Quake3World

Might as well post here. Intel Extreme Masters global challenge has started. Some great matches up ahead.

For the ppls interested a live steam: http://www.fnatic.com/tv/147/ESL-TV---G ... Dubai.html

full schedue: http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=1768504

2day:
Slight delays are already expected.
- 14:30 CEST: Germany smoke vs Austria noctis
- 14:30 CEST: Italy stermy vs Sweden xlo-fazz
- 15:15 CEST: France strenx vs Sweden xlo-madix
- 15:15 CEST: Belarus cypher vs USA Chance
- 16:00 CEST: Sweden xlo-fazz vs Germany smoke
- 16:45 CEST: Austria noctis vs Italy stermy
- 17:30 CEST: USA Chance vs Sweden xlo-madix
- 17:30 CEST: Belarus cypher vs France strenx
- 18:15 CEST: Italy stermy vs Germany smoke
- 18:15 CEST: Austria noctis vs Sweden xlo-fazz
- 19:00 CEST: France strenx vs USA Chance
- 19:00 CEST: Belarus cypher vs Sweden xlo-madix

Maps: qzdm6, qzdm13, qztourney7, qztourney9 and ztntourney1

heart says noctis/cooller, brain says rapha.

quake seems dead on q3w, except for LEM. But still here's an update.

Quarter finals:

noctis > cooller 3-1
rapha > madix 3-0
fox > stermy 3-1
cypher > dahang 3-2

Semi finals up next:

Noctis < Rapha 0-3
Fox > Cypher 1-3

finals: Rapha - Cypher

Not really into this whole pro gaming thing. Only name I've heard before is cooller. He seems to be in this type of thing for quite some time isn't he?

indeed. cooller has been around for a long time. fox was one of the many bad-ass swedes to come on (esp in TDM) the pro scene around 2002-3. his clan, ice climbers, owned it up hard. stermy has been, iirc, the only italian player (and part-time male model?) of note ever.

interesting tourney, but with the time diff and not being able to watch demos i can't really get that into it.

cooller played awesome with his exp in duel, but his lack of exp in quake live was a disadvantage. Saw some awesome games, fox and cypher were great. Great coverage as well, as opposed to quakecon

edit: if you register, you can check out some matches with commentary at video on demand http://tv.esl.eu/de/vod/

oh sweet, there are actually a few demos uploaded in the "match details" pages.

rapha wins. go USA or something!

edit: cooller v. noctis on ZTN is a classic and dm6 was one of the more exciting (strategic) games i've seen.

^ agreed. I like noctis' style and movement very much. Some very sick games on dm13 as well, a great oldsk00l map.

yeah, i just watched fox-stermy on dm13. fox can really move :>