So I went downtown this evening to have a look at the venue before the tournament begun. The whole thing is taking place at Gazi Technopolis, an renovated factory now used for exhibitions.

The actual building hosting the tournament is rather small with a two sets of tables, one for WC3 and one for Q3. Qualifiers for the WCG are also taking place in the same building.

The building also has a stage area where some of the matches will be shown on a big screen. I found out that the final will be played outside in an even bigger stage (don't worry weather is fine for outside) with an even bigger screen.

Quake 3 tournament computers feature old-school 19" NEC monitors whereas the WC3 pcs have huge widescreen TFTs.

The ESWC staff has pretty much taken care of everything as far as I can tell (gtv, website, live scores) so I guess we can expect a great show! That's all for now ttyl :D