Posted by ins @ 09:24 CST, 16 November 2021 - iMsg
Hope you liked our Quake Live tournament on November 2021? Coz we did! And that's why The Frags invites you all to another Quake Live 1v1 cup! Prize pool will be the same, 60,000 RUR (around $850).
Happy New Frags!! will be played on 09:00 CST, 26 December 2024! But this time we've got one special condition. Latecomers won't be waited longer than 15 minutes, so we recommend you not to try playing two tournaments at the same time, like in November. This is a special requirement from the main sponsor of the event.
DON'T FORGET YOU HAVE TO CHECK IN! CHECK IN STARTS ONE HOUR BEFORE THE CUP!
Anyone is free to participate or stream the cup, no restrictions. Contact cooke#9864 in Discord to ask any questions or make any suggestions.
Edit: Cup has been moved to 26 December to avoid clashing with a Diabotical LAN.
- Double Elimination Bracket
- Upper Bracket is Best-of-1 until 1/8, Best-of-3 from 1/8 onwards
- Lower Bracket is Best-of-1
- Lower Bracket Final is Best-of-3
- Grand Final is Best-of-5 with one map advantage for the upper bracket player
- No show def loss after 15 minutes
- Make sure you use servers with enough slots for streamers
- Double Elimination Bracket
- Upper Bracket is Best-of-1 until 1/8, Best-of-3 from 1/8 onwards
- Lower Bracket is Best-of-1
- Lower Bracket Final is Best-of-3
- Grand Final is Best-of-5 with one map advantage for the upper bracket player
- No show def loss after 15 minutes
- Make sure you use servers with enough slots for streamers
analysis:
we know for sure base account was used to cheat, since he said he got hacked, meaning it was for sure a ban for cheats and not a random vac for something else (dont even know what something else could've been)
when he got banned, 7 days ago, he didn't communicate at all
instead he changed his name enough times on steam so that his alias wouldnt show on steam name history, changed his avatar and deleted all his friends
only when this thread came up on esr he came out and said "i got hacked", 5 days after it happens
seems more like the behaviour of someone that got caught than the one of someone who got hacked
:O) more drama pls
CASTRATE HIM I SAY!!!
ps.: expecting base to rename to yay0 for next 125fps cup
Edited by ins at 08:53 CDT, 18 July 2016 - 327011 Hits
Just asking, been playing it a bit again lately. Me or anyone in portugal hadn't played it for a good 6 years but someone organized a tournament and we've all been playing for a couple of weeks now \o/
I recently wrote the first of a series of analytical articles to come about Quake Live.
This first one is about Cypher's playstyle for Titan, which is a take on how the Belarusian player approaches the various aspects of the game.
Here's a preview:
"As internet traffic evolved from the old copper phone lines to state of the art fibre-optics, games like Quake started to make full use of the new possibilities. With their focus shifting from single player campaigns to online deathmatch frenzies, users were finally able to compete live, against real people, from all around the world. This intense competitive environment is what the young Alexey Yanushevsky, who would later become known as "Cypher", ended up falling in love with."
The article is written in English and also translated to Russian, check it out here!
Feel like playing CTF
add-up in #ctfpickup
have to play a map i've never heard of before
find a stairway in the map with grenades spawning next to it
sit in it for 20 mins
spam 426 grenades
win the game with 0.3 grenades fired per second
c:
tl;dr: How to play CTF 5v5 in a map you've never seen before.
Scheduled: 07:30 CST, 22 February 2014 to 13:00 CST, 22 February 2014 Schedule: Passed
As announced earlier this month, ZOWIE GEAR is launching an online Quake Live tournament with a 500$ prize pool.
Last Saturday we saw Kook and Ash going toe-to-toe in the Qualifier Final for the last spot in the main tournament, and now we have the 6 players ready to go!
So, this Saturday at 07:30 CST, 22 February 2024, all hell shall break loose as these 6 quake monsters will duel their way to the top of the ZOWIE Quake Live Challenge!
Starting time: 07:30 CST, 22 February 2024 Maplist: CureSinisterLost WorldAerowalkFurious HeightsBlood RunToxicity Pick Format: All games are Best of 5, drop-drop and the final will be a Best of 7!
Scheduled: 07:30 CST, 15 February 2014 to 11:00 CST, 15 February 2014 Schedule: Passed
As mentioned earlier this month, ZOWIE GEAR is launching an online Quake Live tournament with a 500$ prize pool, for which 4 players are already invited (Cooller, evil, Cypher and Tox).
The main tournament will consist of 6 players, and this qualifier is to determine who will take the last two spots.
This Qualifier will take place this saturday, with a 30 minute check-in starting at 07:00 CST, 15 February 2024.
Starting time: 07:30 CST, 15 February 2024 Format: Single Elimination, Bo1 until Quarters, Bo3 until Finals, Bo5 Maplist: CureBlood RunLost WorldSinisterFurious HeightsToxicityAerowalk Drop Format: BoX - Drop until X maps left (cointoss).
Once again, ZOWIE hosts a Quake Live tournament! As with the previous installments, the event will consist of a Qualifier and the Main tournament.
4 Quake heavyweights will be invited directly and the qualifier will serve to decide which 2 players will join them in the main 6 player tournament to battle for money, glory and pride.
The qualifier will take place in the next Saturday, 15th Feb, and the main tournament on the 22nd. Don't miss out!
Cooller - Cooller: Fan favourite, Russian player in no need of introduction. With countless tournaments under his belt and too many accolades to mention, Cooller is hungry for more. And using his priceless experience, he's very capable of taking any match into his favour. Evil - Evil managed to make a big name for himself in 2012 with a Dreamhack title under his belt. He managed to build on this with some fantastic online performances, forcing his opponents to think long and hard on how to forge a 'key' to defeating him. He is currently top of Faceit's winter season leaderboard and also reigning champion of the last ZOWIE cup. He's back to defend his title. Cypher - Currently regarded as the No.1 Quake Live dueller in the world. Having won Dreamhack Winter 2013 and the last four 125 FPS Leagues, Cypher is a clear target for invitation to this tournament. Will he be able to improve on his 2nd place finish that he had at the last ZOWIE event in October? Tox - Having dominated the Swedish Championship only 2 weeks ago, Tox is becoming a scarier Quake Live dueller every event he plays. Using his all round Quake experience he's a force to behold when it comes to matches for high stakes. Deadly aim paired with a cool head makes for a combination to be feared by his opponents.
The team behind the ZootLive channel is proud to announce the launch of our website. We're now structuring our information in a more organized way. The website will allow you to check our stream, schedule, VOD, information about us and more.
A big thanks goes to all the people who have been watching and supporting our progress in the community. Here is how you can find us:
According to QLRanks.com, I now have over 2000 ELO in all the ranked gametypes.
I am now the first player in the world to achieve this, which obviously means I now am the BEST Quake Live player in the World.
I will not let this get over my head, I'll still talk to some of you and whatnot.
I also take this opportunity to announce my retirement, as there's nothing left in this game of lesser players for me to achieve.
Tonight I present to you a problem to which I need solutions for.
I have 2 audio cables (1 being the mic, the other one being the guitar).
Mic is connected to the mic line, and the guitar is connected to the blue line in.
I want to be able to use both of them in teamspeak/skype/mumble/etc, but all of these programs only let me choose 1 capture device.
Since I can't really bypass this, I'm trying to connect both the guitar and the mic to 1 virtual source so that I could use it as a capture device in mm3.
So far I've tried a program called Virtual Audio Cable, which should have done the trick, but it didn't work for me :(.
Scheduled: 08:00 CDT, 26 October 2013 to 14:30 CDT, 26 October 2013 Schedule: Passed
As announced earlier this month, ZOWIE GEAR is launching an online Quake Live tournament with a 500$ prize pool.
Last Saturday we saw Agent and kook going toe-to-toe in the Qualifier Final for the last spot in the main tournament, and now we have the 4 players ready to go!
Despite winning the qualifier, Agent says he will not be able to play, so kook will take his spot.
Starting time: 08:00 CDT, 26 October 2024 Format: Double Elimination Playoff Bracket Maplist: CureBlood RunLost WorldSinisterFurious Heights Pick Format: All games are Best of 5, pick-pick.
Scheduled: 14:00 CDT, 23 October 2013 to 16:00 CDT, 23 October 2013 Schedule: Passed
This Wednesday, two of South Africa's finest are going toe-to-toe in a showmatch brough to you by ZootLive.
Both Detrony and Ph4ntom are going to Dreamhack to show the world exactly what the South African community is capable of. We have organised this event to get a glimpse of what they can do. The Europeans need to watch out.
Scheduled: 08:00 CDT, 19 October 2013 to 12:00 CDT, 19 October 2013 Schedule: Passed
As mentioned earlier this month, ZOWIE GEAR is launching an online Quake Live tournament with a 500$ prize pool, for which 3 players are already invited (Cooller, evil and Cypher).
The main tournament will consist of 4 players, and this qualifier is to determine who will take the last spot.
This Qualifier will take place this saturday, with a 30 minute checking starting at 07:30 CDT, 19 October 2024.
Starting time: 08:00 CDT, 19 October 2024 Format: Single Elimination Maplist: CureBlood RunLost WorldSinisterFurious Heights Drop Format: BoX - Drop until X maps left (cointoss).
why aren't they completely gone from my sight?
Can't even browse esr anymore, 85% of everything is ignored user threads, I'd prefer not even seeing them as I'm trying to ignore ppl, not have their actions disguised for my eyes everytime I try to browse the website.
In order to celebrate the release of the ZOWIE EC eVo CL and the cooperation with Quake Legend Anton ‘Cooller’ Singov, ZOWIE GEAR is launching an online Quake Live tournament with a 500$ prize pool.
Other than Cooller, ZOWIE decided to invite Sergey ‘evil’ Orekhov who recently placed 2nd in QuakeCon 2013 and Alexey ‘Cypher’ Yanushevsky who is widely regarded as one of the best Quake players ever with medals across events such as ESWC, IEM and DreamHack.
These three players were invited for the grand finals to take place on October 26th and the final player will be found through one qualifier on October 19th which will be open for all European players to attend. The open qualifier will also offer a ZOWIE EC eVo CL as a prize for winning player. The sign-ups for the event are open at our website.
So, after the first attempt (link), once again I stumbled across someone using aimbot and wallhack, and it took me some attempts, but I managed to overcome the barrier. Probably the only reason I still enjoy quake more than any other FPS, you can overcome any obstacle.
Apparently, someone youtubed the game, so here's the link:
About the aimbot part, it's definitely not a 100% LG 100% RG Aimbot, it's much more humanized and based on prediction, you can tell by the grenades, rocket and plasma, which were amazingly hard to dodge against.
The last Summer Cup before Quakecon, we present to you, FACEIT Sunday Summer Cup #4!
The FACEIT Summer Season will be played each Sunday for the coming month, where 128 players can join and play for $125, as well as points to qualify them for the Finale.
You can already sign-up for the tournament at this moment. Check-ins will open at 07:00 CDT, with the cup starting at 08:00 CDT.
This Sunday (28 July) will be the third Sunday Summer Season cup. It will be brought to you by Daniel "ddk" Kapadia and Bruno "ins" Pereira on FACEIT TV. The stream will go live at 08:30 CDT.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A elims, Player B elims, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Scheduled: 08:00 CDT, 21 July 2013 to 13:00 CDT, 21 July 2013 Schedule: Passed
Number three of the FACEIT Sunday Summer Cup is going live this Sunday afternoon!
The FACEIT Summer Season will be played each Sunday for the coming month, where 128 players can join and play for $125, as well as points to qualify them for the Finale.
You can already sign-up for the tournament at this moment. Check-ins will open at 07:00 CDT, with the cup starting at 08:00 CDT.
This Sunday (21 July) will be the third Sunday Summer Season cup. It will be brought to you by Daniel "ddk" Kapadia and Bruno "ins" Pereira on FACEIT TV. The stream will go live at 08:30 CDT.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A elims, Player B elims, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Scheduled: 19:00 CDT, 26 July 2013 to 00:00 CDT, 27 July 2013 Schedule: Passed
As you may or may not have heard yet, we announced test tournaments for the South American Quake Live community, specifically a CA 4v4 and a Duel tournament.
If you live in South America and would like to participate in these cups, create an account on FACEIT and sign-up for the cups in the following links:
When: 19:00 CDT, 26 July 2013 (Check-ins are open 1 hour before the tournament starts) Mappool: Aerowalk, Furious Heights, Lost World, Campgrounds, Blood Run, Toxicity, Hektik Sign-up
When: 19:00 CDT, 27 July 2013 (Check-ins are open 1 hour before the tournament starts) Mappool: Almost Lost, Asylum, Hidden Fortress, Campgrounds, Overkill, The Edge, Trinity Sign-up
Scheduled: 13:00 CDT, 18 July 2013 Schedule: Passed
With QuakeCon 2013 coming closer and closer, FACEIT will warm you up with some Clan Arena 3 versus 3 action!
Last week we saw l0wfly ripping everyone apart to become the first team qualified! This week we selected 2 duel masters as captains to face off vs 2 established Clan Arena teams. Pavel "pavel" Fomkin and Alessandro "stermy" Avallone have had the chance to put together their own teams and will be facing aCtion ligan headed by nightops and verde districto headed by prox this Thusrday.
Pavel chose to play under the 102 tag and selected 421 and Latrommi as his team mates, while stermy will be playing as colwn next to his brother h41 and a third player still to be announced.
Commentary will be provided live this Thursday at 13:00 CDT on FACEIT TV, brought to you by Daniel "ddk" Kapadia and Bruno "ins" Pereira.
Scheduled: 08:00 CDT, 14 July 2013 to 16:00 CDT, 14 July 2013 Schedule: Passed
Number two of the FACEIT Sunday Summer Cup is going live (again!) this Sunday afternoon!
The FACEIT Summer Season will be played each Sunday for the coming month, where 128 players can join and play for $125, as well as points to qualify them for the Finale.
You can already sign-up for the tournament at this moment. Check-ins will open at 07:00 CDT, with the cup starting at 08:00 CDT.
This Sunday (14 July) will be the second Sunday Summer Season cup. It will be brought to you by Daniel "ddk" Kapadia and Bruno "ins" Pereira on FACEIT TV. The stream will go live at 08:30 CDT.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A elims, Player B elims, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Every day FACEIT plays host to several online tournaments in Quake Live. To give you an overview of all happenings, we have put together a schedule with all Quake Live tournaments we run in a week.
From Monday to Friday we have our daily FACEIT Points Cups for several duel levels, as well as for Clan Arena 2 versus 2. On Saturday we have three cups, limited to Premium users with higher point prizes. These points can be exchanged for prizes, such as Razer gear, in the FACEIT Shop.
This weekend we also have two cash event. On Saturday we have the FACEIT Pro Draft Cup with $700 prize. On Sunday our Summer Season will continue with its second installment.
The stream will be on FACEIT TV as always, with Daniel "ddk" Kapadia. He will be joined by Livia "Liefje" Teernstra. They will be going live at 08:30 CDT.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A elims, Player B elims, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
This cup will be followed by the FACEIT Quake Live North America Spring Cup #7. You can already sign up for the last installment. It will start at 13:00 CDT, with check-ins going open at 12:00 CDT.
Scheduled: 09:00 CDT, 15 June 2013 to 14:00 CDT, 15 June 2013 Schedule: Passed
Tomorrow at 09:00 CDT the FACEIT dLcompare.com TDM Challenge's second qualifier will take place. The teams are fighting over the course of three Saturdays to receive points, which can qualify them for the Grand Finale.
The Grand Finale will be taking place on 29 June, where the top eight will get a shot at the $1000 prize purse. You can see each qualifier and the Grand Finale on FACEIT TV, with the second qualifier being casted by Daniel "ddk" Kapadia, who is joined by Livia "Liefje" Teernstra.
Our own little italian Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone is currently taking part in a Rebook challenge hosted by Alex Zanardi.
5 Bloggers were asked to set a fitness goal to achieve in 8 weeks time, the winner is the one with more points that achieved his goal.
Stermy's goal is to be able to play a full 90 minute football match, he's practicing daily with a personal trainer from Rebook, but he could use a little help with the votes!
This is the second video from S4, featuring frags from both the Australian Quake Live community at 4seasonsgaming and demos from the 125FPS cups, with thanks to Zoot and Ins.
Here are the FACEIT Daily Cups for 6 to 9 May. All the cups will kick off at 13:30 CDT, with check-ins opening at 12:30 CDT, except for the CA cups, which will start one hour earlier, 12:30 CDT (check-in opens at 11:30 CDT).
Monday will feature the Level 4 and Level 8 duel cups, while on Wednesday the other two levels, 6 and 10, will be able to face each other off.
This week we will be featuring two Team Deathmatch cups instead of CA. On Tuesday the TDM 2v2 Cup will take place, while on Thursday teams of four can get their fix. This does not mean we will stop hosting CA cups, but we will be alternating every week between TDM and CA.
You can create a team in the right top corner (2/4 - depending which cup - players per team max.). If you are already in a team, you will have to quit it. Be sure all players check-in.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals and Grand Final will be Best-of-Three.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Team/Player A (team/player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Team/Player A elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, Team/Player A elims third, Team/Player B elims fourth, Team/Player A picks map, Team/Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Team/Player A elims, Team/Player B elims, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Don't forget you can play on the FACEIT QL Ladder every evening from 11:00 CDT till 17:00 CDT!
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A elims, Player B elims, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
This cup will be followed by the FACEIT Quake Live North America Spring Cup #2, as it was last week. You can already sign-up for it. It will start at 13:00 CDT, with check-ins going open at 12:00 CDT
Scheduled: 08:30 CDT, 20 April 2013 to 13:00 CDT, 20 April 2013 Schedule: Passed
After some time of being away from the Quake scene, ZOWIE's back to sponsor another Quake Live tournament! This Saturday, you'll have the opportunity to win a ZOWIE EC2 eVo White!
Tournament Format:
1. This tournament will be played one versus one (1v1)
2. Each map length will be ten (10) minutes
3. The bracket will be single elimination
4. Each match will be a best-of-one (BO1) until the quarter finals which will be a best-of-three (BO3) and the Grand Final will be a best-of-five (BO5).
Drop System:
Drop until X maps are left where X = BO number
Note: To register during the check-in phase, PM ins on irc.
Here are the FACEIT Daily Cups for 25 to 28 March. All the cups will kick off at 13:30 CDT, with check-ins opening at 12:30 CDT, except for the TDM cups, which will start one hour earlier, 12:30 CDT (check-in opens at 11:30 CDT).
Monday will feature the Level 4 and Level 8 duel cups, while on Wednesday the other two levels, 6 and 10, will be able to face each other off.
This week however, we will be featuring two Team Deathmatch cups instead of Clan Arena. On Tuesday the TDM 2v2 Test Cup will take place, while on Thursday teams of four can get their fix. You can create a team in the right top corner, be sure to only add one extra person to the team (2/4 - depending which cup - players per team max.). If you are already in a team, you will have to quit it. Be sure all players check-in.
This does not mean we will stop hosting CA cups, but we will be alternating every week between TDM and CA.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals and Grand Final will be Best-of-Three.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Team/Player A (team/player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Team/Player A elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, Team/Player A elims third, Team/Player B elims fourth, Team/Player A picks map, Team/Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Team/Player A elims, Team/Player B elims, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Don't forget you can play on the FACEIT QL Ladder every evening from 13:00 CDT till 19:00 CDT!
Here are the FACEIT Daily Cups for 8 to 11 April. All the cups will kick off at 13:30 CDT, with check-ins opening at 12:30 CDT.
Monday will feature the Level 4 and Level 8 duel cups, while on Wednesday the other two levels, 6 and 10, will be able to face each other off.
This week however, we will be featuring two Clan Arena cups instead of Team Deathmatch. On Tuesday the CA 2v2 Daily Cup will take place, while on Thursday teams of four can get their fix. You can create a team in the right top corner, be sure to only add one extra person to the team (2/4 - depending which cup - players per team max.). If you are already in a team, you will have to quit it. Be sure all players check-in.
This does not mean we will stop hosting TDM cups, but we will be alternating every week between TDM and CA.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals and Grand Final will be Best-of-Three.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Team/Player A (team/player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Team/Player A elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, Team/Player A elims third, Team/Player B elims fourth, Team/Player A picks map, Team/Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Team/Player A elims, Team/Player B elims, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Don't forget you can play on the FACEIT QL Ladder every evening from 13:00 CDT till 19:00 CDT!
Here are the FACEIT Daily Cups for 25 to 28 March. All the cups will kick off at 13:30 CDT, with check-ins opening at 12:30 CDT, except for the TDM cups, which will start one hour earlier, 12:30 CDT (check-in opens at 11:30 CDT).
Monday will feature the Level 4 and Level 8 duel cups, while on Wednesday the other two levels, 6 and 10, will be able to face each other off.
This week however, we will be featuring two Team Deathmatch cups instead of Clan Arena. On Tuesday the TDM 2v2 Test Cup will take place, while on Thursday teams of four can get their fix. You can create a team in the right top corner, be sure to only add one extra person to the team (2/4 - depending which cup - players per team max.). If you are already in a team, you will have to quit it. Be sure all players check-in.
This does not mean we will stop hosting CA cups, but we will be alternating every week between TDM and CA.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals and Grand Final will be Best-of-Three.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Team/Player A (team/player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Team/Player A elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, Team/Player A elims third, Team/Player B elims fourth, Team/Player A picks map, Team/Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Team/Player A elims, Team/Player B elims, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Don't forget you can play on the FACEIT QL Ladder every evening from 13:00 CDT till 19:00 CDT!
The 26th FACEIT Quake Live Sunday Cup is coming up. Last week we saw Evil annihilating everyone on his path to become the first player to reach 100 points in Winter Season 2013. With this being the last cup for this season, who will be the 8 players to secure their spot in the Winter Finals?
We are back with the stream this week on FACEIT TV with Daniel "ddk" Kapadia and Xavier "Zoot" Dhorne who will be going live at 08:30 CDT.
The FACEIT Sunday Cup #26 will be kicking off at 08:00 CDT, while check-ins open at 07:00 CDT. You can currently already sign-up. If you are not playing, be sure to tune in to find out who will take one step closer to qualify for the $500 Winter Championship Finale.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A elims, Player B elims, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Here are the FACEIT Daily Cups for 25 to 28 March. All the cups will kick off at 14:30 CDT, with check-ins opening at 13:30 CDT.
Monday will feature the Level 4 and Level 8 duel cups, while on Wednesday the other two levels, 6 and 10, will be able to face each other off.
As like last week we will also be hosting two Clan Arena cups. On Tuesday the CA 2v2 Test Cup will take place, while on Thursday teams of four can get their fix. You can create a team in the right top corner, be sure to only add one extra person to the team (2/4 - depending which cup - players per team max.). If you are already in a team, you will have to quit it. Be sure all players check-in.
We'll also feature a 2v2 TDM Cup this Friday, as we did last week.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals and Grand Final will be Best-of-Three.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Team/Player A (team/player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Team/Player A elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, Team/Player A elims third, Team/Player B elims fourth, Team/Player A picks map, Team/Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Team/Player A elims, Team/Player B elims, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Don't forget you can play on the FACEIT QL Ladder every evening from 13:00 CDT till 19:00 CDT!
Scheduled: 09:30 CDT, 24 March 2013 to 15:00 CDT, 24 March 2013 Schedule: Passed
The 25th FACEIT Quake Live Sunday Cup is coming up. We have a new tournament leader as dem0n has eventually accumulated enough points to overtake Evil in the Winter Season Ranking, and with just 2 weeks remaining before the season closes, you all better get some points too!
We are back with the stream this week on FACEIT TV with Daniel "ddk" Kapadia and Xavier "Zoot" Dhorne who will be going live at 09:30 CDT.
The FACEIT Sunday Cup #25 will be kicking off at 09:00 CDT, while check-ins open at 08:00 CDT. You can currently already sign-up. If you are not playing, be sure to tune in to find out who will take one step closer to qualify for the $500 Winter Championship Finale.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals will be Best-of-Three, and the Grand Final will be Best-of-Five.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Player A (player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Player A elims first map, Player B elims second, Player A elims third, Player B elims fourth, Player A picks map, Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Player A elims, Player B elims, Player A picks, Player B picks, Player A picks, Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Karby, from Quake.cz, recently interviewed the russian godfather of Quake, 102.cooke.
"When I created 102 the main aim was to bring Russian quakers to LANs, show the world what Russians can do. Evil already won Dreamhack, so I guess everybody see what we can do."
Read the full interview in both Czech and English here.
Here are the FACEIT Daily Cups for 18 to 21 March. All the cups will kick off at 14:30 CDT, with check-ins opening at 13:30 CDT.
Monday will feature the Level 4 and Level 8 duel cups, while on Wednesday the other two levels, 6 and 10, will be able to face each other off.
As like last week we will also be hosting two Clan Arena cups. On Tuesday the CA 2v2 Test Cup will take place, while on Thursday teams of four can get their fix. You can create a team in the right top corner, be sure to only add one extra person to the team (2/4 - depending which cup - players per team max.). If you are already in a team, you will have to quit it. Be sure all players check-in.
Update: This Friday will also feature our first TDM Cup, which will be in the 2v2 format.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals and Grand Final will be Best-of-Three.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Team/Player A (team/player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Team/Player A elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, Team/Player A elims third, Team/Player B elims fourth, Team/Player A picks map, Team/Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Team/Player A elims, Team/Player B elims, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Don't forget you can play on the FACEIT QL Ladder every evening from 13:00 CDT till 19:00 CDT!
Scheduled: 08:00 CDT, 16 March 2013 to 17:00 CDT, 16 March 2013 Schedule: Passed
After all these qualifiers, 16 players are now set and ready to compete in the Renaissance Duel tourney! The ~1900€ tourney will start at 08:00 CDT, 16 March 2024 and Zoot will stream it all right here at 102.tv.
The main tournament will be played as a 16-player bracket. Full double elimination - that means the play who gets to the Grand Finals from lower bracket will have to win two sets in order to get Gold. All the games are Bo3 besides the Grand Final which is Bo5.
If a player doesn't show up for a match within 15 minutes, they will be given a defloss and his enemy will advance forward. After each match, players should inform referees about their match result.
Matches can be played on any European server. Ping difference shouldn't be higher than 20ms. If that is the case then players can refuse to play on a server. If players can't find a server by themselves, they should ask a referee what to do. Server can be changed during the match, different maps might be played on different servers. The match can be restarted in case one player got dropped from the server before the timer reached 02:00 - but only if his opponent doesn't have problems with it.
Any side software is forbidden, and if somebody is using it they will be disqualified and banned. Every player should record all the demos and send it to referees if needed. If a player can't provide a demo, game can be replayed or player might be disqualified.
Format: 16 player Double Elimination Best-of-Rounds: All the games both in Lower and Upper Bracket are Bo3 and Grand Final is Bo5 Mappool: AerowalkBlood RunCampgroundsLost WorldToxicity
Here are the FACEIT Daily Cups for 11 to 14 March. All the cups will kick off at 14:30 CDT, with check-ins opening at 13:30 CDT.
Monday will feature the Level 4 and Level 8 duel cups, while on Wednesday the other two levels, 6 and 10, will be able to face each other off.
As like last week we will also be hosting two Clan Arena cups. On Tuesday the CA 2v2 Test Cup will take place, while on Thursday teams of four can get their fix. You can create a team in the right top corner, be sure to only add one extra person to the team (2/4 - depending which cup - players per team max.). If you are already in a team, you will have to quit it. Be sure all players check-in.
Format: First rounds will be Best-of-One, Quarter Finals and Semi Finals and Grand Final will be Best-of-Three.
Map picking:
- Bo1: Team/Player A (team/player labeled as "host" in match-up), elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, repeat until one map is left.
- Bo3: Team/Player A elims first map, Team/Player B elims second, Team/Player A elims third, Team/Player B elims fourth, Team/Player A picks map, Team/Player B picks map, final map decider
- Bo5: Team/Player A elims, Team/Player B elims, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, Team/Player A picks, Team/Player B picks, final map decider
Other:
- Servers must be located within Europe, unless both players agree differently.
Scheduled: 08:00 CST, 9 March 2013 to 13:00 CST, 9 March 2013 Schedule: Passed
March 16th, 2013, is going to meet us with an invitational 16 slots Duel Tourney "Quake Renaissance". We're going to send out 12 direct invites, the other 4 slots are open for those who manage to get top places on qualifying tourneys taking place on March 2nd and 9th. Tourney will be organized by deliberate murder and is privately sponsored.
The main tournament will be played as a 16-player bracket. Full double elimination - that means the play who gets to the Grand Finals from lower bracket will have to win two sets in order to get Gold. All the upper bracket matches are Bo3, lower are Bo1. The Grand Final is Bo5. Regarding the qualification tournaments, they are single elimination tournaments - Bo1 until Quarter Finals+ which are played as Bo3. Both finalists will qualify to the main tournament, winners will be awarded with stronger seeds.
If a player doesn't show up for a match within 15 minutes, they will be given a default loss and his enemy will advance forward. After each match, players should inform referees about their match result.
Matches can be played on any European server. Ping difference shouldn't be higher than 20ms. If that is the case then players can refuse to play on a server. If players can't find a server by themselves, they should ask a referee what to do. Server can be changed during the match, different maps might be played on different servers. The match can be restarted in case one player got dropped from the server before the timer reached 02:00 - but only if his opponent doesn't have problems with it.
Any side software is forbidden, and if somebody is using it they will be disqualified and banned. Every player should record all the demos and send it to referees if needed. If a player can't provide a demo, game can be replayed or player might be disqualified.
None of the directly invited players are able to take part in any of the qualifiers.
When: 08:00 CST, 9 March 2013 Tournament Format: Single Elimination. Bo1 all games. Bo3 from Quarters, Final is Bo3. Map Picking System: Bo1: drop drop drop drop Bo3: pick pick drop drop Bo5: pick pick pick pick
Posted by ins @ 11:20 CST, 27 February 2013 - iMsg
Scheduled: 08:00 CST, 2 March 2013 to 13:00 CST, 2 March 2013 Schedule: Passed
March 16th, 2013, is going to meet us with an invitational 16 slots Duel Tourney "Quake Renaissance". We're going to send out 12 direct invites, the other 4 slots are open for those who manage to get top places on qualifying tourneys taking place on March 2nd and 9th. Tourney will be organized by deliberate murder and is privately sponsored.
The main tournament will be played as a 16-player bracket. Full double elimination - that means the play who gets to the Grand Finals from lower bracket will have to win two sets in order to get Gold. All the upper bracket matches are Bo3, lower are Bo1. The Grand Final is Bo5. Regarding the qualification tournaments, they are single elimination tournaments - Bo1 until Quarter Finals+ which are played as Bo3. Both finalists will qualify to the main tournament, winners will be awarded with stronger seeds.
If a player doesn't show up for a match within 15 minutes, they will be given a defloss and his enemy will advance forward. After each match, players should inform referees about their match result.
Matches can be played on any European server. Ping difference shouldn't be higher than 20ms. If that is the case then players can refuse to play on a server. If players can't find a server by themselves, they should ask a referee what to do. Server can be changed during the match, different maps might be played on different servers. The match can be restarted in case one player got dropped from the server before the timer reached 02:00 - but only if his opponent doesn't have problems with it.
Any side software is forbidden, and if somebody is using it they will be disqualified and banned. Every player should record all the demos and send it to referees if needed. If a player can't provide a demo, game can be replayed or player might be disqualified.
None of the directly invited players are able to take part in any of the qualifiers.
When: 08:00 CST, 2 March 2013 Tournament Format: Single Elimination. Bo1 all games. Bo3 from Quarters, Final is Bo3. Map Picking System: Bo1: drop drop drop drop Bo3: pick pick drop drop Bo5: pick pick pick pick
Posted by ins @ 14:46 CST, 18 February 2013 - iMsg
March 16th, 2013, is going to meet us with an invitational 16 slots Duel Tourney "Quake Renaissance". We're going to send out 12 direct invites, the other 4 slots are open for those who manage to get top places on qualifying tourneys taking place on March 2nd and 9th. Tourney will be organized by deliberate murder and is privately sponsored.
The main tournament will be played as a 16-player bracket. Full double elimination - that means the play who gets to the Grand Finals from lower bracket will have to win two sets in order to get Gold. All the upper bracket matches are Bo3, lower are Bo1. The Grand Final is Bo5. Regarding the qualification tournaments, they are single elimination tournaments - Bo1 until Quarter Finals+ which are played as Bo3. Both finalists will qualify to the main tournament, winners will be awarded with stronger seeds.
If a player doesn't show up for a match within 15 minutes, they will be given a defloss and his enemy will advance forward. After each match, players should inform referees about their match result.
Matches can be played on any European server. Ping difference shouldn't be higher than 20ms. If that is the case then players can refuse to play on a server. If players can't find a server by themselves, they should ask a referee what to do. Server can be changed during the match, different maps might be played on different servers. The match can be restarted in case one player got dropped from the server before the timer reached 02:00 - but only if his opponent doesn't have problems with it.
Any side software is forbidden, and if somebody is using it they will be disqualified and banned. Every player should record all the demos and send it to referees if needed. If a player can't provide a demo, game can be replayed or player might be disqualified.
None of the directly invited players are able to take part in any of the qualifiers.
So, xiripiti, an old q3 player, wants to design a new Campgrounds and he's looking for suggestions, ideas, anything that can help with the creation of it.
His view of it is that with the addition of small fast maps like Hektik and Toxicity, dm6 now feels too big and slow for duels.
He already made a maquette of how he's planning to create the map. Take a look and comment your suggestions!
Update:
Edited by ins at 09:36 CDT, 17 April 2013 - 45569 Hits
Tournament Format:
1. This tournament will be played one versus one (1v1)
2. Each map length will be ten (10) minutes
3. The bracket will be single elimination
4. Each match will be a best-of-one (BO1) until the quarter finals which will be a best-of-three (BO3) and the Grand Final will be a best-of-five (BO5).
Drop System:
Drop until X maps are left where X = BO number
Note: To register in the check-in phase, PM ins on irc.
after some various settings changes and whatnot, this is pretty much the maximum quality i can stream while playing fullscreen using OBS: http://pt.twitch.tv/insan3quake/b/357096849
how bad is it? :|
i have an i3, so I dno what can I do to improve the quality besides buying another cpu
(have my nick back again :ooo )
Edited by ins at 02:01 CST, 15 January 2013 - 5358 Hits
Tournament Format:
1. This tournament will be played one versus one (1v1)
2. Each map length will be ten (10) minutes
3. The bracket will be single elimination
4. Each match will be a best-of-one (BO1) until the quarter finals which will be a best-of-three (BO3) and the Grand Final will be a best-of-five (BO5).
Drop System:
Drop until X maps are left where X = BO number
Note: To register in the check-in phase, PM ins on irc.
Messi won Ballon D'Or last year because he won La Liga, even though Ronaldo had been the best scorer.
Now he wins again cause he was best scorer, even though Ronaldo won La Liga.
Dreamteam: Cristiano, Falcao, Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Xabi Alonso, Marcelo, Ramos, Piqué, Alves y Casillas.
Makes a lot of sense to put 5 players of one team in the dreamteam even though the team they're belong didn't get to the Champions League Final or won it's country League.
Not gonna discuss much about the Best Coach, cause Del Bosque did win the Euro, even though Mourinho finally won La Liga.
Because, Fuck Logic.
Edited by xXx[69]_ins_[#SW4G]xXx at 13:49 CST, 7 January 2013 - 13689 Hits
Tournament Format:
1. This tournament will be played one versus one (1v1)
2. Each map length will be ten (10) minutes
3. The bracket will be single elimination
4. Each match will be a best-of-one (BO1) until the quarter finals which will be a best-of-three (BO3) and the Grand Final will be a best-of-five (BO5).
Drop System:
Drop until X maps are left where X = BO number
Note: To register in the check-in phase, PM ins on IRC.
What I am going to tell you right now is how I started and why it is important to never give up, no matter what happens to you. For the people who don't know me, my name is Kévin Baeza, and I am 21 years old playing for team fnatic (www.fnatic.com).
In-game, I'm known as strenx. I don't really know why I have chosen this name to begin with. It could have been derived from the word “strength” as I once said during an interview but I don't even remember exactly. However, I stuck to the name and I have played Quake and I'm willing to replay this game.
When I was nine years old, I started playing Quake and I did not know anything about professional gaming or tournaments. Playing and winning were my two motivations.
I started playing Quake 3 on the patch 1,11. I played 1v1 instagib (rail gun only) for 4 years on dm17. Though, at the same time I was told that a lot of people played Quake with a patch called 1.32 on OSP mod.
I joined some duel servers and the first days were a true nightmare. Indeed, I was being owned by a lot of people. I told them that I would own them with a 1v1 instagib.
I was young and what I did not realize is that in “real games” people used «all weapons». I played duel against some top French players at that time. Some people did not believe that I was a beginner with the rest of the weapons. They thought that I had good potential. Actually, I was really happy about that. When I started playing Quake at the age of 9 my whole life was devoted to that game.
I was told that there were tournaments, and of course, professional players who already had established themselves as “legends of quake”. When I watched ESWC with fox, z4muz, LeXeR, polosiaty, unKind, cooller. All these players were untouchable in my eyes. From my standpoint, these guys were legends.
They were impossible to reach and to talk with. I have never managed to catch them and never been able to play them once. I told myself one thing from that moment on: «If I were pro, I would always be there for the others in-game. I would try to talk as much with players and give them advice if they needed”. Because at that time I was not able to talk to pros and play with them, I don't want others to experience the same problem.
After that, I started to discover pickups and started playing capturetheflag with people from the community. But people started to be suspicious about me and they accused me of aliasing. However, it was not really a problem. The real problem, which I at start thought was not a problem at all, was during the time I was started being called a cheater. I was really happy at the beginning because it proved that you are good and you could have a good aim, I was truely happy about it... Maybe I was too young.
Days after days and months after months, I started to react to their insults and to their unremitting kicks. I was young and I always wanted to reply to this. I remember that I started to be banned on pickup more and more often cause people said they did not want to play with/against a cheater. Though, I could not prove it because I was too young to go to a LAN. But thanks to that, I could at least play the top french players at that time. All these guys wanted me to play these pros and they wanted to prove that I cheated. But they never found any proofs. But, deep down in my heart, I was so happy to duel against the best frenchs players in that time. They made fun of me though, owning me +40. I was happy to duel them anyways. Years were gone and I had to stop quake for 1 year in order to end all of this suffering and false accusations. But the reason why I comeback at 14-15 years was because I watched ESWC 2004, and I saw all theses pros. I didn't know their faces but when I saw their nickname, I could imagine them as god, as true gods, and I really wanted to play back. I started to alias their name so I could think I was like them. But things got worse years per years... People kept accusing me of cheating and they made fun of me because the more I was replying, the more it was getting worse, and it lasted 4 years. When you are young and you think only about the game, it is really hard to endure that (I know what I am talking about). And then, I was totally banned from all the french pickups and all french leagues, without any real proofs. From now, I would say it was jealousy. But I would thank them anyways.. why? Because without that I would not be what I am today in esports. Since that moment, I played duel only because it was the only thing I could do. I practiced day and night until I could attend a lan. I wanted to play Quake 4, still my computer was too bad. In 2008, they've put Quake 3 back at ESWC. You can't imagine how happy I was. All the actual duel french players at that time were there (falcuma, unity, linkin). I said that I will win this cup and I will shut all the mouth of everybody that made my life a nightmare (99,99 % of people actually :D). You can guess that everybody was laughing at me, even these players. And the worse thing was that I couldn't have any team to send me on lans, because these people told to the organisations that I was a cheater and it is bad for reputation. My parents sent me on LANS, they paid themselves plus I managed to qualify to the French finals. Webone was the only team that trusted me at that time. I won't explain all this ESWC France tournament, still at the end, I won this cup.... I won it, and for myself, this cup was not only a win but also a win for all these 4 years of pain that I had in game. Thank to this victory, I started to get a name. At Dreamhack Winter 2008, I managed to win fox into the semi final. The player who was and still is my legend. And I won pretty hardly (+25 each maps). Albeit the organisation that I had did not even pay me the travel, a friend of mine, Spartie paid me this. But I slept on the floor and I managed to be 2nd afterall. The guys who insulted me started to respect me, but I don't know if it was ass licking and I didn't care. You know, I liked how ridiculous they were haha. The worst thing is that there were people who never admitted that they were wrong.. Sad story, eh? Where I really started to get a name was in Quake Live. I began to win almost all the online cups (I won 52 ZOTAC cups, and 18 g-data + a lot of differents online cups). I was called online hero, but it is better than cheater isn't it? I started to play lans again, and was owned during the first ones, then Cooller gave me an important advice that changed all my esports career : « You have to choose situations when to be aggressive »
I always try to mention it on a interview, not to make fun of him, but to thank him about this. A player that I watched a lot when I was a kid, and at this time I was in the sofa with him during an interview and said my nickname. When you played this game for years and followed theses players since you were a little boy, I can tell you that it was really important for me. He gave me an advice, even if he did not care after that. So to conclude, what I did to be where I am now is simple: Never give up, follow your dreams, never listen to fuckers, cause they will do everything to put you down. They did it for 4 years, I never gave up and here I am, a player from « fnatic »
Being pro gamer is not something easy because you have to face to a lot of insults, jealousy, and they will do everything to prevent you from having your dreams. Some people have luck... having a brother as pro gamer or as a devoted player is much easier.... But I was alone, without any help, and I managed to do it. At least I try to do most of all pro don't do, reply to their fans.
Ps : I will put more blogs in the future, my esports stories, troubles, when I missed the flight three times, or when I slept outside in Dallas!
Here are some videos if you don't know the videos I talked about (I was not angry, no worries):
Strenx 2010:
If you have any questions, you can ask on: , , Twitch.tv
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1st – 30.000 RUB ~ $423
2nd – 20.000 RUB ~ $282
3rd – 10.000 RUB ~ $141
The Frags | Cup Link
DeliberateMurder | 
ins | 
Cyb3r - 30.000 RUB ~ $423
Venom01 and the frags were made by 
Guismo, who's easily the most diverse player around, with over 2200 ELO in every gamemode, except FFA. <3
Quake Live tournament! As with the previous installments, the event will consist of a Qualifier and the Main tournament.
Detrony and 
dem0n.
#FACEIT
FACEITcom
l0wfly ripping everyone apart to become the first team qualified! This week we selected 2 duel masters as captains to face off vs 2 established Clan Arena teams. 
nightops and verde districto headed by 
prox this Thusrday.
colwn - stermy, h41, +1
Livia "Liefje" Teernstra. They will be going live at 08:30 CDT.
S4, featuring frags from both the Australian Quake Live community at 
60 FPS 1280x720, 300 MB
Fragmaster:
p0ni dominating the whole tournament without dropping a map, eventually taking Cooller out in the Grand Final.
bpatela and 
cnz and 
zeun.
Guard (58 points)
baksteen, 
Karby, from 
Falcao, 
Messi, 
Marcelo, 
