Announcement of a 1 day cup in memories of astz :

Why?
In memory of Paul "astz" McGarrity we have decided to host a one day 1v1 event in the hopes to raise funds for his family.

All donations made during show matches and the event itself will go to Kathleen (long time gf of astz and mother of their 3 kids). As to make it interesting for the viewers and the players, 20% of the donation will go to form an eventual prizepool.

When?
27/2/2022 14:00 CET
1 day Tournament.

SHOW MATCH THIS FRIDAY 21:30!!

Where?
Coverage by ScrMz : https://www.twitch.tv/scrmzut

TheMrBenpulido released a Quake 4 Gamepack with Quake 2 aesthetics and graphical "enhancements". Inclused all Quake 4 missions. You will need Kmquake2 or Vanilla QUAKE 2 with unofficial patch 3.24 in order to run it.



If you'd like to give it a shot, you can download it via ModDB. Comparison screenshots and gameplay video can be found here



Other links: TheMrBenpulido, Download

On Sunday 27th of February, House of Quake will be hosting a Quake Live CTF 5v5 draft cup. Signups are already open in #ctfdraft on the HoQ Discord.

To participate, you must:

1. Sign in to https://qlstats.net/ and make your stats public
2. Have 20 or more CTF matches played in #ctfpickup on the HoQ Discord
3. Read and follow the rules






good luck & have fun

Freestyle trickjumping on Q2DM1.

I’ve always desired to produce a compilation video of some of the best tricks on the map, there is a lot of never-before-seen tricks and variations as well.

The idea for the level design comes from “The Broken Edge” remake, which was created by DIRTY & DeAdLy[BITCH]es a long time ago. That map has then been heavily modified by ZEROSIGNAL for the purposes of this project. Combined with atmospheric music and a cinematic intro, this version of The Edge is a breath of fresh air in a game that celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Special thanks to ZEROSIGNAL and Draxi for their help and support.

Music:
PHILIP GLAS – KOYAANISQATSI

Greetings to all speedrunning communities.

Thanks for watching

Ladies & gentlemen, I’m proud to present you what will be the guidelines / rules for an upcoming just4fun (or eventually with a prize pool) tournament on… Doom 3!. Yes, you heard it well, Doom 3 classic multiplayer is back!. Since I started playing D3 multiplayer when it was basically already dead (in 2018 if I’m right), the interest for this game took over so I’ve decided to make a turning point. After all these years of silence, what I simply thought was "I need to do something to bring back life to this game’ so here I am!. I've already spreaded the news among the last “active” players with no very promising results BUT I'm trying to get the attention of some important old school player of D3 and now I have a collaboration with some eXg clan members that are helping me a lot with this project and they are also still active & cool players. I think that D3 multiplayer was and still is an underrated yet very exciting experience that needs to be shown to the new generation of fps players.

IMPORTANT: I've done my best to be as detailed as I can, sorry for my bad english. Maybe the rules will need some editing or fixing but as long as I’m alone I can’t do too much or cover all the essential things that a respectable tournament should have. I will be more clear if you decide to contact me. I'm open to any kind of advice or tips.

Now, enough with talking!. All you need to know is in the links below. You can contact the fool behind all this at: frttempolibero96@hotmail.com or simply add me on Steam (My Friend Code is: 857460537)

- 1vs1 TOURNAMENT RULES https://pastebin.com/tfkZNZ9g
- TDM EVENT RULES https://pastebin.com/mkyJtDTF

One special thanks to 5M1L3Z, HavoK!, Henry Sellers, Bonehead and pointb|anK for supporting me with this idea and of course to all of you that will be seriously interested in making this tournament possibile!

Dear ESR Users,

I'm really saddened to let you know that Paul "astz" McGarrity passed away last night.

Most of us knew Paul as a true artisan and member of the UT2004 community. He was a true friend for this community and was a competitive professional player on UT2004. He also played QuakeLive in the early days of the game for team dignitas.
Paul was also a kind and funny guy to spend time with, and a great father for his 3 kids.

I had the pleasure to meet him during a LAN tournament he organised in Dundee, in 2011 (he did the full coverage of the tournament on ESR). I remember having a blast meeting for the first time UT Legends such as ScrMz, Frantic, ecko and of course Paul.

May you rest in peace UT Legend, you will be missed.

For the memories : https://youtu.be/0QAzzyPK4CU

Very sad news from the defrag discord: [fps]rain passed away today from a coronavirus infection, after two weeks in the hospital. He was a top defrag player who finished 13th place in the recent dfwc. Searching his nick on youtube yields many world records he held. rip

edit: not dead afterall

Paul 'czm' Nelson, Quake legend, CPL and QuakeCon champion has solved the subconvexity problem, a problem two steps removed from the Riemann hypothesis. The Riemann hypothesis is one of the most important unsolved problems in pure mathematics and if solved, would help us know more about prime numbers, which are important in all manner of areas including basic cryptography.

In a paper posted in September, Paul Nelson of the Institute for Advanced Study has solved the subconvexity problem, a kind of lighter-weight version of Riemann’s question. The proof is a significant achievement on its own and teases the possibility that even greater discoveries related to prime numbers may be in store.

“It’s a bit of a far-fetched dream, but you could hyper-optimistically hope that maybe we get some insight in how the [Riemann hypothesis] works by working on problems like this,” Nelson said.

He wrote two papers, one in 2020 and one in September of last year that put together solved the subconvexity problem.

Article link

Cyberfrags is a super-fast arena/movement shooter, with loads of guns and lots of ways to move REALLY fast. Since the CF community is still small there aren't many servers floating around, so feel free to hop into the discord and we'll double-jump into a game with you!

Movement-wise its a mix between Quake & Titanfall, but faster. ( including Walljumps.)

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1674270/Cyberfrags_69/

Discord: https://discord.gg/2YyAvwp8Vw

Thanks for taking a look!

Presenting the original Event Horizon trilogy, remastered in 4k 60fps and only available on the official Event Horizon YouTube channel. Enjoy!


Now also available the whole 1st season of Sessions series. Check it out!

More news to come later this year. Keep your eyes peeled!

This guide is geared toward analyzing the components of a CS:GO crosshair, based on what some of the pros use.

Take for example, the shape of an average crosshair. Usually, you'll see 4 ends pointing outward and inward at the same time, in the shape of a T. But have you ever wondered why the t shape is so commonly used over another shape, such as a circle?

For starters, all 4 ends of the crosshair, as I mentioned before, seem to be pointing inward, thereby gravitating your attention towards the center (it's also why you might see a small gap in the middle of the crosshair). This in turn, helps you focus on centering your shots, such as a headshot.

My guess is that our minds seem to pay more attention to patterns or consistency (such as the ends pointing inward toward one direction) rather than something a bit more random (such as the same ends also pointing outward in 4 different directions). Nevertheless, this crosshair also provides a boundary of some sort by covering all directions (left right up down) given it's natural shape (or t).

There's nothing wrong with a dot crosshair though; in fact it probably provides the highest degree of parallelism with respect to your opponent's head, given it's natural shape. My main concern however (as I used to use one) is visibility and direction, meaning the dot is just there, but it does not "guide you or shift your focus toward the center, like a t-shape crosshair would. Least, that's the way I see it.

Nevertheless, I respect personal preferences, and this is just a small snippet of some of the crosshair features to look for or think about.

Full article (I wrote) can be found here: Top CS:GO Crosshairs (imo)

Lastly, if you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to share them. Thanks.

The sign-ups for Quake Live TDM 2v2 Winter Season will be open from Sunday 2nd January until Sunday 23rd of January 2022.

The League start will be Sunday 30th of January, duration depends on the sign-ups (1 match per week). Division 1 plays Sunday at 21:00 CET, Division 2 Monday at 21:00 CET, Division 3 Tuesday at 21:00 CET.

Check below for all needed informations and sign-up! If you already have player and clan account on House of Quake, feel free to sign-up right away. Otherwise make sure to register yourselves and your clan first.


Streams: 102
Links: Rules 2v2, Signups 2v2 HoQ Discord, HouseofQuake

Hi all,
I havent made a movie in some 10 years but this year's DFWC was so fantastic I put together some memorable moments and runs.




A few notes:

-This movie is meant as a celebration of the event and a tribute to the brilliant work of the organisers, mappers, streamers, donators and of course the runners. My respect and thank you to everyone involved, it was an amazing event.

-I focused on top20 runs and I tried to offer a large variety of runners, a healthy balance of vq3 and cpm. There was twice as much material as I could use so I had to make some hard choices, if you are a top20 runner and you did not make it into the movie I hope you understand.

-No Top1 runs. It is an unspoken tradition that movie makers much more skilled than myself eternalise the DFWC with a top1 runs movie. I did not use any of the top1 material for this reason.