Silence
Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Hektik
Blood Run
Toxicity

Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.

Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A elims, Player B elims, final map decider

Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.

1. evil (100$)
2. Cypher (25$)
3-4. pavel
3-4. baksteen
5-8. twister
5-8. agent
5-8. dem0n
5-8. Guard

Campgrounds
Blood Run
Lost World
Furious Heights
Dismemberment

- Introduction and opening: 04:30 CST
- Group A: 04:45 CST
- Break: 07:45 CST
- Group B: 08:15 CST
- Break: 11:15 CST
- Semi Final #1: 12:00 CST
- Semi Final #2: 13:00 CST
- Grand Final: 14:00 CST

Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
Anton "Cooller" Singov
Johan "tox" Quick
Zhibo "Jibo" Fan
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski
Richard "Noctis" Gansterer
Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager

Group A:
1. Cypher
2. tox
3. Vo0
4. Jibo

Group B:
2. Av3k
3. Cooller
1. noctis
4. stermy

Group A

cypher [2:0] jibo @ Furious Heights [12:4], Campgrounds [5:4]
vo0 [1:2] toxiq @ Dismemberment [7:4], Blood Run [0:2], Lost World [0:8]
cypher [2:1] vo0 @ Furious Heights [3:9], Dismemberment [4:2], Campgrounds [9:3]
toxiq [2:1] jibo @ Furious Heights [12:0], Blood Run [5:11], Lost World [9:-1]
vo0 [2:0] jibo @ Blood Run [14:3], Dismemberment [10:7]
cypher [2:0] toxiq @ Blood Run [20:4], Furious Heights [10:9]

Group B

av3k [0:2] noctis @ Dismemberment [2:11], Blood Run [0:10]
cooller [2:1] stermy @ Lost World [7:1], Furious Heights [3:5], Blood Run [9:0]
stermy [0:2] av3k @ Lost World [5:9], Campgrounds [1:16]
noctis [0:2] cooller @ Lost World [0:11], Dismemberment [2:5]
noctis [2:0] stermy @ Dismemberment [10:3], Furious Heights [6:4]
av3k [2:0] cooller @ Lost World [11:7], Furious Heights [9:2]

Playoff

cypher [0:3] av3k @ Furious Heights [1:16], Blood Run [5:9], Campgrounds [0:6]
toxiq [3:0] noctis @ Furious Heights [7:1], Dismemberment [7:2], Lost World [12:7]

av3k [3:1] toxiq @ Lost World [7:3], Blood Run [10:-2], Campgrounds [2:6], Furious Heights [10:3]

1. Av3k
2. toxjq
3-4. Cypher
3-4. Noctis
5-6. Cooller
5-6. Vo0
7-8. stermy
7-8. Jibo

Noctis started his pro gaming career with Quake III, when he managed to come fifth at the ESWC Masters Paris in 2008. That year was followed by more high ranked placings in tournaments such as DreamHack Winter and GameGune.

It was Quake Live when Noctis really started to make a name. He managed to win several online events, and registered himself as one of the best in TDM, grabbing high placings in events such as the ESL Major Series and QuakeCon. Even though he has no real major duel titles to his name, he has always been a top contender for every event he participated in.

The Austrian's biggest achievement was a third place at the ESL Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge Dubai, and he also placed high in several DreamHack tournaments and ESL IEM Gamescom.

Sander Kaasjager is seen as one of the greatest Dutch players ever. Vo0 is the most explosive cpm players, got his shot at the big time when fnatic's CEO sold his car to send him to the USA to play Painkiller in the CPL. After this the boom of Painkiller followed, and Sander was at the right place, winning over $220,000 in 2005 alone. He was beaten in the Grand Final by Fatal1ty, but he still went into the books as the greatest Painkiller player ever.

When Painkiller got dropped for Quake IV, Vo0 made a short stint in the game but decided to drop very soon in the game's history.
He focused on his studies for some years, but made a successful comeback to gaming by representing Fnatic's World of Warcraft squad alongside 2GD and Ztrider.

Quake Live came out in 2008 and Vo0 was still playing, but not as active as during his Painkiller years. He still managed to get a seventh place at QuakeCon 2008 and a third and fourth place consequently at the Intel Extreme Masters American Championships.

Silence
Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Hektik
Blood Run
Toxicity

Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.

Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A elims, Player B elims, final map decider

Other:
- Servers must be located within North America, unless both players agree differently.

1. rapha (100$)
2. ZeRo4
3-4. apparition
3-4. stv_
5-8. stoked
5-8. sc0tty
5-8. FienD
5-8. Julbars

At the tender age of sixteen, Cypher made his first real breakthrough. The now 22 year old won the ESWC Belarus Qualifier, taking him to the ESWC Grand Finals in Paris to face the best in Quake IV. An impressive second place launched his career to become one of the most well known and best Quake players ever.

Quake IV brought him titles such as winning KODE5 Russia and ASUS Summer, as well as a second and third place at WSVG stops. With the return of Quake III, more success followed. Two ESWC victories and several ASUS tournaments were won by the young Belarussian.

Quake Live brought the greatest success for Cypher, winning tournaments such as several ASUS tournaments, the Intel Extreme Masters European Finals, QuakeCon and various DreamHacks. Now, after having represented the likes of Fnatic, Serious Gaming and Razer, Cypher plays for Millenium, both in Quake Live and ShootMania.

Av3k's career paralleled that of Cypher. Everything started with Quake IV at a very young age. He placed high in several tournaments like QuakeCon, Netgamez, WCG, ESWC and many more. He was widely considered to be one of the best players in Quake IV, alongside fellow FACEIT: Legends Cup invitee, tox.

Once Quake III came back, the Polish player's success stopped coming at such a high rate. However, several tournaments were still won, or he challenged for a top place. A DreamHack and GameGune win highlight his career, but also a third place at two ESWC events are part of his CV.

During his Quake Live career he won two major titles, DreamHack Summer 2010 and QuakeCon 2011 TDM with Salivating Monstahz. Most recently Av3k placed a shared third and fourth place at Adroits, as well as at DreamHack, after which he announced his retirement of Quake LAN tournaments. He is still part of Millenium's ShootMania team, together with Cypher and keep3r.

Anton "Cooller" Singov
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
Johan "tox" Quick
Zhibo "Jibo" Fan
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski

Silence
Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Hektik
Blood Run
Toxicity

Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.

Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A elims, Player B elims, final map decider

Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.

1. Cypher (100$)
2. evil (25$)
3-4. pavel
3-4. Vo0
5-8. twister
5-8. Sev3n
5-8. baksteen
5-8. cOOw

Arguably the biggest and best Quake 4 player and one of the top TDM players, Johan "tox" Quick is our third invited player.

His career started in Quake 3, playing for the famous iCE cLIMBERS TDM team, with the likes of fox and gopher. Later he went to Fnatic, to represent them in Quake 3 TDM.

The high in his career was Quake 4, representing teams like FPO and SK Gaming in his hay days. He placed high in tournaments such as ESWC, CPL, WSVG and ESWC consistently. At the end of Quake 4, he managed to rack up almost 140,000$.

More recently his Quake career went on the back burner. He still played some TDM, most notably with colwn and managed to achieve a first place with his team at both DreamHack Winter and Summer in 2011, as well as a second place at QuakeCon 2011.

The Russian Chinese player, Jibo, also known as RazerJ over his career, is invite number four!

Jibos career took a launch with Quake 3, having a great year 2006 in the CPL, taking several top placings. He won the Nordic and SIngapore stop, and came second in the Finals in Dallas, only falling to czm.

2008 was another great Quake year for Jibo. With competition tightening, Jibo still managed to place fourth in two ESWC events that year. In 2010 he received a crown on his career, placing first in the Intel Extreme Masters Asian Championship. After this, things went a bit more silent and his Quake career practically ended.

Silence
Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Hektik
Blood Run
Toxicity

Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.

Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A elims, Player B elims, final map decider

Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.

1. evil (100$)
2. Cypher (25$)
3-4. agent
3-4. baksteen
5-8. cOOw
5-8. slimk
5-8. dem0n
5-8. Sajmon

Officially retired from eSports this year and currently a car sellsman, Cooller can be considered to be Russia’s greatest FPS player ever. He was incredibly successful in Quake III and Quake IV, but he also played his part in Quake Live. The Russian has represented teams such as mousesports and Moscow Five during his career.

It all started in 2002 at 15 years old, when the back then young Russian went to the World Cyber Games. This was the kick start for a great career, winning several major events, including ESWC, QLAN, CPL Winter 2005, WSVG Sweden, Extreme Masters European Championship, and DreamHack.

He was renowned for his sometimes controversial remarks, but also by his think-based style and great timing. Over his career he racked up around $150,000 in prizes.

The Italian Stallion, one of the most successful Professional Gamer in the last 10 years, has played 9 different games including Quake III Arena, PainKiller, FIFA, Quake IV and of course Quake Live. Over the course of his time, stermy has built his own name and became successful both as a gamer and businessman.

When he was 15 he attended the World Cyber Games in South Korea representing Italy in the Quake III tournament, being one of the youngest contestant at the time. Even though he didn’t have major success this tournament, it was followed up by some great performances, with top placements in the CPL PainKiller World Tour, WSVG in Quake IV, and captaining the CGS team San Francisco Optx to a second place in the World Finals, playing FIFA.

After a successful run in Quake Live, both in duel and team tournaments, the Italian now plays for the best ShootMania team in the world.

Silence
Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Hektik
Blood Run
Toxicity

Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.

Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A elims, Player B elims, final map decider

Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.

1. Vo0 ($100)
2. agent ($25)
3-4. ash
3-4. uaReaper
5-8. Guismo
5-8. cOOw
5-8. Latrommi
5-8. 060718

Silence
Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Hektik
Blood Run
Toxicity

Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.

Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A elims, Player B elims, final map decider

Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.

1. pavel ($100)
2. baksteen ($25)
3-4. k1llsen
3-4. twister
5-8. Xron
5-8. guard
5-8. GEKKO
5-8. dem0n

Silence
Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Hektik
Blood Run
Toxicity

Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.

Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A elims, Player B elims, final map decider

1. Av3k ($100)
2. evil ($25)
3-4. baksteen
3-4. pavel
5-8. twister
5-8. Matr0x
5-8. purri
5-8. guard

*Finished*
This week FACEIT will be running two Quake Live duel cups. The first one is set to take place this evening at 14:00 CST, with check-ins opening at 13:00 CST. The FACEIT QL Thursday Special will have $20 available, distributed from the first till eighth place. You can already sign-up for the cup on the FACEIT website.

Final Standings:
1. Av3k ($8)
2. pavel ($4)
3-4. ins ($2)
3-4. reload ($2)
5-8. T1E ($1)
5-8. Sothis ($1)
5-8. qwiznip ($1)
5-8. GroT_pl ($1)

Silence
Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Hektik
Blood Run
Toxicity

Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.

Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A elims, Player B elims, final map decider

1. evil ($100)
2. Spart1e ($25)
3-4. baksteen
3-4. guard
5-8. Pawelek85
5-8. cnz
5-8. T1E
5-8. czm

Silence
Furious Heights
Lost World
Aerowalk
Hektik
Blood Run
Toxicity

Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.

Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A elims, Player B elims, final map decider

1. evil (100$)
2. Spart1e (25$)
3-4. czm
3-4. slim#k
5-8. maza
5-8. agent
5-8. pavel
5-8. twister