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Classic Doom 20th Birthday (86 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by Badb0y @ 20:41 CST, 11 December 2013 - iMsg

On December 10th, 1993 the Doom Shareware was released (timeline doomwiki). Six people had done Doom in only nine months. They influenced the genre First Person Shooter forever in many ways.

News & Specials

My favorites

Older notable infos

Highlights from all the site specials were:
� John Carmack interview (wired)
� John Romero plays the shareware and comments on the game (ign, youtube)

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QL Nationscup Winter 2013/2014 (100 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by brajente @ 20:32 CST, 11 December 2013 - iMsg

This news has been edited, so if you didnt read today, read it again.

basearena.org is proud to announce QL NationsCup Winter 2013/2014. Admins have been selected from experienced and respected members of the community.

Signups begin December 15th, 2013. Those desiring a position as captain should register on basearena.org and contact brajente via email explaining the gametype and what nation for which they wish to apply as captain.
We will create your nationsteam and invite you to that team. You will get the captain status from us.

Every team-captain has to be on our irc-channel to be in contact with us.

We will have a fixed schedule for this nationscup, that it won't be delayed to long.
Planned is:
Wednesday @ 21.00 cet CA Nationscup
Sunday @ 20.30 cet TDM Nationscup
Sunday @ 21.45 cet CTF Nationscup

We will give out some tokens which have been sponsored by Idsoftware for the winners of their gamemods.

Gametypes

Cup Schedule

Map Pool CTF

Map Pool TDM

Map Pool CA

Admins, team captains, and streamer are required to be in the official basearena IRC channel (#basearena on Quakenet), and all admins, team captains, streams, and players are required to provide their QuakeLive usernames in their basearena profiles. Final rules will be published when sign-ups open.

Users with active streams interested in streaming QL Nationscup games should contact spenzer in #basearena on Quakenet.

Recent Sign-Up List

Experienced admins are still needed for the following gametypes

Links: basearena.org //

#basearena

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DZ Duel Cup#2 (11 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nico_QD @ 04:27 CST, 11 December 2013 - iMsg

Scheduled: 12:00 CST, 13 December 2013 to 13:00 CST, 13 December 2013
Schedule: Passed

Next duel cup is occurring 13 December, players from Europe are welcome to battle it out and receive 1 month pro token for winning the cup.

Cup format

Schedule

Rules

Mappool

Prize

Notable signups:

dem0n,

uaLaskij,

nEk,

Zeun
Admins: mikimer, aLNamir., irc channel #dzcup at quakenet
Links: Sign-up, CUP's website
Stream: anhedonique

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DZ Duel Cup (22 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nico_QD @ 06:27 CST, 10 December 2013 - iMsg

Scheduled: 10:00 CST, 10 December 2013 to 12:00 CST, 10 December 2013
Schedule: Passed

Another spontaneous duel cup is occurring today, players from Europe are welcome to battle it out and receive 1 month pro token for winning the cup. Admin mikimer, aLNamir.

Cup format

Schedule

Rules

Mappool

Prize

Links: Sign-up

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125 FPS Showmatch - The Clash of Twins! (75 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nico_QD @ 05:43 CST, 10 December 2013 - iMsg

Event: 125 FPS

Scheduled: 11:00 CST, 11 December 2013 to 12:00 CST, 11 December 2013
Schedule: Passed

'We are glad to present to you, guys, another rendition of 125 FPS ShowMatch Series next match

matr0x_pl vs sting_pl

The twin brothers will clash, because the world isn't big enough for the two of them ;-)
They rarely confront each other in cups and tournaments, but now - the time has come!
Lets get ready to rumbleeeeeee (c)

Teaser

VODs and scores

When: 11 December 2013 at 13:00 CST
Format: Cointoss winner is first picker, loser picks next map, play all 7 maps!
Map Pool: Aerowalk, Blood Run, Sinister, Furious Heights, Hektik, Lost World, Cure
PrizePool: 10$ for every map! ($70)

Stream:

Zoot,

125FPS
Links: Poll 'Who is the boss', QuakeHistory

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Warsow Winter Challenge Qualifier #2 (6 comments)

( Major News: WSW)

Posted by nivekii @ 10:30 CST, 9 December 2013 - iMsg

Coming Sunday will see the second

Warsow Winter Challenge qualifier starting at 12:00 CST. After a succesful first qualifier with 16 entrants, we hope to increase the number of participants to over 16. During these qualifiers players can earn ranking points for the Top12 standings. At the end of the qualifiers, the top twelve players will be seeded into the group stage, to battle it out for their share in the $1,000 prize pool.

Cup information

Map list

Contact

Prizes

Current ranking

Stream: DTEKTtv (NIVEKii and Inane)
Links: Sign up, Cup site, Warsow.net,

#dtekt,

DTEKT esports,

DTEKT esports

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DFWC [CPM] [vQ3] (43 comments)

( Major Movie: ESR)

Posted by Kapiter @ 08:03 CST, 9 December 2013 - iMsg




	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Rating: 9.4 (28 votes)

Two compilations by

MrHollyDriv3r of CPM and VQ3 records performed by various players during defrag world cups. Be sure to check MrHollyDriv3r's youtube channel for a lot more awesome defrag/freestyle videos.

Note: there are two diff�rents videos in stream, CPM & vQ3 ! Those are made from the movie DFWC[df.] splitted.

Movie File - Stream CPM () 0MB
- Youtube (608 clicks)
Movie File - Stream vQ3 () 0MB
- Youtube (144 clicks)

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DREAMHACK WINTER 2013 VODS (30 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Teen Queen @ 07:08 CST, 9 December 2013 - iMsg

Event: DHW'13

The humble guys over at DreamHack recently uploaded the whole set of VODs to their official YouTube Channel. A total of 32 matches have been uploaded and are listed below following the tournament format. Enjoy the show and mind you, this post is not spoiler free.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Related posts: Configs and Demos, Interview collection, Performance awards

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Showmatch: prockz vs. kANiN_ (116 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Minimia @ 18:28 CST, 8 December 2013 - iMsg

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 16 December 2013 to 14:00 CST, 16 December 2013
Schedule: Passed

The Swedish Championship of Quake Live presents the last showmatch before the event kicks off. Taking place this Monday, December the 16th at 13:00 CST and featuring two high skilled Swedish players.

This time it's

prockz (Elo: 2257) that takes on

kANiN_ (Elo: 2120) in a best of 7 match with the same map pool as the main event. As with the previous matches, streaming will be provided by

Zoot and

Ins on their Twitch channel. The winner will be rewarded with 50 euro and eternal glory.

Map pool

Prize

The sign up period for The Swedish Championship of Quake Live has now ended, be sure to check in at www.quakesm.se to watch the complete and final list of players.

Stream:

Zoot
Links: Official Website, ESR main post

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DHW 2013 interviews Collection by faceit (2 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Teen Queen @ 18:21 CST, 8 December 2013 - iMsg

Event: DHW'13

FACEIT recently uploaded several player interviews from DreamHack Winter 2013. Conveniently uploaded on YouTube and alphabetically sorted below, enjoy.

Disclaimer: Previous thread with embed video was bandwidth intensive and still is available.

Interviews

Links:

FACEITCommunity,

@FACEIT,

FACEITcom

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Site summary for week ending 06 Dec (No comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by ESReality @ 16:00 CST, 8 December 2013 - iMsg

Weekly Awards

Popularity

Betting Competition

New Columns

FACEIT Fall Season Sunday Cup #8 (103 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by roychez @ 06:34 CST, 8 December 2013 - iMsg

Event: FACEIT

Scheduled: 08:00 CST, 8 December 2013 to 13:00 CST, 8 December 2013
Schedule: Passed

Last week we did not see a FACEIT Sunday Cup, but we got action live from Jonkoping from DreamHack, and we saw

Cypher take a great victory over

rapha in the grand final. Will he continue his form?

This Sunday at 08:00 CST, the FACEIT Fall Season Sunday Cup #8 will take place. The FACEIT Fall Season will be played each Sunday for the coming month, where 128 players can join and play for $125, as well as points to qualify them for the Finale.

Commentary this week will be provided by our host,

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia, joined by guests over distance. The stream will go live on FACEIT TV at 08:30 CST.

Map Pool

Rules

Stream:

FACEIT TV
Links: Bracket, Fall Season Overview,

#FACEIT,

FACEITCommunity,

@FACEIT,

FACEITcom
Notable Signups:

Cooller,

Cypher,

Sl1p,

Sothis,

Bpatela,

Spart1e,

Garpy,

Insan3,

Dem0n,

Reload,

Pavel,

Ash,

k1llmaster,

Impulse,

Twister

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CB TDM EC Fall 2013 Final (lvluptv!) (84 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by kk-super_koziol.pl @ 06:33 CST, 8 December 2013 - iMsg

Event: CB EC/OC Fall 2013

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 8 December 2013 to 14:30 CST, 8 December 2013
Schedule: Passed

The two best teams from

ClanBase TDM Eurocup (fall 2013 edition) will clash in the Grand Final to determine the superior squad. Tune in today at 13:00 CST. Challengers:

Deliberate Murder and

nEutralizerz.

Info

Breaking:

Disrepute and

vor_ decided to wake up from their slumber to stream the match!

Streams:

Deliberate Murder,

LevelUpTV

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Spawn Kill ODC (24 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by spekyr @ 02:03 CST, 8 December 2013 - iMsg

Scheduled: 21:00 CST, 14 December 2013 to 22:40 CST, 14 December 2013
Schedule: Passed

Spawn Kill Tournaments will be running a unique ODC competition for

Quake Live, to try liven up the interest in the Australian/NZ community.

Map picking

Tournament Format

Schedule

Prize

Additional Tournament info

At the end of the last ODC, if given enough attention to warrant it, we will repeat the whole thing again starting from King of Aim.

Links: Official website & signups

Be sure to tune in to twitch/diabzlive for the entertainment of the ODC!

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Dreamhack Performance Awards (130 comments)

( Major News: ESR QL)

Posted by Memento_Mori @ 10:31 CST, 7 December 2013 - iMsg

Event: DHW'13

Scheduled: 10:00 CST, 7 December 2013 to 14:00 CST, 18 December 2013
Schedule: Passed

A week has passed since the tournament. I started sending out the prize money from the donations to the players, and now it's time for the performance awards selection process. If you are wondering what this is, check the discussion.

Information

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