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IEM4 European Championship Qualifier #3 (113 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 05:45 CST, 12 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 12 November 2009 to 18:30 CST, 12 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

The third Qualifier cup of the European Championship will kick off tonight at 14:00 CDT, right before the default time for the EMS5 TDM Round 2 matches. Again, the sign-ups will remain open until 13:30 CDT, then the check-in process will begin. At the moment, a bit less than 120 players already signed up!

With so many players, the cup should again use a single elimination brackets with 128-slots. The first 2 rounds would be played as bo1 and all the other rounds as bo3. The top4 players from this cup will be qualified and join the following ones:

Invited Players

Qualified Players

Update: Here are the rankings and the qualified players from this 3rd cup:

1st. Eyţór "linKoo" Kristjánsson
2nd. Ciarán "kRoNic" Rodgers
3rd. Karl "fooKi" Johansson
4th. Geordy "geow" Molenaar

The 4th and last Qualifier Cup will be played this Sunday and the sign-ups are already open.

Streaming: watchquake.ru, levelupyourgame.net
Links: Sign-up, Sign-ups list, Brackets,

#esl.quakelive, Qualifier #1, Qualifier #2

Edited by xou at 03:51 CST, 13 November 2009 - 28404 Hits

Game On Cup #4 - Rankings (117 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 02:00 CST, 12 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: GameOn

Scheduled: 11:00 CST, 11 November 2009 to 18:00 CST, 11 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

Due to the Quakelive "hotfix" which took place in the middle of the Cups #4 of the Intel Game On, many matches were not played yesterday. You can find below the known rankings for each region/country, this post will be updated when the last matches will be over. For the results of the third cups, you can check the previous post.

Russia/CIS

Poland

DACH

UK

France

Spain

Italy

Turkey

MEA

The Cups #5 will be played on Sunday 22nd of November, and the sign-ups are already open: Russia/CIS, Poland, DACH, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, MEA.

Source: Game On
Links: Cups #1 + Nordic, Cups #2, Cups #3

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IEM America Playday #1 (60 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Rondrian @ 17:38 CST, 11 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Tonight the IEM4 American Championship should see the next Playday 1 games played. For the streaming coverage, Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham from djWHEAT.tv and the guys from QL-TV will be around to shoutcast the following matches:

- finished: walter vs Vo0 (bet / results + demos) - with djWHEAT
- finished: SK-rapha vs EG|Chance (bet / results + demos) - with djWHEAT

- rescheduled: EG|Griffin vs Loaded|relic (bet / match details) - with QL-TV
- finished: swooped vs Loaded|carnage (bet / result + demos) - with QL-TV

Some matches are still subject to rescheduling and this post will be updated as often as possible.

Streams: djWHEAT.tv (Audio only), QL-TV

Already played matches of playday 1

Links: American Championship, Groups,

#esl.quakelive

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ESL IEM4 American Champ Coverage TONIGHT (2 comments)

( News: ESR)

Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 15:30 CST, 11 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

djWHEAT will be shoutcasting matches between walter vs vo0 followed by rapha vs chance starting at 10pm EST TONIGHT at http://www.djWHEAT.tv.

Further IEM4 American Championship coverage by djWHEAT on Nov 15 2009:

griffin vs. LostCause and dkt vs. kgb

Mark your calendars!

While djWHEAT is out of town, QLTV will be helping to cover matches on November 18. Wheat's coverage will resume on Nov 22.

IEM4 American Championship Results so far:

DaHanG vs judge_ -> 2:0
gellehsak vs kgb -> 2:0
dkt vs pl4gue -> 2:0
sparks vs LoSt-CaUzE -> 0:2

Edited by Nukm at 15:57 CST, 11 November 2009 - 1337 Hits

IEM4 European Championship Qualifier #2 (160 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 01:25 CST, 10 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 9 November 2009 to 18:00 CST, 9 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

The second Qualifier cup of the European Championship will kick off tonight at 14:00 CDT. Again, the sign-ups will remain open until 13:30 CDT, then the check-in process will begin. About 130 players already signed up!

Once more, the cup should use a single elimination brackets with 128-slots. The first 2 rounds would be played as bo1 and all the other rounds as bo3. The top4 players from this cup will be qualified and join the following ones:

Invited Players

Qualified Players

The VOD of the first cup is still available on ESL TV. But it's very unlikely that ESL TV will cover this second cup. Feel free to contact an admin on IRC if you wish to stream some matches.

Update: The cup is over and some VODs of the matches can be found from levelupyourgame.net. Congratulations to GaRpY and Z4muZ For breaking our current "number of overtimes in a game" with 7 OTs on dm13, the first map of the final! The Qualifier cup #3 will be played on Thursday 12th (Sign-ups) Here are the finals rankings and the 4 players who qualified:

1st. Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors
2nd. Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall
3rd. Richard "Weird" Krooman
4th. Marius "GUard" Ivanauskas

Streaming: watchquake.ru, levelupyourgame.net
Links: Sign-up, Sign-ups list, Brackets,

#esl.quakelive, Qualifier #1

Edited by xou at 02:09 CST, 10 November 2009 - 54620 Hits

Dreamhack Winter 2009 Update (67 comments)

( Major News: Q1 QL)

Posted by blaze @ 15:09 CST, 9 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: DHW09

With Dreamhack Winter 2009 just above 3 weeks away, Dreamhack is releasing some updated information about the Quakelive and Quake World tournaments. Both tournaments will be played on 26-27th November. The Quakelive tournament group stages will start at 05:00 CDT, Quake World players at 12:00 CDT. The finals for both games will be played in front of a huge crowd at DreamArena Extreme. All times given below are CET.

Quake Live schedule & information

Sign-ups

The Quake World tournament still have a few slots open, so sign up today!

Quake World schedule & informations

Sign-ups

Source: Dreamhack.se (QW) / Dreamhack.se (QL)

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Game On Cup #3 - Rankings (57 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 14:00 CST, 8 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: GameOn

The Cups #3 of the Intel Game On are now mostly over. You can find below the rankings for each region/country. For the results of the second cups, you can check the previous post. Thanks to all the people who provided video streamings!

Russia/CIS

Poland

DACH

UK

France

Spain

Italy

Turkey

MEA

The Cups #4 will be played on Wednesday 11th November, and the sign-ups are already open: Russia/CIS, Poland, DACH, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, MEA.

Streams: own3d.tv, watchquake.ru, levelupyourgame.net, quake.net.pl
Source: Game On

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ZOTAC Quake Live Cup #6 is over! (95 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by vash_ @ 00:00 CST, 8 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 8 November 2009 to 12:00 CST, 8 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

The 6th edition of the weekly ZOTAC QuakeLive cup will take place this Sunday. The sign-ups are open until 08:00 CDT so be sure to check their homepage and sign up.

Update: From 144 signed up players 103 actually checked in. Famous players participating in ZOTAC #6 were

cooller,

k1llsen,

guard,

strenx,

spart1e and many more.

Rankings:

1. fnatic\strenx - 100€
2. mouz|cooller
3. BVG|guard / linKoo

Links: Tourney tree -

#zotac.qlive

Edited by shorrty at 12:59 CST, 28 November 2009 - 35739 Hits

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ZOTAC QL Hall of Fame 2009-2010 (23 comments)

( Major Coverage: QL)

Posted by shorrty @ 08:32 CST, 6 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

All winners at a glance:

2009-2010 rankings

1. Kevin "strenx" Baéza (17)
2. Marcel "k1llsen" Paul (10)
3. Adrien "burnedd" Denis (4)
3. Marius "GUard" Ivanauskas (4)
5. Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira (3)
5. Anton "Cooller" Singov (3)
7. Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski (2)
7. Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky (2)
7. Nikolay "agent" Mayorov (2)
10. Pelle "fazz" Söderman (1)
10. Richard "noctis" Gansterer (1)
10. Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty (1)
10. Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall (1)
10. Michael "mAdix" Hindersson (1)

Cup list

Cup #1: strenx
Cup #2: k1llsen
Cup #3: k1llsen
Cup #4: fazz
Cup #5: GUard
Cup #6: strenx
Cup #7: av3k
Cup #8: k1llsen
Cup #9: strenx
Cup #10: Cooller

Cup #11: spart1e
Cup #12: strenx
Cup #13: strenx
Cup #14: spart1e
Cup #15: strenx
Cup #16: burnedd
Cup #17: k1llsen
Cup #18: av3k
Cup #19: strenx
Cup #20: strenx

Cup #21: DaHanG
Cup #22: GaRpY
Cup #23: Cypher
Cup #24: Cypher
Cup #25: strenx
Cup #26: spart1e
Cup #27: k1llsen
Cup #28: strenx
Cup #29: strenx
Cup #30: strenx

Cup #31: burnedd
Cup #32: strenx
Cup #33: burnedd
Cup #34: GUard
Cup #35: noctis
Cup #36: strenx
Cup #37: agent
Cup #38: Cooller
Cup #39: burnedd
Cup #40: strenx

Cup #41: strenx
Cup #42: Cooller
Cup #43: strenx
Cup #44: mAdix
Cup #45: k1llsen
Cup #46: GUard
Cup #47: k1llsen
Cup #48: k1llsen
Cup #49: k1llsen
Cup #50: agent

Cup #51: k1llsen
Cup #52: GUard

Link: Brackets

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EMS5 QL TDM - Playday 1 (86 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 21:36 CST, 5 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: EMS5

The first round of the group stage of the EMS5 Quakelive TDM was played yesterday evening, for most of the matches. Here are the results of the evening and links to match pages. You can also see the map details and lineups used for each match. If you're lucky enough, the players might even have uploaded some demos and screenshots.

notexec vs eldvakt

Solid Ziigmund vs two-point-o

LowLandLions.ql vs pstarZ QL

fnaticMSI.ql vs viRus

Excello vs 3-4-metilendioximeta..

Creative FearFactory.. vs refuse to Lose

4Kings vs Night Killers

k1ck eSports Club TD.. vs dRAILED

Links: EMS5 Quakelive, Results, Groups rankings

Edited by xou at 16:19 CST, 23 November 2009 - 28964 Hits

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IEM4 European Championship Qualifier #1 (124 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 17:25 CST, 4 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 4 November 2009 to 17:30 CST, 4 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

The first Qualifier cup for the European Championship will start tonight at 14:00 CDT. The sign-ups will be open until 13:30 CDT, then it will be time for the check-ins! So far more than ~~120~~ 142 players are already signed up, but only 64 128 players will remain after the check-ins. Then the first 2 rounds will be played as bo1, and all the other rounds as bo3!

The top4 players from the cup will be qualified and will join the following invited players for the European Championship:

Invited Players

Update: ESL TV will cover the matches starting at 16:00 CDT with 2GD and Joe (Alt. Host)!
Update 2: The 1st cup is now over and the next one will be played on Monday 9th (Sign-up!). Here are the rankings and the 4 qualified players:

1st. Bogdan "bodzo" Mazur
2nd. daniel "zsx" sanders
3rd. Friđbjörn "xrebz" Davidsen
4th. Charles "FooX" Moriceau

Update 3: The VOD of the show is now available!

Links: Sign-up, Sign-ups list, Brackets

#esl.quakelive

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16 Invitees for IEM Euro Championship (91 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Rondrian @ 06:05 CST, 3 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Today the last six invited players for the Intel Extreme Masters European Championship were announced. Now all 16 invited players are set and the last 16 players to fill the 32 player regular season line up, can be established in Qualifier cups. Those 32 players will play for $13,200 prize money in the European Championship.

Invited Players

Those 16 players will be grouped together with 16 players from four qualifier cups into eight groups of four. From those eight groups the top two of each group advance to the offline finals.

The first qualifier Cup will start 13:00 CST, 4 November 2009 with probably 64 to 128 members, which will play in a single elimination bracket, with the first rounds being bo1, while in later rounds it will be bo3.

Links: Sign Up for Qualifier #1 - already signed up players - Announcement of Invitees

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Game On Cup #2 Rankings (49 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 18:00 CST, 1 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: GameOn

The second cups of the Intel Game On are now mostly over. You can find below the rankings for each region/country. For the Nordic rankings as well as the results of the first cups, you can check the previous post.

Russia/CIS

Poland

DACH

UK

France

Spain

Italy

Turkey

MEA

The Cups #3 will be played on Sunday 8th of November, and the sign-ups are already open: Russia/CIS, Poland, DACH, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, MEA.

Source: Game On

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ZOTAC QL Cup #5 is over! (64 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by vash_ @ 13:00 CST, 1 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

The 5th edition of the weekly ZOTAC Quake LiveCup will take place this Sunday starting at 08:05 CDT. November 1st, 2009. The sign-ups are still open until 08:00 CDT, November 1st, 2009 so be sure to check their homepage and sign up!

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. Also the best player will be rewarded with 100€.

Update
From 113 players who sign up, today 75 players checked in for the 5th cup. The result is some kind of curious, because

k1llsen,

strenx and

Cooller didn´t enter the top 3 places. guard won the final against foox.

After a long day of many exciting matches we have the following placements:

Rankings

1. BVG|guard - 100€
2. FooX
3. skzipilota / ovr^weird

tourney tree cup #5

Links: Tourney page -

#zotac.qlive

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ESL Dubai Bloopers Video (94 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Streetrunner @ 12:02 CDT, 30 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

The AGP presents a blooper video from the ESL Quake Live Intel Extreme Masters 4 Global Challenge in Dubai. The tournament was great but also had some funny moments. Hope you all enjoy.

The Best Players in the World...Sometimes - ESL Dubai Bloopers

We posted an additional AGP Classic match this week as well: Fatal1ty vs Zero4 at QuakeCon 2002. You all might remember when the defending champion of QuakeCon got shut out on DM6. Well, this is it.

Fatal1ty vs Zero4: QuakeCon 2002 Part 1

Fatal1ty vs Zero4: QuakeCon 2002 Part 2

Stay tuned next week for a special treat.

Brought to you by the AGP (Association of Gaming Professionals). Thank you for your continual support!

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