ZorakWar: 7
Davis: 0
Part 1
Part 2

Blood Run
Furious Heights
Delirium
Sinister
Cure
Toxicity
Aerowalk

Davis Maps: ztn, t7, and delirium
ZorakWar Maps: sin, cure, tox
The seventh map (aero) was chosen by duelcup.com

All maps will be played. Cointoss decides who chooses first, and the loser of each map will decide the next

$10 - evilbollweevil
$20 - rauvz (requested that $10 be given to each player)
Thank you to those who donated towards the show match! The total prize pool was brought from $35 to $45, and rauvz gave each player $10 as well :) You all are awesome!

- Deliberate Murder - 102: 421, cooller, Latrommi, pavel, starosta
- aCtion Ligan - aCt: dash, gda, guismo, larslarslars, nightops, v1um, ZLC
- EliteFour - (E4): doz3r, Luminus, nnewone, noobakillah, s8n, Sephis
- Onfire - Of: a1r-ra1d, Kujiwa, kurv3n, mdf, laforge, p1s, Przrg, rox
- Pacmen - (....: dance, Krischa, krizor, pseu, ptolemy, raidan, un4x, zenith
- planB - planB: Alteza, antonio, cerb0z, dezz, elder, h8m3, pecka, YegorB

- b1ngo - b1: cherepoff, chpokens, h1rurg, lethiferous, Mureau
- D1CKS - d1: f4int, G4rlock, kyzer, MGee, oXi, Silencep, spaire
- dioxide - dx: gogetto, krison, morpheus, sleet, ta1kun, tr1x0, x1ks
- REKT - rekt: afgh4n, ash, khan, kodisha, luke, rehepapp
- Virtual owners - vO: CraSh, Dloobiq, dZouKi, Dom3r, Enz1q, Ewil, Karby, lalis, needy, Nexis, zippo
- brainWased - wd: icedcooly, MasterMind, meitze, monoeed, quad, Sady

The new Reflex netcode uses a combination of extrapolation and backwards reconciliation in attempt to keep what you're seeing consistent across clients and servers.
This lag compensation has an upper limit of 80ms -- if you have more than an 80ms ping, you'll need to lead by ping - 80ms. I.e, if your ping is 100ms, you'll need to lead by 20ms.
Our backwards reconciliation has the same limit -- if your enemy has a ping of over 80ms, they won't be able to shoot you from 500ms in the past.

We use these upper limits to avoid the drawbacks of each. For example, with extreme extrapolation values, you get error prone, warpy players. With extreme backwards reconciliation, you get laggy enemies shooting you long after you were safely behind a wall. In Reflex, these drawbacks are minimized.

We have several ideas which we'd like to investigate in the future which would further improve the netcode (notably client-side knockback prediction, client-side prediction of projectiles and compression). These features will require significant research and testing so for now, we're going to focus on other areas of the game.


We've had very good reports from our private testers with this netcode and we are open to any feedback you have. We are gamers too and we'd like the best possible solution for everyone!

Overview (for server admins):

The new netcode uses more CPU than previous versions so keep an eye on your CPU load (especially when running multiple servers on a single box).
We've increased sv_fps to 70 so bandwidth requirements have (almost) doubled.

Client crash at end of connecting to server.
Animations aren't working correctly with extraploation
Players can push dead players around
Pickups can block jumppads/teleports/otherpickups
Players take 1 tick of damage on respawn after dying in lava
Players in lagstate freeze in mid air

Server
Removed com_idlesleep command
Improved connection stability client<->server (should fix issue with clients getting dumped from local server)
Implemented lag state. If client stops responding, they go into a lag state, when the return, they do a small download to catch back up to game. This also fixes disconnection issues when map is undergoing many simultaneous edits.
Increased default (and recommended) sv_fps to 70

Game Balance
Reduced Ion Cannon damage (from 9 to 7)
Reduced Ion Cannon knockback (from 1.1 to 0.5)
Added per-weapon death messages
Added combat text for damage
Added Aerowalk/CPM22 greybox (thanks to Hubster and Preacher for letting us include this)
Added DP4 community map
Added XADM1 community map
Added end-game camera to xadm1
Added biased random spawns
Added player joined / left arena messages to HUD

Art
Fixed pain effect particles based on damage
Toned back IC impact effects

Sound
Updated hit sounds
Updated player landing sounds
Fixed problems with hit sounds not always being audible
Adjusted damage ranges for hit sounds

Bug Fixes
Smoothing on local client (aka error decay), this signficantly reduces local player jitter when knocked around
Lava damage now done when first entering lava, not after delay
Fixed client side prediction of pickups, previously if you stood on pickup when it spawned, it would keep spawning on your local client even though not really there on server.
Fixed potential server lockup with grenade trajectory
Fixed very rare gamestate delta bug where variables wern't synced to client, will increase server CPU load though :(
Fixed crash bug which occurred when spectating a client that disconnected (if they were the only other client)
Fixed bug with server projectiles going through players (this also appeared as grenades boucning off other players on the client).
Removed double jump flag on spawn

Improvements
+commands work on mousewheel now
Clamped outgoing packets to 125 (previously it was unclamped, so at 1000fps you'd send 1000 packets/second)

Damage reporting
Created internal damage entity to help report damage type / amount etc in a more consistent way
Ion cannon hit beeps now correctly reported at higher pings
Damage numbers now displayed on screen.
Damage numbers for SG / burstgun are grouped together and displayed in one number, currently toggleable via cl_text_group
Added custom death messages by damage type
The hostile pain sound is now only applied once when all 16 shotgun pellets hit one target

Debug/logging
Built lagmeter to help debug spikes cl_show_lagmeter 1
Scene delay is how far behind the server your client view is.
Extrapolation is how far ahead of time your client pushed the view
Built traffic meter to help debug trafic use cl_show_traffic 1
Shows outgoing traffic in red, incoming traffic in green
Shows dropped/missing packets in both directions (missing sent packets is only known once server informs you)

Here are some features to get you excited while you wait:

Maps
Catharsis, Implosion, and VorixWe have three new maps for the “Capture The Flag” game mode. Catharsis, by Justin, is an indoor map with a central, violent focal point. Plus, it has crystals! Implosion, by MintOX, is a space floater with fantastic jump pads for a lot of midair fun. It also has a perilous lower infrastructure for you risky cappers out there. Vorix, by packer, is an open-air indoor arena with beautifully designed corridors. Watch out for its lava pits though!

Sounds
Archer has been hard at work making immersive sounds for the game. His latest track is called X-Force, which can be found on Implosion. Nice!

Vote screen
Melanosuchus created a wonderful way to add variety to your server: a game type vote screen! This feature allows server administrators to allow their players to choose the game mode used in the next map. It is shown before the map vote screen.

Stats menu integration
The menu system went through some major updates. It now sports a tiered server browser that categorizes the available servers so you can choose the right one for you. Player statistics are also integrated. Accessible via the “profile” tab, you can now view your most vital statistics from XonStat without having to open a web browser. Lots of other menu options have moved to the forefront as well. All of these changes are to help you configure Xonotic to your taste easily.

SDLv2
All of our builds have switched to using the latest-and-greatest major version of the SDL: version 2.0. This version brings with it several performance improvements and a ton of new capabilities.

The Arc!
A brand new weapon concept: the Arc! Similar to lightning guns in other games, the Arc is a hitscan weapon with medium range. It shoots a bendable beam of electricity as its primary fire and has a burst mode as its secondary fire. It has a limited capacity and thus overheats after too much constant use, so administer your damage with care! The Arc is available to server administrators who choose to enable it. It will take its place as a Xonotic core weapon in the next release.

Gameplay
The physics and weapon balance have both been tweaked after a long round of feedback from the community. Many settings were taken from sessions on the “Reversion cup” servers, and a great many of games were had in the process! The weapon balance is the first step in a large re-tooling of the weapon system. Look for more updates coming soon.

Monsters
This release introduces monsters! We have five different types of monsters for you to frag: Zombie, Wyvern, Mage, Spider and Shambler. Mario created a new game mode called “Invasion” that uses these monsters. In this mode the player must fight off a swarm of the aforementioned monsters within a small arena to win.

Buffs
New powerup-like items called buffs can now spawn on maps if enabled. They can replace the existing powerups or spawn in random locations. Buffs give players special powers when picked up, and they last until the player is fragged. Adding these to servers is sure to turn up thier craziness level to 11!

If you already have Xonotic, upgrade to the release with these steps:
- Navigate to your Xonotic installation folder.
- Navigate to the misc/tools/rsync-updater folder.
- Execute the update-to-release.sh (for Linux or Mac) or update-to-release.bat (for Windows) and wait for it to complete.
- Profit. You're done!

Double Elimination, All games are Best of 3 and Finals are Best of 5.

Aerowalk
Blood Run
Lost World
Cure
Furious Heights
Sinister
Toxicity

1st - AU $100
2nd - AU $50
A Spot Prize of AU $50 will be drawn at the end of the tournament – with all competitors in the draw.
Free Pro Subscriptions will also be handed out during the stream to random viewers in the chat.

Most downloaded demos:
Fragomatic -vs- SuddenDeath (353 downloads)
Fragomatic -vs- SuddenDeath (20 downloads)
Fragomatic -vs- SuddenDeath (11 downloads)

Most read threads:
DeFRaG World Cup 2014 Final (3473 hits)
VOLVO vs ID SOFT(rise of Counter-Strike) (3333 hits)
ADL Test Season (3068 hits)
HoQ TDM Winter Season Groups (2127 hits)
banned from (1916 hits)

Most commented threads:
ADL Test Season (85 comments) by brandan
DeFRaG World Cup 2014 Final (72 comments) by xajA
What is on your wishlist for Reborn? (45 comments) by Re1nForce
banned from (45 comments) by tomes
NEW GAMING MOUSE DEVELOPMENT (PART 4) (44 comments) by nsx0r

Most Popular Users:
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quake is potat (94% popular)
Teen Queen (94% popular)
brandan (92% popular)
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Most Popular Threads:
Strenx poster (64% popular) by Danmer
ADL Test Season (60% popular) by brandan
NEW GAMING MOUSE DEVELOPMENT (PART 4) (58% popular) by nsx0r
DeFRaG World Cup 2014 Final (52% popular) by xajA
i found rapha (23% popular) by larix

Most Popular Comments:
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Re: Post a screenshot of your setup 2015 (46% popular) by gluttony
Re: banned from (42% popular) by ShadyVoltaire
Re: What is on your wishlist for Reborn? (41% popular) by 7ep3s

Popularity Climbers:
quake is potat (29 +'s)
xajA (28 +'s)
Teen Queen (27 +'s)
ShadyVoltaire (20 +'s)
brandan (19 +'s)

Betting leader:
kK_Storm (E$827)
Mirio (E$818)
mc1nder (E$816)
douille (E$812)
CrazyAl (E$809)

Highest Climbers:
fazz (E$827 won this week)
kK_Storm (E$827 won this week)
Mirio (E$818 won this week)
mc1nder (E$816 won this week)
miOw (E$815 won this week)

Biggest single bets:
E$827 won by fazz ([FIX] EQL 19 Grand Final)
E$827 won by kK_Storm ([FIX] EQL 19 Grand Final)
E$818 won by Mirio ([FIX] EQL 19 Grand Final)
E$816 won by mc1nder ([FIX] EQL 19 Grand Final)
E$815 won by miOw ([FIX] EQL 19 Grand Final)

Most lost:
E$500 lost by Quetz_ru
E$500 lost by wrong person
E$500 lost by [eXodus]
E$500 lost by d1z
E$500 lost by Barton_

- Check-in: 06:00 CST, 18 January 2015
- Format: Double Elimination
- Maps: Aerowalk, Cure, Blood Run, Furious Heights, Lost World, Silence, Sinister
- Information: crazyal or tepes in #qlreddit

1st: 3-Month Pro token

2nd: 1-Month Pro token

3rd: 1-Month Pro token

Dates: 24th & 25th January
Structure: Double Elimination, Bo3+
Entry requirements: 2000+ Elo & 500 duels played/7 days played on account
Map pool: Furious Heights, Lost World, Cure, Sinister, Bloodrun, Toxicity and Battleforged
Prizepool: $400 & 2 Ninox Auroras

- -aw +ztn, so map pool now is Blood run, Cure, Furious heights, Battleforged, Sinister, Lost world, Silence
- some new map pick order for bo3 and bo5
bo3: pick*2, drop*4, pick*1 (gs2 matches)
bo5: pick*2, drop*2, pick*3 (playoff matches)

All matches bo5, final bo7
23 Feb: 1/8 dem0n 3-1 kronic , 1/8 cooller 3-2 base_
24 Feb: 1/8 pavel 3-1 madball, 1/8 nitrino 3-2 ash
25 Feb: 1/4 cypher 3-0 dem0n, 1/4 clawz 1-3 cooller
26 Feb: 1/4 agent 3-0 pavel; 1/4 evil 3-0 nitrino
27 Feb: 1/2 cypher 3-1 agent, 1/2 cooller 3-2 evil, final cooller 4-1 cypher

There are few things new players should make sure to remember when applying for House of Quake:
1. All players should double check if their PlayerId/GUID is entered for Quake Live (which is your QL nick in-game).
2. Clan leaders, after creating clan, must create squad and add players from clan to that particular squad.

Failure to follow any of these instructions will result in your team not being able to join the league.
If further help is needed contact admin(s) on #HoQLeagues @ Quakenet.

If you are a CA player, but you don't have a team, just let me know i can find one for you.

Gametype: CA 4v4 Classic or Default
Format: Bo3 with RL (Round Limit) 10
Admin(s): DePaS
IRC: #HoQLeagues

kilwz 1800~1900 elo
krock 2000 elo

- Deliberate Murder / 102.
- aCtion Ligan / aCt
- EliteFour / (E4)
- Onfire / Of.
- Pacmen / (....
- planB / planB

- b1ngo / b1.
- brainWashed / .wd
- D1CKS / d1.
- dioxide / dx-
- REKT / rekt*
- Virtual owners / vO

- Dreadful Place
- Grim Dungeons
- Hidden Fortress
- Limbus
- Purgatory
- Ragnarok
- Tornado

Most read threads:
L I N C O L N S H I R E (5352 hits)
DeFraG QL map compilation July 2013 (4481 hits)
Aerowalk QuadDamage (3611 hits)
Casual Quake Life (3202 hits)
six years slain (2355 hits)

Most commented threads:
Aerowalk QuadDamage (90 comments) by Jehar
L I N C O L N S H I R E (78 comments) by h8m3
Desks? (68 comments) by piss_wizard
album of the year 2014? (60 comments) by fragmaster_
How was the idea of Quake created? (50 comments) by mray557

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Most Popular Threads:
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Most Popular Comments:
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Popularity Climbers:
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Betting leader:
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Sujoy (E$500)
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Ingame board with list of donators
$460! - jok
$235 - moved from HangTime2CUP ( dS-ifoo - $100, PsY|Jel - $35, dqopb - $30, Garoldini - $20, NaturalSpringWater - $15, was not raffled - $35)
$150 - cmc
$100 - uN*DeaD|HOX
$50 - MichaelRD
$50 - dqopb
$50 - Marky
$43 - Dinius
$40 - Duck-meat
$40 - Daemond
$35 - esc|nebuLa
$30,5 (20GBP) - wubwub
$30 - sL1k
$25 - esc|EKSelenc
$20 - id
$17,22 (20 CAD) - oranjemetal
$16,53 (20 CAD) - KittenIgnition
$15 - Robert Hollands
$15 - Simo Vihinen
$13,37 - DsC*Creep
$13,37 - SenT!neL
$12 - xwind
$10 - Kingsley Payne
$10 - Miron Maksymiuk
$10 - p900Eagle
$10 - uN*DeaD|ZERG
$10 - demon0r
$10 - <KABCORP>
$6,05 (5 Euro) - RetroHelix
$6 - Babrykovich Aliaksandr
$5 - DeX
$5 - Gead
$5 - r00t
$5 - matic
$2,61 (20 SEK) - Kristoffer Nilsson

Round 1: VQ3 - 21.776 by yotoon! // CPM - 15.840 by Arcaon
Round 2: VQ3 - 35:752 by DeX // CPM - 30:272 by Bazz split with uN*DeaD|Sa1RaX
Round 3: VQ3 - 13:888 by DeX // CPM - 9.960 by Arcaon
Round 4: VQ3 - 17.704 by Strangeland // CPM - 12.528 by Bazz
Round 5 (excluded): VQ3 - 39.632 by DeX // CPM - 29.320 by Arcaon
Round 6: VQ3 - 33.032 by yotoon! // CPM - 24.432 by Bazz
Round 7: VQ3 - 1.11.832 by Strangeland // CPM - 59.760 by Bazz
Round 8: VQ3 - 43.416 by DeX // CPM - 37.008 by esc?eThaD

All top1 demos from each round at one playlist on youtube

Management and administration - <hk>, gnj
Ruleset - <hk>, gnj, dqopb, Arcaon
Point system - <hk>, gnj, dqopb, Arcaon
Server side development - Nightmare
Demo validators - <hk>, dqopb, demon0r
Map testing - gnj, ifoo, dqopb
DFWC site development - Michael [RD]

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