Latest Blog Posts - Quake Life

Replaced COLOR1 & COLOR2 with CG_WEAPONCOLOR

no.spam@gameriot.com (Dessicated corpse) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:48:24 -0500

The good thing about it is that you can have any Color you want; the bad thing about it is that you can't change the Color of your Rail-Discs anymore, OOPS!

ID Software replaced Gibs with Sparks

no.spam@gameriot.com (Dessicated corpse) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:01:11 -0500

No, I'm not another 10 Year old Kid thinking Blood is awesome. I just think that the Gibs looked better, had better Effects & fitted the Game, but the Sparks are crap, dumb & useless. Who the hell came up with the Idea of replacing Gibs with Sparks? And when's the last time you saw Sparks come out of a Cut on a Person?

Ray's World Famous Content threads coming soon

no.spam@gameriot.com (raythenoob) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:51:41 -0500

My Contributions to Quake Live Society

With my insurgence on this site, i will soon deliver some much needed Quakelive.com content in hopes it will bring in more readers.

For now take a look at existing projects of late:

--Official New QL Awards Suggestions:
--Friends Issues Compendium:
--Quake Live Fan Gallery:
--Ray's QL Tech Support Thread:
--QL Weapons Suggestions:

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Online Gaming Statistics

no.spam@gameriot.com (Terbo) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:09:46 -0500

When you're thinking about being a competitive gamer one of the things you have to think about is how popular is the game you are playing? That usually equals up to how much competition there will be, right? Well that's not always the case. For example the 2005 CPL world tour showcased Painkiller as it's major title and gave out over a million dollars in prize money. Another example is Quake 3, it was used for many tournaments even though it had a very low number of players compared to other titles.

Regardless it's still interesting to find out where the players are. Here are a few different online resources that will give you some statistics to review. One thing that can be taken away is that clearly they don't all use the same stats or even measure their rankings in the same manor but after reviewing these you can get an idea of where the gamers are.

Places to Get Your Online Gaming Stats

1. Gamspy Stats - currently these stats aren't available but they state that they will be revising it soon. I still wanted to mention it since it was one of the first places to get statistics of this nature and has been around for a very long time.

2. Xfire Statistics - Xfire takes a different approach by not just measuring the # of players but the time those players spend playing the game.

3. Steam's Game Stats - steam takes a look at how many players are currently online as well as the days high.

4. Serverspy - Online Gaming Stats - when comparing this data against other servers I'm not sure how trustworthy it is, but it's still worth noting.

5. Game Tracker - Game Tracker not only markets itself as a game stats site but also a social network for gamers. The site has a nice presentation and the statistics seem legit.

I hope you find this list helpful and please let me know if I'm missing any.

Spec the Quake-pros

no.spam@gameriot.com (swine) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:57:26 -0500

Around five months ago Fragster.de introcuded a download base, with demos and maps from games like Quake, Counter-Strike, Warcraft, DotA and CS: Source. From then the base kept growing and so did the Quake area. The Quake Live section includes over 250 demos from almost every game mod already. Especially during the last days we've added a lot of new demos from the latest tournaments and matches.

Do you prefer to watch some "pros" playing a Duel? Or are you more the fan of Team Deathmatch? ESL Major Series, IEM Europe Qualification Cups, ZotaC-Cup...We got everything you want.

Demos IEM-Cup #3:
linkoo vs. tox1c
linkoo vs. fooKi
linkoo vs. kRoNic

Demos IEM-Turnier #4:
Dem0n vs. Allter
Dem0n vs. doj
Sc00T vs. GoHLinK
Sc00T vs. pulseh
Sc00T vs. Dem0n

Demos IEM American Championship:
Chance vs. rapha
rapha vs. Chance
Vo0 vs. walter
gellehsak vs. plague
dkt vs. kgb
kgb vs. dkt

Demos Zotac-Cup #7:
strenx vs. Cooller
Av3k vs. Cooller

Demos der EMS-Spiele (TDM):
refuse2Lose vs. 4Kings (jilted)
refuse2Lose vs. 4Kings (leo)
4Kings vs. refuse2Lose (nettah)
4Kings vs. refuse2Lose (Krysa)

Remember, those are just our latest additions. More can be find here. You can even upload your own Demos. How? Checkout the gallery in this news.

IEM4 AMERICA PLAYDAY # 2

no.spam@gameriot.com (QuakeLiveTV) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:22:01 -0500

Tonight the IEM4 American Championship continues with Playday # 2. QL.TV will be providing coverage of the pl4gue vs gellehsak match at 03:00 GMT, 16 November 2009.

We also hope to be able to stream the Griffin vs LoSt-CaUzE or the sparks vs relic match directly after but are still working on confirmations.

If relic is back in town, stay up late tonight to watch the tentatively scheduled relic vs griffin from Playday # 1 at 06:00 GMT, 16 November 2009.

Stream: QuakeLive.TV

Twitter and Facebook QLB Page's are UPDATED!

no.spam@gameriot.com (AGP-Jarod) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:17:42 -0500

A quick update: I have just updated the Twitter and Facebook pages to reflect the new look of the site. Feel free to join both, share with all of your friends that are interested, and help grow the network and Quake Live game!

Twitter

Facebook

A lil Quake Action with George

no.spam@gameriot.com (AGP-Jarod) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:32:51 -0500

So, it's Sunday. I'm readying and updating the AGP Rankings as well as getting the player legislation in order. ALSO readying the branch of CTF to be launched very soon, and I turn on some Quake Live action on HolySh1t website. The tournament was the Zotac Cup.

I was already listening to George Harrison, and all of his albums. For all of you who do not know who he is, he was a member of the Beatles, and as a solo artist he was great as well. Very peace oriented music.

Well, I didn't realize I had both the games and the music on and when I realized it, well, it was.............................................................................AWESOME!!!

I love that all this activity is going on in Quake Live!

eCoverage - a Second Renaissance

no.spam@gameriot.com (Jehar) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:17:22 -0500

Don't Panic.

Many people have concerns about eSports, and the economic viability of this little industry we've all become so attached to. It's easy to look at the low payouts, the shutdown of leagues, and the legal woes many are having, and become immediate morose. And really what hurts the most is that we're not seeing as many people playing Quake as we'd like. On the flipside, however, there's some really exciting things going on from the shoutcasting/coverage side of the coin, and these are changes that will really make these games much more alive in the long run.

So what makes this particular time so interesting? It's not any one thing, really; it's more to do with the culmination of several factors, which I'll list briefly.

1. More online tournaments
Sure, it's easy to look at the lack of lan events going on worldwide, but when you look at all of the online events spawned through QuakeLive and other titles, there's a hell of a lot going on in terms of the AGP ladders and the ESL qualifiers, just to name a few. What's my point? More online leagues means more opportunities for online coverage, and these two things feed off of each other. The coverage makes the leagues better due to the exposure, and the leagues create more content for streaming. This relationship has always existed, but now we're really starting to see it snowball.

2. Streaming solutions
Sites like Ustream, JustinTV, and LiveStream take the bulk of the workload off of getting a stream up and going. We've never had the ability to huck the burden of bandwidth off on a free service before, and that is frankly just amazing. Now, it must be said that this means that anybody with a webcam and desktop capture software can get set up and think they can be professional broadcasters. But more importantly is that everyone has the *chance* now. Those that can't produce content up to snuff will be faded out in favor of those who set the standards. So all at the same time, we're seeing the bar of quality get raised, but the price of admission lowered. This just means that the content will naturally get better over time, and we'll see more of it.

3. Unity
Yes, we see this term being thrown around a lot, to the point where it can almost be used in a mocking manner. However, the simple fact of the matter is this: None of us are making a lot of money doing esports coverage. There are those who get paid, yes, but more often than not those people also work a day job, so it's a bit of a stretch to call these lucky few "professional", since they require additional income to keep doing broadcasting. So, many broadcasters are starting to feel that it's rather silly to be competing for viewers and whatnot if none of us are directly profiting from it. That kind of competition is for ego and e-dick waggling, and nothing else. It's dangerous to go from "I want more people to watch Quake" to "I want more people to watch *me*". So what changes are we seeing? Well, we're hearing a hell of a lot more shoutouts between the different casting teams. We're starting to talk to each other more in coordination for events. We're watching each others schedules and creating a flow of coverage. In short, we're sharing the burden, rather than trying to get it all for ourselves and subsequently collapsing under the weight.

So what does all of this mean to people just looking for some frags to watch? More of them. With better quality. With better shoutcasters. With clearer schedules. And just... MORE. Can I put it any simpler? And the best part is, this really accomplishes what many of us set out to accomplish in the first place.

Bring more people to Quake.

QuakeWorld ownage

no.spam@gameriot.com (zappater) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:04:27 -0500

While Quake Live is on vacation after Dubai, the QuakeWorld scene has just entered its most hectic time of the year. Tomorrow, Thursday, the Ownage duel tournament will have it's winner's bracket final played between Locktar and Avenger at 22:30CET/4:30PM EST. For all of you who usually don't play or watch QuakeWorld there will be a live stream with commentary provided by Tastyspleen Tastycast in cooperation with QuakeWorld.nu.

For those of you that have never heard of these players before, let me introduce them. Locktar is a Swedish player who has been playing QuakeWorld since its release back in '96. He is currently doing really well within the duel scene placing top three in almost every tournament he plays in. He is the reigning champion of Dreamhack Quake forever QuakeWorld tournament and has been for two years now. He also got third at QH-Lan this year, a QuakeWorld only lan held the first week of January every year in Sweden.

Avenger on the other hand is from Poland and just got back from two years of inactivity. However he is far from bad, the last duel tournament he participated in he got second behind Reppie a legendary QuakeWorld player and he is considered to be one of the best Polish players currently. Besides that there isn't really much to say about him however, he has played for a long time and certainly knows the game inside out. He is also a part of the crew that runs the Polish QuakeWorld community site QuakeWorld.pl.

If you find the tournament interesting and would like to start playing QuakeWorld I would suggest visiting QuakeWorld.nu, its basically the center of everything QuakeWorld.

AGP Classics is opening up to more games!

no.spam@gameriot.com (AGP-Jarod) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:11:41 -0500

Starting with these classics Doom 2 matches, the AGP Classics is now going to cover more than just Quake Live. The continual support from the community has made this a no brainer.

In showing the history of Deathmatch as well as Id Software's release of Doom Classic on the iPhone (http://www.idsoftware.com/doom-classic), the AGP is proud to present Doom 2!

This tournament took place in 1996 and is called DMcon1. They had 2 tournaments there, one for Map1, and one for Dwango5. Map1 was played much slower and more protective than Dwango5, as you will see. Also, watch the special use of the BFG.

This is the semi-final of the Dwango5 tourney. Sslasher vs Ronbob (pov).

View the Match HERE.

Presented here by the AGP (Association of Gaming Professionals).

Right Action

no.spam@gameriot.com (LoneWolf) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:42:36 -0500

Wednesday night I went to bed with the intention of spending the next morning basically the same way. When I woke up, however, I found that I had no desire to run. Well that's not exactly true. My BODY had no desire to run, even though my mind did. So I didn't run. Instead I opted for stretching and calisthenics. I then took a shower and read another chapter of "Thing and grow rich". I took care of some things around the apt and played quake for a few hours. It was before 11 when I saw the clock.

At about 3 I went to the church and met up with a group that went out for a few hours to rake leaves for the elderly around the community. It was a pretty good time A time not about me, but about fellowship and helping other people, and not being worried about what the time was.
When I got home I was annoyed by something that was very minor, something I might have been better just blowing off but didn't. It disturbs me that my ego is such that something so small could bother me, that I would allow it to control me.

This morning when I woke up and didn't look at the clock, I failed to even do the calisthenics. I only stretched. I read another chapter of the book, screwed around a bit, and ended up on the computer even earlier than yesterday. After that I decided to go to a restaurant nearby to do some more reading and writing. I chose to walk instead, so I loaded up my bag with some books and left. It took about 25 minutes to get there (shouldn't have even mattered). I sat down and just relaxed for awhile sippin on some water. I wrote something up that we were writing for a Bible study I attend and spent some time reading the Bible. Then I wrote a letter to a friend, had some lunch, and relaxed a little while more.

When I was ready to leave I went to get a refill and was struck by a thought. "Why don't I refill with water instead of coke, it'll be better for me and more refreshing on the walk home". Again the desire of my body prevailed and I chose the coke, all the while thinking I should be getting water, that water was the right choice. As I was walking back to the apt, I was thinking "why didn't I just get water, why was that so hard?". The answer, ofcourse, is that it wasn't. It would have been just as easy to use the water tab instead of the coke.

So I got to thinking about a concept my friend introduced me to called "right action". Basically right action is when you don't put aside doing something just because you are nervous, don't feel like doing it, its not the right time ect. Its putting aside the excuses and doing something because you wanted to do it, and your not going to let your mind choose something else for you. It means your in control of your action, not your emotions, your doubts, your fears. You are in complete control. Like when I allowed this simple thing to bother me last night, when I didn't run, when I didn't drink the water, when I knew these were the right things to do in that moment.

This also plays out into a much larger picture. Into decisions you make in life that matter. When you perform right action, you are saying I'm going to choose the right thing. I going to choose what matters, what I believe in, what I think is RIGHT. I will act according to my beliefs regardless of what I feel like at the time or what other people say. You don't give into to peer pressure to do things you think are wrong or simply don't want to do. It's not always the easy choice, but it is the RIGHT choice.

These are the things I've considered today, and plan to put into use.

p.s. I've also written up an amount of money I plan to create, a time to do it in, and what I'm willing to give and how I intend to do it. The idea is to read this every morning and every night out loud till its jammed into my head, and I develope the strong desire and determination to get there. I may also write one of these for quakelive and tourneys'.

Great Morning!~

no.spam@gameriot.com (LoneWolf) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:10:08 -0500

I woke up this morning pretty happy Last night I went to bed pretty early for me, about 10:30. I went to bed without the TV or music for the first time in awhile and I must say it was quite peaceful. When I woke up I just chilled for awhile, then got up without looking at the clock. I didn't check my phone or get on the computer. I had some breakfast instead, which I hadn't done in awhile, then went for a run. When I got back I stretched and took a shower, then settled on the couch and started reading " Think and grow rich". At this point I still hadn't looked at the clock. After reading the preface, author's note, and first Chapter I finally decided to come to the computer. I ended up seeing the time on the PC, and from then on my day went wayyyy less productive :P I watched like 5 episodes of shows on hulu, which was probably 3.5 hrs + of time wasted. I can't remember what I did after that but currently I'm still here at the PC. Luckily I've gotten some hours of quake practice in

Tomorrow I'm going to try this again, and try not to look at the clock. Its peaceful. The time doesn't matter. All that matters is what am I going to do next, what needs to get done, and if I do it.

FnaticMSI.strenx Player Spotlight Interview

no.spam@gameriot.com (famsyy) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:06:39 -0500

The latest addition to the FnaticMSI Quake Live team, Kevin "strenx" Beaza, has been in a great shape lately, winning many online tournaments. The Frenchman won the Excello Cup two times, the first edition of the Zotac QL Cup and was king of ESL's King of the Hill competition. The Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge in Dubai is drawing near and it's time for Kevin to prove himself on a LAN event with a lot of big names attending.

In an interview by Cameron "fams" Carson and Danijel "StreeT" Remus, you can read about Kevin's real life, his personality, gaming career, the upcoming tournament at Dubai, the Quake Live scene and his plans for future.

To read the entire Spotlight click here.

QuakeLive.TV Special Event - The QuadCast and All Your Base CTF Debut!

no.spam@gameriot.com (QuakeLiveTV) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:47:59 -0400

To commemorate QuakeLive.TV's coverage of over 60 events resulting in more than 100 VODs and also hitting the 20th round of community-favorite, King of the Hill, QLTV has decided to throw a special event on Wednesday night on October 28.

To begin, QLTV will launch its brand new podcast show, The QuadCast at 7:30pm EDT (11:30pm GMT). At the normal start time for King of the Hill, 9pm EDT (1am GMT), we will begin the all new All Your Base event featuring CTF open to the community!

Be sure to tune in!

http://www.quake-live.tv/

Short blog about Zodiacs, strangely enough.

no.spam@gameriot.com (cetanu) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:50:37 -0400

I have been reading about my zodiac today while I had nothing to do at work.
I'm not going to go into huge detail about this but my thoughts at the moment are as follows.

After reading about my zodiac and recognising a few things in myself I wondered whether these things affect me in a game of Quake.
I also wondered if perhaps while playing Quake I have been trying to imitate another person's style of play and therefore trying to play like a Zodiac which I am not.
Do any of you look at professional players and think "I want to be that good."
Well maybe that's not the right thing to do however I can't say for sure.
I wonder if personality traits can affect how you play and perform?

Maybe if I think of my zodiac and the traits and personality I have as a person and try to turn my strengths into an in-game strategy while at the same time recognising the weak points in my zodiac and trying to avoid those in-game.. it could have, hopefully, a beneficial effect...

or not :P

we'll never know till we try, however I think it's an interesting thought.

Cooller arrived in Dubai

no.spam@gameriot.com (swine) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:09:48 -0400

After some visa problems the mousesports player Anton 'Cooller' Singov has just landed in Dubai and has already arrived at the location, where he will participate in the Quake Live tournament tonight. He also had the time to answer a few questions about the tournament itself and his current performance.

Full article | German version

Anton 'Cooller' Singov at the GC Dubai

no.spam@gameriot.com (swine) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:24:40 -0400
Even though Anton "Cooller" Singov didn't make an appearance in the Quake Live scene yet he still received an invite for the Global Challenge Dubai. fragster analyse what can be expected from the mousesports player after his heyday and how he will continue after the Dubai tournament.

"We've motivated him a bit" says mousesports-Manager René "Rene" Lannte when fragster spoke with him; successfully as it seems. Cause if you look at the playing time of his Quake Live Account, it seems that Cooller is definitely taking the tournament in Dubai serious.

Links: Full article - German version

Grandpa Clay Court

no.spam@gameriot.com (AGP-Jarod) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:49:41 -0400
Recently, in Miami, I was invited by a doctor I work with to play tennis on clay for the first time. I have played tennis off and on since I was 11 ish so the idea of finally playing on clay was pretty exciting and I of course accepted. Did I mention he is 76?

I hit the ball hard with alot of spin and that is hard for people to return as well as get to. But I just wanted to play on clay, even if it was simply warmups and even if it was against a guy much older than me. I didn't expect much game back from him, especially since he told me that he 'pushes' the ball mostly, which is a term for someone that dinks the ball and gravels for it but JUST gets it back, no attack with it. He also had suffered a heart attack 20 years prior, and seemed like he wouldn't be able move once we got out there.

Boy was I wrong.

This man ran me around like a rag doll. We didn't actually play with score but I have never had to run so much in tennis in my life. He always kept the ball in and carefully placed it everywhere he wanted with backspin. In the end I had to stop and put my hands on my knees, being out of breath.

Out of all of my years in tennis, I've never been so tired that I had to stop for a few minutes. It was amazing. And a 76 year old doctor that actually volunteers at a free health clinic to help people is the one whom caused this. Cheers to age.

toxjq: I might go to some events

no.spam@gameriot.com (swine) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:15:16 -0400
iCE-cLIMBERS Player and Quake 4 Legend Johan "toxjq" Quick got interviewed by fragster.de. He speaks about new hobbies, his experience with Quake Live and about a possible comeback of ic.

Tell us what you have been doing since you have retired from gaming.
toxjq: Well, first of all I wouldn't say that I have retired from gaming in that sense but I haven't been playing much since the last Quake 4 event i32. I did compete in ESWC Athens last year with a few weeks of preparing in Quake 3, but I really wasn't expecting a high placement in that tournament since I wasn't prepared enough but of course I tried to make the best of it at that point.

Links: English interview - German Version

tybalt: Z4muZ wants to give TDM a shot

no.spam@gameriot.com (swine) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:13:46 -0400
Karl "tybalt" Danielsson is the head of the excello QL team and just recruited the Swedish old schooler, Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors. fragster.de spoke with him about the plans and the future of excello.QL, the shape of Z4muZ and the upcoming tournaments for Quake Live.

So let's talk a bit about your "main duellers". madix and fazz have been at QuakeCon. Are you satisfied with their results?
tybalt: I am not thrilled with their performance, but at the same time I'm not too disappointed either. For madix this was seen more as vital first time LAN experience. As for fazz, I believe he got a bit unlucky and I am sure they will both be in better shape for the Dubai event later this month.

Links: Full Interview - German Version

ESL Dubai This Weekend, myEG.net Interviews NOW!

no.spam@gameriot.com (Brian) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:16:02 -0400
So as most of you must know by now, ESL Dubai is THIS weekend! Should be some great matches with all of the top Euros in attendance and 3 Americans looking to bring home the gold for the grand ol' US of A. If you haven't heard, every single match is going to be streamed by ESL TV, so keep it locked to http://tv.esl.eu/ ALL weekend to catch the amazing action.

In the mean time though, I wanted to let you guys know we have some pre-event coverage up at myEG.net right now. The biggest thing we've got up right now is a pair of interviews with each of the EG players attending the event, DaHanG and Chance. We covered a lot of topics between the two of them and got some great answers, so be sure to check it out!

Here are a few samples:
EG|Korini: How do you feel about the bracket stage's best of five format and the fact that players will not be able to drop maps because of it?
EG|Chance: I think its awesome. The more maps we play the more likely it is for the better player to win. Who wouldn't want that? The only drawback could be that it takes longer to play matches, but personally this doesn't bother me and it's well worth the trade.

EG|Korini: What are your thoughts about the overall progression of QL as a competitive game? Does the current level of competition have any impact on the growth of the community?
EG|DaHanG: It's been cool to observe the styles evolve in Quake Live, especially on the new maps where it's so evident. There are certainly talented players willing to play, but I think some old school players coming back will help spur growth and interest. Cooller, for instance, has decided to come back and there are tons of comments on esreality.com supporting him. Hopefully more old players return and the scene is further revitalized!

Anyways, if you want to read the rest then here's the linkage as well:

EG.Chance: "ESL has done everything right"
EG.DaHanG: "I would like to have a turn"

The Re-LAUNCH!

no.spam@gameriot.com (AGP-Jarod) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:54:48 -0400
This is the announcement of the re-RELEASE of Quake Life, with a name change:
Quake LIFE Blogs - www.quakelifeblogs.com

The reason for the change is to make it more clear what this site is about, and that is blogging.

Everyone and anyone that is part of the Quake scene has a voice and opinion. They have the potential of being creative, sharing information of any sort and any type, and posting news if they would like. This site will feature this alone.
Each person can have their own blog that others subscribe to and follow individually. Just sign up and in and create and name a new blog. Then start. Blogs can be made to follow events, express opinions, post the best videos on the web; basically anything can be done on here. You can form discussions, create sub communities, create a travel blog, it doesn't matter. You don't even have to play Quake, really, although this is linked to the entire Quake community, or members of it.

Yes the ENTIRE community. That means:
Quake
QuakeWorld
Quake II
Quake III
CPMA
Quake IV
Quake Live

When we get a consistent flow of blogs here, we will put specific ones in the SPOTLIGHT and FEATURE others. Want to become a esports journalist? Well you can start your resume here by reporting news, write editorials about what you want, and even just vent about something in the world or about your bad day. That what a blog site is. It can be 1 sentence even.
Adding a crescendo to the relaunching I have added a new look to the Blog, featuring a color not usually associated with any Quake, with lightning. I hope you all like it and hope it stands out as it's own entity as the only blog site specifically geared to the Quake Community and is free to all to write and participate in.

This is my and Gameriot's gift to you all. I hope you enjoy it and use it.

Join us below on our social networks which will get a graphics overhaul to match shortly:
Twitter
Facebook

*For all of you that are members of the AGP, you can link your blog inside your profile so it lists everything you write. For example mine is: http://www.agptour.com/profiles/?user=streetrunner: you can see in the box at the bottom my recent blogs are listed automatically. You can also hook in Flickr and YouTube in your profile settings.

South American Fragmageddon CA League Quarter Finals

no.spam@gameriot.com (QuakeLiveTV) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:40:26 -0400
Join us tonight at 8pm EDT for the South American Fragmageddon CA League Quarter Finals

Matches for tonight will be as follows:
rkm (rekiem) vs. qet | Starting at 8pm EDT
gHs (ghost squad, CTF champions on the last q3 tournament) vs. p4F | Starting at 21:45 EDT

GreasedScotsman and @djWHEAT to co-cast on QLTV!
www.quake-live.tv

The Quake Live Mac

no.spam@gameriot.com (AGP-Jarod) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:38:17 -0400
I went to purchase an iPhone the other day at the Mac store in Miami. My cousin's husband works there, so I figure he can just get me the answers I need asap. The store was packed; I have never been in a Mac store that I can remember and it was very big in this mall. People everywhere with employees wearing diff shirts based on what they did. My guy was busy so I had a few extra minutes. What should I do? I don't want anything besides this phone. So I waited, and then got an idea.

I walked over to the next computer BUILT in a monitor, a big ass 30 incher flat screen that somehow had a computer in it. I typed in www.quakelive.com and decided to check how the Mac version was doing, while in the store.

Within 2 minutes the game had loaded and was ready to go. I entered my name and pass and booted up a game of Clan Arena. Speakers blaring. Then it began...

Yeah, Quake Live was being played to the crowds of people of the Mac store by AGP-Streetrunner. They could hear it all and they wanted to know what I was playing and the employees wanted to know how I got the game on their machines. I simply told them that it's a free game you download and play online. They couldn't believe it. They thought it was awesome.

I played like shiza. But that's what you get with a 0 button mouse and no mouse pad. Nonetheless, the game was the same and ran and sounded awesome on the Mac as I did my little exhibit in the Mac store.

With such attention from general customers and employees, I cannot wait to see what happens when the game offically is released and ID Software pushes it. If I can do it, they can do it.

suggestions?

no.spam@gameriot.com (rey) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:35:02 -0400
hi, i'm a first timer blogger here, and hopefully someone has some helpful suggestions for my little issue.
I recently purchased a computer, nothing fancy, just something i felt could run quakelive decent. It's an intel, but i figured it wouldn't matter too much. 3.0ghz 1g ddr2 ram.
problem is, whenever i run quakelive, my sensitivity feels Too sensitive and impossible to control too well. it's hard to explain but it doesn't match the physical movement of the mouse. it's always just a little off of where it should be. even outside of game, in windows i can feel it. so i think it's windows related.
I've tried the accel fix, it has helped a little but not a fix. i've tried every cmd, i've tried adjusting in windows, even buying another mouse even though i knew that wouldn't fix it. haven't tried a new mousepad but i'm skeptical.
I doubt it's my pc.... i had to trade the one i had for a different one because it didn't come with correct memory. the problem remained though. I think maybe it has something to do with amd to intel, i dunno.
If anyone, has any idea, or any suggestions, that would be cool. I am getting pretty exhausted and just feel like, maybe it's that time to put the game down.

Stermy releases new demos and cfg

no.spam@gameriot.com (famsyy) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:14:40 -0400

Hey guys, I`m finally back in Italy and I hope all of you had a great Summer!
I had a great vacation in the United States, but now it`s time to get back to work !

I`ve uploaded for you my newest Quake Live config and also my demos from Quakecon 2009.

STERMY QUAKELIVE CONFIG V3: http://www.stermy.com/file.php?type=configs&file=stermy%20V3_1.zip">Downloadhere

STERMY QUAKECON 2009 DEMOS: downloadhere

In the next weeks I`ll try and add a series of new features on the website, the first one being a live feed from my Twitter account, so I can keep blogging live whenever I go / Whatever I do.
In the meanwhile, try out the new config and let me know what you guys think.

OSE CTF Finals & NGL CA Finals

no.spam@gameriot.com (QuakeLiveTV) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:03:14 -0400
With QuakeCon 2009 behind us, we can get back to our normal every day routines of viewing some of the best online QUAKE LIVE action. In an effort to make this happen why not kick off with the National Gaming League CA finals and the Online Sports Entertainment CTF finals. All of this happening on a jam packed Thursday, September 3rd.

FoJ vs f27 | NGL CA Finals | Thursday, September 3 at 9:30pm EDT

With a bit of a delay in the final stages of the NGL Clan Arena tournament due to QuakeCon, we are finally going to see the result to the NGL Clan Arena finals live. With two very talented teams fighting for the top spot, it is bound to be a match that will wow each and every viewer. Fires of Judaism is one of the top clans in Quake Live due to their domination of just about every single mod. But let’s not forget about Focus 27 and their stacked lineup. With ben running the show, backed by carnage, wn, and wreck, it's bound to be an amazing outing of skill and determination.

eMG vs EG | OSE CTF Finals | Thursday, September 3 at 10:30pm EDT

With Team EG coming off of an amazing winning performance at this year’s QuakeCon, they're looking to seek revenge against eMg who got the better of them in the NGL CTF finals. These two teams, being no strangers to CTF, will certainly come out guns blazing. eMg, looking to deny EG of another finals win, will certainly need to bring their A-game in order to do so. There is no doubt that this will be one of the most intense CTF matches that QL.TV will have the privilege of covering. So grab your popcorn and pop-a-squat because you're in for a treat!

As always don’t miss the action on www.quake-live.tv!

Professional Gamers Cant Dance

no.spam@gameriot.com (famsyy) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:02:08 -0400
http://digg.com/comedy/Professional_Gamers_can_t_dance_Period_Animated_proof

Make sure you digg it!

The Struggle?

no.spam@gameriot.com (LoneWolf) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:01:18 -0400
Saying your gonna just do it, and just doing it are two completely different things. I just found that its easy to avoid just doing it and I've been avoiding it most my life (obviously). My plan for today was to reformat a laptop for my uncle. He needs the bloody thing for school and I should have sent it to him a week ago. But alas I found myself death-matching in quake and was not able to tear myself away from it.

I seem to need a certain kind of motivation. At this point that motivation was telling my friend if I didn't come by today that he could have all my stuff and do whatever he wants with it. This stuff includes my guitar ( the one I bought but never learned to play), my snowboard and all the gear, a TV, N64+ games ect. stuff I don't really just want to give him straight up :P Last time I needed motivation I told him I'd give him $100 if I had more than a certain amount of soda in a month. That was the only time I've been able to cut back on the soda, and it was difficult.

One thing that does help me get stuff done is lists. Ill write everything I need to on the iPhone notepad and then save it as my background. Every time I look at my phone I see the list and it helps me stay focussed.

So today I need to reformat the laptop and mail it, and I need to start sorting out all my stuff. I'm also going to try to go for a run with the dog and create a daily running habit.

But for right now, its time to check out some F.E.A.R. 2 ;]

Heres to sorting out my life!

Out

LoneWolf