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Finding the best CSGO gambling sites in 2019 is not that easy. CSGO gambling has had a chequered past to say the least, with many sites being shut down and penalised because of illegal activity.

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OverFrag spring cups 2015 announced (3 comments)
( News: QL)
Posted by Tonks @ 10:56 CST, 28 February 2015 - iMsg
www.overfrag.com is hosting a several different cups in iFT and iCTF modes. Sign ups are opened until march 15th. All other details and info can be found on the page.
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HoQ TDM Grand Finals Winter 2015 (20 comments)
( Major News: QL)
Posted by flair @ 07:45 CST, 27 February 2015 - iMsg
Scheduled: 12:00 CST, 1 March 2015 to 15:00 CST, 1 March 2015
Schedule: Passed

"Why doesn't the league have a finals?

This is the question I asked. Since no one could present a good reason not to have one the only logical thing someone could do was create one! Right? Team DeathMatch has been through the grinder, but we all know TDM still comes out looking better and more appealing than whatever "it" was you brought home from the bar last week. We can sit here and find excuses why she isn't so pretty anymore. We can choose sides or even play the martyr. Or... we can just watch four of the best teams playing in a Single Elimination Bracket this Sunday starting at 12:00 CST, 1 March 2015


Streams: camera 102 camera FlairTV
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THE BEST OF TWISTER (54 comments)
( Major Movie: QL)
Posted by Regulator @ 07:12 CST, 26 February 2015 - iMsg



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Rating: 7.6 (81 votes)
A Duel Movie starring some of Twister's best moments.

ENJOY THE MOVIE - Sorry for being inactive.
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Aerowalk QuadDamage (Week 4 Final) (40 comments)
( Major News: QL)
Posted by Jehar @ 18:33 CST, 25 February 2015 - iMsg
Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 7 March 2015 to 16:00 CST, 7 March 2015
Schedule: Passed

The (in)famous Quad Damage tournament is back! Uniting Quake players from every title, the Quad Damage will span four games across four weeks: QuakeWorld, Quake II, Quake Live, and Quake IV. To keep the focus on game differences rather than map knowledge, we'll be showcasing the tried and true Aerowalk in each game. Playing in any week will net you points - playing in multiple games will net you bonus points!

This is the final week, finally! Work and illness have delayed things for almost a month, but we want to finish this cup off with a bang. This has been largely experimental, but unquestionably fun. After this week, there will be some notes and tweaks, and we'll churn out another... likely sans Q4. I'm sure it will be missed.


Stream: Tastyspleen.tv
Signups (Week 4: QuakeLive): Xfire
IRC: mIRC #tastycast
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QuakeCon 2015 QL tournament (329 comments)
( Major News: Gaming)
Posted by [eXodus] @ 05:39 CST, 25 February 2015 - iMsg
Event: QC15
After looking if QuakeCon 2015 had any tournament I saw they had nothing but "Stay tuned for more information".

However there are rules up for: QUAKECON® 2015 QUAKE LIVE® TRI-MASTER TOURNAMENT

The Quake Live Tri-Master Tournament will feature competitions for up to sixteen (16) four-player teams, where each team will be put to the test in a triathlon comprised of Capture the Flag (CTF) , Team Deathmatch (TDM), and Duel to determine which team can stake their claim to being the one true TriMaster Champion. Teams who come out on top will share prizes of $32,000. Following the Triathlon Tournament, the top two individual duelers selected by their team will then face off to claim an additional $8,000 and the title of Grand Master Champion.

Update: The Quake Live Tri-Master Tournament has now been announced on QuakeCon.org.

Link: The rules
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An interesting article from Kotaku (3 comments)
( News: QL)
Posted by Patrol @ 13:37 CST, 24 February 2015 - iMsg
Kotaku.com posted a very interesting article about a recent tournament focused mostly on newbies. The results of this "experiment" are contained within the article together with associated tournament footage. I strongly suggest you guys read and watch it:

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/02/a-quake-tour...lay-quake/
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Fragging for Fun... Or Real Sport? (84 comments)
( Major Article: Gaming)
Posted by storm @ 08:11 CST, 24 February 2015 - iMsg
This is an argument for the validity of electronic sports as an actual recognised sport. I wrote this in 2006 but didn't publish it until now. Most of the information might be a bit dated, but I think it might be useful for some people. This is aimed towards an audience that is not familiar with eSports and therefore has explanations in some depth and comparisons to other established sports.

Contents:
Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Chapter 1: eSports history
Page 3: Chapter 2: Gaming team evolution
Page 4: Chapter 3: What makes an eSport athlete?
Page 5: Chapter 4: Money in eSports
Page 6: Chapter 5: Media Coverage in eSports
Page 7: Chapter 6: What the future holds for eSports
Page 8: Chapter 7: So what needs to be done?
Page 9: Chapter 8: eSports organisations
Page 10: Bibliography


By Steven Timms aka 'storm'
Article Page: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 || next page >>
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Site summary for week ending 20 Feb (7 comments)
( Major News: ESR)
Posted by ESReality @ 16:00 CST, 22 February 2015 - iMsg
Edited by xou at 01:17 CST, 23 February 2015 - 6466 Hits
Toxikk: Foundation (5 comments)
( Movie: Gaming)
Posted by Hej @ 15:38 CST, 21 February 2015 - iMsg



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Hello Comrades,

Once more I bring before you a frag movie of hej proportions.

It is a frag movie of the new hit game Toxikk.

You will enjoy it.
  • Movie File - Shitty quality () 0MB
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Partners in Crime - NA 2v2 TDM League (28 comments)
( Major News: Reflex)
Posted by peterg @ 11:40 CST, 18 February 2015 - iMsg
Sign ups are now open for the new Reflex NA TDM 2v2 league - Partners in Crime. Sign ups will be open from now until February 27th. Play starts March 2nd.

There wil be groups stages followed by single elimination playoffs. Matches are BO3 with maps of AFRODM1, DP4, THCDM6, THCDM13, and XFDM2. Maps are chosen via pick-pick-drop-drop. The full league is expected to last around a month. Full rules are available.

Head over the the Reflex forums for more information and to sign up now!
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Encoder quality test (19 comments)
( Movie: Q3 QL)
Posted by MaverickMSG @ 16:45 CST, 16 February 2015 - iMsg



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Rating: 2.5 (1 vote)
Hi guys. I need some good eyes to judge the video quality of two demos.

I've rendered two demos 6 times each, with each video having a slightly different encoder quality. For each test, can you tell the difference and which video is the best and worst? Please check them out in 1080p since that requires the highest bitrate.

Test 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV2wlwfXvd8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Hqq90c8Rk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM8SOCVZB-I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkGjZz-oBZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbE9Cu1mVU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu69gJESMjg

Test 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsT9yaFPBBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5obw-nCPxk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAEeXudIQ08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF_T9xm3CP0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74XTSGFeFbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBiyl23UkOg

I basically want to adjust the quality of igmdb.org encoder output. Right now it creates gigantic 30+Mbit/sec mp4s which result in huge downloads (2GB for a 10 minute render). After going through YouTube the quality gets reduced anyway so a high quality video output doesn't really mean much. I'm trying to see if reducing the encoder quality is even noticeable.

Thank you.
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Site summary for week ending 13 Feb (5 comments)
( Major News: ESR)
Posted by ESReality @ 16:00 CST, 15 February 2015 - iMsg
Edited by xou at 13:38 CST, 22 February 2015 - 7662 Hits
HoQ TDM Winter Season Catchup Round (18 comments)
( Major News: QL)
Posted by doz3r @ 15:17 CST, 15 February 2015 - iMsg
Scheduled: 12:00 CST, 22 February 2015 to 16:00 CST, 22 February 2015
Schedule: Passed

The schedule for the catchup round looks like this:

Thursday 19/02/15 15:00 CDT
Div2 Europe Rekt vs Poland dioxide 2-0 (defwin)

Sunday 22/02/15 13:00 CDT
Div2 Russia b1ngo vs Czech Republic Virtual Owners 2-0
Sunday 22/02/15 15:00 CDT
Div1 Europe EliteFour vs Russia Deliberate Murder 1-2
Sunday 22/02/15 16:00 CDT
Div2 Czech Republic Virtual Owners vs Netherlands D1CKS 0-2

Thursday 26/02/15 15:00 CDT
Div2 Netherlands D1CKS vs Poland dioxide 2-0 (defwin)


Streams: camera 102 camera QUAD camera FlairTV
Links: Schedule, Results
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Instadoom (23 comments)
( Major News: Gaming)
Posted by Demiurge @ 08:47 CST, 15 February 2015 - iMsg
It's possible you have been missing a lot of major news lately, by concentrating on the serious competitions. Take a break from playing hard and going pro by indulging in instant gamisocializing
There have been various attempts over the years to "improve" the Doom palette. While these attempts had various goals, and succeeded to various degrees, one question remains: did the authors get paid billions of dollars for recoloring pictures? No? Then their attempts were objectively inferior to one group of people who did!
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The hope is strong that certain developers leverage visual enhancement technologies discovered by mobile developers, the so called 'filters', as one of the numerous means of rejuvenating modern gamer interests.

Source: doomworld.com
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HOQ CA WINTER SEASON WEEK #4 (No comments)
( News: QL)
Posted by DePaS @ 04:06 CST, 14 February 2015 - iMsg
Week #4 schedule: Sunday 15th February 2015, 21:00 CET
Division #1
Europe PUSHMEN vs. Italy Italy Contrition Act (rescheduled)
Europe The Northern Tribe vs. Russia Funky Town 0-2
Europe Deadly Alliance vs. Europe whylove wc taken by whylove
Europe You Don't Know Me? vs. Europe brainWashed 2-0
Italy Italian Death Squad vs. Poland Honorary Life 2-0

Division #2
Denmark NOV4 SQU4D vs. Netherlands D1cks 0-2
Austria Corpus Del1cti A vs. Europe broken railgun wc taken by broken railgun
Italy Italian Death Squad #2 vs. Europe sAd rAiNbOw 0-2
Austria Corpus Del1cti B vs. Netherlands Happy Family 2-0
Sweden Assassins Conspiracy vs. Italy 2 steps to hell 0-2

Streams: quad_
Links: schedule, Rules, Cup page
Rounds: #1 #2, #3
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