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Site summary for week ending 19 Feb (2 comments)

( Major News: ESR)

Posted by ESReality @ 16:00 CST, 21 February 2016 - iMsg

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Callvote.net Warsow Sunday Duel Cup #3 (4 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by CrazyAl @ 19:50 CST, 19 February 2016 - iMsg

Scheduled: 11:00 CST, 21 February 2016 to 15:00 CST, 21 February 2016
Schedule: Passed

The Warsow community organises a weekly Duel tournament!

This weeks event will take place at 12:00 CDT on Sunday 21st February. Check-in opens 30 mins before. You can sign-up on challonge.

Format

Maps

Map Picking

Rules

Admins:

User490584,

Leshka
Stream:

Leshka,

ArenaFPS
Links: Sign-up, Official Announcement,

#callvote

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Quake games at #DICE2016 by FACEIT (38 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by viaIImaximus @ 06:19 CST, 19 February 2016 - iMsg

With this year's D.I.C.E. Summit 2016 ending (Feb 16-18) we are starting to get some interesting tweets from its participants. One of those participants being Alessandro "stermy" Avallone as the co-founder of FACEIT who made several tweets featuring Quake games at their FACEIT booth.

Show pic

Apparently even a competition was held with Sean Dunn (General Manager at Big Huge Games) winning the FACEIT D.I.C.E. 2016 Quake Championship!
You can find a short video of the competition and FACEIT booth pictures on

stermy's twitter!

Some words about the summit itself and I quote their website:

On a side note this year's AIAS awards went to Fallout 4 for Outstanding Game Direction and Game of the Year!

A few words on what AIAS awards are quoted from their website:

EDIT: Did some digging around and came across this. Definitely there was a small tournament, and judging by the names these are mostly devs.

Links:

Stermy,

FACEIT, DICE 2016 summit , AIAS , Stermy website,

ddk tweet

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Season 21 of EQL has gone live (12 comments)

( Major News: Q1)

Posted by Åke Vader @ 04:37 CST, 19 February 2016 - iMsg

A heads up for all the QuakeWorld lovers out there regarding the fact that the 21st edition of the European Quake League is under way. This season features, after a couple additional teams were added after signup deadline, two divisions with nine teams in each. Interesting changes to the league this season can be found in the map rules section where we have the traditional maps DM2, DM3 and E1M2 supplemented by the custom maps CMT1B, CMT3 and CMT4.

Regarding the teams they remain similar to last season in division 1 with the exception of Keystompers which consists of familiar faces making a comeback on the 4on4 scene;

Xerial,

Javve,

Dimman,

Messi/ET and

Dahmer among others.
In division 2 one can see that the Division 99 team, a breeding ground for new or returning oldschool players, has gone from two to four teams. Another addition is the Outdated team consisting of old school players

Link,

Sniket (from Clan 9) and the official inventor of the rocket boosted bunnyjump,

Sectopod, among others.

Links:

EQL 21,

Watch it,

Get QuakeWorld

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update (15 comments)

( Major News: CS)

Posted by viaIImaximus @ 13:54 CST, 18 February 2016 - iMsg

After the winter update fiasco (R8 overpowered weapon), Valve has released a new and huge update. Even though the highlight of the 1.6 GB update is the new Operation Wildfire, there are some tweaks to a couple of maps, too. According to various sources the update is surprisingly well received so far.

For the full list of changes check the release notes.

EDIT: Valve released a new update 122 MB in size. Now dealing mostly with bug fixes.

Also note that ESL Pro League and ESEA have rescheduled some of their upcoming matches due to the update.

Links:

Release notes,

Operation Wildfire,

ESL tweet,

ESL Pro League

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#spontanctf reopens (22 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Insaccato @ 11:00 CST, 18 February 2016 - iMsg

Last time #spontanctf had a pickup running it wasn't even in this decade. Hopefully things are about to change as #spontanctf is being revived by a few enthusiastic individuals that just refuse to accept the current state of CTF scene in Quake Live. Let's face it, CTF is dead as it gets. There's mods that are being played and then there's CTF. Things are unlikely to change but you can always try and do your best and hopefully something good comes out of it.

Hopefully all you guys that used to play CTF pickups will give it another shot, along with the people who never played a pickup and just stuck to the pubs. Something can be done, CTF can gain some momentum and while it never will be as big as it was in early days of QL, it can still become an active scene in QL terms.

FAQ:

Why should you give it a chance?

Who are the admins?

What are the maps?

You mentioned drafts?

What are the rules?

There could be a lot of stuff written, a ton of dont's that can result in getting your ass locked on the channel, but the admins feel that such way of handling things is too restrictive.

The only real rule is to use common sense while playing and always keep in mind that you yourself wouldn't like taking shit from others before you start dishing out shit. Remember, it's a game and you're playing to have fun. So are the others, so think before you start running your mouth. Make no mistake, you WILL be properly dealt with if you ruin the game or experience for others in any possible way.

If there were specific rules to be put on paper, it would be the following:

General rules:
* When you join the server, pick your position and hold it for whole 20 minutes, no matter how good or bad the game is going for your team. Abandoning your position will be considered as griefing and will result in a lock.
* Use binds, or use voice chat if you're too lazy to bind stuff to your keyboard. If you prefer teamspeak, let the admins know and a TS3 server will be set up.
* Don't harass other players, this goes both for on server harass and on channel harass.

Map rules:
* Use cointoss to decide which team gets the map pick.
* The map pick has to pass if it is a map from the map pool.
* If it is a custom map you're voting for, the players can vote against it. Please pick a map from the pool if the vote fails instead of spamming the vote again. You'll just prolong the wait time for the game to start and most likely won't get your map pick no matter how many times you issue the vote.
* If a custom map passes the vote, everyone in the active game is required to play it.

The duration of locks (inability to add without getting banned) is 24 hours at most, unless you're a cheater. In case of cheaters - please don't even try it.

There's also a cooldown lock that lasts for 2 hours. It's mostly for people that take the games too personal and need to chill out some. It will also be applied to map dodgers.

If you're a total nutcase and keep doing the same stuff over and over again, you'll get completely removed from the channel.

What are the bot commands?

What about the servers?

How are the stats calculated?

Can't wait to see you in #spontanctf!

~ GL HF ~

Links:

#spontanctf

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Thunderdome Season 6 signups open! (10 comments)

( Major News: Q1)

Posted by leopold @ 05:31 CST, 18 February 2016 - iMsg

VVD decided to run another season of the 1v1 Thunderdome series. To counter the common prejudice of QW players being conservative hillbillies and based on scientific evidence he even added a new map (bravadob5) to the pool!

The signups are open from now on.

Info

Links:

Get QW,

Community,

Watch it

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Quake Live North American Duel Cup #13 (39 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by flair @ 21:46 CST, 17 February 2016 - iMsg

Scheduled: 16:00 CST, 21 February 2016 to 20:00 CST, 21 February 2016
Schedule: Passed

The Spring 2016 season kicked off in style last month and it was the largest North American Duel Cup to date. Big thanks to everyone who participated and donated to make that happen. The season continues this Sunday at 16:00 CST, 21 February 2016 (please note the time change). As always the event is open to the public and signups will become available a few hours before the start time. Thank You For Quakeing!

Details

Map List

Prize Pool

Season

Streams:

FlairTV
Links:

Webchat, Challonge

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The money "never" sleeps with Quake (34 comments)

( Major Article: Gaming)

Posted by viaIImaximus @ 18:34 CST, 17 February 2016 - iMsg

Ever wondered what the prize pools for Quake III Arena, Quake 4, Quake Live and DOOM 3 were? What game out of the four previously mentioned had the most tournaments? Who was the top earner?

Those were the questions that got me started on this quest to write the article. With the help of esportsearnings.com website I was able to compile data to find the answers and some interesting facts. Out of the vast amounts of data available on the website, for the sake of readers attention, I have gathered what I think was most important and entertaining. So if you have the desire to dive in more deeply, be my guest, I thoroughly recommend it.

Now, follow through to read the the rest!

Article Page: 1 || next page >>

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Digital games market recap 2015 (39 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by viaIImaximus @ 15:41 CST, 16 February 2016 - iMsg

SuperData Research has released a report on worldwide digital games sales for the year 2015. The market was valued at $61B across all platforms being PC, mobile and consoles. Since we are mostly a PC oriented community I will be focusing on the Top 10 grossing PC games listing.

The top grossing PC game of the year 2015 was League of Legends from Riot games with a staggering $1.6B, the runner up being CrossFire with $1.11B while the third place is reserved for Dungeon Fighter Online with $1.05B. What is really interesting about these three is their strong markets are South Korea and China since in Europe these games are not very popular with LoL being obviously the exception here.

Another surprise from the list is actually coming from the 4th place where World of Warcraft has positioned itself with its $814 million revenue. It is impressive that a game released back in 2004/2005 still holds those strong figures; it just goes to show that keeping your game alive with new content and decent support really pays off in the long run. Interestingly enough DOTA2 has placed itself on the 8th place with $238 million which is 7 times less than its main rival, League of Legends.

What this report has shown, in addition to aforementioned figures, is that the PC master race definitely rules the digital gaming industry. With its $6.3B in PC games sales compared to the $2.1B for consoles, this marks the ending in the everlasting battle of PC vs consoles.

Check the entire Top 10 grossing games of 2015 for PC, mobile and consoles.

Links: SuperData Research, Top 10

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22 Reasons to Love DOOM - Part 1, 2 & 3 (67 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by viaIImaximus @ 15:35 CST, 15 February 2016 - iMsg

Continuing on the hype that seems to be picking up rapidly, bethesda.net is releasing a three part article explaining in detail 22 reasons to love the new and upcoming DOOM game.

In this, first part, the article focuses on the weapons, the characters, the demons and the teams behind DOOM development. The article also includes an in-game animation of a "Glory Kill" (looks awesome!) which is a new feature for a DOOM game, also a couple of screenshots from the game and artwork.

A few words from project leaders and their look upon previous DOOM's history and moments of glory are also cited.

"It adds a great deal of pressure because we aim to repeat history and reintroduce DOOM into pop culture again as well as revitalize the franchise. It’s a tall order that requires true teamwork. We push ourselves technically, and we are always learning new processes to improve art.” says the Environment Lead Lear Darocy.

DOOM is set to be released this spring so get on board of the hype train and get some Love!

EDIT: Part 2 available!

EDIT2: Part 3 available!

I'll be updating this post as each part gets released.

Links:

DOOM Twitter, bethesda.net , Link to article

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Quake Live in numbers - Steamspy 2016 (51 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by viaIImaximus @ 14:04 CST, 15 February 2016 - iMsg

Roughly a year ago Aquashark posted Steam statistics concerning Quake Live sales and player numbers in this post.

Now it is time to revise those numbers and compare them to the current data but this time from the steamspy website. Steamspy uses the basis of Steam Gauge but the stats are updated daily and there are some interesting features like YouTube and Twitch views, concurrent players, playtime in the last 2 weeks, just to name a few.

The old stats from March 2015:

Quake Live on a surprising #15 spot (1,749,338 owners; 891,236 players; 3,631,170 total hours played)

Current February 2016 stats are as follows:

Owners: 2,577,722 ± 36,740
Players total: 1,331,331 ± 26,462 (51.65%)

A few notes about Owners and Players. The number of "Owners" states how many Steam user profiles have Quake Live on it. It doesn't represent the true sales as the game could be acquired either through giveaways or gifts, promotions etc. On the other hand "Players" mark the number of Steam user profiles who have started the game and played it for at least six minutes.

We can certainly detect an increase in numbers but do we actually notice it? See all Quake Live related data, visit the steamspy website.

Links: Steamspy, Quake Live Steamspy stats

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Site summary for week ending 12 Feb (3 comments)

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Posted by ESReality @ 16:00 CST, 14 February 2016 - iMsg

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QuakeCon 2016 Pre-Reg dates announced (42 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by viaIImaximus @ 15:59 CST, 14 February 2016 - iMsg

As we have already reported on the date and place of this years QuakeCon 2016 which you can read about here, now it's time for some QC swag!
To be more precise, the official QuakeCon website states the following:

New for 2016, attendees that pre-register will be able to build their own swag packages full of exclusive QuakeCon merchandise during the online registration process. We will also have a limited quantity of these items available for purchase on the show floor.

To check out the QuakeCon 2016 pre-reg dates head over here and for the 2nd annual official t-shirt design contest click here.

Links: QuakeCon 2016,

QuakeCon twitter

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Business of eSports Panel 2014 (18 comments)

( Major Article: All)

Posted by viaIImaximus @ 12:46 CST, 14 February 2016 - iMsg

When it comes to eSports this site has mainly been covering the games themselves, Quake being at the forefront. But eSports is becoming a lot more than a "game" someone is competing in, be it offline or online, at an event or tournament. Stepping back and looking at eSports you will notice there is a lot more to it and most notably it's becoming a business.

Red Bull eSports did an interesting live panel concerning the business aspect of eSports at the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies in Washington, D.C. The panel was moderated by Sean "Day[9]" Plott with special guest panelists Chris Radtke (Ziff Davis), Ben Goldhaber (

Twitch) and Rod "Slasher" Breslau (former ESReality journalist). Topics range from, where the money comes from, business models, jobs and roles in eSports, presentation of 'numbers' and many more, these just being the basics. The guests give insight with their own experiences and opinions on the subject with some general advice on business itself.

The panel is divided in 5 parts on

YouTube and is about a 100 minutes long altogether. Some interesting points being, speakers mentioning Quake as their eSport game and furthermore "Slasher" mentioning ESReality as the start of his career as a journalist.

Business of eSports Panel w/ Day 9

Part 1 - Topic: Business model
Part 2 - Topic: Where the money is coming from
Part 3 - Topic: Jobs and roles in eSports; Slasher mentions ESR @ 13:13 mark :)
Part 4 - Topic: Presentation of 'numbers' and getting funding/sponsors
Part 5 - Questions from the audience

Even though being a year and a half old now, still some valuable information was presented at the panel and I strongly suggest it to anyone, even remotely interested in this side of eSports to, well, watch it.

Links: Red Bull eSports, Day[9],

Twitch.tv, Ziff Davis

Some notes about future content

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