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Xmass 2v2 Massacre 2009 (27 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by eJo @ 10:00 CST, 6 December 2009 - iMsg

Hello everybody,QuakeQuickCup is back and this means you can look forward to some quality action in the near future. Besides the announced NationsCup, we are also working on Xmass 2v2 Massacre.

This tourney was won by

noctis and

zyv last year and this duo seemed quite unbeatable at that time. I hope theres going to be enough teams that can keep up with them this year.

Tournament page

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ZOTAC Quake Live Cup #10 is over! (73 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by shorrty @ 07:17 CST, 6 December 2009 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 6 December 2009 to 13:00 CST, 6 December 2009
Schedule: Passed

Edition number 10 of our weekly ZOTAC QuakeLive cup is running.

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 consists of 100€ for the first place as well as AGP ranking points for the top8 players.

Quick Facts

Update: Signed up are

mouz|cooller,

srs\cypher,

BVG|guard,

xlo^madix,

fnatic\spartie and many more.

Rankings:

1. mouz|cooller - 100€
2. srs\cypher
3. xlo^madix / GohLinK

Stream: HolySh1t TV & own3D TV
Links: Tourney page - Brackets -

#zotac.qlive - Hall of Fame

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Calling all Quake moviemakers (75 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by dfb @ 05:00 CST, 5 December 2009 - iMsg

Just a couple of days ago we announced the AMD Phenom II Minimovie contest over at TEK9 where you have the chance to win a new AMD Phenom II processor if you place in the top five.

With a couple of days of registration behind us we already have 50+ entries but sadly enough no Quake moviemakers have entered the contest. That is why we are now calling all Quake moviemakers to show us what they got and produce a minimovie of Quake III, Quake 4 or Quake Live.

I for one am an avid Quake Live fan and would love to see some Quake Live minimovies made, looking back at the previous contest we did we also saw some nice Quake Live movies made such as the movie Zero

Good luck to all those who enter!

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Vo0 joins compLexity Gaming (140 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 01:21 CST, 4 December 2009 - iMsg

Today compLexity Gaming just announced the addition of a new player in their Quake Live roster in the name of

Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager. As they truly believe Quake Live will get a big year in 2010, the MVP of the CPL World Tour 2005 would represent a great asset in their team along with

Brian "dkt" Flander.

The famous Dutch FPS player who now lives with his fiancée in Texas, USA, will see his first tournament as a coL player next week in the IEM4 AC Finals. Here is his comment:

After a year long absence from the Quake scene I have decided to return. I moved to the USA to attend university and be with my fiancée, therefore it only makes sense to play for an American organization. compLexity is just the right choice as they are the number one American team right now, and I thank them for giving me an opportunity to play with their team.

coL.ql roster

Source: compLexity Gaming

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ZDaemon Duel League Heads into Playoffs (8 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by DevastatioN @ 20:59 CST, 3 December 2009 - iMsg

The ZDaemon Duel League regular season has now finished! And the playoffs are just beginning. After many upsets in the regular season, the top8 from each division has made it to their respective playoffs. Who will come out on top?

Division 1 is playing for a total prize pool of $400 US, ($250, $100, $50 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd).

The top 8 seeded players are as follows:

Who will come out on top in their single elimination brackets? Follow the action on the official website or tune into the games which will be broadcasted live by Tastyspleen.tv, and

Jehar!

ZDaemon is a competitive DooM 2 port that has been used for many tournaments in the past.

Related Links: ZDaemon Duel League Takes Off!,

doom.wikia

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IEM4 EC Playday #1 Part 2 (18 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 09:54 CST, 3 December 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

The European Championship goes on tonight with an early match from Playday 3 between k1llsen and madix at 13:00 CDT, and a rescheduled game from Playday 1 featuring draven and pulseh at 15:30 CDT.

Thursday schedule

Previous games

Rescheduled games

Links: European Championship,

#esl.quakelive
Streaming: holysh1t.net

VODs From DreamArena Extreme released (24 comments)

( Major News: Q1 QL)

Posted by pAX @ 08:54 CST, 3 December 2009 - iMsg

Event: DHW09

DreamHack Winter is over for this year and the QUAKE champions are decided. DreamHack has now released official VODs from DreamArena Extreme where the QUAKE LIVE and QUAKE WORLD finals was played.

The VODs include commentary from 2GD, Joe, Fatal1ty and LethalWiz.

DreamHack Winter 2009 QUAKE LIVE Final - av3k vs Z4muZ

DreamHack Winter 2009 QUAKE WORLD Final - LocKtar vs Nabbe

DreamHack have also announced that DreamHack Summer 2010 will be held in Gothenburg 19-22th June.

Source: Gp.se (Swedish), DreamHack on YouTube

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TL Interviews Blizzards Dustin Browder (45 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by KekS @ 07:33 CST, 3 December 2009 - iMsg

Kennigit from teamliquid sat down with Blizzards Starcraft II Game Director Dustin Browder, whose voice you might know from the various Starcraft 2 Battle Reports, to discuss the decisions he and the SC2 development team have made and how the community was/is involved in the making of this AAA title.

“We are trying to make this game as complete – like if nobody buys any other product, this game needs to be awesome. Like if Blizzard gets hit by a meteor tomorrow and we all die, at least Starcraft 2 was awesome – that's what it needs to be.”

Head on over to teamliquid and read the full interview there.

#teamliquid (QuakeNet) :: teamliquid.net ::

Kennigit on TL.net :: Starcraft 2 :: SC2 Battle Reports :: Blizzard

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Shoutcasting Book released by ReDeYe (76 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by ReDeYe @ 04:50 CST, 3 December 2009 - iMsg

A few days ago, I finally completed a book writing project that had been in the works for over a year. The book is entitled "So you want to be a shoutcaster?" and covers most aspects of commentating on videogames, from setting up at home and casting on audio, right through to the more complicated stuff which happens at lan events.

With the recent activity in the shoutcasting world being a little flat and not many new faces coming through, now seemed to be the perfect time to try and help people do something they may have thought about, but feared to try. Hopefully the mini book can help people get on the right road to getting quality shoutcasting out there from more people. After all, its a very small world.

The book goes through a wide range of things to consider, including advice, suggestions and practical solutions to some problems. It covers many aspects that perhaps are a little more subtle but equally important too.

Obligatory snippet

You can view the book in its entirety on theshoutcaster.co.uk and a full downloadable PDF version should be ready before Christmas.

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IEM4 European Championship Playday #1 (129 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 00:59 CST, 1 December 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 14:00 CST, 2 December 2009
Schedule: Passed

The Intel Extreme Masters IV Quakelive American Championship has just finished this last weekend. Now the American Finals in

Edmonton are the next step and will be played between the 11th and the 13th of December.

Meanwhile the European Championship already started with a few matches from Group D (due to

GaRpY been away for the entire month). And tomorrow, the first Playday is kicking off for real! As Wednesday is the Quakelive's day on ESL TV, the 4 best matches will be on stream and commentated by

2GD and

Joe! Here is what you can expect tomorrow evening:

Wednesday schedule

Links: American Championship, European Championship, ESL TV,

#esl.quakelive
Streaming: ESL-TV (Alternative host) - VOD

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Wombat vs Lakerman AWESOME old school Q3 (112 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by Streetrunner @ 18:51 CST, 30 November 2009 - iMsg

The AGP Classics Match of the Week goes back to Quake 3 this week. 2000 XS Reality Invitational: Sujoy Roy said at the time that it was "one of the most exciting matches I've ever seen" and he is right. This great oldie takes place in the tournaments loser bracket semi-finals. Being the first mainly international tournament in Quake 3, held in Sweden and being invite only, the tournament had no prize money although most players were paid sponsorship money by Razer following in addition to travel.

Loser Bracket Semi:

Mark "Wombat" Larsen vs

Oskar "LakermaN" Ljungstroem
Maps: Vertical Vengeance (T4) and the Proving Grounds (T2)

Wombat vs LakermaN Game 1a

Wombat vs LakermaN Game 1b

Wombat vs LakermaN Game 2a

Wombat vs LakermaN Game 2b

And just in case you want a HD Quality version of the Dreamhack FInals without casting, I threw them up below.

Av3k vs Z4muz Game 1

Av3k vs Z4muz Game 2

Av3k vs Z4muz Game 2

Links: AGP Tour

#agptour, Facebook, Twitter

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Site summary for week ending 27 Nov (No comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by ESReality @ 17:00 CST, 29 November 2009 - iMsg

Weekly Awards

Popularity

Betting Competition

Top Referers

QL Community requests 2v2 TDM Server (122 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Nukm @ 15:04 CST, 29 November 2009 - iMsg

TDM has always been one of the most important game modes in Quake. Matchups consisting of 4v4 as well as 2v2 have proven TDM to be among the popular game modes of all time.

QL is still considered a beta-release even though it is actively supported by an immense player base compared to the dwindling previous years of Q3. Therefore it is a sad case to see that no public 2v2 TDM servers exist alongside the lack of a much needed “lock” feature to be used among the ever populated 4v4 servers.

Consequently the 2v2 community has created this thread to help address problems based around the lack of competition based features and functionality within QL.

It would appear that the QL tech support team has less time for bug fixes let alone for the need for filtering relevant requests irrelevant ones (e.g. "Vehicles request"). For that reason, we would be very grateful for a frequent participation in that thread as to not let our 2v2 TDM request down.

Links: Quake Live Forum

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Dreamhack Winter final round up on TEK9 (36 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by crow- @ 07:29 CST, 29 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: DHW09

TEK-9.org rounds up all the action from a top quality weekend of QuakeLive action at Dreamhack. Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski was the eventual champion but what does this mean given the absence of Shane "rapha" Hendrixson? Who's been improving and who's getting left behind in Europe and North America? Here we look at these questions and more in the Dreamhack Winter final round up.

You can read the full round up here on TEK-9.org.

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ZOTAC Quake Live Cup #9 is over! (86 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by shorrty @ 06:09 CST, 29 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: ZOTAC QL

Scheduled: 07:00 CST, 29 November 2009 to 13:00 CST, 29 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

Eight weeks, eight cups and the saga continues: the 9th edition of our weekly ZOTAC QuakeLive cup is set up for registration. Feel free to sign up until 07:00 CST, 29 November 2009.

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 consists of 100€ for the first place as well as AGP ranking points for the top8 players.

Update: Checkin for ZOTAC QL Cup #9 open, signed up known players so far:

k1llsen,

fnatic\strenx,

BVG|guard,

skzipilota,

srs\rzr\av3k,

xlo-madix,

xlo-Z4muZ,

mouz|cooller (playing instead of godch1ld in the bracket). To check in, get to zotac-cup.com.

Rankings:

1. fnatic\strenx - 100€
2. k1llsen
3. mouz|cooller / BVG|guard

Quick Facts

Stream: Holysh1t
Links: Tourney page - cup Tree -

#zotac.qlive - Hall of Fame

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