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IEM5 Gamescom Last 2 players and Maplist (40 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 03:17 CDT, 13 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The ESL announced yesterday the two last participants for the IEM5 Global Challenge Gamescom after the online qualifier took place:

bodzo and

Sl1p. The french player winz who made it to the top2 declined his slot.

Also, the Quakelive maplist for the competition is now finally known and will be as same as the on-going QuakeCon 2010: Aerowalk, Battleforged, Blood Run, Furious Heights and Lost World.

Updated QL Groups

Don't forget you can still win 1 out of 5 ESL TV Premium keys to watch the games. On that topic, the main ESL TV stream schedule was already released. There should be an additional stream running during the event which would cover the ENC QL Final.

ESL TV Program

Update: GaRpY and GUard are failing, matr0x and his brother STING will replace them at Gamescom.
Update 2: mAdix won't attend and proZaC will replace him!

Links: Announcement 1, Announcement 2, Pretty stage!

Edited by xou at 07:16 CDT, 17 August 2010 - 11291 Hits

QuakeCon 2010: Day 1 with DaHanG (35 comments)

( Major Article: QL)

Posted by Slasher @ 01:18 CDT, 13 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: QC'10

The first day of QuakeCon 2010 has concluded. Evil Geniuses'

Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty is seeded 5th in duel while his team took the top spot in CTF. He faces a rather tough road ahead of him with

Alessandro "stermy" Avallone and nemesis

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson in his path, and shares his thoughts going into tomorrow's matches.

Rod "Slasher" Breslau: You look to face stermy in the 3rd round of the bracket as your first real challenge, what are your thoughts going up against him here?

DaHanG: He's a very strong player that you can't afford to make mistakes against. I know he stepped up a bit at ESWC by defeating rapha in groups, so he's capable of playing great games. I am just hoping to feel comfortable at the tournament with my setup and just feel good in general (awake and alert). I don't think it's really worth thinking about too much though as we both are veterans and know how each other plays. It's just going to come down to who is playing better this particular match.

Players weren't able to play their first games today, what happened there?

DaHanG: Apparently the internet was down, and this is required to play the game. The internet was up later in the afternoon, but LAN servers were still not available. I don't know any technical details, but more games will be played Friday because of it - and I hope because I'm in both tournaments there aren't scheduling issues or personal fatigue. I hope things are VERY smooth tomorrow.

The full interview can be read on the next page.

Photo: SK-Gaming.com

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SjoW joins the Team Dignitas Arena! (6 comments)

( News: SC2)

Posted by ODEE @ 18:31 CDT, 12 August 2010 - iMsg

Four days ago Team Dignitas officially announced its Starcraft II squad with Apollo as it's first player. Today Team Dignitas have announced that the former Warcraft player

Jeffrey 'SjoW' Brusi is joining Team Dignitas! He has impressed the scene with great upsets in the IOL and Zotac tournaments. He will also attend MLG Raleigh in the USA in late August.

Jeffrey Brusi: Hello guys, I'm very happy to join up with Team Dignitas. They have warmly welcomed me into their family and everyone I talked to so far seems like great guys. I will be representing Team Dignitas in the big online and offline events in Starcraft 2. With this co-operation I will be able to make a name of myself and make Team Dignitas even more famous in the Starcraft 2 scene aswell as improving my skills. Cu on future LAN events.

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Ready Up Radio Episode 20 (12 comments)

( Major News: Q3 QL)

Posted by nineX @ 18:46 CDT, 11 August 2010 - iMsg

We're back again after a bit of a break. I was a little busy getting ready for the International Video Games Hall Of Fame event this past week, which was amazing. I had the most fun I've ever had at any event EVER. Besides all the fun everyone had, there was a ton of controversy based around the new update that ID released during the event and the new info on the pricing of the game. There was also quite a bit of drama between id threatening to ban Slasher and DJWheat from the servers while casting and chance and dkt getting into it on stream.

We also just talk about a lot of things that happened at the event and get ready for QuakeCon this next weekend. Whose going and whose not. Is QuakeCon losing appeal in its hardcore competitive community? We discuss. Also, be sure to check out our Frag Documentary contest at the bottom of the post.

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

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Quake-Live.TV landed at Quakecon (115 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 18:34 CDT, 11 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: QC'10

The Quake-Live.TV team has touched down in Dallas, Texas to provide complete coverage of as much of QuakeCon 2010 as possible.

Renowned Quake casters

James "2GD" Harding and

Joe "Joe" Miller will broadcast the majority of the Intel Masters QUAKE LIVE Duel Championship, while QLTV's

Steve "GreasedScotsman" Huff and

Alex "Jehar" Popa will take over the Masters CTF Championship and Open Cup, as well as provide additional BYOC coverage.

For a tentative schedule of events, see the schedule page. Remember that the primary tournament coverage will be located at QuakeLive.com with secondary content available at Quake-Live.TV.

Tournament Info

Notable Duelists

Notable CTF Teams

Links: Official Press Release, QuakeCon LIVE, Tournament Signups, Tournament Rules,

@QuakeLive_TV,

#QL.tv

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Gamescom Groups & 5 ESL TV keys to win (130 comments)

( Major News: QL SC2)

Posted by xou @ 14:30 CDT, 11 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The Quakelive and Starcraft 2 groups of the IEM5 Global Challenge Gamescom has just been announced today. Both disciplines will feature 16 players divided in 4 groups of 4.

QL Groups

SC2 Groups

Also the ESL is offering a few ESL TV Premium keys for community websites such as ours and 5 ESR users will be able to win one of these. We won't run any trivia or raffle, but instead we will hand the codes to the 5 people who will get the most [+] with a single comment in this post.

Captioned pictures, captions from our galleries (post the link), wall papers or even pictures of the ESR logo in some interesting places, are all welcome as long as the main theme remains competitive gaming (Quakelive or even SC2 if you dare). The main rule is to be CREATIVE, because reposts are boring.

The deadline is set for Friday midnight (CEST)! The keys will be given as soon as I sober up on Saturday.

Update: Since the thread wasn't really popular, we'll award 1 user from this post (gratz .syL) and 4 from the "a lot more active" QuakeCon 2010 post!

Update 2: The 4 other winners are Trance, p4r4, ZeritoN and donka!

Links: Groups announcement, Global Challenge Gamescom

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Alone (19 comments)

( Movie: Q3)

Posted by loveless @ 01:03 CDT, 11 August 2010 - iMsg




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Rating: 6.7 (11 votes)

Ehhh I made a frag movie today out of some games I played on lan with

Lo this weekend. Super chill track for some atmosphere by Ott. By no means am I a good promode or vq3 player, but I think I've got some good/entertaining frags in here. Enjoy!

Youtube link
Filefront link

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Loaded Announces Quake Live CTF (2 comments)

( News: QL)

Posted by detonatR @ 22:04 CDT, 10 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: QC'10

Loaded, LLC -- Loaded, North America's renowned professional gaming organization, is proud to announce that today it will be picking up a Capture The Flag (CTF) team for the popular first-person shooter, Quake Live. The team, formerly known as DaFoneMen (DFM), consists of several talented and experienced players who will be representing Loaded at the upcoming QuakeCon 2010 event in Dallas, Texas.

Leading the team will be veteran Quake player, Kevin "KGB" Holowchik. Holowchik was a deciding factor in his former team, Who Run It, finishing an impressive second place in last year's QuakeCon tournament. Joining him will be Jeff "Flysher" Heakes, Justin "sparks" Sparks, and current Loaded player Gaven "whaz" Sorensen. The team has managed much success so far, quickly becoming one of the top teams in North American Quake Live CTF.

"I am excited to have this group representing us at the upcoming QuakeCon tournament," said Shashi "DetonatoR" Singh, Team Manager. "The team has just the right mixture of experience, talent, and hunger to be a challenge to any and every team in attendance. They've already proven themselves to be a force to be reckoned with in their results so far and I am confident they will showcase this in Texas."

"First and foremost, we would like to express our gratitude to team Loaded for their support," said Jeff "Flysher" Heakes. "We are very happy to represent Loaded who have quickly established themselves as one of the top professional gaming organizations in North America."

"As a newly formed team ourselves, we are especially excited to play at QuakeCon this year," explained Heakes. "In our first event playing together, we participated in the one-thousand dollar QUAD Gaming tournament and defeated the top two contenders in the North American scene to take the tournament. While it was a great start, we made sure not to let anything get into our heads as there is no place for egos on our squad. We have since grown much stronger as a team and believe to be serious contenders for this year’s CTF tournament."

About Loaded LLC:

Loaded, LLC is a professional multi-gaming organization where passion for esports and the desire to compete are first and foremost. Founded in June of 2009, Loaded has quickly risen toward the top of North American gaming and currently fields the top teams in Heroes of Newerth, World of Warcraft and Call of Duty 4, among highly talented teams in Counter-Strike 1.6 and Quake Live.

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IEM5 GC Gamescom QL Qualifier (81 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 08:19 CDT, 10 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The IEM5 Global Challenge Gamescom held in

Cologne from the 18th to 22nd of August will see two Quakelive players qualified through an online tournament.

Qualifier details

Qualifier map pool

Final rankings:

1st. bodzo
2nd. winz
3rd. Sl1p
4th. matr0x

Links: Sign-up, Brackets,

#esl.quakelive

Edited by xou at 03:37 CDT, 12 August 2010 - 24737 Hits

Live On Three 55 QuakeCon Preview & Day9 (113 comments)

( Major News: QL SC2)

Posted by Slasher @ 14:02 CDT, 8 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: QC'10

Live On Three is hosted by Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham, Rod "Slasher" Breslau and Scott "SirScoots" Smith

Live On Three #55 airs today as a preview to next weekend's QuakeCon 2010 which features large Duel and CTF tournaments, as well as the major release event for Quake Live out of beta.

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson,

Anton "Cooller" Singov,

Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky,

Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty,

Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski,

Alessandro "stermy" Avallone will be attending, while

Magnus "fojji" Olsson,

Richard "noctis" Gansterer,

John "ZeRo4" Hill, and

Pelle "fazz" Soderman will not be, and we'll give our thoughts on the player list and predictions for CTF and duel.

We will also be discussing the recently announced Quake Live pro and premium packages; how the community response has been, whether they're fair, and if people will pay for it.

Starcraft 2 broadcaster

Sean "Day9" Plott will also be making his first appearance on the show. We will talk about all the recent announcements by GomTV, Major League Gaming and the Electronic Sports League, and how they've all scheduled tournaments on the same weekend.

Update: VOD of the show is now online at blip.tv.

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QCON QUAKE LIVE Masters Guessing Comp (154 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by M05 @ 02:42 CDT, 8 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: QC'10

In light of our inclusion in this years Quakecon festival, we have decided to share some of the products Logitech Australia have sent to us in our recent partnership with them. Perhaps people whom have never attended a Quakelive LAN tournament will enjoy reading my personal updates as we travel and experience the

United States of America and the holy grail of Quake events, Quakecon 2010.

Video Entry #1: Dandaking fragging his way to Quakecon

Video Entry #2: QC'10 Finals Guessing Competition sponsored by Logitech

Video Entry #3: Dandaking commentating his play

UPDATE: Video Entry #4: Interview with Daniel "Dandaking" De Sousa

Follow: 4seasons Gaming (

)
Partners: Logitech (

), ArchaicMSI

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #44 (62 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by vash_ @ 02:36 CDT, 8 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 8 August 2010 to 12:00 CDT, 8 August 2010
Schedule: Passed

The 44th ZOTAC QL Duel Cup will be played this Sunday. As usual it will consist of SE brackets using the bo1 format until the quarter finals. Then the games will be played as bo3 with the exception of the Final being played as bo5. The prize still is 100€ for 1st place!

Quick Facts

Streams: Holysh1t,

PinG
Links: Tournament page, Brackets,

#zotac.qlive // Demos, own3D VODs, Hall of Fame

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ZOTAC SC2 Cup #17 (32 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by KekS @ 02:30 CDT, 8 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: Zotac SC2

Scheduled: 07:15 CDT, 8 August 2010 to 13:30 CDT, 8 August 2010
Schedule: Passed

The BETA is over, we finally got a license and

GameSports.de &

ZOTAC bring you the

ZOTAC StarCraft II Cup #17, starting on Sunday 07:15 CDT, 8 August 2010, checkins will as per usual open at 06:00 CDT. There's 100 € price money up for grabs and we'll be running with 1024 signups and 512 players in the actual cup. We wish you good luck and hopefully a lot of fun.

ZOTAC SC2 Winners

Quick Facts

Final:

Sockeh 2:3 SjoW Replays of Quarter/Semi & Final

Streams:

GameSports,

Millenium,

sc2tv.ru,

glhf.tv
Links: Info, Playerlist, Replaypacks of all Zotac SC2 cups,

#zotac.sc2

Attached Misc File: 77022-ZOTAC-StarCraft-II-Cup-17.rar (9 Aug 2010, 1977KB, 350 downloads)

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Quakelive maps names & levelshot (110 comments)

( Major Article: QL)

Posted by xou @ 02:18 CDT, 8 August 2010 - iMsg

So Quakelive is out of beta, and now the filenames of the maps are made from the actual name of the map instead of an incremental system. This means names such as dm6, t4, ztn or hub won't be of any help when it comes to vote a map on a server.

After 10 years of using the same old names for each map, it's hard to adapt and so I decided to make a listing of the Quakelive maps with their levelshot. That should make things a bit easier. You can find a ZIP file with all the images attached.

Attached Misc File: 85323-levelshots.7z (18 Dec 2011, 16979KB, 920 downloads)

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Rapha takes Big Bang 2010 (164 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 01:06 CDT, 8 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Scheduled: 18:00 CDT, 6 August 2010 to 22:00 CDT, 7 August 2010
Schedule: Passed

Update: Final standings:

1. Shane "rapha" Hendrixson - $800
2. Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $500 + Qualified for AC Playoff
3. Chance "chance" Lacina - $300
4. Brian "destrukt" Flander - $200

The Big Bang 2010 will take place in

Ottumwa (Iowa) during the 5-8th August 2010. This LAN will feature a Quakelive LAN server in order to warm up before QuakeCon. The event also features the ESL America Regular Cup IV to qualify for IEM5 American Championship Playoffs.

Results

VODs: djWHEAT + blip
Links: Tournaments portal, ESL America
IRC:

#esl.quakelive or #ivghof

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