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Starcraft Weekly - Episode 17 (3 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by PuertoRican @ 03:49 CDT, 3 July 2009 - iMsg

July 3rd, 2009

The Starcraft Weekly show is back and on time this week, even a couple hours earlier than usual, that�s due to Artosis leaving on a trip somewhere, which you�ll find out about in today�s episode.

Artosis goes into detail and covers things like the recent ESI League winner, recent SC2GG Star League winner, the Valor tournament and some recent drama in that, Tip of the Week, Starcraft 2 and all those updates, Pro League, as well as what we�ll be showing next week.

Episode 17 is available at SCForAll.com

Bigfoot Quake Live Tournament (31 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by ODEE @ 14:10 CDT, 2 July 2009 - iMsg

Prepare to fight! Team Dignitas will hold a Quake Live tournament in cooperation with Bigfoot Networks! Up to 32 players can sign up for this 1v1 challenge and the top2 duellers will be awarded with a brand new The Bigfoot Networks� Killer Xeno� Gaming Network Card worth about �190 (~225�).

Sign Up Now!

We will hold the tournament on Sunday the 12th July and you can sign up for it from NOW until 10th July. For now we will try a 32 players cup and we will see how it goes. If you play Quake Live and would like a chance to get one of the prizes below, make sure to register an account on the Team Dignitas page and sign up asap!

Prizes:
1st The Bigfoot Networks� Killer Xeno� Gaming Network Card + QPAD UC
2nd The Bigfoot Networks� Killer Xeno� Gaming Network Card

Valor Tournament Ro8 Part 2 (7 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by KekS @ 03:33 CDT, 2 July 2009 - iMsg

Scheduled: 08:00 CDT, 3 July 2009 to 11:00 CDT, 3 July 2009
Schedule: Passed

The StarCraft Tournament Valor featuring players from 15 countries with the total prize money of 1,000$ (

700$,

200$,

100$) is held by

Daniel "SuperDanielMan" Lee &

Nick "Tasteless" Plott and hosted by GOMtv.net.
The LIVE broadcasts of Ro.16 and onward will be available on GOMtv for ~~all the users who have purchased Averatec-Intel Classic Season 3 Premium Tickets~~ everyone. Sadly though you'll need a Premium Account to watch the VODs.

About the tourney

* Quarter Finals first map: Colosseum II - Loser selects next map.
* Special Match starts with Destination.
* Official mappool:
Destination, Neo Medusa, Colosseum II, Heartbreak Ridge, Outsider

08:00 CDT, 3 July 2009

idra -vs-

CaStro

Strelok -vs-

Fenix

In addition to these two Best-of-3 Matches there's going to be a "Special Match" between

by.Baby and

White-Ra

Playerlist

In the Ro4

BRAT_OK

aoOa

Eliminated from the Ro8

Mondragon

ret

Still in the Ro8

idra

Strelok

CaStro

Fenix

Useful Links

Source
Official Valor Site with VODs & Demos on starfeeder
Tournament Tree (up-to-date on my own site)
Up to date VODs on GOM TV
Gom TV Live!
GOM Media Player (download)
Copy/Paste this Link in VLC

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ToT)ret( vs. KT.MGW)Grape (14 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by PuertoRican @ 23:00 CDT, 1 July 2009 - iMsg

Scheduled: 01:00 CDT, 4 July 2009 to 02:30 CDT, 4 July 2009
Begins In:

The long waiting battle between

ToT)ret( and

KT.MGW)Grape is finally going to take place!

This Saturday, the foreign Zerg master battles an up and coming Protoss player from Korea. The first map will be destination, the second map is Neo Medusa, and the third will be Colosseum 2.

How to watch?

You can use This Thread as a source to watch the matches, or also head on over to the main Justin.tv channel and you�ll be able to login and chat with other people.

Event Information

Korean Date (foreign date/time below) - Saturday, July 4th at 3pm KST
European Date - Saturday, July 4th at 8am CET
New York - Saturday, July 4th at 2am EST
California - Friday, July 3rd at 11:00pm PST

ESL Spring League Grande Final (25 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 11:04 CDT, 1 July 2009 - iMsg

Tonight will see the end of the ESL Spring League with its Grande Final opposing

Felix "mTw.smoke" Pafel and

Aaron-Anton "dignitas/HELL" Jones. The cup started back in March and featured 320 duelers from all over Europe.

A streaming from ESL TV will be available in order to follow the match with comments from James "2gd" Harding and Joseph "Joe" Miller.

Grande final: smoke vs HELL (bet)
Time: 13:00 CDT
Stream: ESL TV / Alternate host (for German people)

Results

Set #1: HELL 2-1 smoke
Blood Run: 7-1
Campgrounds: 5-8
Vertical Vengeance: 17-7

Set #2: HELL 2-0 smoke
Blood Run: 12-2
Campgrounds: 21-0

More informations: ESL QuakeLive 1v1 Spring League -

#esl.tv

Arenas Episode 6: Last Stand (15 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by eoe.d1ablo @ 09:37 CDT, 1 July 2009 - iMsg

The Episode 6 of Arenas, "Last Stand", is now available exclusively on own3D.tv in three quality formats, including HD 720p. There are also subtitles available in English and Russian (check the flags below the video player).

Tritin Films has produced and animated Arenas: The Episodes - re-creation of the Quake 3 Arena and Doom 3 worlds, previously known as "Quake Rebellion". By following the character's action from gladiators to their pre-arena stories, we bring to life the full evolution of the Quake III Arena universe and all of it's icons. If you missed the previous episodes you can watch them in the official Arenas channel.

Episode 6 - "Last Stand" - Doom finds himself in the gladiator lobby with his first challenger, Visor. They share a story about the unconscious gladiator who revolves in the revival chamber. The story of Sarge.

Source: Tritin-Multimedia

EMS IV Q3 Playoffs (90 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by xou @ 09:00 CDT, 1 July 2009 - iMsg

Event: EMS IV

The playoffs of the

Q3 EMS4 are now ready and should start on Sunday. The next matches to be played are as the following:

Winner Bracket Final
srs/rzr/cypher vs k1llmaster/strenx @ Sunday evening

Loser Bracket Round 2
RazerJibo vs spart1e @ 13:00 CDT, 5 July 2009 (bet)
FF|PROX vs k1llmaster/strenx

Winner Bracket Round 2
RazerJibo 0-2 srs/rzr/cypher (demos)
LaMz|k1llmaster vs [M]strenx @ 12:00 CDT, 5 July 2009 (bet)

Previous rounds

Loser Bracket Round 1
~~noctis~~ 0-1 FF|PROX (noctis left the cup)
spart1e 1-0 ~~[aAa]link1n~~

Winner Bracket Round 1
LaMz|k1llmaster 2-0 spart1e (demos)
[aAa]link1n 0-1 [M]strenx
FF|PROX 0-2 RazerJibo (demos)
noctis 0-2 srs/rzr/cypher (demos)

Relegation round
mouz`Cooller 0-2 srs/rzr/cypher
FF|PROX 1-0 GaB|unity
LaMz|k1llmaster 2-0 a1r-r41d
[M]strenx 2-1 k1llsen (demos)

More infos: Q3 EMS4 - Brackets
IRC:

#esl.q3 - GTV:

takingbackesports.com

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Proleague - 01-07-09 (11 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by Vedic @ 20:24 CDT, 30 June 2009 - iMsg

The 2008-2009 Shinhan Bank Proleague regular season runs from October 2008 to July 2009.

The following matches will be played at 23:00 CDT, 30 June 2009:

SK Telecom T1 -vs- Hite SPARKYZ on OGN
Hyuk <Heartbreak Ridge> Horang2
fantasy <Shades Of Twilight> go.go
Bisu <Destination> Leta
Canata <Neo Medusa> Yellow[ArnC]
TBD <Outsider> TBD

CJ Entus -vs- Woongjin Stars on MBC
sKyHigh <Destination> MVP
EffOrt <God's Garden> GuemChi
sAviOr <Outsider> ZerO
Much <God's Garden> free
TBD <Outsider> TBD

Format

Unlike traditional 1v1, Proleague is played between 2 teams. 4 players from each team play out 1v1 matches against the opposing team in a BO3 format played in single games. If a tie should arise between the teams, a 5th "ace match" will be played. Regular season games are played through 5 rounds in a round robin format, with each round running for 5 weeks. At the end of the regular season, 6 teams advance to the playoffs.

How to watch

use OGN stream for OGN, and others for MBC
mms://liveongame.gscdn.com/L1 - direct Ongamenet stream
http://www.yaoyuan.com/live.php - need tvants and internet explorer
http://live.plu.cn/hanguo/ - need usee and internet explorer

Sources

http://www.playple.com/
http://www.mbcgame.co.kr/

Mogulus streams

will edit in closer to cast

Results

hyuk > horang2
fantasy > go.go
bisu > leta

skyhigh > mvp
effort > guemchi
savior < zero
much < free
kwanro > zero

New Wolfenstein Minimum Specs announced! (25 comments)

( Major News: RW)

Posted by godjiro @ 18:10 CDT, 30 June 2009 - iMsg

Earlier today Sokal posted the minimum PC configuration needed in order to run the next opus of the Wolfenstein series. Macs are still not supported yet.

Software requirements

Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP or Windows Vista(R) (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c (included & required for Windows XP & Vista)

Hardware requirements

CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3400+ processor
RAM: 1GB RAM
Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA(R) Geforce(R) 6800 GT or ATI Radeon(TM) X800
Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
HDD Space: 8GB (Plus an additional 800MB for Windows swap file)
Media: 100% Microsoft Windows compatible DVD-ROM drive
Internet: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer

Source: Wolfenstein.com

NaDa video interview - June 30th, 2009 (18 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by PuertoRican @ 09:09 CDT, 30 June 2009 - iMsg

As mentioned last week in the Starcraft Weekly show, hosted by

Artosis, we would be going to the

WeMade FOX house where we would then do a video tour of the building, get an interview with

NaDa,

Pure, and

Moon from Warcraft 3. We did all of this, and here is the first part of the adventure!

NaDa opens up and tells us some things that aren't usually heard in normal interviews, one has to think that it might be due to his age and him being around for a long time, when compared to younger gamers who seem more shy and give similar answers to one another.

The video interview and extended information can be found at: SCForAll.com

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BiBS & QLTV bring you Season I Playoffs! (1 comment)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Jeibo @ 01:35 CDT, 30 June 2009 - iMsg

Right after the replacement of Inner Sanctum (team3) with Courtyard Conundrum (ctf10), the BiBS Team came forth with yet another announcement:

After the end of Week#7, BiBs will go on with the Playoff-Stage for Season I.

The news gets bigger, as QuakeLive TV has agreed to take up on the complete coverage of the Semi-Finals and Final matches. These matches will be set for an appropriate timeso that both the USA and the EU can have a fair chance of spectating.

The Playoffs will consist of the initial Brackets which will include the top 8 teams of the League, the Semi-Finals, and the grand Final match.

Read relevant announcement on www.bibsql.com .

Stermy Launches Lessons (401 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by fams @ 17:55 CDT, 29 June 2009 - iMsg

Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone has launched his latest venture over at stermy.com. He now proposes both a duel pack and team pack.

Duel pack: 1 player vs Stermy

- 1 Hour of training: 40�
- 2 Hours of training: 70�
- 3 Hours of training: 100�
These prices include a online private server where you can play versus Stermy. You and him, undisturbed, plain and simple.

Clan pack: 2-4 players vs Stermy

- 1 Hour of training: 70�
- 2 Hours of training: 120�
- 3 Hours of training: 170�
He offers discounts for groups of people or clans who want to learn team tactics or game strategies. This bundle is perfect for learning 2vs2 and 4vs4.

Stermy: "The time is yours, feel free to ask or discuss anything Quake Live related. Strategies, movement, positioning, how to get better, aiming, equipment, settings, etc..Anything really..Please have any questions ready prior the start of the lesson!"

You can book your first lesson on stermy.com.

Gravitas Gaming recruits DKT and sparks (31 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 16:28 CDT, 29 June 2009 - iMsg

Gravitas Gaming adds

DKT and

sparks to their new Quake Live Roster.

Brian "DKT" Flander has been a part of eSports for as long as many can remember. DKT is not only famous for his championships as a UT player, he's been a part of multiple successful Counter-Strike teams such as zEx and TSG as well as having his own cloth mousepad - the well-known DKT Pad. In addition to being a top player in multiple games, he was the general manager of the Chicago Chimera franchise, who won the CGS (DirecTV's Championship Gaming Series) Season 1 championship.

Hailing from Canada, Justin "sparks" Sparks recently participated in the Quake Live Canada versus USA shootout match where the underdogs of Canada surprised the powerhouse USA team in a 2-1 victory. Sparks is one of Canada's top Quake talents and looks to dominate the North American Quake scene with the recent official release of Quake Live.

The Official Announcement includes an interview with

sparks

GGL Super Leagues (6 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by DonKing @ 16:12 CDT, 29 June 2009 - iMsg

Who enjoys the League format? Playing a scheduled match once every 3-4 days? It's a way for the serious and the casual gamer to play in an organized competition. If you play you may advance and if you do not play, you get tossed out on your a$$, it's a way to get rid of those annoying inactive players. I am a fan of the League Format and am happy to announce that we will once again be organizing a League Tournament. Our current league system is being rebuilt and does not currently work but we are still going to put on a "For Fun" League to keep you guys active in the communities. Our first League comeback attempt will be for Quakelive and we'll have a competition for the 4 major mods, 4v4 CTF, 4v4 CA, 4v4 TDM and 1v1 DM.

Just head on over on ggl.com for all the details.

QuakeCon 09 Venue & Tourney Announcement (78 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by SyncError @ 12:32 CDT, 29 June 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

id Software and the QuakeCon organization today announced that QuakeCon 2009, the ultimate video game festival, party, and tournament, is changing venues to the Gaylord Texan, located just north of

Dallas. The four-day event will occur over the previously scheduled dates of August 13rd�16th 2009. The Gaylord Hotel was the site of the two largest previous QuakeCon events in 2004 and 2005. As always, the event is FREE and open to the public thanks to the support of id Software, the QuakeCon volunteer staff, and the 2009 event sponsors and exhibitors.

QuakeCon will once again feature the largest BYOC (Bring-Your-Own-Computer) LAN party in North America - with spots for 3,000 gamers to hook their systems up and play on our world-class network. Of course, it wouldn�t be QuakeCon without the drama and intensity of the big-money pro tournaments, which will exclusively feature Duel and Capture the Flag competitions using id Software�s new free-to-play, web-based multiplayer game QUAKE LIVE � quakelive.com.

Reservation Information

Attendees who made reservations at the Hilton Anatole Hotel will have their reservation at the Anatole automatically canceled, and will be required to make a new reservation at the Gaylord Texan at an equal or lesser rate. id Software and The Gaylord Texan are in the process of finalizing the transition of venue, and the hotel will begin taking room reservations for QuakeCon 2009 very shortly � please continue to check www.quakecon.org for more information on when and how to make reservations. Pre-registering for QuakeCon 2009 is recommended for reserving a seat in the BYOC, but QuakeCon is open to the public and free for all attendees.

More exciting details and announcements about QuakeCon 2009 will follow. Visit quakecon.org to get the latest information.

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