With the release of the Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Demo just around the corner (read more..) it wasn't a long shot to say that there would be one or two demo cups popping up - and here is the first (and so far only) one. Just as they were the first to hold a ET:QW Beta Cup, QWL are now presenting their very own, ET:QW Demo Cup.

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This Demo Cup is primary intended as a promo cup. A lot of clans are already confident that Quake Wars is THE clan game for the coming years but there are also clans that are not yet sure about it an need some extra push to get the right feeling about the enormous potential of Quake Wars. With this cup we hope to give clans this extra push.

We will play with a 6 vs 6 setup with a Quake Wars as it is, so no changes on vehicles or other game settings. Just like the Open Beta Cup.

Of course clans are allowed to agree on certain changes for their match (like not using any flyer) but our intention is to play Quake Wars as it is intended by the developers so we are not restricting anything and are not applying weird rules anywhere.

Their last cup was something of a disappointment as both the final and bronze final were won on forfeit due to various reasons, such as players dropping out and QuakeCon - but let's hope on a better finish for this one.

Teams signed up so far: Team 621
Greek Operation Forces
Team Delta
pain4ever
Betsson Voodoo Gaming
team-dignitas
Copenhagen eSport
Team exilium
progressive eSports
Junk52 Theatre
hardMethod Gaming
Ocrana
4th.Rangers
Team-Desire
Team Pelit
OverGame
roYality
TheyKickAss
KomaCrew e.V.
n1ce.it by Sapphire
Druidz
vicious gaming
goD's PuppeTs
raGe
Fallen-Soulz
infused Gaming
Pain is Coming
one.magic
TIER
te4m
Arcane6
NINJA
4Frags.Gaming
Ntech[/hide]

Whether all vehicles and deployable's (at all times) where meant to be used even in competitive play by the developers as the QWL admins says is still open for discussion. But this could prove to be a very interesting cup and it could give us a final hint on which teams that will stand out when the retail version of the game finally arrives to Europe on the 28th. The Demo Cup is currently open for 64 teams and prices are to be announced when QWL-admins know the amount of teams willing to participate so stay tuned.

QWL Demo Cup rules:Scoring
Scoring in Quake Wars League matches will be based on the best of 3 rounds. The format for the matches is stopwatch settings where one team attacks and sets a time for the round which the opposing team must beat. During the first round the "home team" will attack first while the "away team" defends. In the second round the "away team" will attack first while the "home team" defends.

After a match is completed the following point system is used:
The winning team will receive 3 points in the Quake Wars league.
If the match results in a draw both teams will receive 2 Quake Wars league points.
The losing team will receive 1 Quake Wars League point.
Matches that result in forfeits will result in 0 points for the forfeiting team.
If a team experiences an exorbitant amount of forfeit losses during the system they may be removed from the league at the staff's discretion.

Match Days and Times
In case of an "Open Schedule Cup" clans can challenge each other for any date and time. The challenged party is allowed to do a counter challenge if the date and time does not fit the clans schedule.

Maps
Unknown at this moment. This will be communicated as soon as possible.[/hide]

Find out more at:
Quake Wars League
#QWL

As if the number of cups during the beta stage of Enemy Territory - Quake Wars wasn't enough, yet another one popped up earlier today. It's the IRC-channel #etqw.euro together with inquake.de that've launched their invite-only cup involving ETQW's finest. Among those you find clans such as team-dignitas, lolicon, NINJA and Team One2 to mention but a few and this one could really become rather interesting. It's a one day cup and the whole thing is to take place this Sunday, the 22nd.

*UPDATE*
I earlier posted my own translated english version of the etqw.euro Rackage-Cup #1 statement, but later on unHuman, inquake.de-admin, contacted me with the news that they've now released an english announcement, I thought I would update this entire newspost. Other then that you can see that some other things have changed aswell, seeing Team Desire getting replaced by edge and Team imm0rtal. eSports with u14. They've also added a poll to their page where you should toss your vote wether to allow the Tormentor or not during this cup, read on for more information.

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inquake.de, #etqw.euro and Rackage partnered up to bring you a perfectly organized tournement with high-quality matches, superior entertainment and a unique atmosphere. These all is going to take place on sunday, the 22nd of July at 14 PM CET. Oh, let me guess, you still don't know what's going to happen here? It's about time to share the fact that:

inquake.de presents the #etqw.euro Rackage-Cup #1

Right, but that's not going to be "just another" cup, we have something special for you in mind this time. This first edition of the #etqw.euro Rackage-Cup #1 has a special stipulation. Yes, you read it right, this premiere starts as an invited only one. That means, inquake.de sent individual invitations to the best of the best and we are glad to show you the list of clans that are going to participate and as you will see, we have them all.

However, what would be a tournement with top-clans, if there isn't anybody who ensures you full entertainment? Besides high quality matches we also care about the entertainment-factor. Hence, there was no other choice but to contact QuadV/TosspoT in order to make sure this cup gets one of the best shoutcasters out there and to give him the oppurtunity to make a mark on that.

ut there is still something missing, yeah - a very important point, namely, the community's influence. First of all, there is nowhere a tournement going on Splashdamage does not care about. They espacially care about ours and the flurry arised when they heared that we are also about to forbid their tormentor. As a result, we decided to set up a poll where all interested players are able to vote whether a tormentor should be allowed or not. This poll finishes at Saturday 23:59 CET and you can find it on our mainpage on the right side.

In order to keep the clans will to win that event, the overall-final will be shown live on television. Giga TV will stream online and live via SAT the final at 23 PM CET. So stay tuned. Rackageservers is a popular serverhost in the United-Kingdom, therefore we are proud to have them as our server-sponsor. They will provide the cup with 8 private servers, thus a troublefree tournement will be warranted. inquake.de will coverage its event. Scores, Details and Informations will be released there and frequently updated.

The following teams participate in the Cup:
cause we can
Pain is Coming
u14
Team exilium
wArning!
Beyond Gaming
cZar-Gaming
lolicon
team-dignitas
Logitech.QW
spierdalaj!
Kompaniet
NINJA
Team One2
edge
Power of Greyskull

Rules and cup details:
- ABBA - Stopwatch game mode (20 minutes timelimit)
- six players per team (two substitutes are allowed)
- map: 'Sewer' of course
- maximum of one Cyclops/Titan (no Tormentor)
- every team leader has to stay put in #etqw.euro during the entire cup
- inquake.de-Cup-Admins will administrate every single match
- no ingame spectators are allowed apart from the admins and casters
- the use and abuse of any kind of bugs and/or exploits lead to immediate disqualification

So remember to head over to the inquake.de-page (lower right) and toss your vote in wether the Tormentor will be allowed or not.

Source:
etqw.euro Rackage-Cup #1
#etqw.euro