QuakeCon 2010 Day 2 Wrap-up

Sorry for the delay, had to get some sleep. QuakeCon 2010's second day is over, and the problems continue. The tournament once again stalled for several hours without any notice from anyone at QuakeCon. It seems DNS issues continue to plague the event, only briefly resuming for the vamp1re vs dandaking match before lag struck mid-way through, calling it a day once again. Evil Geniuses' player manager Stuart Ewen comments: "This even has been the single most disappointing Quake tournament I have attended, while the head admins are not at fault the lack of organization and preparation leading up to and during the event is deplorable. If the buzz around the forums is true as well, then the BYOC is in a similar state."

Gamespot decided to restream the event on their site, which was pretty cool for however long it was up.

proZaC was escorted by police and kicked out of QuakeCon for indecent exposure after changing his pants in the tournament area after coming back from the pool. "No kids, no families, no nothing. Fuck QuakeCon. I'm OUT! Love", says proZaC in his posting, who's been relegated to room arrest in his hotel due to the incident. He tells me later, "The way those guys were coming at me, it's like they think I'm a terrorist or something. The police made me wait like two hours." He has and is currently ready to party in room 2269. It seems as long as you have a tie on, you're good to go.

I have given a short interview regarding my inability to attend this year's QuakeCon, as well as several news stories that have popped up. "Although I had not logged into the Focus Test in quite a while, and the information was public, I had still signed the NDA previously, and was therefore banned from Quake Live for a month. Then a few days ago I received an email stating I would not be allowed to enter QuakeCon 2010."

proZaC and I are not wanted.

chance and destrukt had their quite boring rematch from last week's IVGHOF, with destrukt able to squeak out two one-frag victories. From what I hear, a video exists of chance not too happy after the loss, stringing obscenities towards destrukt after it was over. stermy looks in good form, taking down DaHanG in straight maps with a close win on Lost World (dm13), and a very strong defensive showing on Battleforged. The italian now looks forward to a hotly-anticipated semifinal with Rapha, who he's taken out before. Spart1e came back down a map and railed his way to victory against Cooller to send the fan-favorite into the lower bracket, before being taken out by Cypher in the upper bracket semifinals. Spart1e had a sizeable lead against Cypher on Aerowalk before letting it slip away in the final minutes (Video: Cypher POV), leading to a rather one-sided victory on Lost World.

The match between QUAD Gaming and compLexity was rather close on both Japanese Castles and Troubled Waters (ctf2), with QUAD Gaming only able to pull ahead in the second half of both maps led by strong play in jones and Rapha. This now leads to a great matchup in the semifinals with Evil Geniuses. / Loaded and boobs clashed in the lower side of the bracket, with the Europeans led by draven mopping up on Japanese Castles, and the Flysher American/Canadian mix doing the same on Stonekeep. They will play the third and deciding map on day 3, with fnatic waiting in the wings.

ESReality's own seven has put together a very well-written, but quite uninformative and propagandistic interview with Quake Live's lead man Steve Nix and Community Manager Adam Pyle (SyncError).

Rage has been confirmed for a September 13th, 2011 US and September 15th, 2011 release for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. The game was shown off simultaneously across all three platforms at 60 FPS, with some impressions of the demo already coming out.

John Carmack says that "[Doom3 would] have been more enjoyable if people could actually see it", wishing he'd added more lighting options to the tech, adding "the artists hiss at us if we turn on lights." He also promises that dedicated servers are high on the list for possible features in Rage, and "expects it will be possible [to run a dedicated server]."

The second day of QuakeCon Steam sales has popped up, with every game in the Doom franchise 66% off.

According to QuakeLive.tv's FishStix, matches are scheduled to start a half an hour earlier than usual because of the previous day's issues. But anything could happen.