ESR - Latest News

( Major News: QL)

Posted by esdf @ 08:31 CDT, 2 August 2010 - iMsg

Update: Cup rescheduled to Monday, August 9th due to new update coming some time today and ending some time tomorrow. That also means you can still sign up your team by Monday, 20h CEST if you haven't done so yet.

Update #2: Cup is canceled due to the new update by id Software, because of technical issues and we can't guarantee that everyone who signs up for the cup will be able to play / join servers.

New week, same cup, this time it's some more of 4v4 CTF action with a new ESL Quakelive cup. Map pool stays the same, qzctf2, qzctf3, qzctf 7, qzctf8 and qzctf10. The cup is scheduled to start on Monday, August 9th at 13:00 CDT and there are some changes in the way matches will be played.

Cup format will be double elimination with best of 3 in winner bracket and best of 1 in loser bracket. The Grand Final will be played as bo5 with a one-map advantage for the team coming from the WB. The sign-ups are open and you can start registering your teams now.

Details

Stream: holysh1t, gg.ru
Links: Announcement, Sign up, Brackets, Rules,

#esl.quakelive

Netcode Illuminati NA QL 1v1 (63 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 18:15 CDT, 1 August 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 14:30 CDT, 1 August 2010 to 21:00 CDT, 1 August 2010
Schedule: Passed

Just today, Netcode Illuminati announced that they will be hosting two Duel tournaments for Quakelive with a $500 prize pool! The first one will be for North America and will take place on Sunday, August 1st. The date for the European tournament remains unknown for the moment.

The tournament format will consist of a Double Elimination Brackets with bo3 matches. There are currently 32 slots and the maplist is as follows: ztntourney1, qztourney7, qzdm13. Note that if there is an update to Quakelive and QuakeCon tournament maps are in the update, the rules and/or map list may be changed.

Update: The cup is finished! And the rankings are as following, note that rapha had to leave early after he made to WB finals:

1st. DaHanG - $200
2nd. Chance - $100
3rd. rapha - $70
4th. ZeRo4 - $50
5-6th. dkt, rey - $30
7-8th. boots, Flysher - $20

Stream:

Quake-Live TV
Links: Netcode Illuminati, Brackets,

#netcode.ql

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FnaticMSI PLAY BEAT IT Online Finals (341 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by M05 @ 15:24 CDT, 1 August 2010 - iMsg

Event: Beat it

Scheduled: 12:00 CDT, 1 August 2010 to 14:00 CDT, 1 August 2010
Schedule: Passed

This weekend commences the

FnaticMSI PLAY BEAT IT Quake Live Online Finals. Thirty two names, do or die single elimination rounds, three winners will be invited to our Beijing LAN tournament and the Champion to be flown on behalf of FnaticMSI.

Final Rankings

Results

VODs: Level Up
Written: Day 1, Day 2, Final Day
Links: Fnatic PLAY, Brackets,

fnatic.play

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #43 (78 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by vash_ @ 17:08 CDT, 31 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 1 August 2010 to 12:00 CDT, 1 August 2010
Schedule: Passed

The 43rd 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, Serious
Links: Tournament page, Brackets,

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

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Last G Data QL Duel Cup (121 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by vash_ @ 05:45 CDT, 31 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: G Data QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 31 July 2010 to 12:00 CDT, 31 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

The last G Data QL Duel Cup #36 will once again be played in single elimination 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. k1llsen - 100€
2. av3k
3./4. fazz / guard

Streams: Holysh1t, Serious,

PinG
Links: Tournament page, Brackets,

#gdata.qlive // Hall of Fame, Demos

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National ESL Open Cup #4 (24 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 17:10 CDT, 29 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Scheduled: 19:00 CDT, 29 July 2010 to 23:00 CDT, 29 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

The National ESL Open Cup #4 is taking place tonight at 19:00 CDT and will grant the last points for the July rankings. After that, the player with most points will be rewarded with $400. The three cups were won by

Chance so far!

Here are the rankings of the previous Open Cups:

Open Cup #1

Open Cup #2

Open Cup #3

And the rankings for July 2010:

July Rankings

Update: The cup is over and the rankings are as following:

1st. ZeRo4
2nd. rey
3rd. demex / Chance

Stream:

Quake-Live TV
Links: Sign-up, Brackets,

#esl.quakelive

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ESH ONW #10: 4v4 TDM (113 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 05:13 CDT, 29 July 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 29 July 2010 to 17:40 CDT, 29 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

After having over a month filled with duel tournaments, we felt it was time to host a team mode tournament. Hence the ESH One Night Wonder #10 will be 4on4 TDM. The cup is scheduled for Thursday 13:00 CDT, 29 July 2010 with the signups already accepted.

Update: Cup is over with the final standings:

1.

4K
2.

.se
3./4.

FRONT /

lulz

4K presented its team play superiority in 4v4 TDM once again, while both .se and FRONT played some very strong games where only final polishing is needed to be as good, with .se performing slightly better and looking more convincing then FRONT. lulz turned out to be the most successful pickup team.
Finals demos krysa pov
PURRI`s demos

Important

Tournament Details

Schedule

Streams: Holysh1t TV
Links: Sign up, Cup page, Brackets, Teams,

#esh.ql,

Cup updates

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QuakeCon 2010 Tournaments announced (112 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 11:30 CDT, 28 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: QC'10

Today the staff of the incoming QuakeCon 2010 finally announced the Quakelive tournaments to be featured at the id Software's LAN event. There won't be any surprise as the 3 tournaments to take place will be the same as last year. The registrations are already opened for the CTF, Duel Masters and Open Duel tournaments. They will be closing on the 12th of August!

The "official rules, requirements, prize money distribution, pool of arenas" have not been announced yet. But they should all come soon. Here are the known details for the 3 tournaments planned:

- Intel QUAKE LIVE Masters Championship
64 slots / $25,000 / Double Brackets / bo3 / 5 maps

- QUAKE LIVE Open Tournament
128 slots / $2,500 / Single Brackets / bo3 / 5 maps

- QUAKE LIVE Capture the Flag Championship
32 teams (4v4) / $25,000 / Single Brackets / bo3 / 5 maps

Registration Information

Links: Announcement, Registration

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CB Summer Cup Final Qualifier (8 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 11:28 CDT, 28 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: CB SC 2010

Scheduled: 11:35 CDT, 28 July 2010 to 15:00 CDT, 28 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

The Qualifier #4 is taking place tonight and the matches are starting at Wednesday 11:35 CDT, 28 July 2010. See the participants list on ClanBase!

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. 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

$1k Euro QL CTF Tournament (58 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by oneroomdisco @ 20:01 CDT, 27 July 2010 - iMsg

Quad Gaming would like to announce another $1,000

Quake Live CTF tournament for

Europe!

Tournament Information

Tournament Format

European Tournament Dates

Cash Prizes

Extra Information

Update: The cup is postponed to tomorrow because only 3 teams have signed up so far.

Links: Tournament Website,

#quad
Stream: LvL up,

#lvl^

The Road to QuakeCon (102 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 18:12 CDT, 27 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: QC'10

QuakeCon 2010 is slightly under one month away and QuakeLive.TV is proud to kick off the Road to QuakeCon podcast. The five week series will cover a wide range of topics related to QuakeCon so be sure not to miss a single episode!

Week -2 -- Once Upon a QuakeCon 21:30 CDT, 27 July 2010
Like all memorable LAN events attendees come back with stories that shock, amaze and sometimes send their friends in to tears of laughter and QuakeCon is no exception. With over twenty-five hundred annual BYOC attendees there are bound to be stories that simply MUST be shared with the world. In this episode of our Road to QuakeCon series we welcome on volunteers and attendees alike to share their experiences.

Week -4 -- Tournaments

Week -3 -- QuakeCon Kickoff Show

Week -1 -- Tuesday, August 3rd

Week 0 -- QuakeLive.TV has landed! Tuesday, August 10th

Stream: QuakeLive.TV
Links: QuakeLive.TV, QuakeCon.org,

@QuakeLive_TV,

@QuakeCon

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CTF 4v4 SUMMERCUP #3 (41 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by esdf @ 16:56 CDT, 27 July 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 27 July 2010 to 17:20 CDT, 27 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

After TDM 2v2 and Vertical Vengeance summer cups, now it is time for the 3rd cup in the ESL Europe Quakelive Summercup series. This time the cup is all about 4v4 CTF action on the following maps: qzctf2, qzctf3, qzctf7, qzctf8 and qzctf10. Match format will be best of 3 with single elimination brackets.

The CTF 4v4 Summer Cup #3 will start on Tuesday 27th, 20:00 CEST and the sign-ups are already open.

Details

Final standings

1st place: ensamma onanister (eo)
2nd place: mighty Cooling monkehs (mCm)
3rd/4th place: whoreunit (whore) / Hallwhackers (hW)

Stream: Holysh1t
Links: Brackets, #esl.quakelive

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EMS6 Final: 4Kings vs Fnatic (92 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 08:00 CDT, 27 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: EMS6

Scheduled: 15:00 CDT, 27 July 2010 to 16:30 CDT, 27 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

The Grand Final of the Quakelive TDM 4v4 EMS Season VI will be played Tuesday evening starting at 14:00 CDT.

4Kings will be facing

Fnatic, who will need two bo3 sets to claim the victory as they are coming from the Loser Bracket.

15:00 CDT, 27 July 2010: 4Kings vs Fnatic (Details + demos)
Line-up 4Kings: dk, draven, JoCKo, Krysa
Line-up Fnatic: noctis, spart1e, deus, stermy

Prizes & Rankings

VODs:

Holysh1t,

Level Up
Links: QL TDM EMS6

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Day[9]'s Starcraft 2 Countdown Party (97 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by vedic @ 16:21 CDT, 26 July 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 18:00 CDT, 26 July 2010 to 03:00 CDT, 27 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

Day[9] and djWHEAT will be broadcasting in front of a LIVE audience at

Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. 12 hours of nonstop Starcraft talk, interviews, matches, and commentary contributed by every major name in the Starcraft community. The event will wrap up with the finals of Day[9]'s King of the Beta Invite tournament casted live by Day[9] and djWHEAT followed by the final countdown to the release of Starcraft 2 at midnight.

Community content will include:

- Commentated matches between top beta players
- Video coverage from live SC2 beta events
- Interviews from Korean professionals, and top US/EU beta players
- An in-game movie made with the Starcraft 2 map editor
- SC and SC2 Pimpest Plays

Stream: day9tv
Source: day9tv.eventbrite.com, Teamliquid thread

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QL IEM5 - NA Regular Season Cup #3 (29 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 15:30 CDT, 26 July 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Scheduled: 19:00 CDT, 26 July 2010 to 00:30 CDT, 27 July 2010
Schedule: Passed

The National ESL Regular Season Cup III is taking place Monday evening at 19:00 CDT and will grant three more slots for the North American Championships Playoffs. The guys from Quake-Live TV will most definitely be streaming the cup once again!

List of the qualified player

Update: The cup is now over and here are the rankings:

1st. Griffin
2nd. rey
3rd. sparks
4th. ZeRo4

Stream: Quake-Live TV
Links: Sign-up, Brackets,

#esl.quakelive

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