Five matches, two wins – sadly three losses. Fragster sat down at CeBIT for an interview with Daniel "dandaking" De Sousa and mickzerofive from 4seasonsGaming. They are not only talking about the group stage B and the really great chances for the australian eSport scene, but also their upcoming plans.

fragster: I'm here with dandaking from Australia. Daniel, yesterday you said something like "I need a minute – heart beating" in your ingame-chat – why, what was going on?

Daniel 'dandaking' de Sousa: Because I was up, i think, 7:1 at the start on t7 versus Spart1e and then he starts a comingback and it was 7:6 and I was like getting really nervous, because I was fright that he's gonna get the kill. And then I got a kill after that and I won 8:6 and I was going really crazy, because I can't believe it – I was in shock, I guess.

Links: Interview (German version), Fragster IEM Coverage, Quake @ Fragster

Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira just attend on IEM World Championship Finals. He had a really good start at group stage, but lost at semifinals to the American Quake player Shane "rapha" Hendrixson. In an interview with fragster, which has been made before the second semifinal he's talking about his preparation and other stuff.

Would you agree that it's a great job by yourself go straight ahead to the semifinals? You were able to participate in so many tournaments – often it works, sometimes you're going down really fast. Was it a highlight for you?

Spart1e: It depends, really. I'm not really happy with the fourth place, but if I manage to win the third place-game tomorrow and place third, then I will be happy about my performance. I played really bad actually in the semifinal against rapha today and if it's the same tomorrow I will be really disappointed about myself.

Interview: English version (German version), Fragster IEM Coverage, Quake @ Fragster

After the preview video for DreamHack Winter 2010 the well known movie editor Djordje "zeroql" Simonovic released another movie. In cooperation with fragster he took a look at some new trickjumps, which are able due the ramp jump option. Reaching Higher Grounds is the name of his latest movie with jumps performed by players like Richard "noctis" Gansterer or Kevin "issue" Mischker.

Go check it out at fragster.de

The EPS-Player Philipp "reload" Kotecki participated as one of the underdogs in the last chance qualifier for the European Mainround of the 5th Intel Extreme Masters season. During that tournament he had to play against a few of the top players, like another EPS-Player Sebastian "abso" Wanek or Alessandro "stermy" Avallone. stermy was his opponent in the semi-final and reload managed to put up a decent fight against the italian powerhouse. He also had to face the Dignitas player Dan "zsx" Sanders.

Fragster.de took his demos from both games and uploaded them as videos.

Links: Demo vs zsx, Demos vs stermy

The EuroCup match between xentorium and 4Kings was the first one in the current season. I guess most of the vieweres were seeing 4Kings as the favorite and that they will smash their opponents. But especially Mikael "PURRI" Tarvainen proved them wrong and pulled out an amazing performance for his team. Whilst he made 39 frags on Deep Inside he managed to get a few more, 46, on Dreadful Place and was the key player, who keept the scores between both teams pretty close. Fragster.de took his demos from both maps and them as video, which you can find on fragster.de.

PoV-Video at Fragster.de

Gametype: TDM 4v4
Map: N/A
Mod: Team Death Match
Viewpoint: PURRI
How to play back QL demos


xentorium (PURRI) vs. 4Kings EC XXII

Deep Inside and Realm of the Steelrats

Hey guys,

is anyone remebering the results of some quake tournaments at DreamHack Summer 2005 and/or earlier?

Cheers

Magnus 'fox' Olsson had low expectations when he arrived in Cologne for the IEM European Championship Finals and thought to be knocked out in the groupstage. But he managed to finish second in his group and is going to play against his teammate Cooller in the playoffs. fragster sat down with the Swede who explained why he did not put much time into his preparations.

You reached the playoffs, but before the event you said that you might get raped and lose to noctis. In both cases you were wrong. Are you getting better from game to game here in Cologne?

fox: I don't think so. noctis played below his level and that's one of the reasons why I was able to beat him, but I'm definitely satisfied. I was not excepting it, I was like 70 percent sure that I get knocked out in the groupstage.

English version // German version

by Fragster

It's been a while since id Software released the latest and very important update for Quake Live which included changes of the hitboxes and the damage output of the LightningGun. Enough reasons for Fragster.de to sit down and talk with a few top players to catch some opinions about the new patch. If you want to know what people like Kristian "Ironbyte" Nygren, Michael "madix" Hindersson or Anton "Cooller" Singov are thinking about the new patch don't hesitate and find it out here.

English Version // German Version

If you are a fan of John "ZeRo4" Hill you should also check out the first part of a portrait about the american quake player, which you can find here (German only).

An American trio of Quake players will participate at the Quake Live tournament at the DreamHack Winter event. One of them is Brian "dkt" Flander, who managed to show a good offline performance at the QuakeCon 2009. Fragster.de spoke with him about the IEM American Finals, the upcoming DreamHack and the American Quake scene.

Who will be the toughest opponent in Jönköping?
dkt: Probably Cypher. He is a great player. He has very solid aim and positioning and his mental game is underrated. There are many European players who are very good. I think Cooller will be better at this tournament than he was in Dubai and I think fox/DaHanG will also be very good

Spart1e, who managed to beat you twice at QuakeCon, is also attending at DreamHack. Can you take him down this time in his home country just like he did to you?
dkt: Hopefully, he is a very good player, but I feel I'm better than I was at QuakeCon. I don't know how much he has practiced or anything, but it would be fun to play against him again.

Read the full interview on Fragster.de ( English version or German version).

Source: DreamHack Winter 2009-Coverage

Around five months ago Fragster.de introcuded a download base, with demos and maps from games like Quake, Counter-Strike, Warcraft, DotA and CS: Source. From then the base kept growing and so did the Quake area. The Quake Live section includes over 250 demos from almost every game mode. Especially during the last days we've added a lot of new demos from the latest tournaments and matches.

Do you prefer to watch some "pros" playing a Duel? Or are you more the fan of Team Deathmatch? ESL Major Series, IEM Europe Qualification Cups, Zotac-Cup...We got everything you want.


Remember, those are just our latest additions. More can be found in our QL Demo Archive. You can even upload your own Demos. How? Checkout the gallery in this news.

Gametype: Duel
Map: Various Maps
Mod: N/A
Viewpoint: linkoo
How to play back QL demos


In-eye demos from linkoo in the IEM #3-qualifier.

Including the following matches:

vs tox1c (t9)
vs tox1c (dm13)
vs fooKi (t7)
vs fooKi (dm13)
vs kRoNic (t7)
vs kRoNic (dm13)
vs kRoNic (t9)

Source: fragster.de

InEye Demos from Z4muZ during the second IEM qualifier, including seven overtimes on dm13 against GaRpY.

Tournament tree

Z4muZ vs. x1ks
Z4muZ vs. Pilot
Z4muZ vs. 1o1
Z4muZ vs. GUard
Z4muZ vs. GaRpY


Source: fragster.de

Gametype: Duel
Map: Various Maps
Mod: N/A
Viewpoint: strenx
How to play back QL demos


In-eye demos from strenx in ZOTAC Quake Live Cup #6.

Including the following matches:

vs AllteR (t9)
vs AllteR (dm13)
vs linkoo (t7)
vs linkoo (t9)
vs Cooller (dm6)
vs Cooller (dm13)
vs Cooller (t9)

Source: fragster.de

The winner of ESWC Masters of Athen, QuakeCon 2009 and the IEM4 Cologne Global Challenge, Shane "rapha" Hendrixson has been interviewed by Fragster.de right after his victory at GamesCom. He speaks about the final, where he managed to defeat his opponent Richard "noctis" Gansterer, his play style and more.

Fragster: If I'm right the fifth map would have been dm6. A map which you lost to spart1e at QuakeCon. Do you think that you would have been able to take it against noctis?
rapha: [...] noctis is a very good dm6-player, very unique style. Nobody else plays it like him and I think it would have been a very tight game. It would have come down to who handles their nerves the best, I think.

English version / German version

It's been a while since Fragster.de had their last fan special with a Quake player. Back then the people could ask no one else than Marcel "k1llsen" Paul whatever they wanted to know. Now you got the chance to do the same with the Swedish quake player Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira, who recently joined the fnatic organization.

So if you ever wanted to know why he still managed to lose the QuakeCon final after a 2:0 lead, or what happened to his former organization Frag Dominant. Don't hesitate, just ask him, but be fast, since the fan special is going to stop this upcoming thursday.

Private questions to Spart1e
Gaming questions to Spart1e

A hand of Quake players came to Cologne during the last days to participate at the first QuakeLive at an Intel Extreme Masters 4 event. Fragster.de was there as well and was able to take some pictures of the Quakers at GamesCom. Be sure to check them out.

I also found some more galleries:

- d1ablo took some for derQuaker.com.
- Liefje also posted a tiny gallery on ESR.
- If you don't mind pics from CS and WoW players, you check out the galleries on the ESL website and on esportsfrance.com.

Yesterday, the dignitas Quake Live Cup took place with lots of known players like Sebastian 'Spart1e' Siira or the new SK-Player Bogdan 'bodzo' Mazur signed up. Both met each other in the Final aswell, which ended after three exciting maps.

Demos
Brackets
VoDs will be up later on on quadv.com

ESL EMS IV group match between noctis and k1llsen

Matchdetails

ESL EMS IV group match between Spart1e and Cooller

Matchdetails

Viaceslavas 'fire_bot' Duk played a perfect qualification tournament for the Major Series where he beat players like Peter 'cYmoZz' Sellmaier. He also managed to beat Milos 'Zubb' Zubal in his first group match, but still fire_bot left the competition very surprisingly. fragster spoke with him about the reasons and his future in the Quake-scene.

The EMS might be the last big Quake 3 tournament. Isn't it frustrating to leave such a high quality competition in that way?

fire_bot: How many times people will tell - every time when any game is published - that Quake 3 is going to die? Many, many times! It's the same here: There will be less or more tournaments... So don't panic. But I'm not frustrated because of leaving the competition but because of not playing Cooller. It was my dream to play against him since 2002. Can you imagine how I feel after my decision now? That's right, I feel pretty bad.

Read the full version of the interview at Fragster.de

English Version
German version

Therese "trito" Andersson, one of the most known female gamers in Sweden and the quake scene, has been interviewed by the german eSport site Fragster.de. She spoke about the Quake games, her team "girlz 0f destruction" and a bit about her relationship with Magnus "fox" Olsson.

You've been in a relationship with fox for over three years now. Did that affect you somehow in playing Quake? Are you playing some games versus him from time to time?
trito: I had been playing Quake for several years when I met fox, so our relationship didn't really affect my gaming. Sometimes we play clan arena with each other, but we never play against each other because it often results in one of us being in a bad mood, not optional for a relationship. (smiles)

So fox doesn't like losing versus you?
trito: Haha. I wish he had lost against me, only in my dreams. But he gets in a bad mood if I play too good and get too many frags. And I get angry if he wins too easy.

English Version // German Version

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You read a lot of news about news Multigaming clans getting formed, adding new squads, dieing and so on. Mostly you can't affect the activity of the clan management.

In this special case you can.

Since Vicious and Evil is growing we are always looking for new squads in new games. But those games should have a community behind itself, which supports the eSport career of it. That's why we are asking YOU as the community now, which game VAE should support in the upcoming future.
Just click the following link, which will bring you to the poll on our side.
Should we add a Starcraft 2 team, focus on ET: Quakewars, should we give Warsow a chance or maybe another game?

It's up to you...

Vote Page
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The ESL is currently running the "iPower Games German Qualifier" including a Quake4 1on1 Tournament.
Tonight, at 19:00 CET slain3 ( DkH ) will face ferdi ( 360 ) in Round 3 of the upperbracket.
The Match will be casted by FlyingDJ ( Giga 2 ) and you will be able to spec the game with Quake4 TV.

Matchdetails
Gamestv.org Link

ET Pack 1.3

Because of the upcoming Crossfire LAN i was working on a new Version of the ET Pack. I removed the Tools for a better handling and to make the pack a bit smaller.
And i updatedt the Mappool of course. I removed Warbell and added the two new EC / OC Maps, karsiah_te2 and bremen_b1.
I replaced frost_comp_b3 with the new B4 version and i made a new readme File including Mapdescriptions for the 6 standard maps.

You can download the new Pack here:
VAE Mirror
Get-Liga Mirror
Australia Mirror


More Information are available at the new Tutorial Page.
http://www.crossfire.nu/?x=tutorial&mode=item&id=21


If you have any questions feel free to message me in #fac.vae
Enjoy it!

Greetings swine

First matches will start tomorrow... ixus ( former digitalMind ) without solz...

http://www.viciousandevil.com/?HARDLINK:P21vZ...ZpZD0zMQ==

Nothing confirmed only a few links from #splashdamage

links removed by a lovely request of sd.

Daishi Says: Please don't post any links here, we'll have to delete them.

Vicious and Evil is recruting any players who are a bit skilled at some 1on1 games like Warsow, Quake4 or other games...
VAE exists for more then a year now with a short period of inactivity, but we are back since 3 months now with 2 ET Teams, 1 CoD 2 Team, a CS 1.6 Team which is playing ESL Amateur Series 8second highest League @ CS ESL ) and a Warcraft 3 DoTA Squad.
We can offer you bouncer, ventrilo, gameserver, shirts, LAN support and other stuff.
:-)


Contact details
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Email: swine@viciousandevil.com

Read more about the ET Tournament at the upcoming shgOpen LAN:

http://www.viciousandevil.com/?HARDLINK:P21vZ...ZpZD0yOQ==

including coverage links, team details, groups, seedings and grids, time schedule and the first matches. :)

Again Nellie made a new democast.
Belgium vs Finland ( NC XI )
http://www.et-scene.de/downloads.php?file_id=778

Here are some other democasts:

141 vs helix ( EC XII match )
http://www.et-scene.de/downloads.php?file_id=775

West vs North from EU Battle #2
http://www.et-scene.de/downloads.php?file_id=777

And iNfensus vs ocrana ( ooooold ;) )
http://www.et-scene.de/downloads.php?file_id=776