Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 9 August 2011 to 16:00 CDT, 9 August 2011 Schedule: Passed
The tenth qualifier for the JeeSports Quakelive August 2011 Championship Series will be played Tuesday 9th of August at 12:00 CST. The check-in starts 30min before.
Loser of pummel removes the first map, the winner removes the second map. This continues untill the correct amount is left. Bo1(1) Bo3(3) Bo5(5). Then the winner of pummel picks his map, the loser picks his map after this continues untill no maps are left to pick. For more rules take a look at the rules section.
All rounds are bo1 except for:
Quarter-final bo3
Semi-final bo3
3rd/4th place match bo3
Final bo5
Yesterday evening, the ESL Quakelive Europe staff announced their Country Championship 2011 which should start in September:
The Country Championship is a league, followed by playoffs, in which several Countries fight each other. In the end, one country can crown themselves as best country of 2011! Awards are given to the top 3 countries and stay on the team profiles.
Everyone can become Team Captain for his country, just make sure you convince us, so we know you are the correct person to guide your team!
The mode for this competition isn't yet decided and a poll for the community to choose between CTF 4v4 and TDM 4v4 is running until Sunday 14th!
The Captain applications are also open until Sunday 21st of August. See the details in the announcement.
Only a few days after the end of the action, GreasedScotsman has made available all the demos collected from the QuakeCon 2011 Quakelive Duel and TDM tournaments. For now, they're not on the official website, but on Trance's webspace along with plenty of other events' demos.
Also, the man from Quake-Live.tv started to upload the official VODs on the YouTube channel of the 2011 convention. All of them should be available tonight.
I prepared a coverage post with all the duel and TDM results with links to the demos and known VODs (no result spoilers). And also some more links to galleries and interviews.
Thanks to the QuakeCon 2011 staff and the streaming staff for the good coverage!
Scheduled: 11:00 CDT, 6 August 2011 to 23:55 CDT, 6 August 2011 Schedule: Passed
The Finals of the QuakeCon® 2011 are played the 6th August 2011 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas. The streaming coverage should feature the following commentators: Jehar, GreasedScotsman and 2GD.
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 6 August 2011 to 10:30 CDT, 6 August 2011 Schedule: Passed
The ninth qualifier for the JeeSports Quakelive August 2011 Championship Series will be played Saturday 6th of August at 06:00 CST. The check-in starts 30min before.
Loser of pummel removes the first map, the winner removes the second map. This continues untill the correct amount is left. Bo1(1) Bo3(3) Bo5(5). Then the winner of pummel picks his map, the loser picks his map after this continues untill no maps are left to pick. For more rules take a look at the rules section.
All rounds are bo1 except for:
Quarter-final bo3
Semi-final bo3
3rd/4th place match bo3
Final bo5
Scheduled: 12:00 CDT, 5 August 2011 to 19:20 CDT, 5 August 2011 Schedule: Passed
The QuakeCon® 2011 is taking place from the 4th to the 7th August 2011 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas. It will feature two Quakelive tournaments: Duel and TDM. So far, the streaming coverage will feature the following commentators: Jehar, GreasedScotsman and 2GD.
Friday 5th August
12:00 CDT, 5 August 2011: TDM Group Stage Round 1
13:45 CDT, 5 August 2011: TDM Group Stage Round 2
15:30 CDT, 5 August 2011: TDM Group Stage Round 3
16:30 CDT, 5 August 2011: TDM Playoffs: Round 1
Saturday 6th August
11:00 CDT, 6 August 2011: TDM Bronze Final
14:00 CDT, 6 August 2011: Duel Bronze Final
18:00 CDT, 6 August 2011: TDM Grand Final
19:30 CDT, 6 August 2011: Brink Grand Finals
20:30 CDT, 6 August 2011: Final Quick Drive
21:30 CDT, 6 August 2011: Ultimate Power Up Drawing
22:30 CDT, 6 August 2011: Duel Grand Finals
- 14:00 CDT, 4 August 2011: Welcome and Annual Keynote by John Carmack
- 13:00 CDT, 5 August 2011: Skyrim Presentation by Todd Howard
- 14:30 CDT, 5 August 2011: 20 Years of id Software with John Carmack, Tim Willits, Todd Hollenshead & Kevin Cloud
- 16:00 CDT, 5 August 2011: Ultimate Origins: The Games That Influence Us with Raphael Colantonio, Harvey Smith, Matt Hooper, Marcus Smith
- 17:30 CDT, 5 August 2011: Prey 2 Presentation
- 21:00 CDT, 5 August 2011: Master Pancake Theater: Twilight
- 13:00 CDT, 6 August 2011: Community Managers: Un-moderated! with Abbie Heppe (Respawn), Adam Pyle (id Software), Matt Grandstaff (Bethesda Softworks), Nick Breckon (Bethesda Softworks), Ryan Schneider (Insomniac)
- 14:30 CDT, 6 August 2011: First-person Perspectives with Mackey McCandlish, Drew Murray, Tim Willits, Julien Roby
Scheduled: 14:00 CDT, 4 August 2011 Schedule: Passed
The QuakeCon® 2011 is taking place from the 4th to the 7th August 2011 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas. It will feature two Quakelive tournaments: Duel and TDM. So far, the streaming coverage will feature the following commentators: Jehar, GreasedScotsman and 2GD.
Thursday 4th August
12:30 CDT, 4 August 2011: Duel players meeting
14:00 CDT, 4 August 2011: Duel Group Stage Round 1
15:15 CDT, 4 August 2011: Duel Group Stage Round 2
16:30 CDT, 4 August 2011: Duel Group Stage Round 3
18:45 CDT, 4 August 2011: Duel Playoffs Round 1
20:00 CDT, 4 August 2011: Duel Playoffs Round 2
21:15 CDT, 4 August 2011: Duel Playoffs Round 3
From the twelve competitors that did not advance in group stage, 4 players will be chosen. Not by stats, not by the admins, nor by random choice: 4 players will be chosen by the community via a Community Choice Award Poll that shall be conducted on Facebook.
Friday 5th August
12:00 CDT, 5 August 2011: TDM Group Stage Round 1
13:45 CDT, 5 August 2011: TDM Group Stage Round 2
15:30 CDT, 5 August 2011: TDM Group Stage Round 3
19:30 CDT, 5 August 2011: TDM Playoffs: Round 1
Saturday 6th August
11:00 CDT, 6 August 2011: TDM Bronze Final
14:00 CDT, 6 August 2011: Duel Bronze Final
18:00 CDT, 6 August 2011: TDM Grand Final
19:30 CDT, 6 August 2011: Brink Grand Finals
20:30 CDT, 6 August 2011: Final Quick Drive
21:30 CDT, 6 August 2011: Ultimate Power Up Drawing
22:30 CDT, 6 August 2011: Duel Grand Finals
- 14:00 CDT, 4 August 2011: Welcome and Annual Keynote by John Carmack
- 13:00 CDT, 5 August 2011: Skyrim Presentation by Todd Howard
- 14:30 CDT, 5 August 2011: 20 Years of id Software with John Carmack, Tim Willits, Todd Hollenshead & Kevin Cloud
- 16:00 CDT, 5 August 2011: Ultimate Origins: The Games That Influence Us with Raphael Colantonio, Harvey Smith, Matt Hooper, Marcus Smith
- 17:30 CDT, 5 August 2011: Prey 2 Presentation
- 21:00 CDT, 5 August 2011: Master Pancake Theater: Twilight
- 13:00 CDT, 6 August 2011: Community Managers: Un-moderated! with Abbie Heppe (Respawn), Adam Pyle (id Software), Matt Grandstaff (Bethesda Softworks), Nick Breckon (Bethesda Softworks), Ryan Schneider (Insomniac)
- 14:30 CDT, 6 August 2011: First-person Perspectives with Mackey McCandlish, Drew Murray, Tim Willits, Julien Roby
Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 4 August 2011 to 16:00 CDT, 4 August 2011 Schedule: Passed
The eighth qualifier for the JeeSports Quakelive August 2011 Championship Series will be played Thursday 4th of August at 12:00 CST. The check-in starts 30min before.
Loser of pummel removes the first map, the winner removes the second map. This continues untill the correct amount is left. Bo1(1) Bo3(3) Bo5(5). Then the winner of pummel picks his map, the loser picks his map after this continues untill no maps are left to pick. For more rules take a look at the rules section.
All rounds are bo1 except for:
Quarter-final bo3
Semi-final bo3
3rd/4th place match bo3
Final bo5
Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 2 August 2011 to 16:40 CDT, 2 August 2011 Schedule: Passed
The seventh qualifier for the JeeSports Quakelive August 2011 Championship Series will be played Tuesday 2nd of August at 12:00 CST. The check-in starts 30min before.
Loser of pummel removes the first map, the winner removes the second map. This continues untill the correct amount is left. Bo1(1) Bo3(3) Bo5(5). Then the winner of pummel picks his map, the loser picks his map after this continues untill no maps are left to pick. For more rules take a look at the rules section.
All rounds are bo1 except for:
Quarter-final bo3
Semi-final bo3
3rd/4th place match bo3
Final bo5
Yesterday on Next Evolution's website was announced the recruitment of a Quakelive squad. Sebastian "spart1e" Siira and Kévin "strenx" Baéza are now the two quake duelist who will represent nevo, starting with QuakeCon 2011 in Dallas! The manager for these two players will be Dmitriy "nicerdicer" Khorev, who's also the admin of the JeeSports quake cups.
The announcement also tells us that strenx will be going in Kiev in a few days to boot-camp with the likes of Cypher and av3k. And maybe to play the ASUS Summer 2011 from there. For spart1e, the training plan remains unknown so far.
It was not a secret that Fnatic wouldn't send the two players to QuakeCon and lost interest in Quakelive after the games announcement for the new Intel Extreme Masters season. They also made an announcement to say goodbye to their quakers yesterday.
Next Evolution is a rather new structure in the world of e-sports, their website was just launched a month ago and this is their first Quakelive section. Props to Zac "IMaG" Bell for stepping up in the Quake world in these not so bright days.
Update: The head manager of NeVo has been AFK for 2 weeks and someone decided to "close" the team. Now, spart1e will attend QuakeCon 2011 with his own money (or not) and strenxre-joined Fnatic.
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 31 July 2011 to 11:30 CDT, 31 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The 94th ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday 31st of July. Last week saw lots of great matches with strenx/spart1e, agent/av3k and finally agent vs spart1e! This is the last ZOTAC before QuakeCon 2011 starts on Thursday.
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 30 July 2011 to 10:00 CDT, 30 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The sixth qualifier for the JeeSports Quakelive August 2011 Championship Series will be played Saturday 30th of July at 06:00 CST. The check-in starts 30min before.
Loser of pummel removes the first map, the winner removes the second map. This continues untill the correct amount is left. Bo1(1) Bo3(3) Bo5(5). Then the winner of pummel picks his map, the loser picks his map after this continues untill no maps are left to pick. For more rules take a look at the rules section.
All rounds are bo1 except for:
Quarter-final bo3
Semi-final bo3
3rd/4th place match bo3
Final bo5
Scheduled: 10:00 CDT, 29 July 2011 to 12:31 CDT, 29 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The fourth and LAST qualifier for the ASUS Summer 2011 Quakelive is taking place the 29th of July at 09:00 CST. The registration and check-in is done on #asus.ql 1 hour before starting time. Players need to contact c58|uaShadow.
Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 28 July 2011 to 16:00 CDT, 28 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The fifth qualifier for the JeeSports Quakelive August 2011 Championship Series will be played Saturday 27th of July at 12:00 CST. The check-in starts 30min before.
Loser of pummel removes the first map, the winner removes the second map. This continues untill the correct amount is left. Bo1(1) Bo3(3) Bo5(5). Then the winner of pummel picks his map, the loser picks his map after this continues untill no maps are left to pick. For more rules take a look at the rules section.
All rounds are bo1 except for:
Quarter-final bo3
Semi-final bo3
3rd/4th place match bo3
Final bo5
I've been wanting to run a duel cup on ESL with some alternative maps lately. That wouldn't be a big cup, just something for fun... The idea would be to have duel maps that are never played. I know most of them don't get played because they have poor layouts or just don't fit duel too much... but whatever, it's for fun :)
I don't want a map list with more than 5 maps, and maybe only 3 maps would be even better. So far I would ditch Phrantic and Focal Point... And I'm not too sure about Wargrounds and Concrete Palace.
Scheduled: 10:00 CDT, 27 July 2011 to 14:00 CDT, 27 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The third qualifier for the ASUS Summer 2011 Quakelive is taking place the 27th of July at 09:00 CST. The registration and check-in is done on #asus.ql 1 hour before starting time. Players need to contact c58|uaShadow.
Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 26 July 2011 to 16:00 CDT, 26 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The fourth qualifier for the JeeSports Quakelive August 2011 Championship Series will be played Tuesday 26th of July at 12:00 CST. The check-in starts 30min before.
Loser of pummel removes the first map, the winner removes the second map. This continues untill the correct amount is left. Bo1(1) Bo3(3) Bo5(5). Then the winner of pummel picks his map, the loser picks his map after this continues untill no maps are left to pick. For more rules take a look at the rules section.
All rounds are bo1 except for:
Quarter-final bo3
Semi-final bo3
3rd/4th place match bo3
Final bo5
Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 25 July 2011 to 16:30 CDT, 25 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The 2nd ESL QL CTF Summer cup will be played on Monday 25th of July! The map list will consist of Finnegan's, Shining Forces and Troubled Waters. Iron Works and Japanese Castle will only be extra maps for deciders.
- Date: Monday 25 July
- Check-in: 19:25 - 19:40 CEST
- Start CTF Summer Cup II: 20:00 CEST
- Format: Single Elimination BO3
Map choice process:
- Each team chooses one player. The two players pummel with a stack of 100/100. The winner of the pummel fight choose who picks first.
-The team picking first picks the first map of the match from the 3 maps
- The other team picks the second map from the remaining 2 maps
- In case tie map is needed both teams re-pummel. Looser team drops first from map which wasn't chosen and 2 new maps.
Map list: Finnegan's (P), Shining Forces (P), Troubled Waters (P) - Decider only: Iron Works, Japanese Castle (P)
Update: Due to popular demand, Stonekeep has been replaced by Troubled Waters!
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 23 July 2011 to 10:30 CDT, 23 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The third qualifier for the JeeSports Quakelive August 2011 Championship Series will be played Saturday 23rd of July at 05:00 CST. The check-in starts 30min before.
Loser of pummel removes the first map, the winner removes the second map. This continues untill the correct amount is left. Bo1(1) Bo3(3) Bo5(5). Then the winner of pummel picks his map, the loser picks his map after this continues untill no maps are left to pick. For more rules take a look at the rules section.
All rounds are bo1 except for:
Quarter-final bo3
Semi-final bo3
3rd/4th place match bo3
Final bo5
Scheduled: 10:00 CDT, 22 July 2011 to 13:00 CDT, 22 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The second qualifier for the ASUS Summer 2011 Quakelive is taking place the 22nd of July at 09:00 CST. The registration and check-in is done on #asus.ql 1 hour before starting time. Players need to contact c58|uaShadow.
The QuakeCon staff finally released the list of the invitations for the Intel® QUAKE LIVE Duel Invitational Masters tournament to be played at QuakeCon 2011. The number of invitations was increased from 16 players to 24 players.
Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone Kevin "strenx" Baeza Dan "vamp1re" Bradham Krystof "Krysa" Cerny Jared "cha0ticz" Cugno Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad Brian "dkt" Flander Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty Richard "noctis" Gansterer Shane "rapha" Hendrixson John "ZeRo4" Hill Peter "ventz" Kidson Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski Chance "chance" Lacina Paul "czm" Nelson Pierre-Emeric "l1nkin" Portier Johan "tox" Quick Joshua "ziel" Remington Mariano "BicH1tO" Rossi Timothy "zlr" Shey Ben "Sc00t" Siebert Sebastian "spart1e" Siira Anton "Cooller" Singov Alexey "Cypher" Yanusheuski
The TDM invitations should be released very soon™. All the rules are now available.
Scheduled: 10:00 CDT, 30 July 2011 to 13:00 CDT, 30 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
#cpmduel is running is CPM 1v1 tournament on the 30th of July at 09:00 CST. The maps are cpm1a, cpm3a, cpm15, cpm22 and cpm24. Matches are played as bo3 over Double Elimination brackets. The sign-ups are open on tourney.cc.
Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 21 July 2011 to 15:46 CDT, 21 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The second qualifier for the JeeSports Quakelive August 2011 Championship Series will be played Thursday 21st of July at 12:00 CST. The check-in starts 30min before.
Loser of pummel removes the first map, the winner removes the second map. This continues untill the correct amount is left. Bo1(1) Bo3(3) Bo5(5). Then the winner of pummel picks his map, the loser picks his map after this continues untill no maps are left to pick. For more rules take a look at the rules section.
All rounds are bo1 except for:
Quarter-final bo3
Semi-final bo3
3rd/4th place match bo3
Final bo5
A couple days ago, williebobc published the 5 divisions for the 2nd HoQLeagues CTF 4v4 League. 47 teams signed up and the first matches will start on the 1st of August!
- Match period 1: Monday 1st Aug - 14th Aug - Rounds 1 + 2
- Match period 2: Monday 15th Aug - 28th Aug - Rounds 3 + 4
- Match period 3: Monday 29th Aug - 11th Sept - Rounds 5 + 6
- Match period 4: Monday 12th Sept - 25th Sept - Rounds 7 + 8
- Match period 5: Monday 26th Sept - 9th Oct - Rounds 9 + 10
Scheduled: 14:45 CDT, 20 July 2011 to 15:30 CDT, 20 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
After two successful TDM Summer cups, it's time to praise the flag runners. On Monday 18th of July our first CTF Summer cup will kick off. To get in shape, the first Summer cup will feature the most played CTF maps. Depending on the sign-ups, skill divisions will be made! Again first come, first served policy will be used at check-in.
- Date: Monday 18th July
- Check-in: 19:25 - 19:40 CEST
- Start CTF Summer Cup I: 20:00 CEST
- Format: Single Elimination BO3
Map choice process:
- Each team chooses one player. The two players pummel with a stack of 100/100. The winner of the pummel fight choose who picks first.
- The team picking first picks the first map of the match
- The other team picks the second map
If a decider map is needed
- The team with the most frags decides who starts removing
- In case both teams made the same amount of frags, they both choose a player to pummel again and the winner decides who starts removing
- Both teams take turn in removing maps until only one remains, this map will be played as the decider.
The first qualifier for the ASUS Summer 2011 Quakelive took place today and saw pavel and Amai reaching the top 2. The 2nd qualifier is planned for 10:00 CDT, 22 July 2011.
Note that fazz and av3k are now completing the list for the 8 invited players!
David "Affentod" Hiltscher currently works as the VP of Gaming Communities at Turtle Entertainment, the company behind ESL. Before that he was one of the founders of the German website readmore. At the end of May 2011, he wrote an interesting article on Fragster about the decline of the eSports journalism. The piece is spread in two part articulated around a top10 each: the reasons of a decline and new hopeful trends.
It's only today that a translation to the English language from Philip "Nazroth" Hubner was published on ESFI World.
Of course ESReality is mentioned, as well as maybe other esports websites. Try to guess in which part of the article:
"After the success of Wikipedia, Huffington Post and the reader reporters of the BILD newspaper, a lot of eSport websites were anxious to let the readers do more and more work – not very successfully though. The number of guest articles and interesting blogs on fragster and readmore has constantly declined over the past years. The concept of ESReality also became meaningless, as the website is now mainly used as a platform for advertising by tournament organizations. Gameriot, the American blog-focused website, succeeded temporarily, but is now offline."
The Reloaded VII will take place near Adelaide at the St. Clair Recreation Centre of Woodville from the 15th to the 17th of July.
The LAN party will feature two Quakelive duel tournaments, Pro and Amateurs, run by mick05 from 4Seasons Gaming. These will be played during one day and start on 19:30 CDT, 15 July 2011.
The ASUS Summer 2011 will feature Quakelive once again, but this time the tournament will only be online. The main tournament will be played the 30th of July, just after 4 qualifiers. 8 players will be invited, while 2 players will get a slot from each qualifier.
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 17 July 2011 to 12:00 CDT, 17 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The 92nd ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday 17th of July. Last week strenx added another victory to his achievements after defeating av3k 3 maps to 1 during the final.
The announcement of the games selection for the ESWC 2011 a few weeks ago and for the IEM 6th season today on ESL-World both had something sad in common: they don't feature Quake.
In both case there is no explanation given, and another game is more or less taking over the Quake slot: Counter-Strike: Source in ESWC, and Leagues of Legends in IEM.
I tried to contact ESWC to get a statement, but I didn't receive any reply so far. On Carmac's twitter, IEM's manager, it's also hard to see any explanation on this choice.
Quakelive is now left with 3 major LAN organizations: DreamHack, QuakeCon and ASUS.
Update: I finally got a reply from the new Head of Competition of Games Solutions, Camille Versteeg, mostly known for his work as a CS admin during several tournaments.
"Sorry for replying late, but I'm the new head of competitions at Games Solutions and wanted to clarify the situation of dropping Quakelive as one of our games at the ESWC 2011 event.
ESWC picks it games based on different factors. One of these factors are numbers(mostly generated by the community itself). For example numbers of people subscribing to our website for a certain game, numbers of attendees at previous events, numbers of players/spectators and this year none of our partners showed interest to host a Quakelive qualification. All these numbers and many other factors are taken into account when picking a game. This year we gotten to a point that Quake wasn't viable anymore. The numbers couldn't back up us picking Quakelive. Whether we love the game or not. Dropping Quakelive also has nothing to do with picking up Counter-Strike:Source.
We do understand the disappointment in the community but I think Carmac explained the situation surrounding Quakelive perfectly in his interview
with derQuaker.com.
I hope in the future we'll see a new spark in the FPS duel community which will enable us to pick it up again. Remember to register at the website next season to make sure your game gets a chance of getting picked. It does matters.
If there are any other questions. Please let me know.
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 10 July 2011 to 11:50 CDT, 10 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The 91st ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday 10th of July. Last week saw the victory of av3k over GUard in the final to reach the top2 in the season's rankings!
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 2 July 2011 to 11:00 CDT, 2 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The JeeSports Pro QL 1v1 Invitational #2 is taking place Saturday 11th of June at 06:00 CST. The format used will be Single Elimination with bo3 matches, excepted for the bo5 Final. 125€ will reward the winner.
Scheduled: 01:30 CDT, 3 July 2011 to 12:00 CDT, 3 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
The eSport Universe is taking from the 1st to the 3rd of July at the Flashback of Moscow and is sponsored by ASUS and Intel. The event will host several tournaments for the CIS players: CS 1.6, CS Female, DotA and Quakelive Duel.
The 2nd qualifier of the eSport Universe will be played today around 10:00 CST. Yesterday, pavel took the slot of the first qualifier after defeating ash in the final.
Scheduled: 15:30 CDT, 5 July 2011 to 16:30 CDT, 5 July 2011 Schedule: Passed
Tonight at 14:00 CST sees the last match of the EMS VIII Quakelive TDM 2v2 with its Grand Final on Level Up TV. Coming from the Winner Bracket, Reason Gaming will face Four Kings one more time for a rematch of the WB Final. But this time, the kings will need to win 2 sets to claim a victory.
WB Final - Reason Gaming 2v2 vs Four Kings - 2v2 (Details, Bet)
Just a day after the announcement of the games selection for the Intel Extreme Masters' 6th season and its notable absence of Quake, moppz from derQuaker went to interview Michal "Carmac" Blicharz, Product Manager and the public face of the IEM. The main topics discussed are Quakelive and its community, id Software, LoL and the future of esports.
Here be the mandatory excerpt:
Was it hard for you to drop out Quake Live?
“Of course it was hard to drop Quake Live. It's a fantastic game to watch and Quake is the game that introduced me to the world of professional e-sports. Not only because I like the game, but also many of the top players are my very good friends. [...]"
The interview was made in English and can be read at derQuaker.
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The eSport Universe is a Quakelive Duel tournament on LAN for the players from the CIS. Today its first qualifier started around 08:00 CST and one player will get his slot along with the invited duelists.
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 26 June 2011 to 11:00 CDT, 26 June 2011 Schedule: Passed
The 89th ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday 26th of June. Last week saw the victory of k1llsen against burn3d in 3 straight maps during the final!
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 25 June 2011 to 10:00 CDT, 25 June 2011 Schedule: Passed
The JeeSports Open QL 1v1 Cup #13 is taking place Saturday 25th. The tourney will start at 06:00 CST, with check-in 30 minutes before. The last cup was won by fazz, but dem0n took the invitation!
The Lille Arena will take place in Lille from the 1st to the 3rd of July and should see the finals of the French "Masters" circuit, a poker tournament and of course a traditional BYOC LAN party with its video games tournaments.
One of them will be a Quakelive Duel tournament and should feature hardware prizes to be announced. The rules and layout should be similar to the ones used during DreamHack Summer 2011. A few TDM & CTF exhibition matches are also planned.
More informations should follow as soon as the prizes are announced! CRT monitors can be rented during the event for 30€ and the entry fee is about the same price (or 25€ before the 24th of June).
Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 22 June 2011 to 17:30 CDT, 22 June 2011 Schedule: Passed
The 2nd TDM Pre-Summer Cup will be played Wednesday 22nd starting at 12:00 CST. The cup will use SE Brackets and bo3 matches and feature two divisions. The sign-ups are already open.
- Check-in: 11:30 CST - 11:45 CST
- IRC: #esl.quakelive
- Single Elimination / bo3
- Max. teams per division: 16
- Maplist: Deep Inside(P), Intervention(P), Purgatory(P), Dreadful Place(P), Realm Of Steel Rats(P), Hidden Fortress, Grim Dungeons
- To avoid premium map problems during the cup, we strongly recommend each team to have at least one Pro member so standard players can be invited to the server. If a team has problems due to not having Premium/Pro, they will automatically forfeit the map.
Also, the Div2 Bronze Final from the first cup between Rebels and Elite Killers is taking place tonight at 13:00 CST.
Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 19 June 2011 to 16:00 CDT, 19 June 2011 Schedule: Passed
The 5th FFA tournament will be played this Sunday starting at 12:00 CST and on German server location. Last week visje won his 2nd tournament in a row!
During the last tournament a lot of players were playing with more or less the same composition of players during the entire tournament. This is taken care of, from now on each round will generate random groups.
Map list will be Retribution, Cobalt Station, Overkill, Grim Dungeons, Quarantine, Deep Inside and Campgrounds.
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 19 June 2011 to 11:00 CDT, 19 June 2011 Schedule: Passed
The 88th ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday 19th of June. Because all the pros will be busy at the DreamHack event, the cup will be very open!
Scheduled: 03:00 CDT, 18 June 2011 to 17:00 CDT, 18 June 2011 Schedule: Passed
The first day of the DreamHack Summer 2011 is starting Saturday 18th at 02:00 CST with the Duel tournament. Below you can find the schedule and streaming informations.
Made with Wolfcam and Vegas. Footage from CA, CTF, FFA and Duel.
After over 8 months of procrastination and near abandonment, it's finished. It was initially planned to be much longer, but time constraints and other demands in my life have kept it short and sweet.
Leftover footage from the cooller video. There was no editing done apart from throwing the clips together though 2 of the segments were originally trailer ideas etc that were scrapped.
Scheduled: 14:30 CDT, 16 June 2011 to 15:30 CDT, 16 June 2011 Schedule: Passed
The European ESL Quakelive staff is organizing two TDM 4v4 cups before and after DreamHack Summer 2011. The cups will be played on a single day using SE Brackets and bo3 matches, and will feature two divisions. The first one will take place on Wednesday 15th at 12:00 CST and its sign-ups are already open.
- Check-in: 11:30 CST - 11:45 CST
- IRC: #esl.quakelive
- Single Elimination / bo3
- Max. teams per division: 16
- Maplist: Deep Inside(P), Intervention(P), Purgatory(P), Dreadful Place(P), Realm Of Steel Rats(P), Hidden Fortress, Grim Dungeons
- To avoid premium map problems during the cup, we strongly recommend each team to have at least one Pro member so standard players can be invited to the server. If a team has problems due to not having Premium/Pro, they will automatically forfeit the map.
The 2nd cup should be played on Wednesday 22nd June, at the same time.
Update: The Div2 final between e-violence and wreCkamob will be played tonight at 13:30 CST. Streaming on Level Up TV.
The DreamHack Summer 2011, from Saturday 18th to Monday 20th June in Jönköping, will be hosting 3 Quakelive tournaments: The Duel and TDM DreamHack Medion Championship and the Quakelive TONY FFA.
From this coverage page, you can have access to:
- Page 1 - Duel tournament details and results
- Page 2 - TDM tournament details and results
- Page 3 - FFA tournament details and results
- Page 4 - Day 1 Schedule and VODs
- Page 5 - Day 2 Schedule and VODs
- Page 6 - Day 3 Schedule and VODs
- Page 7 - Rankings and Prize money
- Page 8 - Coverages, Interviews & Galleries links
- Page 9 - Streamings links & informations
It seems today was a good day to release the schedule for the Quakelive competitions to take place during the DreamHack Summer 2011! Both the Duel and TDM tournaments will be played on Saturday and Sunday. Needless to say the schedule is very tight with so many matches to happen only in 2 days. The TONY FFA Special still is planned for Monday, probably starting in the morning.
Note that the playoff placements will now be randomized. Warm-up starts at 00:00 CST on Saturday.
Scheduled: 12:00 CDT, 14 June 2011 to 13:00 CDT, 14 June 2011 Schedule: Passed
Update: The Grand Final between 4Kings and Reason Gaming will be played tomorrow at 11:00 CST.
During the last ASUS Spring, the QL TDM Show match was canceled due to delays. The ROCCAT prizes planned for this match now became the prizes for an online TDM Cup organized by the c58 guys. The Team tournament will take place Monday 13th of June, starting at 06:00 CST. You will be able to register your team on that day from 05:00 CST after contacting c58|uaShadow in #asus.ql.
The tournament will use a Double elimination tree, with bo3 matches in WB, bo1 in LB and bo5 for the final. A maximum of 16 teams will be playing. The map list will consist of Deep Inside, Dreadful Place, Grim Dungeons, Hidden fortress, Intervention, Purgatory and Realm of Steel Rats.
Last but not least, the winning team will be rewarded with the prize offered by ROCCAT: Soup (each player of the team will get some!).
Scheduled: 12:00 CDT, 5 June 2011 to 16:00 CDT, 5 June 2011 Schedule: Passed
The DreamHack QL TDM Cup by JeeSports is an online TDM cup organized by JeeSports in partnership with DreamHack, Medion and Plantronics, and will serve as a qualifier for the DreamHack Medion Championship (QL TDM).
The tournament will be played Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of June 2011, starting at 06:00 CST on Saturday. The matches will be streamed on Level Up TV with Disrepute and vor.
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 5 June 2011 to 12:00 CDT, 5 June 2011 Schedule: Passed
The 86th ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday 5th of June. The previous edition saw the mighty strenx falling against the Polish wonderboy av3k after a 5-mapper (VOD, Demos).
Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 6 June 2011 to 17:00 CDT, 6 June 2011 Schedule: Passed
The Finals of the ESL Duel Fever will be played Monday 6th June, starting at 12:00 CST. 15 players to take place in the brackets are already know. And 1 is still to qualify this Sunday, 12:00 CST during the last cup (Sign up), and to take randallFlagg's slot!
- Maps: Aerowalk, Blood Run, Campgrounds, Furious Heights, Hektik, Lost World, Toxicity
- Map choice: A remove, B remove, A pick, B pick, A remove, B remove
- Structure: Single Elimination
- Matches: bo3, bo5 final
- Date: 13:00 CDT, 6 June 2011
- Prizes: 1st - 3months Premium, 2nd- 2months Premium, 3rd- 1month Premium
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 29 May 2011 to 11:10 CDT, 29 May 2011 Schedule: Passed
The 85th ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday 28th of May. The previous edition was won by Cooller who just registered his 3rd victory in this 2nd season.
Scheduled: 05:00 CDT, 28 May 2011 to 14:00 CDT, 28 May 2011 Schedule: Passed
The ASUS Spring 2011 Quake Live! Masters is taking place Saturday 28th of May at the CyberSports Arena in Kiev. The top4 players from each group will go to Playoffs. These will be played as bo3 over Single Elimination.
00:30 CST: Registration - setup
01:00 CST: LAN Qualifier (Canceled)
04:00 CST: Masters starts
09:30 CST: Final on stage
10:20 CST: TDM Show game (canceled?)
12:00 CST: Award ceremony
The 3rd round in the playoff of the EMS VIII Quakelive TDM 2v2 is starting tonight at 13:00 CST with LB Round 3: HARD vs [E]. Then the Winner Bracket Final will follow on Wednesday evening, same time: [R] vs 4Kings.
Last week, HARD defeated the russians from IP in the Loser Brackets after 3 close maps (vod1, vod2).
LB Round 3
14:00 CDT, 24 May 2011: hardcore vs Excelsior 2v2 (Details, Bet)
WB Final
14:00 CDT, 25 May 2011: Reason Gaming 2v2 vs Four Kings - 2v2 (Details, Bet)
This 2nd playoff round of the EMS VIII Quakelive TDM 2v2 will be played Wednesday evening at 13:00 CST. Last week, Serious Gaming 2v2 were removed after their 2nd noshow in the tournament.
WB Round 2 Reason Gaming 2v2 vs Excelsior 2v2 (Details) Four Kings - 2v2 vs hardcore (Details, VOD)
Scheduled: 09:00 CDT, 20 May 2011 to 12:30 CDT, 20 May 2011 Schedule: Passed
The last qualifier for the ASUS Spring 2011 Quake Live! Masters is taking place this Friday. The cup will be played on a Single Elimination brackets with bo1 matches, excepted for the semis and the final which will be bo3. The winner will have his ticket to Kiev paid by ASUS!
Maps: Aerowalk, Blood Run, Dismemberment, Furious Heights, Hektik, Lost World, Vertical Vengeance
With the recent addition of fresh blood in its admin squad, the ESL Quakelive European section is organizing a Duel Fever competition in the coming 3 weeks. The tournament will consist of 4 qualifying cups, played as bo1 with fixed maps on double elimination, and a final bracket for the top4 of each qualifier.
ESL Premium months and awards will reward the winners of the Final Bracket.
Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 15 May 2011 to 13:20 CDT, 15 May 2011 Schedule: Passed
The 83rd ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday 15th of May. Some news from the organizers regarding last week's 2 DH Summer 2011 slots and Nikita113's case are awaited.
Scheduled: 09:00 CDT, 13 May 2011 to 12:43 CDT, 13 May 2011 Schedule: Passed
The third qualifier for the ASUS Spring 2011 Quake Live! Masters is taking place this Friday. The cup will be played on a Single Elimination brackets with bo1 matches, excepted for the semis and the final which will be bo3. The winner will have his ticket to Kiev paid by ASUS!
Maps: Aerowalk, Blood Run, Dismemberment, Furious Heights, Hektik, Lost World, Vertical Vengeance
Scheduled: 09:00 CDT, 6 May 2011 to 12:50 CDT, 6 May 2011 Schedule: Passed
The second qualifier for the ASUS Spring 2011 Quake Live! Masters is taking place this Friday. The cup will be played on a Single Elimination brackets with bo1 matches, excepted for the semis and the final which will be bo3. The winner will have his ticket to Kiev paid by ASUS!
Maps: Aerowalk, Blood Run, Dismemberment, Furious Heights, Hektik, Lost World, Vertical Vengeance
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Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad
Peter "Ventz" Kidson
Richard "noctis" Gansterer
Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski
Mariano "BicH1tO" Rossi
Krystof "Krysa" Cerny
Dmitriy "nicerdicer" Khorev, who's also the admin of the JeeSports quake cups.
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