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ESWC Masters Q3 Groups - Updated (493 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by xou @ 09:56 CDT, 30 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

The Quake 3 groups of the ESWC Masters Paris are now public on ESWC.com. They will be as following:

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

More informations: Schedule - Brackets - Masters Paris 2008 - Streams

Update: We already know that

Cyrus "proZaC" Malekani isn't able to come to France for the Masters.

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ESWC France Qualifiers (82 comments)

( Major News: CS Q3 WC3)

Posted by xou @ 08:17 CDT, 30 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

Scheduled: 05:00 CDT, 4 July 2008 to 14:00 CDT, 4 July 2008
Schedule: Passed

Friday the 4th of July, during the "Mondial du Gaming" at the POPB in Paris, the French ESWC Qualifiers will take place. The qualifiers will be played before the Paris Masters event begin.

The groups for Quake 3 will be as following:

Group A

Group B

More informations: Schedule - Bracket - ESWC.fr - Streams

Edited by xou at 07:42 CDT, 1 July 2008 - 17333 Hits

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ESWC Austria 2008 (2 comments)

( Gallery: Q3)

Posted by masta- @ 02:57 CDT, 30 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

ESWC Austria 2008!

Pictures made by own3D.at.

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ESWC Austria qualifier (14 comments)

( News: ESR)

Posted by Gladius @ 04:18 CDT, 29 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

Yesterday ESWC Austria was held at the 'nur 48 stunden Lanparty'. Needless to say Richard 'noctis' Gansterer won; he easily beat jue 2-0 in the final.

Participants were:
-theafth
-noctis (short interview in german)
-jue
-kajf
-infamous
-masta

(and no Uwu)

Results & demos

Other winners:
TMN: pezi10002
WC3: firestrike

edit: I translated the interview in english. It might read a bit artificial now and then.

english version

Edited by Gladius at 13:32 CDT, 29 June 2008 - 2993 Hits

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ESWC Masters Seeds Revealed - Updated (309 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by Slasher @ 15:24 CDT, 27 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

The seeds have been released for the upcoming ESWC Masters event, held July 4th-6th at the Palais Omnisports of Paris. Players and are placed in two different seed pools (top and high) while others are placed in a challenger’s pool. No group may have more than two players from the same nationality.

Top seeds:

Alexei "Cypher" Yanyshevsky

Paul "czm" Nelson

Magnus "fox" Olsson

Fan "RazerJ" Zhibo

High seeds:

Karl "fooKi" Johansson

Marcel "k1llsen" Paul

Richard "noctis" Gansterer

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson

Challengers:

John "ZeRo4" Hill

Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager

Chance "Chance" Lacina

Maciek "av3k" Krzykowski

Cyrus "proZaC" Malekani

Grégory "falcuma" Ollivier

Jeffrey "Draven" Debipersad

Benjamin "Unity" Rovira

Thomas "griffin" Wall

Pierre-Emeric "link1n" Portier

Mateusz "matr0x" Ozga

Andreas "ArrW" Ihrfors

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia

Arnaud "slx" Lanoe

Dongkin "Dongjin" Suh

Update - the 24th player will be:

Ondra "Legie" Konecny

The group draw will take place on Monday, June 30th, from 15.00 CET to 17.00 CET. More info on http://www.eswc.com/masters/paris2008.

Edited by xou at 13:42 CDT, 30 June 2008 - 129978 Hits

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ESWC Ukraine qualifier (7 comments)

( News: Q3)

Posted by Gladius @ 08:59 CDT, 25 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

since I didn't find anything about the qualifier on ESR, here some info about it:
Brackets
Demos

1. Hunter
2. Alf
3. Skillz|Ghost

I don't speak russian, but I assume only Hunter goes to the finals.

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Final ESWC Masters Players List (191 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by lowje @ 04:57 CDT, 25 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

After several weeks of players dropping and replacements being found, the official list of invites for the ESWC Masters event has been revealed.

Among the original invites who will not be participating are ESWC 2005 champion

Anton "Cooller" Singov who decided not to attend after qualifying for the grand finals in San Jose, and ESWC NL champion

Lemmy "if-22" de Groot, who cannot get off work. Replacements include CPL World Tour superstar

Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager and 4Kings' new pickup

Richard "noctis" Gansterer.

John "ZeRo4" Hill

Magnus "fox" Olsson

Alexei "Cypher" Yanyshevsky

Fan "RazerJ" Zhibo

Paul "czm" Nelson

Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager

Chance "Chance" Lacina

Maciek "av3k" Krzykowski

Cyrus "proZaC" Malekani

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson

Jeffrey "Draven" Debipersad

Karl "fooKi" Johansson

Benjamin "Unity" Rovira

Thomas "griffin" Wall

Pierre-Emeric "link1n" Portier

Marcel "k1llsen" Paul

Richard "noctis" Gansterer

Grégory "falcuma" Ollivier

Mateusz "matr0x" Ozga

Andreas "ArrW" Ihrfors

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia

Arnaud "slx" Lanoe

Dongkin "Dongjin" Suh

ESWC Masters official website

Edited by Slasher at 13:16 CDT, 25 June 2008 - 43593 Hits

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Belgium ESWC online matches has ended (10 comments)

( News: Q3)

Posted by qahdrk @ 04:45 CDT, 22 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

Here are the results of the Belgium online matches so far held by LowLandLions and Gamevibez. Due to six players only we had to make two groups of three people. The top two players advance to the semi finals at the Antwerp Esports Festival.

Group A:

Impulse,

goX,

SDSR|fiction

results

Group B:

sensation,

dj Hell,

gladius

results

Final Standings

These are the four remaining players for the lan finals in the Antwerp Esports Festival held at 25-26-27 of july.

remaining players

It was a shame only six players showed up after all the effort me and the other people from gamelux made of it. But I was very pleased with the six people who showed up did the best they could to secure these four spots for the lan finals.

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Vo0 going to ESWC Grand Finals (208 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by Ins0mnia @ 01:34 CDT, 13 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

Last weekend the Dutch ESWC qualifier in Quake 3 Arena has been played. With an exciting finale from Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager versus Lemmy "If-22" de Groot, in which IF-22 came out as the superior player.

How ever, the ESWC was so thrilled about the final, they decided that Vo0 should also be given a chance to ESWC USA. So there for they given the second spot also a ticket for the grand finales. Even thought Vo0 has to pay up his own trip.

Ofcourse not everybody is happy with this, because Ivo 'Forever' Lindhout states on GameLux that this is just not a fair way to distribute prizes. (The news hub of WSquared). How ever Forever did not attent the event. Because he didn't know there was a second prize.

Here is a part translated, quoted and cutted from what he had to say:

Forever in English (cut)

Forever in Dutch (uncut)

As since we of ESreality do care about our users and their public opinion. We have also made a poll about it. You can just vote here.

Edited by Ins0mnia at 05:37 CDT, 13 June 2008 - 77664 Hits

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ESWC Belgium announced (36 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by dfb @ 14:23 CDT, 8 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

Scheduled: 02:00 CDT, 25 July 2008 to 14:00 CDT, 25 July 2008
Schedule: Passed

Belgian based gaming organisation Gamevibes and Belgian gaming team LowLandLions announce the qualifications for the Belgian

ESWC delegation.

The two games that will be played happen to be the two games that kicked off professional gaming for most people:

Counter-strike 1.6 and

Quake3. 24 teams and 32 players will have the chance to qualify for the prestigious LAN finals at the Antwerp E-sports Festival on the 25th of July . The Antwerp eSports Festival, the setting for the Belgian qualifier, is the new 50,000 € tournament organized by Gamevibes in the Hilton in Antwerp.
The online qualifiers will be played on the 21st and 28th of June. The best four counter-strike 1.6 teams and the best four Quake3 players will then battle it out at the AEF in hopes of defending the Belgian colours in San Jose, California. This is where the ESWC grand finals will be played this year, a major change from previous years as the finals were always in France.

Registering for the qualifiers has never been easier. All you need is a Gamevibes ID which grants you access to the AEF and TEK9 website and ultimately ESWC glory! Head on down to www.tek-9.org/eswc and get yourself registered!

More ...

The ESWC, one of the most well-known brands in electronic sports and has an impressive track record. This year will be the 6th event and it will have 800 video game champions from all over the world competing for the title of world champion in their respective game. The finals will be held in three different locations in San Jose from the 25th until the 27th of August. Thousands of visitors will witness the thrill of seeing the best players in the world compete against each other. Organizing spectacular finals is one of the ESWC’s strong points and it will be no different this year.

About Gamevibes:
Gamevibes is an innovative new media and entertainment company specialized in connecting companies with the new industry of video games. We offer high quality services and business solutions aimed at bringing the social environment of gaming in direct contact with the business objectives of our clients. At Gamevibes we take the needs of our clients seriously, our services are individually designed and chosen to offer the perfect solution for our partner. “Feeling the game” brings you one step closer to obtaining your business objectives by utilizing the opportunities the wonderful world of gaming brings to the playing field. With millions of passionate gamers across the globe, this market can no longer be denied and Gamevibes will get your head into the game from the very beginning.

About LowLandLions:
The LowLandLions is an organization of professional gaming athletes, which originates from the Benelux. Our goal is to nurture aspiring potential and grow the next generation of e-Sports athletes. Over the last couple of years the ‘Lowlands’ has spawned a great deal of talent. Unfortunately very few had the opportunity to develop into professional athletes due to insufficient support. The LowLandLions gives both new and established talent the chance to compete at the highest level under the wings of a well structured organization. Based on a select number of criteria, the LowLandLions will continuously scout and recruit young potential, and is therefore a representation of the best the Benelux has to offer. Our goal is to become an ambassador for e-Sports by striving for its main stream acceptance for the benefit of professional gamers and gamers alike around the world.

Edited by Nicky at 14:28 CDT, 8 June 2008 - 24549 Hits

ESWC NL PICTURE GALLERY #2 (No comments)

( Gallery: Q3)

Posted by qahdrk @ 08:02 CDT, 8 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

another picture gallery

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ESWC 2008 NL Picture Gallery (No comments)

( Gallery: Q3)

Posted by qahdrk @ 03:20 CDT, 8 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

trackmania elite

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ESWC Netherlands results (64 comments)

( Major News: Gaming Q3 WC3)

Posted by Ins0mnia @ 17:18 CDT, 7 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

Today some qualifiers for ESWC has been played in the Netherlands at the WZZRD Internet Cafes. This qualifier was once again hosted by WSquared (Also known as GameLux & ESL Netherlands).

Anyway some results, match results, demos and such.

Q3A Results

Q3A Groups

Q3A match results

WC3 Results

WC3 Groups

Trackmania Results

Gallery

Edited by Ins0mnia at 03:04 CDT, 9 June 2008 - 29696 Hits

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ESWC 08 Russia Q3: Nike and Cooller won (128 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by Trick Troll @ 13:40 CDT, 7 June 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

Electronic Sports World Cup

Russian Qualifiers finished in Moscow today. 10 players battled for 2 slots to ESWC Grand Finals in San Jose, California.

Players List

Final Standings

Results

Edited by ohg at 20:26 CDT, 7 June 2008 - 36900 Hits

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ESWC USA Finals: Someone Wins!! (171 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by Slasher @ 14:00 CDT, 29 May 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

Scheduled: 17:00 CDT, 29 May 2008 to 18:00 CDT, 29 May 2008
Schedule: Passed

Scores: *spoiler* the following may tell you the results of the game!

UPDATE - Sorry, match is one hour later than originally posted. We will also have a live video stream provided by Gamefire.com, with Team EG's

Stuart "Django" Ewen, Fnatic's

Jay "2GD" Harding and myself commentating.

GTV: 147.32.30.24
VIDEO Stream: GameFire
AUDIO Stream: http://quakeunity.com:8000/listen.pls

The ESWC USA qualifiers will come to an end tomorrow as Chicago Chimera General Manage

Brian "destrukt" Flander will take on SK-Gaming's

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson in the grand finals. (Betting Fixture)

Both players have secured their spots to represent America at the ESWC Grand Finals, taking place August 25th-27th at NVISION 2008 in San Jose, California. The final match of the qualifier will determine the seedings and respective group draws at the final.

With destrukt's win over rapha in the upper bracket final, rapha will need to win two best of 3's to secure the top spot.

The fun starts at 20:00 CST, Thursday night for Americans early Friday morning for Europeans. GTV can be watched at 147.32.30.24:27970. Shoutcasting will be done by Team EG's Django, Fnatic's 2GD, and myself, IP TBA. Scorebot can be found in #QuakeQuickCup on Quakenet.

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