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QuakeLive.tv Broadcasting Schedule 4/19 (3 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 14:11 CDT, 19 April 2010 - iMsg

Broadcasting Schedule for the week of April 19th 2010:

20:05 CDT, 19 April 2010: QuakeNight 2v2 TDM cOK vs NOTE
21:15 CDT, 19 April 2010: QuakeNight 2v2 TDM LMF vs K9
22:15 CDT, 19 April 2010: QuakeNight 2v2 TDM Ci vs DFM/Paramedics (winner)
20:05 CDT, 21 April 2010: QuakeNight 2v2 TDM Q2 vs cOK/NOTE (winner)
21:00 CDT, 21 April 2010: QuakeNight 2v2 TDM Finals PRO-2B
22:00 CDT, 21 April 2010: QuakeNight 2v2 TDM Finals PRO
21:30 CDT, 22 April 2010: The QuadCast Episode 19

Links: PRO Brackets, PRO2B Brackets, QuakeNight.com
Twitter: QuakeLive_TV
Streams: QuakeLive.TV

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Kaspersky, Cypher & strenx joins DHS10 (49 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by pAX @ 12:31 CDT, 19 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: DHS10

Last week DreamHack announced information regarding the QUAKE LIVE tournament at DreamHack Summer 2010 which is boosting a total prize purse of 50 000 SEK. From now on, the official tournament name will be Kaspersky Quake Live Championship as the antivirus company has signed 1-year sponsorship deal.

Fredrik Nyström, press officer at DreamHack comments

Johan Grape from Kaspersky Labs comments

Kaspersky and DreamHack will also give a way a special prize for the most entertaining player in the tournament. The winner will be decided by an open community vote. More information regarding this will be announced as we get's closer to the event.

DreamHack is also excited to invite

strenx and

Cypher directly to the Main tournament. They join

av3k and

fazz as the 3rd and 4th players ready for the tournament.

Players may still apply for an invite by signing up at the tournament site. It will also be possible to qualify directly at DreamHack Summer 2010.

Links: Kaspersky Quake Live Championships, BYOC Qualifier, Press release, Kaspersky

Esports Calendar launched, includes QL! (30 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by ReDeYe @ 11:24 CDT, 19 April 2010 - iMsg

It was only recently that esports saw one of its busiest weekends as events across all of Europe took place at the same time. As esports continues to expand it can be hard to keep track of what is happening when, even for the most well informed of enthusiasts.
With this in mind Heaven Media have launched Esports Calendar, a website dedicated to keeping track of all the events taking place across the globe, from when and where right down to the details such as prize money and where to sign-up.

The idea behind the site is simple - provide a means for esports enthusiasts and tournament organisers to be able to see what events are happening and at what dates and times. We hope that this is something the wider community will be able to use effectively and will help improve the understanding and communication within the esports scene.

The site comes with a filter facility so users can quickly search for events and tournaments relating to specific games. There is also a user submissions option enabling everyone to draw attention to events happening in their part of the world that might otherwise have been missed.

Heaven Media are committed to getting the best out of the site's functionality and content. For that we will need feedback from the users and wider community. If you can think of any improvements that can be made then simply leave your thoughts as comments to this announcement.

To see the site for yourself first hand head over to esportscalendar.com.

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Site summary for week ending 16 Apr (4 comments)

( Major News: ESR)

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

Weekly Awards

Popularity

Betting Competition

Top Referers

ZOTAC SC2 Beta Cup #8 is over (26 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by KekS @ 13:40 CDT, 18 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: Zotac SC2

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 18 April 2010 to 13:30 CDT, 18 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, 18 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 checkins like the last couple of weeks.

Winners of the ZOTAC SC2 cups so far

Quick Facts

Live commentary in english will once again be brought to you by

Day[9] ... or not...

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Final:

Bischu 0:3

ZpuX Replays

Streams:

Day[9] (starting at 10:30 CDT),

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

#zotac.sc2

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ZOTAC QL Duel Cup #28 is over! (35 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by shorrty @ 07:20 CDT, 18 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 18 April 2010 to 12:00 CDT, 18 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 #28 started with

Cypher,

strenx,

reload,

smoke,

evil,

sting_PL,

burnedd,

GUArd and many more.

Final standings:

1. fnatic\strenx - 100€
2. srs\burnedd
3./4. GUArd / spartaz0rd

Stream: Holysh1t TV & qlchannel
Links: Tournament page, Brackets, Hall of Fame,

#zotac.qlive

Quake Live EuroCup starting tomorrow (8 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 06:45 CDT, 18 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: EC21

Quake Live Euro Cup is starting tomorrow. There were some complains about the last change of groups when groups were published, so those changes are returned to the first draft and now the groups are final. All the changes can be seen in this news.

Prizes

Coverage

Links: Cup page, Groups, Schedule,

Cup updates

ASUS ENC 2010 Qualification Round 3 (68 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 22:45 CDT, 17 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: ENC'10

Scheduled: 15:00 CDT, 18 April 2010 to 16:00 CDT, 18 April 2010
Schedule: Passed

The matches for the 3rd and last qualification round in the ASUS ENC 2010 have just been announced today on ESL. The Qualification Round 3 will most likely start next week. I will try to keep an eye on the schedule for all games and sort a stream for each of them.

Update: The very last game of the qualifiers will be played tonight at 15:00 CDT between

Iceland and

Serbia on holysh1t.net and goodgame.ru.

QR3 Schedule & results *updated*

QR1 Results

QR2 Results

Direct invitations

Links: Announcement, ASUS ENC 2010, QR3, Showmatch VOD at ENC Poitiers

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SilentGamers Duel Cup #2 Coverage (57 comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 12:50 CDT, 17 April 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 12:45 CDT, 18 April 2010 to 18:30 CDT, 18 April 2010
Schedule: Passed

This weekend, QuakeLive.TV and djWHEAT team up to bring you coverage of the SilentGamers Duel Cup #2.

Coverage begins on 12:45 CDT, 17 April 2010 and continues with the semifinals and grand finals on 12:45 CDT, 18 April 2010. QLTV will cover Saturday in its entirety, and Sunday will be covered by QLTV with special guest appearance by djWHEAT.
Note: djWHEAT is broadcast at 2 PM EDT (WeaponOfChoice) and again at 4 PM EDT (LiveOnThree), so his participation in the cast is iffy at this point.

Prize pool paid: First place will win $100, Second place will win $50, and Third place will win $25.

Top North American players, DaHanG, rapha, and dkt will not be in attendance. EG's chance/griffin and dark horse player tehnewbz must prove their worth against the likes of swooped, pl4gue, dCoy, whaz, and walter.

Invited and Qualified Players

Links:
HQ VODs, LQ VODs,
Full Brackets, SilentGamers.org, QuakeLive.TV, djWHEAT, <3 REDDIT <3
Twitter: QuakeLive_TV, djWHEAT, SilentGamers, GreasedScotsman, Jehar, FishStix
Streams: QuakeLive.TV

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CB NC XIII QL CTF Finals (6 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by PerpetualWar @ 06:10 CDT, 17 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: CB NC13

Scheduled: 14:00 CDT, 25 April 2010 to 15:30 CDT, 25 April 2010
Schedule: Passed

So, the day of days has come upon us where great Nations face each other in brutal warfare and mind blowing tactics in a fast pace game where there is no place for lone warriors but strong bonds of team play. The Finals and Bronze finals are set for play and we are looking forward for some awesome games where only the right team will win their last matches in this tournament. Good luck to all!

Final
Germany - France
14:00 CDT, 25 April 2010 - Bet

Bronze final
Netherlands 2-0 Finland (VODs: ctf7, ctf2)
13:00 CDT, 19 April 2010

Streams will be provided on holysh1t and/or lvl^.

Reference: ClanBase CTF NationsCup

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G Data QL Cup #21 is over! (56 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by shorrty @ 04:00 CDT, 17 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: G Data QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 17 April 2010 to 11:00 CDT, 17 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 #21 started with players like

strenx,

Spart1e,

Cypher,

madix,

burnedd,

k1llsen,

evil,

GUard and many more.

Final standings:

1. fnatic\strenx - 100€
2. srs\burnedd
3-4. xlo^madix, fnatic\Spart1e

Stream(s): adivinestv, holysh1t
Links: Brackets, Tournament page, Hall of Fame,

#gdata.qlive

Go4SC2 Cup #7 (1 comment)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by xou @ 03:54 CDT, 17 April 2010 - iMsg

Event: Go4SC2

Scheduled: 07:00 CDT, 17 April 2010 to 12:00 CDT, 17 April 2010
Schedule: Passed

The 7th 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. The sign up for the cup will be open until 06:40 CDT and then the check-ins will begin.

The news will be updated with stream infos where known!

Quick Facts

Go4SC2 April schedule

April's current rankings

Winners of Go4SC2 so far

Streams:

ESL Radio,

phipstv,

Millenium, more tba
Links: Brackets, Info, Playerlist, Download Database

Tricking Quake Live 2 (57 comments)

( Major Movie: QL)

Posted by eoe.d1ablo @ 16:03 CDT, 16 April 2010 - iMsg




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Rating: 5.1 (50 votes)

Once upon a time during the Quake 3 era, a fraction of the players started tricking, enjoying themselves just with doing crazy short and long jumps, combined with impressive movement skill to do very cool tricks. A whole scene even started, called DeFRaG, where the focus does not lie on fragging but on moving only and this is no different for Quake Live.

After a very cool first tricking movie, Newbi from q3schools is proud to present a second episode of trickjumping within Quake Live in high quality: approximately 10 minutes of tricking, rendered at 1080p resolution, resulting in a massive 1.3 GB production file, say no more and just head over to your favorite mirror to watch the movie!

q3schools.com

Movie File - Stream () 300MB
- own3D.tv (356 clicks)
- youtube (303 clicks)
Movie File - Download () 1300MB
- Filefront (43 clicks)
- Maverick Servers (46 clicks)
- Onykage (39 clicks)

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Methos Quake Official Good Bye (30 comments)

( Major News: Q1 Q2 Q3)

Posted by detonatR @ 15:50 CDT, 16 April 2010 - iMsg

No More Updates... Ray "Methos" Walsh wrote:

It has been over 7 years since my last update. Obviously, there won't be any more. I always meant to post the occasional update but never found the time or the desire. As with most things in life, our priorities change as life goes on, and so do we.

The pages of Methos Quake contain some moments and demos from the gaming world that we can all share. I'm pretty sure that my memory of all the bad times and stressful moments has faded enough for me to think that it was so much fun for all those years, and for the most part, it was. There are incredible moments that I will never forget and they will always bring a smile to my face.

There were so many amazing people from everywhere involved in Quake. When it started, it was only some local friends, then it was people in the same city attending lan parties, then larger lans, then high speed internet connections that brought people together from further and further away. Then tournaments that brought in the best players from all over the world, sometimes for big prizes, sometimes for nothing more than bragging rights.

A little more on methosq.com

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Carmac: "make it about the champions" (37 comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by Thorin @ 10:26 CDT, 16 April 2010 - iMsg

In the second part of his 1on1 interview

Michal "Carmac" Blicharz answers questions about the goals he set about accomplishing upon joining ESL as the product manager of the Intel Extreme Masters.

Why does Carmac feel more emphasis was needed on the continental finals? What is significant about spacing out playoff games from those within the same round and the following one? Carmac reflects on his life as a soon to be 30 year old and the good things which have come from it and some perhaps missed opportunities. Carmac also talks briefly about season V of IEM and which games are likely to be featured.

The interview can be viewed at SK Gaming, as well as the first part for those who haven't seen it yet.

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