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Quakecon 2009 VOD's available (12 comments)

( News: QL)

Posted by rupertt @ 18:09 CDT, 15 September 2009 - iMsg

As stated by SyncError at the Quake Live Forums, the long awaited Videos on Demand from Quakecon 2009 are now available at QuadV.
The site requires registration but it's free.

Videos included are from the Masters Championship Duel and CTF matches, plus interviews with rapha and John Carmack.

SyncError's post at quake live forums:

http://www.quakelive.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34827

Drop by and register here to view the games:

http://www.quadv.com/ondemand/#/event/1211-quakecon-09

Enjoy.

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Mojo's Quakecon 2009 Gallery (8 comments)

( Major Gallery: QL)

Posted by meat man @ 21:50 CDT, 17 August 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

More like Drunkcon? Yes yes yes.

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Team EG Covers QuakeCon (90 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by nineX @ 22:39 CDT, 16 August 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

Shashi "DetonatoR" Singh of Team EG was at QuakeCon this year to get some answers from recent fnatic-pickup

Alessandro "stermy" Avallone and several members of Team EG, including dueler

Chance "chance" Lacina and their CTF lineup, winners of the QuakeCon CTF Tournament.

Related Links
Team EG CTF Interview
Stermy Interview
Chance Interview

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QuakeCon'09 QL Tournaments Ended (1766 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 22:14 CDT, 15 August 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 13 August 2009 to 18:00 CDT, 15 August 2009
Schedule: Passed

The QuakeCon 2009 QuakeLive tournaments are now over! Watch out for links to demos and VoDs in a few days.
Thanks to QuadV/Lo3 for the live streaming and comments!

Final Standings

Duel results

CTF results

Official tournaments

Attendees

Schedule

BYOC tournaments

VODS: QuadV.com - Demos: hf sorting that mess / on ESR
Useful links: Tournaments Page (Brackets: Duel, CTF) / QuakeCon.org / Official schedule
Interviews: by Dird (fazz, Chance, link1n), by fnatic (spart1e), by nineX (icel0re, DKT), by derQuaker (k1llsen)
Coverage: QL.tv, QuakeUnity, Flickr Gallery, fnatic, SK, TEK9, myEG

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Quakecon Interviews: RazerJ (137 comments)

( Major Article: Gaming Q3 Q4 QL)

Posted by Dird @ 04:15 CDT, 15 August 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

In the build up to the upcoming

QuakeLive tournaments at Quakecon I have interviewed a series of players to gain their thoughts on the current state of the game as well as the Gaylord showdown. The interviews are as follows:

Therese "g0d-trito" Andersson.

Pelle "xlo^fazz" S�derman

Chance "EG|Chance" Lacina

Pierre-Emeric"fnatic\l1nkje" Portier

Fan "RazerJ" Zhibo

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Id`s Press Conference & Keynote Speech (No comments)

( News: Gaming)

Posted by Badb0y @ 16:07 CDT, 13 August 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

It seems there is a time delay on the press conference. VOD of id�s Press Conference & John Carmacks Keynote Speech will be recorded by QL.TV and later uploaded on QuakeUnity.

Tune in for the IGN Live Stream
There is also a Liveblogging at Kotatu

Press Conference is over, as usual the conference was very short
- Wolfenstein RPG for iPhone was presented, release is now on AppleStore
- Marty Stratton talks about Quake Live. Leaderboards will having a comeback in Quake Live
- Todd Hollenshead said we get new infos about Doom 4 on the next QuakeCon 2010 :(
- New Rage trailer was shown. Trailer looks nice looking, much shooting & driving rocks and is now available on Gametrailers

John Carmack�s Keynote Speech, summary and video is up on QuakeUnity

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Quakecon Interviews: dkt (59 comments)

( Major Article: Q3 Q4 QL)

Posted by nineX @ 14:07 CDT, 12 August 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

I was able to get ahold of some of the professional players as they stepped out the door to head to Dallas for this year's QuakeCon event. Check back later for more.

Dave "eMg.icel0re" Ritson

Brian "grav`dkt" Flander

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QuakeUnity & QuakeLiveTV QCOn Coverage (40 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by RogeR1 @ 03:55 CDT, 12 August 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

QuakeUnity, the premiere Quake download and news website, today announced it will offer expansive coverage of QuakeCon 2009. QuakeUnity will be working with the crew of QuakeLive.TV, the popular QuakeLive tournament coverage website, to bring you player interviews and analysis of the event.

As part of our coverage, QuakeUnity will offer true high definition video of the all the press conferences including the first look at RAGE and Brink, John Carmack�s keynote and the id Software press conference. QuakeUnity and QuakeLive.TV will also be producing daily commentary videos along providing player, vendor, and attendee interviews. Video coverage will be hosted by Julie Stepan, a correspondent for shows on ESPN and OCTANE TV. Conventional coverage including news updates, and pictures will also be available during the event.

On the competitive side, QuakeLive.TV will be bringing you live streaming coverage of all the action happening in the BYOC. Tournament coverage will include: QuakeLive King of the Hill 1v1, Quake Live 2v2 TDM, ETQW 4v4 BYOC, and QUAKE LIVE 1v1 for Younger Gamers.

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Lo3 QuakeCon Special w/ Marty Strattton (104 comments)

( Major News: Gaming QL)

Posted by Slasher @ 14:30 CDT, 9 August 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

QuakeCon is only one week away and the Live On Three crew is eagerly anticipating arriving in Dallas and broadcasting to the masses the great game of Quake. Quake Live is the only featured game in this year's competitions, with $50,000 on the line in two disciplines, Duel 1v1, and CTF 4v4.

QuakeCon 2008 duel champion

Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky will be returning to defend his throne against an onslaught of talent from across the globe, including such notables as

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson,

Alessandro "stermy" Avallone,

Magnus "fox" Olsson,

Rafik "LoSt-CaUzE" Bryant,

Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski,

Marcel "k1llsen" Paul,

Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty,

Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira,

Tom "griffin" Wall,

Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall,

Chance "chance" Lacina,

Brian "destrukt" Flander,

P�r "fazz" S�derman and

Aaron-Anton "HELL" Jones.

The CTF action will also be highly intense as Europeans

Pierre-Emeric "link1n" Portier and

David "deus" Kinnaird will also be making the trip, teaming up with Stermy and Fox, specifically for CTF. They will go up against top American teams Evil Geniuses and eMazing Gaming.

Jam-packed Quake Live action will be joined by new footage and information on new releases Wolfenstein and RAGE, as well as John Carmack's annual keynote, will make this another great QuakeCon.

Special Guests on the show:
Quake Live's Executive Producer Marty Stratton
Quake Live Community Manager Adam "SyncError" Pyle
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone and Shane "rapha" Hendrixson

more

Reminder, QuadV and Live On Three will be broadcasting QuakeCon LIVE all through the weekend.
Tune in Sunday, August 9th at 4 PM EST / 22:00 CET at www.djWHEAT.tv

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spart1e talks as well, with fnatic (15 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 20:22 CDT, 8 August 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

Danijel "StreeT" Remusn from fnatic, who's going to have a busy Sunday, managed to find some time to ask a few questions to the Swedish party animal that Sebastian "spart1e" Siira stands for. Here is what you can expect from that read:

Fnatic.com: Who do you think your biggest competition will be at Quakecon?
Spart1e: Rapha. Really smart player thinking 5 steps ahead of his opponent. But fox will also be in really good shape, unless I play him in the final that is, hihi.

Feel free to read the rest at fnatic.com.

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Win a trip to QuakeCon *updated* (312 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Liefje @ 20:10 CDT, 7 August 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

update: And the winner is...

Marcel "k1llsen" Paul (see the interview below)!

So apparently Fatal1ty is sponsoring one lucky winner to go to QuakeCon 2009!

All you have to do is: Send your name, age, home address, and gaming name to [email protected] for a chance to win a trip to QuakeCon 2009 in

Dallas, Texas!

No conditions were listed that you have to be in the USA so GL to all Europeans who wish to make it!

Source: Fatal1ty.com

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QUAKE LIVE's Aug 7th Pre-QuakeCon Update (174 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by SyncError @ 17:55 CDT, 7 August 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

With this update we bring a number of large additions and changes to QUAKE LIVE. We have chosen to release this update today rather than on our usual 'Update Tuesday' as next week we make our way to QuakeCon. Beginning August 13th, QuakeCon will become home to the Intel� QUAKE LIVE Masters Championship, Intel QUAKE LIVE Open and the QUAKE LIVE Capture the Flag Championship and a 3,000 person Bring-Your-Own-Computer LAN event. In anticipation, this update is heavily focused on competition and spectator features to raise the bar and secure QUAKE LIVE's place as the best e-sports first person shooter title available.

This update includes the addition of:

* Overtime Game Periods
* New Sudden Death Rules
* Colorizable Brightskins
* Broadcasting friendly spectator HUD
* Competition friendly player HUD
* Shoutcaster info displays
* Clientside Competition Features

Changelog

Source: Official forum post

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QuakeCon 2009 Gets Supercharged (110 comments)

( Major News: HW)

Posted by neb @ 12:56 CDT, 28 July 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

QuakeCon 2009 Gets Supercharged with the Ventrilo Ultimate Power Up Sweepstakes!

Winner Takes Off in New Ford Shelby GT500 Coupe!!

Ventrilo, the premier group voice communications program used in tournaments and multiplayer games, is ready to blow the doors off of QuakeCon 2009 with the sponsorship of its annual "QuakeCon Ultimate Power Up" Sweepstakes. One extremely lucky attendee will rocket away from QuakeCon 2009 in a brand new supercharged 2010 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 Couple, valued at approximately $52,000. The 14th annual QuakeCon will be held at the Gaylord Texan in Dallas from August 13 - 16, 2009 and is open to the public and free to all attendees.

A total of 100 tickets for the Shelby Mustang GT500 drawing will be awarded to QuakeCon attendees for everything from performance in the QuakeCon Pro, Open and Quick Draw Tournaments, to participation in other QuakeCon contests, events and random drawings. The winner will be randomly selected at 9 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on Saturday, August 15, as part of the tournament finals event on the QuakeCon Main Stage.

Full Press Release

MESQUITE, Texas - July 22, 2009 - Ventrilo, the premier group voice communications program used in tournaments and multiplayer games, is ready to blow the doors off of QuakeCon 2009 with the sponsorship of its annual "QuakeCon Ultimate Power Up" Sweepstakes. One extremely lucky attendee will rocket away from QuakeCon 2009 in a brand new supercharged 2010 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 Couple, valued at approximately $52,000. The 14th annual QuakeCon will be held at the Gaylord Texan in Dallas from August 13 - 16, 2009 and is open to the public and free to all attendees.

"One look under the hood of this 2010 Shelby and you'll start strategizing on how to get your hands on this powerhouse street machine," said Brian Knapp, president, Flagship Industries. "Ford and Shelby are both iconic American names that represent a long history of street legal horsepower, and it's a thrill to be giving one away to the lucky winner of the Ventrilo Ultimate Power Up competition. As always it's an honor to be working with our friends at id Software and giving back to the gaming community."

"This is the most powerful production Mustang ever made and thanks to Ventrilo, someone from QuakeCon will walk away with the keys to this beast of a machine," said Todd Hollenshead, president, id Software. "QuakeCon 2009 will be a can't miss event for LAN fiends, game fans or id Software devotees; and Ventrilo giving away this bad ass muscle car is an example of why everyone needs to make sure that they have August 13 to 16 on their calendar for the world's best video game party."

The 2010 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 Coupe to be given away will be Kona blue and comes with a six speed transmission mated to a supercharged 5.4 liter V-8 pumping out a brutal 540 horsepower and 510 lb-ft of pavement destroying torque. The car will be on display throughout QuakeCon in the main exhibition area.

A total of 100 tickets for the Shelby Mustang GT500 drawing will be awarded to QuakeCon attendees for everything from performance in the QuakeCon Pro, Open and Quick Draw Tournaments, to participation in other QuakeCon contests, events and random drawings. The winner will be randomly selected at 9 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on Saturday, August 15, as part of the tournament finals event on the QuakeCon Main Stage.

QuakeCon Power Up Rules:
QuakeCon 2009 registered attendees who are 18 years of age and older AND are legal residents of the United States, its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia are eligible to participate. No purchase necessary. A total of 100 raffle tickets will be distributed throughout the QuakeCon event. Additional information about contest rules, eligibility, restrictions and requirements will be available at www.quakecon.org.

About QuakeCon:
Often described as the "Woodstock of Gaming," QuakeCon is a four-day, non-stop celebration of games and the people who play them. Free to all and open to the public, QuakeCon 2009 will feature North America's largest Bring-Your-Own-Computer (BYOC) LAN party for nearly 3,000 people, drawings and contests for over $75,000 in cash and prizes, the $50,000 QUAKE LIVE Duel and Capture the Flag Championship tournaments, exhibits with the latest games and hardware, and non-stop entertainment, parties and events. First created in 1996 by a group of friends on IRC and now going into its fourteenth year, QuakeCon remains true to its original mission as an event created by gamers, for gamers. Sponsored by id Software and other industry-leading software and hardware manufacturers, QuakeCon continues to be run by a dedicated group of volunteers, including an executive team with more than 75 years of combined experience producing the event. 6,000 people attended QuakeCon 2008.

Additional information about contest rules, eligibility, restrictions and requirements will be available at www.quakecon.org.

Source: Official News

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Stermy sponsored by AMD (85 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by roychez @ 09:06 CDT, 28 July 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

Stermy has announced on his personal website that AMD will be sponsoring his trip to QuakeCon 2009.

Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone is seen as one of the biggest favourites for this years QuakeCon event in Dallas, USA. Avallone didn't have an organization to support his trip yet, but he did already announce his participation at QuakeCon.

AMD will support the Italian star player with their strongest PC and finance the whole trip.

Source: Fnatic.com
Press Release: Stermy.com

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QuakeCon 09 Tournaments (227 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by SyncError @ 14:27 CDT, 16 July 2009 - iMsg

Event: QCon'09

QUAKE LIVE™ Dominates QuakeCon® 2009 Tournaments

MESQUITE, Texas – July 15, 2009 – QuakeCon once again becomes the center of the professional gaming universe from August 13 – 16, 2009, as the best players in the world set their sights on Dallas, TX, and a chance to walk away with their share of one of the richest prize pools in professional gaming. With $50,000 in cold, hard cash on the line, more than 200 top professional and up-and-coming players will clash in three days of fierce QUAKE LIVE Duel and Capture the Flag championship tournaments.

[hide=$50,000 in prize money & shoutcast by djWHEAT and TosspoT]

“This year stands to be our best ever with three incredible tournaments, including exclusive tournaments for professionals and amateurs, $50,000 in prize money, the greatest game ever made for first-person competition, an outstanding sponsorship partner in Intel, and the best broadcasting team on the Internet,” said Todd Hollenshead, president, id Software. “Whether you’re watching all of the action live on-site, or you’re glued to your monitor at home, you can’t afford to miss a second of these great players competing for one of the most coveted prizes in professional gaming – the right to call yourself a QuakeCon Champion.”

Broadcasting live from the tournament floor and over the Internet, shoutcasting legends djWHEAT and TosspoT will go wire-to-wire, capturing all of the energy, excitement and behind-the-scenes drama, with live match coverage, player interviews and expert analysis. Totally free and open to the public, QuakeCon offers an unparalleled opportunity to see the greatest and most famous players in the world competing in the purest form of online competition at the coolest fan-based gaming event on planet Earth. More than 6,000 people are expected to visit the four-day LAN party, competition, exhibition and party.

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Following is the QuakeCon 2009 Tournament Lineup:

[hide=The Intel® QUAKE LIVE Masters Championship] There is no more definitive measure of gaming skill than the 1 vs. 1 duel, and for the first time ever, QuakeCon will feature known professionals and top QUAKE LIVE competitors in their own exclusive tournament. 64 of the world’s best QUAKE LIVE players will face-off for more than $25,000 in a double elimination bracket, with each match played in a best-of-three-games format. With two players left standing, thousands will gather at the QuakeCon Main Stage on Saturday night to watch as the survivors go toe-to-toe in a single elimination, best-of-five-games blow-out with $14,000 for the champion.

[/hide] [hide=The Intel QUAKE LIVE Open Tournament] Available exclusively for up to 128 amateurs and up-and-coming competitors, the Intel QUAKE LIVE Open will offer players a taste of the excitement and pressure of professional gaming. Battling for a $2,500 prize purse, including $1,500 for the champion, players will compete in a single elimination bracket, with each match played in a best-of-three-games format.

[/hide] [hide=The QUAKE LIVE Capture the Flag Championship, Sponsored by id Software] Simple, classic and thrilling to watch, the Capture the Flag Championship will feature 4 vs. 4 competitions for up to 32 teams battling it out in a single elimination bracket and best-of three-games format using five arenas. Those who come out on top will share in a $22,000 prize purse, including $12,000 for this year’s team of champions.

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Matches in both the Intel Masters Championship and Open Tournament will feature the same pool of seven arenas.

[hide=QuakeCon Live!] Live streaming of Quakecon 2009 will be brought to you by QuadV and the Live on Three (LO3) team. Watch all of the action on-site from the broadcast lounge or tune in throughout the event to hear tournament play-by-play, color commentary and post-match interviews delivered by djWHEAT, TosspoT and other special guests. The entire co-production can be seen live at QuakeCon, and will also be delivered across the world’s largest content delivery network. If you can’t be at QuakeCon, then do the next best thing – catch all of the action at QuadV.com and djWHEAT.tv.

[/hide] [hide=Registration Information] Players with professional gaming experience or extensive QUAKE LIVE experience can register for the Intel QUAKE LIVE Masters Championship on-site at QuakeCon from 12 noon – 3 p.m. (CT) on Thursday, August 13. Competitors qualified for the Masters Championship will be selected and seeded by a committee of experts at the close of registration. Players selected for the Intel QUAKE LIVE Masters Championship are not eligible for the Open Tournament.

Registration for the QUAKE LIVE Open Tournament is first come, first served at QuakeCon from 12 noon – 3 p.m. (CT) on Thursday, August 13.

Registration for the QUAKE LIVE Capture the Flag Championship is first come, first served at QuakeCon from 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (CT) on Thursday, August 13.

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For official rules, requirements, prize money distribution, pool of arenas and additional information, please go to www.quakecon.org.

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