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Quake World Championships North America Duel Qualifier #1 (88 comments)

( Major News: QC)

Posted by Asuka_ @ 18:01 CDT, 30 June 2017 - iMsg

The

North America Qualifiers for the Quake World Championships start today, June 30 at 19:00 CDT. The duel portion of the Championships will have $340 000 up for grabs. You can register for the Online Qualifiers at the ESL page.

The Qualifier will be played in Single Elimination format, with the 394 and counting players competing until the top 16 players have been identified. On Sunday, 2nd of July, starting 14:00 CST, each Ro16 match will be played and live streamed. Each of the 8 winners advances to the Quake World Championship Regional Finals.

notable signups

Tournament Settings

Map pool

Schedule for the rest of the tournament

General tournament structure

Stream:

Official Stream
Links: Brackets

Edited by Badb0y at 08:15 CDT, 2 July 2017 - 33300 Hits

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<< Comment #1 @ 18:03 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Asuka_

South American and Aussie players already signed up. I'd say expect alot of drama and complaing regarding ping and smoothnes. lol

<< Comment #6 @ 18:21 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gSTRUCTOR ' - Reply to #1

P A S T E L I N U Y

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Edited by gSTRUCTOR at 18:23 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #22 @ 19:44 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gSTRUCTOR ' - Reply to #6

oh noes first match vs WinD, nice treatment for south american players /o\

<< Comment #27 @ 20:39 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gbmaster ' - Reply to #22

He should be disqualified and WinD resinstated, he is outside of the USA

<< Comment #29 @ 20:47 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gSTRUCTOR ' - Reply to #27

How about id setting a proper SA qualy instead of this clusterfuck? Elitist prick.

<< Comment #30 @ 20:50 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gbmaster ' - Reply to #29

I agree but it's out of my control

<< Comment #2 @ 18:07 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gbmaster '

Rapha, dahang,WinD and carnage will make top 16, don't know any other na players.

<< Comment #7 @ 18:34 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Asuka_ - Reply to #2

I know you're trolling, but I made this notable signups list:

Active players:

Chance

dkt

Id_

Cha0ticz

whaz

Carnage

Br1ck

Necrophag1st

Zar

davis

Jok0

Gamb1t (Fear, the caster?)

Slasher (american zoot, sort of)

demex (CA hero, actually won the Clan arena tournament in quakecon with rapha and cl0ck)

The comebacks:

griffin

gellehsak

relic

The Quakecon dinosaurs:

Daler

Unholy

Matador

Thump4

LoSt-CaUzE

The high pingers:

Etjx (top dueller of his country behind Mesita ???)

fearzzz (rofl)

These are the ones I could recognize at first sight, there's ALOT of people missing tho and obviously the two very top players. If someone is just aliasing under a shitty name then, well, we'll just see I guess. OR, maybe this is just an strategy from some players to let the very top players fight each others in the first qualifier and have a way easier ride in the 2nd one.

Edited by Asuka_ at 18:39 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #8 @ 18:45 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Devianthe - Reply to #7

What the fuck is fearzzz doing there.

<< Comment #19 @ 19:32 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Asuka_ - Reply to #8

Well he didn't show up for the check-in so i guess he was thinking it twice or it was just a troll.

<< Comment #9 @ 18:45 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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fragmaster_ - Reply to #7

daler, that's a name i haven't heard in a long time. i liked his playstyle back in the q3 days.

<< Comment #11 @ 18:59 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Shahe - Reply to #7

I expect Sparks will also compete

Edited by Shahe at 18:59 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #13 @ 19:09 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Asuka_ - Reply to #11

Yeah, some players missing are: rapha, DaHang, ZeRo4 (probably for obvious reasons), czm (stil in europe? have he tried the game?) Sparks, FienD, walter, Makaveli, viju, gwc, kgb, cl0ck, adrenaline, psygib, wonko, Flysher, Jones, the_newbz, Effortles (lol)

Edited by Asuka_ at 19:18 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #47 @ 02:59 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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GogettO - Reply to #13

Makaveli was casting : )

<< Comment #12 @ 19:05 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gbmaster ' - Reply to #7

I'm not trolling, I didn't know that Rapha and dahang hadn't signed up (just kind of presumed it but have looked through the list)

<< Comment #26 @ 20:27 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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xero- ' - Reply to #7

gellehsak not

:)

<< Comment #82 @ 04:41 CDT, 4 July 2017 >>

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M1zzu - Reply to #7

zorakwar is not trying to compete? Or is he Zar? (and obligatory reminder that he's the only NA player apart from rapha and z4 to appear in the final ranking back at QCon 2016)

<< Comment #10 @ 18:57 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Shahe - Reply to #2

Lol gb, what's up with you an your crazy promotion of WinD, it's been going on for months now. Does he pay you to say it?

(Did think it was a troll at first but you keep saying it)

Edited by Shahe at 18:57 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #3 @ 18:15 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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son1dow

Made a post for both this and EU Sac Qualis. I could edit mine down to only EU Sac Qualis. Could get kinda hectic though. Or mods could copy mine down on top of this one. If thread names can be changed, unsure.

<< Comment #4 @ 18:17 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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son1dow - Reply to #3

Notice how mine doesn't have USA flags for NA. Watch and learn plebs.

<< Comment #5 @ 18:21 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gSTRUCTOR '

Thanks for posting this news Asuka_ \o/

<< Comment #16 @ 19:14 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Asuka_ - Reply to #5

No problem man. :)

Hey, what happened to flesh1, b1chito, doomsd4y, Mesita and all the other southamericans?

<< Comment #23 @ 19:49 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gSTRUCTOR ' - Reply to #16

Not sure, but brazilian server wasnt pinging nice the last month to the other countries, also the rushed beta coped with a subpar brazilian connection/cpu server made the experience even worse and activity nearly died one month ago.

Flesh1 is kind of picky, im sure he wont play with >200ms to NA. At least not with his real name.

A proper SA server and qualy would surely had a lot more activity, but looks like id doesnt cares much about the third region in activity in the world (acording to qlstats).

Edited by gSTRUCTOR at 21:12 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #14 @ 19:10 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Asuka_

STREAM IS UP!

Edit:

Brackets up: https://play.eslgaming.com/quake/global/quake.../rankings/

Confirmed no rapha and DaHang lol, so avoiding each other neither of them signed up? roflmao, they surely think they playing it smart, but you gotta love the fear, haha

Edited by Asuka_ at 19:23 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #24 @ 19:51 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gSTRUCTOR ' - Reply to #14

I saw him playing OW all day, prolly theres a good reason for it.

<< Comment #28 @ 20:40 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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tvorimir - Reply to #24

Prolly because they're playing final stage of this tournament http://wiki.teamliquid.net/overwatch/Overwatc...th_America this weekend

<< Comment #32 @ 20:58 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Asuka_ - Reply to #28

I don't follow OW scene but wasn't their team just a mediocre one compared to the top? (i.e. no chance for big money) Why even bother? Contract?

<< Comment #83 @ 15:33 CDT, 4 July 2017 >>

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gSTRUCTOR ' - Reply to #32

I suppose, they play for liquid, theyre sponsored, they receive money just for playing.

<< Comment #15 @ 19:10 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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meat man

cant believe you didnt put me under notable signups

edit: im the number 1 seed. theyre finally learning

Edited by mojo at 19:17 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #17 @ 19:20 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Devianthe - Reply to #15

M O J O
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<< Comment #18 @ 19:22 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Asuka_ - Reply to #15

who are you? (not trolling)

<< Comment #20 @ 19:36 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

By

loveless - Reply to #18

q4 player from way back.

<< Comment #42 @ 22:28 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Anonymous (79.49.110.225)

rapha and dahang playing overwatch?

where are they...

<< Comment #41 @ 22:28 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

By

muxen

from rapha twitter:

Won't be able to play in the first Duel qualifiers for #QWC but you should still catch the stream to see the upcoming NA talent. @Quake

so, he will play in the second, good to know

<< Comment #21 @ 19:40 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

By

Asuka_

Makaveli streaming and no studio. lol

<< Comment #25 @ 20:04 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

By

no_il

For those having trouble with twitch, here is a youtube link of the stream I randomly stumbled upon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2qtz6RfTaY

<< Comment #31 @ 20:51 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gSTRUCTOR '

Pastel just beat

WinD on 200 ping, hype is real \o/, haters gonna hate /o\

Edited by gSTRUCTOR at 20:52 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #33 @ 21:20 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

By

the quality of stream is worst then the Europe stream. Europe stream had a professional setup, North America is just two guys in their rooms and one of them is not using the green screen. embarrassing

http://imgur.com/OzOYCAU NA

http://imgur.com/wHf3vwK Europe

Edited by [Calibur] at 21:21 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #35 @ 21:26 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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[calibur] - Reply to #33

so much money put into this tournament and new people checking out QC for the first time, They should put more thought in the setup NA stream..

Edited by [Calibur] at 21:28 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #39 @ 21:54 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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neeple - Reply to #33

At least the video quality in game is better. The EU one looked like someone was pointing a camera phone at a TV screen

Edited by neeple at 21:54 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #34 @ 21:22 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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Asuka_

Well, that was boring. @ br1ck vsdeathtr0w

<< Comment #36 @ 21:26 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

By

mala

NA quake is tier 2 (apart 2-3 players)

QC unfair qualification procedure.

<< Comment #37 @ 21:44 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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jamalz

Anyone else think rangers passive is stupid? He has the orb so i barely see the mofo rocketjumping around.

I think they should give him the passive of 'silent running' and give the rocket jumping passive to sarge or doom

I also hope they do a champion with a chaingun special, got him dead to rights then he whips out the q2 chaingun and shreds yo ass.

And they better not fuck up sarge, him and ranger are my main niggas.He better have sick lines and give him back his fucking cigar.

Edited by jamalz at 22:01 CDT, 30 June 2017

<< Comment #38 @ 21:51 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

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gSTRUCTOR ' - Reply to #37

Passive is also good for close combat rocket wars due to lower self splash damage tho.

<< Comment #40 @ 22:18 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

By

Asuka_

They also streaming the worst matches, jesus christ..

<< Comment #43 @ 22:30 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

By

son1dow

Absolutely loving Makaveli cast. I don't care about the lower production value, it's actually interesting to hear what he has to say and it makes the matches much more intelligible and interesting.

<< Comment #44 @ 23:35 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

By

Asuka_

J E N I U S
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<< Comment #45 @ 23:45 CDT, 30 June 2017 >>

By

this duel format is so boring compared to classic duel, even over-watch is more enjoyable watching than this.

<< Comment #46 @ 01:57 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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Terbo

Go gellehsak!

<< Comment #48 @ 03:19 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

By

Nukm

havent heard of LoSt-CaUzE since the early q4 days, is he training?

Edited by Nukm at 03:21 CDT, 1 July 2017

<< Comment #84 @ 05:38 CDT, 5 July 2017 >>

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GUArd - Reply to #48

I am hyped about him too

<< Comment #78 @ 12:58 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

By

Anonymous (176.182.100.141)

overwatch kill every other fps...quake system is too old new player dont care about elitist fps...

<< Comment #77 @ 12:58 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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yoloph

Was there any notable matches? I fell asleep 2 hours before the start...

Visa, brackets? pls halp

<< Comment #49 @ 04:58 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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dem0n

something tells me avek, fazz or stermy wouldve made it in that bracket... :b

<< Comment #76 @ 12:58 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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muxen - Reply to #49

+30 european players too...:D

<< Comment #50 @ 05:29 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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Memento_Mori ' - Reply to #49

That's mostly the result of poor seeding, but it's no problem as they will qualify next week.

<< Comment #53 @ 05:57 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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bogOtac - Reply to #50

garpy beat matrox krysa and base and still didnt qualify because he lost to strenx, while some ppl had easy bracket...

<< Comment #55 @ 06:20 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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p4r4 - Reply to #53

There are four qualifiers, it's not a problem for anyone strong to get through eventually.

There was apparently no seeding, and it's sort of understandable, because with a new game there is no fair way to seed the players. But having four qualifiers should compensate enough for bad brackets.

Edited by p4r4 at 06:21 CDT, 1 July 2017

<< Comment #54 @ 06:05 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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dem0n - Reply to #50

I think it's mostly the result of eu beeing much more competitive and stacked than NA. We're going to miss big names from EU while in the US all the known names will make it with some newer ones as a bonus. Eu is so stakced the only surprises you'll see is who doesn't make it :P

<< Comment #59 @ 06:53 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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diegowar : - Reply to #54

Yeah, when I first saw the news I was excited "12 europeans at quakecon, wow !", but now that I've seen how many names are actually trying to qualify, I'm a bit sad that only 12 will make it there...

Tox
Prox1mo
Xron
Luminus
Noctis
Av3k
Nitrino
Madix
Strenx
Garpy
Gaiia
Krysa
Matr0x
Base
Latrommi
Frozen
Baksteen
Agent
H41
Fazz
Vo0
Zoot
Pavel
Sl1p
Hell
Spart1e
K1llsen
Cooller
WichtL
Karwik
Kronic
Clawz
Inz
Memphis
Cypher
Stermy
Evil
etc...

I want to see them all on the epic LAN. This EU regional final will be very tense.

<< Comment #68 @ 12:01 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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dem0n - Reply to #59

They should've atleast let 16 players qualify from eu, then 12 from NA, then the last 4 through their byoc.

Because their BYOC unless some people from eu or even aus go through the trouble of flying there and get a byoc seat to qualify, it's gonna be mostly americans.

Technically its 20 NA players for 12 EU players... :P

<< Comment #57 @ 06:35 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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fazz - Reply to #50

unless already qualified players sign up as smurfs to try and knock out the competition, seems pretty likely to happen when this money is on the line tbh

<< Comment #61 @ 07:29 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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son1dow - Reply to #57

Damn :( I hope that doesn't happen

<< Comment #67 @ 11:59 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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jamalz - Reply to #57

why give them ideas. LOL

<< Comment #87 @ 09:34 CDT, 7 July 2017 >>

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cha0z_ - Reply to #57

Yeah, but this also involve risking to lose you spot if catch. And the chance for that is quite high if one play on his full potential to knock out another good player. ;)

<< Comment #51 @ 05:47 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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Lup1n

Any good matches worth watching?

<< Comment #52 @ 05:57 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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bogOtac - Reply to #51

nope

<< Comment #56 @ 06:24 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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Lup1n - Reply to #52

Well then glad I didn't stay up for it

<< Comment #58 @ 06:46 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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thuNDa - Reply to #51

1000 ELO duels in QL, over what was shown there any day.

<< Comment #60 @ 07:23 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

By

SwarmDMX

Poor games, poor casting...

<< Comment #62 @ 08:02 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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Go LoSt-CaUzE. I miss the "he's pretty good for a black guy" jokes. Give me a reason to use one, man.

<< Comment #63 @ 10:50 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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xemorx - Reply to #62

definitley, dude deserves justice you might provide :D

<< Comment #64 @ 11:06 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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Corey

Just watched some matches. Jesus Christ this is ~~shameful~~ painful to watch, how low skill these American people are. You can see by the way they move and position themselves that they don't think about game tactics more than timing items, it's all about see your opponent and shoot. Basically this means that some NA noob is taking place for some good European player just because he's American. These qualifiers in the future need to be organized differently, so that good players attend from all over the world, and not organize equal qualifiers everywhere, it just doesn't make sense.

Edited by Corey at 12:53 CDT, 1 July 2017

<< Comment #65 @ 11:22 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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SaturdayEveningPost - Reply to #64

Rude!

<< Comment #66 @ 11:39 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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Corey - Reply to #65

Maybe, but it doesn't change the fact that it's true...

<< Comment #69 @ 12:03 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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SaturdayEveningPost - Reply to #66

changes rather or not anyone will read past the first few words based on their morals!!! so your opinion had no effect past first few words and no read :D

<< Comment #70 @ 12:16 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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Corey - Reply to #69

Morals? What the duck morals have anything to do with someone being good at this game or not?
Even better, if someone is such a crybaby to be offended by truth, he deserves to remain blind for it.
I'm interested in truth, not morals. Morals are values imagined by people, they don't exist in nature, while truth is truth. NA doesn't have that much good QC players to be equal with Europe. Fact.

<< Comment #71 @ 12:23 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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SaturdayEveningPost - Reply to #70

again, read last post.

<< Comment #72 @ 12:31 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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Corey - Reply to #71

Define your thought more precise and maybe I would better understand you. Go go go!
Word of advice: use punctuation marks.

<< Comment #73 @ 12:41 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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CaptainTaichou - Reply to #72

Your post is probably fine except for the "shameful" part because I'm not sure why any of the low skill players who entered should feel ashamed.

You might be saying the tournament organizers should be ashamed, but that is not clear.

<< Comment #74 @ 12:55 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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Corey - Reply to #73

You are correct, I edited original post. Tournament organizers shouldn't be ashamed, but righteous. This is not the first QuakeCon, and they have statistics from previous tournaments that is so obvious about skill difference between USA and rest of the world. Organizing equal qualifications is just not fair and doesn't bring the best players to tournament.
Perhaps a tiny bit little shame for players because they don't devote more brain power into game, instead of just playing like total newbies on qualifiers for the whole CONTINENT.

Edited by Corey at 12:56 CDT, 1 July 2017

<< Comment #75 @ 12:57 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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CaptainTaichou - Reply to #74

Half of them are probably playing for shits and giggles. I even see a few Australians in there playing with 200 ping. :D

<< Comment #85 @ 10:41 CDT, 5 July 2017 >>

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Jamerio : - Reply to #64

Some were pretty good good (clamp, griffin, chance etc can all play), but I agree there's a lot of Euros and russians who would have beaten all but the top 2-3 Americans and maybe even then.

But I think the winners of the big money will be the usual suspects.

P.S.

I was watching Rapha's stream, and saw his sense was like 2.9 or something with no accel option, but I heard rapha has like sub 15cm per 360, so the only way I can see how he's doing that is by using a high dpi, or possibly high native windows.

Unless its something in his mouse drivers.

Any ideas?

<< Comment #86 @ 12:22 CDT, 5 July 2017 >>

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SaturdayEveningPost - Reply to #85

His last night's stream was 800 dpi and 2.9 sensitivity.

<< Comment #79 @ 13:28 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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e2-klz

Total disrespect, we could have at least 2 spots for South America.

It's funny call it as "World Championship" with just 2 continents.

If Bethesda doesn't care for South America, please, just remove the Server, but nobody is believing that just "allowing" the SA players to subscribe is fair, playing and losing to mid-skilled players with 10 times ping difference.

<< Comment #80 @ 14:31 CDT, 1 July 2017 >>

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Corey - Reply to #79

Agreed. They favor NA low level players over great players from other continents.

<< Comment #81 @ 18:37 CDT, 3 July 2017 >>

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Anonymous (80.12.27.6) - Reply to #79

It's not even 2 continents as north america is not one. And Europa is not either. They could call it a NATO western country championship.

<< Comment #88 @ 06:29 CDT, 11 July 2017 >>

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Anonymous (5.103.12.68)

Both North America and Europe are continents. FACT.

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