Officially retired from eSports this year and currently a car sellsman, Cooller can be considered to be Russia’s greatest FPS player ever. He was incredibly successful in Quake III and Quake IV, but he also played his part in Quake Live. The Russian has represented teams such as mousesports and Moscow Five during his career.

It all started in 2002 at 15 years old, when the back then young Russian went to the World Cyber Games. This was the kick start for a great career, winning several major events, including ESWC,QLAN,CPL Winter 2005, WSVG Sweden ,Extreme Masters European Championship, and Dreamhack.

He was renowned for his sometimes controversial remarks, but also by his think-based style and great timing. Over his career he racked up around $150,000 in prizes.

The Italian Stallion, one of the most successful Professional Gamer in the last 10 years, has played 9 different games including Quake III Arena, PainKiller, FIFA, Quake IV and of course Quake Live. Over the course of his time, stermy has built his own name and became successful both as a gamer and businessman.

When he was 15 he attended the World Cyber Games in South Korea representing Italy in the Quake III tournament, being one of the youngest contestant at the time. Even though he didn’t have major success this tournament, it was followed up by some great performances, with top placements in the CPL PainKiller World Tour, WSVG in Quake IV, and captaining the CGS team San Francisco Optx to a second place in the World Finals, playing FIFA.

After a successful run in Quake Live, both in duel and team tournaments, the Italian now plays for the best ShootMania team in the world – and he gives back to eSports by sponsoring players and hosting the UGC.

Noobie Tuesday
- 21:00 CET start, 20:00 CET check-in
- Max. Level 4 (1250 ELO)
- Sign-up here

Rookie Tuesday
- 21:00 CET start, 20:00 CET check-in
- Max. Level 6 (1550 ELO)
- Sign-up here

Veteran Tuesday
- 21:00 CET start, 20:00 CET check-in
- Max. Level 8 (1850 ELO)
- Sign-up here

Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.

Map pool:
Silence
Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Hektik
Blood Run
Toxicity

All three cups will have the same prizes.
Total: $7,50

- 1st place – 4$
- 2nd place – 2$
- 3rd/4th – 1$
- 5th/8th – 0.5$

You can withdraw the money won, or use it on FACE N GOs or Series tournaments on the website.

ELO based Skill Level:
A skill level system from 1 to 10 for Quake Live players has been implemented. From now on your skill level on FACEIT is going to be based on this number. Your skill level is initially based on your QLranks ELO rank and will change as you play on FACEIT. Levels are calculated based on the following table:

- Level 1 ELO from 1 to 800
- Level 2 ELO from 801 to 950
- Level 3 ELO from 951 to 1100
- Level 4 ELO from 1101 to 1250
- Level 5 ELO from 1251 to 1400
- Level 6 ELO from 1401 to 1550
- Level 7 ELO from 1551 to 1700
- Level 8 ELO from 1701 to 1850
- Level 9 ELO from 1851 to 2000
- Level 10 ELO above 2001

The FACEIT staff will be reviewing ELO scores periodically and has the right to change the above table at any time. Matches played on FACEIT are reviewed on a continuous basis by our control software and any player caught losing ELO instrumentally with the purpose to gain access to lower level cups will be banned from the site.

Series Tournaments:
Series tournaments have been released. These tournaments allow players to join the tournament at different stages and win different prizes based on the number of matches won in a row. To play there is no need to be online at the same time as all other players. You can decide to play or cash out from certain stages at any time. No rush for the 3pm tournaments from now on, just play when you feel like it!

Automatic Updater:
From now on your Quake Live stats and the stats of your friends will be continuously updated on FACEIT even if you don-t play for a while. This is yet another step forward towards updating you of all your friends and favourite pros gaming activities.

Team matches:
Some Clan Arena FACE'N'GOs are now available. you can join them with your team or be part of a random team. These will initially be available only for free matches. More will be added depending on demand for them.

Minor improvements:
- Sound when receiving chat messages has been implemented
A chat is now available in the tournament page for all users subscribed
- New layout of the tournaments page has been implemented
When a user does not show on the platform for a certain amount of time, it will now be marked as offline
- Search bar in friends tab has been implemented
- Team function has been improved with notifications for entering rooms
- Notifications when FACE'N'GO starts have been implemented
- Sorting of tables is now available in the dashboard
- Smooth animations and transitions have been integrated around the platform
- Avatar upload feature has been improved and now includes a size and crop feature

Bug fixing:
- FACE'N'GOs are now working properly. Bugs relating to the starting countdown have been fixed
- Cash withdrawal button is now fixed for all users
- Tournament BO3 and BO5 is now showing the exact result of the match rather than just the result of the winning player
- Users with higher skill level don't have access to tournaments reserved for lower skill levels
- General bug fixing activity around team functionalities
- Proper labels for game mode (e.g. duel, CA, CTF,e tc.) have been implemented
- Timezone issues have been fixed. The timezone of all the platform activities and statistics will now be based on the same timezone as set on the computer you are connected with
- Stability and scalability have been improved significantly. The platform should now be stable at any amount of connections with significantly reduced downtimes.
- A significant under the hood work on data storage has been made, which allows us to implement a gaming activity feed in the next release