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IEM4 American Championship Group Matches (47 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 19:07 CST, 18 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 21:00 CST, 18 November 2009 to 22:30 CST, 18 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

Tonight more IEM4 American Championship Playday #2 matches will be played and get covered starting at 21:00 CST, 18 November 2009. Coverage will be provided by Quake-Live.tv.

Schedule

- sparks 0-2 relic (Match details + demos)
- DaHanG 2-0 carnage (Match details + demos)
- walter 0-2 Chance (Match details + demos)
- swooped vs JUDGE - To be rescheduled according to swine flu!

Stream: QuakeLive.TV
Links: American Championship, Groups,

#esl.quakelive

Edited by xou at 07:19 CST, 19 November 2009 - 2396 Hits

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IEM Euro Championship Group Drawing (115 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Rondrian @ 14:11 CST, 17 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Tomorrow night on ESL TV at 15:00 CST during ESL TVs Quake Live Show the groups for the Intel Extreme Masters European Championship regular season will be drawn. From four seeding pools the players will be drawn into eight groups of four, from each pool only one player can be in one group. Also players from the same Nation or Clan can't be in one group. The top two of each of those groups will advance to the Intel Extreme Masters European Champion Finals, which will be played offline in LAN.

Update: The groups are now public and some more informations are available about the IEM4 Championship. The slot distribution for the Global Finals will be as following: Europe gets 6 slots, America gets 3 slots (+ rapha for Dubai) and Asia gets 2 slots. Also, the European Championship Finals will take take in

Cologne during the 23rd and 24th of January for Quakelive.

Groups

Group A
Anton "Cooller" Singov
Felix "smoke" Pafel
Dan "zsx" Sanders
Karl "fooki" Johansson

Group B
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
Aaron-Anton John "VIZARI" Jones
Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors
Fridbjorn "xrebzy" Davidsen

Group C
Marcel "k1llsen" Paul
Michael "madix" Hindersson
Romain "dem0n" Leclercq
Marius "guard" Ivanauskas

Group D
K�vin "strenx" Baeza
Pelle "fazz" S�derman
Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall
Geo "geow" Molenaar

Group E
Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira
Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad
Bogdan "bodzo" Mazur
Hamid "pulseh" Alnasser

Group F
Magnus "fox" Olsson
Benjamin "calipt" Jakob
Eythor "linkoo" Kristjansson
Richard "Weirdsel" Krooman

Group G
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
Pierre-Emeric "l1nkje" Portier
Ciar�n "kRoNic" Rodgers
Tomas "doj" Jonson

Group H
Richard "noctis" Gansterer
Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski
Ben "Sc00T" Siebert
Charles "FooX" Moriceau

Seeding Pools

1. Pool - Top Seeds

Richard "noctis" Gansterer
Magnus "fox" Olsson
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
K�vin "strenx" Baeza
Marcel "k1llsen" Paul
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
Anton "Cooller" Singov
Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira

2. Pool - High Seeds

Michael "madix" Hindersson
Pelle "fazz" S�derman
Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad
Aaron-Anton John "VIZARI" Jones
Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski
Pierre-Emeric "l1nkje" Portier
Benjamin "calipt" Jakob
Felix "smoke" Pafel

3. Pool - Medium Seeds

Ciar�n "kRoNic" Rodgers
Eythor "linkoo" Kristjansson
Ben "Sc00T" Siebert
Romain "dem0n" Leclercq
Bogdan "bodzo" Mazur
Dan "zsx" Sanders
Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors
Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall

4. Pool - Low Seeds

Charles "FooX" Moriceau
Geo "geow" Molenaar
Marius "guard" Ivanauskas
Karl "fooki" Johansson
Richard "Weirdsel" Krooman
Fridbjorn "xrebzy" Davidsen
Hamid "pulseh" Alnasser
Tomas "doj" Jonson

Source: ESL News

Edited by xou at 16:59 CST, 18 November 2009 - 2779 Hits

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IEM4 European Championship Qualifier #4 (10 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 02:50 CST, 15 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 12:00 CST, 15 November 2009 to 16:30 CST, 15 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

The fourth and last Qualifier cup of the European Championship will see its first matches played tonight at 12:00 CST. The sign-ups for this cup will remain open until 11:30 CST, then the check-in process will begin. About 135 players already signed up to battle for the last 4 slots!

The cup structure will consist of a single elimination brackets with 128-slots. The first 2 rounds would be played as bo1 and all the other rounds as bo3. The top4 players will be the last ones to get qualified and join the following ones:

Invited Players

Richard "noctis" Gansterer
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
Marcel "k1llsen" Paul
Benjamin "calipt" Jakob
Felix "smoke" Pafel
K�vin "strenx" Baeza
Pierre-Emeric "l1nkje" Portier
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad
Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski
Anton "Cooller" Singov
Magnus "fox" Olsson
Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira
Pelle "fazz" S�derman
Michael "madix" Hindersson
Aaron-Anton John "VIZARI" Jones

Qualified Players

Bogdan "bodzo" Mazur
daniel "zsx" sanders
Fri�bj�rn "xrebz" Davidsen
Charles "FooX" Moriceau
Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors
Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall
Richard "Weird" Krooman
Marius "GUard" Ivanauskas
Ey��r "linKoo" Kristj�nsson
Ciar�n "kRoNic" Rodgers
Karl "fooKi" Johansson
Geordy "geow" Molenaar

Update: Here are the rankings and the last qualified players from this 4th cup:

1st. Ben "Sc00t" Siebert
2nd. Romain "dem0n" Leclercq
4th. Tomas "doj" Jonson
4th. Hamid "pulseh" Alnasser

Stream: own3d.tv, rondrian@LS
Links: Sign-up, Sign-ups list, Brackets,

#esl.quakelive, Qualifier #1, Qualifier #2, Qualifier #3

Edited by xou at 07:27 CST, 16 November 2009 - 1204 Hits

IEM4 European Championship Qualifier #3 (111 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 05:45 CST, 12 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 12 November 2009 to 18:30 CST, 12 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

The third Qualifier cup of the European Championship will kick off tonight at 13:00 CST, right before the default time for the EMS5 TDM Round 2 matches. Again, the sign-ups will remain open until 12:30 CST, then the check-in process will begin. At the moment, a bit less than 120 players already signed up!

With so many players, the cup should again use a single elimination brackets with 128-slots. The first 2 rounds would be played as bo1 and all the other rounds as bo3. The top4 players from this cup will be qualified and join the following ones:

Invited Players

Richard "noctis" Gansterer
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
Marcel "k1llsen" Paul
Benjamin "calipt" Jakob
Felix "smoke" Pafel
K�vin "strenx" Baeza
Pierre-Emeric "l1nkje" Portier
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad
Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski
Anton "Cooller" Singov
Magnus "fox" Olsson
Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira
Pelle "fazz" S�derman
Michael "madix" Hindersson
Aaron-Anton John "VIZARI" Jones

Qualified Players

Bogdan "bodzo" Mazur
daniel "zsx" sanders
Fri�bj�rn "xrebz" Davidsen
Charles "FooX" Moriceau
Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors
Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall
Richard "Weird" Krooman
Marius "GUard" Ivanauskas

Update: Here are the rankings and the qualified players from this 3rd cup:

1st. Ey��r "linKoo" Kristj�nsson
2nd. Ciar�n "kRoNic" Rodgers
3rd. Karl "fooKi" Johansson
4th. Geordy "geow" Molenaar

The 4th and last Qualifier Cup will be played this Sunday and the sign-ups are already open.

Streaming: watchquake.ru, levelupyourgame.net
Links: Sign-up, Sign-ups list, Brackets,

#esl.quakelive, Qualifier #1, Qualifier #2

Edited by xou at 03:51 CST, 13 November 2009 - 4953 Hits

Game On Cup #4 - Rankings (117 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 02:00 CST, 12 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 11:00 CST, 11 November 2009 to 18:00 CST, 11 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

Due to the Quakelive "hotfix" which took place in the middle of the Cups #4 of the Intel Game On, many matches were not played yesterday. You can find below the known rankings for each region/country, this post will be updated when the last matches will be over. For the results of the third cups, you can check the previous post.

Russia/CIS

Cup #4 Brackets
1. cypher - 10 points
2. iddqd - 8 points
3. agentJkezooR - 6 points
4. Cooller - 4 points
5-8. volgonike, Nitrino, brravo, Zilich - 2 points

Poland

Cup #4 Brackets
1. zik - 10 points
2. STING - 8 points
3. bodzo - 6 points
4. prox - 4 points
5-8. yaro, tox1c, Mad, rutt - 2 points

DACH

Cup #4 Brackets
1. noctis - 10 points
2. smoke - 8 points
3. leo - 6 points
4. razor - 4 points
5-8. psyr3x, oldsplatterhand, BoBel, siLw - 2 points

Cup #4 Brackets
1. zsx/GaRpY - 10 points
2. zsx/GaRpY - 8 points
3. Vizari - 6 points
4. pulseh - 4 points
5-8. med1xza, kRoNic, IspAH, dozo - 2 points

France

Cup #4 Brackets
1. l1nkje - 10 points
2. GoHLinK - 8 points
3. sanji/FooX - 6 points
4. sanji/FooX - 4 points
5-8. eki22, Bed3g3, pipeline, kalecho - 2 points

Spain

Cup #4 Brackets
1. Sl1p - 10 points
2. AllteR - 8 points
3. Sn1perok - 6 points
4. pizo - 4 points
5-8. sioux, geow, ChOu, na1x - 2 points

Italy

Cup #4 Brackets
1. spartano_ - 10 points
2. cdv - 8 points
3. lifebinder - 6 points
4. Rickmage - 4 points
5-8. Videl, zip, exp, Xh1ne - 2 points

Turkey

Cup #4 Brackets
1. Raistlin - 10 points
2. Blazer - 8 points
3. dunpeal - 6 points
4. enginator - 4 points
5-8. n1ghtwolf, OttomanTr, WESS, Sew0 - 2 points

Cup #4 Brackets
1. spammah/YMH - 10 points
2. spammah/YMH - 8 points
3. memph1s/McFRAGG3R - 6 points
4. memph1s/McFRAGG3R - 4 points
5-8. havoK, TmaTT, rage285, Backstabber - 2 points

The Cups #5 will be played on Sunday 22nd of November, and the sign-ups are already open: Russia/CIS, Poland, DACH, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, MEA.

Source: Game On
Links: Cups #1 + Nordic, Cups #2, Cups #3

Edited by xou at 03:04 CST, 13 November 2009 - 5199 Hits

IEM America Playday #1 (60 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Rondrian @ 17:38 CST, 11 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Tonight the IEM4 American Championship should see the next Playday 1 games played. For the streaming coverage, Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham from djWHEAT.tv and the guys from QL-TV will be around to shoutcast the following matches:

- finished: walter vs Vo0 (bet / results + demos) - with djWHEAT
- finished: SK-rapha vs EG|Chance (bet / results + demos) - with djWHEAT

- rescheduled: EG|Griffin vs Loaded|relic (bet / match details) - with QL-TV
- finished: swooped vs Loaded|carnage (bet / result + demos) - with QL-TV

Some matches are still subject to rescheduling and this post will be updated as often as possible.

Streams: djWHEAT.tv (Audio only), QL-TV

Already played matches of playday 1

DaHanG vs. Judge - (Matchdetails)
qztourney7: [20:-1]
qztourney9: [30:06]

gellehsak vs. kgb - (Matchdetails)
ztntourney1: [11:09]
qzdm13: [08:05]

dkt vs. pl4gue - (Matchdetails)
ztntourney1: [15:01]
qzdm13: [17:03]

sparks vs. LoSt-CaUzE - (Matchdetails)
qztourney9: [10:13]
ztntourney1: [07:12]

Demos can be found in Matchdetails!

Links: American Championship, Groups,

#esl.quakelive

Edited by xou at 22:37 CST, 11 November 2009 - 2192 Hits

ESL IEM4 American Champ Coverage TONIGHT (2 comments)

( News: ESR)

Posted by QuakeLiveTV @ 15:30 CST, 11 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

djWHEAT will be shoutcasting matches between walter vs vo0 followed by rapha vs chance starting at 10pm EST TONIGHT at http://www.djWHEAT.tv.

Further IEM4 American Championship coverage by djWHEAT on Nov 15 2009:

griffin vs. LostCause and dkt vs. kgb

Mark your calendars!

While djWHEAT is out of town, QLTV will be helping to cover matches on November 18. Wheat's coverage will resume on Nov 22.

IEM4 American Championship Results so far:

DaHanG vs judge_ -> 2:0
gellehsak vs kgb -> 2:0
dkt vs pl4gue -> 2:0
sparks vs LoSt-CaUzE -> 0:2

Edited by Nukm at 15:57 CST, 11 November 2009 - 268 Hits

IEM4 European Championship Qualifier #2 (160 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 01:25 CST, 10 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 9 November 2009 to 18:00 CST, 9 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

The second Qualifier cup of the European Championship will kick off tonight at 13:00 CST. Again, the sign-ups will remain open until 12:30 CST, then the check-in process will begin. About 130 players already signed up!

Once more, the cup should use a single elimination brackets with 128-slots. The first 2 rounds would be played as bo1 and all the other rounds as bo3. The top4 players from this cup will be qualified and join the following ones:

Invited Players

Richard "noctis" Gansterer
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
Marcel "k1llsen" Paul
Benjamin "calipt" Jakob
Felix "smoke" Pafel
K�vin "strenx" Baeza
Pierre-Emeric "l1nkje" Portier
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad
Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski
Anton "Cooller" Singov
Magnus "fox" Olsson
Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira
Pelle "fazz" S�derman
Michael "madix" Hindersson
Aaron-Anton John "VIZARI" Jones

Qualified Players

Bogdan "bodzo" Mazur
daniel "zsx" sanders
Fri�bj�rn "xrebz" Davidsen
Charles "FooX" Moriceau

The VOD of the first cup is still available on ESL TV. But it's very unlikely that ESL TV will cover this second cup. Feel free to contact an admin on IRC if you wish to stream some matches.

Update: The cup is over and some VODs of the matches can be found from levelupyourgame.net. Congratulations to GaRpY and Z4muZ For breaking our current "number of overtimes in a game" with 7 OTs on dm13, the first map of the final! The Qualifier cup #3 will be played on Thursday 12th (Sign-ups) Here are the finals rankings and the 4 players who qualified:

1st. Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors
2nd. Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall
3rd. Richard "Weird" Krooman
4th. Marius "GUard" Ivanauskas

Streaming: watchquake.ru, levelupyourgame.net
Links: Sign-up, Sign-ups list, Brackets,

#esl.quakelive, Qualifier #1

Edited by xou at 02:09 CST, 10 November 2009 - 6519 Hits

Game On Cup #3 - Rankings (57 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 14:00 CST, 8 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

The Cups #3 of the Intel Game On are now mostly over. You can find below the rankings for each region/country. For the results of the second cups, you can check the previous post. Thanks to all the people who provided video streamings!

Russia/CIS

Cup #3 Brackets
1. cypher - 10 points
2. Cooller - 8 points
3. agentJkezooR - 6 points
4. Zilich - 4 points
5-8. volgonike, Nitrino, brravo, iddqd - 2 points

Poland

Cup #3 Brackets
1. bodzo - 10 points
2. STING - 8 points
3. Mav_/yaro - 6 points
4. Mav_/yaro - 4 points
5-8. matr0x, mkbewe, Mad, He4rt - 2 points

DACH

Cup #3 Brackets
1. noctis - 10 points
2. k1llsen - 8 points
3. calipt - 6 points
4. smoke - 4 points
5-8. reload, SIRUS, lizahd, R1EPA - 2 points

Cup #3 Brackets
1. zsx - 10 points
2. Vizari - 8 points
3. GaRpY - 6 points
4. kRoNic - 4 points
5-8. Martel, pulseh, IspAH, dozo - 2 points

France

Cup #3 Brackets
1. l1nkje - 10 points
2. GoHLinK - 8 points
3. Kirua - 6 points
4. Fircrow - 4 points
5-8. Koj, Raptouf, Bed3g3, zfred - 2 points

Spain

Cup #3 Brackets
1. Sl1p - 10 points
2. AllteR - 8 points
3. p0ni - 6 points
4. ChOu - 4 points
5-8. sioux, Sn1perok, pizo, na1x - 2 points

Italy

Cup #3 Brackets
1. cdv - 10 points
2. Rickmage - 8 points
3. exp - 6 points
4. blackdragon - 4 points
5-8. liszt, ev0c, DiMiTrI, JyX - 2 points

Turkey

Cup #3 Brackets
1. dunpeal - 10 points
2. enginator - 8 points
3. Blazer/Raistlin - 6 points
4. Blazer/Raistlin - 4 points
5-8. n1ghtwolf, OttomanTr, Sleeep, zeta - 2 points

Cup #3 Brackets
1. YMH - 10 points
2. Backstabber - 8 points
3. memph1s - 6 points
4. McFRAGG3R - 4 points
5-8. TmaTT, frozenzero, spammah - 2 points

The Cups #4 will be played on Wednesday 11th November, and the sign-ups are already open: Russia/CIS, Poland, DACH, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, MEA.

Streams: own3d.tv, watchquake.ru, levelupyourgame.net, quake.net.pl
Source: Game On

Edited by xou at 12:10 CST, 9 November 2009 - 2881 Hits

IEM4 European Championship Qualifier #1 (124 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 17:25 CST, 4 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Scheduled: 13:00 CST, 4 November 2009 to 17:30 CST, 4 November 2009
Schedule: Passed

The first Qualifier cup for the European Championship will start tonight at 13:00 CST. The sign-ups will be open until 12:30 CST, then it will be time for the check-ins! So far more than ~~120~~ 142 players are already signed up, but only 64 128 players will remain after the check-ins. Then the first 2 rounds will be played as bo1, and all the other rounds as bo3!

The top4 players from the cup will be qualified and will join the following invited players for the European Championship:

Invited Players

Richard "noctis" Gansterer
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
Marcel "k1llsen" Paul
Benjamin "calipt" Jakob
Felix "smoke" Pafel
K�vin "strenx" Baeza
Pierre-Emeric "l1nkje" Portier
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad
Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski
Anton "Cooller" Singov
Magnus "fox" Olsson
Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira
Pelle "fazz" S�derman
Michael "madix" Hindersson
Aaron-Anton John "VIZARI" Jones

Update: ESL TV will cover the matches starting at 15:00 CST with 2GD and Joe (Alt. Host)!
Update 2: The 1st cup is now over and the next one will be played on Monday 9th (Sign-up!). Here are the rankings and the 4 qualified players:

1st. Bogdan "bodzo" Mazur
2nd. daniel "zsx" sanders
3rd. Fri�bj�rn "xrebz" Davidsen
4th. Charles "FooX" Moriceau

Update 3: The VOD of the show is now available!

Links: Sign-up, Sign-ups list, Brackets

#esl.quakelive

Edited by xou at 10:48 CST, 5 November 2009 - 5433 Hits

16 Invitees for IEM Euro Championship (91 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Rondrian @ 06:05 CST, 3 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

Today the last six invited players for the Intel Extreme Masters European Championship were announced. Now all 16 invited players are set and the last 16 players to fill the 32 player regular season line up, can be established in Qualifier cups. Those 32 players will play for $13,200 prize money in the European Championship.

Invited Players

Richard "noctis" Gansterer
Magnus "fox" Olsson
Michael "madix" Hindersson
Benjamin "calipt" Jakob
Aaron-Anton John "VIZARI" Jones

Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
Marcel "k1llsen" Paul
K�vin "strenx" Baeza
Pelle "fazz" S�derman
Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad

Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
Anton "Cooller" Singov
Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira
Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski
Pierre-Emeric "l1nkje" Portier
Felix "smoke" Pafel

Those 16 players will be grouped together with 16 players from four qualifier cups into eight groups of four. From those eight groups the top two of each group advance to the offline finals.

The first qualifier Cup will start 13:00 CST, 4 November 2009 with probably 64 to 128 members, which will play in a single elimination bracket, with the first rounds being bo1, while in later rounds it will be bo3.

Links: Sign Up for Qualifier #1 - already signed up players - Announcement of Invitees

Edited by Carmac at 10:19 CST, 3 November 2009 - 3380 Hits

Game On Cup #2 Rankings (49 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by xou @ 18:00 CST, 1 November 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

The second cups of the Intel Game On are now mostly over. You can find below the rankings for each region/country. For the Nordic rankings as well as the results of the first cups, you can check the previous post.

Russia/CIS

Cup #2 Brackets
1. Cooller - 10 points
2. Nitrino - 8 points
3. agentJkezooR - 6 points
4. iuda - 4 points
5-8. sHv1dY, Yavich, yarrr, hack3R - 2 points

Poland

Cup #2 Brackets
1. prox/Av3k - 10 points
2. prox/Av3k - 8 points
3. zik - 6 points
4. apored - 4 points
5-8. matr0x, STING, tox1c, rutt - 2 points

DACH

Cup #2 Brackets
1. noctis - 10 points
2. k1llsen - 8 points
3. calipt - 6 points
4. smoke - 4 points
5-8. reload, d1ablo, BuRns, dKsL - 2 points

Cup #2 Brackets
1. Vizari - 10 points
2. GaRpY - 8 points
3. kRoNic - 6 points
4. pulseh - 4 points
5-8. Squirrel08, HawK, IspAH, dozo - 2 points

France

Cup #2 Brackets
1. strenx - 10 points
2. l1nkje - 8 points
3. GoHLinK - 6 points
4. FooX - 4 points
5-8. Fircrow, Kretts, Kirua, Poliakov - 2 points

Spain

Cup #2 Brackets
1. Sl1p - 10 points
2. p0ni - 8 points
3. Sn1perok - 6 points
4. ChOu - 4 points
5-8. sioux, tukii, Dabra, geow - 2 points

Italy

Cup #2 Brackets
1. stermy - 10 points
2. spartano - 8 points
3. exp - 6 points
4. ev0c - 4 points
5-8. Xh1ne, Rickmage, lechug, paglithebest - 2 points

Turkey

Cup #2 Brackets
1. enginator - 10 points
2. dunpeal - 8 points
3. OttomanTr - 6 points
4. Blazer - 4 points
5-8. zeta, oakz, Xan, WESS - 2 points

Cup #2 Brackets
1. spammah - 10 points
2. memph1s - 8 points
3. havoK - 6 points
4. YMH - 4 points
5-8. Maestro - 2 points

The Cups #3 will be played on Sunday 8th of November, and the sign-ups are already open: Russia/CIS, Poland, DACH, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Turkey, MEA.

Source: Game On

Edited by xou at 22:30 CST, 3 November 2009 - 2578 Hits

ESL Dubai Bloopers Video (92 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Streetrunner @ 12:02 CDT, 30 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

The AGP presents a blooper video from the ESL Quake Live Intel Extreme Masters 4 Global Challenge in Dubai. The tournament was great but also had some funny moments. Hope you all enjoy.

The Best Players in the World...Sometimes - ESL Dubai Bloopers

We posted an additional AGP Classic match this week as well: Fatal1ty vs Zero4 at QuakeCon 2002. You all might remember when the defending champion of QuakeCon got shut out on DM6. Well, this is it.

Fatal1ty vs Zero4: QuakeCon 2002 Part 1

Fatal1ty vs Zero4: QuakeCon 2002 Part 2

Stay tuned next week for a special treat.

Brought to you by the AGP (Association of Gaming Professionals). Thank you for your continual support!

Edited by xou at 12:11 CDT, 30 October 2009 - 3655 Hits

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IEM European Championship Details (8 comments)

( Major News: QL)

Posted by Rondrian @ 11:21 CDT, 30 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

As announced yesterday the Intel Extreme Masters European Championship will have four qualifiers Cups with the top four of each cup joining the 16 invited players for a regular season with 32 players. Today the ESL announced the details about the qualification cups and also the first five invited players.

Qualification Cup Schedules

1. Qualifier

First Round - 13:00 CST, 4 November 2009
Second Round - 14:00 CST, 4 November 2009
Third Round - 14:30 CST, 4 November 2009
Fourth Round - 15:00 CST, 4 November 2009
Semi Final - 15:30 CST, 4 November 2009
Final & Match for 3rd Place - 16:00 CST, 4 November 2009

- Sign Up

2. Qualifier

First Round - 13:00 CST, 9 November 2009
Second Round - 14:00 CST, 9 November 2009
Third Round - 14:30 CST, 9 November 2009
Fourth Round - 15:00 CST, 9 November 2009
Semi Final - 15:30 CST, 9 November 2009
Final & Match for 3rd Place - 16:00 CST, 9 November 2009

- Sign Up

3. Qualifier

First Round - 13:00 CST, 12 November 2009
Second Round - 14:00 CST, 12 November 2009
Third Round - 14:30 CST, 12 November 2009
Fourth Round - 15:00 CST, 12 November 2009
Semi Final - 15:30 CST, 12 November 2009
Final & Match for 3rd Place - 16:00 CST, 12 November 2009

- Sign Up

4. Qualifier

First Round - 12:00 CST, 15 November 2009
Second Round - 13:00 CST, 15 November 2009
Third Round - 13:30 CST, 15 November 2009
Fourth Round - 14:00 CST, 15 November 2009
Semi Final - 14:30 CST, 15 November 2009
Final & Match for 3rd Place - 15:00 CST, 15 November 2009

- Sign Up

Qualifier Rules

Gametype: Duel
Timelimit: 10 minutes per Map
Matchsetting: Best of Three
Mapchoice: The higher seeded player tosses a map from the map list first, afterwards the other player tosses one map. From the three remaining maps the higher seeded player chooses first which map to play, then the other player selects the second map. The remaining map will be played as third map, if a decider is needed.
Maplist: qzdm6 (Campgrounds), qzdm13 (Lost World), qztourney7 (Furious Heights), qztourney9 (House of Decay), ztntourney1 (Blood Run)
Servers: Servers will be provided by ESL and the password will be announced on the day of the cup on the tournament rule site.

Here are the first five invites for the European Championship, the next five will be announced on Sunday and the last six will be announced on Tuesday.

European Championship Invites

Richard 'noctis' Gansterer

Magnus 'fox' Olsson

Michael 'madix' Hindersson

Benjamin 'calipt' Jakob

Aaron-Anton John 'VIZARI' Jones

Source: Qualifier Announcement - Invite Announcement

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Posted by Rondrian @ 09:59 CDT, 29 October 2009 - iMsg

Event: IEM4

The ESL just announced a change for the Intel Extreme Masters European Championship. They increased the number of participants from 16 to 32 players online and the top 16 will play in the offline finals instead of the top 8. That change also includes that now 12 players will meet in the World Championships in Hannover instead of 8.

That also means that the prize money for the European Championship is increased to $5,200 for the online group stage. The offline prize money stays at $8,000, that makes a total of $13,200 for the European Championship.

16 players will be invited directly, while another 16 players can qualify over four qualification cups. The top four of each qualification cup will join the Intel Extreme Masters European Championship.

Qualification Cup Dates

*Qualification Cup #1: Wed, 04/11/09 20:00 CET
*Qualification Cup #2: Mon, 09/11/09 20:00 CET
*Qualification Cup #3: Thu, 12/11/09 20:00 CET
*Qualification Cup #4: Sun, 15/11/09 20:00 CET

The cups are open to all players from Europe

Prize money overview

$13.200 Prize Money

$75 per won match
$100 Bonus for Qualifying for the Finals

Online: $5.200
Finals: $8.000

The first five invites for the European Championship will be announced tomorrow.

Source: Official Announcement

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