On Sunday 15th of May, House of Quake will be hosting a Quake Live CTF 5v5 draft cup. Signups are already open in #ctfdraft on the HoQ Discord.

To participate, you must:

1. Sign in to https://qlstats.net/ and make your stats public
2. Have 20 or more CTF matches played in #ctfpickup on the HoQ Discord
3. Read and follow the rules






good luck & have fun

On Sunday 8th of May, House of Quake will be hosting a Quake Live TDM 4v4 draft cup. Signups are already open in #tdmdraft on the HoQ Discord.

To participate, you must:

1. Sign in to https://qlstats.net/ and make your stats public
2. Have 20 or more TDM matches played in #tdmpickup on the HoQ Discord
3. Read and follow the rules






good luck & have fun

:bitterman:






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYEfIx_DaHA





ladno

Another addition to the 72THINGS series. This time I felt like going with something less dramatic and more ambient. Actually, this time I finished it earlier than planned because the movie wasn't meant to be as long as the previous one. Frags were made by me and froschgrosch. Have fun!

John Romero releases a new 'Doom II' level to raise money for Ukraine.

One Humanity is a new level for the 1994 id Software release DOOM® II created by John Romero to support the people of Ukraine and the humanitarian efforts of the Red Cross and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund. 100% of the proceeds go toward this support.

Webshop link: romero.com

This frag movie is one of my biggest works, and probably was the hardest for me to create to its date. Nonetheless, I had a feeling that I have to give something back to you for the insane support last year. I wanted to create something from the community to the community of quake live. Therefore, I contacted some guys to send me demo material and voilà, this is what I came up with.
It definitely took me a while and some sleepless nights to finish this, but the result is more than just astronomical (at least for my opinion).

This movie was inspired by the "Colosseum Quake 3 Movie" made by Silu back in 2010 or something. I wanted to create something similar but also a little different, especially mixed up with my editing style.

However, I hope you enjoy the little piece of CTF/CA action. I am also open for every kind of feedback to make my future movies better.

After continuously displaying the highest level of professional and mature behavior in-and-out-of the game, and while displaying unforeseen competitive acumen, Esports competitors Jon "ohurcool" Thompson and John "Jagriff" Griffin have both signed legal Esports contracts with TOP GUN Esports for the EPIC Games title 'Diabotical', joining the legacy of Esports players who have shared a distinct NA AFPS lineage with the team.

Formerly known as .50 Calibre Gaming in the Painkiller, Doom 3, Quake 3, and Quake 4 scenes, TOP GUN Esports players have more recently competed in Quake Champions Duel, Quake Champions Sacrifice, and Diabotical.

- Tim '.50 DaHanG' Fogarty in 2006-2007 who then was able to join EG, and then Team Liquid
- Chance '.50 Chance' Lacina in 2006-2007 who then was able to join EG
- Tom "TOP GUN Griffin" Wall in 2016-2017 who then was able to join Modus Operandi
- Tony "TOP GUN deathr0w" Stoesz in 2016-2017 who then was able to join Ascent, then Aimscamz.
- Steve "TOP GUN Pit" Biesel who then went on to play for multiple teams.
- Kevin "TOP GUN Kev" McShane who then went on to play for Team Redemption.

TOP GUN Ohurcool and TOP GUN Jagriff continue to outperform in all modes, and will be competing professionally in minor and major events online and in-person.

Announcement of a 1 day cup in memories of astz :

Why?
In memory of Paul "astz" McGarrity we have decided to host a one day 1v1 event in the hopes to raise funds for his family.

All donations made during show matches and the event itself will go to Kathleen (long time gf of astz and mother of their 3 kids). As to make it interesting for the viewers and the players, 20% of the donation will go to form an eventual prizepool.

When?
27/2/2022 14:00 CET
1 day Tournament.

SHOW MATCH THIS FRIDAY 21:30!!

Where?
Coverage by ScrMz : https://www.twitch.tv/scrmzut

TheMrBenpulido released a Quake 4 Gamepack with Quake 2 aesthetics and graphical "enhancements". Inclused all Quake 4 missions. You will need Kmquake2 or Vanilla QUAKE 2 with unofficial patch 3.24 in order to run it.



If you'd like to give it a shot, you can download it via ModDB. Comparison screenshots and gameplay video can be found here



Other links: TheMrBenpulido, Download

On Sunday 27th of February, House of Quake will be hosting a Quake Live CTF 5v5 draft cup. Signups are already open in #ctfdraft on the HoQ Discord.

To participate, you must:

1. Sign in to https://qlstats.net/ and make your stats public
2. Have 20 or more CTF matches played in #ctfpickup on the HoQ Discord
3. Read and follow the rules






good luck & have fun

Freestyle trickjumping on Q2DM1.

I’ve always desired to produce a compilation video of some of the best tricks on the map, there is a lot of never-before-seen tricks and variations as well.

The idea for the level design comes from “The Broken Edge” remake, which was created by DIRTY & DeAdLy[BITCH]es a long time ago. That map has then been heavily modified by ZEROSIGNAL for the purposes of this project. Combined with atmospheric music and a cinematic intro, this version of The Edge is a breath of fresh air in a game that celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Special thanks to ZEROSIGNAL and Draxi for their help and support.

Music:
PHILIP GLAS – KOYAANISQATSI

Greetings to all speedrunning communities.

Thanks for watching

Ladies & gentlemen, I’m proud to present you what will be the following guidelines / rules for an upcoming just for fun (or eventually with a prize pool) tournament on… Doom 3!. Yes, you heard it well, Doom 3 classic multiplayer is back!. Since I started playing D3 multiplayer when it was basically already dead (in 2018 if I’m right), the passion for this game took over so I’ve decided to make a turning point. After all these years of silence, what I simply thought is ‘I need to do something to bring a little light back to this game’ so here I am!. Already started to spread the word among the last “active” players with no very promising results BUT I still managed to get the attention of some important old school player and ending up with a collaboration with some couple of eXg clan members that are helping me a lot with this project and they are also still active/cool players. I think that D3 multiplayer was and still is an underrated yet very exciting experience that needs to be shown to the new generation of fps players.

IMPORTANT: I’ve done my best to be as detailed as I can, sorry for my bad english. Maybe the rules will need some editing or fixing but as long as I’m alone I can’t do too much or cover all the essential things that a respectable tournament should have. I will be more clear if you decide to contact me. I'm open to all kinds of constructive advice / tips.

Now, enough with talking!. All you need to know is stored in these 2 links that I will leave you here below. You can contact the fool behind all this at: [email protected] or simply add me on Steam (My Friend Code is: 857460537)

- 1vs1 TOURNAMENT RULES https://pastebin.com/tfkZNZ9g
- TDM EVENT RULES https://pastebin.com/mkyJtDTF

One special thanks to 5M1L3Z, HavoK!, Henry Sellers, Bonehead and pointb|anK for supporting me with this idea and of course to all of you that will be seriously interested in making this tournament possibile!

Dear ESR Users,

I'm really saddened to let you know that Paul "astz" McGarrity passed away last night.

Most of us knew Paul as a true artisan and member of the UT2004 community. He was a true friend for this community and was a competitive professional player on UT2004. He also played QuakeLive in the early days of the game for team dignitas.
Paul was also a kind and funny guy to spend time with, and a great father for his 3 kids.

I had the pleasure to meet him during a LAN tournament he organised in Dundee, in 2011 (he did the full coverage of the tournament on ESR). I remember having a blast meeting for the first time UT Legends such as ScrMz, Frantic, ecko and of course Paul.

May you rest in peace UT Legend, you will be missed.

For the memories : https://youtu.be/0QAzzyPK4CU

Very sad news from the defrag discord: [fps]rain passed away today from a coronavirus infection, after two weeks in the hospital. He was a top defrag player who finished 13th place in the recent dfwc. Searching his nick on youtube yields many world records he held. rip

edit: not dead afterall

Paul 'czm' Nelson, Quake legend, CPL and QuakeCon champion has solved the subconvexity problem, a problem two steps removed from the Riemann hypothesis. The Riemann hypothesis is one of the most important unsolved problems in pure mathematics and if solved, would help us know more about prime numbers, which are important in all manner of areas including basic cryptography.

In a paper posted in September, Paul Nelson of the Institute for Advanced Study has solved the subconvexity problem, a kind of lighter-weight version of Riemann’s question. The proof is a significant achievement on its own and teases the possibility that even greater discoveries related to prime numbers may be in store.

“It’s a bit of a far-fetched dream, but you could hyper-optimistically hope that maybe we get some insight in how the [Riemann hypothesis] works by working on problems like this,” Nelson said.

He wrote two papers, one in 2020 and one in September of last year that put together solved the subconvexity problem.

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