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August 2013 Standard Rotation (5 comments)

( News: QL)

Posted by Asuka_ @ 17:34 CDT, 6 August 2013 - iMsg

"The August 2013 Standard arena rotation is now online. On the first Monday of each month, we will be cycling the Standard arena pool. Rather than only having access to the same standard arenas day in and day out, each month we will now feature 25 arenas selected as playable for Standard-level matches.

Newly released arenas will remain exclusive for at least three months, but every other arena is eligible to be included in the cycle."

Standard Map Pool:
Start date: August 6, 2013
End date: September 2, 2013

August Rotation

links: Official Announcement

Edited by Asuka_ at 17:35 CDT, 6 August 2013 - 1595 Hits

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Interview with Rapha: Not retiring (128 comments)

( Major News: Q3 QL)

Posted by Slasher @ 14:32 CDT, 6 August 2013 - iMsg

Event: qcon13

American Quake Champion

Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson from SK Gaming won the Quake Live 1v1 QuakeCon 2013 Championships and $9,000 in a thrilling five game final over Russian favorite

Sergey "Evil" Orekhov.

Hendrixson speaks to GameSpot on winning his third QuakeCon title, now nearly a dozen major Quake Live titles. He says he will not stop competing.

"I think I'll just look at it like 'hey, if I have the time to go play in a big tournament and can prepare for it, I will,'" he says, as DreamHack's 2013 Winter event looms in the distance with $15,000 in prize money. “"So I won't say that I'll 'retire'. I’'m going to always leave the door open. I've accomplished quite a bit in Quake, and to me I don't really look at it like 'okay, I've finally won this now I'm good.' I've always tried to take it one tournament at a time and I'm always looking to win and do more and I think it'll always be that way. If you don't look at it that way it's so difficult to win against someone who really wants it more than you.

Winning a third title now does mean a lot to me considering that John [ZeRo4] is my friend, someone I looked up to as a player for a long time and was the one who helped give me the little push I needed to start being able to win," Hendrixson said. "So to have that same accomplishment as him is nice to have. As with Cypher almost every tourney we go to I want him to do very well also and we have a good friendly rivalry, neither of us gets bitter when losing to the other and now that I have three like him, the race is on to see who can get four.

Head to GameSpot to read the full interview.

Edited by Slasher at 14:32 CDT, 6 August 2013 - 55229 Hits

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Tuesday Night Quake August Season (15 comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by sulit @ 20:52 CDT, 5 August 2013 - iMsg

Wednesday Night Quake is now Tuesday Night Quake!

The First August Points Cup will take place on August 6th at 19:30 CDT. Check-ins will start at 18:30 CDT.

August Season Schedule

Monthly Final Prize

Map Pool

Stream: targetquake_tv
Links: Sign Up,

#Duelcraft

Edited by brandan at 10:00 CDT, 6 August 2013 - 4363 Hits

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125 FPS August League, Announcement (152 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nico_QD @ 09:13 CDT, 5 August 2013 - iMsg

Event: 125 FPS

The 125 FPS Project is proud to announce the new 125 FPS August QuakeLive Duel Season! As usual huge thanks to our sponsor Alexey A from the Moscow region and to the rest of the donators as well.

Live report

Schedule and results

Rules

Map Pool

Players

Prize Pool

Donate Manifest

AlexeyA:
"Hi everybody! My name is Aleksey. Beginning with February 2013 I am sponsoring the 125 FPS QuakeLive League (http://125fps.com) and provide almost all of the prize money from my own pocket. Why do I do this? Because like many of us I played the first Quake and even Duke Nukem)) on lan during my childhood. Time goes by and I’m a grown-up man now with all the obligations that come along with it. Yet still I want the Quake community to flourish and reward me and all fans of the game with great matches, tournaments, reports etc.
When there are no tournaments with prize money the interest of players and fans decreases and that’s what I’m trying to combat. I’m sure I’m not the only one. The community has a lot of adult, successful people, as well as many young people who fell in love with the game.
I want to ask the community to help build on the foundation I and the 125fps team have laid and increase the prizes in the coming leagues. Fundraising is nothing new and is employed to collect funds for all kinds of events. I’m sure that many of you will be happy to chip in a sum that’s admissible for yourselves and even happier to follow the tournament you yourself made a contribution to!
Below are various ways to donate money for prize funds of 125fps.com leagues.
The reputation of the 125fps leagues guarantees for a fair distribution of funds. I myself will continue to contribute about 31500p(~1000$) every month.
I propose the following prize money distribution (31500RUR + donations)
<>
15% of the donations will go towards the organization and coverage of the league, in particular recruitment of streamers.
Additionally I suggest limiting the prize pool of every league by 3500$. If there is more than 2500$ worth of donations the surplus funds get transfered to the next league. The biggest donators will be listed below every leagues prize pool (voluntary).
The fundraising will start with the announcement of the next league."
Webmoney

Z931807341831
R136682015795
U109573866525
E417234847432

Yandex-money 410011371660580
PayPal nikolay.grishin@gmail.com (nico_qd's account)

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Our August Donators

Cup Admins: Yavich, Nico, Rell, Xron (search on IRC or write to admin@125fps.com)
Streams:

Zoot,

125_FPS,

aAaTV
Links: Cup Website, Application,

#125fps, Esportsfrance coverage

Edited by Nico_QD at 12:09 CDT, 2 September 2013 - 43324 Hits

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Cityy Interview (65 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by sulit @ 02:38 CDT, 5 August 2013 - iMsg

Asked

Cityy some questions about his latest duel maps being picked up for Quake Live.

Topics
- Cure, Silence, and Fuse
- Dabble a bit in the thinking process of map creation
- Concrete Palace
- Future projects

Cityy Interview

Edited by Demiurge at 22:33 CDT, 5 August 2013 - 21486 Hits

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Site summary for week ending 02 Aug (8 comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by ESReality @ 18:00 CDT, 4 August 2013 - iMsg

Weekly Awards

Popularity

Betting Competition

New Columns

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QuakeCon 2013 - Finals (1240 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Badb0y @ 05:19 CDT, 3 August 2013 - iMsg

Event: qcon13

We are at final day of the QuakeCon Pro Tournaments. Every match will write history! The games starts with Clan Arena 3v3 at 10:45 CDT. Brackets can be found on quakecon site. For the Grand Final of Quakelive Duel & Doom 2 Duel they switch to the big mainstage, and they pushed back both by 1 hour.

In the Grand Finals were
QL Duel - rapha vs Evil
QL CA 3v3 - Watch This vs The Dream
Doom II Duell - JKist3 vs DevastatioN

All games from the Stream are already online!

Quake Live Intel Duel Masters

Quake Live Clan Arena 3v3 Open

20th Anniversary DOOM Challenge

Final Standing and Prize money

On friday John Carmack held a basic talk about "Physics of Light and Rendering" on stream (VOD).
Today id's new Art Director, Hugo Martin, will referat about "From Sketchbook to the Big Screen" on Bethesda stream (VOD).

Thanks to QuakeCon staff, Quakelive team, sponsors Intel & id, all the players, shoutcasters and FACEIT for a perfectly run tournament!
A word from roychez and ddk.

Pics: Flickr, FACEIT
Demos: Trance
Configs: Trance
VODs Day 1 Duel: QuakeCon or Esportsfrance with timecodes
VODs Day 2 CA: QuakeCon or Esportsfrance with timecodes
ESR: Day 1, Day 2

VODs Day 3: QuakeCon Part 1 (CA Finals, Doom Duel 3rd Place, QL Duel 4th & 3rd Place), QuakeCon Part 2 (Grand Finals Doom Duel & QL Duel)

Stream: QuakeCon by

Xavier "Zoot" Dhorne and

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia, and production by FACEIT
Official Links: Tournament Results & Tree,

Twitter,

quakecon

Attached Thumbnail: 95123-schedule.jpg (3 Aug 2013, 70KB, 1125 downloads)

Edited by Trance at 05:47 CDT, 16 August 2013 - 462690 Hits

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QuakeCon Tournament Update (6 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by SyncError @ 11:52 CDT, 2 August 2013 - iMsg

Event: qcon13

Yesterday's Intel Quake Live Duel Masters was full of exciting matches and moments captured by the colorful and insightful FACEIT coverage team. Rapha remains standing in the Duel Masters bracket after an intense match verse DaHang who has been pushed into the lower bracket alongside Evil and ZeRo4 who face off Saturday afternoon when the Duel Masters resumes.

In the 20th Anniversary DOOM Challenge JKist3 leads in the winner's bracket awaiting to the results of the Saturday lower final match between DevastatioN and DemonSphere.

Today the action continues with the Quake Live Clan Arena 3v3 Open. A small single elimination feeder began this morning at noon to fill out our 16 team double elimination bracket that will be beginning today at 13:30 CDT. The FACEIT tournament coverage continues at twitch.tv/QuakeCon. Tune in!

Edited by Badb0y at 14:23 CDT, 2 August 2013 - 9649 Hits

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QuakeCon 2013 - Day 2 (216 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Badb0y @ 08:01 CDT, 2 August 2013 - iMsg

Lets start the comments for Day 2. Friday is the day of Clan Arena! According to brackets all Doom 2 rounds matches are played yesterday. No Doom today. SyncError sums up the first day. For more details about the games just tune on the livestream.

Quake Live Intel Duel Masters schedule

Quake Live Clan Arena 3v3 Open schedule

20th Anniversary DOOM Challenge schedule

CA Info

Free Premium Weekend for Quakelive announced. Carmack Keynote Speech as VOD. Don't forget about the Steam Sale going on all weekend.

Pics: Flickr, FACEIT
Demos: Trance (CA added)
Day 1 VODs Duel: Quakecon or Esportsfrance with timecodes
Day 2 VODs CA: QuakeCon or Esportsfrance with timecodes, Socrates Interview

Stream: QuakeCon by

Xavier "Zoot" Dhorne and

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia, and production by FACEIT
Links: Tournament Results & Tree,

Twitter,

quakecon

Edited by Badb0y at 05:38 CDT, 3 August 2013 - 63953 Hits

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QuakeCon 2013 Schedule & Groups (679 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by roychez @ 02:56 CDT, 1 August 2013 - iMsg

Event: qcon13

This year's QuakeCon features tournaments in Quake Live and Doom 2. On Thursday the Quake Live Intel Duel Masters and 20th Anniversary DOOM Challenge will kill off, while on Friday the Quake Live Clan Arena 3v3 Open will mostly take place.

The Duel Masters this year will feature a slightly different format than usually. The 32 players are divided over eight groups. But instead like the normal format, the top players are in one group, and will fight for the top four seeds, and so on, giving interesting matches straight from the bat. All players move on from the groups, which are to determine seeds, to the Double Elimination bracket.

Quake Live Intel Duel Masters schedule

20th Anniversary DOOM Challenge schedule

Quake Live Clan Arena 3v3 Open schedule

Quake Live Intel Duel Masters groups

The stream will be on QuakeCon on Twitch TV, with commentary by

Xavier "Zoot" Dhorne and

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia, and production by FACEIT.

Links: QC Tournament, QC Group Standings, QC Demos

Edited by Demiurge at 12:30 CDT, 1 August 2013 - 212797 Hits

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Winz Interview (25 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by sulit @ 23:14 CDT, 31 July 2013 - iMsg

Had a chance to ask

Winz some questions about Quake Live, Dueling, and his past esport experiences. It's not a long interview, it's pretty short.

Topics

Read the Full Interview on Duelcraft.net

Edited by Badb0y at 07:27 CDT, 2 August 2013 - 6285 Hits

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InZENity - cpm duel cup #1 (30 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by p4n @ 05:09 CDT, 31 July 2013 - iMsg

Scheduled: 10:30 CDT, 2 August 2013 to 13:00 CDT, 2 August 2013
Schedule: Passed

Hello everyone! Another

challenge promode duel cup is here -

pan of Team ZEN brings you the 1st InZENity CPM DUEL CUP. It will be held at 10:30 CDT, 2 August 2013. If you are interested, you can sign up! All participants are welcome to join

#ZEN on Quakenet and everyone to spectate on stream. Rules can be found on the cup page.

Main Info

Final Standings: HAL_9000 zoid Memphis

Well Played everbody!

VOD: noproblemtv
Stream:

NoProblemTV
Links: Q3 PRO Installer, Q3A map archive,

#ZEN,

#cpmpickup, CPMA website

Edited by Badb0y at 07:10 CDT, 3 August 2013 - 16649 Hits

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QL VOD Archive Hub (24 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by kk-super_koziol.pl @ 15:54 CDT, 30 July 2013 - iMsg

QL VOD Archive Hub created by marduk0x00 is a site condensing all your Quake needs into one place.

Apart from serving as a giant QL VOD search engine (scanning all important channels and with nice customisation options) it also lists quality streams, frag movies, configs and useful QL tools. It has everything. Check it out!

Links: QL VOD Archive Hub

Edited by Badb0y at 07:06 CDT, 3 August 2013 - 9317 Hits

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125 FPS July League, Playoff Stage (137 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nico_QD @ 07:09 CDT, 29 July 2013 - iMsg

Event: 125 FPS

We start 125 FPS July League Playoff Stage, welcome!

8 players at 1/8, and 4 players waiting them at /14, BO5 before final and BO7 at final (no bronze match) , mappool 7 maps, start at 11:00 CDT. Droping of maps until required amount is left, then picking for the order. See playoff bracket.

Schedule and results

Live report

Map Pool

Donate

AlexeyA:
"Hi everybody! My name is Aleksey. Beginning with February 2013 I am sponsoring the 125 FPS QuakeLive League (http://125fps.com) and provide almost all of the prize money from my own pocket. Why do I do this? Because like many of us I played the first Quake and even Duke Nukem)) on lan during my childhood. Time goes by and I’m a grown-up man now with all the obligations that come along with it. Yet still I want the Quake community to flourish and reward me and all fans of the game with great matches, tournaments, reports etc.
When there are no tournaments with prize money the interest of players and fans decreases and that’s what I’m trying to combat. I’m sure I’m not the only one. The community has a lot of adult, successful people, as well as many young people who fell in love with the game.
I want to ask the community to help build on the foundation I and the 125fps team have laid and increase the prizes in the coming leagues. Fundraising is nothing new and is employed to collect funds for all kinds of events. I’m sure that many of you will be happy to chip in a sum that’s admissible for yourselves and even happier to follow the tournament you yourself made a contribution to!
Below are various ways to donate money for prize funds of 125fps.com leagues.
The reputation of the 125fps leagues guarantees for a fair distribution of funds. I myself will continue to contribute about 31500p(~1000$) every month.
I propose the following prize money distribution (31500RUR + donations)
<>
15% of the donations will go towards the organization and coverage of the league, in particular recruitment of streamers.
Additionally I suggest limiting the prize pool of every league by 3500$. If there is more than 2500$ worth of donations the surplus funds get transfered to the next league. The biggest donators will be listed below every leagues prize pool (voluntary).
The fundraising will start with the announcement of the next league."
Webmoney

Z931807341831
R136682015795
U109573866525
E417234847432

Yandex-money 410011371660580
PayPal nikolay.grishin@gmail.com (nico_qd's account)

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