Suicide bombers in Glen Park

Late in the morning, the CITizens near glen park heard a big explosion. The former L4 Staff member, Dusty bombed himself along with Crystalii, SpecialK, Scrat and the L2 staff Chuck in a car bomb. Spokesman for the FBI said that Dusty was planning this weeks ago. The CITizens is protesting in the streets, demanding to know why FBI didn't take action when they knew it.


For a bigger picture: http://puu.sh/1H5bH

Interview with Arran

1.   Do you have any hobbies?
Saving the world

2.   What side of CIT do you enjoy the most? (law, crim, civilian etc.)
Law, I played it on other servers before CIT for many hundreds of hours
I like being a 'good guy' and the organization/co-operation that can come with it
Police chases are fun too/

3.   How has being the founder of CIT changed your MTA experience? 
Well rather than being able to play this amazing game, I have to spend time keeping the server online. My experience of MTA now is not an experience.


4.   So would you call it more of a chore then something you enjoy?
Yes, I asked myself once why am I doing it, and then I realized that CIT is one of the few things I've actually started, carried out and finished, so my mission is to keep the server online till the end of MTA SA so my mission can end.

5.   What is your favorite memory of CIT?
That would be the 26th December 2010, release day. I'll never forget seeing our first community members lined up with taxi's at the airport to help new players, the only name I remember was "Snipes" and seeing those taxi's there just makes me smile every time.
And back then I had incredible motivation and determination I had a dream and I made it happen

6.   Do you have any ingame goals?

Keep the server online? I only play criminal events and sometimes play cop for a bit if that's what you mean by in game goals absolutely none


7.   Tell us about how CIT was founded, and the inspiration behind it.
I wanted to make a server where players could actually have a say and feel like they are valued one who was headed by somebody who would never tolerate abuse
And a leader who wouldn't prevent the community/server from being as successful as possible a leader must put 100% into something because if they don't they strangle everything that is below it If CIT was a tree, I'd be the soil

8.   What do you hate the most about CIT?
People who think they deserve something from me like we're they're servants, those ones that I get to ban and definitely the biggest hate is those very few, cunts, who attack the server those sad pieces of  garbage that have such pathetic existences they attack a game server and those posts on forum like "this new system sucks, remove it"

9.   How is CIT different now then how it was in the start of the server?
Well clearly we've done a lot of work on it and it went from nothing to #1 server.
Dunno what I could say more

10.   Do you prefer Obama or Romney?
They’re both evil, puppets to the same master, if I was a US citizen old enough to vote, I'd vote neither

11.   Who is your best friend in CIT?
There are no friends in CIT, if there were then my ability to impose consistent actions would be affected I prefer to preserve my impartiality

12.   Do you have any goals or plans for the server in the future besides keeping CIT running until the end of MTA SA?
Unfortunately my motivation took too many beatings so I wouldn't expect much more from me, I just try to keep things moving forwards like today I made a topic for staff where they could post opinions on what needs doing I like to hear what other people have to say so I do that kind of stuff.

13.   What is your opinion of CSG?
It's an absolute, blatant clone, one of their updates had about 20 items, 19 were from CIT, 1 was from another MTA server It's basically where banned CIT players and people who want a power trip in their staff team will go I see absolutely no logical reason for its existence, other than to house banned CIT players then again CIT and the rest of MTA has no logical reason to exist other than waste our time

Interview by: SpecialK
Author: Crystalii

Film competition over

Approximately 1 month and 2 weeks ago, the Committee decided to have some kind of competition for a possible trailer, or movie for CIT.  So a Film Competition thread was made in The News board, with interesting prices.

1st. 20 million $ + 2000 hours VIP split amongst the team that made the movie.
2nd. 10 million $ + 1000 hours VIP split amongst the team that made the movie.
3rd. 5 million $ + 500 hours VIP split the team that made the movie.

The competition was closed on 15 November 2012 and 3 winners was announced. Here is the team and their movies.

1st. The Pizza Boy by o0f@F@n0o and his team

             Watch The Pizza Boy

2nd. Operation Julie by Crystalii and his team

    Watch Operation Julie

3rd. 1337 Movie by OlezhkA

    Watch 1337 Movie

For more information, go here http://cit2.net/forum/index.php?topic=47331.0


Author: Crystalii

Gus's Interview

Gus’s Interview

1.      What’s your real name and country of residence?

Gus Lower.  Country: I live in Germany, from the USA though.

2.      How did you think of such an original CIT name?

At first my name was Sandy, but players started thinking I was a girl. So I changed it to my original name.

3.      Do you have any hobbies?

Yea, I like playing sports such as Football. Gaming and just chilling with friends.

4.      How long have you been playing CIT?

Ever since it was in closed beta

5.      How did you get invited to the beta? Not many people got to experience the server in the beta.

I knew lots of players that were invited to the beta, and they then asked if I could join it. Arran then gave me the password, and I joined.

6.      How previous servers you played on were compared to CIT?

Well I only played on one other server before joining CIT. It was just like CIT was in the start. That was only natural since Arran made the other server I played on before starting CIT.

7.      What are your real-life goals and ambitions?

One of my major goals is to become a cop of some sort. Preferably an FBI agent.

8.      What did you like most about being an admin?

I liked working with some of the older players in the community. Also just being able to chill around and help people was pretty cool.

9.      Favorite memory in CIT?

Becoming admin for the first time.

10.  I happened to see that first staff application, how on earth did you get accepted after spamming CIT by advertising another server?

I didn't expect to get accepted. I only applied because a few friends told me I should, and I thought, hell why not. Then when people actually started saying yea, I actually tried to help as much as I could.

11.   What caused you to advertise for that server anyway?

Honestly, there was no reason. I was being immature. Thankfully I have grown since then.

12.  What are your in game goals?

Only one now, and that’s to have the most hours.

13.  Tupac or Biggie?

Tupac

14.  What is your favorite cereal?

Fruity pebbles.

15.  Tell us more about the incident that caused you to leave the staff team.

So, there was a fuss in the PA alliance chat. I called some player "Gay" and he reported me. I didn't say sorry and Arran made a post saying that it seemed like I didn't care about the server anymore, and demoted me for not apologizing. That and some of the staff calling me biased for not promoting them. The drama is just too much to go through for a game, so I left.

16.  16. Don't you think staying on the staff team to fix the issues would have been better for the server instead of abandoning it?

Well yea, thinking back now I would love to be back on the staff team; at the time though I had just had enough of all the drama.

17.  Do you ever see yourself returning to the staff team?

Do I ever see myself returning? No, I was told that I wouldn't be back on the team. Who knows maybe in the future? But right now, naw.

18.  It seems you have been on the forums, IRC, and IG a little; do you plan on becoming active again?

More active than I was a few weeks ago, yea. I won't play like I used to though.

19.  Tell us about the founding of NSM.

Founding NSM was hard in the start. It was just me. The only reason it got to be where it is, is because Chuck and Pac-Man. Without them I'm sure NSM wouldn't be around right now. 

20.  Why did Pac-Man and Steve leave staff at the exact same time you did?

Pac left staff a few weeks before I left, I don't think he liked it much. Steve left when I did, as I am the one that got him playing MTA/CIT in the first place. And he said since I wasn't playing anymore that he wasn't either. The choice was up to him.

21.  What is your opinion on NSM leaving PA?

Well, I wanted NSM to leave PA for months before I left. I was the one that had the vote on us leaving PA, and was happy to hear when my leaders agreed on it. It did leave NSM a bit weak, and we did lose lots of members. It's nothing we can't recover from though.

22.  Do you think NSM has been lowering its standards recently?

Honestly, I do, but at the same time we have some great members. Though we are working to get better quality members.

23.  Why was NSM so quick to create a new alliance with a gang that almost died?

I wasn't on when the alliance was created, but one of my leaders had the idea, and the other group had the same common enemies, and they started it. It seems to be working fine for now, so I just accepted it. We'll see how it goes.

24.  Who is your best friend in CIT?

Best friend on CIT, would be Steve.

Araa's Interview

Araa’s Interview

1.      What’s your real name and country of residence?

Araceli, Argentina

2.      Do you have any hobbies?

Yeah, hanging out with my RL group and doing skateboard, sometimes playing guitar but I can’t since my maid broke my amplifier

3.      How long have you been playing CIT?

I've joined in April 2011, took me a while to join forums though.

4.      How did you start playing on CIT?

Well, you may know Maxii, the most AFK guy on CIT, he is my RL friend, he kept talking to me about MTA and so, when I came to his house I tried it out and it was pretty cool, so I downloaded it in home.

5.      What do you like most about being an admin?

Helping to keep a clean server and developing of course.

6.      Tell us about how you got into scripting/developing.

Well.. When I got kicked from staff, I noticed I liked it too much, and kept trying to get a new chance, which was pretty hard. Scripting would have helped and it's such a good way to help the server. I tried it before but didn't have enough motivation, but when I got kicked, well. I didn't have any other thing to do in the server so I tried it out.

7.      Tell us about the story of getting kicked from staff, what exactly happened?

Well, it happened fast. I got one of my "drama moments" and abused a bug, after that I spoke with someone and that one told Gus that I wanted to be kicked and some other stuff, so he did it. All that happened in two days, but I kinda had a lot of "emotional" problems back then.

8.      Favorite memory in CIT?

Well, I would say when I got Trial for the first time, I kinda put a lot effort on getting it and it's always good to achieve a goal

9.      Do you have any ingame goals?

Sure I do, since I first got Trial my goal was to get L4, ranks doesn't matter to me much now since they caused me a lot of problems, but well that's still a goal. Oh, and reach 1000 won races in tribute to an old friend.

10.  Tupac or Biggie?

None, I don't like them.

11.   How has being a female changed your gaming experience?

Eh, I don't know... I have always been a female and I don't know how others experience is.

12.  How does being a part of the Spanish Community affect your CIT experience?

I love it, the most of the Spanish community is great and friendly, I usually have a lot of fun with them, they remind me to my old times. Where stats didn't matter and I just played for fun.

13.  Tell us more about the founding of The Outstanders.

Well, I needed some reason to stay on the community (ingame) so I created this group with a good friend of mine, Ab-47. We have always wanted to make it serious, and we are still working on making it better.

14.  Do you have any future plans for The Outstanders?

We aim to be official, and then introduce some RP as it's lacking of RP in CIT lately.

15.  Why has The Outstanders been in so many alliances already? Do you think the alliance with NSM will last longer than the other ones?

Well, on our first alliance (TR) we gave TSF and SSA a deadline to become more active, since they didn't we left it. And about CC, I'm not sure since I wasn't active back then. But apparently Ross didn't want us there so he kicked us. And yes, I hope that our alliance with NSM will last longer, they have good and friendly members, they respect us and we do too.

16.  Who is your best friend in CIT?

I'm not really convinced with the term "friend" through internet, but I'd say it's ab-47

17.  What is your favorite cereal?

Any but SpecialK

Amazonic's Interview

Amazonic's Interview

1.      What’s your real name and country of residence?

Thomas, Germany

2.      What inspired your name, Amazonic?

I was about to register a nickname for YouTube when I thought of the Amazon. I basically just added an "ic" and it kind of became an adjective and voilá, there we go. Nothing too special.

3.      So do you have an interest in the Amazon? Or was it just a random choice?

It was actually random, but I love thinking of the atmosphere of it. I'm a guy who loves nature, my nick has something to do with it.

4.      Do you have any hobbies in real-life?

No real hobbies, but there are many things that are interesting for me. Drawing, riding bike, playing badminton, learning new things, a bit of philosophing about topics that have something to do with me or every human..

5.      How long have you been playing CIT?

Since the idea was made. That was a few months before release.

6.      So how has being a founding member affected your CIT experience?

I was not really a founding member. I did take part in some decisions and did test things and play in the beta, but I did not really found the server. However, being pretty much one of the first few people who even knew about the project is just.. well, it's "cool". You're respected, and you know how things began and how they were changing and growing. I was inactive for a few months though, so I do not know allabout the past of the community.

7.      How did you find out about the CIT project?

Dennis sent me a query on another IRC server. He said he was talking to Arran about the idea and invited me to join them. Of course, I accepted. That's how things began.

8.      What are your real-life ambitions?

That is a question I keep asking myself as well. What I basically want is to live a good life with enough money, not alone of course, and yeah.. I enjoy living simple and just like all the small good things in life. Living TOO simple is boring though. I still have much to learn, and what I learn is what I want to teach others. If I'll become an uncle one day (or a father, that would probably, not happen) I would want to be a really good one and always be there for the kids, help them and everything. The father does that usually, but I for myself know that I would be really happy if my uncles and aunts would always be there for me. They can't because they're not living in Germany, I don't want others to live like that. I'm just always there for friends and family.

9.      What did you like most about being an admin?

The powers. You could just fuck idiots in the ass and make them shut up whenever they were being, well, idiots. Not to mention the event features. I surely enjoyed making events if there were no idiots around. Also you're respected by non-idiots, and its fun to talk to other staff about different things.

10.  Favorite memory in CIT?

Moving out of the beta. We were all happy dappy and everything was fun. All staff (including me) got an instant promote to Level 2 when CIT1 was released. Good stuff.

11.  How was the beta different from when CIT1? Which period did you prefer?

The beta had less features, more bugs and many things were not finished and still in a testing phase. That's when everyone made fun events and played together, absolutely no assholery or anything, everyone was just having fun. We barely played on our own. That slightly changed when we moved out of the beta, staff started to do their jobs properly and things. I can't tell what I prefer, both periods were just fun and had their own positive and negative sides. Hah, I still remember when everyone still had random nickname colors. Nobody was inside a team on TAB. :P That was in the beta of course.

12.  Do you ever see yourself return to IG activity?

No. I barely have any interest in the game anymore. If I play then it's because I have nothing to do or because a friend invited me to play - usually. It just became boring, and that won't change. People continue to play on their own, there is less teamplaying, less playing with friends, many idiots online.. those things keep me away.

13.  Tupac or Biggie?

None.

14.  What caused you to leave the staff team?

Hopefully this is the last time people ask me why I left - again. The idiotic players ingame who have no respect and see everything as a game without any rules were pissing me off, daily. My mood was always down, it even started to affect my real life, I realized. Being a staff also kept me on MTA, I simply had to do my job. That's when I decided to leave for the last time.

15.  If the IG side of CIT doesn’t interest you anymore, what makes you stay active in the Forum/IRC side?

The whole community. I simply have friends here, I had a lot of fun with them. I want to keep it that way.

16.  Obama or Romney?

Obama for sure!

Devran'S Interview

DevranS Interview

1.      What’s your real name and country of residence?

-censored- and I’m from Sweden

2.      What inspired your name?

Some of my friends call me Devrans as a joke so…. I chose it since I have bad imagination

3.      Do you have any Hobbies?

I train martial arts, Hang out with friends, and gaming.

4.      Have you been doing martial arts a long time? What type do you train in?

I've been doing it for a total of around 3-4 years. I trained MMA before but for the last 2 years it's been Muay thai

5.      How long have you been playing CIT?

For around 1,5 years I think, maybe a bit less

6.      What are your real-life ambitions?

I do of course want to win the world championship in muay thai. Other than that, make my mom proud of me

7.      What do you like most about being an admin?

Joking around with other admins as they are usually the more mature players

and doing fun/cool events. And of course keep the server clean from rule-breakers

8.      Favorite CIT memory?

The first days in CIT with my real life friends, when we did not care about anything or anyone and just had fun.

9.      Do any of them still play CIT? If so what are their IG names?

No, none of them still play on CIT, they don't get that there's other stuff to do than being with each other, example: join a gang, though I have one friend who I recently recruited to CIT who plays sometimes. His name is Ille.

10.  What are your ingame goals?

Get promoted from Trial (Staff) to L1

11.  How long have you been staff anyway? Seems like you have been a trial for a while.

6+ months in total, I actually lost count. I think I joined the first time 16/02-12, got kicked 18/04-12 I think, And rejoined some month ago

12.  Biggie or Tupac?

Tough one, they are good in different ways. I can't decide since I love them both.

13.  What caused you to leave SAPD?

Grew tired of being in a law group Since I was in SAPD for about 1 year And NSM is kewl. SAPD got a bit noobish to me.

14.  Elaborate on SAPD being “Noobish”

They/we accepted more ''noob'' players which I didn't appreciate, so I left.

15.  Do you ever see yourself coming back to SAPD?

Maybe in the future, but I currently do not plan on it.

16.  How is NSM compared to SAPD?

Sucks now that Gus is back, naa, It's fun to try out new things, I love turfing, Leaders is more strict, And people don't bother me all the time, So I can focus on doing admin things when I'm in ''admin mode''

17.  What is your opinion about NSM being removed from PA?

I really can't say anything since 1. I don't know what happened. 2. I really don't give a fuck, As long as the group remains as it is, I don't care

18.  Obama or Romney?

Obama, Cuz he's black (joke). I really don’t care.

19.  What is your favorite part of the SMU?

Minigun ftw.

20.  What is your opinion on the new car prices? Too low, too high, just right?

I didn't check them all out but I think most of them are a bit high.

Crystalii's Interview

Interview with Crystalii

1.      What is your real country and name?

Ahmed, and I have ties to Sweden, Iraq, and Turkey.

2.      What inspired your name, Crystalii?

      Mainly crystals and their beatiful colors... I had this nick for the first time in my tibia server

3.      How is your CIT experience compared to other servers?

Well... I only played on CIT, but I guess I've been on other servers too like CSG and racing servers. The big difference in CIT is the player count; I can't play in a server with a low playercount, because it makes me feel I'm alone. But one thing I like about other servers is that they lag less.

4.      What Hobbies do you have in real-life?

      Computer, swimming, all kind of sports.. Yeah that's it I think.

5.      How long have you been playing CIT?

      Exactly 10 months

6.      What are your real-life goals?
      Of course, I wanna play less computer and do more sport activities. I also want to be an engineer in the future.

7.      So what kind of engineer would like to be? Civil, Aero, etc.?
      That is a question I'm asking myself too, but it will probably be a computer engineer (civil of course)

8.      So would you say you work well with computers?
      I do, I'm actually a programmer (VB.NET) and I'm considering if I should go over to C# instead.

9.      As a fellow author, what changes do you hope to see in the CIT News Blog?
      This blog have great potential, I only hope to see more good authors contributing to this blog in a positive way. I also hope to see a news feed from this blog sent directly to the cit2.net page.

10.   What are your Goals in CIT?

Well I hope I can get the honourable title on forums someday. I also try to improve my fighting skills. I hope I get among the richest on CIT. Maybe staff. But yeah that's pretty much it. But the most important is that I keep enjoying this game.

11.  Favorite memory of CIT?

      I think it's the day I got promoted to a deputy in NSM.

12.   What is your favorite Job in CIT?

       I don't work, but I think pilot is a pretty good job. Good enough to be my favorite.

13.   What is your favorite feature in the new update?
       This is a difficult question since there's alot of stuff I like with the new updates. But I think it's the new DPR.

14.  Biggie or Tupac?

Tupac

15.  Obama or Romney?

Obama ftw!

Interviewed By: SpecialK