Quake Live Wednesday!

Today is Wednesday which means it's another playday of the ESL Intel Extreme Master Season 5: European Championship. Today we will see the the match to decide the group leader in Group A, k1llsen vs av3k. The match will of course be casted by ESL TV with Joe, starting at 22:00 CET. After that the ESL TV will also show madix vs calipt.

Intel Extreme Master Season 5: European Championship - Playday 4


18:00 CET
21:00 CET
21:00 CET
22:15 CET
22:15 CET
22:15 CET
22:45 CET
22:45 CET
22:45 CET
22:45 CET
22:45 CET

fazz vs reload @ Level Up TV
guard vs Krysa
Cooller vs assign @ Level Up TV
strenx vs xrebzy
Nitrino vs fire_bot
k1llsen vs av3k @ ESL TV
calipt vs madix @ ESL TV
UwU vs zsx
serak vs dem0n
draven vs assign
GaRpY vs av3k @ Level Up TV


The following matches are rescheduled:

spartaz0rd vs plaZmaa
stermy vs GoHLinK
guard vs zsx
Cooller vs stermy


Oh, and one more change. a1r-r41d has dropped out of IEM5 EC. At this stage he will not be replaced and Group A will continue with 4 players.

And if this is not enough we will also have atleast one match of Team Deathmatch as xentorium takes on bloodface in the first playoff round of ESL Major Series Season VII. The match is scheduled to start at 21:30 CET. Before that, there is a chance we will see another match of xentorium as they are supposed to face Frontline at 20:00 CET in the first playoff round of ClanBase Eurocup XXII. However Frontline has been struggling with inactivity as of late meaning the chance of rescheduling is quite high. Streams are not yet officially confirmed but Level Up TV should be streaming both of these TDM matches and some duel from IEM EC as well.

In other news, over the night Quake Live went through another update. Two new Premium maps were added as well as more options in server customization for Pro users. Full changelog can be read below.

Site Update - November 16, 2010
Today's update, QUAKE LIVE Premium Pak 4, introduces 2 new arenas to QUAKE LIVE, 20 new premium awards, and our first of many advanced server options. While many changes are still planned for our new advanced server options, we hope that everyone enjoys the new level of freedom that we are now offering to Pro subscribers, the Premium players, and the Standard users whom we hope you invite to Premium servers to check out the content before upgrading!

Premium Maps Added:

• Evolution (Small CA):
  
  This small Rocket Arena 3 level crafted by Till Merker, author of Thunderstruck and Theatre of Pain, is an instant classic. Two open platforms at the top level provide light cover from direct fire, while a teleporter at the bottom of the map allows quick access to high ground. If you get caught at the bottom, you can attempt to make an escape toward the tunnels in the back of the map, but be careful that your opponent does not get the drop on you through the jumppad shaft in the back. Evolution is best played in Small Clan Arena, with up to 4 players.
  
  
• Three Story (Small CA):
  
  This small Rocket Arena 3 level crafted by Mike Burbidge, author of Japanese Castles, has received a fresh coat of paint, and looks better than ever. A large building houses two jump pads to bring you up to the synonymous third story of the level. Here you are connected to perilous catwalks, which are especially dangerous with our new Premium Damage Through Floors match setting enabled. If the enemy has taken the high-ground, don't give up yet, as a tunnel wraps around the outer edge of the arena, leading into a building and up a level giving you position to mount an attack on any fortified position. Like Evolution, Three Story is best played in small Clan Arena matches.

Web Updates:

• New advanced server launch features: Customize your premium match in more ways than before. Toggle power-ups, runes, damage through floors, ramp jumping, change gravity, weapon switch speed, and quad damage factor. More server settings will be available in future updates.
  
• 20 New Premium Awards: Premium and Pro users now have 20 new awards to set their sights on.
  
• Added Awards to Recognize Past Events: QuakeCon 2008, 2009, 2010; DreamHack Summer 2010; IEM5 NA, IEM5 Gamescom
  
• New employee awards for playing alongside the Quake Live staff.
  
• Fixed Default Values: Found and resolved the issue that was causing some default values to be improperly set. New users or existing users who use the 'Reset Settings Defaults' will now have the correct default values for: autoswitch, color1, color2, forceEnemyModel, fov, hitbeep, sensitivity, and rate.
  
• Changed training process: The once-mandatory match against Crash has been completely removed. New players are now placed in an assessment period before skill matching begins to take place.
  
• Various back-end changes to improve search-engine visibility and optimizations. This will eventually allow Google and other search engines to index the whole site, including player profiles.

Notable Map Updates:

• Inner Sanctums - Added ceiling supports to lower red entrance hall, that existed only on blue side.
  
• Overkill - Fixed clipping in teleporter side hall that could cause players to get stuck.
  
• Purgatory - Restored missing 50hp at BS, Fixed columns at RA
  
• Retribution - Fixed a clip in the 'back hallway' that could cause players to get stuck.
  
• Sacellum - Fixed & relaxed clipping near building rooftops.
  
• Solid - Fixed misaligned and misplaced textures.
  
• Window Pain - Fixed issue that was causing RL to not spawn

Infrastructure Changes:

• We have migrated our database over to an entirely new back-end system. This should not affect site functionality, and everything should work as it did before.
  
• Various back-end daemons have been brought out of the database into their own subsystems for scalability.

ESL IEM 5 EC, EMS VII: QL TDM, Clanbase EC XXII: QL TDM, Quake Live