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EMS5 QL TDM Qualifier #3 is over (37 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 09:27 CDT, 20 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: EMS5

The 3rd Quakelive TDM 4v4 Qualifier Cup for the ESL Major Series V takes place tonight and will start around 11:00 CDT. So far, 14 teams are already signed up, and the sign-up process will still be running until 11:00 CDT.

All matches are played as bo3 in single elimination brackets. The top4 teams will see themselves qualified for the EMS5 season after 2 rounds, but all the matches will be played for seeding purposes.

Update: The cup is now over. Here are the rankings:

1st. Solid Ziigmund (dash1, Gandhi, feeder, s7ry)
2nd. two-point-o (epiotic, ouzo, wit, kekkie)
3rd. eldvakt. (bl4jnd, nite, Ironbyte, zscope)
4th. 3-4-metilendioximetanfetamina (ChOu, Dabra, Centinela, DosK)

Qualified teams

Link: EMS5 Quakelive -

#esl.quakelive

Starcraft 2 Battle Report #4 (55 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by Paladia @ 17:46 CDT, 19 October 2009 - iMsg

Number four of the popular Starcraft 2 battle reports was "leaked" earlier today. The battle reports are videos of Starcraft 2 match which are commentated by the game developers and as such give a good insight of how the final game will play.

This time around we get to see some new features in action, such as Psi Storms, Siege Tanks, new cliff mechanics and especially the Nuke, which has been made much more accessable in Starcraft 2 and some argue is overpowered in its current incarnation.

Links
Youtube (low quality)
Download (high quality, ingame.de)

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Global Challenge Dubai QL 1v1 is over (812 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 16:01 CDT, 19 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 02:40 CDT, 19 October 2009 to 12:20 CDT, 19 October 2009
Schedule: Passed

The second Intel Extreme Masters 4 Global Challenge to feature a Quakelive competition, after the Pro/Am Challenge of Cologne, will take place in

Dubai during the Gitex Shopper & Consumer Electronics Expo. A plethora of fine duelers including

rapha,

noctis,

spart1e,

DaHanG,

Cooller and many more will battle for the $6,500!

Many games will be covered by

2GD,

Joe and their friends on ESL TV with single and free 700kbps streaming. All the group matches will be played as best-of-3, then the top2 players from each group will advance to the playoff, played as best-of-5.

The day 3, as well as the Quakelive tournament, is now over (Day #1 & Day #2 posts/comments are still available). Don't forget to check the VODs on ESL TV and grab some demos from the match links!

Thanks to all the ESL staff for that great tournament and excellent coverage!

Final rankings

Playoff results

Groups B & D's results - Day #1

Groups A & C's results - Day #2

Groups

Map choice procedures

Useful links

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Intel GameOn QL Cup by ESL *Update 3* (129 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by otacon @ 09:25 CDT, 19 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Intel Game On together with the Intel Extreme Masters by ESL will host a series of Quake Live cups for players from around Europe and the Middle East. The first cup to kick off will be the Nordic Cup #1 on the 18th of October.

Update: Intel have been reading your feedback and have added Iceland to the Nordic region!

Update 2: Ireland is now included with the UK, and Russia has been expanded to include the CIS countries.

Update 3: The first Nordic cup took place last night with

fooki beating

linkoo in the grand final. Sign up for the second cup is open now!

Nordic cups details

Game On countries/regions

The top 16 players from each country/region will qualify for their national/regional finals for the chance to win these prizes:

Prizes for each country/region
- 1st: Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition i7-965
- 2nd: Intel® Core™ i7 processor i7-940
- 3rd: Intel® Core™ i5 processor i5-750
- 4th: ROCCAT™ Kone – Max Customization Gaming Mouse

The best player from each region also qualifies for the international final: The Intel® Extreme Masters GameOn Cup – Finals. We will release further information about the other countries/regions next week.

Source: ESL Nordic Cups announcement

Site summary for week ending 16 Oct (No comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by ESReality @ 18:00 CDT, 18 October 2009 - iMsg

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Update: PURRI WINS EDL INVITATIONAL (30 comments)

( Major News: Q2)

Posted by CAREEM @ 17:20 CDT, 18 October 2009 - iMsg

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 18 October 2009 to 13:00 CDT, 18 October 2009
Schedule: Passed

Update: The tournament is over, final results are:

1st: PURRI - 100€
2nd: Provi - 50€
3rd: Damiah - 30€

VODS

Q2scene just announced their 8 invites for European Duel league Invitational. Eight players will face each other in two groups of four players each and the top two of each group will reach the playoffs. The tournament will have full coverage with GTV and a shoutcaster -

jehar with video / audio streaming. The tournament will start on 18th of October at 13:00 CET.

Along with EDL #8, we will host on this site one-day invitational tournament for 8 players from all over Europe. Players will be divided in two groups, where players will play each other and two top players will advance to double elimination playoffs. Rules are almost the same as in EDL while playoff is played in double elimination BO3 matches and grand final will be BO5.

More infos

Links: Quick Quake2 Installer -

#edl - Q2scene, all about Quake 2!

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Global Challenge Dubai QL 1v1 - Day #2 (496 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 16:29 CDT, 17 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 18 October 2009 to 13:15 CDT, 18 October 2009
Schedule: Passed

The second Intel Extreme Masters 4 Global Challenge to feature a Quakelive competition, after the Pro/Am Challenge of Cologne, will take place in

Dubai during the Gitex Shopper & Consumer Electronics Expo. A plethora of fine duelers including

rapha,

noctis,

spart1e,

DaHanG,

Cooller and many more will battle for the $6,500!

Many games will be covered by

2GD,

Joe and their friends on ESL TV with single and free 700kbps streaming. All the group matches will be played as best-of-3, then the top2 players from each group will advance to the playoff, played as best-of-5.

The day 2 matches covering Groups A and C are now over and saw the qualification of rapha, fox, Cooller and DaHanG. A new post will cover Day #3 as well as the brackets announcement from Lo3.

Monday's schedule - Day #3

Saturday's results - Day #1

Sunday's results - Day #2

Groups

Prize money distribution

Map choice procedures

Useful links

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Global Challenge Dubai QL 1v1 - Day #1 (563 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 13:00 CDT, 16 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

The second Intel Extreme Masters 4 Global Challenge to feature a Quakelive competition, after the Pro/Am Challenge of Cologne, will take place in

Dubai during the Gitex Shopper & Consumer Electronics Expo. A plethora of fine duelers including

rapha,

noctis,

spart1e,

DaHanG,

Cooller and many more will battle for the $6,500!

Many games will be covered by

2GD,

Joe and their friends on ESL TV with single and free 700kbps streaming. All the group matches will be played as best-of-3, then the top2 players from each group will advance to the playoff, played as best-of-5.

The day 1 matches are now over in group B & D and saw the qualifications of cypher, stermy, noctis and madix for the playoff. A new post will cover Day #2.

Saturday's results - Day #1

Sunday's schedule - Day #2

Monday's schedule - Day #3

Groups

Prize money distribution

Map choice procedures

Useful links

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Anton "Cooller" Singov at the GC Dubai (45 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 09:03 CDT, 16 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Even though

Anton "Cooller" Singov didn't make an appearance in the Quake Live scene yet he still received an invite for the Global Challenge Dubai.

fragster analyse what can be expected from the mousesports player after his heyday and how he will continue after the Dubai tournament.

"We've motivated him a bit" says mousesports-Manager René "Rene" Lannte when fragster spoke with him; successfully as it seems. Cause if you look at the playing time of his Quake Live Account, it seems that Cooller is definitely taking the tournament in Dubai serious.

Links: Full article - German version

Edit: Taken from the mousesports-Twitter:

Visa issues fixed - Cooller will travel to Dubai tomorrow. Thanks to @ESLMichal for doing an AWESOME job in Dubai! ^RL

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Starcraft Weekly - Episode 24 (4 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by PuertoRican @ 04:17 CDT, 16 October 2009 - iMsg

Alright folks, it’s currently the day before

Ret arrives in Korea, time to get excited!

Artosis brings you the Starcraft Weekly show, Episode 24 and focuses on the Justin.TV Invitational, Ansadi StarLeague 2, Nostalgia tournament, Fnatic tournament, Rets trip to Korea, recent ICCUP news, IEF information,

Bisu and the OSL,

Fantasy and the MSL,

Leta and Pro League,

Nal_Ra and his job transfer,

Nal_Keke retires, and more.

Episode 24 [VOD]

IEM Dubai Quake Live Preview (24 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by crow- @ 21:38 CDT, 15 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

TEK-9.org previews the opening Extreme Masters Global Challenge event for QuakeLive in Dubai. The feature includes a group-by-group rundown of each player, from hot favourite

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson to local underdog

Anas "spammah" Ilyas and everybody in-between. A quick taster can be found below...

Anton "Cooller" Singov (mousesports)

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

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rapha: "[Cooller] could do it again" (58 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 17:29 CDT, 15 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Quakecon and Gamescom champion

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson has given an interview to SK-gaming prior to the Global Challenge Dubai, for which his first game is scheduled to be played on the 18th of October. rapha talks about the Dubai event, Q3 legend Cooller and his fellow Americans. Find out why he considers DaHanG "a force to be reckoned" or l1nkje someone who "can't be taken lightly". Here is a teaser:

SK-Gaming: Cooller has been at least half out of shape for the past couple of years and seemingly only capable of winning a great map here or there in comparison to his form of old. What is your take on the current iteration of Cooller? Is he ready to reclimb the mountain and become one of that very small but elite handful of players again do you think? Do you feel as though he is a player who could rediscover the drive which once made him close to unbeatable?
rapha: I think he just needs the right motivation again to start putting in the time and effort needed to be at the top , he just needs something to play for. Maybe it's more $, maybe it's something else. There's no doubt that he could do it again, it's just a matter of whether he be willing to do it :) because knowing him, he hates losing.

If that tickles your fancy, check SK-gaming to read the full interview.

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Quake LIFE Blogs Site Re-Release (34 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Streetrunner @ 11:18 CDT, 15 October 2009 - iMsg

This is the announcement of the re-RELEASE of Quake Life, with a new name and look: Quake LIFE Blogs - www.quakelifeblogs.com from gameriot.

The reason for the change is to make it more clear what this site is about, and that is blogging. You don't need to set up your own blog site on a server, you can use this one.

Everyone and anyone that is part of the Quake scene has a voice and opinion. They have the potential of being creative, sharing information of any sort and any type, and posting news if they would like. This site will feature this alone. For the entire Quake community.

Each person can have their own blog that others subscribe to and follow individually. Just sign up and in and create and name a new blog. Then start. Blogs can be made to express opinions, post the best videos on the web, follow events; basically anything can be done on here. You can form discussions, create sub communities, create a travel blog, it doesn't matter. Every blog will automatically go on the front page when submitted. Enjoy!

Source: QuakeLIFEblogs @ gameriot.com

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EG.DaHanG: "I would like to have a turn" (80 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by dunnisdone @ 09:35 CDT, 15 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Kristina "Korini" Chin of myEG.net just sat down with

Chance "Chance" Lacina and

Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty of

Evil Geniuses to talk before ESL Dubai. The interviews cover everything from the groups to their hopes for the Quake community, but you can check out a small sample below:

EG|Korini: How do you feel about the bracket stage's best of five format and the fact that players will not be able to drop maps because of it?
EG|Chance: I think it's awesome. The more maps we play the more likely it is for the better player to win. Who wouldn't want that? The only drawback could be that it takes longer to play matches, but personally this doesn't bother me and it's well worth the trade.

EG|Korini: What are your thoughts about the overall progression of QL as a competitive game? Does the current level of competition have any impact on the growth of the community?
EG|DaHanG: It's been cool to observe the styles evolve in Quake Live, especially on the new maps where it's so evident. There are certainly talented players willing to play, but I think some old school players coming back will help spur growth and interest. Cooller, for instance, has decided to come back and there are tons of comments on esreality.com supporting him. Hopefully more old players return and the scene is further revitalized!

Links: EG.Chance Interview - EG.DaHanG Interview

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Kuh3Liga Groups for Fall 2009 announced (10 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Badb0y @ 23:24 CDT, 14 October 2009 - iMsg

Kuh3Liga now sets completely on Quake Live. Maybe they will have some smaller cups for Quake 3 in the future.

The signups for both leagues, Quake Live TDM 4v4 (pro-settings) & Quake Live CTF 4v4, are now closed. The leagues will started on 18.10.09. The games will be finished in about 7 weeks when all games are played. This are the groups for Fall 2009:

QuakeLive TDM Draft Groups

Quake Live CTF 4v4 Draft Groups

Listed known players like zik, jibo, krysa, z4muz, madix, nace, smoke, slaine will participate. For sure Holysh1t will broadcast some matches as they did in the past.

Edit: Kuh3Liga decided not to held the CTF league because only 10 clans signed up.

Links: TDM Clans, CTF Clans -

#kuh3net.ql
Related Links: What is the kuh3liga?, Kuh3liga Fall Season opens Signups