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Spart1e talks after group play (21 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 12:02 CST, 1 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Sebastian "Spart1e' Siira was the man in Group B of the IEM V World Championships as he took down three of the biggest names in all of Quake on his way to a 4-1 record. In this video interview he discussed how day 1 went for him.

How does a player lose to

dandaking and then defeat

Cypher,

Cooller and

rapha? Who is the best player in the world according to Spart1e? Will the future involve more focus on practice for the Swede?

The interview can be watched at SK Gaming

Edited by Nukm at 12:05 CST, 1 March 2011 - 21306 Hits

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IEM5 Finals - Day1 (782 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 11:41 CST, 1 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The first day of the IEM5 World Championship Finals is starting Tuesday morning at 04:30 CDT. Below you can find the schedule and streaming informations.

For more details and links, please check the IEM5 World Championship Finals Coverage post. Results and VODs will be added to the coverage as soon as known.

Update: Day 1 is over! The ESL TV VODs are available, as well as the Level Up TV VODs. POV demos can be found on the matches pages, also you can get some spec demos from Trance. The cfgs will come shortly!

Day1 Schedule

Stream links

IRC:

#lvl^

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Re: IEM5 Finals - Day1 - LIVE (No comments)

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Posted by filo @ 05:40 CST, 1 March 2011 - iMsg

cooller vs cypher game... pfffff

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Ready Up Radio Episode 27 (6 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by nineX @ 01:01 CST, 1 March 2011 - iMsg

Wonko is back to talk about the upcoming IEM World Championship and the strong possibility of

Anton "Cooller" Singov becoming a world champion again, and who he's up against. We haven't seen much from

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson lately; is he still in shape enough to take down the Russian titan again? Last year's IEM World Championships were extremely exciting and this year's lineup should prove to top it. We also talk about the recent increase in TDM play with the TDM Nations Cup, various quick cups and the announcement of TDM at the upcoming DreamHack tournament in June. Who will show up? Will the US have a representing team and could it actually be worth a damn? Also, euro players cheating? Ghastly.

A little closer to home, we're extremely intrigued with John Clark's new involvement with the CSN and their upcoming work, including the tournament that took place while we were recording. Could this be the organization that brings eSports back to the US? We're very excited to see what comes out of this newest venture which has kept their upcoming schedule tightly guarded. Interesting.

Head on over to Ready Up Radio to download the podcast.

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rapha: "I really like playing Cypher" (46 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 04:20 CST, 28 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

In a video interview from his pre-IEM V World Championship bootcamp SK Gaming's

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson discussed the groups and his mindstate going into the tournament.

What was rapha's initial reaction to seeing the group drawings? Why does rapha really like playing

Cypher? Is it a foregone conclusion that

av3k will win group A? How has the layover since DreamHack affected rapha's level?

The interview can be watched at SK Gaming.

Edited by Thorin at 04:37 CST, 28 February 2011 - 22736 Hits

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IEM5 World Finals Previews (19 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 02:45 CST, 28 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The IEM Season V World Finals are taking first step tomorrow morning at 04:30 CDT. Sadly again, nobody on ESReality used the Contribute link to try and write a preview of the competition. But a few writers from the community shared their thoughts about the Group Stage through various websites.

Over at TEK9,

Bcrbo put up another great piece where it's hard to see any top3 emerging and questioning the format of the tournament.

On FNATIC.com,

frequency reviewed the two groups and their favorites, without putting too much focus into the team's players.

And finally on ESFI World,

d1ngdong released the 3rd part of his Quakelive preview which is dedicated to

Cooller,

rapha and

dandaking. The 4th and last part should come shortly!

Update: Better late than never,

SwitchbacK posted his preview on SK Gaming during the night!

Links: TEK9, FNATIC.com, ESFI World

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EMS8 QL TDM 2v2 Qualifier #4 (22 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 00:55 CST, 28 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: EMS8

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 27 February 2011 to 16:00 CST, 27 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

The last Qualifier cup for the EMS VIII Quakelive TDM 2v2 will start this Sunday at 14:30 CDT. The cup will be played on a Single Elimination brackets, with bo1 matches. The top4 teams will join the 12 pairs which already qualified for this new EMS season!

More infos

Qualifiers Schedule

Qualifiers rules

Update: The Qualifiers are now finished and the 16 teams who made it are as following:

Qualification Cup #1

Qualification Cup #2

Qualification Cup #3

Qualification Cup #4

VODs can be found on Level Up, icebox and GoodGame.

VOD: Level Up
Link: Sign-up, Brackets, Rules -

#esl.quakelive

Edited by xou at 00:55 CST, 28 February 2011 - 12979 Hits

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Pre-IEM interview with czm (29 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by d1ngdong @ 06:43 CST, 27 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

We were able to speak with

Paul "czm" Nelson a few days before his trip to

Hanover to participate in the IEM 5 World Championships. Although he hasn't been able to find enough time to prepare for the event as he would like, he said simply that he'll do his best and has been taking each practice match one at a time.

Excerpt

Read the full interview at esfiworld.com.

Edited by xou at 00:51 CST, 28 February 2011 - 10955 Hits

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #72 (355 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 06:38 CST, 27 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

The 72nd ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday. It's the last and final preparation for the upcoming IEM Global Finals and a lot of talent is sure to sign up. Notable signups include

rapha,

Cooller,

fazz,

czm,

k1llsen,

av3k,

dandaking and more. The stream list will be updated throughout the tournament.

1st: strenx - 100€
2nd: DaHanG
3rd/4th: czm / Cooller

Quick Facts

Stream: HoQ-TV,

Ice-Box,

BW,

GG,

uN*DeaD
Links: Tournament page, Brackets,

#zotac.qlive // HoF

Edited by Nukm at 13:19 CST, 27 February 2011 - 109927 Hits

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Interview with Anima Gaming CEO whally (15 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by d1ngdong @ 04:24 CST, 27 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: AGSS

ESFI World spoke with Anima Gaming's CEO and creative director Josh "whally" Frazier about the new Quake Live league's upcoming Spring Series. In the interview, Josh tells us what we can expect from the new league, which gets underway on March 1st. Now partnered with CSN, the league is poised to give the North American Quake Live scene a much needed boost of energy. He also notes that they do want to eventually expand to Europe.

"I really want to expand to Europe. I know that I can easily provide them with the same amount of opportunities that I have done here in North America. The only thing most people don't realize is that I run AG entirely by myself. I have done this ever since October 2010 at the Quake 3 Masters. In order to expand to Europe, I will need at least a few good organizers and admins to help run things under my supervision."

Read the rest of the interview at ESFI World.

Edited by xou at 05:21 CST, 27 February 2011 - 6737 Hits

Sennheiser Cup #4 (7 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by therogue @ 06:00 CST, 26 February 2011 - iMsg

The 4th Sennheiser Cup hosted by

ESL takes place this Saturday. Up to 512 players will battle it out for €100 and to qualify for the €3.400 finals. As usual it will be single elimination, best of 1 fixed maps until the quarter finals, then best of three.

Useful links: Sign up / Check-in (07:40 CDT).

Quick Facts

Streams:

Gosugamers,

ESL TV
Links: Sennheiser Cup , Cup page, Live coverage page, Brackets,

#esl.sc2.sennheiser

Edited by therogue at 06:00 CST, 26 February 2011 - 4735 Hits

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Win 15 HD Premium passes for IEM5 Finals (183 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Trance @ 13:37 CST, 24 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 27 February 2011 to 13:30 CST, 27 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

Level Up TV is pleased to announce that once again it will partner with ESL to bring you coverage of the entire Quakelive tournament at this year's Intel Extreme Masters World Finals taking place between March 1st-5th at CEBIT, Hannover.

Level Up TV will be providing a total of 3 streams for this event, a free and premium Stream (TV1) coupled with an additional free stream (TV2) that will showcase most of the games. Since you will need a premium ESL TV subscription to watch the premium stream, we have 15 HD premium passes courtesy of ESL to give away.

How to win a premium pass

Level Up TV coverage schedule

Direct stream links: lvl TV1 (free), lvl TV1 (premium), lvl TV2 (free)
Related: Level Up TV Website,

,

,Youtube Steam Group

Edited by Trance at 12:43 CDT, 29 May 2011 - 59544 Hits

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AGSS: Powered by CSN (45 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Mellow @ 11:18 CST, 24 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: AGSS

NOTE: SCHEDULE HAS BEEN CHANGED DUE TO IEM5 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!

The

Anima Gaming Spring Series: Powered by CSN is all set to start next week for North American Quake Live players and teams! The final schedule and formats have been posted below, so look over them carefully and practice, practice, practice!

In case anyone is confused as to how this series works, I will explain. In order to get to the Championships, a player or team must qualify by becoming the Top 8 team or dueler of their game-mode. Every event, participants will be awarded 2 points per win, 1 point per game played (win or lose), and -1 point per match forfeited. The 8 teams and duelers with the most points before May 10 will be the players advancing to the Championships. This makes it so teams and players have to be solid, active, and consistently practicing to win!

Anima Gaming Quake Live Spring Schedule

Event Formats

Join #AG.league and support Anima Gaming before the series starts!

All weekday events start at 9pm EDT (2am CET)

Nothing is definite yet, but AG is working hard on getting big prizes (possibly big cash prizes) for those who win the Championships. We hope players will play for the fun, because that's what AG is about. Thank you for your support!

IRC:

#AG.league

Edited by whally at 22:10 CDT, 14 April 2011 - 15038 Hits

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ESWC announces "Official" FPS Games (28 comments)

( News: ESR)

Posted by oneroomdisco @ 09:42 CST, 24 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'11

ESWC today released the first three official games for their tournament this autumn.

Counter-Strike 1.6 for both men and women together with

Counter-Strike Source are the official FPS-games of the event.

– Since Source has an increasingly active community, Games-Solution aims to satisfy the expectations of both players and spectators and maintain its level of excellence in the world of competitive gaming, ESWC states on their website.

More games, both individual and team-based, will be announced "soon". Unlike previous years,

ESWC won't hold their finals during summer. Instead, Games Solutions have chosen November or December for the event, with no exact dates announced. A total of $220,000 will be awarded in prizes.

Announcement
Rakaka World Article

Edited by Gillz at 09:44 CST, 24 February 2011 - 6776 Hits

Empire QuakeLive Challenge (17 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 07:14 CST, 24 February 2011 - iMsg

The guys from Team Empire are organizing a Quakelive duel competition for the players from

CIS countries. The Empire QuakeLive Challenge will be composed of 16 invited players, and 16 players coming from qualifying cups.

Here is the schedule for the 4 qualifiers planned:

Qualifier #1: 11:00 CST, 26 February 2011 (Saturday) - Double Elimination, bo1
Qualifier #2: 11:00 CST, 2 March 2011 (Wednesday) - Single Elimination, bo3
Qualifier #3: 11:00 CST, 9 March 2011 (Wednesday) - Single Elimination, bo1
Qualifier #4: 11:00 CST, 12 March 2011 (Saturday) - Double Elimination, bo1

Invited players

Prizes

Map pool

Stream: Team Empire, gamezet
Links: Team Empire, Empire QuakeLive Challenge -

#team-empire

Edited by xou at 07:53 CST, 3 March 2011 - 5760 Hits