TroubledWaters ftw!

joke, its quite boring imo :(

I wish i was going :(

showmatch after the finals seems pointless..

We have limited stage time and can't conduct a double elimination bo5. This allow us to have the finals that we want, and still showcase a great CTF match to the masses, which has always been popular at our event. And with bonus money on the line, both teams should still be fully invested in the outcome of the showmatch.

I suggest making the showmatch a pick/pick so both teams will be able to play their best map.

what's the point? so that it's 8:0 0:8 or smth...?

8:0 in a finals?

Well, if american team plays REALLY REALLY good, then it could be 8:1.

on the BEST map it might be

seems like you have experience of winning CTF on QQon Kappa

How can you pick/pick on a bo1?

Will the showmatch be a map from the map pool or a different map? That would be actually pretty exciting if it was a complete surprise, I find this usually brings out the best in players when they have to compete for something which they have not planned or practiced for and it creates some pretty good excitement for the crowd and stream viewers too. There is a large enough map pool in QL to warrent possibly doing this :)

TDM. No teams(4/5) keep playing CTF

Excuse your French?

So total $40K total for Quake Live...not bad

Hoping to see some euro superstar team go and provide good matches (tho NA ctf scene looking much more active). And ofc some viju, y not ;)

go tweet at @PCPartPicker for supporting the tournament.

RE https://twitter.com/justnvc/status/474216781700415488

Doing this right now.

Also, gotta say I wasn't expecting this much money for ctf, mad props to syncerror for the good work.

i did that too! really hyped to see some excitement around a QL tournament. Big ups to Sync and all the tourney sponsors (even though dm6Intel has an invisible Mega).

now this is good fucking work

Any EU teams thinking of going over?

Sounds like unknown will be going, I hope we can go with exp as well but we will have to find out.

There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.

Excuse me, but is this an unknown unknown?

It is known.

fucking Rumsfeld

would love to see exp or any other european team at quakecon !

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I'm not sure I understand the format.

They will play the Grand Final (including the 2nd set if needed, since it's a true double elim. brackets), and then another bo5 show match ?

The double elmin finals will be played earlier in the day. Then later that night when we have our closing ceremonies they will play a showmatch to show off some of the talent that was on display in the CTF tourney. The showmatch however will only be one map.

Bawls chugging > ctf

Both in stage time and in prizes

nokappa

not complaining tho

Who's picking the map for show match? :)

why not have all the MVP's from the ctf tournament do a pickup game instead.

This.
Playing with the same teams as in the final is pointless.

it isn't pointless because there's additional 2 grand on the line. think, people

Actually really cool idea.

Sweeet

Syncerror:
Registration for the QUAKE LIVE CTF Open is from on-site sign-ups. Interested parties please visit our tournament area on-site at QuakeCon in the Wedgwood Foyer from 10:00am to 1:00pm CDT on Thursday July 17th for participation availability.

Is it possible for european teams to reserve a spot before travelling halfway across the world? :)

While the CTF Open is onsite registration only, it is not first come, first served. Good established teams will be accepted into the tournament as long as they show up to the event and drop by the tournament area during the sign-up period.

and you actually have to turn up, always helps

Nice, wondering why DE for CTF but not for Duel.

This is some dope ass shit. I love watching CTF.

if JC starts, i'll do something else :)

good to see spiders crossings, love that map !

Glad to see CTF back at QuakeCon.

best of america vs europe showmatch plz

also evil plz ftw ty gg

I'm not to happy with the mappool but fuckt it, ctf at quakecon is worth watching boring maps :D

OOOOOOOOOOOO MAN!

Whoever has br1ck on his team will lose.

linkin said on stream he's looking to go to qcon w/ winz, zyrinx, and gerppa.

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Weird lineup. No defender and gerppa didn't play in some time. Cant see this lineup win so easy with unshape players and no experience on the new maps.

I hope there be some other strong EU team going.

A strong offence is the best defence! (generic overused quote)

No def needed since 4v4 is 2mids - 2offs

nice

pillbox city's map?

and ceberon is that old map right?

pillbox is syncerror's map and new cerberon is entirely new, made by Em3raldtiger.

Japanese Castles - G1zm0
Infinity - cityy
New Cerberon - EmeraldTiger
Pillbox - SyncError
Spider Crossings - Scancode
Stonekeep - SyncError
Troubled Waters - Jaquays

SyncError the only person after Cooller to refer to himself in the third person.

Infinity (As of next update, Infinity will have no railgun.)

lel

Why do we not get any CTF/TDM streams anymore? or am I missing some amazing twitch channel?

the americans stream when you are sleeping!

you can always be in the know of the active ql streames/records by using http://quakehub.com/

Also I'm not so familiar with English ctf/tdm streams, but there is few Russian streams who usully cast some ql action except duel:
http://www.twitch.tv/deliberatemurder
http://www.twitch.tv/nix0n88

http://www.twitch.tv/dadoka
http://www.twitch.tv/l1nkinql
http://www.twitch.tv/102ash

Actually concerning Infinity.

We've had a lot of mixed feedback, no huge surprise. I'd like to invite anyone who would like to test various changes to Infinity to come do so. We'd love to have some quality CTF players come test it out and help us determine what changes need to be made if any. Currently we're testing the map without railgun, and are open to feedback and alternatives.

If you plan on participating at QuakeCon, or just want to help assist in the testing, shoot me an email and I will grant you access and instructions on how to help test on our focus environment. Send your request to syncerror@idsoftware.com

raythenoob says you're still a cock and incubus can suck on a festering rhinos scrotum

rofl

needs more sharks

http://www.esreality.com/post/2599676/quakeli...rovements/ *cough*

:(

Dude, it's probably all fixed by now : )))))

HAHA

exactly what i was thinking as i read through the list:
- "ping" command...CHECK
- disable in-game messages...CHECK
- show maxPackets, maxFps, timeNudge on /players...RETARDED

Alternatives:
- New Cerberon, +City Crossings
- Infinity, +IronWorks
- Pillbox, +Siberia or Shining Forces

fun

to go or not to go ........... hmm ...........

>>> wHaZzLe DaZzLe <<<

any eu team going to win qcon ctf 2014?

mTw

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can someone put a bridge over the above post?

I will....lay me down, that is.

hahah, nice :)

Where is IronWorks :'(

also, ironworks > troubled waters... cmon wtf :S

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One day they will replace ctf with a $20,000 heartless sponsored ts tourny.

4k dave I know you can smell that 8k

We're looking to go Quakecon for the CTF Tournament with Silencep, me and one mystery person who will be announced later.

What we need is a little help getting us there, we all know it's hard to find proper sponsoring so here's a cry for help.

Help!

Wanna donate? Paypal

If you get Phyo or Calipt in as your defender then you have a deal!

if calipt goes, ill donate too

If anyone sponsors me the whole trip I would gladly go and rape some n00bs. I would even throw in a documentation of how to get your whole team to drop plasma guns in base, followed by a small selection of the most ridiculous kills I will surely get on such an event.

"and one mystery person who will be announced later." CMSS?

lol :D wie gaat jullie 10k doneren

- Infinity
+ Siberia
:)

if any eu team goes, thats like at least 2500 dollar each person for travel and expenses.. so spend 10k to win 8k seem a bit pointless

10k?

Flights are 1.1k each, hotel is 169 dollars per night for a room that can be used by 4 people. 4 nights = 169 each.
So the flights + hotel is 1200 euros per person.
Add some food and drinks and it'll go up to 1500 euros per person is my guess.

1500 Euros = 2500 $$
xd

2500 US Dollar equals 1830.43 Euro

Yeah but 2500 dollar dollar

+ the fact that they won't win the 8k.

bitter, bitter fishbone. stick to rage-chat ingame, not rage-esr

i wanna go!!

Go get 'em Frank!

Somebody team with me?

What happened to "serious?" :)

Syncerror, may I ask why ctf tournament is double elim and the duel tournament is NOT? we have new exciting players this year in the duel tournament, tox, strenx, dem0n, spart1e etc, and these players will probably be wasted on the single elim bo5 format, just like last Dreamhack.

Nobody wants to see a player like K1llsen etc get 0-3 in the 1st round against Evil and go out from the tournament, when they could be fighting their way back from LB. Did you miss this whole thing with epic comebacks being hype and exciting?

PLS theres still time to change it back to double elim bo3!

The Duel Masters is SE so that we may watch the entirety of the Grand Finals on the main stage at the shows finals party.

If we were to use DE, like the CTF, the grand finals would have to either be played out in advance behind closed doors in the tournament lounge, or have a conditional rule that does not allow for a true DE final, but instead a single bo5 series where the player from the winner's bracket enters the series with a one map advantage (as we have done in some prior years). This year, largely due to feedback from last year, we decided that under no condition did we want to have a repeat of the single bo5 series with a map advantage -- and playing the finals in advance and doing a showmatch for Duel wasn't an option that we were willing to take for the Duel Masters, given that it is finale of our show.

However, moving to SE allowed us to make all of our playoff matches Bo5 instead of Bo3. And our Group Stage format, like last year, will generate a large number of amazing matches before we even move forward into the playoffs. And at QuakeCon, players are not eliminated from the Group Stage, instead it is only utilized as a seeding tool for the bracket.

While DE would be great in a perfect world, the format that we are using, a Group Stage followed by a Bo5 SE bracket, still provides our players with lots of matches, and allows for a nice and fair tournament.

I hope you're right, I will give this format a chance, hope you haven't closed the door on the double elim bo3 format for future tournaments though.

It's not just me, Stermy for example said on stream that Quakecon 2013 was the best and most fair format that he had experienced.

Group stages may be fun but we all know it's the Playoffs where things gets real and the hype builds up.

Also, tbh you kinda did the grand finals wrong last year. The winners bracket winner should have ONE FULL SET advantage. Like in the Silent Gamers Cup 2010 where DaHanG came back from LB to beat Rapha 3-1, 3-2.

http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/28544-DaHang...Gamers_Cup

I understand if you don't have time for two sets Grand Final, but it makes me kinda sad.

I will enjoy the tournament either way, thank you for responding

BTW NONE OF THIS EURO VS EURO BULLSHIT IN THE CTF BRACKETS.

FUCKING RIG IT SO THEY DONT PLAY EACH OTHER UNTIL THE SEMI-FINALS OR SOMEWHERE HIGH UP.

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF ITS UNFAIR OR WHATEVER, THEY SHOULDN'T FLY THOUSANDS OF MILES TO GET RAPED BY NIGS THEY ALREADY KNOW AND PLAY AGAINST EVERYDAY.

...they should get raped by the north american players. sup?

This is poetry.

If I remember correctly, in the finals last year the player from winner bracket had a one map advantage AND could eliminate a map from the pool at the start.
I think criticism was mostly because of the 2nd part. It doesn't make sense that the LB player is disadvantaged twice.
I'm pretty sure most specs would prefer DE and BO5 finals with one-map advantage for WB player (but no map elimination).

Last years quakecon tournament system with seeding group stage and DE bracket is the best tournament format ever used for Quake in my opinion.

Only giving a one map advantage to the one coming from winner brackets is slightly advantageous for the one coming from loser brackets compared to two sets of bo5.

4 vs. 4

lmao

Before the coverage starts, somebody please make it a priority to locate mattc0m and lock him in a closet far, far away from the stream.

also, beat the shit out of him for good measure

1900 elo ctf looking for 1900 elo team.

hmu on quake, qcon since 05, texas native

Showmatch is stupid. Infinity, Pillbox, and Stonekeep are bad maps. Why not trade any one of those for Ironworks if you're going to be retarded and change the map pool on a whim? Enjoy the tournament, boys. More than half the attendees will be inactive afterwards and only Clan Arena survives in NA. Viva La Quake.

Regarding ironworks

I guess I'm missing something here, but none of the ctf matches will be streamed? I assume it's being played Friday, but I see no schedule other than mentioning the show match being played "later that night".

Hello, is there a link to the lineup of the teams involved in the tournament this year?