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ESWC 2010 with Quake and new sponsor (103 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by cYmoZz @ 15:50 CST, 27 January 2010 - iMsg

Apparently, the organizers of ESWC added two more games to their list: According to team AAA Guitar Hero and Quake were listed in an internal presentation among eight further games. It is still unclear, which offspring of the Quake series was meant exactly, more information is expected soon.

Furthermore, ESWC announced on their facebook page that they could obtain Peugeot as new sponsor and that their new website is going to launch on February, 1st.

World’s top gamers will be able to compete during the 7th Electronic Sports Wold Cup 2010 Grand Final in Disneyland, Paris from June 30 to July 4, 2010 for a total amount of 200,000 $ prizemoney.

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EMS5 QL TDM - Playoff (128 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 08:25 CST, 27 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: EMS5

Update: Yesterday was

Zigi vs 4K

(0-2) on Holysh1t (Match details + demos).

There isn't much about the EMS5 QL TDM on ESR despite the playoffs being already started. So I thought I would make a little post about what's going on.

First of all, tonight will see the second match of the LB Round 1 played at 16:00 CDT between

k1ck and

Zigi (bet) and the game will be streamed on Holysh1t. After that, the next planned match is the second game of the WB Round 2 opposing

LLL to

edv on 14:00 CST, 14 January 2010. Bet and Stream will be announced later regarding this game.

So far,

fnatic is the only team who made it to the WB Final which I hope will be scheduled for the weekend of the 16-17th if the teams can do that. They defeated Zigi in Round 1 (Match details + demos) and

FF in Round 2 (Match details + demos), both on two mappers.

Talking about FF, after a convincing first match over k1ck in WB (Match details + demos), they struggled a few days ago and suffered a noshow loss with only 3 players available against

4K. That was the second walkover for 4K in the Loser Brackets after

xlo was removed from the cup. This was due to another noshow bringing the team to 30 penalty points in the first round of the WB against their Swedish friends from edv. 4K were put in LB after a close first match against LLL (Match details + demos), but they're now one step before the LB Final.

Scheduled matches

Links: EMS5 QL TDM, Brackets

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Quake Live becomes part of ENC 2010 (293 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by pennY @ 11:39 CST, 26 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: ENC'10

For the first time

Quake Live will be part of the European Nations Championship. Today the ESL announced Quake Live and Counter-Strike 1.6 Female to be the two new disciplines of the European Nations Championship 2010 instead of Defense of the Ancients (DotA) and Call of Duty 4. Play mode is 4on4 Team Deathmatch. Prize money will be announced tomorrow.

ENC 2010 Games:

Counter-Strike 1.6 (Play mode: 5on5)
Warcraft III (Play mode: 4 x 1on1 & 1 x 2on2)
FIFA 10 (Play mode: 3 x 1on1)
Counter-Strike: Source (Play mode: 5on5)
Counter-Strike 1.6 Female (Play mode: 5on5)
Quake Live (Play mode: TDM 4on4)

Source: European Nations Championship 2010

Update: The ESL just announced that the total prize money for the 2010 season will be 120.000€. More details about prize money share and events will be announced soon.

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IEM EU Championship Round Up on TEK9 (19 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by crow- @ 13:20 CST, 25 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

TEK-9.org rounds up all the action from a top quality weekend of QuakeLive action at the IEM EU finals in Cologne, Germany. We look back on the highs, the lows, the upsets and the controversies from a great start for Quake in 2010. Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky emerged as the continent's eventual champion after a nail-biting finale but find out who we thought was the MVP, the Biggest Upset and much more...

You can read the full round up here on TEK-9.org.

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IEM4 European Championship by Liefje (2 comments)

( Gallery: ESR)

Posted by Liefje @ 12:06 CST, 25 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Just some pictures from outside the studio where we had a little bit of fun. Also a small video of some epic karaoke :D

First Image >>

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Post-IEM Wrapup with QLTV's QuadCast (1 comment)

( Major Coverage: QL)

Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 14:32 CST, 24 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

The QuakeLive.TV team (FishStix, Jehar) will host a special edition of the QuadCast, today @ 16:00 CDT, featuring host Slasher and special guests IEM NA Champ DaHanG, IEM EU Champ Cypher, Cooller, and Carmac.

Topics will include the StarCraft MSL drama and, of course, an in-depth look at the recently completed Intel Extreme Masters Cologne tournament!

Tune in at 4 EST - http://www.quake-live.tv/live.php

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CARMAC'S TRUE IDENTITY (5 comments)

( Gallery: OT)

Posted by axema @ 06:41 CST, 24 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

THE TRUTH IS OUT

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #16 is over! (10 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by shorrty @ 16:15 CST, 23 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 24 January 2010 to 12:00 CST, 24 January 2010
Schedule: Passed

Once again the cup format will consist of SE brackets using bo1 matches until the quarter finals. Then the games will be played as bo3 with the grand final being played bo5. The prize consists of 100€ for the first place as well as AGP ranking points for the top8 players.

Quick Facts

Final standings:

1. srs\burnedd - 100€
2. dignitas\GaRpY & fnatic\spartie :P
3./4. 4K^pulseh / evil

Links: Tourney page -

#zotac.qlive - Hall of Fame

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IEM4 European Championship Finals (1 comment)

( Gallery: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 13:44 CST, 23 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

My "best of" Intel Extreme Masters 4 European Championship Finals gallery, enjoy and check out the full galleries at

ESL (Thursday - Friday - Saturday) and

fragster (Thursday - Friday - Saturday) for all pics and better resolution.

Pictures taken by:

Julia "diejule" Christophers (ESL Community Manager)

Konstantin "swine" Bös (Fragster)

First Image >>

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G Data QL Cup #9 over! (28 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by shorrty @ 05:08 CST, 23 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: G Data QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 23 January 2010 to 12:00 CST, 23 January 2010
Schedule: Passed

The next edition of the G Data QL Cup will be played on 07:00 CST, 23 January 2010.

Once again the cup format will consist of SE brackets using bo1 matches until the quarter finals. Then the games will be played as bo3 with the grand final being played bo5. The prize consists of 100€ for the first place as well as AGP ranking points for the top8 players.

Quick Facts

Final standings:

1. BVG|guard - 100€
2. srs\burnedd
3./4. 4K^pulseh / uaReaper

Links: Tournament page - Tourney Brackets - Hall of Fame -

#gdata.qlive

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IEM4 European Championship Finals QL (1460 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 14:29 CST, 20 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 21 January 2010 to 10:00 CST, 24 January 2010
Schedule: Passed

The Intel Extreme Masters 4 will see its European Championship Finals played at the ESL TV Studio in

Cologne between the 21st and the 24 of January. The Quakelive tournament will start on 07:00 CST, 21 January 2010 with the first group matches. ESL TV will cover most of the games with their two commentators

2GD and

Joe.

Final standings and prizes

Grand Final

3rd place match

Semi finals

5th/6th/7th/8th place matches

Quarter finals

Group standings

Group stage results - Thursday

Group stage results - Friday

Schedule

Groups

Streaming: ESL TV Free (Alternative host) - ESL TV Premium
Streaming for linux users: /OctoshapeClient -url:ESL.oph350 (mplayer required)
Links: Group stage, Brackets,

#masters.live
Coverage: IEM4 Cologne, Fnatic, TEK9, DerQuaker,

Fragster (with live scores: groups, playoffs)
Twitters: IEMtv, Carmac, Fragster, TEK9
Interviews: TEK9 :: l1nkje@fragster :: fox on his Quarter final draw :: Community predictions
Galleries / Videos: IEM on YouTube - Fragster: Thursday / Friday / Saturday / Sunday, ESR

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Quakelive TDM Nationcup 2010 - Week2 (36 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 04:33 CST, 20 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: QL NC'10

Two more Week2 games of the ql nationscup 2010 will be played tonight. Russia vs Denmark at 14:00 CDT will be streamed on lvl^ and cyberarena.tv as well. And Hungary vs Spain at 15:00 CDT still doesn't have any stream planned so far.

Week 2 matches

Results

Links: ql nationscup 2010,

QQC,

#quakequickcup, Week1
Coverage:

Fragster

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IEM4 EC Finals - Groups (318 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 11:30 CST, 19 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Tonight the ESL finally announced the Quakelive groups for the European Championship Finals! Also,

Marius "BVG|GUard" Ivanauskas confirmed that he won't be able to attend the event. He will be replaced by

Romain "LLL*dem0n" Leclercq.

As you may already have noticed,

Carmac is secretly wishing for the sprayed cum to reach the ceiling and already made a column with plenty of infos.

Groups

Source: Group page

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TEK9 interviews IEM EU finalists (43 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by crow- @ 09:47 CST, 19 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

TEK9's

Liam "crow" Crowley talks to a selection of Europe's top stars ahead of the biggest LAN event of 2010 so far, the IEM European Championship finals. From

av3k to

Z4muZ, nine potential favourites share their thoughts on the weekend ahead - how they've prepared, what they're aiming for and who they're afraid of...

Click here for a quick taster...

You can read the full article here on TEK-9.org.

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IEM European Championship - sprayworthy? (230 comments)

( Major Column: QL)

Posted by Carmac @ 08:39 CST, 19 January 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Mark your calendars, kids, because we're back. Time to show your girlfriend the Intel Extreme Masters European Championship schedule and tell her you're not available for her between January 21 and 24.

The European Championship will be almost identical in structure to the Global Challenge in Dubai - so 16 players in four groups of four (best of 3 format), weeded out to 8 players in a single elimination bracket (best of 5 format).

But barring the absence of American players in Cologne, I think we will have a more sprayworthy tournament than the one in Dubai:

1) Dubai had three tournament days - the European Championship will have four, portioning the action in more healthy helpings and allowing more of the enjoyable "in between" discussion and analysis.

2) We will be showing every match of the event. That goes with the exception that the last round of play in every group will be played concurrently - in such a case we will run a "conference" and try to bring you the action from both games.

3) We will have more matches than in Dubai - we will need placement matches for 5th and 7th place because the top 6 players from Europe will be winning berths to the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship (

rapha,

DaHanG,

chance and

Vo0 are already qualified.)

4) Cologne will have a prize purse increase from Dubai's $6,500 to $9,000. The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship will have $20,000. (We do concede that in the historical context the prize purse may be seen as modest.)

5) The winner of the event will receive a platter very much like this one:

Photo: Julia Christophers, ESL

6) We have done some genetical engineering and altered the DNAs of

2GD and

Joe making them even better shoutcasters than they were in Dubai.

7)

Cooller.

For all the above reasons, I think that it's in your best interest to spend four days of your life enjoying the tournament on ESL TV. Here is the schedule:

Thursday:
14:00 CET to 17:20 CET - Group A matches
18:20 CET to 21:40 CET - Group B matches

Friday:
14:00 CET to 17:20 CET - Group C matches
18:20 CET to 21:40 CET - Group D matches

Saturday:
13:00 CET - quarterfinal
14:00 CET - quarterfinal
15:00 CET - quarterfinal
16:00 CET - quarterfinal
17:00 CET - placement / World Championship qualification match
18:00 CET - placement / World Championship qualification match
19:00 CET - placement / World Championship qualification match

Sunday:
12:00 CET - semi final
12:40 CET - semi final
13:50 CET - bronze medal match
14:50 CET - final

Where do you find us?

ESL TV has all the streams (incl. the high quality Premiun stream) and will have VODs later on.
IEMtv on Twitter will remind you about all the broadcasts and schedule changes.
The Intel Extreme Masters website has got all the news, galleries, brackets and demos.
Carmac on Twitter will give you short updates and interesting bits of info.

What can you do for us?

We want to and will be able to keep supporting Quake Live as long as we are supported back by the community. Regardless of what you do and what your agenda is - if you love the game, then please help us.

Please spread the word about the stream and the event to your friends on FaceBook, retweet IEMtv and Carmac on Twitter and make sure that anyone you think might enjoy it watches! MAKE IT BIG!

Questions:
1) Will strenx choke again?
2) Will Cooller win a major title after three years?
3) Which of the players in the event have a fighting chance to win the platter?
4) Who will be the biggest choke?
5) Who will be the dark horse?
6) Will you be spreading the word?
7) Will you be spraying cum everywhere?

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