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Fnatic PLAY QL CTF 4v4 Tournament (80 comments)
Posted by roychez @ 12:20 CST, 19 November 2009 - iMsg
Scheduled: 07:30 CST, 21 November 2009 to 16:00 CST, 21 November 2009
Begins In:

After enjoying many successful PLAY Quake Live cups, mainly thanks to the community and the amount of sign-ups, we're back with another cup.

This month we will be holding our first Capture the Flag 4v4 cup. The tournament will be held on Saturday 21st November and has prizes worth over 600$, kindly provided by Bigfoot Network and SteelSeries.

- 1st place: $150 + 2x Bigfoot Network cards ($149.49 each) + 2x PRO-Tour BackPacks ($129.99 each)
- 2nd place: $50 + 4x SteelSeries QCK+ ($22 each)
- qzctf2 (Troubled Waters)
- qzctf3 (The Stronghold)
- qzctf7 (Ironworks)
- qzctf8 (Siberia)
- qzctf10 (Courtyard Conundrum)

Update: The cup is planned to start on Saturday at 07:30 CST after a 2-hours check-in between 05:00 CST and 07:00 CST. The sign-ups will remain open until 04:00 CST. 32 slots are planned so far and the cup will be played as bo1 in single elimination brackets. Only the final wil be played as bo3!

Link: Announcement, Sign-up
EMS5 QL TDM - Playday 2 (31 comments)
Posted by xou @ 10:36 CST, 19 November 2009 - iMsg
The Playday 2 of the EMS5 Quakelive TDM is getting late. Because this week, we already are in the Playday 3 and some games are still missing. Here are the results of the matches which were played and the possible dates of those which weren't.

Europe 4K 2:0 r2l Europe
4K: Krysa, dk, nettah, JOCKO
r2l: ischju, reXor, Jilbort, leo
Maps: dm7 118-114, dm14 105-90
Match details + demos
Sweden xlo 2:0 viRus Hungary
xlo: kujiwa, fox, dibbe, madix
viRus: n1ggr, zlt, ark1, dark
Maps: dm6 238-107, dm20 272-127
Match details + demos
(wc)Poland FF 2:1 NK Italy
FF: kertaL, Fan, sycyhy, Fur1
NK: spartazOrd, soulreaver, sides, rinnegan
Maps: dm6 190-164, dm20 190-198, dm7 247-112
Match details + demos
Europe notexec 2:0 2.0 Finland(wc)
notexec: linkoo, Vium, Reyn1r, bab
2.0: ouzo, Dimmo, wit, epiotic
Maps: dm20 282-224, ca2 240-169
Match details + demos
Belgium LLL 0:0 dR Europe(wc)
14:00 CST, 22 November 2009
Match details
(wc)Hungary Zigi 0:0 eldvakt Sweden
14:00 CST, 23 November 2009
Match details
Europe fnaticMSI 0:0 MDMa Spain
No date yet.
Match details
(wc)Europe k1ck 0:0 dR Europe
13:00 CST, 22 November 2009
Match details

Europe k1ck don't have any match planned in Playday 2 as Europe pstarZ recently got kicked from the EMS5 after the 2 protests made by Belgium LLL.

Links: EMS5 Quakelive, Results, Groups rankings, Playday 1
IEM4 American Championship Group Matches (47 comments)
Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 19:07 CST, 18 November 2009 - iMsg
Scheduled: 21:00 CST, 18 November 2009 to 22:30 CST, 18 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

Tonight more IEM4 American Championship Playday #2 matches will be played and get covered starting at 21:00 CST, 18 November 2009. Coverage will be provided by Quake-Live.tv.

- Canada sparks 0-2 relic United States of America (Match details + demos)
- United States of America DaHanG 2-0 carnage United States of America (Match details + demos)
- United States of America walter 0-2 Chance United States of America (Match details + demos)
- United States of America swooped vs JUDGE United States of America - To be rescheduled according to swine flu!

Stream: QuakeLive.TV
Links: American Championship, Groups, mIRC #esl.quakelive
ESL TV Quakelive Show featuring 2v2 (133 comments)
Posted by xou @ 10:35 CST, 18 November 2009 - iMsg
Scheduled: 15:00 CST, 18 November 2009 to 17:00 CST, 18 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

The weekly ESL TV Quakelive show will take place tonight starting at 15:00 CST. First, the show will feature the groups drawing for the IEM4 European Championship. Then United Kingdom 2GD planned some TDM 2v2 action with a small single elimination tournament!

The tournament will feature 4 teams of 2 players each. The two first games will be played as best-of-1 and the winners will then meet in a best-of-3 best-of-1 match. The teams and players will be announced shortly!

15:30 CST: BelgiumNetherlands dem0n & draven 52-99 noctis & zyv AustriaSweden (t6)
16:00 CST: RussiaRussia Cooller & agentJkeezoR 57-52 krysa & dk Czech RepublicGermany (ztn)
16:30 CST: Final - AustriaSweden noctis & zyv 107-46 versus Cooller & agentJkeezoR RussiaRussia (dm6)

Update: The VOD of the show is now available.

Source: ESL TV - mIRC #esl-tv.ql
Streaming: ESL TV (Alternative host)
IEM Euro Championship Group Drawing (115 comments)
Posted by Rondrian @ 14:11 CST, 17 November 2009 - iMsg
Tomorrow night on ESL TV at 15:00 CST during ESL TVs Quake Live Show the groups for the Intel Extreme Masters European Championship regular season will be drawn. From four seeding pools the players will be drawn into eight groups of four, from each pool only one player can be in one group. Also players from the same Nation or Clan can't be in one group. The top two of each of those groups will advance to the Intel Extreme Masters European Champion Finals, which will be played offline in LAN.

Update: The groups are now public and some more informations are available about the IEM4 Championship. The slot distribution for the Global Finals will be as following: Europe gets 6 slots, America gets 3 slots (+ rapha for Dubai) and Asia gets 2 slots. Also, the European Championship Finals will take take in Germany Cologne during the 23rd and 24th of January for Quakelive.

Group A
Russia Anton "Cooller" Singov
Germany Felix "smoke" Pafel
United Kingdom Dan "zsx" Sanders
Sweden Karl "fooki" Johansson

Group B
Belarus Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
United Kingdom Aaron-Anton John "VIZARI" Jones
Sweden Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors
Iceland Fridbjorn "xrebzy" Davidsen

Group C
Germany Marcel "k1llsen" Paul
Sweden Michael "madix" Hindersson
Belgium Romain "dem0n" Leclercq
Lithuania Marius "guard" Ivanauskas

Group D
France Kévin "strenx" Baeza
Sweden Pelle "fazz" Söderman
United Kingdom Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall
Netherlands Geo "geow" Molenaar

Group E
Sweden Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira
Netherlands Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad
Poland Bogdan "bodzo" Mazur
United Kingdom Hamid "pulseh" Alnasser

Group F
Sweden Magnus "fox" Olsson
Germany Benjamin "calipt" Jakob
Iceland Eythor "linkoo" Kristjansson
Netherlands Richard "Weirdsel" Krooman

Group G
Italy Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
France Pierre-Emeric "l1nkje" Portier
Ireland Ciarán "kRoNic" Rodgers
Sweden Tomas "doj" Jonson

Group H
Austria Richard "noctis" Gansterer
Poland Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski
Netherlands Ben "Sc00T" Siebert
France Charles "FooX" Moriceau
1. Pool - Top Seeds

Austria Richard "noctis" Gansterer
Sweden Magnus "fox" Olsson
Italy Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
France Kévin "strenx" Baeza
Germany Marcel "k1llsen" Paul
Belarus Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
Russia Anton "Cooller" Singov
Sweden Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira

2. Pool - High Seeds

Sweden Michael "madix" Hindersson
Sweden Pelle "fazz" Söderman
Netherlands Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad
United Kingdom Aaron-Anton John "VIZARI" Jones
Poland Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski
France Pierre-Emeric "l1nkje" Portier
Germany Benjamin "calipt" Jakob
Germany Felix "smoke" Pafel

3. Pool - Medium Seeds

Ireland Ciarán "kRoNic" Rodgers
Iceland Eythor "linkoo" Kristjansson
Netherlands Ben "Sc00T" Siebert
Belgium Romain "dem0n" Leclercq
Poland Bogdan "bodzo" Mazur
United Kingdom Dan "zsx" Sanders
Sweden Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors
United Kingdom Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall

4. Pool - Low Seeds

France Charles "FooX" Moriceau
Netherlands Geo "geow" Molenaar
Lithuania Marius "guard" Ivanauskas
Sweden Karl "fooki" Johansson
Netherlands Richard "Weirdsel" Krooman
Iceland Fridbjorn "xrebzy" Davidsen
United Kingdom Hamid "pulseh" Alnasser
Sweden Tomas "doj" Jonson

Source: ESL News
Spec the Quake-pros (52 comments)
Posted by swine @ 12:09 CST, 17 November 2009 - iMsg
Around five months ago fragster.de Fragster.de introcuded a download base, with demos and maps from games like Quake, Counter-Strike, Warcraft, DotA and CS: Source. From then the base kept growing and so did the Quake area. The Quake Live section includes over 250 demos from almost every game mode. Especially during the last days we've added a lot of new demos from the latest tournaments and matches.

Do you prefer to watch some "pros" playing a Duel? Or are you more the fan of Team Deathmatch? ESL Major Series, IEM Europe Qualification Cups, Zotac-Cup...We got everything you want.


Remember, those are just our latest additions. More can be found in our QL Demo Archive. You can even upload your own Demos. How? Checkout the gallery in this news.
Dreamhack Winter 2009 Prize Update (86 comments)
Posted by blaze @ 12:08 CST, 17 November 2009 - iMsg
This winter's hottest Quake tournaments has now cleared some of the question marks regarding the tournament. The prize distribution has been revealed! The DreamHack crew are currently working around the clock with finalizing the details for this event. The tournament will most likely be played at LAN servers, if no unforeseen technology problems comes up. Expect the seeds for each game to be released this weekend and we can also announce that ALL Quake Matches will be played on Samsung 2233rz 120Hz LCDs.

Total prize purse: 60 000 SEK (Cash and Products)
Cash prizes: 50 000 SEK
Cash prize distribution: 25 000 SEK / 15 000 SEK / 10 000 SEK (1st/2nd/3rd)
Hardware prizes: 10 000 SEK
Total Prize Purse: 15 000 SEK (cash only)
Prize distribution: 7 000 SEK / 5 000 SEK / 3 000 SEK (1st/2nd/3rd)
All prizes must be claimed within 30 days after the event. You claim your prize by leaving all your contact information to the Dreamhack Admins. This information must include your full name, Social Security Number, address, phone number, e-mail, bank, bank code. More info will be handed out at the start of the tournaments or on dreamhack.se.

Source: Dreamhack.se
Thresh wins Ferrari in Red Annihilation! (110 comments)
Posted by Streetrunner @ 09:34 CST, 17 November 2009 - iMsg
The AGP Classics Match of the Week presents Quake 1!

The infamous 1997 Red Annihilation tournament: John Carmack, legendary id Software Programmer, gives his 328 GTS Cabriolet to the winner of this tournament. The tournament was held on Mpaths networks with over 2000 participants. The top 16 were flown to Atlanta, Georgia for the final tournament at the World Congress Center during E3 of that year.

The final: Tom "Entropy" Kizmey vs Dennis "Thresh" Fong
The map: E1M2: Castle of the Damned. Part 1.


Presented here by the AGP (Association of Gaming Professionals).
mIRC #agptour
EMS5 QL TDM: k1ck vs LLL (47 comments)
Posted by nVc @ 04:22 CST, 17 November 2009 - iMsg
Scheduled: 14:15 CST, 17 November 2009 to 15:45 CST, 17 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

As I'm playing for derailed instead of k1ck in the EMS I am able to bring you guys this great match-up in week 2 of the EMS5 TDM:
Europe K1ck eSports vs Belgium LowLandLions (Bet / Match details)
The Lineups:
K1ck eSports: eden, abso, GaRpY, zsx
LowLandLions: draven, forever, dem0n, Q50, rax
This game is going to literally come down to the amount of TDM both teams have played in the last month or so, with both teams being almost as inactive as each other in Team Death Match, I am going to look deeper into the factors that will effect this game’s outcome as best I can.. The most important point to mention is that both teams have strong hit scan aimers.

In order to keep up with these guys (and myself :D), you are going to have to be hitting no less than 40% machine gun (and that's before you actually pick up a weapon, so probably 25% of your time). A tip for you new quake players would be to play a couple of hours FFA a day, just running around with a machine gun to get to this sort of standard!

In this match-up, I would put money on k1ck just slightly over edging the Lions when it comes to individual death-matching ability. draven and rax would be more than capable to hold their own but I feel that the other 3 Lions will struggle against abso, zsx and eden. Players such as GaRpY from the k1ck side and dem0n from the Lions are putting more hours into quake, especially duel, and they could prove to be strong individuals, but I personally (in no disrespect) do not yet believe they are at the top of their potential games.

Thus map aim will be especially important and as such, the Lions are going to have to outsmart them tactically in order to make full use of the easy shots (such as pixel point rails, getting to quad early to hit the first rocket etc to prevent over-cessing and just well, death!)

My prediction is that DM6, DM7 & DM14 will be played as both teams have some confident players from a Quake 3 background (at one point or another), and judging by “QL activeness”, new maps to the competitive scene such as DM20 & CA2 will not have at all been considered, or played enough by either side.

Final Score:
K1ck: 2 – 1 :LLL

Stream: levelupyourgame.net
Links: EMS5 QL - mIRC #lvl^, #esl.quakelive



** UPDATE **

k1ck win 2-0 on dm6 and dm14, vods online at www.levelupyourgame.net > click on-demand on go through quake live > esl > major series filters
ZOTAC Quake Live Cup #8 coming up! (13 comments)
Posted by vash_ @ 09:35 CST, 16 November 2009 - iMsg
Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 22 November 2009 to 13:00 CST, 22 November 2009
Begins In:

Seven weeks, seven cups and the saga continues: the 8th edition of our weekly ZOTAC QuakeLive cup is set up for registration. Feel free to sign up until 07:00 CST, 22 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.

Well known players who already signed up: Sweden fazz, Germany k1llsen, tba.

Links: Tourney page - mIRC #zotac.qlive - Hall of Fame
Quake Night 2v2 TDM Playoffs (17 comments)
Posted by w0nk0 @ 00:04 CST, 16 November 2009 - iMsg
Quake Night announced the playoff brackets for the 2v2 TDM tournament. The games will be played today and tomorrow starting 20:00 CST. Coverage will be provided by Quake Live TV.

Notable teams include Carnage/Relic and Dahang/ClampOK/Slasher in the east division and allmental/whaz/nautikal in the west division.

East Division Bracket

West Division Bracket
Site summary for week ending 13 Nov (1 comment)
Posted by ESReality @ 17:00 CST, 15 November 2009 - iMsg
Highest rated demos:
Z4muZ -vs- Various (8.5 rating)
Boxer -vs- WhiteRa (7.8 rating)
strenx -vs- various (6.7 rating)
Yuka -vs- LLL(dm6)/viRus(dm7) (6.6 rating)
linkoo -vs- various (4.7 rating)
Most downloaded demos:
strenx -vs- various (503 downloads)
Z4muZ -vs- Various (426 downloads)
Yuka -vs- LLL(dm6)/viRus(dm7) (310 downloads)
Vo0 -vs- Walter (181 downloads)
linkoo -vs- various (165 downloads)
Most read threads:
Shub_Nigga turns out to be Yuka (7482 hits)
IEM4 European Championship Qualifier #2 (5393 hits)
CPM 1v1 KTGA Tourney - Finished! (4633 hits)
Game On Cup #4 - Rankings (4214 hits)
Yuka -vs- LLL(dm6)/viRus(dm7) (4048 hits)
Most commented threads:
Shub_Nigga turns out to be Yuka (318 comments) by LoCK
so health bill passed?! (240 comments) by link
Yuka -vs- LLL(dm6)/viRus(dm7) (192 comments) by draven-
IEM4 European Championship Qualifier #2 (160 comments) by xou
Are pstarZ retarded? (137 comments) by drago.

Most Popular Users:
xou (89% popular)
becks (87% popular)
Nukm (83% popular)
LoCK (80% popular)
Liam (78% popular)
Most Popular Threads:
CPM 1v1 KTGA Tourney - Finished! (32% popular) by pikoh
QL's amazing duel spawn system. (27% popular) by walter
I accidentally (16% popular) by ironbyte
BiBS EU: Playoffs shoutcasting & AGP (14% popular) by LundiZ
Quake 3 Mapping Competition *Updated* (12% popular) by MaverickMSG
Most Popular Comments:
Re: Shub_Nigga turns out to be Yuka (39% popular) by LoCK
Re: Fort Hood (32% popular) by ix
Re: Yuka -vs- LLL (30% popular) by tybalt
Re: Z4muZ -vs- Various (27% popular) by Z4muZ
Re: IEM4 European Championship Qualifier (26% popular) by yarrr
Popularity Climbers:
yarrr (21 +'s)
tybalt (20 +'s)
K9-makaveli (20 +'s)
LoCK (18 +'s)
xou (15 +'s)

Betting leader:
rep (E$239,236)
cYmoZz (E$203,927)
becks (E$116,888)
Lamur (E$105,000)
Valvalis (E$88,564)
Biggest single bets:
E$13,588 won by Weird (IEM NA Champ: walter vs Vo0)
E$10,253 won by hedin (IEM NA Champ: walter vs Vo0)
E$10,136 won by Lamur (IEM NA Champ: walter vs Vo0)
E$10,026 won by green (IEM NA Champ: walter vs Vo0)
E$10,006 won by wch (IEM NA Champ: walter vs Vo0)
Most lost:
E$5,000 lost by kale
E$5,000 lost by Valvalis
E$5,000 lost by becks
E$5,000 lost by Infamous
E$5,000 lost by noetix

KTGA: CPM TDM 4v4 Tourney *UPDATED* (85 comments)
Posted by pikoh @ 15:34 CST, 15 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 Quake 3 VQ3 / QL teams willing to try out something new for them. Here are some old but handy guides for those who've never played CPM TDM before which will help you to get going:

Promode team deathmatch by United Kingdom aggnog
TDM Guide on Promode WIKI
mIRC IRC Qnet channels where you can ask any questions about the game or find an opponent: #promode #cpmpickup #cpma.na
Sweden ru8: Sweden fluff (c), Sweden fox, Sweden Reptile, Sweden funnyb, Australia 2b, Sweden rokky, Argentina voodoochopstiks
Europe plus+: Finland ahxnxa (c), United Kingdom ddk, Bulgaria HAL_9000, Swedensnapcase, Sweden link.
Poland Vandal Brothers: Poland majan(c). Poland scoti, Germany ruffy, Poland dzah, Poland bsr, Poland afgh, Czech Republic neverGreen
Poland fhn: Poland kruk, Poland AL|EN, Poland Alkohol, Poland evil, Poland MsT, Poland benek, Poland Slayer, Poland Lajt
Europe bakana: Cyprus shadow, Cyprus panic, Turkey sanchi, Sweden skef, Sweden zezorn, Poland guhard
Russia RU1: Russia ssh-l, Russia hoyden, Russia Caine, Russia pikoh, Russia Polytech
Europe LUFTWAFFLE: Germany nekon (c), Lithuania eThaD, Bulgaria Nzr0, Russia sl1m, Germany sbs, Germany dansen, Germany syL
Russia Circle: Russia bomber, Russia ghostalker, Russia Gizma, Russia Jud4s, Russia kuso, Russia Mads, Russia Metal
Europe smiley: Germany nono (c), Turkey TheDynamite (c), Finland ovo, Spain memphis, Denmark light, Sweden blaze

Update 1:

To find a team you can write down your nickname and contact information in comments on this thread.
Players with no team willing to play:

United Kingdom YOSEN
Estonia dcy
Poland deith

To sign up you should fill in a form at tourney.cc, don't forget to specify team captain and contact information.
If you don't have your own IRC channel please visit the tournament's channel more often so captains of other teams could easily arrange a game.

Rules on Tourney Page - mIRC#ktga
G Data announces weekly Quake Live Cup (37 comments)
Posted by vash_ @ 13:31 CST, 15 November 2009 - iMsg
Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 21 November 2009 to 13:00 CST, 21 November 2009
Begins In:

G Data just announced a new weekly Quake Live Duel tournament series with 100€ for the first place that will be played every Saturday.

Starting from 07:00 CST, 21 November 2009 every week players have the chance to earn themselves 100€ and AGP ranking points. The tournament page can be found on gdatacup.com, sign ups open from now on.

Quick Facts
Mode: Duel
Date: every saturday
Time: check in 06:00 CST, start 07:00 CST
Prize: 100€ for 1st place
Mappool: dm6, ztn, dm13, t7, t9

Links: Tournament page - mIRC #gdata.qlive
ZOTAC Quake Live Cup #7 is over! (102 comments)
Posted by shorrty @ 03:05 CST, 15 November 2009 - iMsg
Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 15 November 2009 to 13:00 CST, 15 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

Six weeks, six cups and the saga continues: the 7th edition of our weekly ZOTAC QuakeLive cup is setup for registration. Feel free to signup until Sunday, the 15th of November 07:00 CST.

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.

Participated players will be av3k, burnedd, cooller, fazz, guard, madix, smoke, spart1e, strenx, tox1c.

Update: From 148 signed up players 107 actually checked in. Famous players participating in ZOTAC #7 were Russia cooller, Poland av3k, Lithuania guard, France strenx, Sweden spart1e and many more.

Rankings:
1. Poland srs/rzr/av3k - 100€
2. Russia mouz.cooller
3. France fnatic\strenx / Sweden fnatic\Spart1e
Stream: holysh1t.net, own3d.tv (german)
Links: Tourney page - mIRC #zotac.qlive - Hall of Fame
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