Dear Quake Fans,

The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship has experienced delays in the schedule due to technical difficulties with the Quake Live LAN server. The remaining Group A matches are moved to Thursday and will be finished after the Group B matches.

The players have been experiencing high pings (50+) on the LAN servers. The ESL IT staff have found no problems with the network (the server was also connected directly into the switch the Quake Live section was on, which did not help). There also seems to be nothing wrong with the server software that would cause this problem.

The best four players from each division play a bo5 SE Playoff.
#1 -vs- #4
#2 -vs- #3

Div 2:
[flag=uk] HawK__ -vs- ?? [flag=xx]
[flag=pl] Sajmon -vs- $ectoR [flag=hu]

Div 3:
[avatar=2k2] Nukm -vs- tB0nE [flag=za]
[flag=nl] kevz -vs- BlindGuardian [flag=de]

Div 4:
[flag=uk] borl -vs- macr [flag=uk]
[flag=se] langley -vs- smajdah [flag=se]

Div 5:
[flag=gr] AXINOS -vs- duumed [flag=fi]
[flag=de] pernambucano -vs- t1e [flag=at]

Div 6:
[flag=de] karizma -vs- odihimself [flag=at]
[flag=de] Anarki320 -vs- smari [flag=ch]

Div 7:
[flag=no] Nevhith -vs- f0rk123 [flag=uk]
[flag=uk] Dird -vs- TwenTY [flag=se]

Div 8:
[flag=at] timmah -vs- GreenMeanie [flag=uk]
[flag=no] nDuser -vs- ztaale [flag=no]

Paris, Saturday the 6th of february 2010

Almost a year after it disappeared, against All authority is proud to announce the re-opening of its Counter-Strike 1.6 (© VALVe) section as well as the arrival of a new partner: ASUS with it's Republic of Gamers.

The ex-eSport-Eu players and their manager are now part of *aAa* - the most talked about french Counter-Strike team in the past couple of years - who will by the way celebrate it's 10th birthday in 2010. Asus, high-end and innovating gaming computer manufacturer through it's Republic of Gamers products, renews it's confidence to the ex-eSport-Eu team by helping with the transition to their new team: aAa. The players will also be equipped with micro-ATX Rampage II GENE motherboards, Matrix graphics cards and Xonar sound cards.

aAa.cs is now:
Jérôme "heuka" Bassat (captain)
Philippe "faculty" Rodier
Rémi "instanz" Poilblanc
Olivier "eternalz" Metge
Fabien "atLaNtis" Deguiraud
Arnaud "ricain" Dumas De Rauly (manager)

"For us, it is important to be close to players and to listen to what they have to say in order to produce the custom computer components that fit their needs. At this level of competition, every second counts, every detail is important, every FPS can make a difference. At ASUS, we are proud to support the ex-eSport-Eu players all along their transfer to aAa with the best hardware possible - the Republic of Gamers line."
Karim Ouahioune, Channel Marketing & Gaming Manager ASUS

"I remember my first big LAN, the Atomic Re-SO 2005, at that time, we played against aAa during the first phase and I was happy and proud to do so but I also envied the players. So it is with great pleasure that we carry on the legacy."
Jérôme Bassat, aAa.cs captain


About Asus - Republic of Gamers
Asus - The Republic of Gamers (ROG) was formed in 2006 with the sole purpose of bringing gaming and overclocking specific hardware to gamers and overclockers the world over. Through technological innovation, design, extensive gaming and overclocking research and development, ROG hardware - specifically motherboards and graphics cards – have been on the frontline of performance and dependability, the preferred choice of champions everywhere, setting 4 new 3DMark Vantage World Records for Entry, Performance, High and Extreme presets.


Source : http://www.team-aaa.com/equipe/news-15728-0-1-aaa_cs_revient.html
Official Statement : http://misc.team-aaa.com/Team/aaa_cs_2010_uk.pdf

I was looking, for a half decent link for the urm, "Quake III Legend CD" from 2006
or so and i couldn't find one so....

i've been FORCED to sign up to GOTFRAG


I FEEL VIOLATED :c

Now we`re already in a Third week of this years QQC TDM NationsCup, with a few very interesting matches ahead of us.
Russia will meet Iceland, and France plays Germany for the lead in the groups B and C respectively, on the 31. January .2010.



More info: QQC

Now we`re already in a Third week of this years QQC TDM NationsCup, with a few very interesting matches ahead of us.
Russia will meet Iceland, and France plays Germany for the lead in the groups B and C respectively, on the 31. January .2010.



More info: QQC

Now we`re already in a Third week of this years QQC TDM NationsCup, with a few very interesting matches ahead of us.
Russia will meet Iceland, and France plays Germany for the lead in the groups B and C respectively, on the 31. January .2010.



More info: QQC

Now we`re already in a Third week of this years QQC TDM NationsCup, with couple of very interesting matches ahead of us.
Russia will meet Iceland, and France plays Germany for the lead in the groups B and C respectively, on the 31. January .2010.



More info: QQC

Gametype: Duel
Map: N/A
Mod: N/A
Viewpoint: xlo Z4muZ
How to play back QL demos


IEM EU

Gametype: Duel
Map: N/A
Mod: N/A
Viewpoint: xlo Z4muZ
How to play back QL demos


IEM EU

Gametype: Duel
Map: N/A
Mod: N/A
Viewpoint: xlo Z4muZ
How to play back QL demos


IEM EU

The QuakeLive.TV team (FishStix, Jehar) will host a special edition of the QuadCast, today @ 15:00 CST, featuring host Slasher and special guests IEM NA Champ DaHanG, IEM EU Champ Cypher, Cooller, and Carmac.

Topics will include the StarCraft MSL drama and, of course, an in-depth look at the recently completed Intel Extreme Masters Cologne tournament!

Tune in at 4 EST - http://www.quake-live.tv/live.php

Gametype: Duel
Map: ztntourney1 - Blood Run
Mod: N/A
Viewpoint: Ph4ntom
How to play back QL demos


Friendly game between the 2 best Quake Live players in South Africa.

It's been a while since id Software released the latest and very important update for Quake Live which included changes of the hitboxes and the damage output of the LightningGun. Enough reasons for Fragster.de to sit down and talk with a few top players to catch some opinions about the new patch. If you want to know what people like Kristian "Ironbyte" Nygren, Michael "madix" Hindersson or Anton "Cooller" Singov are thinking about the new patch don't hesitate and find it out here.

English Version // German Version

If you are a fan of John "ZeRo4" Hill you should also check out the first part of a portrait about the american quake player, which you can find here (German only).

After weeks of trying I was finally able to track down and interview the Quake legend that is Anton "Cooller" Singov. During the interview he gives his thoughts on the years passed as well as QuakeLive. Here's a snippet:

You lost vs Avek at Dreamhack this year but did not play like your usual self. What do you think is the reason for you losing this match?
Cooller: Alltimes we try to find reasons. Let me say the luck was on his side this day.

Thanks to iNkind, Aaron and skint for suggesting questions and to Cooller for agreeing to the interview.

The full interview can be read in our articles section.

This year's game competitions will provide all kinds of gamers something to look forward to. Here we collect the best from the team vs team, player vs player and console gaming. It is a mixture of old classics and new games. The game competitions starts on Wednesday and ends on Saturday.

PC

• Counter-Strike 1.6
• Counter-Strike:Source
• Quake Live
• DotA
• Trackmania Nations

XBOX

• Tekken 6
• FIFA 2010

Prices will be announced later in january. Expected to be at previous year level. (Prizes listed in NOK) Approximately 2600Euro in the Quake Live tournament. This year there is also tournament-PC's, so no BYOC in Quake Live. Only tournament-PC's. More info on www.gathering.org soon.


PROgamer
The ticket allows you to attend all tournaments except DotA NO SEAT INCLUDED, NO COMPUTERS NEEDED! If a seat wanted - you must buy a ticket included seat. Questions? Send an e-mail to game at gathering dot org.

You can order the PROgamer-ticket later. No seating needed. Contact the game:crew via mail. Game [at] gathering.org

Foreigner tickets
We also offer a special price for the foreginers. If you're not a norwegian citizen, or a norwegian citizen living outside Scandinavia - please apply for a foreigner ticket in our shop. Please note that you will have to prove that you're eglible for these tickets by providing copies of travel-documents like airplane/train-tickets and a valid ID.

Tickets


Source:Gathering.org

As you guys know the World Cup is coming so lets warm up our spirits...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfVJtkwcYgg

Today is Quake III Arena's birthday! Man this is awesome, 10 years of awesome and hopefully 10 more years (hoho) :D

Gametype: TDM 4v4
Map: qzdm7 - Temple of Retribution
Mod: Team Death Match
Viewpoint: Gandhi
How to play back QL demos


ESL Major Series Season V.;
Groupstage;

notexec ( Vium, hazRd, deji, bab ) vs ZI9I ( dash, feeder, blad3, Gandhi )

What do you think about this game ?
Does it requiere skill to be good or is it another random newbie-friendly action RPG ?
Teamplay > skill ?
Or do you need some real keyboard/mouse's skills to be a skilled player ?
Isn't it only about experience & items/Heroes knowledge ?
Is the game really balanced with its 5363736 items & Heroes ?

I'm asking cuz i'm really noob at this game, and I think that it looks pretty good, I mean, the gfx, the atmosphere, the sounds, the battle.net like system, the number of players etc...
I wasn't really a fan of DotA, but when I discovered HoN, I was surprised in a good way.
I'll probably play this game until starcraft 2 release, but I'm afraid of the fact that it could be just another 12-years-old-casual-kid-game... I think that I personally enjoy the concept of Teamplay & "brain", but I find it pretty useless when you don't need some real abilities to be considered skilled, I mean, for example, in a game like starcraft or let's say, quake, you need both skill & "brain" to win. Especially in starcraft, when you're better than you opponent, you simply destroy him... There's no random factor or others newbie-friendly aspects that can be FUCKING frustrating, especially when you have the feeling that you could do everything
way faster if the game allowed you to do so (if you were not limited by the game).