ok

Rooms can already be booked ($154/night)

lmao

How so?

Keep in mind that 154$=118€

This is far from expensive if you want to spend a night in dallas.

thats expensive, i can spend a night in poland for 5 euro :E

You can have clean hostel room for 8-15€ just about anywhere in the EU including all the major capitals, it's not only Poland:)

Hostels are different to hotels, and some can be quite expensive (at least in England). Also, as far as saving money goes, you can go to the back of any warehouse located within your designated tourist location, and get a large cardboard box for free!

Although 154/night is pointlessly expensive for a non-luxury hotel c:

Except it is a luxury hotel.. albeit a business one.

I agree, but I tried both ends from the $25 dirty horror to the $500 high-end shit (company paid for it ofc), and the only thing what matters is how clean are they.

If I'm in abroad, I don't want to waste time indoor, so all I need is a clean bathroom and clean bed to sleep.

edit: and the ladies are usually not into some cardbox fun anyway:(

and end up in the film Hostel 10 where you are very much DEAD

oh ok

Yes, but not at the Hilton Gdansk, which comes in at 525zloty (158USD) per night for that weekend. Remarkably similar price, given I've used google to convert the currency at current rates...

Interestingly, the Hilton Warsaw is cheaper (362 zloty / 109usd) - probably a reflection on the size of the hotel, or how popular it is or something.

It is most certainly expensive. You could find a hotel nearby for a third of the price.

?

Not that bad. Dallas is a big city, despite the rest of the state. =P

Rofl at ur "?" under the pic hahaha

Last time I was at Qcon my room costed 854dollars for all trip :)

Thats also money.

thats stating the obvious

xD

?

That is some expensive shit.

When you enter the verification age, the page says QuakeCon 2011.

you are too young

rofl :D

btw hi to all tards that said quakecon 2011 was the last one cause quakelive was dead

LMAO ROFL /o\

I'm fairly certain they meant it would be the last time they had a ql tourney and nothing in this news post comfirms another tournament.

lan dodger!

Hi! LMAO

hope they can finally provide normal schedule which takes QL as main game that isnt delayed by retards playing guitar hero and/or spectators will not have to w8 few hours between games.....

You mean exactly like last year which went so smoothly they actually shoutcasted DEMOS in order to not have 16hours of dead air every day ?

I mean qcon 2008 when final between zero4 and cypher was delayed cuz organisers focused on everything else except ql tournament.. Todd from id didnt even know nick of cypher.

I mean also we had to wait so long between games because schedule was fucked up. Additional any fail which they provided like power and stream down, prozac and slasher cases.

Theres no doubt that qcon is fucking awesome but come on they can do it better. I see huge improvement from one qcon to another. Hope this one gonna be perfect or close to perfect as much as possible.

Quakecon isn't a quake tournament. It's a pr event with a quake/whatever id related game tournament organized for some reason only a handful of people know because NOBODY cares about it.

QuakeCon is a LAN-Party, one of the biggest in the USA and the world. id Software was at one of the first editions of this LAN (can't remember if it actually was the very first one or a later one) and decided that they can use it as a pr-platform and in return help the organizers by making it the official id-event. Quake was always in the pro-tournament section except for what 2004/5? Where Doom was the most up to date game from id Soft (not to forget that Doom is a very popular game and also pretty close to Quake gameplay, eventough it isn't quite the same).

TL:DR; QuakeCon is not solely a PR-Event by id Software, altough many people think that it actually is organized completely by id Soft.

I wish I could still see the world shine and glitter like you do.

Not to difficult, just put down your emo-glasses and start looking at things as they are.

Do it first.

Never done anything else.

96 was the first Quakecon. There has always been Quake at Quakecon. In 07 there was all 4 Quakes. Quakecon has until recently been a totally volunteer community ran event with small backup support from id software. Now a days it may seem like more of a PR event, but I've been going for 12 years now and when I first started going it seemed more grassroots.

Quakecon started as a community-run LAN that id eventually got involved in if I remember right. Plus, it's more or less the only major lan in the US as far as I know. Blizzcon doesn't count because it's mostly just an occasion for WoW nerds to cosplay and other assorted horrible things.

Oh yeah right, I forgot the lan thing - genuinely can't understand the point of such a big lan nowadays - but it's still a pr event in the end.

Go back to CTF and Duel tournaments at QuakeCon please.

this

No, 2on2 tdm! :p

This!

This hotel is 100% non-smoking.

Most parts of the US are 100% non-smoking now. In Illinois, it's illegal to smoke indoors at any public place. Only place you can smoke inside is in a private residence.

I see nothing wrong with that.

Yeah, it really doesn't bother me either. Even when I was a smoker (2 months free after 8 years!) I hated smoking indoors or being in smoky houses/restaurants. You don't notice it if you sit inside smoking all day, but after like 2 days of not smoking inside you'll wonder how you ever put up with how nasty it really is. Ashes and smelly stale smoke all over the place.

So I should pay less then, I reckon ... at least I'd expect to.

This is actually a bit of a lie. You can smoke at any Hilton hotel in the room, if you pay. Meaning, you need to disclose this when you book the room or check-in because they will add an additional fee. Last time I checked it was $250 (to smoke, not including the cost of the room).

It isn't really an upfront fee I think. Everywhere I've stayed at just automatically charge you the $250 as a fine if they find out you smoked in the room. I guess the end-result is the same either way. To be fair I've never tried it, since $250 is a shitload of money for a cigarette.

some expensive ashtrays they got there

NOT QUITE AS EXPENSIVE AS LUNG CANCER.

Srsly, just smoke outside. The hotel design pretty much guarantees you will be walking outside at some point...might as well pull over, light up and converse with some random people before you enter the A/C again.

infinite pluses to whoever first makes a spinning qcon logo with year 2012

last year the qcon coverage was absolutely fine. if we constantly flame them for failing then we also need to acknowledge when they improve things

Agreed. Last year's coverage was pretty good. Also big props to Jehar and Greased for casting demos till the middle of the night.

does absolutely fine translate to good(ish)? if so, you could almost say ur not convinced the 'absolutely fine' coverage will be 2 years in a row, judging by your mildly enthusiastic formatting

does absolutely fine translate to good(ish)?

yes i think it was good. i went with fine cause there is still room to improve and other have shown that it can be better aswell. but well the most important thing is that i as a viewer, could enjoy the event.

if so, you could almost say ur not convinced the 'absolutely fine' coverage will be 2 years in a row, judging by your mildly enthusiastic formatting.

well i hope that they can do it again, but i dont think with qcons history and the lack of content/coverage from the guys that did qcon last time, that anyone can predict how it will turn out.
but the most important part is that we support if something gets improved, gets done well. downtalking the coverage from last year, throwing it together with what happened in the past will not motivate the people who put in their work and can make this years coverage to our liking.

if u dont believe they will succeed u still gonna support them? isnt that like lying?

i am saying that its hard to be sure, but i am confident that they can if they are motivated. and as i said, the negative, unjustified comments are not going to help achieving that

you sure about that? as i recall, they feedback from qc 2010 wasnt all positive. in fact, demos?

as i remember it the coverage for 2010 was not good and people flamed them (my memory isnt exactly the best so take it with a grain of salt). sure, they improved the next year but that does not mean that flaming them now after they have improved will result in the same

no, it would suggest it

bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

are you referring to that last year when all matched played at the same time ?

well then critizie scheduling and mention what you would like to get and not just a negative one liner on something that in particular was not an issue last year. i linked the spinning logo to bad coverage. thats also part of the tournament of course but at the same time its something kind of external, done but completely different people. and those people had to work with what they had

You do realize that there is a certain amount of time that the admins are given to complete all the matches right? You can't make everyone happy. Last year we chose the most intriguing matches at that time. We even held players to later start times so we could get them on the stream so you guys could watch. We had the community in mind last year, and we will go into this year with the same mindset. The job ql.tv last year was exceptional. 2GD was awesome too. Props to them.

the schedule could have been better though. The first day had a lot of unused time, which is something very rare to see at these events

Good job. Thank you. Please improve, like anything in this world.

Did you know that id employees look at this site? You could really hurt somebody with such thoughtlessly offensive statements.

WTT free hotel room for those cute little Commie boots you have from your days in the motherland.

haven't lost your shoe addiction I see :P

I think if you saw these boots you might catch my addiction. Are you in the market for some cute boots? I found some cute boots the other day for males, vintage but mint condition and verrrrrry 60's.

i only wear quoddys

Pair them with some Ball mason jars and some pseudo-intellectualism (lol drugs?), you've got yourself a fun time! :D

1V1 SE BO1 4ATTENDANS
CTF SE SUDDENDEATH 2TEAMS

raythenoob
fudge911
shadowmaster155
jamerio

Jamerio got this ez

How about close them all in submarine and drop to mariana trench?
I can donate one dolla for one way ticket for them.

Holy shit I was like, did I type this?

HOLY FUCK THE NICK CHANGE WORKED.
I GOT YOUR SOUL BRO

Hm...

hi, watsop?

OH NO A NICK I PREVIOUSLY USED ON ESR BUT NOT ONE FROM ANY OF MY GAMES OR GAMING WORLD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOW WILL I EVER GO ON ? :C

You seem really upset, try asking the admins for you nickname.

I'm 2 young 2 go plus i have skool

but im 2 kool 4 skool

but i would beat jamerio b/c i have been practicing with my personal trainer

hit me up if you want to save money and split a room.

SIDE NOTE: I like facial hair and cuddling, so if you aren't capable of either, don't bother responding

Ash_ (NOT the M5 _ash) said his parents let him have a free plane flight anywhere.
He told me he was thinking about going to QuakeCon sometime; I don't know if he is though.

ok mom.. dad.. listen i've setup my life, i saved 400 bucks to go to dallas, i will stay there for 3, 4 days, i stay at the hilton for 154 dollars a night and i will end 64 in competition so i come home broke, okay with ya?

You don't have to stay in Hilton, there are other hotels in Dallas too, probably less expencive cuz Hilton is fucking luxury-fag-palace.

Can't wait til you schlap that four thousand dollar cheque on the table

Can't wait to get the tournament information announcement on August 1st.

Can't wait for all the negative Gillz comments..... oh wait. nm

I hope they will have duel.
It would be really nice with a draft tournament or something IF they have tdm instead of the usual boring colwn.

colwn ended 2nd last year

dont get why everyone keeps forgetting that

cuz ic =/ colwn

and winz > fox at that time (and probably still his)

Yes winz is atm way better than fox cause fox hardly practised

edit: and back then winz was better than fox imo.

ppl forget how good fox played on cpm4 in the finals, too.

He played good in all matches, had best net in some of the matches, and never worst net(k/d). Altough i think they would have played better with winz. Would love to see a (in shape)fox/noctis combo though :) with deus and zyv aswell, cherubim!

also please release the tournament info a few months ahead this time.... I dont get why they would wait until there is only a week or two left -_-

also please release the tournament info a few months ahead this time

this is so important but i am not sure if anything changed in the way things are run so i wouldnt get my hopes up. and its not just the players that need to plan in advance, now like never before the community needs somethign to look forward to. announing tournaments early will have a positive influence on ql, i hope id (or rather the qcon team) does not miss the chance.

Don't get your hopes up. Last year was literally the most pathetic, late announcement I've ever seen. TWO weeks before the event.

who's in charge of that? Surely it doesn't have to do with quakecon volunteers though.

CORRECT!

They should have a ca tourney for togglers/hackers. You are allowed to use cheats. However, your team is DQed and tarred and feathered if you are caught for being blatant. You are also castrated. It should be a huge success.

I'd actually like to see a 1v1 tourney with wallhacks. :<

you never watched zotac?

lol

I'd need to watch it with a wallhack too so I have the same information as the players. That makes it interesting from a tactical point of view.

OK, so announce a teammod tournament this month so people can get active and prepare and get some sponsors who wants to show their name in USA

fuck quakecon

150$/night are you kidding me ?

zzzz

you are not forced to book a room there, are you

get a sponsor! and extra bed in the room D:

it's not a bad price for the high tier hotel that it is.

not like they're charging you $150 a night at a motel 6

Paris h. needs this money to keep her luxury life and ride everything what has dick and is alive.

150/night isn't actually that expensive for a hotel. Depending on how big the city, tourist activity and population, they get a lot more expensive than that. But on average, 150/night isn't that bad. And like everyone else has said 500 times already, you don't have to stay there. It's a really nice hotel and there's a 100% chance you'll find another, cheaper hotel nearby. It's not like you're forced to stay there if you can't swing the hilton.

154$ jesus crist ffs.

lol^ Also, lol'd at lukee's post. Things Quakecon can improve upon past events (quakecon events or dreamhack events or any other quake event, if they plan to host a quake tournament that is)....

-Announce the tournament early! (i mean within the next month or two.. if possible)
-Announce what gametypes will be there/# of players accepted (i guess it can just go with the first one)
-For fuck sakes, talk about Doom 4 because I've been in abstinence for way too long. need 2 jizz
-someone said up there^^ CTF>TDM. Nobody wants to see another colwn stomp (dhw was bad enough) or team of pro duelers stomp colwn *last qcon. CTF will most likely results in a less one-sided tournament.

"CTF will most likely results in a less one-sided tournament." - depends on how many EU teams will be able to show up. :>

depends on how many EU teams will be able to show up. depends on if viju decides to show up with 3 randoms. :>

rather just see a 64 player bo3 until 32, bo5 until players, bo7 in playoffs duel tournament over a team game.

fact is, hardly any EU teams if any will show up. outside of colwn.

to top that off, the NA scene is pretty shit, so tldr, a CTF tournament would be a massive fail. i dont want to see a bunch of pugs made up by the duelers to try and cash in.how many fucking times do i have to say it.

QUAKE

IS

A

DUEL

GAME.

how many times do all of these tournaments have to be shit before anyone realizes.. i dont know.. every single TDM tournament has been CRAP. the end.

Quake is a Deathmatch game: Duel, TDM and FFA :D
The other modes are not Quake, IMHO!

CTF is pefrectly fine, no?

sure of course.. its just not real Quake in my eyes.. Also I know most spectators prefer to watch CTF but its been my experience throughout the Quake games that most players prefer to play TDM (with the NA QL community being the obvious glaring exception).

So I guess its all in what you want Quakecon to be; A spectator show or a Quake LAN for Quake players.

What credentials do you have to state that something isn't quake? CTF was in qw for christ sake.

it was modded into qw after release.

Its like CoD and Search & Destroy mode. Sure games have tons of modes but there is always one where it works the best and the top tier talent is attracted to.

if euro teams had enough notice that there would be CTF think a few would make effort

maybe :)

iirc there had been big plans by some of the euro ctf players last year (who were severely disappointed after tdm has been announced), so maybe they've still got enough motivation for a possible ctf qcon after that euro LAN in a few months

Announce the tournaments already!

C T F
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N A M E
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oh wait, no quake :P

i take afrojack with me, he lives 3 streets away and we will see paris too :D

sign your kid up for everything :D

who gives a shit about the dates when you announce the tournaments 1 month before...

we need more maps ffs...

We do? I'd say if they announce the duel tournament on time maybe we'll see more names from europe if they have time to practise maps like: Bloodrun, Furious Heights, Lost World, Aerowalk and Toxicity. 5 maps, seems exactly the right amount?

edit: Trying to say that if the community just settles at the moment on 5 maps, pro's will have time to practise.

Better QuakeCon girls requested!

Stiflers mom

toogoods mum 8DDD

I seriously, not even joking, thought she was cute.

I didn't even seen her.

she was! but her tone was more of a slightly concerned grandma :(

154$ night?
show some TDM/DUEL action and we think about it.
no progaming, no visitors.

There are other hotels in Dallas besides the Hilton, fyi.

NO!!

no sponsors no progaming

most probably the reason why quakecon tournaments info is always released late.

no progaming = 7 less visitors than with progaming.

This will be the first quakecon with integrated gtv in QL+minicam's of player faces+joe comments and the ambient sound of the crowd. If you are a premium/pro you have some advantages like being able to SPRAYIN' COMMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The i realized i was daydreaming... ahhhhhh man, i miss GTV deeply...

With the same probability it could be the first QuakeCon without any quake whatsoever...

No problem mate im good adapting, no quake at quakecon no more subscriptions for me, easy as that ;)

that's because streams have not reached their full potential in QL events yet.

Last 2 dreamhacks got closer, but coverage still can improve massively:
- 2 or even 3 cameras, one for the commentators and the other to walk around players and in the event itself (which is something we have never seen so far)
- 3 to 4 microphones instead of only 2
- more interviews, especially considering quakecon is a great chance to talk with the developers.
- following players, showing the surroundings and so on.

in the end the idea is that one stream should cover the event as a whole but from a quakers perspective, so there are no breaks and the overall experience is condensed into just one well scripted show.

For example, full 2011 quakecon coverage consisted of the game's stream, stermy tv (if he did, can't remember), quakecon official stream (keynote and such) and youtube videos from 2gd (strenx interview), rakaka and other similar coverage websites that show the players playing from a third person perspective and interview them, and personal videos from players such as bichito (which I really recommend watching http://www.youtube.com/user/japiquake)

And who exactly is paying for all that equipment? Time to wake up buddy ...

Btw. esl had several cameras :x

np buying 2 mics, and the current static camera could be detached while absolutely nothing happens (no matches, interviews, etc).

/jamerio

I feel as if ID won't do that. I mean they already announced that this game was a "bad business deal", continuously supporting its esports scene wouldn't really be something that I see id doing. + I mean quake at most gets like 1-3k viewers which is not that great considering that the competitive players are at an extremely high level (I would go up to the point and say that QL is the SC2 of fps games because to play professionally, it takes so much mental strength... besides other factors like aim/movement etc) and the prize money is also kinda flimzy and not attractive and not very well distributed (only top 3 get paid, yet anyone in the top 8 can be considered at a similar level in terms of skill and deserved to get paid). And yeah what ffx said, I would watch the LVL^ stufff they would produce and then see like 400 viewers or something that'd upset me because so much money is being poured into whole thing to make it work.

Hmm, maybe I will attend. Who knows how many Quakecons will continue to happen in the future. I think I should attend at least one more before it never happens again.

Is there a LAN spot for old people? :)

N1ce!!!!

Oh boy, there he is.. There goes my first place - I'll try 'em and settle for second, money is money

LEGENDARY!

Great :)

nice

hope for some trash talking too

My trash talking would consist of: If it was 1999, I'd own you in a duel. ;) lol

A wild Nostalgia appears :/

open tourney this time

double elim if possible

that invitation only thing has become boring

Yes, plus the invitation thing tho ofcs.
Double elim for shizz

Hi i am looking 4 sponser

if u r intrested pls contact me at [email protected]

i won 5 zotac and i placed 63 at quakecon im really really good

I'd rather support 2-3 South American players to go to qcon for the drama

I'd rather see walter there

not to go to far off topic but does anyone have a top 10 for the winners of quakecon 2011?

i was wondering how cypher and zero4 did.


thanks

http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=2124545

cypher lost in 1/8 finals against strenx
zero4 lost in 1/8 finals against avek

you're welcome

open tourney or qualifiers!

or just invite me! :[

If you're going to Quakecon, can you at least take the flight from Madrid this time? :D

yes! xD

It's always been open no ?
You sign up for either amateur or pro and if you're a foreigner you get forced into the pro tour - atleast thats what happened to "tox1c" when he wanted the amateur tour. I might be wrong, haven't been there since 2009.

damn, i'll need an american id card then :D

didnt he get forced into the pro tour cuz he is not an amateur? :)

That sounds more reasonable rofl