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Despite a close opening socrates pulls out a lead mid-way in both maps, blip then phrantic.
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socrates plays
2GD to decide who will top Group D in the second round. This match will be essential to get a good draw for the quarter finals.
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After losing to both Toxic and Winz, Rufus will not be proceeding to the quarter finals. The Dutch hopes rest on Forever now.
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One of the dark horses of the tournament, a lot of us were pleased to see Phantom do so well in the first group stage. But he couldn't repeat the upset for the second round vs Forever and Cooller. Clamp-ok is still doing well, after taking out his Australian teammate earlier and qualifying over Ooze for the quarter finals.
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Winz faces Toxic next to decide who will win their group. While the both definitely proceed, this will be an important game to decide who gets the better seed in the single elimination round.
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Forever's toughest game so far, and he is visibly relieved to win this one.
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Vicious had a tough second round group facing socrates, 2GD and Impulse. The Italian goes no further.
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Toxic and Cooller both taking their second group matches without problems so far. By Cooller's expressions he's not all that impressed by his Swedish rival's skills!
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Still battling in the first group stage.
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Does he have a problem with his nerves? Ivo watches the other matches taking place and chews on his nails.
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Rufus
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ashr all the way from India.
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CS Female team,
Seules.
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Returning female CS champions,
Girls Got Game.
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It's almost scary watching Rufus play. It's like he's staring out his monitor.
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Toxic and 2GD start their group games in the morning. No problems for either player so far.
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Prizes for naming the players*.
* note that prizes are purely fictitious.
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The first stage match was Ooze and Matrox, followed by socrates vs Python.
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Spectating the first Quake 4 matches.
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Sponsor boothes at the entrance to the main theatre.
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Sponsor boothes at the entrance to the main theatre.
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Sponsor boothes at the entrance to the main theatre.
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Sponsor boothes at the entrance to the main theatre.
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Sponsor boothes at the entrance to the main theatre.
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The ESWC official mousepads
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Raoul tells Forever that he will beplaced be in the Group of death. Well not really since they were repicking when players from the same country were drawn together.
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ESWC 2006 contained a huge press area.
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This was just before the opening ceremony, waiting for the doors to open to the main area.
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Python and Clamp-ok with the Aussie guys.
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Carmac spots his next victim
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Carmac has a reputation for holding Russians upside down, this time he picks up one of the Russian girls team.
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Everyone gathers together to watch the opening ceremony.
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Lam and colleague kick off the ESWC 2006 with a speech and an opening video.
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In the wide shot you can see the whole arena. This is a sports stadium, so the seats go all the way around. The tournament areas are on the floor with several stages set up around the edge.
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This is where the Quake 4 games will be played tomorrow.
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The ESWC head honcho makes a short speech.
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The Nvidia guy is well up for it and does a bit of a dance to the short burst of opening music.
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This is the point where we found out who would play in the group of death, with both Rufus and Hunter unseeded vs High and Top seeds. Cooller and Sombra were picked out to complete what is almost certainly the toughest group in the tournament.
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Not as good as previous years...
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Players in the morning waiting for the arena to open up.
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But unable to play in ESWC because of his age!
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She walked past too fast for me to catch her gaming nick.
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No doubt the other 3 are still in bed.
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It's the morning before the first games and Carmac does an opening interview with 2GD. Jay then grabs in av3k as his minime, or 2GD junior.
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Left:
2GD, Right:
av3k
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Welcome to ESWC 2006, the gamers' favourite tournament and the biggest European event to feature Quake 4 this year. I'm here the whole weekend to take photos and write up some coverage live from Paris. This gallery will be updated each day with new photos.
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Players waiting in line to register in the morning.
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Some of the UK players and local organiser.
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Apparently the player village is an hour journey away from the tournament.
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The impressive venue in Paris where ESWC 2006 is being held.
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Already starting with the first batch of interviews.
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Can get away with wearing the Union Jack but only if she paints stars all over her body.
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The park here in Bercy is beautiful.
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Waiting for the opening ceremony.
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From left to right: Vicious, 2GD, Lauke, Vo0. Hanging around trying to blag a VIP pass to the event.
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socrates arrives but doesn't stay long enough to pose for a good photo.
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Probably hoping he can play better in this tournament than the last two!
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So how do you cut the grass on this building?
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Obviously you just abseil your lawnmower down the wall.
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I'm guessing they're Danish from the badges, but I don't know what they play.
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The fnatic guys say hi to Grubby
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The two Australian Quake 4 representitives.
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One of the two UK girls playing with g0d as the UK female CS team, along with Trito on the right.
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Loser:England win, Odds: 62% (1.5:1)
Bets placed: E$107349, betting open: 10:00 CDT 27 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 1 Jul 2006
Winner:Portugal win, Odds: 37% (2.6:1)
Bets placed: E$62734, betting open: 10:00 CDT 27 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 1 Jul 2006
England vs
Portugal in the 2006 World Cup Quarter Finals, to be played at 10:00 CDT, 1 July 2006.
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Winner:Germany win, Odds: 53% (1.8:1)
Bets placed: E$112896, betting open: 10:00 CDT 27 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 30 Jun 2006
Loser:Argentina win, Odds: 46% (2.1:1)
Bets placed: E$97543, betting open: 10:00 CDT 27 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 30 Jun 2006
Germany vs
Argentina in the 2006 World Cup Quarter Finals, to be played at 10:00 CDT, 30 June 2006.
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Winner:Brazile win, Odds: 85% (1.1:1)
Bets placed: E$99981, betting open: 10:00 CDT 26 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 27 Jun 2006
Loser:Ghana win, Odds: 14% (6.9:1)
Bets placed: E$16696, betting open: 10:00 CDT 26 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 27 Jun 2006
Brazile vs
Ghana to be played at 10:00 CDT, 27 June 2006.
Brazil win 3-0
Zé Roberto (84 min)
Adriano (45 min)
Ronaldo (04 min)
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Loser:Spain win, Odds: 70% (1.4:1)
Bets placed: E$95387, betting open: 14:00 CDT 26 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 27 Jun 2006
Winner:France win, Odds: 29% (3.3:1)
Bets placed: E$39093, betting open: 14:00 CDT 26 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 27 Jun 2006
Spain vs
France to be played at 14:00 CDT, 27 June 2006.
France win 1-0.
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Loser:Switzerland win, Odds: 55% (1.8:1)
Bets placed: E$51577, betting open: 14:00 CDT 25 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 26 Jun 2006
Winner:Ukraine win, Odds: 44% (2.2:1)
Bets placed: E$41306, betting open: 14:00 CDT 25 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 26 Jun 2006
Switzerland vs
Ukraine to be played at 14:00 CDT, 26 June 2006.
Ukraine win on Penalties following a 0-0 draw after extra time.
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Winner:Italy win, Odds: 80% (1.2:1)
Bets placed: E$95299, betting open: 10:00 CDT 25 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 26 Jun 2006
Loser:Australia win, Odds: 19% (5:1)
Bets placed: E$24216, betting open: 10:00 CDT 25 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 26 Jun 2006
Italy vs
Australia to be played at 10:00 CDT, 26 June 2006.
Italy 1 - 0 Australia
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Scheduled: 21:00 CDT, 28 June 2006Schedule: Passed
First-come, first-served online registration for the BYOC area will kick off at 9 p.m. EST on Wednesday, June 28th, 2006, at
www.quakecon.org.
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Loser:Holland win, Odds: 53% (1.8:1)
Bets placed: E$36758, betting open: 14:00 CDT 24 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 25 Jun 2006
Winner:Portugal win, Odds: 46% (2.1:1)
Bets placed: E$32952, betting open: 14:00 CDT 24 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 25 Jun 2006
Holland vs
Portugal to be played at 14:00 CDT, 25 June 2006.
Full time:
Holland 0 - 1 Portugal
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Winner:Argentina win, Odds: 93% (1:1)
Bets placed: E$63744, betting open: 14:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 24 Jun 2006
Loser:Mexico win, Odds: 6.9% (14:1)
Bets placed: E$4456, betting open: 14:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 24 Jun 2006
Argentina vs
Mexico to be played at 14:00 CDT, 24 June 2006.
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Winner:Germany win, Odds: 75% (1.3:1)
Bets placed: E$69909, betting open: 10:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 24 Jun 2006
Loser:Sweden win, Odds: 24% (4.1:1)
Bets placed: E$21658, betting open: 10:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 24 Jun 2006
Germany vs
Sweden second round game to be played at 10:00 CDT, 24 June 2006.
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Winner:England win, Odds: 78% (1.2:1)
Bets placed: E$69111, betting open: 10:00 CDT 24 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 25 Jun 2006
Loser:Ecuador win, Odds: 21% (4.6:1)
Bets placed: E$18605, betting open: 10:00 CDT 24 Jun 2006 to 10:00 CDT 25 Jun 2006
England vs
Ecuador second round game to be played at 10:00 CDT, 25 June 2006.
England win 1-0
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Winner:France win, Odds: 77% (1.2:1)
Bets placed: E$27933, betting open: 14:00 CDT 22 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006
Loser:Togo win, Odds: 5.2% (19:1)
Bets placed: E$1445, betting open: 14:00 CDT 22 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006
Loser:Draw, Odds: 17% (5.7:1)
Bets placed: E$7085, betting open: 14:00 CDT 22 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006
France vs
Togo group game to be played at 14:00 CDT, 23 June 2006.
Full time:
France 2 - 0 Togo
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Winner:Switzerland win, Odds: 67% (1.4:1)
Bets placed: E$27654, betting open: 14:00 CDT 22 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006
Loser:Korea win, Odds: 14% (6.8:1)
Bets placed: E$5071, betting open: 14:00 CDT 22 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006
Loser:Draw, Odds: 17% (5.6:1)
Bets placed: E$5618, betting open: 14:00 CDT 22 Jun 2006 to 14:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006
Switzerland vs
Republic of Korea group game to be played at 14:00 CDT, 23 June 2006.
Final score:
Switzerland 2 - 0 Korea
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Winner:Ukraine win, Odds: 77% (1.2:1)
Bets placed: E$25586, betting open: 09:00 CDT 22 Jun 2006 to 09:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006
Loser:Tunisia win, Odds: 7.9% (12:1)
Bets placed: E$1181, betting open: 09:00 CDT 22 Jun 2006 to 09:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006
Loser:Draw, Odds: 14% (6.8:1)
Bets placed: E$3329, betting open: 09:00 CDT 22 Jun 2006 to 09:00 CDT 23 Jun 2006
Ukraine vs
Tunisia group game to be played at 09:00 CDT, 23 June 2006.
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