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IEM5 European Championship QL QR2 (58 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 17:46 CDT, 30 September 2010 - iMsg

Event: IEM5

All the matches for the 2nd qualifier round for the IEM5 European Championship QL are now known! The QR2 default date is set for Wednesday 6th of October at 15:00 CDT. The winners will join the qualified players for the Main round, while the losers will still be able to attend the 2 last qualifier cups

QR2 Matches

QR1 Results

Qualified players

Map pool

Stream: Level Up TV
Links: QR2 results / schedule

fazz and noctis become Reason Quake Live (137 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by draven- @ 16:55 CDT, 29 September 2010 - iMsg

Reason Gaming have recently removed their Call of Duty 4 Squad and have tonight announced the addition of two Quake Live duellers to their ranks. The players are none other than well known faces

Pelle "fazz" Soderman and

Richard "noctis" Gansterer. Also joining as the team's manager will be

Karl-Erik "tybalt" Danielsson.

On their homepage the Reason management said they will be looking to add a couple of TDM players soon so the team can compete in the upcoming ESL EMS Tournament, so keep your eyes peeled for that.

Statement from Team Manager Karl-Erik Danielsson:

Statement from Pelle "fazz" Soderman:

You will be able to see both of the guys in action at Dreamhack Winter LAN in November.

Source: Reason-Gaming

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ESH Quake Live ONW #11: CTF 5v5 (47 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 11:18 CDT, 29 September 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 29 September 2010 to 16:50 CDT, 29 September 2010
Schedule: Passed

After all the Duel and TDM action on ESH over the last period its decided it might be time to try CTF tournament, especially with a lot of teams being active and getting ready for the upcoming CB OC Fall 2010 season. Cup is named ESH Quake Live ONW #11: CTF 5v5 as it represents one of the (free) ONW cups.

Signups are already accepted.

Update: Final standings are:

1. The Chemical Ponies
2. bloodface
3./4. infused / Expendables

Important

Tournament Details

Schedule

Streams: gg.ru, ad.tv
Links: ESH, Cup page, Rules, Brackets, Teams,

#esh.ql

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CTF 5v5 Fall Cup #1 (32 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by esdf @ 11:09 CDT, 29 September 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 12:00 CDT, 4 October 2010 to 16:30 CDT, 4 October 2010
Schedule: Passed

Update: Congrats to clan viRus on winning the cup!

After last ESL CTF cup got canceled, and more then a month of no CTF action on ESL, it's finally time to fix that. On Monday, October 4th we are running CTF 5v5 Cup. Maplist is courtyard (Courtyard Conundrum), ironworks (Ironworks), japanesecastles (Japanese Castles), shiningforces (Shining Forces), siberia (Siberia), stonekeep (Stonekeep) and troubledwaters (Troubled Waters).

Cup format is best-of-3, double elimination with lower bracket being played in best-of-1 format until lower bracket finals. Lower bracket finals will be played in bo3 format. The grand final will be played as bo5 with a one-map advantage for the team coming from the WB. The sign ups are open and you can start registering your teams now.

Details

Stream: TBA
Links: Announcement, Sign up, Brackets, Rules, #esl.quakelive

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Quakelive Update (205 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by doYdY @ 17:40 CDT, 28 September 2010 - iMsg

Event: QLPP

Today's

Quake Live Premium Pak 2 update introduces 4 new arenas to QUAKE LIVE, improvements to our Skill Ranking system, and an extension of our existing Invite-to-Match system. Our Premium content Map Pak includes Devilish, a wonderfully Gothic themed map suited for Duel or small teamplay, and three small Clan Arenas including two highly requested Rocket Arena 3 fan-favorites: Somewhat Damaged and Thunderstruck. We hope everyone enjoys the new maps and we look forward to hearing your feedback and continuing to deliver additional content in the near future.

Full Changelog

Source: quakelive.com

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EPS Benelux Season 5 announced! (18 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by draven- @ 10:09 CDT, 28 September 2010 - iMsg

After some delay caused by the cancellation of the HME event this year, we are very happy to announce the final schedule for already the fifth season of the ESL Pro Series Benelux, where the best teams and players of the Benelux will once more compete against each other for victory.

The Games:
This season of the ESL Pro Series will feature 4 of the topgames of ESL Benelux. Which games have been picked and which communities deserve it the most to be featured in the Pro Series will be announced over the coming days:

Game 1: Starcraft II *
Game 2: Counter Strike Source *
Game 3: Call of Duty 4 *
Game 4: Counterstrike 1.6 *

The following players allready qualified for EPS Benelux if Quakelive gets picked as EPS game

The following players will try to qualify for the last 2 spots

Source: EPS BLX 5 Announced, Purri takes EAS Season 2, #esl.blx.quakelive

Attached Image: 78626-epsstand.jpg (28 Sep 2010, 351KB, 166 downloads)

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CPM TDM Nations Cup 2010 Starts (109 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by eThaD @ 10:49 CDT, 27 September 2010 - iMsg

After one and half year of a break we are back and ready to start

CPM TDM nations cup. Comparing to the last year we have 3 teams less, but that doesn't mean that tournament will be less entertaining. All the team were put in the single group. After four rounds of the group stage four teams will follow to single elimination bracket to decide, who is the best this year.

We will try to stream as many matches as possible cooperating with

nVc from Level Up TV (English comments). If you don't like streams - there will be a possibility to watch the game via GTV (you will need quake 3 and cpma with maps installed).

1st Round Matches

Teams

Map pool

Winners of pervious nation cups

Links: Rules, Tournament Standings, Schedule,

#cpm.nations
GTV: rokket.net:27970

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level 1v1 cup #2 (No comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 03:54 CDT, 27 September 2010 - iMsg

Event: lvl

Scheduled: 11:00 CDT, 9 October 2010 to 16:00 CDT, 9 October 2010
Schedule: Passed

The 3rd Team Level cup will feature Duel over a DE Brackets. Matches will be played as bo1 expected for the WB, LB and Grand Finals which will be bo3. Once again most of the games will be played on Russian servers. Check-In starts 10:00 CDT and the tournament will begin 1 hour later at 11:00 CDT.

Mappool

Streams: GG.ru, cyberfight.ru
Links: quakelive.ru, Brackets,

#level.ql

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ZOTAC SC2 Cup #24 (32 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by KekS @ 05:50 CDT, 26 September 2010 - iMsg

Event: Zotac SC2

Scheduled: 07:15 CDT, 26 September 2010 to 14:00 CDT, 26 September 2010
Schedule: Passed

GameSports.de &

ZOTAC bring you the weekly

ZOTAC StarCraft II Cup #24, starting on Sunday 07:15 CDT, 26 September 2010, checkins will as per usual open at 06:00 CDT. There's 100 € price money up for grabs and we'll be running with 1024 signups and 512 players in the actual cup. We wish you good luck and hopefully a lot of fun.

ZOTAC SC2 Winners

Quick Facts

SemiFinals:

Predy 2:0

mouz.Strelok

MYM.NaNi 2:0

mouz.Tarson

Final:

Predy 3:1

MYM.NaNi Replays of Quarter/Semi & Final

Streams:

GameSports,

Millenium,

sc2tv.ru,

glhf.tv/glhf.tv low quality
Links: Info, Playerlist, Replaypacks of all Zotac SC2 cups,

#zotac.sc2

Attached Misc File: 78615-ZOTAC-StarCraft-II-24.rar (26 Sep 2010, 1552KB, 214 downloads)

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #51 (185 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 05:27 CDT, 26 September 2010 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 26 September 2010 to 11:00 CDT, 26 September 2010
Schedule: Passed

The 51th ZOTAC QL Duel Cup will be played this Sunday. Once again, SE brackets will be used with bo1 matches until the quarter finals. Then the games will be played as bo3 with the exception of the Final being played as bo5. The prize remains 100€ for the best player!

ZOTAC QL Cup participants need at least Quake Live Premium memberships to participate as the map pool consists of Aerowalk, Battleforged, Blood Run, Furious Heights, Lost World.

Quick Facts

Streams:

Level Up TV,

cyberfight.ru
Links: Tournament page, Brackets,

#zotac.qlive // Demos, HoF

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Final Week for Entries! (68 comments)

( Major News: All)

Posted by M05 @ 01:59 CDT, 26 September 2010 - iMsg

Hello and welcome fellow gamers and gamerettes.

Michael "mickzerofive" Jenkins here from Aus/NZ Quake Live community 4Seasons Gaming.

Final week to get your videos in for the Logitech Play of the Year competition. We've already had an abundance of quality frags and plays and if you would like to have your chance to win you're running out of time. Good luck to those who have entered, the final 10 will be released early October with the 3 winners selected shortly after

Video

Entry Details

My Selected Gaming Panel

Prize Arrival: Before December (so an ideal Christmas present for yourself)

On behalf of myself, Logitech and the 4Seasons Gaming team, Goodluck to all those who enter

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EMS7 QL TDM Qualifier #4 (24 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 23:27 CDT, 25 September 2010 - iMsg

Event: EMS7

Scheduled: 12:00 CDT, 26 September 2010 to 16:30 CDT, 26 September 2010
Schedule: Passed

The last qualifier cup for the EMS7 QL TDM is starting Sunday evening at 12:00 CDT (Sign up). The top3 teams will be qualified for the Group Stage.

Qualifiers rules

Qualified teams

Update: Qualifier #4 is over and the rankings are as following:

1st. hoens has crabs
2nd. deathreign
3rd. Incredible Panic
4th. Le Jambon Beurre

Streams:

Level Up TV,

cyberfight.ru
Links: Qualifier #4, EMS 7 QL TDM,

#esl.quakelive

Ready Up Radio Episode 22 (4 comments)

( Major News: QL SC2)

Posted by nineX @ 21:26 CDT, 25 September 2010 - iMsg

We're back with a Ready Up Radio Double-Header; our discussion of the latest StarCraft 2 news as well as an interview with one of the main guys behind the scenes in the US LAN scene,

Steve "xterm" Devaney, currently working for the ESL. We cover the AMAZING games that have already taken place in the GSL, as well as general SC2 scene here in the states. We gush especially hard over the ridiculous games by

Dario "TheLittleOne" Wunsch. Who knew nukes were for pushing enemy expansions. Unfortunately, there are no foreigners left in the GSL. On the bright side though, the next season starts less than 3 weeks from now.

In the second half of the show, I sit down with xterm and chat about some of his experiences working at just about every major LAN organization in the US in the past 5 years and what his current company has got planned. He also gives different techniques on how to repel carmac when he's trying to pick you up and put you in some kind of shitty wrestling move. This is an important section as the ESL is headed to New York in 2 weeks. Practice up kids. Also talk about the possibility of team games coming back to the US competitive play.

Head on over to Ready Up Radio to download the podcast.

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leVel Cup TDM 2v2 #1 (59 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 06:19 CDT, 25 September 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 11:00 CDT, 25 September 2010 to 17:00 CDT, 25 September 2010
Schedule: Passed

The 2nd leVel cup will feature TDM 2v2 over a DE Brackets. Matches will be played as bo1 expected for the WB, LB and Grand Finals which will be bo3. Matches will be played on Russian servers. Check-In starts 10:00 CDT and the tournament will begin 1 hour later at 11:00 CDT.