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ASUS ENC QL TDM : Group A round 1 (39 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 17:54 CDT, 27 April 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 14:00 CDT, 28 April 2010 to 16:00 CDT, 28 April 2010
Schedule: Passed

Tonight the ASUS ENC 2010 Quakelive TDM will see its Group A Round 1 games played. One of them will be featured on ESL TV and covered by the British duo made of 2GD and Joe: Austria vs Iceland. Here are the 3 matches planned for the evening:

14:00 CDT - Sweden vs Netherlands (Details + demos)
15:00 CDT - Austria vs Iceland (Details + demos)
[wildcard] - Belgium vs France (Details / Bet)

The Group B round 1 will start next week!

Links: Announcement, ASUS ENC 2010 Quakelive TDM
ESL TV: Free / Premium / linux: -url:ESL.oph350 (Octoshape)

Large Quakelive update (494 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 15:46 CDT, 27 April 2010 - iMsg

Yesterday evening, id Software just announced a large update for Quakelive on next Tuesday. As no further details were released, we can just assume so far that only the downtime will be big! The updates usually start around 15:00 CDT, but no information were given on this one excepted for a duration of 4-6 hours downtime.

If you are European and you have a match planned on Tuesday evening, it's time to cancel and find a new date!

Update: Changelog

General Changes

- Player Invite System - You can now invite players to join you in-game and/or accept fellow players invites. We have added a right-click context menu on the friends list which provides up to three options to perform on a friend: View Profile, Invite to Match, Join Match.
- Invite Monitor - Added the "Invite Monitor" which appears above the Duel Detective when you have pending match invitations.
- Blocked Player Improvements - All chat from players on your 'Blocked Players' list is now muted. This includes both in-game chat (chat, team chat, attacker chat, targeted chat) and XMPP chat (friends list chat, tell_buddy chat).
- Relaxed Spawn System - Minor adjustment to the spawn system algorithms, in many cases one additional spawn point will be included in the list of available spawn points. Further testing and improvements are planned.
- Global Broadcast Announcement System - Added support for delivering broadcast messages from the backend system to all users online. This will be used to inform players of important system information, such as when the site will be going down for maintenance.
- Match Browser Optimizations - Improved the performance of the Match Browser by limiting the number of requests it needs to make to the backend when hovering over matches. In the general case this change makes it so there are 1/6th as many backend requests made.
- Rich Presence Data - Increased the responsiveness of friends in-game icons. The method of reporting changes in status have been highly optimized and now update 'live'.
- Firefox 3.6.3+ Support - Fixed plug-in issues with newer versions of Firefox on Windows.

Start a Match System
(this system is in limited beta and is not widely available yet)

- Match Visibility Modes - Added support for running private matches in multiple access modes: Public (all players), Friends Only, and Invitation only. The server will only be visible on the match browser to players who have access to join.
- Server Invite System - Added support for choosing friends who should be sent an automatic invite when the match has started.
- Custom Map Rotation - Added support for setting up a map rotation to be played on your private server.
- Improved Error Handling - Improved error handling in match startup so that users are informed why a match may have failed to start (Data Center overloaded, for example).
- Vicinity Locator - Added support for choosing "In My Vicinity" as a match startup location which will automatically choose an ideal data center based on your current GEOIP location.
- Optimized Game Invitation Strings - Join URL invite string length reduced for efficiency.
- Tiered Permission Groups - Organizations may spawn multiple servers at once without joining into matches. Individuals may spawn one server at a time and the server becomes available for others to join once the owner has joined the server.

Misc Fixes

- Fixed the calculations used for shotgun accuracy so that it is now calculated per pellet rather than per firing. If you fire a shotgun blast at an opponent and 2 of the 20 pellets hit, you will have a SG accuracy of 10% (because 10% of the pellets landed) rather than 100% (because a hit was obtained).
- Added heading images to the Match Browser indicating what matches are being displayed. This can be one of the following: Public Matches, Private Matches, Invited Matches.
- Changed the formatting of the tweet used in the "Share" button when choosing to share match results on Twitter.
- Fixed a grammatical error on match stats "Least Deaths" -> "Fewest Deaths"
- Fixed an issue where the "Forgot Your Password" page was not working.
- Fixed an issue where the standalone login page was sometimes not working (this page is mainly used when following a "Join Match" link before being logged into QUAKE LIVE)
- Fixed an issue where sometimes players on your friends list weren't showing up with the proper head icon, the proper cased name, or clan tag.
- Numerous plug-in updates to support current and future functionality.

Update 2: The Quake Live New Alt Browser has now been updated!

Link: Tweet,

quakelive

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The Wipeout (50 comments)

( Major Movie: Q3)

Posted by zeroql @ 05:00 CDT, 27 April 2010 - iMsg




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Rating: 6.4 (49 votes)

Han-sai production is introducing a new Quake 3 frag movie: The Wipeout. The movie contains 1v1 and CTF frags from various maps, not only dm6 and ztn :).

The movie shows the best frags out of 10 years of quake 3 from Wipe´s collection. Fortunately there are still enough lan partys out there to have fun, meet ppl and play some quake. Most of the frags are from various lan partys he visited all over germany, austria and switzerland in the past years.

About Movie

Whos is Axel "Wipe" Merkel!?

Also i would like to thank

FRS and

PURRI for helping me upload this movie.

Movie File - Stream (Stream) 0MB
- own3D.tv (696 clicks)
Movie File - HD-720p.x264 (The Wipeout) 402MB
- depositfiles.com (58 clicks)
- fliiby.com (36 clicks)
- MaverickServers.com (14 clicks)
- megaupload.com (50 clicks)
- QuakeUnity.com (Download + Stream) (210 clicks)
- team-qcg.com (61 clicks)
- www.filefront.com (57 clicks)

QuakeNight 2v2 TDM Grand Final Coverage (52 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 13:44 CDT, 26 April 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 22:00 CDT, 26 April 2010 to 23:00 CDT, 26 April 2010
Schedule: Passed

Tonight at 22:00 CDT, QuakeLive.TV brings you coverage of the QuakeNight TDM 2v2 Grand Final between Q2 (

DaHanG,

Scooby) and DaFoneMen (

swooped,

Flysher,

KGB)!

DaFoneMen recently defeated Evil Geniuses, widely considered a huge upset, in the NGL CTF Grand Finals. Now, DFM must face off against the Quake 2 legends DaHanG and Scooby in 2v2 TDM -- a game type that emphasizes individual skill and map control.

swooped has had the spotlight on him with DFM vs. EG and the SilentGamers Grand Finals last week -- will he deliver? Can DaHanG respond to his CTF team's loss? Is Scooby a top level QuakeLive player, too? Who will emerge victorious?

All these questions and more shall be answered tonight!!

Stream: QuakeLive.TV
Links: Full QN Standings, QuakeLive.TV, Reddit,

@QuakeLive_TV,

@GamesCast

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Site summary for week ending 23 Apr (3 comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by ESReality @ 18:00 CDT, 25 April 2010 - iMsg

Weekly Awards

Popularity

Betting Competition

New Articles

Top Referers

HDH Invitational #1 (54 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by xou @ 15:30 CDT, 25 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: HDH1

The HDH Invitational is a new StarCraft 2 beta Duel tournament organized by

HD and

Husky. This competition will see 16 invited players compete for dollars starting on April 21st. The event is sponsored by iRip! and will feature $2,450 in cash prize for the top3 players.

Players list

Previsional schedule

Cash money breakdown

Trailer

Brackets

Update: First batch of games from the HDH Invitational are played this week. Also the first VODs for Ro16 are available.

Links: Teamliquid's thread, HuskyStarcraft, HDstarcraft

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RAZER StarCraft 2 Beta Domination (22 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by KekS @ 15:00 CDT, 25 April 2010 - iMsg

In the next two weeks

GameSports.de &

RAZER bring you this StarCraft 2 Beta Invitational, 16 of the best European players will be competing for the prizemoney of 250€ for the winner, 100€ for the 2nd place and 50€ for the 3rd place.

Quick Facts

Playerlist

Results

UPDATE (15:00 CDT, 18 April 2010)
Week 1's matches are over and from Group A

Liquid'Nazgul &

mouz.Strelok as well as from Group B

MYM]DeMusliM &

RoX.KIS.DIMAGA will be advancing to the Playoffs.

UPDATE (17:00 CDT, 25 April 2010)
From Group C we'll be seeing

ToT)HayprO( &

mouz.White-Ra in the Playoffs, from Group D

RoX.KIS.Brat_OK &

Lucifron.

Sorry about the blank spaces, ESRs script seemingly doesn't like tables.
Links: Info, Stream, Matchlist,

#razer.sc2, *NEW* Replays of the Groupstage

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Quake live Clanbase NationsCup finals (27 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 10:59 CDT, 25 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: CB NC13

Quake Live NationsCups on ClanBase are coming to end, but we still have a few awesome matches to look forward to. The TDM final

France vs

Poland and the Bronze final

Serbia vs

UK will get delayed until the next week. But tonight we got the CTF Final between

Germany and

France at 14:00 CDT in a game that could represent revenge for Team France's lost game vs Germany in the group stage.

The game will be streamed by holysh1t.tv with a few surprises from their side, so be sure to log in before the game starts.

Links: CTF Cup Page, TDM Cup Page,

Cup updates

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #29 is over! (15 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by shorrty @ 10:34 CDT, 25 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 25 April 2010 to 11:28 CDT, 25 April 2010
Schedule: Passed

Once again the cup format will consist of SE brackets using bo1 matches until the quarter finals. Then the games will be played as bo3 with the grand final being played bo5. The prize is 100€ for 1st place!

Quick Facts

Update: ZOTAC #29 started with

Cooller,

strenx,

dem0n,

evil,

Pawelek85,

burnedd,

GUArd and many more.

Final standings:

1. fnatic\strenx - 100€
2. GUard
3./4. bodzo / srs\burnedd

Stream: holysh1t
Links: Tournament page, Hall of Fame,

#zotac.qlive

ZOTAC SC2 Beta Cup #9 is OVER (29 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by KekS @ 10:32 CDT, 25 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: Zotac SC2

Scheduled: 07:15 CDT, 25 April 2010 to 14:00 CDT, 25 April 2010
Schedule: Passed

Like every Sunday

GameSports.de &

ZOTAC bring you the weekly

ZOTAC StarCraft II Beta Cup, starting on Sunday 07:15 CDT, 25 April 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.

Please note that because of the upcoming update the mappool is subject to change, we'll keep you updated on which maps will be added and which removed.

ZOTAC SC2 Winners

Quick Facts

IMPORTANT: Remember to update your game-ID in your profile - players without a working ID will be disqualified, no questions asked.

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Final:

mTw|Nani 3:2

MoMaN Replays

Streams: TheGunRun, Orb,

GameSports,

phipssc2tv,

aAa,

Millenium
Links: Info, Playerlist, Replaypacks of all Zotac SC2 cups,

#zotac.sc2

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G Data QL Cup #22 is over! (48 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by shorrty @ 05:08 CDT, 24 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: G Data QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 24 April 2010 to 12:00 CDT, 24 April 2010
Schedule: Passed

Once again the cup format will consist of SE brackets using bo1 matches until the quarter finals. Then the games will be played as bo3 with the grand final being played bo5. The prize is 100€ for the first place.

Quick Facts

Update: G Data #22 started with

strenx,

k1llsen,

madix,

evil,

dem0n,

guard and many more, check out the Brackets.

Final standings:

1. fnatic\strenx - 100€
2. k1llsen
3-4. Pawelek85, evil

Streams: qlchannel, Holysh1t TV by FLY-CORE
Links: Tournament page, Hall of Fame, Brackets,

#gdata.qlive

dkt To Retire After QuakeCon (166 comments)

( Major News: CS Q3)

Posted by nineX @ 18:11 CDT, 23 April 2010 - iMsg

Two weeks ago in a blog post on the coL website, the Quake player

Brian "dkt" Flander has announced that he will retire from professional gaming after the QuakeCon 2010 even. Citing the need to concentrate on his personal life and working on his career, Flander assures fans that this does not mean he will completely disconnect with gaming.

"I can consistently say I was one of the top 5-16 players in the world, at any game I played, at any time. I think that is something to hold your head up high about considering the tens of thousands of people I've competed against. But now I have a career, which I've been pursuing since CGS died, and there are lots of great opportunities for me to expand myself."

Link: Blog post

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ESWC 2010 Invited Participants (53 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Mav_ @ 13:30 CDT, 23 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'10

The Electronic Sports World Cup has recently announced the invited players to participate in its global finals event that will be held from June 30 to July 4, 2010 in Paris, France.

Quake fans may be particularly interested that, among others, four well-known Quake Live players were invited, as well. The list consists of:

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson (Master of Greece winner)
Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira (Master of Greece runner-up)
Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski (Master of Greece 3rd place finisher)
Alexei "Cypher" Yanushevsky (ESWC 2008 Defending Champion)

It is worth adding that all of the players listed above accepted their invitations, which means that we will most definitely see at least two Swedish, American, and Polish participants at the ESWC Finals - one from the qualifier and the other one invited directly to the event.

Link: Announcement

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ESWC Slovenia (28 comments)

( Major News: Gaming QL)

Posted by CAREEM @ 08:00 CDT, 23 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'10

Slovenia will also have ESWC qualifiers for Grand Final in Paris. There will be qualifiers for Quake Live, Trackmania Nations Forever, Warcraft III Frozen Throne and Fifa 2010. The sign-ups for ESWC Slovenia are already open. Qualifiers will be held on the 8th of May in

Ljubljana. The winner will travel to France and represent Slovenia in the world finals at Disneyland, Paris.

Games:
Fifa 2010 (PS3)
Warcraft III Frozen Throne (PC)
Tracmania Nations Forever (PC)
Quake Live (PC)

Links: Facebook, eswc.si

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Go4SC2 Cup #9 (8 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by xou @ 07:03 CDT, 23 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: Go4SC2

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 24 April 2010 to 12:00 CDT, 24 April 2010
Schedule: Passed

The 9th Cup of the

Go4SC2 Series will take place today starting at 07:00 CDT and will feature 100€ for its winner. Rankings points will also be given to the top16 players in order to get qualified for the Go4SC2 Final April 2010 on the Thursday 29th (See the current rankings). The sign up for the cup will be open until 06:40 CDT and then the check-ins will begin.

Quick Facts

Go4SC2 April schedule

Winners of Go4SC2 so far

Streams:

phipstv,

esl-radio,

starcraftcast,

homerj,

Millenium
Links: Brackets, Playerlist, Current rankings, Replays

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Tournament	Razer StarCraft II Beta Domination
Attendees	16 invited top players from Europe
Start	12th April 2010
End	09th May 2010
Prize Money	Rank #1 - 250 EUR
	Rank #2 - 100 EUR
	Rank #3 - 50 EUR
Mappool	Blistering Sands
	Steppes of War
	Desert Oasis
	Scrap Station
	Lost Temple
	Metalopolis
	Kulas Ravine

Group A:
Name	Wins/Losses	MapWins/Losses	Points
Liquid'Nazgul	3:0	6:1	9
mouz.Strelok	2:1	2:2	6
LLL.Ret	1:2	2:2	3
ToT)Mondragon(	0:3	1:6	0

Group B:
MYM]DeMusliM	2:1	5:2	6
RoX.KIS.DIMAGA	2:1	2:2	6
mouz.HasuObs	1:2	2:2	3
Liquid'Jinro	1:2	2:5	3

Group C:
ToT)HayprO(	3:0	6:1	9
mouz.White-Ra	2:1	4:3	6
ToT)Naugrim(	1:2	3:4	0
mouz.MorroW	0:3	1:6	0

Group D:
RoX.KIS.Brat_OK	2:1	5:2	6
Lucifron	2:1	4:2	6
Liquid'TheLittleOne	2:1	4:4	6
mouz.Kolll	0:3	1:6	0

Group A: (12.-18. April)
mouz.Strelok	2:0	ToT)Mondragon(
mouz.Strelok	defwin	LLL.Ret
mouz.Strelok	0:2	Liquid'Nazgul
ToT)Mondragon(	0:2	LLL.Ret
ToT)Mondragon(	1:2	Liquid'Nazgul
LLL.Ret	0:2	Liquid'Nazgul

Group B: (12.-18. April)
MYM]DeMusliM	2:0	mouz.HasuObs
MYM]DeMusliM	1:2	Liquid'Jinro
MYM]DeMusliM	2:0	RoX.KIS.DIMAGA
mouz.HasuObs	2:0	Liquid'Jinro
mouz.HasuObs	defwin	RoX.KIS.DIMAGA
Liquid'Jinro	0:2	RoX.KIS.DIMAGA

Group C: (19.-25. April)
ToT)HayprO(	2:0	mouz.MorroW
ToT)HayprO(	2:0	mouz.White-Ra
ToT)HayprO(	2:1	ToT)Naugrim(
mouz.MorroW	1:2	mouz.White-Ra
mouz.MorroW	0:2	ToT)Naugrim(
mouz.White-Ra	2:0	ToT)Naugrim(

Group D: (19.-25. April)
Liquid'TheLittleOne	2:1	mouz.Kolll
Liquid'TheLittleOne	0:2	Lucifron
Liquid'TheLittleOne	2:1	RoX.KIS.Brat_OK
mouz.Kolll	0:2	Lucifron
mouz.Kolll	0:2	RoX.KIS.Brat_OK
Lucifron	0:2	RoX.KIS.Brat_OK