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ESFI's IEM "3-a-days" - Quakelive Part 2 (22 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 04:14 CST, 23 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The second part of the IEM5 Quakelive Finals preview by ESFI World has just been published yesterday. This new piece focuses on Group A, and more specifically on

fazz,

strenx and

av3k.

Here is a short excerpt of the little conclusion on strenx:

The majority of Quake fans will have no second thoughts in placing their bets on Baeza finishing in the top three to advance out of this group [...]. Along with Av3k, the pair seem like locks to move on, and it's not a stretch to have strenx at the very top above Av3k.

The integral write-up can be found on ESFI World.

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EMS8 QL TDM 2v2 Qualifier #3 (30 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 16:19 CST, 22 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: EMS8

Scheduled: 13:30 CST, 23 February 2011 to 16:30 CST, 23 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

The first matches of the third Qualifier cup for the EMS VIII Quakelive TDM 2v2 will be played this Wednesday starting at 14:30 CDT. The cup will be played on a Single Elimination brackets, with bo1 matches. The top4 teams will qualify for this new EMS season!

More infos

Qualifiers Schedule

Qualifiers rules

Streams: icebox,

c58,

GG
Link: Sign-up, Brackets, Rules -

#esl.quakelive

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"I was like wow I've got a hard job" (27 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by M05 @ 13:17 CST, 22 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Getting the chance to sit down with

Daniel "dandaking" De Sousa before we fly out to Germany on Friday, for the Intel Extreme Masters Season 5 World Championships. Dan answers some questions from his local fans and shares with us his opinion on the Australian competitors, changes he has made since Quakecon 2010 in regards to practice regime and config, equipment he will be using for the event, what he is most looking forward to in his matches and his goals for the tournament. Then in the next video we take a look at a more in-depth analysis of his tournament predictions, thoughts on the strengths and weakness of the opponents within his group and map selections.

Links: Video Intervews (1, 2), 4sg
VOD: Oceanic IEM Championships (Grand, Semi's, Quarter's part 1, 2)

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GSL SL2 - Code S Brackets (No comments)

( Coverage: SC2)

Posted by xou @ 07:02 CST, 22 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: GSL'11


 Ro16 (bo3)  -  Ro8  (bo5)  -  Ro4  (bo5)  -  Final (bo7) -  � Winner �

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    Byun    _|              |
                     �      |-     MC     �|
    Jinro   �|              |              |
      �      |-   HongUn   _|              |
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                                    �      |-     MC     �|
    san     �|                             |              |
      �      |-    san     �|              |              |
   TheWind  _|              |              |              |
                     �      |-    san     _|              |
  Trickster �|              |                             |
      �      |-     sC     _|                             |
     sC     _|                                            |
                                                   �      |- MC
    July    �|                                            |
      �      |-    July    �|                             |
    Clyde   _|              |                             |
                     �      |-    July    �|              |
    Check   �|              |              |              |
      �      |-    NaDa    _|              |              |
    NaDa    _|                             |              |
                                    �      |-    July    _|
   Ensnare  �|                             |
      �      |-     Lyn    �|              |
     Lyn    _|              |              |
                     �      |-   Anypro   _|
   Anypro   �|              |
      �      |-   Anypro   _|
    Kyrix   _|

<< Ro32 Group H - Coverage - Ro16 >>

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EMS8 QL TDM 2v2 Qualifier #2 (21 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 06:32 CST, 21 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: EMS8

Scheduled: 13:30 CST, 22 February 2011 to 16:10 CST, 22 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

This Tuesday evening, the second Qualifier cup for the EMS VIII Quakelive TDM 2v2 will be played starting at 14:30 CDT. The cup will be played on a Single Elimination brackets, with bo1 matches. The top4 teams will qualify for this new EMS season!

The check-in will be running from 14:10 CDT to 14:25 CDT, then there will be 5 more minutes for late teams to sign up. The maps for the competition are Almost Lost (t6), Blood Run (ztn), Campgrounds (dm6), Devilish and Hidden Fortress (dm20).

Qualifiers Schedule

Qualifiers rules

Streams: Level Up,

GG
Link: Sign-up, Brackets, Rules -

#esl.quakelive

Edited by xou at 16:12 CST, 22 February 2011 - 9883 Hits

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ESH FTP: Division 2 Playoffs (69 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 13:00 CST, 20 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: ESH FTP: QL

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 20 February 2011 to 15:30 CST, 20 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

Update #2: Final standings:

1. C4 Boom - 200�
2. Foundation
3. eXcel

Update: Grand finals will be played as classic Bo5, where WB team will have 1-0 lead advantage at start.

LB Final and Grand Final matches from Division 2 are going to be played Sunday 13:00 CST, 20 February 2011 instead of Monday (today) due to Valentine's Day.

Playoffs

Related article: Full Tilt Poker Challenge: QL
Stream:

LevelUpTV,

c58
Links: Cup page, Brackets,

#esh.ql

Edited by PerpetualWar at 01:13 CST, 21 February 2011 - 23549 Hits

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EMS8 QL TDM 2v2 Qualifier #1 (7 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 12:49 CST, 20 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: EMS8

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 20 February 2011 to 16:30 CST, 20 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

This Sunday evening will see the first Qualifier for the EMS VIII Quakelive TDM 2v2 starting at 14:00 CDT. The cup will be played on a Single Elimination brackets, with bo1 matches. The top4 teams will qualify for this new EMS season!

The check-in will be running from 13:40 CDT to 13:55 CDT, then there will be 5 more minutes for late teams to sign up. The maps for the competition are Almost Lost (t6), Blood Run (ztn), Campgrounds (dm6), Devilish and Hidden Fortress (dm20).

Qualifiers Schedule

Qualifiers rules

Streams: icebox,

GG
Link: Sign-up, Brackets, Rules -

#esl.quakelive

Edited by Nukm at 14:13 CST, 20 February 2011 - 5368 Hits

ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #71 (66 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 09:58 CST, 20 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 20 February 2011 to 12:00 CST, 20 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

The 71st ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday. Last week saw the return of the party animal

spart1e, taking the croissant out of

strenx's mouth during the Final!

Quick Facts

Stream: HS, icebox,

BW,

GG
Links: Tournament page, Brackets (Mirror),

#zotac.qlive // HoF

Edited by xou at 11:47 CST, 20 February 2011 - 20960 Hits

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Go4SC2 #83 - 200 Euros (2 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by therogue @ 04:06 CST, 20 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: Go4SC2

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 20 February 2011 to 16:00 CST, 20 February 2011
Schedule: Passed

The 83rd Go4SC2 Cup hosted by

ESL takes place this Sunday. Up to 1024 players will battle it out for 200 Euros plus ranking points to qualify for the 500 Euros monthly final. As usual it will be single elimination, best of 1 fixed maps until the quarter finals, then best of three.

Useful links: Sign up / Check-in (07:40 CDT).

Quick Facts

Streams:

ESL TV,

Millenium,

Goodgame.ru / VodPortal.ru
Links: Go4SC2, Cup page, Brackets,

#esl.go4sc2

Edited by therogue at 04:08 CST, 20 February 2011 - 5494 Hits

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ESFI's IEM "3-a-days" - Quakelive Part 1 (49 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 12:07 CST, 19 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The preview of the IEM5 World Finals already started at ESFI World. For each day left until the beginning of the competition, they will review the chances of 3 competitors from SC2, CS and QL. The first part of this preview series is covering Quakelive with 3 duelers from Group B:

Cypher,

spart1e and

czm.

Here is a short excerpt of Cypher's intro:

To put it simply, Alexey 'Cypher' Yanushevsky is one of the top three favorites to win the IEM 5 World Championships. Anyone not betting on Cypher to finish in the podium would need to in turn bet against a plethora of supporting evidence that says he won't disappoint.

Head yourself off to ESFI World for the real thing.

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IEM V World Finals - $145,000 Prize Pool (11 comments)

( News: QL)

Posted by Cyn1c @ 14:23 CST, 17 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The ESL has announced a whopping $145,000 Prize Pool for the IEM 5 World Finals to be held at CeBIT in Germany from 1st - 5th March. Prize purse will be distributed across 4 e-Sports disciplines namely QuakeLive, Counter Strike, Starcraft 2 and League of Legends. With several roster changes and upsets at the IEM 5 European Finals in Kiev, Counter-Strike tops the charts with the highest overall prize purse. However, since the 1st prize of $35,000would be split among a team of five, Starcraft 2 takes the spot for the highest individual 1st prize at $13,000 with QuakeLive first prize at $8500.

Prize Allocation

QuakeLive ($20,000)
1st. $8,500
2nd. $4,000
3rd. $2,500
4th. $1,400
5/6th. $600
5/6th. $600
7/8th. $400
7/8th. $400
9/10th. $400
9/10th. $400
11/12th. $400
11/12th. $400

Counter-Strike ($80,000)
1st. $35,000
2nd. $17,000
3rd. $8,500
4th. $4,000
5/6th. $2,500
5/6th. $2,500
7/8th. $1,750
7/8th. $1,750
9/10th. $1,750
9/10th. $1,750
11/12th. $1,750
11/12th. $1,750

StarCraft II ($30,000)
1st. $13,000
2nd. $6,500
3rd. $4,000
4th. $2,500
5/6th. $800
5/6th. $800
7/8th. $400
7/8th. $400
9/10th. $400
9/10th. $400
11/12th. $400
11/12th. $400

League of Legends ($13,500)
1st. $4,750
2nd. $2,750
3rd. $2,250
4th. $1,750
(+ $200 per win)

Source: ESL-World

Edited by Cyn1c at 14:30 CST, 17 February 2011 - 7515 Hits

Strenx Post-IEM Europe Interview (44 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Cyn1c @ 13:06 CST, 17 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

K�vin "strenx" Ba�za sits down with Phil in this post-IEM European Finals interview and talks about his infamous match against

Cooller, his win over

Cypher for the 3rd place, the upcoming IEM 5 World Championship Finals in Hanover along with his preparation for the same and his plans for 2011.

An excerpt:

I knew I can beat Cypher even if I had 1% chance to do so. He was disappointed because he lost to Av3k. But it's not really an excuse because I should be the most disappointed guy after what happened against Cooller. After our match he (Cypher) came to me and said I wasn't playing my best but at the World Finals, I'm going to play a lot better.

Link: Full Video Interview

Edited by Cyn1c at 04:52 CST, 18 February 2011 - 18445 Hits

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ESH FTP: Division 1 Playoffs (151 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 10:00 CST, 17 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: ESH FTP: QL

LB Final and Grand Final matches from Division 1 are going to be played 13:00 CST, 17 February 2011.

Playoffs

Update: Grand finals will be played as classic Bo5, where WB team will have 1-0 lead advantage at start.

Update #2: Final standings:

1. 4Kings - 800�
2. Reason Gaming
3. Rage Gaming

Related article: Full Tilt Poker Challenge: QL
Stream:

LevelUpTV,

c58
Links: Cup page, Brackets,

#esh.ql

Edited by Nukm at 13:32 CST, 18 February 2011 - 51153 Hits

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Anima Gaming Quake 2011 (36 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by Mellow @ 09:00 CST, 17 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: AGSS

As far as anyone is concerned,

Anima Gaming is one of the most driven leagues for Quake at the present time. For Quake 3, we successfully hosted two of the most-viewed events in 2010. Lately, it has all been about our Quake Live weekly showcases for CTF, Duel, and TDM. On behalf of the Anima Gaming staff, we thank you for watching, playing, and supporting our efforts.

As spring comes around, AG has planned a Quake Live Spring Season which will consist of week-by-week events for Duel, TDM, and CTF that will have championship cups for each series. We expect to see a lot of you regulars out there battling for the top spots!

Lastly, I have been thinking about the Quake 3 Masters series and how many players and viewers enjoyed the sweet relief of an "old school" game. Fans cheering for ZeRo4, czm, and Jibo as they showed just what a Quake 3 Master can prove. So I figured why not try to bring that sort of enjoyment to players and viewers again?

I have here a list of custom maps that I would like you ESR readers to discuss and pick which maps you want played in the next AG Q3 Masters Cup (TBA). The top 4 maps will be played alongside hub3aeroq3, ztn3tourney1, and pro-q3tourney4 for a total count of 7 maps in the pool.

Custom Map List

If you have any suggestions for other maps, please make sure to post them with a review and download link for others to vote on. Thank you!

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Q50 Interviews CTF Nations Cup Captains (43 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by draven- @ 06:33 CST, 17 February 2011 - iMsg

Event: NC XIV

Q50 (Captain of UK) decided to interview a few of the ClanBase NationsCup captains. This interview can be found on the newly launched website Playquake.com.

Preview:

Are there any maps in the 7 map pool that you think probably shouldn�t be there?
PAINEE (Germany): I still think siberia shouldnt be in the pool. its way to defensive and tdm related but some ppl still seem to like it. i rather see finnegans added instead of siberia. but im totally fine with the rest of the mappool.

Source: Interviews

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