and I wanted to play with him.)

Anyways, life as a mother and wife has kept me too busy to actually log on and play…unless you count the time I do spend gaming with my 7 year old on Little Big Planet, which is a couple of times every two to three weeks.  So I’m thinking I don’t really have any perspective to impart here due to my lack of gaming…and then it hits me!  Of course I do!  It’s the same perspective that almost all women gamers share!  Most of us work, raise children (and sometimes our husbands), fulfill our wifely duties (which can actually be even more tedious for us because most likely our husbands are gamers, wink, wink), and ONLY then do we have time to sit down and enjoy a little bit of our favorite game.  The only problem there, we’re usually too tired to play and we need to catch some zzz’s before it’s time to get up and do it all over again tomorrow.

It’s tough being a woman gamer!  So for now, I’ll keep doing as I have been.  I’ll keep myself “in the loop” through great gaming communities like Urgent Fury.  (Somehow I find time to visit these forums.  Go figure!)  And then when I do have little moments of time for myself, I’ll log on to Socom and fail miserably due to my being out of practice.  But hey, at least I’ll have fun doing it!