So, ESWC announced that they'll use Quake 3 for a their 2009 season, a series of masters events ending in a grand final event. Quake 3, the living dead of competetive gaming.
ESWC tells us, that they may substitute Quake 3 with the upcoming Quake Live later in this season. Many people here are able to evaluate the current status of Quake Live and are following closely each step of the hopeful saviour with anticipation but also sceptism.

The details of the first ESWC Masters event has just been made public, with a date that's only a little more then a month away. It's unlikely that Quake Live will be used for this event which leaves us with the good old Q3 CPMA vq3.

Oh wait - isn't there another option, I heard there is something like a hidden Quake Live in CPMA?
Yes, there is. I think most of you are familiar with the cq3 gameplay, so I won't waste any time to explain its details.

Eliminating the "defects" of both vq3 (hitscan heavy gameplay) and QuakeLive (not being finished yet/missing features) with one simple callvote sounds great, doesn't it? Believe me, it is.

Not only does it offer the opportunity to play a 100% polished game, but it also could work as "buffer" between the QuakeLive Release and its first appearance on a major tournament. QuakeLive might be released without GTV and custom maps support? Does it have evil bugs, no one knows of yet (hello, blue)? Not a problem when you can have CPMA with cq3 gameplay.

So, what's missing?
Some new maps in the map pool. (pukka2 anyone?)

What do you think?