As Quakecon approaches previewing its tournament is poised to be the hardest preview I've ever done. How do you preview a tournament for a game that isnt released yet and features just one European team against a community who personify the meaning of 'diamond in the rough'.
As appears to be a growing trend the American community in Quakwars is without definition. Just like with Call of Duty, when the WSVG hit Dallas last month the Europeans didnt know what to expect from their American opponents because there isnt the same competitive legitimacy in American tournaments, CAL is no longer what it was and CEVO not quite the be all and end all of any game so how do you judge who's going to win the event?
Europe has beta tournaments coming out of its ears, i3d, QWL and Clanbase have flooded the market with tournaments. Sure it produced a few replicated matches and its only on one map, but the truth is we do know that one2 are better than dignitas and because of that we can safely say that Dignitas head to Quakecon with a cloud over their head. They are beatable, they are flawed somewhere and the biggest problem is that they know it! For all of this team they're used to working hard and getting to the top and then looking down on the world for quite some time, now they're back amongst the layer cake. With that being said, they'll be happy to actually be getting as much practice with their Quakecon roster as they can,
What will the Americans throw at them?
Team HOT go to Quakecon as possible favourites after reaching the final of the American season of QWL. They face demise in the final but go into it with bags full of experience, experience that you can take to the bank in a high pressure tournament. The CGI shaped this diamond and with money on the line they'll be there again to pickup the big bucks. The side are actually sending their affiliated team (B team?) to the event, though eyes are most certainly on the main roster. They finish their QWL season tonight having actually only had to win two matches (some forfeit wins), their Battlefield achievements and stated practice activity are what mark them down as potential favourites.
20ID’s interview with gameriot reeks of an arrogance that states they head to Quakecon as the only team with significant ET experience. One must hope that reality cuts through that arrogance when reload and jak show up with their Quakecon gold medals around their neck. The side posses some talent from ET in 2005, whether that will hold up in Quakewars is yet to be seen. In that same interview, Radea naively attempted to dismiss European chances by citing the CGI in 06 as an example of American sides being stronger than European’s in Battlefield. This perhaps done in ignorance of the fact that code7 who were the only representative for Europe, weren’t in any way shape or form the top European side at the time. The side does offer the best of the American ET scene with players like nothx and Silver in attendance who both have Quakecon history, whether it’ll be enough will have to be seen, but they certainly think it will be!
The two Check Six rosters will offer strong resistance, their second lineup Deceptions includes notable NA ET talent with Sage and Digital. They have a great deal of Battlefield experience and will offer the same as a great deal of the other sides, Battlefield vehicle and deployment tendencies over the more aim based mindset of an ET side. The success of this will be very difficult to measure with the game in its current format, however they’ll face alot of the same in Dallas this weekend.
There are other sides in the running dz have made it all the way to the QWL finals in the states and 50 cal should also offer some competition. For alot of these sides it will boil down to how easily they hit the ground running in the arena of Quakecon. The venue is large, the pressure and crowds are huge and if you let it, the occasion can overcome you.
As mentioned, compiling an actual prediction is going to be very hard. Americans do perform well on LAN, however they’re not competition hardy. Dignitas will have an advantage in their competitive readiness and Quakecon experience, but that doesn’t mean they’ll win. Dignitas’ inability to keep their Quakecon roster intact for a sustained period of time to practice will hinder them, especially when some of their North American rivals don’t have any such problems. Expect surprises and diversity in Dallas this weekend!
The top three positions payout this weekend and my money would be on HOT and Dignitas to occupy two of those positions, outside of that anyone could be anyone!
As appears to be a growing trend the American community in Quakwars is without definition. Just like with Call of Duty, when the WSVG hit Dallas last month the Europeans didnt know what to expect from their American opponents because there isnt the same competitive legitimacy in American tournaments, CAL is no longer what it was and CEVO not quite the be all and end all of any game so how do you judge who's going to win the event?
Europe has beta tournaments coming out of its ears, i3d, QWL and Clanbase have flooded the market with tournaments. Sure it produced a few replicated matches and its only on one map, but the truth is we do know that one2 are better than dignitas and because of that we can safely say that Dignitas head to Quakecon with a cloud over their head. They are beatable, they are flawed somewhere and the biggest problem is that they know it! For all of this team they're used to working hard and getting to the top and then looking down on the world for quite some time, now they're back amongst the layer cake. With that being said, they'll be happy to actually be getting as much practice with their Quakecon roster as they can,
What will the Americans throw at them?
Team HOT go to Quakecon as possible favourites after reaching the final of the American season of QWL. They face demise in the final but go into it with bags full of experience, experience that you can take to the bank in a high pressure tournament. The CGI shaped this diamond and with money on the line they'll be there again to pickup the big bucks. The side are actually sending their affiliated team (B team?) to the event, though eyes are most certainly on the main roster. They finish their QWL season tonight having actually only had to win two matches (some forfeit wins), their Battlefield achievements and stated practice activity are what mark them down as potential favourites.
20ID’s interview with gameriot reeks of an arrogance that states they head to Quakecon as the only team with significant ET experience. One must hope that reality cuts through that arrogance when reload and jak show up with their Quakecon gold medals around their neck. The side posses some talent from ET in 2005, whether that will hold up in Quakewars is yet to be seen. In that same interview, Radea naively attempted to dismiss European chances by citing the CGI in 06 as an example of American sides being stronger than European’s in Battlefield. This perhaps done in ignorance of the fact that code7 who were the only representative for Europe, weren’t in any way shape or form the top European side at the time. The side does offer the best of the American ET scene with players like nothx and Silver in attendance who both have Quakecon history, whether it’ll be enough will have to be seen, but they certainly think it will be!
The two Check Six rosters will offer strong resistance, their second lineup Deceptions includes notable NA ET talent with Sage and Digital. They have a great deal of Battlefield experience and will offer the same as a great deal of the other sides, Battlefield vehicle and deployment tendencies over the more aim based mindset of an ET side. The success of this will be very difficult to measure with the game in its current format, however they’ll face alot of the same in Dallas this weekend.
There are other sides in the running dz have made it all the way to the QWL finals in the states and 50 cal should also offer some competition. For alot of these sides it will boil down to how easily they hit the ground running in the arena of Quakecon. The venue is large, the pressure and crowds are huge and if you let it, the occasion can overcome you.
As mentioned, compiling an actual prediction is going to be very hard. Americans do perform well on LAN, however they’re not competition hardy. Dignitas will have an advantage in their competitive readiness and Quakecon experience, but that doesn’t mean they’ll win. Dignitas’ inability to keep their Quakecon roster intact for a sustained period of time to practice will hinder them, especially when some of their North American rivals don’t have any such problems. Expect surprises and diversity in Dallas this weekend!
The top three positions payout this weekend and my money would be on HOT and Dignitas to occupy two of those positions, outside of that anyone could be anyone!
20INCH DONGS or Team Hot who gona win and dignitas gona go home with milktrain.
x6 seems to be the weakest team at the moment and they are talking too much shit but just wait and about NOTABLE ET talent 20ID is the strongest all of them has long ET history ;)
You spend way too much time with Americans T_T
Never heard of them, you? :-\
reload hasn't got a qcon gold medal... Or have I missed something ? :/
Go BruceBjornyBoy and Sondac =)
Raperaprape >_>
anyone remembers some US guys flooding a poll on crossfire, bragging about how much superior america is to europe in terms of ET? (after losing like, uh, four(?) atlantic battles 4-0)
At that time they thought Dignitas weren't going...
Tosspot, honestly I'd really appreciate an editing of that post noting the above. My comments were taken the wrong way, and when I said our main competition being HOT it was because dignitas wasn't attending to my knowledge.
Lastly, I was addressing the word "dominated" in the final question. As far as I knew (I didn't play battlefield), American teams like 20id and hot were very competitive with the good European teams, something which doesn't warrant the word dominate. That doesn't mean they were better, but I really didn't like the word choice in the question.
no edit > edit
:)
http://www.team-dignitas.org/articles.php?id=66
And btw the main 20ID.etqw isn't the same team as 20ID.bf2 (they are the "b-team" atm..) kapwnd:o :)
That's ALSO ignoring the fact that it's a completely different team - this is 20ID.ET, that was 20ID.BF2.
And as far as BF2 goes, code7 got lucky they got an invite, but the tournament was terrible - it was the sort of pure shit commercialised tourney we all hate. They played one map where EU rules require two, the prize payout was all-or-nothing. Waste of time in other words.
What an moron, yeah, obviously you dont know anything about Euros dominating Battlefield.
That tournament was totally biased in favor for the americans, with the rule settings and modified maps.
Whatever, we lost with 3 tickets but we won against 20id, hot and warchild in the world tournament. In total we lost 3 matches for 9 months.
Team Dignitas and HOT in final.
2. Dignitas
3. check-six
4. demise