"We’ve been keeping an eye on Quake Champions for several months already and, after weighing up all the pros and cons, have finally decided to expand into it. As for the player choice, we had an easy time picking the right person, as Cooller is a true champion, a born-to-win player. Welcome to our esports family!"

"Natus Vincere is a special organization to me. Since their formation, we have often bumped into each other at different IEM and DH championships and reached finals of the majority of those. It was then when we got closer with Na`Vi’s CS players in terms of mutual support and morale. While playing important matches in quarterfinals, semis and finals, I always knew that Edward, markeloff, Zeus, starix, ZeroGravity and ceh9 were supporting us from behind. Na`Vi is something that’s close to my heart.

I would like to thank Na`Vi’s management for giving me the opportunity to join such a great organization. Despite tough times, it is still on top and I hope I will be able to contribute to its further development.

I believe that Quake Champions will evolve into a solid professional esports title which will be well worth spending time on. Let’s go!"

We are pleased to be picking up David ‘ZenAku‘ Addati and sending him to QuakeCon 2017! Zenaku is a prominent figure in the ANZ Quake, both as a great player and also a content creator. Providing tutorials, pro level insight, tip and tricks, ZenAku is a valuable member of the Quake community.

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David is one of the most hardworking players we know currently playing Quake Champions in our Australian scene. Constantly putting in the hours, time and research to improve his game. On top of that he is genuinely a nice and humble character that wanted this trip and deserved it rightfully so. I think David has a great attitude and mentality for improvement and has the potential to surprise a lot of players, as well as learn a lot from the experience.

Bracket http://125fps.challonge.com/sundaycup88
When: 30 July 2017, 10:00 CDT
MapPool: Blood Covenant, Blood Run, Corrupted Keep, Ruins of Sarnath
Mapchoice -
BO3: The first map in the best of 3 series will be pre-determined prior to bracket completion. The player that loses the first or second map will choose next map.
BO1:The map will be pre-determined prior to bracket completion.
You cannot pick the same map during one round. All the maps should be different during the match.

1st map per rounds (WB and LB):
1st round Blood Covenant, 2nd round Blood Run, 3rd round Corrupted Keep, 4th round Roungs of Sarnath, 5th round Blood Covenant, 6th round Blood Run etc etc
PrizePool: 1st 3000RUB, 2nd 1500RUB
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the quarter final (1/4), BO3 WB 1/4, WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

The Ranking below shows how often Champions are picked for a match. For the initial meta report I used proportion of picks for all champions. A Champion that is picked in ever single match will now show as a 100% pickrate instead of 33% of all picks. This should make the numbers more intuitive and show differences more clearly.

The data was collected from the available vods (thanks to plusforward.net and cooke) of the later rounds of the following tournaments: 125 FPS QC Duel Sunday Cup #3 & #4, COOLLERZ Saturday Online Cup #2, ESL Wold Championship NA Qualifier #2 & #3, ESL Wold Championship EU Qualifier #2 & #3 & #4.

Nyx keeps her place at the top with an almost unchanged pickrate of 75%. While her pickrate is still very even across all maps, the numbers show a trend to avoid her on Corrupted Keep (still #1 pick tied with Ranger) which may be affected by Clutch who is picked there especially often. Trailing by only 2% is Ranger, now almost tied for the first place. More players than before are confident to pick him on every map now. If the trend keeps true, Ranger might be the most picked Champion soon.

While Visor also saw a slight increase from 37% to 42%, he is now definitely a tier below the top duo. Blood Covenant is no longer his strongest map and his weakest map, similar to both Nyx and Ranger, is now Corrupted Keep. Up four Ranks is Clutch. People seem to take their time getting comfortable with his new movement, but there is a definite trend here, going from 22% to 28%. Some players, like agent, now play Clutch as a staple while others are only picking him on Corrupted Keep.

Leading the third tier of mediocre champions is Anarki, down from 28% to 22%. Interestingly his former strongest map Blood Run is now his weakist. There is not mich going on with Scalebearer, he gained two ranks but his pickrate remained the same. Sorlag goes down from 25% to 16% and is now most prominent as a flex pick on Corrupted Keep but not seen all too often. Down 4 ranks, only half as less popular as before, is B.J.. Note that despite the nerf to his dual wield and the following abandonment, his 30% pickrate on Corrupted Keep (compared to 13% on his second best map) remained unchanged!

Gelenas pickrate manages to go down even further, from 7% to 5% and she is now almost on Slash level at all maps but Blood Run (13%). Speaking of, Slash goes from 2% to 4% and remains irrelevant.

Bracket http://125fps.challonge.com/sundaycup87
When: 23 July 2017, 10:00 CDT
MapPool: Blood Covenant, Blood Run, Corrupted Keep, Ruins of Sarnath
Mapchoice -
BO3: The first map in the best of 3 series will be pre-determined prior to bracket completion. The player that loses the first or second map will choose next map.
BO1:The map will be pre-determined prior to bracket completion.
YOU CANNOT PICK THE SAME MAP DURING ONE ROUND. All the maps should be different during the match.

1st map per rounds (WB and LB):
1st round Blood Covenant, 2nd round Blood Run, 3rd round Corrupted Keep, 4th round Roungs of Sarnath, 5th round Blood Covenant, 6th round Blood Run etc etc
PrizePool: 1st 3000RUB, 2nd 1500RUB
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the quarter final (1/4), BO3 WB 1/4, WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

Bracket http://125fps.challonge.com/sundaycup86
When: 16 July 2017, 10:00 CDT
MapPool: Blood Covenant, Blood Run, Corrupted Keep, Ruins of Sarnath
Mapchoice -
BO3: The first map in the best of 3 series will be pre-determined prior to bracket completion. The player that loses the first or second map will choose next map.
BO1:The map will be pre-determined prior to bracket completion.
YOU CANNOT PICK THE SAME MAP DURING ONE ROUND. All the maps should be different during the match.

1st map per rounds (WB and LB):
1st round Blood Covenant, 2nd round Blood Run, 3rd round Corrupted Keep, 4th round Roungs of Sarnath, 5th round Blood Covenant, 6th round Blood Run etc etc
PrizePool: 1st 3000RUB, 2nd 1500RUB
Rules:Full Double Elimination, Winner Bracket: BO1 till the quarter final (1/4), BO3 WB 1/4, WB semi, WB final and Grandfinal (two BO3 if it will be needed); Low Bracket: BO1 all matches (including LB final).

JAM Gaming: Australian Quake players have proven themselves on the international stage multiple times and we couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to showcase the region at QuakeCon 2017. JAM is excited to support the growth of competitive Oceanic Quake Champions and we look forward to sharing their passion for the game as they play against the best in the world. We are thankful for the opportunity to showcase competitive Quake Champions to local fans. Get behind Python and Astroboy as they look to make their mark in Dallas, August 24-27th.

Read the player statements here

Corvidae: With Quake now having the backing of Bethesda, a powerhouse in the games industry, we are extremely excited to be involved. The game looks and feels great, with a lot of developer support behind it. The game is showing a lot of promise and the community is growing day by day. After the QuakeCon event, there will be a lot more people getting involved in our region.

Read the player statements here

4SG: When the World Championships were announced we were disappointed to find out that the OCE region was not included in the event. We have a lot of pride in our Quake community and believe that Australia and New Zealand can compete with the best in the world. We were happy to see support from our international fan base who were also wishing for us to be given a place and sending us hope of making it through the NA qualifier. An opportunity arose to play in the BYOC Qualifier and with support from Corvidae and JAM we were able to organise four of our best players to represent Australia at these World Championships.

Please vote from one of the nine videos in this playlist.

1. Lasker rocket vs Inhibitor on Quickfire
2. santile/Freddian doublekill on Fata Morgana
3. santile long range rocket vs Fjoggs on Dojo
4. santile rails + nades vs Lasker on Calendar
5. Nutter railsequence vs dcy on Quickfire
6. Fjoggs plasmaclimb + 1x popup vs santile on Calendar
7. Fjoggs quick rails vs santile on Calendar
8. Fjoggs midair rocket vs Onion on Quickfire
9. Lasker 5 hit pummel vs santile on Trespass

http://challonge.com/xdd9uv0q

1ST$160 K1llsen, 2ND$80 Fazz, 3RD$40 Garpy, 4TH$20 Kronic

Blood Covenant , Blood Run , Corrupted Keep , Ruins of Sarnath

BO3: The first map in the best of 3 series will be pre-determined prior to bracket completion. The player that loses the first or second map will choose next map.
BO1:The map will be pre-determined prior to bracket completion.
YOU CANNOT PICK THE SAME MAP DURING ONE ROUND. All the maps should be different during the match.

1st map per rounds (WB and LB):
1st round Blood Covenant, 2nd round Blood Run, 3rd round Corrupted Keep, 4th round Ruins of Sarnath, 5th round Blood Covenant, 6th round Blood Run

For BO1: drop, drop drop drop, drop drop pick.

For BO3: pick pick, drop drop, drop drop pick.

Fair Play:
Participants are expected to play at their full capacity at all times. Deliberately losing will not be tolerated and will result in disqualification.
Conduct:
All participants are expected to conduct themselves appropriately at all times. Abusive language, excessive swearing, and other forms of disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. Admins may remove any player for violation of this rule at their own discretion.
Attendance:
All players are to check in on http://challonge.com/ with in the time allotted, this is normally 1 hour before the check in closes, every player is also to join the Discord channel on time as well so that the admin can see you are here and are ready to play and take part in the tournament. Any player who does not check in on challonge or Discord within the check in time frame will be removed from the tournament and most likely replaced by someone from the previous group or qualifying rounds.

gtquakechampions@gmail.com for those who are able to donate what they can to keep the cups and tournaments going.