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IEM5 European Championship Finals - VODs (39 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 07:40 CST, 27 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Most of the VODs and demos from the

European Finals of the IEM5 at Kiev have now been uploaded. So here are the links where you'll be able to find all the Quakelive goodies. In bold are the recommended Group Stage matches after the polls made on ESR.

Note that the demos from this part of the tournament are nowhere to be found. If any player who saved them would like to share his demos or if anything is missing in this post: Please let us know!

Day 1

Day 2

Playoffs

Also,

SeriousQuakeLive has started putting demoVODs online if you want to dig that path.

Links: ESL TV, Level Up TV

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IEM5 European Championship Finals - Day4 (991 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Demiurge @ 07:15 CST, 26 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Scheduled: 09:00 CST, 23 January 2011 to 13:00 CST, 23 January 2011
Schedule: Passed

The European Championship Finals of the Intel Extreme Masters Season 5 is now over in Kiev. The finals consisted of the three absolutely amazing games, and the best player has come out on top to the great satisfaction of his many fans.

Final Standing

Cooller - $4,000
av3k - $2,500
strenx - $1,150
4th. Cypher - $750
5-6th. k1llsen, fazz - $500
7-8th. Spart1e, noctis - $400
9-10th. madix, tox1c - $350
11-12th. GoHLink, zsx - $300

Playoff results

Quake Live Group Results

Stream links

Groups: QuakeLive, StarCraft II / Brackets: QuakeLive, StarCraft II
Links: European Championship Finals, Schedule -

Coverage: Level Up TV, SK, Fnatic, TEK9, TL, ESFI, Razer,

Fragster,

FFF,

DerQuaker,

Quakelive.sk
Galleries: ESL, Fnatic, Reason, Fragster, vh

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Cooller IEM V Euro Champion interview (175 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 19:28 CST, 23 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

With his victory in the final of the IEM V European Championships

Anton "Cooller" Singov has finally made his way back to the top of the world of Quake and acquired a major title after so many thought his time to be a champion had been and gone.

How has Cooller changed his approach to ztn, a map he was one the maestro of, to defeat an

av3k who has defeated him on it seemingly every time they have met? Did Cooller ever lose hope during his quest to become a champion again that he could see it through and reach his goal?

The interview can be viewed at SK Gaming.

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IEM5 European Championship Finals (2 comments)

( Gallery: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 19:09 CST, 23 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

A collection of pictures from the European Championship Finals of the Intel Extreme Masters Season 5 in Kiev.

Cooller - $4,000
av3k - $2,500
strenx - $1,150

Pictures from

esl-world.net, taken by P. Bownik.

First Image >>

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Carmac: "least unfair as possible" (164 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 12:49 CST, 23 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Michal "Carmac" Blicharz, ESL's Product Manager for the IEM, spoke in a video interview at length about all of the significant circumstances and factors surrounding the controversial pause, power outage and subsequent recreation of the final moments during the Cooller-Strenx fifth map.

Carmac explains that the lag on the LAN server was a result of power problems spiking the server. He says the power went out in the surrounding area of Kiev not just the Cyber Sport Arena. Carmac explains ESL's decision to recreate the conditions for the final moments of the game and his questioning on Strenx not pausing himself . Should the game have been paused at that moment in the first place?

The interview can be viewed at SK Gaming.

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Cooller post-Strenx match interview (15 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 11:42 CST, 23 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Following a thrilling and unexpected end to the last map of his semi-final vs.

Strenx the ever popular

Anton "Cooller' Singov spoke in a video interview about the controvertial pause/power outage incident and his thoughts on the upcoming final.

What was Cooller's reaction to being killed by Strenx to send the game to overtime? Answering a later question Cooller uses the phrase "biggest epic fail" in what context? What does Cooller think of his matchup vs.

av3k being as he had said he preferred av3k over Cypher?

The interview can be viewed at SK Gaming.

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IEM EU Group Stage Movie - Part 1 (6 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by ODEE @ 19:36 CST, 22 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Team Dignitas have been following their players at the Intel Extreme Masters EU Finals over the past few days. Today they have released their first movie from the event, it shows Swedish dueller

Michael "Mad1x" Hindersson talking to fellow Swede

Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira following his defeat to

K1llsen.

The video also shows scenes from Kiev and the CyberSport Arena along with Starcraft II footage featuring

Jeffrey "SjoW" Brusi.

The 13.13 minute movie can be viewed on the Team Dignitas website.

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Cooller: hope av3k wins vs. Cypher (38 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 10:57 CST, 22 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Following his series victory over

k1llsen the Russian duel maestro

Anton "Cooller" Singov discussed the two upcoming semi-finals: his own vs.

Strenx and the battle of two of his toughest opponents in

Cypher and

av3k.

What is Cooller's response to Strenx's theory that he tries to anger the Frenchman in their battles? What is Cooller's reaction to the comment in a recent Cypher interview that the Belarusian doesn't think Cooller can beat him?

The interview can be viewed at SK Gaming.

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av3k: want to play perfect [vs. Cypher] (11 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 08:56 CST, 22 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Following his quarter-final victory over

fazz

Maciek 'av3k' Krzykowski discussed his thoughts on his performance in the IEM V European Championship Finals so far and looked towards his matchup against

Cypher in the semi-finals.

What does av3k guess is the key

Strenx said he had figured out to defeating the Pole? Why is av3k one of the only people who can beat Cypher right now? In what way does av3k seek to return to the top of Quake?

The interview can be viewed at SK Gaming

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Rakaka interviews cypher and strenx (3 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by blaze @ 05:29 CST, 22 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The Swedish e-sport site

Rakaka is on site in Kiev and had the opportunity to sit down with a few of the Quakers.
Hellspawn sits down with

strenx and

Cypher and asks them how they feel about going at it in Kiev, their current skill level and a bit of the future of Quake.

Strenx: "On lan I feel comfortable, I play the same at I would in Zotac. I'm not afraid to do a thing that I would do, for example in Zotac to try some things, Risky maybe. On lan before I was really afraid.."

Cypher: "I am more calm in the game, I am more sure in myself and more confident versus everybody I play. It really helps me a lot because I'm not afraid to lose."

For those interested there's an interview with Spart1e (unfortunately in Swedish) at rakaka as well.

Links: Rakaka :: strenx :: cypher :: Spart1e (Swedish)

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IEM5 European Championship Finals - Day3 (1188 comments)

( Major News: QL SC2)

Posted by Slasher @ 04:49 CST, 22 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Scheduled: 04:00 CST, 23 January 2011 to 13:00 CST, 23 January 2011
Schedule: Passed

The European Championship Finals of the Intel Extreme Masters Season 5 group stage is now over and continues with the bracket playoffs.

All Group Stage VOD's are now uploaded. Mid-event/group stage video interviews with Cypher 1, Cypher 2, strenx 1, strenx 2, k1llsen, fazz, Spart1e, Madix have been added.

ESL TV is proposing a premium stream special offer for 3.99�.

Joe,

calipt (QL) and

RotterdaM (SC2) will be the commentators on the main ESL TV stream. There will also be a second stream covering SC2, as well Russian and Polish streams.

Also, Level Up TV with nVc, Slasher, Stermy, Fishstix, ischju and friends will cover most of the Quakelive matches! Join

#lvl^ for the chat / flood during the matches. You can find more details about all the streams available on the schedule page.

Update: Bronze final game will be played at 07:00 CDT instead of originally announced 11:45 CDT.

Finals

Playoff results

Quake Live Group Results

Prize money

Stream links

Groups: QuakeLive, StarCraft II / Brackets: QuakeLive, StarCraft II
Links: European Championship Finals, Schedule -

Coverage: Level Up TV, SK, Fnatic, TEK9, TL, ESFI, Razer,

Fragster,

FFF,

DerQuaker,

Quakelive.sk
Galleries: ESL, Fnatic, Reason, Fragster, vh

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Cypher: "Usually I do not like my game" (17 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 18:25 CST, 21 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

While the IEM proceeds,

fragster talked to a self-aware

Alexey "Cypher Yanushevsky. With losing just one single map he advanced to the playoffs. In the interview the Belarusian talks about a demolished mouse, his match against Cooller and his little secrets regarding the game.

Do you see any chance for Cooller winning a Quake Live title? He was quite close at Quakecon where he lost the final against you. He has not got any awards on his Quake Liive site so far.

Cypher: On Quakecon he had his best shape since now, there was everything perfect for him. Of course he lost to Spart1e in the Winnerbracket final but on the last day we played versus Cooller in about 20 practise games. After that he had a good warmup with me so he played better. He was in perfect conditions but I still managed to win against him. It will be very hard to see Cooller to play the way he did at Quakecon.

Read the full interview in

English or in

German.

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Strenx: impossible for me to beat Cypher (48 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 15:44 CST, 21 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

After topping Group A at the IEM V European Championship Finals

Kevin "Strenx" Baeza explained that for him right now it is impossible to beat Cypher.

What moment in the match vs.

av3k caused Strenx to sing "I believe I can fly"? Why is it impossible for him to beat

Cypher? What tactic will he use against

Cooller, that Cooller has been using on him, should they meet in the semi-final?

The interview can be viewed at SK Gaming.

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k1llsen: not confident (11 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 13:45 CST, 21 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

After losing to av3k and finishing 3rd in his group

Marcel "k1llsen" Paul explained that he hasn't felt confident during the entire IEM V European Championship Finals due his settings feeling off.

Did k1llsen feel

av3k was beatable going into the series? Why is

Cooller his most feared opponent in the tournament? Will k1llsen take time off after this event or launch straight into preparation for the World Championships?

The interview can be viewed at SK Gaming.

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fazz: "don't consider myself a pro" (19 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 11:28 CST, 21 January 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

After securing his spot in the playoffs of the IEM V European Championships with a win in his final game in Group B

Pelle 'Fazz' S�derman spoke in a video interview about his tournament so far.

How did

Cooller accidentally contribute to fazz's loss to Cypher? Did

noctis' tilt affect their series? Which of Group A's players would fazz rather face in the next round? What is the status of fazz's Quake career right now?

The interview can be viewed at SK Gaming.

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