Additions

• add: SuperHUD element RecordingDemo will only be visible when recording a demo. This will only be supported by compatible engines (latest CNQ3 and Quake3e).
• add: item timers for 1.52+ demos and live view (non-coaching spectators only).
• ItemTimers* HUD elements for placement, appearance, team filters.
• ch_timers* CVars for type filtering, ordering, time sync.
• add: SuperHUD elements for groups of item timers:
• ItemTimers1_Icons to ItemTimers4_Icons display the icons.
• ItemTimers1_Times to ItemTimers4_Times display the time remaining until spawn.
• add: ch_timersList (default: "quad bs regen invis haste flight medkit mh ra ya").
• It's a space-separated list of item types to display in all modes. When not in CTF/NTF, the list's order is the display order to print the list of tracked items and their short names, use /itemtimerlist.
• add: ch_timersSync <0|1> (default: 0) synchronizes all item timer text updates.
• add: ch_timersOrderOR <0 to 3> (default: 0) is the order within own/red item timers.
• add: ch_timersOrderEB <0 to 3> (default: 1) is the order within enemy/blue item timers.
• CTF/NTF only:
• 0 - Flag -> Mid
• 1 - Mid -> Flag
• 2 - Custom list (ch_timersList)
• 3 - Custom list inverted (ch_timersList inverted)
• add: ch_timersOrderTeams <0 to 3> (default: 0) is the order of item timer teams.
• CTF/NTF only:
• 0 - Own -> Enemy
• 1 - Enemy -> Own
• 2 - Red -> Blue
• 3 - Blue -> Red
• add: new SuperHUD commands and command arguments:
• fadedelay : wait time in milliseconds (max. 5000) before the "fade" animation starts.
• alignh : horizontal alignment (Left, Center, Right).
• alignv : vertical alignment (Top, Center, Bottom).
• direction : direction (Left-to-right, Top-to-bottom, Right-to-left, Bottom-to-top).
• textoffset : offset to apply to the text position after all other computations.
• imagetc : texture coordinates for the shader specified by "image".
• margins : offsets (positive means inward) to apply to "rect" when drawing "image" or "text" with a non-"fill"ed background.
• itteam : item timer team filter (Red, Blue, Neutral, Own, Enemy).
• color I: changes the background color to match the item timer's team.
• L T R B C: stand for Left Top Right Bottom Center respectively when used in StatusBar_*Bar, "direction" overrides "textalign" and gives access to top-to-bottom mode. When used with ItemTimers*, "direction" only specifies the axis, the orientation is handled by CVars.
• add: only users with compatible engines will get a full item timers refresh right after /record. For the others, the timer data will be invalid until either an arena restart or arena change happens. Note that /autorecord will always work on all engines.
• add: server_timersNeutralZone <0 to 256> (default: 16). Allows some wiggle room in the definition of center map for item timers in CTF/NTF some maps have their mid power-ups slightly off-center (e.g. quad, haste and mega on cpmctf2).
• add: cfg-maps/itemtimers.txt can be used to tweak some entity positions for item timers. Some maps have base items at exactly mid-distance between both flags (e.g. bottom YAs on q3wcp14).
• add: new SuperHUD elements Name_OWN and Name_NME. They won't be visible in pre-1.52 demos when in FFA or a 1v1 mode in free-float view.
• add: /con_echo can now output a cvar's value using the $(cvar) syntax (e.g. "con_echo $(s_volume)").
• add: the players' ready status is now drawn in the 1v1/hm scoreboard during warm-up.
• add: the #V team chat token is the last enemy player you killed.
• parts of the vote system were stuck on version 1.47. In addition to the 1.48 changes, non-speconly'd spectators can now vote on:
• referee and unreferee items in all game modes (1.48: all modes except 1v1 and HM).
• any item in Duel Arena.

Changes

• chg: the #T team chat token is now the last enemy player you damaged.
• chg: the #D team chat token is now the last enemy player who damaged you the AttackerIcon and AttackerName HUD elements now refer to the last enemy player who damaged you /messagemode4 will send a private message to the last enemy player who damaged you.
• chg: ch_drawWarmup 1 no longer draws anything in coach view.
• chg: improved the default HUD and added item timers, player names and a demo recording indicator.
• chg: removed the "draw3d" SuperHUD command (to load a skin, use "image" after "model").
• chg: com_blood 0 no longer turns off gibs (despite cg_gibs 1) in all modes other than FTAG.
• chg: "Add Bots" and "Remove Bots" menu tweaks:
• fixed all unregistered keys scrolling the list up by 1 line.
• added list scrolling support with home/end/page up/page down.
• chg: in free-float view, Score_OWN/Name_OWN is red/1st place and Score_NME/Name_NME is blue/2nd place.
• chg: the accepted value range for the fadedelay and time SuperHUD commands is now [0, 5000].
• chg: removed ch_drawWeaponSelect and added 2 new SuperHUD elements as replacement:
• WeaponSelection: the weapon wheel.
• WeaponSelectionName: the name of the selected weapon unlike ch_drawWeaponSelect, the new elements are also active in live and demo follow views to learn how to replicate the look of ch_drawWeaponSelect, please refer to the website's guide.
• chg: disabled WeaponList and WeaponSelection* in team modes when multi-view is active because the weapon list would only consist of the current weapon (it's a MV limitation).
• chg: tweaked demo playback a bit:
• HOME: sets speed to 1, no longer resumes playback.
• END : toggles play/pause.
• PGUP: multiplies speed by 2 (max.: 32), no longer resumes playback.
• PGDN: divides speed by 2 (min.: 0.125), no longer resumes/pauses playback.
• the demo playback messages are now drawn in coach (multi-)view as well.
• chg: spectators can always vote when no human player is in the arena.

Fixes

• fix: fixes for the power-up list in the HUD when multi-viewing games:
• the list could sometimes be broken or empty.
• the order now matches the currently loaded SuperHUD config.
• 2v2/TDM: time remaining was ticking down during server pauses.
• 2v2/TDM: the icons were not displayed when the pick-up time wasn't known.
• 2v2/TDM: the countdown was starting at 29 instead of 30.
• fix: team chat token data for #C #D #P #T #V now gets cleared during team changes.
• fix: first-person gun offsets were wrong when cg_fov was too high or had a fractional value.
• fix: disconnecting players could cancel team pauses.
• fix: the FollowMessage SuperHUD element was visible for players in the arena during server pauses.
• fix: vid_restart could revert the following to former values: scores, warm-up, # of red/blue players alive.
• fix: you could get awarded the defense medal by vicinity for protecting a dead or invalid player.
• fix: server crash (division by 0) at the end of a CTFS/CA match when printing the stats.
• fix: team mode matches could start with an empty team.
• fix: callvotes now get validated more strictly to prevent redundancy, mistakes and abuse:
• on/off items only accept "0" and "1".
• numeric items only accept numbers in range with no extra characters.
• numeric items only accept numbers different than the current ones.
• the "mode" and "match" items only accept names of modes that exist and are enabled.
• the "item"/"items" item only accepts proper item names with a "+"/"-" prefix.
• the "item"/"items" item only accepts callvotes that would change the current item list.
• the "nextmap" item now gets validated like the "map" item.
• fix: in the error menu, pressing any key when the cursor was on the button would transition to the main menu
• fix: in team modes, referee spectators could /coachinvite players to coach the spectator team.
• fix: Score_NME was visible even when the score wasn't valid (no (other) player in the arena).
• fix: a very old bug prevented some state changes from being sent to the clients through config strings affected: score blue/1st/red/2nd (sb/sr), # blue/red players alive (pb/pr), warm-up time (tw).
• fix: team and player names now get validated the same way the maximum display length is 16 and leading/trailing whitespace is no longer accepted.
• fix: the SuperHUD element StatusBar_AmmoBar never drew the ammo bar with infinite ammo (<= -1).
• fix: the SuperHUD element AmmoMessage could be visible with infinite ammo (< -1) (e.g. mg on wtf24).
• fix: ch_recordMessage 0 wasn't respected when starting demo recording through /record.
• fix: incorrect behavior with cg_predictItems 0 (always) and cg_predictItems 1 (sometimes):
• backpack pickups in NTF would show weapon/ammo names/icons in the SuperHUD and emit weapon/ammo sounds.
• with cg_autoswitch 1 in NTF, pickups of backbacks dropped by players who had.
• a weapon with ammo selected would make you switch to said weapon when you had it.
• cg_predictItems 0 only: power-up pickups didn't show up on the HUD (ItemPickup and ItemPickupIcon).
• pre-1.52 demos will exhibit the same behavior no matter what cg_predictItems setting was used.
• fix: the following UI bits were still drawn when cg_draw2D was 0:
• Multi-View coach: scoreboard, center print, all SuperHUD elements.
• Multi-View zoom: scoreboard, center print, SuperHUD element WarmupInfo.
• fix: connecting players were not always moved to the spectator team after game type changes.
• fix: SuperHUD vertical double bars now work correctly in the StatusBar_*Bar elements.
• fix: the WeaponList and Console SuperHUD elements can now fade properly.
• fix: no longer writing stats and clearing the console when spectating with cg_autoAction flags 1 and 16 set.
• fix: ch_playerNames now draws at correct locations regardless of FOV.
• fix: when the score limit is greater than 1 in DA, we now display the correct scores they are hidden during playback of pre-1.52 demos since they were incorrect.
• fix: map script callvotes were always rejected (e.g. "cv map !cpm17tp").
• fix: player win/loss stats were updated incorrectly after forfeits.
• fix: player models were distorted or invisible in the UI when the resolution was too high.
• fix: spawn telefrags were still possible due to an incorrect distance test.
• fix: the follow specbug (toggling follow/free-float mode with +attack).

Additions

• add: now showing the cvar's current and latched values in the help panel.
• add: new console and chat keyboard shortcuts:
• Ctrl-left/right arrow: move caret to previous/next word.
• Shift-left/right arrow: move caret to previous/next argument.
• add: new console keyboard shortcuts:
• Ctrl-I: insert cvar's current value.
• Ctrl-D: insert cvar's default value.
• add: demo recording status query extension for CPMA 1.52+.
• add: /cvar_add to add a number to a cvar.
• add: /cvar_mul to multiply a cvar by a number.
• add: /unset to remove a user-created cvar.
• add: /setempty to set a string cvar to an empty string.
• add: /toggle can now accept a value sequence (2 or more entries) to loop through syntax: /toggle [ [value3]..]. if the cvar's current value is in the sequence and not in the last spot, the next one is used otherwise, the first value in the sequence is used.

Changes

• chg: r_lodCurveError <250.0 to 10000.0> (default: 2000) is now archived and no longer cheat-protected
• chg: multi-monitor support improvements:
• add: /monitorlist will print all detected monitors and the indices to use with r_monitor.
• chg: the monitor list now gets updated during video restarts and calls to /monitorlist.
• chg: Linux: r_monitor is a 0-based index and monitors are sorted top-to-bottom, left-to-right.
• fix: Windows: the Windows + shift + left/right arrow key shortcuts should be usable now.
• chg: bundling lightmap tiles into texture atlases for improved rendering performance.
• chg: faster map loads by limiting the rendering back-end's frame-rate.
• chg: on Windows, the upper limit of open stdio file handles was raised from 512 to 2048.

Fixes

• fix: the presence of .shader files outside of PK3s no longer triggers a drop error.
• fix: shader stage collapsing was happening in cases where it would yield incorrect results.
• fix: map download improvements:
• add: using numeric addresses as fallbacks in case DNS resolves fail.
• chg: made connections non-blocking so the engine won't freeze for long when starting a download.
• chg: writing to $(fs_homepath)/baseq3 instead of $(fs_basepath)/baseq3.
• fix: only using valid (TCP/stream) addresses from getaddrinfo.
• fix: setting send time-outs so the engine can't freeze indefinitely.
• fix: creating the destination directory when it doesn't already exist.
• fix: the file name suffixes generated by /dlmapf would often repeat due to a constant seed.
• fix: the last byte of a maximum length bitstream string wasn't parsed ("q3msgboom").
• fix: aborting demo playback would crash when the "nextdemo" cvar was set to play a demo.
• fix: no longer feeding cs commands that came from a previous gamestate to cgame example in CPMA: "/map cpm22" -> "/cv map cpm25" -> elevator sound was broken.
• fix: on Windows, could sometimes click outside the engine's window in raw mouse input mode.
• fix: when r_msaa was in the range [2, 16], the requested sample count was always 4.
• fix: /video and /stopvideo fixes:
• chg: /video can only be used during demo playback
• fix: broken audio in the output files
• fix: properly named file sequences
• fix: using a better supported video codec (FourCC 0x00000000) for raw BGR output
• fix: broken raw video output when r_width wasn't a multiple of 4
• fix: /stopvideo no longer leaves sound output broken for a while after stopping
• fix: /cv and /callvote map auto-completion was disabled after cgame was shut down at least once

When: 07 Apr 2019, 09:00 CST
MapPool:
Awoken
Blood Covenant
Blood Run
Corrupted Keep
Ruins of Sarnath
The Molten Falls
Vale of Pnath
Mapchoice BO3: Upper (in the bracket) player ban champion first, after this 2nd player drop champion too and pick first map, next step 1st player pick map. from this point 2nd player starts drop maps. BO1: BO1: 1st (Upper in bracket) player ban champ, 2nd player ban champ and drop map, 1st player drop map, 2nd drop map, 1st drop map etc.
PrizePool: 1st 1000 RUB
Rules: Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the quarter final (1/4), BO3 WB 1/4, WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Lower Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

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TimCon LAN is a community driven Arena FPS LAN party located in Liverpool, England. What started as a small get together between five friends has grown into a four-day gaming event attracting players from across the UK and neighbouring European countries.

Here’s a brief taste of TimCon 3, courtesy of Demsix. As well as his day three timelapse.

TimCon 3 Summary
TimCon 4 Summary
TimCon 5 Summary
TimCon 6 Summary

Thursday 12:00 CST - 18:00 CST
Set-up & casual games

Friday 06:00 CST - 18:00 CST
CPMA 1v1
Maps: cpm22, cpm24, cpm15, cpm3a, eizdm4-b15, fjo3tourney6_b6, pukka3tourney2

Saturday 06:00 CST - 18:00 CST
Quake Live 1v1
Maps: Aerowalk, Blood Run, Cure, Furious Heights, House of Decay, Lost World, Sinister

We have 20 PCs available for rental each day. The cost is £35 per PC, per day (up to two people can share one PC) making for a total of £122.50 (£17.50 for the half-day) should you attend for the full duration. You cannot bring your own PC. If you’re in the area and want to hang out, entrance to the viewing area is free.

As for payment, there is a £20 deposit charge in order to secure your place on the reserve list. This money will go towards your PC rental, the rest of which you can pay when you arrive in person. If you cancel up to two weeks before the event this deposit charge will be refunded in full. If you cancel AFTER this date your deposit will be added to the prize pool.

Attendees may send their deposit via PayPal to paypal.me/horizonliverpool. Make sure you mention TimCon LAN, provide your discord username or in-game username as well as your real name with your payment message.

While you’re welcome to bring peripherals of your own, those too are provided at no additional cost (Logitech G502 mice, G810 keyboards and G640 headsets). Players can also feel free to bring any HUD/config files they may need.

Round 1 Start: 11:00 CDT, 31 March 2019 or immediately following results stream.
Round 1 End: 18:59 CDT, 6 April 2019
Discord: https://discord.gg/e2tDNtm
Rules and Gameplay: https://reflex.racing/cups/world-cup
Registration: https://matcherino.com/tournaments/13753/description
Prize Pool: https://matcherino.com/tournaments/13753/payouts
More Info: https://reflex.racing/cups/events/rrwc2019/

When: 24 Mar 2019, 09:00 CST
MapPool:
Awoken
Blood Covenant
Blood Run
Corrupted Keep
Ruins of Sarnath
The Molten Falls
Vale of Pnath
Mapchoice BO3: Upper (in the bracket) player ban champion first, after this 2nd player drop champion too and pick first map, next step 1st player pick map. from this point 2nd player starts drop maps. BO1: BO1: 1st (Upper in bracket) player ban champ, 2nd player ban champ and drop map, 1st player drop map, 2nd drop map, 1st drop map etc.
PrizePool: 1st 1000 RUB
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the quarter final (1/4), BO3 WB 1/4, WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Lower Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

When: 22 Mar 2019, 12:00 CST
MapPool: BloodRun, Aerowalk, Cure, Sinister, LostWorld, Toxicity, FuriousHeights, Silence, Campgrounds
Mapchoice -
BO3: drop*6, pick*3
BO1: drop*8, pick
PrizePool:
1st 1000 RUB
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the quarter final (1/4), BO3 WB 1/4, WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

Fueled by legendary Quake 1 technology, the veins of WRATH pump with the DNA of revered '90s shooters. WRATH embraces the timeless elements of classic titles such as DOOM, QUAKE, DUKE NUKEM 3D, BLOOD, UNREAL and HEXEN and carries them into the 21st century.

Equipped with an arsenal of 9 weapons of exceptional might and an inventory of 10 powerful artifacts, you must traverse ancient crypts, sunken ruins, corrupted temples and howling forests to bring death to your enemies. But do not underestimate your adversaries, for they are great in power and number. Your mind must be as sharp as your blade if you hope to survive the dangers ahead.

The world of WRATH is rich with engaging combat, diverse environments and captivating lore. Every element is deftly intertwined to create an authentic and enchanting experience as timeless as the games that inspired it.

-Explore a vast world shrouded in darkness, passionately crafted by the hands of expert Quake scene necromancers.
-Traverse 3 hubs and 15 enormous, interconnected levels crawling with hordes of enemies, lore and ancient secrets.
-Forge your path with an arsenal of 9 deadly weapons, each with multiple fire modes.
-Know your enemy. Many horrors lurk in the shadows, thirsting for your blood.
-Artifacts of great power lay hidden in the dark places of the world. Find them and dominate your enemies.
-Powered by the Legendary Quake 1 Tech, WRATH is an authentic, classic FPS in every way.
-Capped at 666 fps, WRATH will melt your soul and your Voodoo 2... But it's okay. Software Rendering is supported!
-Create your own worlds. WRATH is built from the ground up to be easily moddable. Make your own levels, weapons and characters. From day one, the very tools used to create WRATH will be available for all.
-Gib your friends in classic Multiplayer modes, powered by the renowned QuakeWorld netcode.
Dominate the world of WRATH with 3 other companions in 4 player co-op, LAN or online!
-Immerse yourself in a haunting soundscape born from the twisted minds of Andrew Hulshult (Quake Champions, Rise of the Triad, Dusk and Amid Evil) and Bjorn Jacobson (CyberPunk 2077, Hitman, EVE Online).

When: 03 Mar 2019, 08:00 CST
MapPool:
Awoken
Blood Covenant
Blood Run
Corrupted Keep
Ruins of Sarnath
The Molten Falls
Vale of Pnath
Mapchoice BO3: Upper (in the bracket) player ban champion first, after this 2nd player drop champion too and pick first map, next step 1st player pick map. from this point 2nd player starts drop maps. BO1: BO1: 1st (Upper in bracket) player ban champ, 2nd player ban champ and drop map, 1st player drop map, 2nd drop map, 1st drop map etc.
PrizePool: 1st 1000 RUB
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the quarter final (1/4), BO3 WB 1/4, WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Lower Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

When: 22 Feb 2019, 12:00 CST
MapPool: BloodRun, Aerowalk, Cure, Sinister, LostWorld, Toxicity, FuriousHeights, Silence, Campgrounds
Mapchoice -
BO3: drop*6, pick*3
BO1: drop*8, pick
PrizePool:
1st 1000 RUB
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the quarter final (1/4), BO3 WB 1/4, WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

When
Start: Friday, March 22, 2019 at 16:00 UTC.
End: Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 16:00 UTC.

Where
Familieheem – Gasthuisdreef, Ruisbroek, Belgium (Directions).
Train station is nearby and the location has enough parking spots.

What
LAN competitions for the following Arena FPS games.

- Quake Champions.
- Quake Live.
- CPMA.

In consideration:

- Diabotical.
- Reflex.

Modes besides duel TBA.

Tickets and seats
50 seats. (seatplan)
Price: 20€ via direct bank transfer, paypal on request.
Discounts for a team of 2+ people: 19€ per ticket.
Discounts for a team of 4+ people: 17€ per ticket.

Please email inferno@holysh1t.net and I will reply with the payment information.

Food & Catering

Common drinks (cola, lemonade, coffee, tea, beer) will be 1.5€.
Special Belgian beers will be more, depending, with a max of 2.5€

You’ll be able to order breakfast in advance for Saturday and Sunday. A breakfast box (12€ per day) consists of

- 2 bread rolls
- 1 croissant
- 1 koffiekoek
- ham/cheese/jam/… (all in the box)
- coffee/tea
- 1 hardboiled egg

Please order before saturday 16th of march.

You’ll be able to order food during the LAN for Saturday and Sunday evening in so called food-waves.

When: 10 Feb 2019, 08:00 CST
MapPool:
Awoken
Blood Covenant
Blood Run
Corrupted Keep
Ruins of Sarnath
The Molten Falls
Vale of Pnath
Mapchoice BO3: Upper (in the bracket) player ban champion first, after this 2nd player drop champion too and pick first map, next step 1st player pick map. from this point 2nd player starts drop maps. BO1: BO1: 1st (Upper in bracket) player ban champ, 2nd player ban champ and drop map, 1st player srop map, 2nd drop map, 1st drop map etc.
PrizePool: 1st 1000 RUB
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the quarter final (1/4), BO3 WB 1/4, WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

When: 03 Feb 2019, 08:00 CST
MapPool:
Awoken
Blood Covenant
Blood Run
Corrupted Keep
Ruins of Sarnath
The Molten Falls
Vale of Pnath
Mapchoice BO3: Upper (in the bracket) player ban champion first, after this 2nd player drop champion too and pick first map, next step 1st player pick map. from this point 2nd player starts drop maps. BO1: BO1: 1st (Upper in bracket) player ban champ, 2nd player ban champ and drop map, 1st player srop map, 2nd drop map, 1st drop map etc.
PrizePool: 1st 1000 RUB
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the quarter final (1/4), BO3 WB 1/4, WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

So how does this work? There are 4 nominees which go heads up against each other in a single elimination bracket. Your votes decide who qualifies to grand finals and eventually gets to take home the Tim Willits Trophy along with the title of the champion. Each nominee is represented by a quote of their ultimate shill moment which earned them the nomination. If you feel some quotes are left out undeservedly, please post them in comments. We can always update them for 3rd place & Grand Finals showdown.

Please, make sure you base your vote on how much the quotes entertained you and not on how much you like/dislike the person in question.

Real name: Xavier Dorne

Occupation: Caster

About: Zoot started casting Quake with Quake Live as a part of levelup crew but was infamously kicked from the crew due to unprofessional behavior. Since then he was dabbling on his own, started his Zlive stream and was basically the only caster in the community. As a sole guy providing coverage of Quake events he earned the undying gratitude of folks over at id software (people that would like us to think they're developing a Quake game) which in turn earned him free trips to QuakeCons. Unfortunately, when QC arrived, all these free trips started having a price. In order to maintain free flights across the Atlantic he had to sacrifice his integrity which came naturally to him. Fortunately for everyone else, this spawned a number of quotes to entertain us.

THE QUOTE: Next Quake patch scheduled for March is going to be all about polish and refinement. This is EXACTLY what I wanted to hear, really delighted about this.

Context: Game just witnessed the release of it's worst patch ever in December. Game breaking performance, buggy-beyond-belief CTF mode which was supposed to save Quake and it all reflected on player base dwindling down to the lowest point in months. The game screams for patch, but not zoot. He got paid and everything is gucci in Xav-ville.

Seed: #1

Real name: Unknown

Occupation: Community manager

About: A long time Quake player, played Q3 in Britain's top team - unr`. With arrival of QL he slowly started rotating towards a management role, he was too good to keep on playing anyway. Be that as it may, he soon became a community manager and still occupies that role. For free. Tim Willits' promises of a paid position at id keeps the fire burning in him that he needs to constantly come up with creative ways to not just zealously defend Quake Champions, but to degrade Quake Live as well.

THE QUOTE: I go back to QL and just remember how much I can't stand how much worse the game of "guess where the hitbox of this player's ping" is in Quake Live. And on top of that for a laggy opponent the answer is nowhere.

Context: Not much to be said here, QC netcode might be shit but oh boy QL one is at least 10x worse. Can you imagine - in QL the rockets EXPLODE on contact with enemy as opposed to just going through the enemy model like in QC. I mean, what the fuck?

Seed: #2

Real name: Remco

Occupation: Streamer

About: In his own words (twitch bio), a shitty hasbeen. Biggest achievements of his pro career were practicing with voO for CPL tournaments. Banked it all on QC being a success to try and get a whiff of that twitch pussy, but as things stand now to no avail. Emotionally invested in to Quake to the point of saying some ridiculous shit.

THE QUOTE: If I closed my eyes and if I go back to 1998 when I first started playing Quake 1 and Quake 2 (...) and you would tell that 13yo kid that 20 years later like you would give that kid a vision of Quake 20 years later and you'd show me this that's exactly what I want. It really fuckin is.

Context: Pretty self explanatory. If he closed his eyes and was high on mescaline, Quake Champions would be the perfect Quake game. Even in 1998.

Seed: #3

Real name: Jason Kaplan

Occupation: Caster

About: Not much is known about JKap pre-QC. He appeared during IEM Italy 2017 from Overwatch scene and apparently is here to stay because free trips and pocket money. Casted multiple Quake events, was equally clueless on each of them and shows no signs of improvement or stopping to this day. When he's not casting about how great Quake is, he's tweeting about it. It seems like the main prerequisite for becoming a caster in QC scene is the lack of integrity, bonus points if it runs in the family.

THE QUOTE: Wow this new Quake update makes me really want to grind a ton of Quake! Battlepass idea seems to have changed the game for the better.

Context: In the sea of cash store related patches this was the latest, id threw out loot boxes and introduced battle passes as means to acquire gear. No other changes were done, even if the patch log said they fixed stuff - they didn't as per usual. So the game's broken, leaking players left and right, only somewhat played team mode (2v2) got thrown out of the window, but Kaplan is excited because cash shop items are generally known to revolutionise not only the game in question, but whole genres even!

Seed: #4

When: 08 Feb 2019, 12:00 CST
MapPool: BloodRun, Aerowalk, Cure, Sinister, LostWorld, Toxicity, FuriousHeights, Silence, Hektik
Mapchoice -
BO3: drop*6, pick*3
BO1: drop*8, pick
PrizePool:
1st 4000 RUB
2nd 2000 RUB
3rd 700 RUB
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the quarter final (1/4), BO3 WB 1/4, WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).
PlusForward link https://www.plusforward.net/quake/post/61186/...el-Cup-24/