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( Major News: Q3)

Posted by Saharak @ 02:37 CDT, 7 June 2008 - iMsg

I read many comments about how cg_xerpclients is influencing VQ3 these days and how crippled the movements are in the actual VQ3 implementation. Sometimes in the flood of whines there was someone who proposed to switch to CQ3. So I started gathering facts about this gameplay and the major features I found were OSP-like movement, weakened rail and shaft. I though it might worked so here we are with the Q3 CPMA CQ3 1v1 Summercup!

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Fox, Tox, Stermy Contracts End With FPO (101 comments)

( Major News: FEAR Gaming PK Q3 Q4 UT3)

Posted by Slasher @ 06:39 CDT, 6 June 2008 - iMsg

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Rod "Slasher" Breslau:

The contracts of

Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel's Free Players' (FPO),

Magnus "fox" Olsson,

Johan "toxjq" Quick and

Alessandro "stermy" Avallone, have ended. The organization has decided not to renew their contracts.

"The agreements for Johan, Magnus and Alessandro have expired and we now work with them on a case by case basis, allowing them the freedom to join other teams and organizations", says a representative of Auravision, the exclusive licensor of the Fatal1ty brand. "Our arrangement with them remains cordial, respectful and supportive."

As the World Series of Video Games abruptly shut down in late 2007, the deathmatch community was left at a standstill with very few events to participate in. Over the past ten months, there have only been a handful of high-level dueling tournaments, not including latest F.E.A.R CPL World Tour stops.

"Given the changing landscape in which present day competitions are held, it was decided to take another approach with regard to support of players under the FPO umbrella," Auravision explains. The decision not to renew the contracts also came before the recent announcement of the AGP Tour, slated to focus on 1v1 deathmatch competition.

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For the past year and a half, Avallone has been playing FIFA as a member of the Championship Gaming Series' San Francisco OPTX squad. Quick has decided to take a break from gaming for the time being, as he is not too interested in competing in Quake 3 at the moment. Olsson on the other hand, one who's long favored Quake 3, is eager to get back to competing and is currently looking at his options.

"If it's beneficial, sure thing," he says regarding a new sponsor. "There are a whole bunch of events this summer that I would like to attend." Olsson is already confirmed to participate at the ESWC Masters event in early July and GameGune at the end of the month.

Although several Quake 3 tournaments have recently sprung up, the FPO is taking a broader look at the professional gaming landscape. With StarCraft, WarCraft 3, Counter-Strike, Halo 3 and World of WarCraft among other games filling the competitive niche, Wendel has a lot to work with.

"I want to sponsor more than just FPS gamers, I want to support every gamer in every aspect, no matter what the game is," says the 12-time World Champion. "Right now I'm working on building a new model of how to sponsor players through the Fatal1ty Brand and how to support them around the world."

Olsson, Quick and Avallone were each members of the FPO during the height of 1v1 deathmatch competitions from 2005 to 2007. Avallone was the first to join, signing on near the end of the Painkiller CPL World Tour. Olsson came aboard during the 2006 Quake 4 WSVG circuit, while Quick was added shortly before the 2007 WSVG circuit.

As Avallone, Quick and Olsson depart as teammates, they only have good things to say about the FPO and the way Wendel's organization treated them. "I thoroughly enjoyed my time in FPO," explains Quick. "We had great team spirit between the players and the managers, and the combination between business and pleasure was excellent." Avallone adds in, "probably the best organization out there. The communication was great, the support was excellent, and they never let us miss anything."

The decline of deathmatch competition brought this on to begin with. With some promising announcements coming lately, hopefully the FPO will be right back where it started.

ESWC Masters - French players announced (61 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by SyXz @ 03:10 CDT, 6 June 2008 - iMsg

After releasing the invite list for upcoming

ESWC Masters, the organisation committee today announced the French participants for this special event.

The selection of

French teams and players depends on their achievements in various French national tournaments, which transformed to certain points in the ESWC French rankings. The organizing committee of ESWC picked the top teams and players according to the ranking by June 4.

French players invited to Quake 3 tourney are:

Pierre-Emeric "link1n" Portier

Benjamin "unity" Rovira

Gregory "falcuma" Olivier

Didier "lowje" Lelion

ESWC Masters will take place during the Paris Gaming Show on July 4-6, 2008 in Paris.

Bye bye Kwari (61 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by Badb0y @ 13:26 CDT, 3 June 2008 - iMsg

According to developmag, Kwari the online game that offering 'cash for kills' has run out of money and gone into receivership.

Kwari, the 'cash for kills' online FPS which offered players the chance to win money by betting on their performance, has closed just a year after it launched.

The company behind game, designed in the UK but managed by Australian web firm Micro Forte, has reportedly gone into receivership. Last year in 2007 they celebrated 22 years of existing. The business had expected to make money by asking players to pay for bullets used during gameplay, but clearly the company ran out of ammo itself.

In February i made a news post called Kwari: $20K Jackpot Won.
The Official website kwari.com has been down for 2 weeks, and the page kwarithegame has very little information to offer.

That is Kwari

Kwari @ Wikipedia

European Duel League - Play Off (52 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by Legie @ 12:34 CDT, 2 June 2008 - iMsg

Scheduled: 14:00 CDT, 3 June 2008 to 15:30 CDT, 3 June 2008
Schedule: Passed

The last match of Euro Duel League is coming up soon and I would like to inform you about this match. Against each other will play

Cypher and

Question (Maloy) who will fight over the advancement to the quarterfinals. The game system will be Best of Five as usually. The speciality about this match is a shoutcast.

2GD and

Joe from team QUADV will take care of the shoutcast. I would like to thank

2GD for commentating perfectly the yesterday's

k1ller vs

krysa match.

Admin:

Legie
Date: Tuesday 03.06 at 21:00 CET
Bracket: tournament bracket
shoutcast: http://relay.quadv.com:8000/listen.pls
GTV: orion.sh.cvut.cz:27970 (600 slots)

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Site summary for week ending 30 May (11 comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by ESReality @ 18:00 CDT, 1 June 2008 - iMsg

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Razer TeamLiquid Starleague Grand Final (49 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by skint @ 09:41 CDT, 1 June 2008 - iMsg

Scheduled: 15:30 CDT, 1 June 2008 to 17:30 CDT, 1 June 2008
Schedule: Passed

Tonight at 22.30 (CET) the grand final of the Razer sponsored Team Liquid Starleague will be played. 48 Competitors have fought to try and get themselves to the final including oldschooler

Legionnaire and newer players like

BRAT_OK. But there can only be 2 finalists,

Draco (protoss) and

IefNaij (protoss) with the winner walking away with a cool $5000 and the loser receiving $2000.

Dracos road to the final

IefNaij road to final

The Match will be played in the following map order:

Game 1 - Othello
Game 2 - Blue Storm
Game 3 - Wuthering Heights
Game 4 - Zodiac
Game 5 - Othello

Jianfei 'IefNaij' Wang wins the 1st Razer Team Liquid Starleague. He took

Draco to the full 5 maps, losing the first 2 and then taking the next 3 by using his skills with the reavers. The VOD of the final can be downloaded HERE! Theres also the VOD of the 3rd/4th place match located here.

1st - IefNaij $5000
2nd - Draco $2000
3rd - BRAT_OK $1000

As with all the other matches from the Team Liquid Starleague the will be streaming video with excellent english commentary, so even if your not too hot at the goings on in starcraft you should still be able to enjoy the match. Check on Team Liquid for all the latest news on the tournament and starcraft pro gaming news and on Razer TSL for the official tournament page.

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GameGune 2008 with Quake 3 *UPDATED* (397 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by SyXz @ 11:57 CDT, 30 May 2008 - iMsg

Scheduled: 02:00 CDT, 24 July 2008 to 12:00 CDT, 27 July 2008
Schedule: Passed

Between the 24th-27th of July Bilbao Exhibition Centre in Barakaldo will host another edition of the Spain's biggest LAN party GameGune with more than 4000 attendees. This year's LAN will feature two professional competitions for the games Quake III: Arena (CPMA vq3) and Counterstrike 1.6, which the total combined prizepot exceeding €25,000.

GameGune Q3 CPMA vq3 Tournament
(16 closed slots & 16 free slots)

Prize distribution

Signed up players so far *UPDATE 7*

For the people interested in participating in the Quake 3 tournament. To sign-up, you are required to send an email with your personal details to yezabel[a_t]euskalencounter.org (replace [a_t] with @) including GameGune and your nick in the subject.

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Paul "czm" Nelson Joins Team EG (141 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by manic @ 00:58 CDT, 30 May 2008 - iMsg

Rod "Slasher" Breslau reports:

Paul "czm" Nelson has announced that he will be signing with the North American-based gaming organization Evil Geniuses. He will represent EG during his stint at the ESWC Masters event in late June, as well as any other additional Quake 3 events this year.

"I look forward to representing EG at the ESWC Masters event in Paris, and subsequently working with them to develop my side-career as a professional gamer," tells the CalTech grad student. "It has been a while since I last competed in Quake 3, and it should be quite exciting and challenging to compete against today's best players."

The last event Nelson participated in was his championship run at CPL Winter 2006, a dominating performance over such international stars as Anton "Cooller" Singov, Zhibo "Jibo" Fan, and Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors. Included in that run was his remarkable comeback against his arch-nemesis Singov, climbing back from a 13-2 deficit on pro-q3dm6 to secure victory with only a sliver of health.

Team EG Executive Director Alex Garfield who has put together winning squads in Counter-Strike and Call of Duty 4, but is still missing an international victory, looks forward to his newest prospect. "It's an honor for EG to be part of Paul's first long-term commitment to a professional gaming organization. He's a player who's been courted by many organizations over the past five years, and I'm glad that he sees in EG what I see in EG; I think we were the best fit for him, and we're going to give him more support than he's ever had before."

The crazyman turns Evil:

Throughout Nelson's Quake 3 history, which includes 24 first place finishes both Online and LAN, he has represented the legendary American team clan Kapitol. cK was also the launching ground for current Championship Gaming Series host and gaming superstar Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. As teammates, Nelson and Wendel won all three major TDM LAN tournaments, sweeping Battletop NYC, FRAG4 and QIL4 in 2000-2001. In 2005, Nelson had a short stint with Check-Six for that year's ESWC, where the relationship ended shortly after. Now he heads back to ESWC for the inaugural Masters event, hoping to quality for the Grand Finals in San Jose later this year.

"I told Paul just recently that in my opinion this is an absolutely crucial tournament; that we may very well be witnessing a Quake renaissance in professional gaming," Garfield says of the upcoming event. "Honestly, though, he didn't need me to tell him that. The guy knows how to prepare; he's been doing this (i.e., winning Quake competitions) for a little while, and I'm sure he'll show up ready to go."

Nelson will be busy even up until the Masters event, with school until mid-June and then workshops until the end of June. He hopes to get in 30 hours of playtime before the event starts, and is doubtful of being able to bootcamp beforehand. In the four months leading up the CPL Winter '06 event, Nelson only totaled 25 hours of playtime.

"It's pretty cool. I really like Paul and its a nice to boost to our lineup," Nelson's new teammate Chance "chance" Lacina says, eager to get some good practice in. "I've often debated on what is actually the optimal way to practice. It's better on your confidence to practice against weaker players (toxjq style), but on the other hand getting inside the head of other strong players (zero4/rapha style) is also important."

Current Team EG General Manager and former professional gamer Andy "gellehsak" Ryder welcomes more deathmatch brethren into the fold. "I'm glad to have Paul apart of the squad. He needs no introduction when it comes to the world of deathmatch, as he is considered the best player ever to touch Quake 3. Not only will we help him play at his absolute best for upcoming events, but he will definitely be a great addition in helping out the rest of our squad in preparations for tournaments."

Nelson will make sure he's ready, busy schedule or not. He's given only the highest demands for himself for his first event back.

"I've always been a contender for first, even when out of practice. I'm shooting for top 12 at Masters to make my winning run at the finals -laughs-."

More infos/sources: myeg.ca - sk-gaming.com
Photo credit: GotFrag.com

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ESWC USA Finals: Someone Wins!! (171 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by Slasher @ 14:00 CDT, 29 May 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

Scheduled: 17:00 CDT, 29 May 2008 to 18:00 CDT, 29 May 2008
Schedule: Passed

Scores: *spoiler* the following may tell you the results of the game!

UPDATE - Sorry, match is one hour later than originally posted. We will also have a live video stream provided by Gamefire.com, with Team EG's

Stuart "Django" Ewen, Fnatic's

Jay "2GD" Harding and myself commentating.

GTV: 147.32.30.24
VIDEO Stream: GameFire
AUDIO Stream: http://quakeunity.com:8000/listen.pls

The ESWC USA qualifiers will come to an end tomorrow as Chicago Chimera General Manage

Brian "destrukt" Flander will take on SK-Gaming's

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson in the grand finals. (Betting Fixture)

Both players have secured their spots to represent America at the ESWC Grand Finals, taking place August 25th-27th at NVISION 2008 in San Jose, California. The final match of the qualifier will determine the seedings and respective group draws at the final.

With destrukt's win over rapha in the upper bracket final, rapha will need to win two best of 3's to secure the top spot.

The fun starts at 21:00 CDT, Thursday night for Americans early Friday morning for Europeans. GTV can be watched at 147.32.30.24:27970. Shoutcasting will be done by Team EG's Django, Fnatic's 2GD, and myself, IP TBA. Scorebot can be found in #QuakeQuickCup on Quakenet.

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4Kings back to Quake (68 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by Ovi @ 13:55 CDT, 29 May 2008 - iMsg

Today, we have the pleasure here at 4Kings, to announce the addition of a quake dueller to our roster.

With the announcement of Quake 3 being one of the official games during the 2008 edition of the ESWC, taking place outside of France for the first time ever, a lot of old school players decided to get back to the roots and play this old but still marvellous game, one more time, ddk is one of them.

It isn't the first time 4Kings is going to Quake as you may know, the last time being on Quake 4 with one of the most powerful TDM squad in Europe, with a lot of great players.

But this time we decided to go for a 1on1 player, Dan Kapadia, better known as ddk, as the 20 years old British is known to have played for the National Team during a lot of seasons and broke through the TDM scene mainly during the first Q4 Eurocup, where he could end up fourth with his old team, Dignitas.

So as you can see, it's an experienced player who's making his way to the Kings, and here is what he had to say about joining up with his new organization.

Statement from Dan "ddk" Kapadia

Statement from 4Kings Manager, Ian "Javax" Leckey

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4K Packard Bell Masters Sign ups open (30 comments)

( Major News: UT3)

Posted by Ovi @ 04:56 CDT, 29 May 2008 - iMsg

That’s right the time has come for what you have been waiting for, the sign ups for the

4Kings Packard Bell Masters UT3 tournament are open. There is only 64 spots available so get in there quick to be in for a chance to win a top of the range Packard Bell ipower pc and a Steelseries Ikari mouse.

You can sign up for the 4Kings Packard Bell Masters UT3 tournament by following this link

Tournament Information

The 4Kings Packard Bell Masters will consist of 64 players, duelling it out in double elimination format to win the Packard Bell iPower 8802, and a Steelseries Ikari mouse.

Each player will play one match per week, until 4 players are remaining. The finals, will then be played on LAN at the prestigious i34 event in Stoneleigh Park (Coventry), England, which will be taking place between the 8th and 11th of August this year. More information about the i34 event from

Multiplay can be found here. With the timescale, finalists will have 2 weeks after the end of the online stage of the tournament, to arrange travel for the finals at i34.

Prize Breakdown

This tournament represents the first of many 4Kings Masters events for a variety of our supported games, and together with our tournament partners, you'll be guaranteed an exciting and enthralling competition.

Contact information

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Quake Forever: Signups for QW and Q2 (48 comments)

( Major News: Q1)

Posted by Dronar @ 16:03 CDT, 28 May 2008 - iMsg

Even though quakers prefer running around chasing girls and drinking beer in summer time, some of them decided to show up at DreamHack to play in the Quake4ever tournaments.

QuakeWorld

Quake 2

Due to this ammount of signups we have decided to reduce QuakeWorld to only 16 slots.

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World in Conflict Patch 1.008 released (10 comments)

( Major News: WiC)

Posted by Badb0y @ 14:24 CDT, 28 May 2008 - iMsg

The Massgate Website now offers the promised update for

World in Conflict that brings the RTS game to version 1.008.

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FileFront
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Rapha over Chance for last ESWC ticket (103 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by Slasher @ 23:55 CDT, 27 May 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

Scheduled: 12:00 CDT, 28 May 2008 to 13:00 CDT, 28 May 2008
Schedule: Passed

Shane "SK.rapha" Hendrixson [2:0]

Chance "EG.chance" Lacina (Demo)
Hub3aeroq3 - 37:9
Pro-nodm9 - 14:3

Brian "destrukt" Flander has already secured a spot at the final event in San Jose with a win over rapha in the upper bracket finals. Flander defeated Hendrixson in two straight maps, 30 to 23 on hub3aeroq3, and 18 to 14 on ztn3tourney1. (Demo)

Chance stayed alive as he took down Daniel "carnage" Sturdivant in the lower bracket. After an 18 to 7 loss on hub and a 14-9 win on tourney4, Chance secured the win with a narrow victory on dm6. (Demo)

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