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Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 17:58 CDT, 19 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Scheduled: 19:00 CDT, 19 July 2010 to 22:00 CDT, 19 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

This week, QuakeLive.TV returns to bring you coverage of the National ESL Regular Season Cup II (19:00 CDT, 19 July 2010) and Open Cup 3 (19:00 CDT, 22 July 2010). We are proud to present such consistent and high-quality tournaments to the North American scene!

There are only 3 more Regular Season cups in which North American players can qualify for the playoffs in September, leading up to the New York LAN Finals in October, so don't miss this week's action!

Update: The cup is finished and the top3 players who qualified are as following:

1st. rapha
2nd. everkill
3rd. gellehsak
4th. FienD

Links: Stream,

@QuakeLive_TV, National ESL Home, Regular Season Cup I Results, Open Cup 2 Results.

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Vertical Vengeance Summer 2010 #1 (129 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 05:43 CDT, 19 July 2010 - iMsg

This evening will see the first cup of the Summer 2010 on ESL Europe Quakelive. And we will be starting with a duel cup dedicated to Vertical Vengeance, aka qztourney4. The Vertical Vengeance Summer 2010 #1 will be played using a Double Elimination Brackets and bo1 matches.

The cup will start at 14:00 CDT and the sign-ups will be open until then!

Details

Update: Cup is now over and the final rankings are as following:

1st. k1llsen (Demos)
2nd. madix
3rd. mrk_russian_boy
4th. kos
5-6th. Weird // smoke

VODs: Level Up
Links: Sign up, Brackets,

#esl.quakelive

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CyAC QL (IN/UAE/SG) 2on2 TDM Finals (1 comment)

( News: QL)

Posted by Fenda @ 00:20 CDT, 19 July 2010 - iMsg

The QuakeLive Sunday Cup series is a tournament run by the Japanese eSports supporter, CyAC. The series runs 2 cups, you guessed it, every sunday. 1 cup is for Japanese participants and the other for IN/UAE/SG participants. Usually we run Duel cups but this weekend we decided to run a TDM 2on2 cup for a change.

Tonight, we will broadcast (in English) the finals between the top

India and

Singapore TDM teams at 08:30 CDT

Chaos Theory vs.

SG-1

Stream Details

Related Links: CyAC, Cup Brackets, Own3d.tv

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ASUS ENC QL TDM : Playoffs! (321 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 13:26 CDT, 18 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: ENC'10

The group matches of the ASUS ENC 2010 Quakelive TDM are now all over. The 2nd and 3rd from both groups are now going to the Quarter Finals, while the 1st from each group are directly qualified for Semi finals. Note that the Final of the QL ENC will be played at Gamescom 2010 in

Cologne. Here are the groups rankings and the coming matches:

Bronze Final
[TBC]: Russian Federation vs France (Details)

Groups Rankings

Last results

Prize money / Rankings

Links: Announcement, Brackets
Coverage:

Fragster

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #41 (175 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by vash_ @ 08:30 CDT, 18 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 18 July 2010 to 12:00 CDT, 18 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

The 41st 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

Update: again -dm6 +t4 \\ ZOTAC #41 running with

strenx,

Cooller,

madix,

fazz and many more!

Final standings:

1. strenx - 100€
2. cooller
3./4. calipt / agent

Streams: Holysh1t TV
Links: Tournament page, Brackets, Hall of Fame,

#zotac.qlive

Edited by vash_ at 04:03 CDT, 24 July 2010 - 48025 Hits

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BEAT IT Last Chance Qualifier! (10 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by fnaticStreeT @ 08:18 CDT, 18 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: Beat it

Three qualifiers are behind us and there is only one tournament left to qualify for BEAT IT online finals that will be held from 23rd until 25th July.

Tournament starts tonight at 18:00 CET, while check-in will happen 1 hour prior to tournament, at 17:00 CET. Prize for 1st place is $175, second $75 while top 4 finishers will qualify for the online finals.

As you already know, winner of the online finals will win cash, book a ticket to Beijing along with paid hotel to participate in LAN event MSI is hosting from 4th until 6th September.

Besides that prize for the first place, 2nd and 3rd placed at the end of a tournament will also earn money, but also accommodation for tournament in Beijing. We are proud to announce that prize purse for QuakeLive tournament in China will be 10,500$.

Not all of the invited players are yet confirmed. We urge those to email street@fnatic.com re their invitation or msg fnatic\StreeT at IRC.

LVL UP Tv will broadcast games so make sure you tune in!

SIGN UP!

Qualified Players

Invited Players

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CB SummerCup Qualifier #3 (1 comment)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 07:42 CDT, 18 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: CB SC 2010

Qualifier #2 for Clanbase Quake Live Duel Summer 2010 has finished with the final standings:

1. grave
2. assign
3. Fircrow
4. Cicc1o

Qualifier #3 is already opened, where players will be accepted for matches scheduled for next Wednesday 11:35 CDT, 21 July 2010. Signups accepted here.

There will be 4 qualifiers in total with 4 top players going through, so the Finals will be played with the 16 players bracket. All players are encouraged to signup for any of the Qualifiers. Those who fail to qualify after the first try, can try next Qualifier and see if they have better luck.
Complete schedule, info and winners can be found on the SC Duel Coverage page.

Links: CB QL Duel Summer 2010, ESR SC Duel coverage page,

#clanbase.ql

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Australian One Day Finals LIVE (15 comments)

( Major News: ESR QL)

Posted by M05 @ 05:41 CDT, 18 July 2010 - iMsg

Slowly back in Action in anticipation for the next Oceanic Dueling season is a One Day Competition. Tournament Brackets are online with the two favourites

zlr and

Zenaku set to go head to head in another epic rivalry grand final. Enjoy the stream

VODS

Links:

4SG

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G Data QL Duel Cup #34 with changes! (344 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by vash_ @ 07:08 CDT, 17 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: G Data QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 17 July 2010 to 11:00 CDT, 17 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

The cup format will once again consist of SE brackets using bo1 matches until the quarter finals. Then the games will be played as bo3 with the grand final being played bo5. The prize is 100€ for the first place.

Quick Facts

Update: I changed the mappool a bit by removing qzdm6 and adding qztourney4 for the upcoming G Data Cup #34. Keep in mind that this change is only experimental and we will see how this turns out for future Cups!

G Data #34 started with

strenx,

madix,

fazz,

burnedd,

guard,

evil,

agentJkezooR,

Cny and many more

Final standings:

1. strenx - 100€
2. burnedd
3./4. fazz / guard

Streams: Holysh1t TV
Links: Tournament page, Brackets, Hall of Fame,

#gdata.qlive

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ZOTAC SC2 Beta Cup #16 is over (7 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by KekS @ 06:47 CDT, 17 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: Zotac SC2

Scheduled: 07:15 CDT, 18 July 2010 to 13:00 CDT, 18 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

Once again

GameSports.de &

ZOTAC bring you the

ZOTAC StarCraft II Beta Cup, starting on Sunday 07:15 CDT, 18 July 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. We don't know exactly how long the beta will run but this could possibly be the last beta cup before the game goes live.

ZOTAC SC2 Winners

Quick Facts

Final:

mTw.DeMusliM 3:1

Jimpo 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: 76657-ZOTAC-SC2-16.rar (18 Jul 2010, 1785KB, 302 downloads)

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Kuh3liga TDM 2v2 Cup Finished (13 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 05:52 CDT, 17 July 2010 - iMsg

Kuh3liga TDM 2v2 Cup is finished with the final standings:

Division 1
1. Battery
2. rewind
3. deathcrew
4. Entity

Division 2
1. Virtual owners
2. deathcrew
3. C4 Boom
4. wir zocken jetzt

Division 3
1. CWELE
2. C4B Boom
3. brainWashed
4. 6lue Rose

Not all teams were motivated enough to finish the cup, so some winners were decided by coin flip.

Semifinals results

Finals/Bronze-finals results

Links: kuh3liga site, Cup page,

#kuh3net.ql

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Get DETONATED: EG|Chance (10 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by detonatR @ 02:27 CDT, 17 July 2010 - iMsg

Get DETONATED is a new series in which the

National ESL will be interviewing some of the top players in their respective games on some of the recent happenings in the scene.

After announcing its expansion into North America, Shashi "DetonatoR" Singh was able to sit down with professional Quake Live dueler

Chance Lacina from Evil Geniuses to find out what his thoughts are on the announcement and other issues in the Quake scene.

DetonatoR: The ESL just announced recently its expansion into America with the National ESL. What did you think about this when you first learned of it?

Chance: I'm thrilled about it. I've been developing my game and I cannot wait to compete. Of course thats my standard mental state, but when announcements like this happen I get especially excited at the chance to test my skills in a tournament setting :D (Especially from ESL!)

Since they launched, they've proved themselves to me as the best Quake League I've ever had the pleasure of competing in. The fact that the first qualifier is in Iowa is an added bonus. By sheer coincidence, I planned to move in with my cousin to Ottumwa this summer, then I heard about the Big Bang 2010 and the potential for a QuakeLive tournament in the very same town.

Should be pretty awesome. I'll have clamp, destrukt, and dahang staying with me during the event :) Sabian is gonna fly in early and practice with me for a few weeks prior, then Quakecon is right after the Big Bang.

The full interview can be found at esl-america.net.

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ESL Classics: Cooller vs. rapha (140 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Carmac @ 17:42 CDT, 16 July 2010 - iMsg

The second pilot of the ESL Classics has been uploaded to YouTube. This time

Anton "Cooller" Singov is the player to analyse the action. The match chosen was the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship final against

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson.

The map in question is DM13, the third map of the final when rapha is 2-0 ahead in maps. Next to tactical analysis, Cooller deliveres a few "Cooller quotes" making the show quite entertaining.

The episode is available on ESL, kids!

P.S. This episode was shot in the same session as rapha's, bear that in mind when posting comments below. Also, if he spoke in Russian and it was subtitled, there amount of reading would make it unwatchable.

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FnaticMSI PLAY BEAT IT Qualifiers Open! (2 comments)

( News: ESR)

Posted by roychez @ 10:18 CDT, 16 July 2010 - iMsg

Have you ever dreamed about flying out to Beijing to attend a huge Quake Live event? FnaticMSI PLAY gives you that chance.

The FnaticMSI PLAY BEAT IT campaign already saw one qualifier finish, but we still have three more to go before we enter the Online Finals. Of each qualifier, the top four players will qualify for the Online Finals, making a total of sixteen players. Another sixteen will be invited by us. We hereby announce the sixteen invited players, but do note that none of these players have confirmed their participation to the Online Finals yet.

Magnus 'fox' Olsson
Pelle 'fazz' Soderman
Sebastian 'Spart1e' Siira
Alexander 'Z4muZ' Ihrfors
Michael 'madix' Hindersson
Marcel 'k1llsen' Paul
Benjamin 'calipt' Jakob
Pierre-Emeric 'l1nkje' Portier
Kevin 'strenx' Baeza
Richard 'noctis' Gansterer
Alexei 'Cypher' Yanushevsky
Maciej 'Av3k' Krzykowski
Anton 'Cooller' Singov
Alessandro 'stermy' Avallone
Gareth 'GaRpY' Marshall
Jeffrey 'draven' Debipersad

We also have some more information regarding to qualifiers. Here are the dates:

Qualifier #2: July 16th, check-ins at 17:00 CET, starts 18:00 CET - SIGN UP!
Qualifier #3: July 17th, check-ins at 17:00 CET, starts 18:00 CET - SIGN UP!
Qualifier #4: July 18th, check-ins at 17:00 CET, starts 18:00 CET - SIGN UP!

As mentioned before, the top four will qualify for the Online Finals, but that's not it, the number one and number two will also be awarded with $175 and $75 respectively.

1st: $175 + qualify
2nd: $75 + qualify
3rd: qualify
4th: qualify

The winner of the online finals will win trip to Beijing and accommodation during the event as well as cash money in our online tournament. Who will come on top and get a chance to fight for $10,500 prize purse in Beijing where BEAT IT Lan event will take place?

The FnaticMSI PLAY Quake Live BEAT IT Online Finals will take place from July 23rd till July 25th. More information regarding this will be announced later. We also urge the invited players to contact Danijel 'StreeT' Remus either by email (street@fnatic.com) or on IRC (fnatic\StreeT in #fnatic.play on Quakenet).

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UnrealNorth 1on1 Summer Cup (4 comments)

( News: UT2004)

Posted by zelvZ @ 04:31 CDT, 16 July 2010 - iMsg

Getting bored during the summer? Then it's time to remove the dust from your old scratched UT2k4 discs (or dvd) and prepare for a 1o1 cup during the summer. zelvZ has decided to host one at UnrealNorth-1on1cup.

Info:
Signups open until 30/07/10
Starts at 01/08/10
End at 08/08/10
Double Elimination
Site: UnrealNorth-1on1cup (you'll find more infos there)

Maps:
DM-DE-Ironic-FE
DM-Roughinery-FE
DM-Rankin-FE
DM-1on1-Lea_ESWC2k5-SE
and a voteable fifth map

IRC:
#UnrealNorth @ Quakenet

Prizes:
1st: Nvidia GeForce 7950GT
2nd: Dirt 2
3rd: RS Account

Usefull links:
UnrealNorth.com
Cup page

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