After an intense weekend of competition the
UT2004 tournament at
Dare ProtoPlay 2011 has come to an end. It was interesting for me to on be on the organizational side of a UT2004 LAN event for a change and I have to say it's quite a challenge. However, I am very happy with the way it all turned out. I got to see some amazing matches, meet some of the nicest guys in the gaming community and generally have a great experience - although exhausting.
Check out the
ASTZ! @ Dare 2011 Image Gallery for an idea of how it all looked.
Tournament wise, we saw some fantastic matches with the two Dutch players dominating (as expected). The biggest surprise for most people was the amazing comeback to form from
ecko! who came out of a 2 year absence to a striking performance in the tournament, even taking a map from our eventual winner.
zelVz also impressed me, with a fantastic hitscan and strong performance throughout, only falling short to the more experienced players in his first ever international LAN. A disappointed
Kenchu and
lo2dk also fell short of the very top spots, although they both showed a lot of promise and determination.
In the end it was always going to be between
ScrMz! and
Frantic and they didn't disappoint. All the scores from the 1on1 tournament are now
available. There are
interviews with some of the players as well. They talk about how they found the experience, what's next for them and how satisfied they feel with their performances.
ScrMz! (Gold Trophy, Intel® 2nd Gen Core™ i5-2500k processor, Bigfoot Networks Killer 2100 Card, Hien Artisan Kai.G3)
Frantic- (Silver Trophy, Intel® 2nd Gen Core™ i5-2500k processor, Bigfoot Networks Killer 2100 Card, Hien Artisan Kai.G3)
ecko! (Bronze Trophy, Intel® 2nd Gen Core™ i5-2500k processor, Bigfoot Networks Killer 2100 Card, Hien Artisan Kai.G3)
4th zelvZ (Intel® 2nd Gen Core™ i5-2500k processor, Hien Artisan Kai.G3)
5th 
Kenchu (Intel® 2nd Gen Core™ i5-2500k processor, Hien Artisan Kai.G3)
6th 
lo2dk (Bigfoot Networks Killer 2100 Card, Hien Artisan Kai.G3)
7th 
rmzs (Bigfoot Networks Killer 2100 Card, Hien Artisan Kai.G3)
ScrMz! & ecko (2x Bigfoot Networks Killer 2100 Cards)
Frantic & Nemesis
I have also uploaded some videos to
YouTube, including the "award ceremony", some clips from the matches and also a great clip showing the end of
ecko vs ScrMz on Roughinery. The Frenchmans face at the end is priceless, while ScrMz just sits in his chair and rages!
I want to say a BIG thank-you to all of our sponsors, you where amazing. Also on behalf of all the players, thank-you to
IamKira the owner of the
Jee Network who came up from London to take me and the players out to dinner on Saturday night. All covered by him!
Last but not least, thanks to my partner
Kathleen (:D) who was a great help during the event, organising scores and generally helping to keep me sane!
:
Original Announcement,
Coverage Article with Interviews, Predictions etc,
Image Gallery,
YouTube Channel,
Tournament Page,
#DARE.UT
s7ickupTV, 
Level Up TV.
GreasedScotsman here. After the successful planning, management and production of QuakeCon 2011 coverage, I've decided to take a break from broadcasting for the next month or so, perhaps longer, though I may reappear for special events like 2GD's World Tour (described during OneMoreGame/LiveOnThree 08-03-11).
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