ESR - Coverage

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 11:41 CST, 1 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The first day of the IEM5 World Championship Finals is starting Tuesday morning at 04:30 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 1 is over! The ESL TV VODs are available, as well as the Level Up TV VODs. POV demos can be found on the matches pages, also you can get some spec demos from Trance. The cfgs will come shortly!

Day1 Schedule

Stream links

IRC:

#lvl^

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rapha: "I really like playing Cypher" (46 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 04:20 CST, 28 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

In a video interview from his pre-IEM V World Championship bootcamp SK Gaming's

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson discussed the groups and his mindstate going into the tournament.

What was rapha's initial reaction to seeing the group drawings? Why does rapha really like playing

Cypher? Is it a foregone conclusion that

av3k will win group A? How has the layover since DreamHack affected rapha's level?

The interview can be watched at SK Gaming.

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IEM5 World Finals Previews (19 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 02:45 CST, 28 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The IEM Season V World Finals are taking first step tomorrow morning at 04:30 CDT. Sadly again, nobody on ESReality used the Contribute link to try and write a preview of the competition. But a few writers from the community shared their thoughts about the Group Stage through various websites.

Over at TEK9,

Bcrbo put up another great piece where it's hard to see any top3 emerging and questioning the format of the tournament.

On FNATIC.com,

frequency reviewed the two groups and their favorites, without putting too much focus into the team's players.

And finally on ESFI World,

d1ngdong released the 3rd part of his Quakelive preview which is dedicated to

Cooller,

rapha and

dandaking. The 4th and last part should come shortly!

Update: Better late than never,

SwitchbacK posted his preview on SK Gaming during the night!

Links: TEK9, FNATIC.com, ESFI World

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EMS8 QL TDM 2v2 Qualifier #4 (22 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 00:55 CST, 28 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: EMS8

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 27 February 2011 to 16:00 CST, 27 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

The last Qualifier cup for the EMS VIII Quakelive TDM 2v2 will start this Sunday at 14:30 CDT. The cup will be played on a Single Elimination brackets, with bo1 matches. The top4 teams will join the 12 pairs which already qualified for this new EMS season!

More infos

Qualifiers Schedule

Qualifiers rules

Update: The Qualifiers are now finished and the 16 teams who made it are as following:

Qualification Cup #1

Qualification Cup #2

Qualification Cup #3

Qualification Cup #4

VODs can be found on Level Up, icebox and GoodGame.

VOD: Level Up
Link: Sign-up, Brackets, Rules -

#esl.quakelive

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Pre-IEM interview with czm (29 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by d1ngdong @ 06:43 CST, 27 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

We were able to speak with

Paul "czm" Nelson a few days before his trip to

Hanover to participate in the IEM 5 World Championships. Although he hasn't been able to find enough time to prepare for the event as he would like, he said simply that he'll do his best and has been taking each practice match one at a time.

Excerpt

Read the full interview at esfiworld.com.

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #72 (355 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 06:38 CST, 27 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

The 72nd ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday. It's the last and final preparation for the upcoming IEM Global Finals and a lot of talent is sure to sign up. Notable signups include

rapha,

Cooller,

fazz,

czm,

k1llsen,

av3k,

dandaking and more. The stream list will be updated throughout the tournament.

1st: strenx - 100�
2nd: DaHanG
3rd/4th: czm / Cooller

Quick Facts

Stream: HoQ-TV,

Ice-Box,

BW,

GG,

uN*DeaD
Links: Tournament page, Brackets,

#zotac.qlive // HoF

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Interview with Anima Gaming CEO whally (15 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by d1ngdong @ 04:24 CST, 27 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: AGSS

ESFI World spoke with Anima Gaming's CEO and creative director Josh "whally" Frazier about the new Quake Live league's upcoming Spring Series. In the interview, Josh tells us what we can expect from the new league, which gets underway on March 1st. Now partnered with CSN, the league is poised to give the North American Quake Live scene a much needed boost of energy. He also notes that they do want to eventually expand to Europe.

"I really want to expand to Europe. I know that I can easily provide them with the same amount of opportunities that I have done here in North America. The only thing most people don't realize is that I run AG entirely by myself. I have done this ever since October 2010 at the Quake 3 Masters. In order to expand to Europe, I will need at least a few good organizers and admins to help run things under my supervision."

Read the rest of the interview at ESFI World.

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Win 15 HD Premium passes for IEM5 Finals (183 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Trance @ 13:37 CST, 24 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 27 February 2011 to 13:30 CST, 27 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

Level Up TV is pleased to announce that once again it will partner with ESL to bring you coverage of the entire Quakelive tournament at this year's Intel Extreme Masters World Finals taking place between March 1st-5th at CEBIT, Hannover.

Level Up TV will be providing a total of 3 streams for this event, a free and premium Stream (TV1) coupled with an additional free stream (TV2) that will showcase most of the games. Since you will need a premium ESL TV subscription to watch the premium stream, we have 15 HD premium passes courtesy of ESL to give away.

How to win a premium pass

Level Up TV coverage schedule

Direct stream links: lvl TV1 (free), lvl TV1 (premium), lvl TV2 (free)
Related: Level Up TV Website,

,

,Youtube Steam Group

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AGSS: Powered by CSN (45 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Mellow @ 11:18 CST, 24 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: AGSS

NOTE: SCHEDULE HAS BEEN CHANGED DUE TO IEM5 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!

The

Anima Gaming Spring Series: Powered by CSN is all set to start next week for North American Quake Live players and teams! The final schedule and formats have been posted below, so look over them carefully and practice, practice, practice!

In case anyone is confused as to how this series works, I will explain. In order to get to the Championships, a player or team must qualify by becoming the Top 8 team or dueler of their game-mode. Every event, participants will be awarded 2 points per win, 1 point per game played (win or lose), and -1 point per match forfeited. The 8 teams and duelers with the most points before May 10 will be the players advancing to the Championships. This makes it so teams and players have to be solid, active, and consistently practicing to win!

Anima Gaming Quake Live Spring Schedule

Event Formats

Join #AG.league and support Anima Gaming before the series starts!

All weekday events start at 9pm EDT (2am CET)

Nothing is definite yet, but AG is working hard on getting big prizes (possibly big cash prizes) for those who win the Championships. We hope players will play for the fun, because that's what AG is about. Thank you for your support!

IRC:

#AG.league

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ESWC announces "Official" FPS Games (28 comments)

( News: ESR)

Posted by oneroomdisco @ 09:42 CST, 24 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'11

ESWC today released the first three official games for their tournament this autumn.

Counter-Strike 1.6 for both men and women together with

Counter-Strike Source are the official FPS-games of the event.

� Since Source has an increasingly active community, Games-Solution aims to satisfy the expectations of both players and spectators and maintain its level of excellence in the world of competitive gaming, ESWC states on their website.

More games, both individual and team-based, will be announced "soon". Unlike previous years,

ESWC won't hold their finals during summer. Instead, Games Solutions have chosen November or December for the event, with no exact dates announced. A total of $220,000 will be awarded in prizes.

Announcement
Rakaka World Article

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GSL SL2 - Code S Ro16 (No comments)

( Coverage: SC2)

Posted by xou @ 01:37 CST, 24 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: GSL'11

Day1 (03:00 CST, 3 March 2011)
MC vs Byun - VOD

Result

Jinro vs HongUn - VOD

Result

July vs Clyde - VOD

Result

Check vs NaDa - VOD

Result

Day2 (03:00 CST, 5 March 2011)
san vs TheWind - VOD

Result

Trickster vs sC - VOD

Result

Ensnare vs Lyn - VOD

Result

Anypro vs Kyrix - VOD

Result

<< Brackets - Coverage - Ro8 >>

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GSL SL2 - Code A Ro16 (No comments)

( Coverage: SC2)

Posted by xou @ 01:34 CST, 24 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: GSL'11

Day1 (03:00 CST, 2 March 2011)
LosirA vs August - VOD

Result

Huk vs Revival - VOD

Result

Virus vs GanZI - VOD

Result

CoCa vs Leenock - VOD

Result

Day2 (03:00 CST, 4 March 2011)
Rain vs JJun - VOD

Result

Alicia vs Noblesse - VOD

Result

SuperNoVa vs Alive - VOD

Result

M vs Killer - VOD

Result

<< Ro32 - Coverage - Ro8 >>

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IEM5 World Championship Finals Coverage (8 comments)

( Major Coverage: QL)

Posted by xou @ 19:47 CST, 23 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The IEM5 World Championship Finals are taking place at the CeBIT 2011 in

Hanover from the 1st to the 5th of March 2011.

The competition will use 2 Groups of 6 players (bo3) where top2/3 players will advance to Quarter Finals, and top1 players to Semi Finals. The playoffs will use a Single Elimination Bracket (bo5).

The map pool consists of Aerowalk, Blood Run, Dismemberment, Furious Heights, Hektik, Lost World and Vertical Vengeance.

From this coverage page, you can have access to:

- Page 1 - List of Quake Live Participants
- Page 2 - Streamings links & informations
- Page 3 - Coverages, Interviews & Galleries links
- Page 4 - Quakelive Groups Rankings
- Page 5 - Day 1 Schedule, Results & VODs
- Page 6 - Day 2 Schedule, Results & VODs
- Page 7 - Days 3, 4 & 5, Playoff Schedule, Results & VODs
- Page 8 - Rankings and Prize money

Official links: QL Groups, QL Brackets, Main page, Complete schedule, Gallery -

Spraying:

#lvl^

Article Page: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 || next page >>

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Anima Gaming 4v4 CTF Showcase (12 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 19:40 CST, 23 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: AGSS

Scheduled: 19:30 CST, 23 February 2011 to 23:00 CST, 23 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

Tonight, the guys from Anima Gaming are organizing a 4v4 CTF Showcase with a few American teams including DaFoneMen.

The maps used should Ironworks, Japanese Castles, Shining Forces, Siberia and Troubled Waters.

Streams: QL.tv
Links: Brackets,

#AG.league

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EMS7 QL TDM Playoff - Grand Final (151 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 13:41 CST, 23 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: EMS7

Scheduled: 15:00 CST, 23 February 2011 to 16:50 CST, 23 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

The Grand Final of the ESL Major Series Season VII Quake Live will be played on Wednesday 23rd! Reason Gaming, from the Loser Brackets, will meet RG-Esports, from the Winner Brackets, at 15:30 CDT.

Grand Final
RG-Esports 2-1 Reason Gaming (Details)

Previous rounds

Stream: Level Up, ESL TV (Premium)
Links: EMS7 QL, Brackets

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