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( Major Article: Gaming)

Posted by Nellie @ 10:52 CDT, 25 May 2009 - iMsg

His excitable tones are synonymous with the Wolfenstein community. As a start up caster, he broadcast from the internet equivalent of a radio rack shack, he found happiness and a home at Inside The Game and went on to develop a career in gaming. Having recently successfully hosted the Sixth Crossfire Challenge – Stuart Saw talks to Crossfire.

Gaming is an unnerving and constantly evolving profession. An industry that adequately supports relatively few, yet is the ultimate meritocratic profession. Raw talent can be developed and nurtured, anyone can progress from broadcasting in their basement to entertaining a crowd of thousands in the sizzling heat of Singapore. Dedication, passion and a natural gift for entertainment are just a few of the qualities required, and ones Stuart has in abundance.

My last confrontation with Stuart Saw, aka TosspoT was an aggressive and provocative exchanged back in 2006. It probed his financial situation, his personal casting style, the morality of gaming and ego. How has Stuart changed since then? How have his pet projects developed and where does he envisage the future?

Originally posted on Crossfire.nu

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ESL UK Quake Live League - June 2009 (1 comment)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by therogue @ 04:09 CDT, 25 May 2009 - iMsg

ESL UK is kicking off its Quake Live section with a monthly league starting this June.

The aim of the league is to give all UK players a chance at some competition and be a starting ground for new players to test and improve their skills. In the run up to the next season of the ESL Pro Series it will also help determine whether Quake will stay in for next season.

Structure

Schedule

For more details and to sign up, see the announcement news.

Site summary for week ending 22 May (2 comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by ESReality @ 18:00 CDT, 24 May 2009 - iMsg

Weekly Awards

Popularity

Betting Competition

New Columns

Top Referers

Dignitas showdown in ESL Q3 Pro-Series (14 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by ODEE @ 14:49 CDT, 24 May 2009 - iMsg

Due to time conflicts and reschduling of matches, this duell has been a long time coming. The ESL Quake 3 Pro-Series Season II tournament is the host of tonight's match between

GaRpY and

HELL, and while HELL is yet to lose a match, GaRpY is on a one win one lose record at the moment. £2,500 are up for grabs in this competition. Tonight's showdown kicks off at 21:00 CET.

Also look out for the Intel i7 965 Extreme Edition competiton on the Team Dignitas website.

Bring it Back Safely QL CTF League LIVE! (27 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by BiBS @ 10:30 CDT, 24 May 2009 - iMsg

Bring It Back Safely, (BiBS), is a European

Quake Live CTF League for the community, created by the community.

Update: Sign ups are now CLOSED!

If you missed the sign up period and still wish to participate, get signed up to our web site and contact us to join the waiting list of replacements.

32 clans are participating in Season 1, split into 4 randomly seeded divisions. From Season 2, we will take the results from the first season to seed divisions.

Division One

Division Two

Division Three

Division Four

Bring it Back Safely League
IRC:

#BiBS

AUT of Control (112 comments)

( Major Movie: Q3)

Posted by eoe.d1ablo @ 09:16 CDT, 24 May 2009 - iMsg




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Rating: 7 (68 votes)

noctis just released his Quake III Fragmovie about the Austrian Nationalteam in the QNC 2009, where they finished 5th.

noctis: frag vid of the austrian nationscup team for the qqc nc 09. Not quite finished as i lost motivation and time to polish it.

The movie shows some pretty actions and quad runs, don't expect overedited stuff but be ready for some gibs.

Featured players: UwU, Infamous, jue, noctis

Movie File - Streaming (not.avi) 0MB
- own3d.tv (431 clicks)
Movie File - High Quality (aut_of_control.avi) 236MB
- filefront.com (132 clicks)
- QuakeUnity.com (DL + Stream) (288 clicks)

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EQL Final - the Viper Squad vs Druidz (8 comments)

( Major News: Q1)

Posted by Zalon @ 08:57 CDT, 24 May 2009 - iMsg

The countdown to the European Quake League final has begun, in about 4 hours from now, the two finalists

Druidz and

the Viper Squad will face each other in the last Division 1 game of the season.

With the Viper Squad showing dominance throughout the entire season with just dropping one single map, to the russian team

Bear Beer Balalaika - they are indeed the favorites to win this game.

While Druidz is said to have been improving during the past few weeks, they will need to step up if they want a chance vs the finnish giants.

Rumours say that this might be the last official game for the Viper Squad - Hopefully this is just silly rumours, but even then, this is surely a match not to miss!

QuakeWorld.nu will start off their coverage of the game at 20:00 CEST with some pregame talk, and then be ready for the game to start at 20:30 CEST (13:30 CDT)

Live stream: QuakeWorld.nu Live
Mumble: voice.quakeworld.nu (download)
QTV: To be decided (qtv)
Bet: Goldrush

Commentators:

Adde and

Purity + various guests

Expected Lineups

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ASUS Spring 2009 - Starcraft results (5 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by PuertoRican @ 08:12 CDT, 24 May 2009 - iMsg

Event: Asus Spr'09

The famous Eastern European tournament named ASUS, had it’s 2009 spring event this weekend in

Moscow, Russia. The complete event is split up into two parts, the first event being played on May 23rd and 24th, while the second part will be on the following weekend on May 30th and the 31st.

StarCraft: BroodWar received 25,000 rubles in total prizes, with 32 players competing in the event.

CyberFight.ru, the organizers of the ASUS events recently announced the addition of new online events that will take place during the summer, spring, winter, and autumn.

The top players from the online events will earn free tickets to the ASUS lan events later that year, as well as various prizes from sponsors. The Starcraft online portion will consist of 64 players.

Players list

Group stage results

Playoffs to grand final results

Winners list and prize money breakdown

Gallery and Replays

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Starcraft Weekly - Episode 11 (3 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by PuertoRican @ 07:58 CDT, 24 May 2009 - iMsg

NOTE: We updated the original video server host that the show is hosted on, so now you can watch the video in full and won't have to wait for the 3 part YouTube videos that take longer to upload, but don't worry, we'll still upload the shows to YouTube, but we still have to split them up because of the 10 minute time limit they give.

Hey hey hey, welcome back to the Starcraft Weekly show, hosted by everyone’s favorite nerd,

Artosis.

After a successful

ESWC Asia Masters event, we come back to you with a lot of new and exciting stuff to talk about. This weeks show covers more of what we missed out on for awhile, while next weeks show will go back to adding in-game clips with commentary.

With all of the weird going on lately with the scene, Artosis decided to switch up his show a bit to make him feel more at ease. This is an all new Artosis, edgy as can be, but still 100% real.

In this weeks episode we cover the Ansadi StarLeague,

Casy and

Roro’s match, GameOutLoud StarLeague, ICCUP and their recent happenings,

IdrA and his recent Minor League performance, KeSPA and their weird decisions, WCG USA, WGTour, SC2GG StarLeague, and much more.

Click here to watch Starcraft Weekly - Episode 11

Averatec-Intel Classic Season 3 Ro32-3 (39 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by KekS @ 05:30 CDT, 24 May 2009 - iMsg

Event: TG Sambo Classic

Scheduled: 04:00 CDT, 24 May 2009 to 08:00 CDT, 24 May 2009
Schedule: Passed

Averatec-Intel Classic Season 3 will run for 20 weeks from March 29, 2009. Unlike most of the other StarCraft leagues, there will be no preliminary matches, all matches are considered as a part of the knockout tournament. Averatec-Intel Classic Season 3 will be broadcasted live in English by

Daniel "SuperDanielMan" Lee &

Nick "Tasteless" Plott.

04:00 CDT, 24 May 2009

Calm (#22) STX SOUL -vs-

HoeJJa (#60) KTF MagicNs (BET) 1 2 3

Shuttle (#77) STX SOUL -vs-

ZergBong (#101) KTF MagicNs (BET) 1 2 3

JJonga (#157) CJ ENTUS -vs-

Jaedong (#1) Hwaseung OZ (BET) 1 2 3

Falcon (#155) Hwaseung OZ -vs-

Much (#31) CJ ENTUS (BET) 1 2 3

Results

Playerlist

Useful Links

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QNC Q3 TDM - standings (106 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by xou @ 16:00 CDT, 23 May 2009 - iMsg

Event: QNC'09

The Quake Nations Cup Quake 3 TDM is now over after the Grand Final between

France and

Russia was played tonight. Thanks to all the teams and players who participated in this cup and to all the people who helped with it!

Final standings

- 1st. France
- 2nd. Russia
- 3rd. Sweden
- 4th. Poland
- 6th. Austria & Germany
- 8th. Czech Republic & Netherlands

Playoff results

More infos: Brackets - IRC:

#quakequickcup

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6 Maps in 6 Weeks #2: CTF Siberia (52 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 10:08 CDT, 23 May 2009 - iMsg

Following

id software's first release Hidden Fortress now comes:

Siberia, a brand new Capture The Flag arena by QUAKE LIVE designer Yan Ostretsov (also the author of popular CTF arena "IronWorks"). Siberia is a medium to large map suitable for 6 to 12 players. The snow-covered scenery and distinctive architecture of Siberia combine with excellent balance to create a fun and exciting arena. We hope you enjoy playing on this week's map as much as we do.

Preview Screens

Source: Official News (including Wallpaper)

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ASUS Open Spring 2009 - Quake 3 results (101 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by xou @ 09:50 CDT, 23 May 2009 - iMsg

Event: Asus Spr'09

The ASUS Open Spring 2009 is taking place this weekend and the next one in

Moscow. However the

Quake 3 tournament will only last 1 day: Saturday 23rd of May. Here you can find all the essential informations to follow this competition.

Final standings

1st RazerJibo - 10 000 RUB (~229€) (+ the fancy check)
2nd mouz.Cooller - 7 000 RUB (~160€)
3rd srs/rzr/cypher - 4 000 RUB (~91€)
4th 3ulu4 - 2 000 RUB (~46€)
6th HAMZ & LaMz|K1llmaster - 1 000 RUB (~23€)
8th inz & luc1fer

Groups standings

Playoff results

Schedule

Signed players

Format: Groups (bo1) - Double elimination (WB bo3 / LB bo1)
GTV: gtv.c58.ru:27970
Coverage: cup.c58.ru (RU)
Streaming: cyberfight.ru (RU)
IRC: #asus.q3 - #asus.q3.scores1 - #asus.q3.scores2 - #asus.q3.scores3 - #asus.q3.scores4

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ESL Spring League Playoffs - Only 8 left (11 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Rondrian @ 16:29 CDT, 22 May 2009 - iMsg

The ESL Spring League Playoffs are going into the hot phase, only eight players are left to fight it out. Four players have been still undefeated in the playoffs and will fight in the winner bracket semi-finals:

smoke vs.

pizo (Matchdetails)

Weirdsel vs.

a1r-r41d (Matchdetails)

Both matches are scheduled for this Sunday.

In the lower bracket round 9 another four players hope to jump to the next round and avoid elimination. The following players will match up to enter the next round:

draven vs.

kRoNic (Matchdetails)

madix vs.

HELL (Matchdetails)

Both matches have no dates yet, but it's estimated that they will be played this weekend as well.

Results of the last round

Tournament Brackets - Cup Frontsite - ESL Quake Live Forum

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SK Interviews Shane "rapha" Hendrixson (158 comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by oneroomdisco @ 11:40 CDT, 20 May 2009 - iMsg

SK Gaming has recently interviewed Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson, one of North Americas top duelers in Quake 3. Rapha talks about his personal life, growing up with sports, and personal beliefs.

Were you any good in basketball, or did you have any intentions of becoming more then just a regular player?
SK.Rapha: I was a solid player, no Lebron or Kobe but I played decent. I just loved the game and played it because I enjoyed it. I still try to play even now when I have the time to.
As a young kid say 8 or 9 year kids have those dreams of becoming a professional at some sport or, becoming an astronaut or something but, likes and dislikes change, the same went for me.

You can read the full interview over at SK Gaming.