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fps4me Dubai IEM Challenge gallery (4 comments)

( Gallery: QL)

Posted by stripy @ 06:20 CDT, 17 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Day1 pics. not in order. to tired.

EDIT:

added day2 and day3, and thats about it., Hope u enjoy them and if u want to see the normal/good ones check out the esl gallery :)

First Image >>

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Global Challenge Dubai QL 1v1 - Day #1 (563 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 13:00 CDT, 16 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

The second Intel Extreme Masters 4 Global Challenge to feature a Quakelive competition, after the Pro/Am Challenge of Cologne, will take place in

Dubai during the Gitex Shopper & Consumer Electronics Expo. A plethora of fine duelers including

rapha,

noctis,

spart1e,

DaHanG,

Cooller and many more will battle for the $6,500!

Many games will be covered by

2GD,

Joe and their friends on ESL TV with single and free 700kbps streaming. All the group matches will be played as best-of-3, then the top2 players from each group will advance to the playoff, played as best-of-5.

The day 1 matches are now over in group B & D and saw the qualifications of cypher, stermy, noctis and madix for the playoff. A new post will cover Day #2.

Saturday's results - Day #1

Sunday's schedule - Day #2

Monday's schedule - Day #3

Groups

Prize money distribution

Map choice procedures

Useful links

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Anton "Cooller" Singov at the GC Dubai (45 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 09:03 CDT, 16 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Even though

Anton "Cooller" Singov didn't make an appearance in the Quake Live scene yet he still received an invite for the Global Challenge Dubai.

fragster analyse what can be expected from the mousesports player after his heyday and how he will continue after the Dubai tournament.

"We've motivated him a bit" says mousesports-Manager René "Rene" Lannte when fragster spoke with him; successfully as it seems. Cause if you look at the playing time of his Quake Live Account, it seems that Cooller is definitely taking the tournament in Dubai serious.

Links: Full article - German version

Edit: Taken from the mousesports-Twitter:

Visa issues fixed - Cooller will travel to Dubai tomorrow. Thanks to @ESLMichal for doing an AWESOME job in Dubai! ^RL

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IEM Dubai Quake Live Preview (24 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by crow- @ 21:38 CDT, 15 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

TEK-9.org previews the opening Extreme Masters Global Challenge event for QuakeLive in Dubai. The feature includes a group-by-group rundown of each player, from hot favourite

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson to local underdog

Anas "spammah" Ilyas and everybody in-between. A quick taster can be found below...

Anton "Cooller" Singov (mousesports)

You can read the full preview on tek-9.org.

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rapha: "[Cooller] could do it again" (58 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 17:29 CDT, 15 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Quakecon and Gamescom champion

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson has given an interview to SK-gaming prior to the Global Challenge Dubai, for which his first game is scheduled to be played on the 18th of October. rapha talks about the Dubai event, Q3 legend Cooller and his fellow Americans. Find out why he considers DaHanG "a force to be reckoned" or l1nkje someone who "can't be taken lightly". Here is a teaser:

SK-Gaming: Cooller has been at least half out of shape for the past couple of years and seemingly only capable of winning a great map here or there in comparison to his form of old. What is your take on the current iteration of Cooller? Is he ready to reclimb the mountain and become one of that very small but elite handful of players again do you think? Do you feel as though he is a player who could rediscover the drive which once made him close to unbeatable?
rapha: I think he just needs the right motivation again to start putting in the time and effort needed to be at the top , he just needs something to play for. Maybe it's more $, maybe it's something else. There's no doubt that he could do it again, it's just a matter of whether he be willing to do it :) because knowing him, he hates losing.

If that tickles your fancy, check SK-gaming to read the full interview.

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EG.DaHanG: "I would like to have a turn" (80 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by dunnisdone @ 09:35 CDT, 15 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Kristina "Korini" Chin of myEG.net just sat down with

Chance "Chance" Lacina and

Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty of

Evil Geniuses to talk before ESL Dubai. The interviews cover everything from the groups to their hopes for the Quake community, but you can check out a small sample below:

EG|Korini: How do you feel about the bracket stage's best of five format and the fact that players will not be able to drop maps because of it?
EG|Chance: I think it's awesome. The more maps we play the more likely it is for the better player to win. Who wouldn't want that? The only drawback could be that it takes longer to play matches, but personally this doesn't bother me and it's well worth the trade.

EG|Korini: What are your thoughts about the overall progression of QL as a competitive game? Does the current level of competition have any impact on the growth of the community?
EG|DaHanG: It's been cool to observe the styles evolve in Quake Live, especially on the new maps where it's so evident. There are certainly talented players willing to play, but I think some old school players coming back will help spur growth and interest. Cooller, for instance, has decided to come back and there are tons of comments on esreality.com supporting him. Hopefully more old players return and the scene is further revitalized!

Links: EG.Chance Interview - EG.DaHanG Interview

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Groups for Dubai & Rules *update2* (288 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Rondrian @ 11:59 CDT, 13 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 11:15 CDT, 13 October 2009 to 11:45 CDT, 13 October 2009
Schedule: Passed

The Intel Extreme Masters Challenge in Dubai will feature sixteen top players in Quake Live and the first part of the tournament will be a group stage with four groups with four players in each. Those four players will face each other in best of three matches and the top two of each group will advance to single elimination playoffs, which will be played best of five.

From each of the four seed pools one player will be drawn randomnly into on of the four groups. The drawing will be shown on ESL TV on 11:00 CDT, 13 October 2009.

Update 2: The groups are settled. Jibo and Cooller have been switched so the Group A will only get 1 player from Mousesports.

Groups

Seed Pools

Fixtures

Detailed Rules

Source: IEM Global Challenge Dubai - Seed Pools

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EMS5 QL TDM Qualifier #2 is over (14 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 01:48 CDT, 11 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: EMS5

The second Quakelive TDM 4v4 Qualifier Cup for the ESL Major Series V will be played tonight at 11:00 CDT. This time 14 teams are already signed up, and the sign-up process will still be running until the cup starts.

The cup will use a Single Elimination bracket with bo3 matches. The top4 teams will see themselves qualified for the EMS5 season after 2 rounds, but all the matches will be played.

Update: The cup is now over. Here are the rankings:

1st. k1ck (GaRpY, abso, eden, zsx)
2nd. FearFactory (kertaL, Thrawn, Fanat1c, sch)
3rd. viRus (Smogii, dark, ark1, Br4z1l)
4th. Night Killers (soulreaver, rinnegan, sides, spartaz0r)

Qualified teams

Link: EMS5 Quakelive -

#esl.quakelive

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Zotac Quakelive Cup #2 is over! (49 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 01:38 CDT, 11 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

The 2nd edition of the Zotac Quakelive will take place this Sunday starting at 07:00 CDT. The sign-ups are still open until 06:00 CDT.

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:
The first & last cup won

strenx.
From 109 players who sign up, today 61 players checked in for the 2nd cup, including

burnedd,

rekkth (= Cooller),

Cypher,

k1llsen,

madix and all the other participants. Cup is now over, and the winner is K1llsen. Also, the sign-ups for the 3nd cup are now open!

Rankings

1. k1llsen - 100€
2. burnedd
3. tox1c / madix

demos

Stream: holysh1t
Links: Tourney tree, Tourney page -

#zotac.qlive

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Every second of Dubai... (329 comments)

( Major Column: QL)

Posted by Carmac @ 13:10 CDT, 9 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

It is time to share thoughts as the first non-id Software QuakeLive LAN is getting closer.

Here's your mission for October 17-19. Get rid of your woman! Get your girl to visit her parents or get her some Ikea vouchers. Start hoarding snacks and beverages. Cancel all appointments, get a day off on Monday (Oct 19 - sorry for that, but we couldn't do anything about it.) Get yourselves acquainted with the schedule and make sure you convert the time.

schedule

Because you'll be watching the Global Challenge in Dubai.

I'm excited. Our friends at id Software have put everything aside for the Intel Extreme Masters Dubai Global Challenge event to make it possible for us to run the first ever non-id LAN. We will see sixteen of the world's best players compete at a game we all love.

What really gets me hard, though, is how we will be able to package the event and deliver to you. [Fingers crossed.] Unless we get unforeseen technical difficulties, we will see a competition close to the way it should be shown:

1) Every single match will be played on stage.
2) Every single match will be shown on ESL TV.
3) Unless you want to, you will not miss a single frag in the entire competition.

Just enough cake
As a spectator I always hated it how events had a million matches crammed up in one weekend. You were forced to miss a ton of action and even in key stages you were often forced to pick which match you wanted to watch.

I never saw the point. Why give people more cake than they can possibly eat?

The idea for Dubai is to give you an absolute feast. We planned the schedule such that every match will be played on stage and every match will be on stream. The only overlap you will get is for the last "playday" in each group - the games have to be played at the same time to ensure there's no match fixing.

We'll have 16 players in four groups played over the first two days. The third day will bring an eight-man single elimination playoff bracket. And that will be in a best of FIVE format. I expect the playoffs to be a battle of epic proportions.

24 best of 3's and 8 best of 5's. No overlap. Have as much of this cake as you like.

All 32 matches will be brought to you on a good (but not Premium) quality ESL TV stream which you will not have to pay for. The voices of the event will be James "2GD" Harding, Joe Milller and, most likely, some of the pro gamers who would be free to do it. Or maybe even me, if they have me.

See you in Dubai
I have no doubt that the lineup of players gathered in Dubai could not be improved (maybe except for k1llsen's absence). Unless you force Av3k to practice and bitchslap the oldschoolers out of retirement.

Thanks to the hard work of the guys over at id Software (thanks SyncError and TTimo!!!) and ESL we will be able to deliver one of the best spectator experiences in recent years. We're doing this for you.

And if that's enough to ask for something in return...
Follow the event.
Spread the word.
Play QuakeLive.
Get your friends to try it!

It's important. Go, now!

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Seven important questions!!!
1) Will it be four in a row for rapha?
2) Cooller is practicing like crazy. How well will he do?
3) Will anyone dare play strenx on DM6?
4) Will he have a 100% win percentage on it?
5) Who will be the dark horse?
6) Who's going to be the most talked-about ragequit?
7) Will you spray cum all over the place?

oh yeah and follow me on Twitter

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2 World Championship Slots in Dubai (231 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Rondrian @ 09:44 CDT, 9 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

For the Intel Extreme Masters Challenge in Dubai, a total of $31,500 will be rewarded to the best teams and players in Counter-Strike 1.6 and Quake Live. But even better, both winners receive an auto-berth into World Championship at CeBIT 2010 in Germany for a chance to be titled as the world champion!

The winner of the Quake Live tournament will receive and auto-berth for the Intel Extreme Masters World Finals taking place in March 2010. The winner will still be able to participate in the regional tournaments to earn prize money and become Continental Champion.

Counter-Strike 1.6 participants

Quake Live participants

Local Quake Live Tournaments

Short Facts about the Event

Source: ESL announcement - Intel Extreme Masters

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IEM AC Groups drawings & EC Cashprizes (81 comments)

( Major News: CS QL)

Posted by xou @ 15:33 CDT, 8 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Yesterday the ESL announced the Groups Drawings for the IEM Quakelive American Championship regular season. The drawing will take place on ESL TV at 13:00 CDT along with the American and European CS Groups Drawings. The Quakelive duelers will be randomly picked from the following seeding pools into 4 groups of 4 players:

Update: The American QL groups will be as following:

Regular Season Groups

Seeding pools

Also another news was posted about the prizes for the European Championship competitions. These will be the same as the American for Quakelive with a total of $10,600.

Main Round - $2,600

Finals - $8,000

Sources: Groups Drawings - European Cashprizes - AC Groups

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Dreamhack: Quake Live registration open! (132 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by blaze @ 09:34 CDT, 7 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: DHW09

Today the registration for the Quake Live tournament at Dreamhack Winter 2009 opens up!
Some more information regarding the tournament is also released, such as the map pool and information regarding tournament format and settings.

Map Pool

Tournament information

To register for the Dreamhack Winter Quake Live tournament enter Esports.Dreamhack.se and register an account to sign up.

Source: Dreamhack.se

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Nexuiz 2.5.2 (10 comments)

( News: Gaming)

Posted by dontwantlifestopit @ 08:25 CDT, 6 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: WCG'09

After quite a long beta period we can finally release the long awaited new version of Nexuiz - 2.5.2!

Some of the biggest changes are:

* New gamemode: CTS (get from A to B). With map "CyberParcour01" by sev, and a nexrun map "Piece o' cake" by FruitieX
* Aggressor and stormkeep retextured by FruitieX
* Tutorial map by FruitieX
* TraK4-mit and TraK5 texturepacks by TraK
* New HUD by FruitieX and -z-
* New Scoreboard style by terencehill
* Weapon accuracy statistics by Dib (ALT key by default)
* Rocket guidance by holding down the primary fire button (seeker removed)
* Level Of Detail on all playermodels
* Video settings only show the allowed resolutions reported by your OS
* (not availible in AGL)
* Motion blur and damage blur by Samual

And much more! Some of which can be found on our development site. We welcome all bug reports, if it's already fixed or a duplicate issue we simply remove it.

http://alientrap.org/nexuiz/news

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EMS5 QL TDM Qualifier #1 is over (26 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 12:51 CDT, 5 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: EMS5

The Quakelive TDM 4v4 first Qualifier Cup for the ESL Major Series V was played yesterday in the early evening. With a total of 13 teams checked in for 16 slots, the matches were played quite quickly. The top4 teams were already known after 2 rounds, but then the semi-finals were forfeited. For some reason, the two finals were still played!

Qualified teams / Rankings:

- 1st. versatile Gaming (linkoo, Reynir, 2GD, hazRd)
- 2nd. nfinity eSports (dk, v3rb, JoCKo, mitch)
- 3rd. Excello (dibbe, tybalt, Nace, madix)
- 4th. dRAILED (adr, dest, Disrepute, vor)

The sign-ups for the 2nd Qualifier Cup are already open on ESL's website (Sign up!).

Link: EMS5 Quakelive

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