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( Major News: ESR)

Posted by ESReality @ 17:00 CST, 29 November 2009 - iMsg

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QL Community requests 2v2 TDM Server (122 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 15:04 CST, 29 November 2009 - iMsg

TDM has always been one of the most important game modes in Quake. Matchups consisting of 4v4 as well as 2v2 have proven TDM to be among the popular game modes of all time.

QL is still considered a beta-release even though it is actively supported by an immense player base compared to the dwindling previous years of Q3. Therefore it is a sad case to see that no public 2v2 TDM servers exist alongside the lack of a much needed “lock” feature to be used among the ever populated 4v4 servers.

Consequently the 2v2 community has created this thread to help address problems based around the lack of competition based features and functionality within QL.

It would appear that the QL tech support team has less time for bug fixes let alone for the need for filtering relevant requests irrelevant ones (e.g. "Vehicles request"). For that reason, we would be very grateful for a frequent participation in that thread as to not let our 2v2 TDM request down.

Links: Quake Live Forum

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Dreamhack Winter final round up on TEK9 (36 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by crow- @ 07:29 CST, 29 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: DHW09

TEK-9.org rounds up all the action from a top quality weekend of QuakeLive action at Dreamhack. Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski was the eventual champion but what does this mean given the absence of Shane "rapha" Hendrixson? Who's been improving and who's getting left behind in Europe and North America? Here we look at these questions and more in the Dreamhack Winter final round up.

You can read the full round up here on TEK-9.org.

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ZOTAC Quake Live Cup #9 is over! (86 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by shorrty @ 06:09 CST, 29 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 29 November 2009 to 13:00 CST, 29 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

Eight weeks, eight cups and the saga continues: the 9th edition of our weekly ZOTAC QuakeLive cup is set up for registration. Feel free to sign up until 07:00 CST, 29 November 2009.

Once again the cup format will 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 consists of 100€ for the first place as well as AGP ranking points for the top8 players.

Update: Checkin for ZOTAC QL Cup #9 open, signed up known players so far:

k1llsen,

fnatic\strenx,

BVG|guard,

skzipilota,

srs\rzr\av3k,

xlo-madix,

xlo-Z4muZ,

mouz|cooller (playing instead of godch1ld in the bracket). To check in, get to zotac-cup.com.

Rankings:

1. fnatic\strenx - 100€
2. k1llsen
3. mouz|cooller / BVG|guard

Quick Facts

Stream: Holysh1t
Links: Tourney page - cup Tree -

#zotac.qlive - Hall of Fame

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G Data Quake Live Cup #3 is over! (8 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by shorrty @ 12:51 CST, 28 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: G Data QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 5 December 2009 to 11:00 CST, 5 December 2009
Schedule: Passed

The signups for the third edition of our weekly G Data Quake Live cup are open now.

Once again the cup format will 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 consists of 100€ for the first place as well as AGP ranking points for the top8 players.

UPDATE:

Participating players:

srs\av3k,

xlo^fazz,

xlo^madix,

BVG|guard,

bodzo and many more.

Rankings:

1. bodzo - 100€
2. BVG|guard
3. xlo^madix / xlo^fazz

Quick Facts

Stream: HolySh1t TV
Links: Tournament page - Tournament Brackets - Hall of Fame -

#gdata.qlive

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G Data Quake Live Cup #2 is over! (54 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by vash_ @ 04:32 CST, 28 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: G Data QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 28 November 2009 to 13:00 CST, 28 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

Once again the cup format will 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 consists of 100€ for the first place as well as AGP ranking points for the top8 players.

Update: Participating players:

k1llsen,

madix,

burnedd,

guard,

bodzo and many more.

Rankings:

1. k1llsen - 100€
2. BVG|guard
3. bodzo / jilc4ke(froZen)

Streams: HolySh1t Livestream & HolySh1t ustream
Links: Tournament page - Tourney tree -

#gdata.qlive

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KTGA: CPM TDM Tourney - SCHEDULE (136 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by pikoh @ 03:45 CST, 28 November 2009 - iMsg

As you know the annual CPM TDM Nations cup is to begin in a few months. We've decided to host an introduction tournament which will start on 28th of November and last till the end of the year. We suggest all interested players to enter, whether they are CPM players or

VQ3 / QL teams willing to try out something new for them.

Update:

List of Participants

Groups

Week 1 Matches

Week 2 Matches

Complete schedule can be found on this spreadsheet.

Links: Tourney Page -

#ktga - Groups and schedule

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Dreamhack Winter: av3k wins QL 1on1 (192 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Badb0y @ 09:34 CST, 27 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: DHW09

If you missed the Quake Live 1on1 tournament from swedish DreamHack Winter 2009 on thursday/day 1 you can still watch some recorded VODs on ustream.tv and levelupyourgame.

Playoffs schedule on friday/day 2

Four players are left in the tournament, the starting matches will be

stermy vs

Z4muZ and

Cooller vs

av3k. Because of Z4muZ mouse problems and sound problems from Stermy the matches will be slightly delayed. djWHEAT.tv and Quake-Live.tv wont be streaming today but LevelUp jumps in with

Slasher on the mic and also

2GD &

Joe from ESL TV will shoutcasting the final match.

Schedule

Match details

Final standing

1st: Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski - 2400€
2nd: Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors - 1455€
3rd: Anton "Cooller" Singov - 970€
4th: Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone

Live Streams:
- DreamArena.se with 2GD & Joe from ESL TV, Justin.tv, DH-Justin
- LevelUpyourgame.net with Slasher, c.zeroboy.net/lvlup,

#lvl^
- GameSports with gS-Jay

Coverage:

fragster.de - Groupstage, Playoff - Photo gallery Thursday/Friday/Saturday - Interviews dkt, madix, Z4muZ

sk-gaming - After game statements on video -1- -2- -3- -4-
Justin.tv - VODs Grand Final with 2GD & Joe
LevelUp - VODs friday with Slasher (howtoplay)

Demos:
Grand Final av3k vs Z4muZ
Demopack various

Related links:
Thursday/day 1, Seeds & Groups released

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DreamHack: QuakeWorld Coverage (66 comments)

( Major News: Q1)

Posted by Zalon @ 16:01 CST, 26 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: DHW09

The QuakeWorld tournament at DreamHack Winter was delayed a bit due to the Quake Live tournament taking longer than expected. Now the group games are getting played with the Quarterfinals coming up later tonight.

QuakeWorld.nu runs a live stream with a mix of QuakeWorld commentators. While all the games are available via QTV.

Final Standing

1st:

LocKtar - 700€

2nd:

nabbe - 475€

3rd:

bps - 300€
4th:

snapcase

Justin.tv vods of the final (Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4)

Final Results

Semifinal Results

Schedule for Friday

Quarterfinal Results

Group A - Standings & Results

Group B - Standings & Results

Group C - Standings & Results

Links: Stream, QTV, Mumble, QuakeWorld.nu

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Dreamhack: Live Stream all event! (748 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Slasher @ 00:06 CST, 26 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: DHW09

Scheduled: 03:30 CST, 26 November 2009 to 09:00 CST, 27 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

Please Digg and Reddit:

In collaboration between myself, id software's TTimo, the Dreamhack staff,

Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham and

GreasedScotsman of QuakeLive.tv, we will be providing live video coverage of the the entire group and bracket stage of the event. We have also changed the groups around so that we can cover all of the main matches of the group stage, and have provided a (very loose) schedule. All the action starts at thursday 05:00 CDT.

Additional commentary will be provided by

2GD,

Slasher, and

clampOK. Watch it all at QuakeLive.tv.

Thursday schedule

04:30 CDT Dreamhack Pre-game show
05:00 CDT DaHanG vs Z4muZ
05:00 CDT destrukt vs fazz
05:30 CDT Cooller vs link1n
06:00 CDT fox vs av3k
07:30 CDT Spart1e vs linKoo
08:00 CDT Madix vs Strenx
08:30 CDT Stermy vs chance
10:00 CDT Round of 16 TBA
11:00 CDT Quarterfinals TBA

The day 2 stream of the semifinals and finals starts on Friday at 04:00 CDT will be done by djWHEAT at djWHEAT.tv.

2GD and

Joe will also be streaming the semifinals and finals live on the DreamArena stream.

LIVE STREAM

Alternate Streams: GameSports, lvl^

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TEK9 previews Dreamhack Winter (60 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by crow- @ 06:24 CST, 25 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: DHW09

TEK-9.org previews the upcoming QuakeLive tournament at Dreamhack Winter in Jönköping, Sweden. The feature includes a detailed rundown of the top contenders, from fan favourite

Anton "Cooller" Singov to unpredictable dark horse

Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski and more in-between. A quick taster can be found below...

Magnus "fox" Olsson (mousesports)

You can read the full preview on TEK-9.org.

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Game On Cup #6 Rankings (7 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 06:02 CST, 25 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: GameOn

Scheduled: 11:00 CST, 25 November 2009 to 18:00 CST, 25 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

The Cups #6 of the Intel Game On are now over. You can find below the known rankings for each region/country, this post will be updated if some last matches are still missing. For the results of the fifth cups, you can check the previous post.

Russia/CIS

Poland

DACH

UK

France

Spain

Italy

Turkey

MEA

The Cups #7 will be played on Sunday 6th of December, and the sign-ups are already open: Russia/CIS, Poland, DACH, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, MEA.

Links: Game On - Cups #1 + Nordic, Cups #2, Cups #3, Cups #4, Cups #5

Serious Sam HD released (54 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by Paladia @ 04:41 CST, 25 November 2009 - iMsg

While FPS-games certainly are more common now than years ago, the old, fast paced, unrealistic style of FPS-games such as Quake, DOOM or Unreal are almost a dying breed.

However, for those looking for a hardcore single player or co-op FPS experience, the remake, Serious Sam HD - The First Encounter was released today for the PC (via Steam) and Xbox360 with a fairly light price tag of 20€.

Screenshot

Features

System requirements

Source: Steampowered.com (purchase link)

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Doom 3 Gopher vs Rocketboy $25,000 (69 comments)

( Major News: D3)

Posted by Streetrunner @ 22:02 CST, 24 November 2009 - iMsg

The AGP Classics Match of the Week presents Doom 3! During QuakeCon 2005,

Fredrik "gopher" Quick faces off against

Yang "RocketBoy" Meng, the CPL Winter Doom 3 champion. Gopher is from the famous TDM Quake 3 team iCE cLIMBERs. This is the consolation finals after Gopher won the first map on DM4, coming from the losers bracket. This game is on DM2, also known as Delta Labs.

D3: Gopher vs Rocketboy Part 1

D3: Gopher vs Rocketboy Part 2

Links: AGP Tour

#agptour, Facebook, Twitter

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IEM US Regular Season - Final Day (14 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Rondrian @ 18:31 CST, 24 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 21:00 CST, 25 November 2009 to 00:40 CST, 26 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

Tomorrow is the final play day of the Intel Extreme Masters American Championship regular season. We are looking for another two players that will be directly qualified for the LAN finals taking place in

Edmonton on the 11th to 13th December. The top player of each group is direclty qualified for the Continental Finals America, the second and third placed players of each group will face up against second and third placed players from other groups in a relegation match on Sunday, 29th November. The winner of those relegation matches will join the offline finals as well.

Already qualified for the offline finals are

dkt and

rapha,

DaHang will probably also reach the offline finals directly, because his last match vs.

swooped will be forfeited due illness.

Wednesday Night Matches

Standings

Broadcasting links for the matches will be announced later on. Demos of already played matches like

Vo0 vs.

rapha can be found here.

Source: ESL IEM US QL Site

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