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AGSS: Powered by CSN - TDM 2v2 #1 (7 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Mellow @ 17:48 CST, 9 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: AGSS

At 21:00 EST tonight, the

AGSS: Powered by CSN will hold its first 2v2 TDM event of the series. All information regarding the event can be found below.

Event Format

Teams

In order to get to the Championships, a player or team must qualify by becoming the Top 8 team or dueler of their game-mode. Every event, participants will be awarded 2 points per win, 1 point per game played (win or lose), and -1 point per match forfeited. The 8 teams and duelers with the most points before May 10 will be the players advancing to the Championships.

Sign-ups are still open! Join the AG IRC channel and PM AG-whally with your team information. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Links: Brackets, Stream -

#AG.league

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Empire QuakeLive Challenge - Qual. #3 (36 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 10:33 CST, 8 March 2011 - iMsg

Scheduled: 11:00 CST, 9 March 2011 to 15:00 CST, 9 March 2011
Schedule: Passed

The 3rd qualifier for the Empire QuakeLive Challenge will be played Wednesday evening starting around 12:00 CDT. This cup will be played on SE/bo1 and reserved to the players from

CIS countries. The 4th and last qualifier is scheduled for Saturday at the same time.

Qualified players *updated*

Invited players

Prizes

Map pool

Stream: Team Empire
Links: Team Empire, Empire QuakeLive Challenge -

#team-empire

ClanBase EC/OC Spring 2011 Season (42 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 04:11 CST, 7 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: EC XXIII

ClanBase presents EC/OC Spring 2011 season where cups will be ran for 23 games, with 5 EuroCups and 55 OpenCups. This season's QL EuroCup will use TDM as it's main gametype as last season.

Additional info about the requirements for the cup (specifically regarding Premium/Pro accounts) can be found below. Rules will be published just before the first matchweek and will include this info as well.

Of course, if anyone feels like helping with the cups, either writing match reports or being a referee, can do that by applying as Cup Admin, so we can together ensure that coverage of the upcoming cups are on the highest level possible. Admin signup links below.

Complete list of QL cups

Spring 2011 Schedule

Spring 2011 QL Requirements

Mappools

Links: ClanBase, Spring 2011 season,

#clanbase.ql,

Cup updates

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Nations Cup Playoffs (59 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 12:36 CST, 6 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: NC XIV

After one week of pause after group stage, we continue with the DE playoffs for both TDM and CTF cups. More info on upcoming matches below.

TDM Playoffs

CTF Playoffs

Official streams:

Level Up TV,

Team uN*DeaD
Playoffs: TDM, CTF / CBooky: TDM, CTF
Links: ClanBase, NC TDM, NC CTF,

#clanbase.ql,

cbqlcrew

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zYme cup - cashprize 1on1 cup *stream* (87 comments)

( Major News: UT2004)

Posted by zelvZ @ 12:32 CST, 6 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: zYme

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 6 March 2011 to 14:00 CST, 6 March 2011
Schedule: Passed

It has been a while since this website didn't receive an UT2004 new, so here we are!

zYme clan creates a 1on1 UT2004 cup with some cashprize. The idea come to life with Haydnn and SaRs some days ago and everything goes really faster. As we don't have enough money to create our own website, the tourney will be hosted by tourney.cc. If this tourney works well, we should make it weekly or every two weeks with the same cashprize.
We're also searching for a sponsorship.

So far, players like

GoHLinK

ScrMz

astz!

rmzs and

kiLLzA joined the tourney. So far there are 51 signs up. There'll be a coverage done by

lozZz (stream and shoutcast).

Useful infos

Update: Congratz to

ScrMz who defeated in 3 maps GoHLinK in the final! He's the winner of the 50€ this time.

but the news is there: zYme cup #2 will be play the Sunday 3th of April with this time more cash for the winner ! A news about this will come soon on ESReality :)

Stream: lozz
UTV: narwhal.rave.org:10000 or utv2004.infos.st:7780
Links: Announcement, Rules, Cup Page -

#zYme

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #73 (100 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 07:41 CST, 6 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 6 March 2011 to 11:30 CST, 6 March 2011
Schedule: Passed

The 73rd ZOTAC QL Duel Cup is taking place this Sunday. Last week

strenx took the cash before leaving for the IEM5 Finals. The question is, who will participate in this edition?

Quick Facts

Stream: icebox, ADtv,

GG,

c58,

gamezet
Links: Tournament page, Brackets,

#zotac.qlive // HoF

IEM5 Finals - Day5 - The end (531 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 08:00 CST, 5 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The Finals of the IEM5 World Championship Finals will be played this Saturday morning. Below you can find the schedule and streaming informations.

For more details and links, please check the IEM5 World Championship Finals Coverage post. Results and VODs will be added to the coverage as soon as known.

Update: The Final is now over, demos & VODs are on their way. Thanks everyone for following the tournament!

Day5 Schedule

Highlight videos (Days 1, 2, 3 & 4)

Stream links

IRC:

#lvl^
Related: day1, day2, day 3&4

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rapha: "hope ZeRo4 was proud of that t4" (159 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 07:57 CST, 5 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Following his second IEM World Championship title win SK Gaming's

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson spoke about his victory, his opponent and his mentor.

How does rapha feel after winning back-to-back World Championships? How did

ZeRo4 help him out during the tournament? Has

Cooller changed since their first IEM final? Was the way he played out of control a specific strategy rapha went in with on dismemberment? Did Cooller get unlucky spawns on t4?

Check the video interview with the winner of the IEM5 Finals!

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DanDaKing: "I was going really crazy" (9 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by swine @ 13:50 CST, 4 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Five matches, two wins – sadly three losses. Fragster sat down at CeBIT for an interview with Daniel "dandaking" De Sousa and mickzerofive from 4seasonsGaming. They are not only talking about the group stage B and the really great chances for the australian eSport scene, but also their upcoming plans.

fragster: I'm here with dandaking from Australia. Daniel, yesterday you said something like "I need a minute – heart beating" in your ingame-chat – why, what was going on?

Daniel 'dandaking' de Sousa: Because I was up, i think, 7:1 at the start on t7 versus Spart1e and then he starts a comingback and it was 7:6 and I was like getting really nervous, because I was fright that he's gonna get the kill. And then I got a kill after that and I won 8:6 and I was going really crazy, because I can't believe it – I was in shock, I guess.

Links: Interview (German version), Fragster IEM Coverage, Quake @ Fragster

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Want to play Cooller in third place-game (13 comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by swine @ 13:40 CST, 4 March 2011 - iMsg

Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira just attend on IEM World Championship Finals. He had a really good start at group stage, but lost at semifinals to the American Quake player

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson. In an interview with fragster, which has been made before the second semifinal he's talking about his preparation and other stuff.

Would you agree that it's a great job by yourself go straight ahead to the semifinals? You were able to participate in so many tournaments – often it works, sometimes you're going down really fast. Was it a highlight for you?

Spart1e: It depends, really. I'm not really happy with the fourth place, but if I manage to win the third place-game tomorrow and place third, then I will be happy about my performance. I played really bad actually in the semifinal against rapha today and if it's the same tomorrow I will be really disappointed about myself.

Interview: English version (German version), Fragster IEM Coverage, Quake @ Fragster

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IEM5 Finals - Day4 (906 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 09:10 CST, 4 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

The playoff of the IEM5 World Championship Finals will be played from Thursday afternoon to Saturday morning. Below you can find the schedule and streaming informations.

For more details and links, please check the IEM5 World Championship Finals Coverage post. Results and VODs will be added to the coverage as soon as known.

Update: Day4 is over (all demos are up)! Check the VODs (Level Up & ESL TV) if you missed the action!

Day4 Schedule

Highlight videos (Days 1, 2 & 3)

Stream links

IRC:

#lvl^
Related: day1, day2

Attached Misc File: 81154-lvl.20110303.log.7z (4 Mar 2011, 89KB, 437 downloads)
Attached Misc File: 81172-lvl.20110304.log.7z (5 Mar 2011, 169KB, 181 downloads)

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Cooller: "I can show rapha some secrets" (26 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 15:37 CST, 3 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

Following another 3:0 series win over

av3k, this time in the IEM V World Championship, the Russian maestro

Cooller spoke in a video interview about playing av3k and his next match vs.

Strenx.

Why has the Cooller-av3k matchup changed so much? Does Cooller agree with the theory that av3k plays worse against the one or two opponents who specifically neutralise his style? What does Cooller think of Strenx's interview comments and a matchup against him next? Would Cooller enjoy a repeat IEM final of him and

rapha?

The interview can be watched at SK Gaming.

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rapha feels confident ahead of sem-final (1 comment)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by @ 11:55 CST, 3 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

SK Gaming's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson is more than happy with his win over Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty and is looking forward to tomorrow's semi-finals which he feels confident he will win. Unfortunately, the Swede from Fnatic is not feeling the same and confided in Australia's dandaking reveals to ESFI World.

Tomorrow the tournament will head closer towards the sharp-end as the semi-finalists will be whittled down to two. Can Rapha win the Intel Extreme Masters twice in a row?

Interviews: SK-rapha, A-MSI dandaking

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rapha: feels like a deja vu (54 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Thorin @ 11:23 CST, 3 March 2011 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

In the quarter-finals of the IEM V World Championship

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson ran into

DaHanG in the playoffs once again and once again the reigning champion emerged victorious. In this video interview he discussed his feat.

What moments jump out at rapha from his series with DaHanG? Is DaHanG a favourable matchup for him considering their history? Are players like

Spart1e better for rapha than people who play a very adaptive style? Is it fair to say rapha's side of the bracket is easier? Does rapha still feel like a favourite?

The interview can be watched at SK Gaming.

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ESL Bundesliga open to one more player (14 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by chzzen @ 07:47 CST, 3 March 2011 - iMsg

The

ESL Bundesliga is about to reach it's fourth play day but unfortunately one of the players dropped pretty much immediately: Former Warsow, Quake 4 and Quake Live ESL Pro Series player

BoBeL did not attend his first matches and got removed from the first league. This leaves one spot open that will be decided in tonight's Knockout Series 12 for another German speaking player coming from

Germany,

Austria,

Switzerland or

Liechtenstein.

Most anticipated participants are former ESL Pro Series player

mutz, best EAS winning streak holder

grave and Austrian national player

baker.

Cup details

Maps

Result

jaysson

grave

mutz

VODs:

Teamoxid TV Archive
Cup: Bracket, Official news
Related news: Readmore, Fragster, derQuaker.com, Teamoxid

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