ESR - Coverage

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 07:41 CST, 6 March 2011 - iMsg

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 6 March 2011 to 11:30 CST, 6 March 2011
Schedule: Passed

The 73rd ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday. Last week

strenx took the cash before leaving for the IEM5 Finals. The question is, who will participate in this edition?

Quick Facts

Stream: icebox, ADtv,

GG,

c58,

gamezet
Links: Tournament page, Brackets,

#zotac.qlive // HoF

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IEM5 Finals - Day5 - The end (531 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 08:00 CST, 5 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The Finals of the IEM5 World Championship Finals will be played this Saturday morning. Below you can find the schedule and streaming informations.

For more details and links, please check the IEM5 World Championship Finals Coverage post. Results and VODs will be added to the coverage as soon as known.

Update: The Final is now over, demos & VODs are on their way. Thanks everyone for following the tournament!

Day5 Schedule

Highlight videos (Days 1, 2, 3 & 4)

Stream links

IRC:

#lvl^
Related: day1, day2, day 3&4

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rapha: "hope ZeRo4 was proud of that t4" (159 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 07:57 CST, 5 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Following his second IEM World Championship title win SK Gaming's

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson spoke about his victory, his opponent and his mentor.

How does rapha feel after winning back-to-back World Championships? How did

ZeRo4 help him out during the tournament? Has

Cooller changed since their first IEM final? Was the way he played out of control a specific strategy rapha went in with on dismemberment? Did Cooller get unlucky spawns on t4?

Check the video interview with the winner of the IEM5 Finals!

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DanDaKing: "I was going really crazy" (9 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by swine @ 13:50 CST, 4 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Five matches, two wins – sadly three losses. Fragster sat down at CeBIT for an interview with Daniel "dandaking" De Sousa and mickzerofive from 4seasonsGaming. They are not only talking about the group stage B and the really great chances for the australian eSport scene, but also their upcoming plans.

fragster: I'm here with dandaking from Australia. Daniel, yesterday you said something like "I need a minute – heart beating" in your ingame-chat – why, what was going on?

Daniel 'dandaking' de Sousa: Because I was up, i think, 7:1 at the start on t7 versus Spart1e and then he starts a comingback and it was 7:6 and I was like getting really nervous, because I was fright that he's gonna get the kill. And then I got a kill after that and I won 8:6 and I was going really crazy, because I can't believe it – I was in shock, I guess.

Links: Interview (German version), Fragster IEM Coverage, Quake @ Fragster

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IEM5 Finals - Day4 (906 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 09:10 CST, 4 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The playoff of the IEM5 World Championship Finals will be played from Thursday afternoon to Saturday morning. Below you can find the schedule and streaming informations.

For more details and links, please check the IEM5 World Championship Finals Coverage post. Results and VODs will be added to the coverage as soon as known.

Update: Day4 is over (all demos are up)! Check the VODs (Level Up & ESL TV) if you missed the action!

Day4 Schedule

Highlight videos (Days 1, 2 & 3)

Stream links

IRC:

#lvl^
Related: day1, day2

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Cooller: "I can show rapha some secrets" (26 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 15:37 CST, 3 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Following another 3:0 series win over

av3k, this time in the IEM V World Championship, the Russian maestro

Cooller spoke in a video interview about playing av3k and his next match vs.

Strenx.

Why has the Cooller-av3k matchup changed so much? Does Cooller agree with the theory that av3k plays worse against the one or two opponents who specifically neutralise his style? What does Cooller think of Strenx's interview comments and a matchup against him next? Would Cooller enjoy a repeat IEM final of him and

rapha?

The interview can be watched at SK Gaming.

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rapha feels confident ahead of sem-final (1 comment)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by @ 11:55 CST, 3 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

SK Gaming's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson is more than happy with his win over Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty and is looking forward to tomorrow's semi-finals which he feels confident he will win. Unfortunately, the Swede from Fnatic is not feeling the same and confided in Australia's dandaking reveals to ESFI World.

Tomorrow the tournament will head closer towards the sharp-end as the semi-finalists will be whittled down to two. Can Rapha win the Intel Extreme Masters twice in a row?

Interviews: SK-rapha, A-MSI dandaking

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rapha: feels like a deja vu (54 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 11:23 CST, 3 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

In the quarter-finals of the IEM V World Championship

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson ran into

DaHanG in the playoffs once again and once again the reigning champion emerged victorious. In this video interview he discussed his feat.

What moments jump out at rapha from his series with DaHanG? Is DaHanG a favourable matchup for him considering their history? Are players like

Spart1e better for rapha than people who play a very adaptive style? Is it fair to say rapha's side of the bracket is easier? Does rapha still feel like a favourite?

The interview can be watched at SK Gaming.

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GSL SL2 - Rankings (No comments)

( Coverage: SC2)

Posted by xou @ 03:24 CST, 3 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: GSL'11

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ GSL Mar. - Code S

- 50,000,000 KRW (~32 556€)

oGsMC (Jang Min-Chul)

- 20,000,000 KRW (~13 022€)

ST_July (Park Sung-Jun)

3-4th - 5,000,000 KRW (~3 255€)

sanZenith (Kang Cho-Won)
anyproPrime.WE (Lee Jung-Hwan)

5-8th - 3,000,000 KRW (~1 953€)

HongUnPrime.WE (Ahn Hong-Wook)
oGsNaDa (Lee Yoon-Yeol)
sCfOu (Kim Seung-Chul)
FOXLyn (Park, Joon)

9-16th - 2,000,000 KRW (~1 302€)

17-32nd - 1,500,000 KRW (~976€)

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ GSL Mar. - Code A

1st - 1,500,000 KRW (~976€)

IMLosirA (Hwang Kang-Ho)

2nd - 1,000,000 KRW (~651€)

oGsSuperNova (Kim Young-Jin)

3-4th - 800,000 KRW (~519€)

SlayerS_Alicia (Yang Joon-Sik)
LeenockfOu (Lee Dong-Nyung)

5-8th - 600,000 KRW (~390€)

LiquidHuk (Chris Loranger)
TSL_Killer (Shin Sang-Ho)
ST_Virus (Park June-Yong)
TSL_Rain (Park Seo-Yong)

9-16th - 400,000 KRW (~260€)

17-32nd - 200,000 KRW (~130€)

<< Up and Down - Coverage >>

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GSL SL2 - Code S Ro8 (No comments)

( Coverage: SC2)

Posted by xou @ 03:00 CST, 3 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: GSL'11

Day1 (03:00 CST, 8 March 2011)
MC vs HongUn - VOD - Interview

Result

July vs NaDa - VOD - Interview

Result

Day2 (03:00 CST, 10 March 2011)
san vs sC - VOD - Interview

Result

Lyn vs Anypro - VOD - Interview

Result

<< Ro16 - Coverage - Ro4 >>

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GSL SL2 - Code A Ro8 (No comments)

( Coverage: SC2)

Posted by xou @ 02:52 CST, 3 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: GSL'11

Date: 03:00 CST, 7 March 2011

LosirA vs Huk - VOD

Result

Virus vs Leenock - VOD

Result

Rain vs Alicia - VOD

Result

SuperNoVa vs Killer - VOD

Result

<< Ro16 - Coverage - Ro4 >>

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[xou] IEM5 World Championships - VODs (6 comments)

( Coverage: QL)

Posted by hoechst @ 11:40 CST, 2 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

in before xou.
links to other games plx.

Day 1

Day 2

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IEM5 Finals - Day2 (565 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 10:37 CST, 2 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Scheduled: 02:15 CST, 2 March 2011 to 10:00 CST, 2 March 2011
Schedule: Passed

The second day of the IEM5 World Championship Finals is starting Wednesday morning at 03:15 CDT. Below you can find the schedule and streaming informations.

For more details and links, please check the IEM5 World Championship Finals Coverage post. Results and VODs will be added to the coverage as soon as known.

Update: Day 2 is over! You can already grab demos from match pages (and spec demos from Trance), and VODs from ESL TV. The VODs from Level Up TV should follow in the evening!

Day2 Schedule

Stream links

IRC:

#lvl^
Related: day1

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dan "nice to have the chance to play" (45 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by M05 @ 21:32 CST, 1 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Gamesworld.ru present a quick video interview featuring Daniel "dandaking De Sousa after completing all his matches in day 1 at the Intel Extreme Masters S5 World Championships. Dan is asked if he is pleased with his result, what it felt like to play some of the best players in the world and how he is enjoying the event so far.

Tournament: Demos, Photos + Videos (comming soon)
Links: Pre-Tournament Interviews (1,2), 4sg, ArchaicMSI, GamesWorld

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Spart1e talks after group play (21 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 12:02 CST, 1 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Sebastian "Spart1e' Siira was the man in Group B of the IEM V World Championships as he took down three of the biggest names in all of Quake on his way to a 4-1 record. In this video interview he discussed how day 1 went for him.

How does a player lose to

dandaking and then defeat

Cypher,

Cooller and

rapha? Who is the best player in the world according to Spart1e? Will the future involve more focus on practice for the Swede?

The interview can be watched at SK Gaming

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