ESWC: Finals 2008 (Tag 1)
Tag 1
Newsticker:
*
rapha Video-Interview, nach seinem Sieg über 
Cypher.
*Erste Bilder aus San Jose auf Fragster verfügbar.
*Guter Artikel mit Namen Alle gegen Cypher auf Fragster. Ebenso dort zu finden ist eine Art “Gruppenbeurteilung” feat. 
d1ablo und cYmoZz.
Pelle ‘
fazz’Söderman:
“I am rooting for Fox of course. But I also hope that ZeRo4 and Cooller will put up good games for nostalgic value. And I hope that we not get to see that many LG only games. Altho I belive this tournament will be just about that. If I am to bet money, I’d put Cypher, Fox and Jibo as Top 3.”
*Erneut Interviews mit drei Teilnehmern bei den ESWC-Finals: Rapha, chance & dkt. SK-Gaming >>
*if-22 scheint nicht an den Finals teilzunehmen, jedenfalls taucht sein Nick nicht im Zeitplan auf. Update: Unklar bleibt, warum er in den Schedules nicht auftaucht, doch anwesend soll er angeblich sein.
if-22 is here at the event btw, we share a room, i don’t know why his name is crossed but he’s playing. (c)
Vo0
*SK-Gaming führte einen “Trash-Talk” mit Cypher, 
Jibo & 
cooller: Klick
On how Quake 3 has changed
Cooller: No. Because any random player that has a good LG and rail can put up a very good fight. Player who has put enough time into it can actually be dangerous in a tournament in CPMA. There are players that are considered good out there whose level is still lower than the level of the old professional players. Before they started training hard everything has been discovered and all they need is play a lot, train and watch demos. That is how they got good.
When I started I came up with everything nothing was given to me. I had to come up with everything in my Quake 3 game. The game became similar to Quake 4. It became faster and it became a test of reaction time and speed rather than a strategic contest.
Cypher: Well, I own at it right now and that is what I like about it but in reality, if I were to choose CPMA and OSP, I would choose OSP because it is better. The most interesting matches that were played in Quake 3 were played with OSP.
jibo: I like it. It is more dynamic and the games are not like before. It got more of an arcade feel to it and there is more action. Earlier on it used to be more strategic. But LG is overpowered.
*In eigener Sache: Ich kann unmöglich alle Spiele mitverfolgen, somit wird es diesmal eine kleinere Auswahl an von mir aufgenommenen GTV-Demos geben. Auch kann ich durch den Zeitunterschied (Die Spiele dauern bis in die frühen Morgenstunden) nicht täglich bis zum Schluss dabei bleiben. Die Spieler sind alle (wie üblich) verpflichtet von all ihren Matches Demos aufzuzeichnen, die ihr dann vom ESWC-FTP downloaden könnt zu gegebener Zeit.
>> SCORES.TXT<< (5 Minuten Intervall)
GTV-Demos:
Offiziell:
- Cypher vs
noctis | ztn, dm6 | 2:0 | Download - if-22 vs
hunter | t4, ztn | 2:0 | Download - rapha vs Cypher | utn, dm9 | 2:0 | Download (thx AME)
- ZeRo4 vs Vo0 | dm9, ztn, ?? | 2:1 | Download (inkl. “epic trashtalk“)
- Vo0 vs
strenx | 2:1 | Download (thx @ Fragster) - k1llsen vs dkt | dm6, ztn | 2:0 | Download
- czm vs if-22 | ztn, t4, dm9 | 2:1 | Download
- ZeRo4 vs chance | ztn, hub3, dm9 | 2:1 | Download
Krysa vs 
xgo | ztn, hub3 | 2:0 | Download
griffin vs dkt | ztn, hub3 | 2:0 | Download
Practice:
- Vo0 vs. Unnamed | ztn | Download
Links:
- Alle Teilnehmer
- Interviewreihe
- Regelwerk
- Austragungsort: San Jose
- GTV-Server IPs
- Livestream
- Livestream Zeitplan
- Demos
- Zeitplan der Spiele
- Group Stage #1
- Group Stage #2
- Final Bracket
GTV:
Gruppen A, B:
- gtv.takingbackesports.com:27960 (USA)
- 83.142.85.186:30000 (Deutschland)
- 83.142.84.114:30000 (Deutschland)
Gruppen C, D:
- gtv.takingbackesports.com:27961 (USA)
- 83.142.85.186:30001 (Deutschland)
- 83.142.84.114:30001 (Deutschland)
Weitere:
- gtv.takingbackesports.com:27962
IRC:
Coverages:
Für weitere Informationen (Seedings, Gruppen, gespielte Maps & Preisgelder) > Rest der News lesen.
Seedings:
Top
av3k
Cypher
czm
Fox
High
k1llsen
Challengers
Ali I N.A.B
ddk
Impulse
Spammah
(c) Seeding Liste + Grafiken @ ESR.
Gruppen:
| # | Name | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
RAZERJ | 0 |
| 1 |  |
CZM | 0 |
| 1 |  |
MATR0X | 0 |
| 1 |  |
HUNTER | 0 |
| 1 |  |
DDK | 0 |
| 1 |  |
BONO | 0 |
| 1 |  |
IF-22 | 0 |
-
| # | Name | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
CYPHER | 0 |
| 1 |  |
NOCTIS | 0 |
| 1 | |
RAPHA | 0 |
| 1 |  |
IMPULSE | 0 |
| 1 |  |
LINK1N | 0 |
| 1 |  |
TOXTER | 0 |
| 7 |  |
BYE | 0 |
-
| # | Name | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
COOLLER | 0 |
| 1 | |
SK.ZERO4 | 0 |
| 1 | |
VO0 | 0 |
| 1 |  |
ALI I N.A.B | 0 |
| 1 | |
STRENX | 0 |
| 1 | |
CHANCE | 0 |
| 7 | |
BYE | 0 |
-
| # | Name | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
FOX | 0 |
| 1 | |
K1LLSEN | 0 |
| 1 | |
GRIFFIN | 0 |
| 1 |  |
KRYSA | 0 |
| 1 |  |
XGO | 0 |
| 1 | |
DESTRUKT | 0 |
| 7 | |
BYE | 0 |
(c) Gruppen wurde 1:1 übernommen von diesem Link.
Maps:
- ztn3tourney1
- pro-q3dm6
- hub3aeroq3
- pro-nodm9
- pro-q3tourney4
Preisgeld:
- 12.000$
- 7.000$
- 4.000$
Über die ESWC:
The ESWC was designed by a French team, which since 1999 has been specialising in the organisation of video games tournaments and in the development of technologies linked to network games. An independent private company, initially under the name of “Ligarena” and now known as “Games-Services”, manages the entire ESWC, its licensing rights throughout the world, its financing through sponsorship, its major events and its television broadcasting [weiterlesen]
