With the lack of GTV and good video coverage of many of the best Quake Live matches, I and a few others (such as nvc) have joined together to create LvLup TV. The idea is simply to offer informed, experienced commentary over a good quality video stream of TDM, CTF and Duel matches. So far we have covered a few TDM and CTF matches and the VODs can be found here. Join us on #lvl^ on quakenet.org. Below is an example from the Portugal vs Spain match enjoy!
Over the past couple of months tournaments have come and gone and I have been competing in all the different game types. In the ESL the UK has seen it’s own nightly cups and duel leagues both of which I have competed in. Unfortunately my nightly cup form was awful getting hard draws and being knocked out fairly early. However vor managed to reach two finals and was unfortunate each time to play his worst games of the night. I also competed in the Quake Live League September 2009 which I finished an impressive joint third! This is by far my best Quake duel result although my brother drewtwo managed to one up me by finishing second!
While duel is decent to watch I have to admit I do not enjoy playing it much and as a result my real focus is on the team games in which we reached the ESL Quake Live Team Deathmatch 4on4 Summer League 2009 1. Division Playoffs, where we are in the lower bracket set to face deathreign. It will be hard coming back from the lower bracket, but we did have a close game (taking their map choice) to get knocked down there vs the favourites 4Kings (formally nfinity).
In the Quake Live Clan Arena 5on5 Grand Opening Cup (in which I represented sexeh) we finished fifth and were unfortunate to draw the eventual winners in the lower bracket or we would have expected to finish higher. Sexeh has since merged to form new team iLOVE which is currently competing in the Quake Live CA OC Fall 2009 in the Premier Division.
For the Quake Live CTF OC Fall 2009 I am once again representing ESR Stars in division five. So far we have played two won two, so things look good for another successful Clanbase campaign.
Of course my favourite game type is TDM and representing derailed in the Quake Live TDM OC Fall 2009 has thus far been a bit of a roller-coaster. Certain wannabe “pro gamers” taking defaults off us and others demanding replays it’s the usual Clanbase cup, but hopefully most of that is sorted now and we can get our group games finished and the standings finalised soon.
The final update is our Upper Bracket Quarter Final vs xlo in the BW TDM Cup, that should be played soon. Although we have beaten xlo in the past fairly comfortably they have been training hard and have the kind of attitude that suggests this match wont be so easy especially with our lack of activity and team member issues.
Great news! We have qualified by finishing fourth in the Quake Live Team Deathmatch 4on4 EMS Qualification Cup #1. This means we will be in the finals of the ESL Major Series with the chance to play for a 1000 € prize purse.
After a number of offers we have decided to take iMmune’s Quake Live TDM team to a multi-gaming organisation. Our choice was Derailed, an old name in the Counter Strike scene, recently reborn and successfully growing into a real international contender. While we don’t really believe in the myth of “pro gaming” and don’t expect to get richer in any way shape or form from this, we like the direction derailed are heading and as such feel comfortable in dropping our longstanding name iMmune and representing derailed for Quake Live TDM.
It has been a while and the scene has has moved on since my last post. The first big news is our win in the Clanbase Featured 4v4 TDM Cup Division 5 representing ESR Stars. After an easy run through our group, we sailed through the knockouts and took the final in conformable style 2-0 on maps (not dropping a single map throughout the entire tournament). Although it was pretty clear we were in the wrong division, we will be representing ourselves again in the Premiership this coming season.
The match details and my point of view demos can be found here.
I am currently involved in a number of different events covering a few different game modes all in Quake Live. Firstly there is the Clanbase Featured 4v4 TDM Cup. In this we have just reached the final of Division 5 and I am representing the team ESR Stars along side adr, Dhillon, Dird, drewtwo and ndrj. So far we have not dropped a map so things look good for the final to be played next week.
The Other ClanBase cup I was involved in was the Summer 4v4 CTF Cup, which I competed under the iMmune banner alongside adr, drewtwo and vor. We reached the Quarter Finals of the Second League but were knocked out in the end by ddz.
Kuh3liga is about to start its first season of Quake Live and I am playing for iMmune in the Premier Division Group B. It is a difficult group compared to the other and will see us matched against the likes of versatile, YoYotech, Occupants and eldvakt. We are getting as much practice in as possible but it is always going to be a challenge catching up with these teams that have been playing hardcore as a team through the closed beta.
Moving on to the ESL I am involved in 3 different leagues at the moment. Currently for sexeh (alongside players like dest, holy, Slu, azer, r3d, techz and vor) in the Clan Arena 5on5 Grand Opening Cup in which we are upper bracket semi-finalists due to play pcm this sunday, which will be our biggest test yet. It could go either way so we will try to be in good form ready for it.
In the TDM and CTF Summer 2009 Leagues I will again be playing in iMmune along side adr, drewtwo, nVc and vor. In TDM we are in a easy looking Division 1 group and in CTF we are set to be playing in Division 2.
Here is a video of me playing for iMmune in a Q3 match on Q3DM7. It is a practice match and I made the video really to show off our configs as a team, as well as the sharp turn around in frags from being 30 behind to by the end of the video being in front (then going on to win). Enjoy:
Welcome to my brand new site. Here I will post anything I feel like sharing, covering the subject of gaming. This will of course generally focus around the games I play or have played such as Jedi Knight 2 or Quake 3. I will write some articles about my ideas and perhaps bring some old articles I created in the past. Any videos or images I want to share will also be posted here and all my files I had linked on my domain before will also be available here. If I get the time I will also keep blogged any matches me or my teams are involved in, including stats, screens, demos and reviews.
