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CSL and Bethesda Present the Quake Collegiate Championship! (67 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by Asuka_ @ 13:01 CDT, 4 September 2017 - iMsg

"Collegiate Star league (CSL) is happy to announce our partnership with Bethesda to bring you the official Quake Collegiate Championship! This school year we’re set to bring both 4v4 and 1v1 formats to the collegiate space.

Quake was the first real esport and the release of Quake Champions is going to provide a huge boost to the franchise’s community, and we are thrilled to be a part of it.

This year’s competitive season will feature a $100,000 prize pool divided between 4v4 Sacrifice mode and 1v1 Duel mode.

Gearing up - Fall 2017

Sacrifice (Team) League -- Spring 2018

Duel (Individual) League -- Summer 2018

Promotional video

"Excited? We are, too! Get ready for a year of awesome Quake Champions! We hope that you’re as excited as we are to kick off the season. Stay tuned for a detailed ruleset and registration which will open within the next two weeks."

Source: CStarleague
Contact: quake@cstarleague.com

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FUN WITH FLAGS (10 comments)

( Movie: Q4)

Posted by zuphrin @ 12:15 CDT, 2 September 2017 - iMsg




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Hello, it's me again, the weirdo that keeps Quake 4 Fragmovies coming after it's been dead for almost a decade. :))

There's a few things I want to say about this and I'm too lazy to compose a text (plus, nobody reads this anyway), so here's a simple list:

- I put a lot more effort into this video than I'd like to admit.
- All scenes are from PUGs from 2007 to 2010.
- No, Slash's crouchslide and the Q4 crouchslide are not the same. It took me a while to get used to Slash.
- I'm glad there's no falling DMG in QC.
- I'm hyped up for CTF in QC, I really hope it's not as bad as in QL.

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Ask Us Anything Answers - 9/1 (117 comments)

( Major News: QC)

Posted by Nukm @ 06:25 CDT, 2 September 2017 - iMsg

The Quake Champions team at id Software answered some user question again. We get new and detailed information about "netcode and hitreg", an ETA on Ranked Mode (end of the year) and the next duel map (this fall), confirmation on a grappling hook champion, champion balance and much more. Full answers from Lead Designer Adam Pyle, Programmer Mike Rubits, and Studio Director Tim Willits down below:

Ask Us Anything Answers

When are you going to fix the netcode and hitreg for good? Do you intend to fix rocket launcher no-hit issues (direct and splash damage), or do you think it works fine as it is? What about rocket despawn? When will you fix the stuttering a lot of people experience?

The terms "netcode" and "hitreg" are terms that cover a wide swathe of observable issues, some that don't even involve the network at all. I'd like to take this opportunity to talk about where we're at, and where we're going, so here's a (not so!) brief summary of what's going on!

We started off the Closed Beta period with two major systems being handled on the client: movement authority, and shooting authority. This is a perfectly valid tech design decision, and plenty of high profile multiplayer games have released this way, but we felt uncomfortable with the trade-offs for a game like Quake. We made the decision to start moving systems over to server authority and client prediction, which is similar to previous Quake titles. This is a change that can occur in pieces, and we're still not completely there yet.

One area where we should be seeing more changes is literally how the server is detecting hits (so the term "hit detection" is actually appropriate here!) We currently use an animation-based system where we simulate player animations on the server, and rig up a lower-polygon, fatter version of the champion, independent from armor selection. For the pace of our game, we felt the additional server CPU usage, and the technical complexity of having to sync up the state of the animation bones and blend tree over the network was not worth having the ability to match up hits to the specific animation. Our solution is to transition to using a static mesh for each character state. (moving, strafing, crouching, jumping, etc.) This also makes supporting rollback much simpler, and should result in a more reliable experience on higher pings.

On the subject of rockets, which have been a sore spot for both us and our players, a couple of patches back we made two major changes: we fixed an issue that was causing extra latency when firing rockets, and we also started predicting rockets and local knockback on the client. This is something that's not been a part of Quake before, but we believe that this will make for a much better experience on a non-LAN environment, especially while rocket jumping or using projectile abilities. This surfaced some problems with animations simulating on the server differently than the client, and is what the initial cause of rockets not doing damage was. We've already addressed this by moving rocket collision over to the new static mesh system described above. What remains known now is strictly a client-side issue where the client incorrectly predicts a hit that the server will never detect as valid. This can even occur on LAN, where latency is not an issue. Once this is fixed, this should improve rockets, however due to the nature of client-side prediction, there may still be cases where it predicts wrongly. We'll continue to monitor the situation past this change, and see if any other issues surface.

Additionally, we have also identified a potential fix that causes other players to appear more jittery, even at high framerates. The proposed fix is currently in development, and we're waiting to evaluate the effect it has, but due to the unstable nature of the Internet, sometimes it's not possible to evaluate a fix without actually going through with the implementation and trying it in a real world environment.

Finally, we've also improved bandwidth consumption. I've attached a graph below, measured in a live 8 player TDM over a period of 60 seconds at ~160FPS.

We've reduced the amount of game logs the client sends overall, and have gated certain logs to only trigger collection when the client or the server detects specific issues within the game. Bandwidth usage should continue to improve from here, although we do not consider this issue to be resolved yet.

Hope that clears up some questions!

Will we be able to host our own servers through the server browser? Seems like people have a bad experience on your servers, with high ping. If we can host our own, we can get lower ping and good servers.

We are continually working to improve the network experience for all users, this includes server providers and the code-side, but allowing users to host their own servers is not something we’re focusing on at this time.

In the last livestream, Tim said offline mode wouldn’t be implemented because it’s not secure. Could you develop a stripped-down server binary available offline that only allows for one human local player connection? Would this be a feasible way to have offline mode with bots?

Unfortunately, this particular suggestion would not be feasible, because if you lock it down it can (and will) be hacked, hence it remains a security issue. That said, we’ll continue to look at other possibilities in the future.

What kind of feedback/bug reports are helpful to the dev team to fix netcode issues?

Please include your KSIVA in any and all bug reports. You can locate your KSIVA on the watermark at the bottom of your screen. This is the most useful thing, as this code allows us to look up your game sessions, which provide a wealth of information.

What do you think about QWC pro players almost exclusively using Sorlag, Nyx, Slash, Anarki, and sometimes Ranger and Galena? Would you consider buffing other champions to also be useful in team/duel conditions?

For our very first world championship, we are encouraged with the diversity of Champion picks. That said, we do recognize that we had a few Champions that weren't selected often and we have a lot of small balance changes coming that we hope will bring even more diversity into player's lineups. We also understand that there will always be some Champions that remain more popular with pro players and others that are popular among more casual players.

Slash’s ability automatically moves her forward; will this be changed to allow her to use the ability in the direction she’s already moving? (Backwards, strafing.)

Yes, we plan to keep the speed boost, but not force the direction.

Are you working on a fix to Slash’s crouch slide suddenly stopping if you touch a small bump, e.g. mega health on Ruins of Sarnath?

Yes, when we find areas in levels we make adjustments to the collision to address the issue. We are also looking into her slide code to help resolve a lot of these issues programmatical, but it is difficult to address it in code without also altering how her slide feels, so we have to be cautious in making these changes, so we will continue to address it via map collisions first when possible.

Will we get a champion with a grappling hook?

We all have enjoyed playing CTF from the very beginning, and we are currently making a Champion with a Grappling Hook ability. We look forward to sharing her with all of you.

Will we see any maps with flesh textures? (Like q3dm13.)

Not yet at least. We tried incorporating some into the Dimension of the Doomed themed Goroth maps, but in the end, it felt out of place and was removed. If we decided to add fleshy bits, we would introduce a new environment similar to Q3's Gothic Hell style used on Lost World.

When will the next maps be introduced?

We have an Ithagnal Duel map coming out this fall.

Any plans to rebalance item locations on some maps, like Lockbox?

After we introduced the Tri-Bolt we found some of the more powerful weapons were too centrally located. We plan on adjusting the item layout to distribute the power throughout and encourage players to make use of more of the map.

Are you planning to incorporate more elements of Lovecraftian lore into future maps? A deathmatch in the ice-choked ruins beneath the Mountains of Madness would be a dream come true!

Absolutely. Tim loves the lore.

Why is there a longer weapon respawn time on Church of Azathoth?

This was just a bug that has since been internally fixed, ready for a future update.

What are your plans for the Tri-Bolt? It’s still useless…

We do feel it needs some adjustments. We are currently testing changes to it that we could hopefully roll out soon. Stay tuned for more information.

Will you allow us to change our name through Steam/Bnet?

Name changes will occur in-game, agnostic of platform. This will ideally become an automated service players can access. We’ll share more about this as the feature is closer to release.

Do you have any plans on adding zoom sensitivity settings?

Yes. Zoom sensitivity is a feature that we need to get in quickly. We are speaking with the team and should be rolling this out soon.

Why can’t we queue for FFA with our friends?

Playing against people in your party is open to abuse, where those players can assist you in intentionally raising or lowering your skill rating. As a rule of thumb, you play with people in your party, not against them. You can currently play FFA with your friends in Custom Game.

Are there plans to give players more feedback about their stats in comparison to other players, e.g. leaderboards, divisions, public MMR display or something of the sort?

Yes, yes, yes, and yes.

Is crosshair customization coming?

Yes, this will be coming sooner than later.

Can we get options to resize/customize HUD elements?

We do not currently have plans for resizing HUD elements, but we do have upcoming plans that would allow players to change HUD styles.

The general feedback I've had from getting newb friends to play is that they are almost always confused by how they died, who killed them and where they were shot from. Are there any plans for a killcam feature or anything that better illustrates how you died?

We understand their struggles, we've seen similar feedback. We have some plans on the backlog that we hope will address these concerns.

For the advanced movement tutorial, would you consider having an indicator similar to the DeFrag cgaz hud or Reflex Arena's accelmeter in order to elucidate to players where they need to move their crosshair?

Maybe, but we haven't started on one yet.

Will we be able to join games as a spectator in the future?

Yes.

Can we buy shaders with shards?

There may be new premium shaders in the future.

The sell price for vanity items is higher than the number of shards you get for duplicate vanity items. Will this be fixed?

Yes, this will be addressed ASAP.

Will you rework the rune system? I don’t think runes should drop randomly from backpacks. You should be able to play the champions you like to play and work on their runes first.

Runes are intended as a long-term goal for players, but we will continually monitor how players are receiving and completing runes, and look for ways to improve challenges and rewards.

Will there be cosmetic effects? (Abilities, weapon effects, etc.)

The QuakeCon 2017 Lightning Gun is our first example of a weapon with cosmetic effects, and we plan to continue adding custom effects to vanity weapons in addition to their custom sounds.

Can we have per-part shaders for headgear, torso, and legs?

Different shaders for cosmetics would create some technical and performance issues for players, so this is unlikely to be something we’ll enable any time soon.

Will you adjust the shard price for cosmetics now that there are so many more things you can get in loot chests that don’t have a shard value? (Runes, weapon shaders, etc.)

We are continuously evaluating the economy, it is our recommendation that if you see something you want to buy it immediately.

Can we get taunts like in DOOM multiplayer?

Taunts have been in Quake games since Quake 2. We are working on Quake Champion taunts and look forward to rolling them out and getting feedback from players.

Any hints about upcoming modes? (Not CTF.)

We're exploring options for additional modes. Some examples could be Instagib and Clan Arena, but we're evaluating how well these modes play in Quake Champions. We’re always interested in hearing your suggestions for new modes!

When will we have ranked mode?

End of the year.

When will you start sharing more news on CTF?

We just announced that we will be adding CTF. We are currently working on the designs to ensure that it plays the best possible way it can in Quake Champions.

When can we expect the gibbing system we had a glimpse of in the Quakecon video?

Hopefully by the end of the year, and it'll be worth the wait.

ETA on Vulkan support?

Vulkan support is coming along nicely. We're making progress and have the game up and running on it, but we're not ready to share it just yet.

If you didn't get your question answered this time, stay tuned for a future questions thread. (And we might pull some of the really good ones from the previous thread that were posted after the deadline!)

Source: bethesda.net,

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125 FPS QC Duel Sunday Cup#9 (23 comments)

( Major News: QC)

Posted by Nico_QD @ 05:24 CDT, 1 September 2017 - iMsg

Event: 125 FPS

Scheduled: 10:00 CDT, 3 September 2017 to 15:00 CDT, 3 September 2017
Schedule: Passed

The 125 FPS Quake Champions Duel Sunday Cup#9

Bracket: http://125fps.challonge.com/sundaycup91

Information

Donate: 125FPS Paypal donate link; 125FPS money links (bitcoin, yandex-money, webmoney)
Streams:

102,

Polosatiy,

zLive,

nvc; Quake streams
Links:125FPS Balance 2017; 125FPS Discord

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trippin' (7 comments)

( Movie: QC)

Posted by *creep @ 05:13 CDT, 31 August 2017 - iMsg




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Trippin' is my first Quake Champions fragmovie, with frags captured during Quake Champions open beta and early access.

The videoquality is really poor, and editing is very straight forward, but I do enjoy the end result with this one, and I hope you might as well. Enjoy!

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clawz: "Everyone can give me a hard time, it is about ..." (208 comments)

( Major News: QC)

Posted by RadoNonESR @ 02:10 CDT, 31 August 2017 - iMsg

Event: QC17

Last week

Nikita "clawz" Marchinsky walked the ‘royal road’ at QuakeCon 2017 as he lifted the trophy, both the duel and the Sacrifice tournaments, in his first attendance of the annual event. This was the first time Quake Champions, the latest iteration of id’s 90s hit FPS, was played on a big. Over the course of the three-days long event, the 19-years old Belarusian won matches over a number of players, including legendary names Cooller and Vo0, losing only two maps in the process. Several days after the dust has settled, Inven Global had the opportunity to ask the young phenom a number of questions in regards to the event, his past and future. Here is an excerpt:

How much time did you actually spend in practice and preparation? Please describe what does your preparation consist of.

Me and my team were spending around 5 hours each day on playing sacrifice. Basically, we were only playing scrims, improving our team and personal skills. For duel, I almost didn’t practice, only played a few games before the UK LAN (the European QuakeCon qualifier) against top tier players, and before QuakeCon I, played few games against Xron to feel the flow. So, for duel, I just analyzed how it works and was mostly preparing mentally.

Make sure to read the full interview at invenglobal.com

If you want to keep tabs on all my future content you can do so by following me on twitter at @RadoNonfire. Hope you enjoy and feel welcome to let me know what you think about the interview!

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JEBI NE VADI - QUAKE CHAMPIONS FRAG MOVIE (4K 60 FPS) (18 comments)

( Movie: QC)

Posted by zeroql @ 23:02 CDT, 30 August 2017 - iMsg




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I have been collecting frags since close beta and decided to make a frag video, i hope you will enjoy it! :)

Also i have been making compilations of QC clips, so if you have any great clips don't be hesitate to send them at zeroql23@gmail.com

Music

Social

Compilations

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QWC 2017 Funny and Awkward moments (44 comments)

( Major Movie: QC)

Posted by lee.ql @ 15:55 CDT, 30 August 2017 - iMsg

Event: QC17




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QWC 2017 make us laugh and cringe, but no matter what we love id software and quake community.
Movie is made by

Vladimir Ponomarev aka koshmare.

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Early Access Update - 28.8.17 (28 comments)

( News: QC)

Posted by son1dow @ 09:10 CDT, 28 August 2017 - iMsg

A new patch is out for Quake Champions, it contains some minor fixes:

- Steam: Fixed a problem with an account already linked to another Bethesda game.
- Steam: Allowed special symbols in the password field.
- Removed spam from logs.
- Removed Double XP
- Removed QuakeCon Lightning Gun
- Fixed: Wrong lootbox highlight for rare armor shaders for BJ Blazkowicz and DOOM Slayer
- Fixed: Wrong legendary Machinegun drop.
- Fixed: DOOM Slayer's Thak Rune Challenge cannot be completed.

Source

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Quakecon 2017: Quake World Championship - Finals Day (878 comments)

( Major News: QC)

Posted by Asuka_ @ 21:10 CDT, 25 August 2017 - iMsg

Event: QC17

The biggest quake tournament we’ve seen in many years, the Quake World Championship, is coming to an end at the final day of tournaments action in Quakecon 2017. This is the end of the line, the grand finals, there’s no longer room for gambling or doubt anymore, it's time to win, and get a place on the glorious list of the biggest champions in Quake history

Stay tuned for more action in Saturday 26th at 09:00 CDT

Date and Location

Structure and Rules

Schedule

Duellers lineup

Sacrifice teams lineup

Quake World Championship Groups

Prize distribution

Casters for the event

Banner

Hype video

Previous Days

Brackets: Sacrifice Bracket, Duel Bracket
Live streams:

Quakechampions (main stream),

Quakechampions 2 (2nd stream),

Russian Stream,

Quakecon,

Bethesda
Links: Quakecon Home, Quakecon 2017 guidebook, Toornament, Team Liquid Wiki,

@QuakeCon
VODS:

Quake Champions PRO,

Poloz QuakeTV

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Key storylines for QuakeCon 2017's duel championship (No comments)

( News: Gaming)

Posted by RadoNonESR @ 02:27 CDT, 25 August 2017 - iMsg

QuakeCon 2017 is on our doorsteps and with it, Quake Champions' inaugural big-stage duel event. Despite missing some big names the event will be by far the most stacked lineup a the series has seen in recent years. As such, most of the matches are bound to be exciting on their own, but what makes them even better is often the storylines behind the action and smarts that take place on the server. Throughout the weekend we'll see many different narratives converge or give way to each other, but in this piece I'll examine several of the key ones, which I'll be paying the most attention to.

You can continue reading at: https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/2773/key-storyline-for-quakecon-2017s-duel-championship

A small note: unfortunately, I didn't know evil is participating in the BYOC at the time of writing so... :(

About me:
I go by the ID RadoN! I’ve been following different games within the esports industry ever since finding out about it in 2009. The titles that I follow closely for the time being are Overwatch, CS:GO and Quake, while occasionally dabbling in some other games as well. If you wish to reach out, follow future content, or simply know more about my thoughts on esports and gaming, you can find me on twitter at @RadoNonfire.

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CPMA CTF Draft Cup (8 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by xero- @ 23:18 CDT, 24 August 2017 - iMsg

We'll be hosting a CTF draft cup on Saturday September 2, 2017. The event will have two distinct portions, the first will be the draft itself, where players are organized into teams, and once that is completed, we will begin playing the games. The draft portion will start at 09:30 CDT, with games scheduled to start at 10:30 CDT.

Map List: q3wcp1, ct3ctf1, fjo3ctf3, q3wcp9, q3wcp14.

If you're not familiar with this format, how it works is quite simple. From the final player list a small number of players will be selected to be captains, who will then pick players in a snaking order, until all registered players have been selected. We will use a double elimination format, with all matches in the upper bracket being played as BO3, all matches in the lower bracket as a BO1, and the grand final as BO5. We're hoping this will actually allow us to finish this time.

To register, plese join the

CPMA Discord Server and message

xero to be added to the draft list.

Stream:

xerosawyer
Links: CTF Map Pack,

CPMA Official Website

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Quakecon 2017: Quake World Championship DAY 2 (549 comments)

( Major News: QC)

Posted by Asuka_ @ 21:23 CDT, 24 August 2017 - iMsg

Event: QC17

After an intense first day, the Quake World Championship second day promises even more exciting fast paced action at the Quakecon 2017. Sacrifice group stages are over and there are only 4 teams remaining going into the semifinals, the match ups are:

NOTOFAST vs

Liquid and

2z vs

The defendants. All-super-star team NOTOFAST seems to be doing great at the moment and is pretty much demolishing all opposition they encounter, so could the americans make an upset? they are pretty much all against the odds, that’s for sure. Meanwhile In the second match we got 2z with an strong performance so far in the tournament that seems to give them the upperhand over The Defendants, however, we’ll prolly see the later ones put a hell of a fight to get an opportunity to get into the grand finals.

Duel action has pretty much just getting started with only one round taking place in the first day of QuakeCon, nevertheless, we already witnessed incredible action and some pretty big upsets regarding the first round of the group stages of the Quake World Championship.The most crucial ones being:

Raisy (a pretty much non-quaker and mostly a CS player) demolishing

Tox on LAN, just as in the Regionals, american new blood dueller

dooi beating old QL dark horse

strenx in a 2-0 fashion, the day by day stronger swedish player

fazz beating last year Quakecon’s runner up

evil, and of course, the old legend and russian superstar

Anton Singov, better known as Cooller, completely destroying

rapha in a both shocking and amazing 2-0 (6-0) performance.

Stay tuned for more action in Friday 25th at ~~09:00 CDT~~ 12:00 CDT

Date and Location

Structure and Rules

Schedule

Duellers lineup

Sacrifice teams lineup

Quake World Championship Groups

Prize distribution

Casters for the event

Banner

Hype video

Previous Days

Brackets: Sacrifice Bracket, Duel Bracket
Live streams:

Quakechampions (main stream),

Quakechampions 2 (2nd stream),

Russian Stream,

Quakecon,

Bethesda
Links: Quakecon Home, Quakecon 2017 guidebook, Toornament, Team Liquid Wiki,

@QuakeCon
VODS:

Quake Champions PRO,

Poloz QuakeTV

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Re: Quakecon 2017: Quake World Championship (7 comments)

( News: QL)

Posted by Fraze @ 23:58 CDT, 23 August 2017 - iMsg

I messed up I just meant to reply to a comment dno how to delete this! Haha

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Quakecon 2017: Quake World Championship DAY 1 (374 comments)

( Major News: QC)

Posted by Asuka_ @ 19:13 CDT, 23 August 2017 - iMsg

Event: QC17

It's time! The day has finally come for the Quake World Championship at QuakeCon 2017. Players from all around the world will come to

Dallas, Texas for a chance to compete for a $1 million prize pool. In the last past years (with the declining of Quake at the e-sports main reflector) players have been competing mostly for legacy and glory only, and even one French man said that the game was too old already that no one had nothing to prove anymore. Well, now this is a whole new game and a whole new field, the big money is back and along with it is also the big and fierce competition. This also will be the first Quakecon to feature the new Quake title from id: Quake Champions, some strange version of the long awaited Quake 5, and pretty much the last opportunity for the Quake franchise to get back to the big stages of competitive gaming.