Sorry for the delay, had to get some sleep. QuakeCon 2010's second day is over, and the problems continue. The tournament once again
stalled for several hours
without any notice from anyone at QuakeCon. It seems
DNS issues continue to plague the event, only briefly resuming for the
vamp1re vs
dandaking match before lag struck mid-way through, calling it a day once again.
Evil Geniuses' player manager
Stuart Ewen comments: "This even has been the single most disappointing Quake tournament I have attended, while the head admins are not at fault the lack of organization and preparation leading up to and during the event is deplorable. If the buzz around the forums is true as well, then the BYOC is in a similar state."
Gamespot decided to
restream the event on their site, which was pretty cool for however long it was up.
proZaC was escorted by police and
kicked out of QuakeCon for indecent exposure after changing his pants in the tournament area after coming back from the pool. "No kids, no families, no nothing. Fuck QuakeCon. I'm OUT! Love", says proZaC in his
posting, who's been relegated to room arrest in his hotel due to the incident. He tells me later, "The way those guys were coming at me, it's like they think I'm a terrorist or something. The police made me wait like two hours." He has and is currently ready to party in room 2269. It seems as long as you have
a tie on, you're good to go.
I have given a
short interview regarding my inability to attend this year's QuakeCon, as well as
several news stories that have popped up. "Although I had not logged into the Focus Test in quite a while, and the information was public, I had still signed the NDA previously, and was therefore banned from Quake Live for a month. Then a few days ago I received an email stating I would not be allowed to enter QuakeCon 2010."
proZaC and I are
not wanted.
chance and
destrukt had their quite boring rematch from last week's IVGHOF, with destrukt able to squeak out two one-frag victories. From what I hear, a video exists of chance not too happy after the loss, stringing obscenities towards destrukt after it was over.
stermy looks in good form, taking down
DaHanG in straight maps with a close win on Lost World (dm13), and a very strong defensive showing on Battleforged. The italian now looks forward to a hotly-anticipated semifinal with
rapha, who he's taken out before.
Spart1e came back down a map and railed his way to victory against
Cooller to send the fan-favorite into the lower bracket, before being taken out by
Cypher in the upper bracket semifinals. Spart1e had a sizeable lead against Cypher on Aerowalk before letting it slip away in the final minutes (
Video: Cypher POV), leading to a rather one-sided victory on Lost World.
The match between
QUAD Gaming and
compLexity was rather close on both Japanese Castles and Troubled Waters (ctf2), with QUAD Gaming able to pull ahead in the second half of both maps led by strong play in
jones and rapha. This now leads to a great matchup in the semifinals with Evil Geniuses.
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Loaded and
boobs clashed in the lower side of the bracket, with the Europeans led by
draven mopping up on Japanese Castles, and the
Flysher American/Canadian mix doing the same on Stonekeep. They will play the third and deciding map on day 3, with
fnatic waiting in the wings.
ESReality's own
seven has
put together a very well-written, but quite uninformative interview with Quake Live's lead man
Steve Nix and Community Manager
Adam Pyle (SyncError).
Rage has been confirmed for a September 13th, 2011 US and September 15th, 2011
release for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. The game was shown off simultaneously across all three platforms at 60 FPS, with
some impressions of the demo already coming out.
John Carmack says that "[Doom3 would] have been more enjoyable if people could actually see it", wishing he'd added more lighting options to the tech, adding "the artists hiss at us if we turn on lights." He also
promises that dedicated servers are high on the list for possible features in
Rage, and "expects it will be possible [to run a dedicated server]."
The second day of QuakeCon Steam sales has
popped up, with every game in the
Doom franchise 66% off.
According to
QuakeLive.tv's
FishStix, matches are scheduled to start a half an hour earlier than usual because of the previous day's issues. But
anything could happen.
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RoX.KIS.DIMAGA 3-0 
morrow
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2nd. 
3rd. 
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Marius "guard" Ivanauskas
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