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Quake Live and MLG in 2011: "A chance" (31 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by oneroomdisco @ 19:28 CST, 8 January 2011 - iMsg

Major League Gaming CEO

Sundance DiGiovanni has stated there is "a chance" that Quake Live will make an appearance in the 2011 MLG season.

Co-founder and CEO of Major League Gaming Sundance DiGiovanni is always one to let it be known what's on his mind. Immediately after his jump up to CEO, he gave a seriously in-depth interview to Live on Three surrounding all kinds of topics regarding MLG.

"We met with the id guys. They're fantastic and really wanna work with us and hook us up, and it's really really exciting stuff," Sundance said back in May on his Live on Three segment. "And then we get to the place where we're like... Who the hell's going to pay for this?

You can read the full article at SK Gaming

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EQL:Pro Round 1&2 Predictions (5 comments)

( Major Article: Q1)

Posted by Åke Vader @ 12:15 CST, 8 January 2011 - iMsg

You thought Christmas was over already? Well, this Sunday Santa got some juicy, late arrival gifts for all you well behaving kids out there. The qualifications have been played, and the eight currently best teams are ready to battle it out for fame and glory. Not one, but TWO rounds of hot QW TDM 4on4 action in the prestigious EQL:Pro tournament are going to take place during tomorrow's Sunday evening, starting at 19:00CET.

In this article

Rikoll takes a look at the teams in EQL:Pro in general and the games taking place tomorrow, when round 1 and 2 are being played, in particular. Enjoy the read and don't forget to let us know what you think of the games in the comments!

Article Page: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 || next page >>

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Pre IEM 5 EU Finals interview with madix (51 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 09:56 CST, 8 January 2011 - iMsg

Two weeks before the

IEM5 European Championship Finals in Kiev, ESFI World got together with Team Dignitas player

Michael 'madix' Hindersson to talk about his past struggle with teams and tournaments as well as his preparation and expectation for the IEM EU Finals. Here is a snippet:

"My practice schedule now up until Kiev will be at least 8 hours a day of watching demos and playing high tier players. There will be no regrets this time."

Check out the full interview on esfiworld.com.

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New Players For Gamelimited.Starcraft (No comments)

( News: SC2)

Posted by oomjames @ 14:08 CST, 7 January 2011 - iMsg

It was already clear that for a short while that Gamelimited was interested in expanding to Starcraft II. Today is the day it has become official that Gamelimited will pick up a new team. We’d like to welcome them and wish them the best of luck.

Lars Douwe ‘GianT’ Schuitema was the old leader of the team. He recently played for DOK Gaming were he was royal for 2-years. It was a difficult step for him to leave his team, but he decided it would be the best for his own progress. Because he was the only one of DOK Gaming transferring to Gamelimited he had to set up a team on his lonesome and after three weeks he completed his job in finding an ambitious and very disciplined team.

Gamelimited.sc2 Lineup
Netherlands Lars Douwe ‘GianT’ Schuitema (Team Captain) - Terran
Netherlands Michel ‘KippeH’ Kip – Zerg
Sweden Joakim ‘GruGloG’ Rondin - Protoss
Finland Erik ‘Kurafeissi’ Wilkström – Terran
Finland Tuomas ‘torecito’ Tõrmänem

The line up still misses the soul of a 5th fantastic player. The team is set up with two players each race meaning that the last addition would be a dutch protoss player since the team is made of 3 Scandinavian and 2 Dutch players so far.

In the year of 2011 the team is planning to go to various events, which are currently:

* February: Assembly Winter, Finland, Helsinki
* February: LANTrek, Finland, ylöjärvi,
* March: Frag O’Matic België, Wieze
* April: The Party 9, Nederland, Eindhoven

Statement management Bjorn"bjornty"Groener
It took a while before GianT got the players together for this new upcoming game. But he did a great job. I wish you guys the best of luck in winning upcoming cups and tournaments.

Statement van Lars Douwe"GianT"Schuitema
After a long time of searching, I am again fully motivated to train hard. With this team, we will provide results needed to progress in the scene. We expect the beginning phase to be rough and un-profitable, but we will certainly find the right path to success.

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Gaming at the movies #11 (30 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by Thorin @ 19:48 CST, 6 January 2011 - iMsg

Gaming at the movies #11 offers 7 movies to read reviews of, download and stream.

Box office for week #11:

lurppis 5 (CS, 2011) by illmatic
Cypher the movie (QL, 2011) by Musashiii
Granis THE EXTERMINATOR (CS, 2007) by Granis
h4 - Defeater (CS, 2008) by tox
The Pink Panther II (CS, 2010) by RavenTL
Norwegianalized (QL, 2010) by plaZma
Frags Done Extreme (QW, 2001) by sLASh, Delirium and sturm.

Gaming at the movies can be read and viewed at SK Gaming every week.

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mAdix interviewed by ESFIWorld.com (7 comments)

( Article: ESR)

Posted by mki @ 13:26 CST, 6 January 2011 - iMsg

ESFIWorld.com has just interviewed Swedish Quake Live player Michael 'madix' Hindersson ahead of the IEM V European Finals in Kiev, Ukraine.

In the interview many topics were covered such as why he left Excello for Dignitas and how he is preparing for the upcoming European Finals. His predictions on who will advance are also discussed.

The whole interview can be read at the link below (exerpt also included):
http://www.esfiworld.com/ql/feature/madix-the...grets-time

As a result of the previous lack of practice, Madix knows he will not make the same mistake again. He has taken some time off from the game for now to keep his hunger and motivation at the necessary levels, however his schedule will soon be packed with Quake Live.
"My practice schedule now up until Kiev will be at least 8 hours a day of watching demos and playing high tier players. There will be no regrets this time."

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ESH FTP: Group Stage Round 1 (39 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 11:33 CST, 6 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: ESH FTP: QL

Scheduled: 14:00 CST, 6 January 2011 to 16:00 CST, 6 January 2011
Schedule: Passed

Update: Round 1 VODs:

GANK 2-1 baeh - (Map 1 & 2, Map 3)
aCt 0-2 2K. - (Vod)
[R] 2-0 D9 - (Vod)
[xt] 2-1 iP - (Map 1 & 2, Map 3)

Tonight at 15:00 CDT we start with Round 1 in the group stage of ESH FTP cup. Stream will be provided by LevelUpTV and games to be streamed will be

xt - iP

and

GANK - baeh

.

Round 1 matches

Group stage schedule

Related article: Full Tilt Poker Challenge: QL
Stream: LevelUpTV
Links: Rules, Teams, Groups, Rounds, Cup page,

#esh.ql

Edited by PerpetualWar at 10:45 CST, 10 January 2011 - 15303 Hits

ESL Knockout Series 8 (11 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by chzzen @ 07:54 CST, 6 January 2011 - iMsg

The first edition of 2011's Knockout Series is about to hit you this evening with the only entertaining matches allowing you to make sure you can celebrate Quake Live's weekly

German duel competition from

ESL.

Tournament Details

Previous Winner

Mappool

Prizes

ESL Winter Cup

ESL Bundesliga

Stream:

BloodyWarriors.com
Related:

ESL Announcement, Fragster, derQuaker.com, Readmore.de, Teamoxid

Edited by chzzen at 08:17 CST, 6 January 2011 - 5537 Hits

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Full Tilt Poker Challenge: QL (293 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 13:00 CST, 5 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: ESH FTP: QL

Update: Groups are published. Check Groups and Rounds for further info as well as Cup page for restrictions.

The time has come for Full Tilt Poker Challenge: QL, big online TDM tournament with great prize pot of 1 000€.

Cup will have 2 divisions where even less experienced teams will get the chance to win part of the prize as well. After group stage, both divs will get their respective play-offs until winners are known. Cup will run from January till end of the February. Signups have already started and will end 4th of January.

Teams and Players Rules

Important

Tournament Details

Schedule

Prizes

Links: Signups, Teams, Groups, Rounds, Cup page,

#esh.ql

Edited by PerpetualWar at 07:48 CST, 7 January 2011 - 130706 Hits

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EQL:PRO groups and schedule/fixtures (16 comments)

( Major News: Q1)

Posted by Åke Vader @ 07:41 CST, 5 January 2011 - iMsg

This Sunday the 9th of January it's time for the first QW Super Sunday[tm] of the new year 2011. The European Quake League will then kick off its new branch EQL:Pro and yesterday the two groups of four teams each were revealed to the masses. Also the schedule for the games has been set and as mentioned in previous news items this will aid the coverage part of the tournament, so make sure to keep an eye on the schedule in order not to miss out on any action. The rule of thumb is that the games happen on Sundays.

Regarding the groups, the mix up of the teams invites for a prestigious Swedish derby between

Suddendeath/

Quakeklan and a hot game between

Slackers/

Suddendeath in group A. The other group has exciting matchups aswell between

Fusion,

OJOJ VITUN HELPPO! and

CCCP in particular where it will be very interesting to see what damage the Russians can do.

Something to take note about is that the first two rounds will be played on this Sunday, the 9th of January, so make sure to stay tuned for that!

Groups

Schedule

Coverage

Source: European Quake League

Edited by Åke Vader at 16:07 CST, 5 January 2011 - 9060 Hits

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Go4SC2 Cup #70 (10 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by therogue @ 06:27 CST, 5 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: Go4SC2

Scheduled: 10:00 CST, 5 January 2011 to 16:00 CST, 5 January 2011
Schedule: Passed

The 70th SteelSeries Go4SC2 Cup hosted by

ESL takes place this Sunday. Up to 512 players will battle it out for ranking points to qualify for the 500 Euros monthly final. 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 (10:40 CDT).

Quick Facts

Streams:

ESL TV,

aAa,

VodPortal.ru
Links: Go4SC2, Cup page, Live coverage page, Brackets,

#esl.go4sc2

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QLDP 1.3.2 released (9 comments)

( News: QL)

Posted by peol @ 18:30 CST, 1 January 2011 - iMsg

The QUAKE LIVE Demo Player has finally been updated and fixed.

Changelist:
* The playlist icons was removed from CDN, added new ones locally instead
* QLDP should now be able to launch QUAKE LIVE again
* Demo filename parsing was broken due to the map name changes, should now work again
* Support for freeze tag added

You can download it at the Mozilla Addons website: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/14318/

If you can, please consider leaving a review there, which will help me get it 'Public' status, which basically means that whenever I update it, you'll get the new version automatically.

QUAKE LIVE forums discussion thread is here: http://www.quakelive.com/forum/showthread.php...2-released

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #64 (94 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 17:42 CST, 1 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 2 January 2011 to 11:00 CST, 2 January 2011
Schedule: Passed

The 64th and first ZOTAC QL Duel Cup of 2011 is taking place this Sunday. So far the leader in the 2010-2011 Season is

strenx with 400€ after 11 cups!

Quick Facts

Stream: BeardTV,

BW,

Goodgame
Links: Tournament page, Brackets,

#zotac.qlive // HoF

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NationsCup XIV announced ! (49 comments)

( Major News: All)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 09:23 CST, 1 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: NC XIV

NationsCup XIV has been announced today on ClanBase. This years NC will have 22 competitions over 16 games. Quake Live will be represented with both TDM and CTF cups, as last year. Complete list of games can be seen below as well as the schedule and captain selection procedure which has already started.

Captains can apply here for TDM and CTF. As always people willing to help with the cups will be able to do so by applying as admins for both TDM and CTF cups.

Update: Captain signup stage ended and now is time for players to vote for their CTF and TDM captains using Pending link next to applicant from same country. Voting stage will be open until 7 Jan 2011.

Captain selection

Schedule

Complete NC XIV listing

Links: ClanBase, NationsCup XIV on CB,

#clanbase.ql,

cbqlcrew

Edited by PerpetualWar at 10:56 CST, 1 January 2011 - 18850 Hits

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Strenx - reflections on Dreamhack (16 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by frequency @ 08:21 CST, 1 January 2011 - iMsg

fnatic.com has interviewed

Kevin "strenx" Baeza to finish 2010, discussing his results at DreamHack as well as a look forward for the IEM European Championships.

Mandatory excerpt from the article:

It’s unknown how QuakeLive will be received [In Kiev], but one thing is for sure – “Kiev means VODKA”. In all seriousness though, strenx is perhaps more worried about the weather than the competition. “I have never been to Kiev so I can't say my thoughts about this city. I've heard it's colder than Sweden. In Sweden, I was dying, it was so cold, so in Kiev, I will die for sure.”

The article can be read at fnatic.com!

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