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ASUS ENC QL TDM : Group B round 3 (58 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 06:57 CDT, 1 June 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 15:00 CDT, 2 June 2010 to 16:00 CDT, 2 June 2010
Schedule: Passed

The ASUS ENC 2010 Quakelive TDM will see its Group B 3rd Round played a little earlier than planned: The first match between

Poland and

United Kingdom is scheduled at 15:00 CDT tonight. Then Wednesday will see the two other games.

Here is the schedule for the group B round 3:

15:00 CDT, 2 June 2010: Finland vs Russian Federation (Details) - Stream: GG.ru, holysh1t
15:00 CDT, 2 June 2010: Hungary vs Denmark (Details) - Stream: adv

Last results

Links: Announcement, ASUS ENC 2010 Quakelive TDM

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ESWC Frag movie competition (61 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by xou @ 13:05 CDT, 31 May 2010 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'10

If you feel like the last fatal1ty frag movie contest let you down, there might be another chance for you to win something out of a frag movie. The news is not exactly fresh, but nobody cared enough to post it on ESR already. Here is the thing: ESWC and Allo ciné (French website) are organizing a "Frag movie Festival". In clear terms that's a frag movie making contest, and that one is to be rewarded with $5,000 for the winner.

"You can submit your link by June 10th at contact@eswc.com. Then the ESWC organizing committee and Allo cine will choose the 10 best Frag Movies.
Everybody can vote for the best frag movie from June 11th to June 30th through the eswc.com or allocine.com, the winner will be known on July 4th at the World Game Show and will get back home with the $ 5,000 reward."

Link: Announcement, allocine.fr

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MLG CEO Sundance on LIve on Three #52 (24 comments)

( Major News: CS Gaming QL SC2 TF2)

Posted by Slasher @ 11:10 CDT, 31 May 2010 - iMsg

Update: VODs of a great interview with Sundance have now been put online, including his thoughts on Quake Live entering the MLG circuit (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).

Live On Three is hosted by

Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham,

Rod "Slasher" Breslau, and Scott "SirScoots" Smith.

Today's show will feature a very special guest, one who we've been teasing about for a long time. Major League Gaming's

Sundance DiGiovanni will join the show, giving his first interview since becoming CEO of MLG when three weeks ago former CEO

Matthew Bromberg stepped down after a difference in opinion with Sundance on the future of MLG.

We will talk with Sundance about several topics including the incident with Bromberg and what his differing vision of the league is, additions to the PC circuit including the possible selection of Quake Live and Starcraft 2, the difficulties of inclding Super Street Fighter 4, the release of Halo: Reach and the impact moving forward, the floundering of GotFrag.com and how GameBattles.com is shaping up, and why MLG refuses to use the term "eSports", plus much more!

Other topics

Tune into Live On Three today at 15:00 CDT on djWHEAT.tv

Embedded Stream

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Australia unites, we'll play LAN anyway (27 comments)

( Major News: ESR QL)

Posted by M05 @ 11:03 CDT, 31 May 2010 - iMsg

Firstly, big congratulations to both

ven_ and

Michal "rep" Czechowski on winning the last two ArchaicMSI Quakecon qualifying tournaments. We also announce today that

Eddie "_panther" Panther has been awarded an invite due to his dedication and sacrifice to be one of the higher seed tournament contenders. Every Quaker in the

Oceanic region has been in a dueling frenzy of recent and it's great to see the community support and determination to mirror that of what we see in the European scene.

We also would like to announce that this Sundays CyberGamer QuakeLive Duel Championships will be announcing their groups very soon. This event will be covered by our Australian streaming, if you have interest in streaming the tournament for your continent please feel free to pm myself. Times of the stream will be issued in another post on Friday night.

We can tell you the following players will be attending

Finally, Australia's largest annually attended BYOC LAN event Reloaded have further announced their QuakeLive online-LAN tournament with more information to come at a closer date.

Links:

- 4seasons Gaming, Interviews, VODs, ArchaicMSI, Reloaded

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Site summary for week ending 28 May (No comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by ESReality @ 18:00 CDT, 30 May 2010 - iMsg

Weekly Awards

Popularity

Betting Competition

New Articles

Top Referers

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BiBS Season III Playoffs (26 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by lundiz @ 10:34 CDT, 30 May 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 10:00 CDT, 30 May 2010 to 21:00 CDT, 30 May 2010
Schedule: Passed

We have now reached the playoffs in the Bring it Back Safely CTF league. The playoffs are going to be a 1-day event that takes place on Sunday 30/5 for both the EU and NA leagues. Two clans from each group advance to the EU playoffs. New for this season is that we'll split these six divisions into a high tier and a low tier playoff. The high tier will contain divisions 1-3 and the low tier divisions 4-6. Regular playoffs brackets will be applied.

EU Schedule

NA Schedule

We would like to wish all the participating clans good luck and we hope you all enjoy watching this event!

Streams: holysh1t.net and levelupyourgame.net
Links: Brackets,

#BiBS (qnet) or #BiBS (GS)

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Lovesow Bomb it with Love cup today! (38 comments)

( Major News: WSW)

Posted by h1o @ 06:53 CDT, 30 May 2010 - iMsg

Lovesow is once again hosting a Warsow cup. This time it is the Bomb it with Love! Warsow Bomb & Defuse cup. Our goal is to keep some cup activity and competition in the small, but awesome Warsow community! The cup will run on Sunday the 30th of May starting at 16:00 CET. We will begin with a groupstage first, followed by a single elimination bracket.

Bomb & Defuse gameplay videos

Vital information

You can sign up using Lovesow or by contacting h1o in IRC. I hope everyone will support us by playing or watching! There will be warsowTV. Starting at 18:30 holysh1t will provide a stream and Lovesow will provide two shoutcasters!

Stream: TBA
Download: Warsow 0.5 and Custom Maps.
Links: Lovesow newspost, Sign-Up, #lovesow

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ZOTAC SC2 Beta Cup #13 is over (24 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by KekS @ 06:10 CDT, 30 May 2010 - iMsg

Event: Zotac SC2

Scheduled: 06:00 CDT, 30 May 2010 to 13:00 CDT, 30 May 2010
Schedule: Passed

Like every Sunday

GameSports.de &

ZOTAC bring you the weekly

ZOTAC StarCraft II Beta Cup, starting on Sunday 07:15 CDT, 30 May 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.

ZOTAC SC2 Winners

Quick Facts

[17:20:40] Sean Plott: casting zotac semis and finals :>

Semi Final:

RoX.KIS.DIMAGA 2:0

Goody

/

Nerchio 1:2

Satiini

Final:

RoX.KIS.DIMAGA 1:3

Satiini (replays as soon as i can get my hands on them)

Streams: Day[9] TV, glhf.tv,

GameSports,

aAa,

Millenium,

sc2tv.ru
Links: Info, Playerlist, Replaypacks of all Zotac SC2 cups,

#zotac.sc2

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ESWC Russia Qualifiers (66 comments)

( Major News: Gaming QL)

Posted by xou @ 05:47 CDT, 30 May 2010 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'10

Scheduled: 08:20 CDT, 30 May 2010 to 10:00 CDT, 30 May 2010
Schedule: Passed

The

ESWC Russia qualifer matches are played today at the NPCL television studio with the best Russian players from the ASUS Spring 2010: Cooller, agent, evil and volgonike

Schedule

04:00 CDT: FIFA 10
05:20 CDT: Quake Live
07:15 CDT: Warcraft 3
09:30 CDT: Counter-Strike 1.6

Links: Stream (Octoshape channel: NPLC.stream1), CyberFight coverage

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #34 is over! (35 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by vash_ @ 05:01 CDT, 30 May 2010 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 30 May 2010 to 12:00 CDT, 30 May 2010
Schedule: Passed

The 34th ZOTAC Quakelive 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!

Note that the ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #34 will feature 1 slot for the Kaspersky Quake Live Championships at the DreamHack Summer 2010. So get yourself trained before this cup!

Quick Facts

Final standings:

1. guard - 100€ & DH Slot
2. dem0n
3./4. AIRBORNE|spartaz0rd / madix

Links: Tournament page, Brackets, Hall of Fame,

#zotac.qlive

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G Data QL Cup #27 is over! (15 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by vash_ @ 04:39 CDT, 29 May 2010 - iMsg

Event: G Data QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 29 May 2010 to 12:00 CDT, 29 May 2010
Schedule: Passed

After the russian menace

Anton "Cooller" Singov could end strenx' winstreak of five G Data QL Cups in a row we are very excited about the upcoming tournament. 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

Final standings:

1. Av3k - 100€
2. burnedd
3./4. guard / sting_pl

Links: Tournament page, Brackets, Hall of Fame,

#gdata.qlive

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Hana Daetoo Securities MSL Grand Finals (78 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by KekS @ 02:30 CDT, 29 May 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 04:00 CDT, 29 May 2010 to 05:00 CDT, 29 May 2010
Schedule: Passed

While most of Europe & North America are busy playing the StarCraft II Beta, the Korean Professionals are still playing StarCraft: Broodwar on the highest of levels. Therefor, on the upcoming Weekend 04:00 CDT, 29 May 2010 the Grand Final of the Hana Daetoo Securities MBCGame Starleague 2010 will take place.
After losing 3-2 to

EffOrt last Weekend in the Grand Final of the OSL and not winning his Golden Mouse (for winning a StarLeague 3 times) the "Ultimate Weapon"

Lee Young Ho aka Flash (KeSPA #1) from KT Rolster is going up against Hwaseung OZ's "Legend Killer"

Lee Jae Dong aka Jaedong (KeSPA #2). Last Season the MSL Grand Final, between Flash and Jaedong aswell, was one huge mess thanks to a power failure followed by a highly debatable decision by KeSPA to give the game to Jaedong after which Flash lost the entire Best of 5 Series. Can Jaedong win yet another MSL or will Flash finally be able to get back at him.

Flash 3:0

Jaedong - Bet

Flash < Triathlon > Jaedong
Flash < Odd-Eye 2 > Jaedong
Flash < Match Point > Jaedong
~~Flash < Fighting Spirit > Jaedong~~
~~Flash < Triathlon > Jaedong~~

Streams: roffles, kentor, Day[9] (live but pretty much audio only)
Info: History of the MSL & Matchlist,

MBC Game, Teamliquid,

#teamliquid (QuakeNet)

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R.I.P Gary Coleman (22 comments)

( News: OT)

Posted by ZeritoN @ 00:56 CDT, 29 May 2010 - iMsg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10181246.stm

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EG & MSI Announce Master's Cup Series (57 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by dunnisdone @ 17:43 CDT, 27 May 2010 - iMsg

Aching to see some more QuakeLive action? You won't have to wait long, as Evil Geniuses and their sponsor, MSI Notebooks, have just announced a new tournament series that will feature QuakeLive from the start.

In fact, tournament registration has already opened and the first round begins on Tuesday night! The format will be a single elimination, best-of-three bracket (and will switch to best-of-five in the final 8), with open registration featured on the tournament website at msi.myeg.net.

While this registration will be free, the prizes will still be quite hefty with $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second, and $500 for third. Spicing things up a little more, the tournament winner will also be pit against EG's very own Tim "DaHanG" Fogerty in a best-of-five duel for the chance to win a top of the line MSI Gaming Series Notebook.

Press Release

Today Evil Geniuses (EG) in partnership with MSI Notebook has announced a new online PC gaming tournament series entitled the, “Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series.” The series will feature monthly online competitions each featuring cash prize pots of $3,000.00 as well as MSI Notebook’s new G-Series laptops. Beginning with the Quake Live tournament, the series will include competitions for Counter-Strike 1.6, Team Fortress 2, Starcraft II. Additionally, well-known internet broadcaster Marcus “djWheat” Graham will be performing live game broadcasts for each Grand Finals event weekend.

The initial series, registration of which opens today, will feature the popular PC first-person-shooter Quake Live title in a sixty-four player bracket. In addition to the bracket competition, MSI Notebook will allow tournament winners to compete in a ‘Play against the Pros’ best-of-five exhibition match versus a Team EG professional gamer for a MSI Notebook G-Series laptop.

“We’re thankful to have MSI Notebook so heavily engaged in the gaming community,” said Alex Garfield, Executive Director of Evil Geniuses. “Their G-Series notebooks are the only notebooks we have our gamers use because their power and performance are essential to any gaming victory.”

You can find out more information about the Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series and now register for the upcoming competitions by clicking here!

About Evil Geniuses
Founded in 1999, Evil Geniuses (Team EG) is North America’s premier professional gaming team. With more than 50 players, EG consists of the finest gaming talent in both North America and the World, as over the years EG players have accumulated numerous championships at the world’s most prestigious eSports tournaments. Home to internationally renowned teams and players such as Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert and Manuel “Grubby” Schenkhuizen, EG’s gamers play such titles as Counter-Strike, StarCraft, Quake, Team Fortress 2, World of Warcraft and WarCraft 3. Evil Geniuses is proud to be among the elite brands in the global eSports landscape.

About MSI Notebook
Based in City of Industry California, MSI Notebook manufactures and sells a wide array of mobile computing products that includes Gaming Notebooks, the X-Slim line of ultraportables, the Classic Series Notebooks and MSI’s award winning line of Wind Netbooks. Each product line is designed with the latest technology to meet a specific set of needs for the various classifications of mobile users. To learn more about MSI Notebook’s complete offering please visit: http://www.msimobile.com.

Tournament informations

Links: myEG.net, Tournament Website

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QuakeLiveTV sits down with EG|clampOK (74 comments)

( Major Article: QL)

Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 16:14 CDT, 27 May 2010 - iMsg

Our very own staff member gnnr recently got a chance to interview Sabian "clampOK" Hayblum who plays base defense for the Evil Geniuses CTF team. We talked about EG's chances at this years Quakecon tournament and about how he got started in gaming.

( QLTV|gnnr ) When did you first start gaming? Besides Quake, what are your favorite titles?

( EG|clampOK ) I first started gaming with Mario Bros. on the original NES when I was about 4. However, I'd say I really began taking gaming as more than just a fun hobby around 14 when I started playing Doom 3. I've always been a fan of First Person Shooters and Doom 3 introduced me to the competitive aspect of gaming. Other than FPS games, I'm a huge fan of StarCraft because of just how far the game can be taken. I think that ever since I was young, it was the notion of improving and being extremely good at a game that excited me even more so than actually enjoying the game itself. I'm very competitive :)

Read the full interview

Links: QuakeLive TV, Evil Geniuses
Twitter: QuakeLive_TV, EvilGeniuses

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