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Site summary for week ending 18 May (11 comments)

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Posted by ESReality @ 18:00 CDT, 20 May 2012 - iMsg

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Summer 2012 CPM TDM Draft Cup! (50 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by gaiia @ 13:51 CDT, 20 May 2012 - iMsg

Scheduled: 11:00 CDT, 10 June 2012 to 18:00 CDT, 10 June 2012
Schedule: Passed

gaiia from DS-Gaming is back, and this time I'm announcing the Summer 2012 CPM TDM Draft Cup! The CTF Draft cup was very successful in terms of teams, as we had 12 of them, and so I decided to host an another one!

IMPORTANT NOTE: eThaD has taken over the admining for this cup, as I have to leave due to health concerns. If you want to sign up or have any questions regarding the cup, pm esc|eThaD on IRC.

General Information

What is a Draft tournament?

How the tournament goes

Map pool

Signing up

Players signed up so far:

Please note: I had a mixup in the thread about the date of the cup. The sign-ups close on the 10th of June, and that is when the teams will be picked also. (From 11:00 CDT onwards.) The cup itself is held on the 17th of June!

The time of the cup has been changed. The tournament will now start at 15:00 CET on the 17th of June, Sunday.

Links: How to install CPMa ||

#cpmtdmdraft

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4 more players for Dreamhack summer 2012 (205 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by blaze @ 12:04 CDT, 20 May 2012 - iMsg

Event: DHS'12

Since sign ups close today we now have the complete list of the players that's going to be invited to the Kingston Quake Live Summer Championship. We're not going to give you the complete list today though, you're going to have to wait until Wednesday for that.

Also we're sad to say that

Oaki won't be able to attend. It's simply too costly for him to travel all the way to Sweden to compete in the tournament. Unfortunately I got in contact with him about 20 minutes ago and we haven't been able to select a replacement yet.

Anyway, today we're glad to announce 4 new players

Kaide, gda, cnz and

av3k. Some really experienced players and some new unproven players is now into the player list which makes for an even more exciting tournament.

Invited Players

Questions? Send a mail to Esport@dreamhack.se

Update:

strenx can't attend to DreamHack either for reasons out of his hands. He will be replaced on Wednesday also.

Links: Dreamhack.se, Original Post, Rules (PDF)

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ZOTAC Quake Live Cup #134 (45 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Teen Queen @ 06:29 CDT, 20 May 2012 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 20 May 2012 to 12:00 CDT, 20 May 2012
Schedule: Passed

The previous Zotac Cup ended with predominantly Eastern players battling for the 100€ prize, make sure to check the recent VODs posted below. This week,

Cypher will try to claim the prize, along with other notable singups including

GaRpY,

Agent,

p0ni and other Dreamhack invited players such as

a1r-r41d,

strenx and Portugal's best kept secret,

ins

Quick Facts

VOD: Finals onYoutube (

), Finals on Levelup TV (

)
Links: Tournament page + Streams + Brackets,

#zotac.qlive // HoF

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CPL confirming a 2012 event (56 comments)

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Posted by xou @ 06:55 CDT, 18 May 2012 - iMsg

Just announced yesterday, the Cyberathlete Professional League is willing to organize a "major gaming event in in Shenyang, China this coming September 2012" and is seeking opinions from the community on Facebook about the games they will pick.

The last CPL event was held ~~in Dallas back in 2007 with CS:S and CS 1.6 tournaments~~ in

Shenyang in August 2011 and only featured a SC2 tournament. The company was then acquired by WoLong Ventures in 2010 (see the old news).

Links: Announcement, CPL's facebook

KC-Gaming JeeQL LATAM Kick-Off Q. #3 (8 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by nicerdicer @ 05:05 CDT, 18 May 2012 - iMsg

Event: JeeSports

Scheduled: 14:00 CDT, 19 May 2012 to 18:00 CDT, 19 May 2012
Schedule: Passed

Can anybody in Latin America stop Brazilian players from dominating the JeeSports tournaments? The next qualification round starts tomorrow at 14:00 CDT, with one hour check-in beforehand, and anyone from Latin America who wants to play has a chance to get a place. All participants should be present on the official IRC channel throughout the tourney. For more info about this championship, see the announcement. Registration and check-in for the 3rd qualifier is available.

Streams: TBA
Links: Qualifier #3, Rating ||

Dem0n joins Monomaniac eSports (36 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by nicerdicer @ 05:01 CDT, 18 May 2012 - iMsg

You might have seen this Belgian gamer playing under the "mono" tag. Today it is time to announce it officially: "Dem0n is part of Monomaniac eSports"

Statement by Romain 'dem0n' Leclercq

Statement by COO of Monomaniac eSports Oskar 'ZeD' Noor

"With the growing popularity of MOBA and RTS games primarily Starcraft II and League of Legends, first person shooters haven't been receiving as much attention as they deserve. With that being said we were a bit reluctant to recruit teams from that genre. But we simply received an offer we couldn't turn down..." - Official announce

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CB EuroCup XXV fourth matchweek (19 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Slajer @ 04:47 CDT, 17 May 2012 - iMsg

The fourth matchweek brings us a very active Sunday with 5 matches but also the first and hopefully last drop out of the season.

coma! decided to leave the cup right after their third loss in a row.

Thursday
Skillz United vs xentorium 12:00 CDT, 17 May 2012

Sunday
District 9 vs Deliberate Murder 13:00 CDT, 20 May 2012
Deliberate Murder vs 4Kings Gaming Royalty 14:00 CDT, 20 May 2012
aCtion Ligan vs play 14:00 CDT, 20 May 2012
Team Mamut vs sitto 14:00 CDT, 20 May 2012
District 9 vs dioxide 15:00 CDT, 20 May 2012

Links: Source news,

#ClanBase.ql

Next 4 players for Dreamhack Summer 2012 (137 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by blaze @ 02:30 CDT, 17 May 2012 - iMsg

Event: DHS'12

DreamHack is drawing closer and closer. We currently have 12 spots left for the tournament and we're going to release 4 players today, 4 more on Sunday and finally the last 4 players on the next Wednesday . As the sign ups closes on Sunday we will be able to contact everyone who's invited and let them know so they have time to plan their trips. We will follow the schedule I posted above, so we won't officially announce them all at once.

The 4 players invited to the Kingston Quake Live Summer Championship this week are: Cypher, Oaki,

Sl1p and fire_bot.

Invited Players

Apply now!

As previously said, next 4 players will be released on Sunday. The sign ups also close on Sunday the 20th of May so if you want to participate in the Kingston Quake Live Summer Championship, don't hesitate to sign up now! Questions? Send a mail to Esport@dreamhack.se

Links: Dreamhack.se, Original Post

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RUR Duel League - Brackets and Prizes (6 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by nineX @ 23:26 CDT, 16 May 2012 - iMsg

UPDATE: The match deadline for the WB Round 1 is Thursday May 24, and WB Round 2/LB Round 1 is Tuesday May 29. Competitors should start scheduling their matches now. Please report the match time to nineX or wonko if you would like your match streamed.

Competitors in the Ready Up Radio CPM Duel League fought hard in group stages and now 16 players move on to Double Elimination rounds. There were a good amount of close games and even some surprises along the way. Check out the Ready Up Radio Twitch.tv page for VODs from several group stage matches.

Players moving on to brackets

In addition to the news about players advancing to the next round, we are also announcing additional prize money and extending it to fourth and fifth places. This is due to the extreme generosity of several people within the community: Enthal and MaverickMGS, who each donated $50. The new prize money allocations are as follows. Prizes: $85 for first place, $60 for second place, $35 for third place, $15 for fourth, $5 for fifth. A schedule for the group stages will be announced in the next couple of days on the tournament's rules page; please check their periodically.

Links: Tournament Page - Ready Up Radio - Stream - Rules Page -

#uscpmpickup

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infected Duel Cup #3 (12 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by zNc @ 08:42 CDT, 16 May 2012 - iMsg

Scheduled: 08:30 CDT, 19 May 2012 to 12:30 CDT, 19 May 2012
Schedule: Passed

Last Saturday

rehepapp won against

kK_Storm in the final.

Insan3 took the third place by defeating

u3a6. Apart from the next Saturday the brackets will be ordered with help of the ELO Ranking, to get exciting finals! The cup will take place on European servers and all players of all skill levels are welcome! You can already sign up, and make sure to have a stay on IRC at #infectedGaming while the cups proceeds.

Cup information

Mappool

If you want to stream the cup, you can contact us on our homepage or by IRC. Visit the cup page for extended rules. Lets infect!

Links: Cup Page, infected Gaming,

#infectedGaming, Stream

CSN playQUAKELIVE Points cup #3 (32 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by w0nk0 @ 21:43 CDT, 14 May 2012 - iMsg

Scheduled: 18:00 CDT, 20 May 2012 to 22:00 CDT, 20 May 2012
Schedule: Passed

The third points cup in the CSN playQUAKELIVE 2 series will be held on Sunday May 20th, 18:00 CDT. With only 2 cups remaining, the chances of gaining points for qualification to the playoff brackets are thinning. So join in the action by registering at the event page.

If you didn't get the chance to see Cups #1 and #2, the VODs are available!

Stream: CyberSportsNetwork with wonko and zoot
Links: Event page, Standings,

#csn -

Sponsors: Solar Gaming League, TwitchTV

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Impressive Gaming Leagues CTF #4 (5 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 10:03 CDT, 14 May 2012 - iMsg

The Impressive Gaming Leagues CTF #4 will be held tonight at 13:00 CDT. You can still sign-up on the site or on IRC (/query

thek1ng).

See the original post for more details.

Update: Cup was canceled due to low sign-ups.

Links: Site, Rules, VODs,

#igl.ql

Site summary for week ending 11 May (7 comments)

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Posted by ESReality @ 18:00 CDT, 13 May 2012 - iMsg

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playQUAKELIVE EU CTF Points Cup #3 (12 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by esdf @ 15:38 CDT, 13 May 2012 - iMsg

With two of the cups behind us, we're approaching a halfway point of the CSN playQUAKELIVE EU Series. We've taken a break this weekend, due to the Mother's Day and all the other uninteresting stuff that's been going on, and we're more then happy to announce that the Points Cup #3 will be kicking off next Sunday, May 20th at the usual time, 08:00 CDT.

To the teams that already competed in our cups, sign yourselves up again to cement your spot for the Grand Finals. To the teams that have not played yet, it's 5 minutes till midnight for you if you plan on competing for some of the cash we want you to take off of our hands.

Even though the last QL update featured an addition of a new map, Camper Crossings, it will not be included in the map pool for the remainder of the qualification cups, but you will be able to vote if you want it in the Grand Finals or not, so stay tuned.

As far as coverage is concerned, nothing new there. If you're in just for the spectating part, make sure your browser is pointed to Level Up TV for some of that

zoot (and his Brittish posse) awesomeness.

Oh yeah, make sure you idle in our IRC channel,

#csn.ql, we need some love.

Stream: Level Up TV (will link with the link to one of their twitch channels)
Links: Registration and event page, Leaderboard, Brackets (TBA),

#csn.ql
Sponsored by: CSN, SGL, Twitch

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