Rulesets

• Allowing alternate player models now determined by ruleset
  
• Ruleset qcon reports the new player model (CapNBubs) as modified
  
• Changing ruleset or /allow_scripts now releases all protected keys. Blocks /cl_idrive workaround.

Input

• Added /con_toggle_deadkey cvar as a workaround for SDL2 deadkey-handling. Should stop first character typed at the console being corrupt when using a keyboard layout where the console toggle key is also an operating system deadkey.
  
• Bugfix: keyboard operating system layout is used if the program is started and /cl_onload is set to a console command (was previously set to QWERTY until game started).
  
• Bugfix: /cl_keypad cvar operational again, if set (default) then keypad & basic number keys can be bound independently. If turned off, keypad keys converted to standard keys, bindable as per QWCL.

Display

• /gl_loadlitfiles now controls loading of all colored lighting, regardless if from .lit file or stored in the .bsp file. Hidden cvar /gl_noinlinergb removed.
  
• Bugfix: horizontal fov was being increased when /viewsize caused effective aspect ratio to change. /scr_fovmode cvar controls how ezquake keeps the fov correct.
  
  
  
  • /scr_fovmode 0 (default) will use the aspect ratio of the monitor and then crop the image vertically. This matches the approach taken in QWCL
    
  • /scr_fovmode 1 will introduce horizontal letterboxing to keep the aspect ratio constant.

Menu

• Ruleset qcon now available through menu
  
• Sound: desired samples available through menu
  
• "Light Mode" renamed to "Darken Map"
  
• Bugfix: F2-F12 are now bindable in menu
  
• Bugfix: When unbinding through menu, only keys that match the command are unbound (rather than all keys starting with the corresponding command)

Other

• Various documentation corrections and updates.
  
• Bugfix: Various memory leaks patched
  
• Bugfix: /playdemo could crash client
  
• Bugfix: console background resizes as console width/height changes.
  
• Bugfix: ambient sound would not change volume if cl_maxfps was sufficiently high (leads to ambient sounds always playing or never playing)
  
• Bugfix: on Linux systems, keyboard input will be grabbed as well as mouse when /in_grab_windowed_mouse set. Should stop window manager shortcuts from firing during game.
  
• Bugfix: /connectbr will default to port 27500 if no port specified
  
• Bugfix: No longer looks for files in root of the current drive if /userdir is empty

Build environment

• Windows: can now access https:// server browser sources (libcurl library updated)
  
• OSX: binary should now be compatible with OSX 10.9

Gametype: TDM 2v2 Classic
Format: DE WB Bo3/LB Bo1 - Final: Bo5
Admin(s): doz3r / xou
IRC: #HoQLeagues

- Almost Lost
- Blood Run
- Campgrounds
- Devilish
- Hidden Fortress

donate for the cup
16€ from stickan
10€ from doz3r
10€ from Beerman
5€ from Osnart
5€ from Sinus

• Double Elimination - you have to lose twice to be eliminated
• Best of One Lower Bracket until semi-final
• First two rounds of Upper Bracket are Best of One
• Grand final is full Best of Five (no advantage for UB winner)
• All other matches are Best of Three

Blood Run
Furious Heights
Sinister
Cure
Hektik

This is the QuakeCon pool minus two less popular maps

• Players must sign up on Challonge!
• Players must join the 4sg Discord (you can do this in browser without making an account) on the day to make sure they can be contacted easily. Join the 4sg Discord here!
• If a player cannot be contacted for 10 minutes they will be forfeitted unless they make special arrangements with an admin.
• Games will be played on the server with the lowest ping difference, unless otherwise stated by an admin (me). Ask if you have any concerns on the day.
• Checkins open 30 minutes before the comp, you are required to check in on Challonge or with me.
• Be nice, be a good sport, etc.

How to pick maps:
Best of 1: ban, ban, ban, ban, decider
Best of 3: ban, ban, pick, pick, decider
Best of 5: pick, pick, pick, pick, decider

First pick or ban is decided by cointoss, unless players both agree otherwise

First place will go home with AT LEAST $10 AUD!!!

Bracket http://125fps.challonge.com/sundaycup46
When: 24 July 2016, 10:00 CDT
MapPool: Sinister, Cure, FuriousHeights, Battleforged, Toxicity, Bloodrun and Silence
Mapchoice - drop first. Cointoss loser starts drop.
PrizePool: 2500RUB+500RUB and season points for top-8
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the semifinal, BO3 WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

rapha
DaHanG
ZeRo4
chance
ZorakWar
zar
griffin
davis
cha0ticz
ballin4life
psygib
Necrophag1st
ekp
Cody
Ruleth
festiveturtle
organic
Vig1lante
Lonewulf

Day 1 - Saturday, July 16th
13:00 CDT - 14:00 CDT - Bracket Round of 32 - BO3
14:00 CDT - 15:00 CDT - Bracket Round of 16 - BO3

15:30 CDT - 16:00 CDT - Group A UB Semi #1 - BO3
16:00 CDT - 16:30 CDT - Group A UB Semi #2 - BO3
16:30 CDT - 17:00 CDT - Group A UB Final - BO3

17:00 CDT - 17:30 CDT - Group B Semi Final #1 - BO3
17:30 CDT - 18:00 CDT - Group B Semi Final #2 - BO3
18:00 CDT - 18:30 CDT - Group B UB Final - BO3

Day 2 - Sunday, July 17th
13:00 CDT - 13:30 CDT - Group A LB Match - BO3
13:30 CDT - 14:00 CDT - Group B LB Match - BO3
14:00 CDT - 14:30 CDT - Group A LB Final - BO3
14:30 CDT - 15:00 CDT - Group B LB Final - BO3

15:00 CDT - 16:00 CDT - Semi Final #1 - BO5
16:00 CDT - 17:00 CDT - Semi Final #2 - BO5
17:00 CDT - 18:00 CDT - Grand Final - BO5

Battleforged, Blood Run, Cure, Elder, Furious Heights, Hektik, Sinister

1. $1,000
2. $500
3-4. $250

#tdmpickup is an IRC channel where a bot automatically organizes matches and decides teams. Players simply need to join the channel, type the !a command, and they will be queued for the next match. As soon as 8 players have queued, the bot decides the teams, the match starts, and the queue is reset for the next 8 players.

You don't need to install an IRC software client if you don't want to. Thanks to IRC Webchat which opens IRC directly in a browser tab, #tdmpickup is quite literally two clicks away:

http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=tdmpickup

Please remember to use an IRC nick similar to your in-game nick to avoid confusion.

If it's your first time playing in #tdmpickup, you will need to tell the bot what your Steam ID is so it can track your match history properly. Make sure you are using the desired IRC nick and then type the following command:

!steamid <steamid>

Your Steam ID is the ~17 digit folder that can be found in C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Quake Live/ by default, and looks something like 76543210987654321. You can also use http://steamidfinder.com/.

The obvious reason for hosting Clan Arena pickups in #tdmpickup is that one bot in one channel is a lot easier to maintain and administrate than two bots in two channels, but in addition to this we think that this is a great opportunity for both TDM pickups and CA pickups to gain new players. If a TDM pickup needs 2 more players to add, then a couple of CA players might decide to try it out, and vice versa.

Remember that most commands are for TDM by default, so you will need to add the "ca" suffix where necessary (!a ca, !rating ca player, !w ca, etc...).

Of course, if this initiative fails horribly and nobody plays CA, it will eventually be removed from #tdmpickup. As with everything in QL, we depend entirely on the community (that's you!).

For now, two brand new CA servers located in Germany have been configured, so feel free to check your ping:

/connect 108.61.190.47:27960; password capickup
/connect 108.61.190.47:27961; password capickup


The mappool should be identical to the previous #capickup mappool:

Asylum
Campgrounds *
Hidden Fortress *
Overkill
Quarantine
Repent
Servitude
Trinity
ra3map9
ra3map15
ra3map20

* Also in the 4v4 TDM map pool.

• Double Elimination - you have to lose twice to be eliminated
• Best of One Lower Bracket until semi-final
• First two rounds of Upper Bracket are Best of One
• Grand final is full Best of Five (no advantage for UB winner)
• All other matches are Best of Three

Blood Run
Furious Heights
Sinister
Cure
Hektik

This is the QuakeCon pool minus two less popular maps

• Players must sign up on Challonge!
• Players must join the 4sg Discord (you can do this in browser without making an account) on the day to make sure they can be contacted easily. Join the 4sg Discord here!
• If a player cannot be contacted for 10 minutes they will be forfeitted unless they make special arrangements with an admin.
• Games will be played on the server with the lowest ping difference, unless otherwise stated by an admin (me). Ask if you have any concerns on the day.
• Checkins open 30 minutes before the comp, you are required to check in on Challonge or with me.
• Be nice, be a good sport, etc.

How to pick maps:
Best of 1: ban, ban, ban, ban, decider
Best of 3: ban, ban, pick, pick, decider
Best of 5: pick, pick, pick, pick, decider

First pick or ban is decided by cointoss, unless players both agree otherwise

Aussie Warmup Duel #3 - 22:30 CDT, 23 July 2016
American Warmup Duel - 16:00 CDT, 31 July 2016 (time may change)

TBA

Bracket http://125fps.challonge.com/sundaycup45
When: 17 July 2016, 10:00 CDT
MapPool: Sinister, Cure, FuriousHeights, Battleforged, Toxicity, Bloodrun and Silence
Mapchoice - drop first. Cointoss loser starts drop.
PrizePool: 2500RUB+500RUB and season points for top-8
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the semifinal, BO3 WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

This project began when I was contacted by mouse* asking if I would mind using his demos to create a movie. It didn't take long for me to accept his offer after I watched through his amazing democollection he sent me. As I by the time had a lot of spacectf demos collected myself, I proposed the idea of a combined movie surrounding in a sky/space-ish atmospehere. The result came out as good as we both imagined it.

While it took a lot of time for me to finally release the final piece, most of the work was done with the preperation of the scenes themself. Every skyward sequence in SPACEWARD have smooth moving clouds floating above the map. This effect could only (by my poor editing experiences) be rightfully made with rendering every scene twice, one with the floating clouds, and a second with a normal skyboxtexture halfly covered in greenscreen. A lot of effort was put into this, but it was all worth it in the end.

Big thanks to mouse* for giving me this pleasure to put my creativity in motion with his resources and help, and a shoutout to all my homeboys in space o/

Originally this movie was meant to be my last fragged by mouse* part since I'm only a filthy casual these days and I stopped collecting demos. My crappy notebook at that time was not strong enough to edit and render videos so I decided to outsource the project. I contacted several movie makers and knowing his editing skills I decided for creep. In fact, he offered to throw in his collected space demos and create a 2-map project. Knowing creep΄s unreal skill as a player I said yes immediately of course. Many months later here we are and I am stunned by its quality and content.

Although I did not take part in any of the editing, creep constantly asked me for my opinion, proposed songs and sent me sample scenes so that I can honestly say I was very much involved in the project and contributed to its development.

All my heart and thanks goes out to my buddy creep who made this project possible with his superb frags and masterful editing. I hope many of you will enjoy it as much as I do.

• Double Elimination duel - you have to lose twice to be eliminated.
• Please check the bracket on the day for how many maps to play in each series (best of 1, best of 3)
• Grand final is a standard match, the UB winner has no advantage
• 5 maps, bans before picks.

Blood Run
Furious Heights
Sinister
Cure
Hektik
This is the QuakeCon pool minus two less popular maps

• Players must sign up on Challonge!
• If you need to go do something let me know. If you can't be contacted for 10 minutes you will be forfeited.
• Players are encouraged to join a Discord chat (you can do this in browser without making an account) on the day to make sure they can be contacted easily.
• Games will be played on the server with the lowest ping difference, unless otherwise stated by an admin (me). Ask if you have any concerns on the day.
• Checkins open 30 minutes before the comp, you are required to check in.
• Be nice, be a good sport, etc.

More Aussie competitions on the 17th and 24th. NA duel will likely be on the 31st!