If you were wondering how well Quakewars was going to be received at Quakecon, you can sleep easy tonight as the signups list caught on fire with 23 teams signing up within an hour, including none other than... Dignitas

Top American Battlefield teams 20ID and Team HOT who appeared last July at the very first Championship Gaming Series are back in action. Not afraid of the big stage these two teams will have to be considered as contenders to the thrown. Quakecon 05 winning Multigaming Organisation, Check 6 have signed up to the tournament.

We'll keep you updated as the big names sign up, but you can see the full list here

ID Software today confirmed to IGN that there would be more news released regarding the upcoming Wolfenstein title at this years Quakecon. Whilst talking at great length about their new texture platform and game engine there were snippets of interest for the Crossfire player in this interview:

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IGN: How is Wolfenstein coming along?

Tim Willits: Kevin Cloud could probably answer this a tiny bit better but as you know Raven are a AAA company. We've tried to do things in the game that is different from Return to Castle Wolfenstein, that expands the Wolfenstein universe and adds some play variety. Gamers nowadays want more, they want broader, they want wider choices and we're really trying to, without saying too much, make the game different and make something that people haven't played before on id technology.

IGN: Do you know when the first time that you'll be showing this publicly?

Tim Willits: Well we'll have more to talk about at QuakeCon but I can't tell you exactly. It's a long ways out. It's not as much my thing so I'm not too sure what the exact plans are for QuakeCon.

You can read the full article Here and can rest assured that Crossfire will be at Quakecon to bring you whatever is revealed!

This evening I'm proud to announce the opening of signups for 16500 euros worth of Crossfire tournaments, it is of course none other than the Crossfire Devotii Challenge 3. Below you can find out more detailed information on the tournaments, including formats, prizes, signups, maps and more!

All of the information for the tournament is stored Here which you can access by clicking the CDC logo on the left.

Part 1 – The Community Event - Friday September 21st (12:00 CET) – Sunday September 23rd (19:00 CET)

The goal of Part 1 of the series is to encompass all of the aspects that have made the community and the previous challenges special. Not only will we feature prized tournaments, but we will also be hosting a Barbeque and a prized Poker Night and a quiz night ontop of more fun and games in between! Entry to all tournaments is 50 euros per player.

Tournaments: (SIGNUPS ARE OPEN UNTIL AUGUST 12th)

Enemy Territory 6vs6 – 16 Teams (4000 Euro Prize Purse) – (potential for an expansion, dependant on Quakewars)
Tournament Details & SignupslTo signup to the Enemy Territory tournament, you must complete your clan roster on Crossfire (here) and mail your application to [email protected], including a link to your Clan Profile on Crossfire and the primary email and phone number of the clan. Teams will first signup, and then an undefined amount of teams will be invited to the tournament with some remaining qualifiers. Invites will be based on players reliability at previous Challenge events as well as the rosters potential skill, proven by previous achievements of individual players and the team itself.

Enemy Territory: Quakewars 6vs6 – 16 Teams (3000 Euro Prize Purse) – (Potential for a smaller tournament, should signups prove small.)
Tournament Details & SignupsTo signup to the Enemy Territory: Quakewars tournament, you must complete your clan roster on Crossfire (here) and mail your application to [email protected] , including a link to your Clan Profile on Crossfire and the primary email and phone number of the clan. Teams will first signup, and then an undefined amount of teams will be invited to the tournament with some remaining qualifiers. Invites will be based on players reliability at previous Challenge events as well as the rosters potential skill, proven by previous achievements of individual players and the team itself in both Quakewars and other games.

**Note** Do not make travel arrangements for any players until Crossfire emails you to confirm your acceptance to the Quakewars tournament. Crossfire reserves the right to postpone the entire Quakewars tournament should the released version prove to not be LAN ready, this is highly unlikely, however must be considered. This decision will be made as soon as possible.

Warsow 1vs1 – 8 Player QCUP (1000 Euro Prize Purse)
Tournament Details & SignupsTo signup to the Warsow QCUP you must create a user profile on Crossfire (here) and mail your application to [email protected], including a link to your user profile on Crossfire and the primary email and phone number of the player.
Players will first signup, and then four players will be invited with four spots available via a qualifier. Invites and qualifiers will be determined by previous achievements of the player in both Warsow and other games.

Quake 3 CPM 1vs1 – 8 Player (1000 Euro Prize Purse) – Double Elimination Bracket, Best of 3 maps
Tournament Details & SignupsTo signup to the Quake 3 CPM tournament you must create a user profile on Crossfire (here) and mail your application to [email protected], including a link to your user profile on Crossfire and the primary email and phone number of the player.
Players will first signup, and once the signup list is ascertained, the decision on invites and whether to run qualifiers will be made. Invites and qualifiers will be determined by previous achievements of the player in both Quake 3 CPM and other games.

Part 2 – Crossfire Devotii Challenge – Friday November 16th (12:00 CET) – Sunday Nov 18th (19:00 CET)

Part 2 features the larger and more pro-orientated tournament, the Call of Duty 2 tournament. Here 6k will be divided amongst the top four teams and RTCW will be the side tournament.

Tournaments: (SIGNUPS ARE OPEN Until October 12th)

Call of Duty 2 – (32 Teams, 5vs5, 6000 Euros Prize Money) (40 Euros entry, per player)
Tournament Details & SignupsTo signup to the Call of Duty 2 tournament, you must complete your clan roster on Crossfire (here) and mail your application to [email protected] - including a link to your Clan Profile on Crossfire and the primary email and phone number of the clan. Teams will first signup, and then an undefined amount of teams will be invited to the tournament with some remaining qualifiers. Invites will be based on players reliability at previous Challenge events as well as the rosters potential skill, proven by previous achievements of individual players and the team itself.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein QCUP – (8 Teams, 6vs6, 1500 Euros First Prize) (30 Euros entry, per player)
Tournament Details & SignupsTo signup to the Return to Castle Wolfenstein tournament, you must complete your clan roster on Crossfire (here) and mail your application to [email protected] - including a link to your Clan Profile on Crossfire and the primary email and phone number of the clan. Teams will first signup, and then an undefined amount of teams will be invited to the tournament with some remaining qualifiers. Invites will be based on players reliability at previous Challenge events as well as the rosters potential skill, proven by previous achievements of individual players and the team itself in both RTCW & ET.

The World Series of Video Games has moved to explain the lack of live coverage for the Dallas event, highlighting their efforts and love for the game whilst openly stating that they are looking for a solution.

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We love Call of Duty 2. I repeat. We LOVE Call of Duty 2. The tournament this weekend showcased the great teamplay that we expected from one of the best communities out there. Tons of great matches took place and the players were all first class! Unfortunately, no one outside of the event was able to witness any of it.

There were many complaints about the lack of CoD2 coverage, and we at the WSVG agree with you 100%. Because of the immense support shown by the CoD2 community, we sought out to properly cover the event and give back to those who make our events possible.

Our first attempt was to work with EGLN, who offered to fly two broadcasters down to Dallas on the condition that we provide bandwidth (2 megabits) and space to setup. Done! Fast forward to less than a week before the event and we now hear that EGLN’s main casters have left the company and would like for us to provide them with flights and hotel rooms. Done! Unfortunately, the late notice meant that the two casters could not take work off and we were left without a solution.

Enter eSportsTV. We were approached by the company and they offered to stream ALL of CoD2 as well as the Quake 4 matches that weren’t covered on our live stream. In exchange, we would provide them with hotel rooms, laptops, bandwidth (2 megabts), and space. Done! After signing a contract, we saw no stream from the eSportsTV staff who were on site with video cameras. Instead, they posted two VoD’s. Color us disappointed.

Thus is the saga of our attempts at Call of Duty 2 coverage. We humbly apologize to everyone in the community that wanted to see their favorite players duke it out on LAN. It is not normally our policy to air our dirty laundry, but we can honestly say that we made every effort possible to broadcast this event.

If anyone has ideas for live video coverage of Call of Duty 2 at future events, please post in our Call of Duty 2 forums!

Source: theWSVG.com

London – July 10, 2007 – devotii and Crossfire are proud to host the third Challenge series at the WZZRD Enschede Gaming centre in the Netherlands.

Over 12,000 Euros in cash prizes have been provided by Crossfire and its partners for the first two hugely successful Challenges. The third event will see an increase on that figure.

Due to huge interest and the over subscribed nature of the event it will be spilt into two tournaments. The first taking place September 21st 22nd and 23rd and the second taking place November 16th 17th and 18th.

The September event will house prized tournaments for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory 6vs6, Enemy Territory Quakewars, Warsow QCup 1vs1, Quake 3 CPM 1vs1 as well as the conclusion of the Fnatic Academy Call of Duty 2 tournament whilst November will be a dedicated devotii Call of Duty 2 event with an RTCW QCUP. More information on the format and prizes of these two tournaments will be announced in the coming week.

“I’m honored to announce our third event and delighted that it is proving to be such a popular event in the gaming calendar” offered Stuart “TosspoT” Saw, owner of Crossfire.nu. “We’ve learnt a lot from the previous events and are pleased to be partnering with devotii, WZZRD and QPAD for the third installment. Our ambition is to champion less well know games and raise their profile in the gaming community”

Michael Benson, Marketing Director of devotii, added, “We are proud to be working with Crossfire again. These great live tournaments and our new online games arena provide even more for opportunities for teams to compete against each other in great environments. Crossfire and devotii are both aligned in trying to bring the best to gamers and gaming.”


About devotii

devotii is a unique subscription based online gaming offering devoted to making gaming easy; with advanced yet simple-to-use functionality in a secure environment using next generation propriety anti-cheat software. devotii is building an active gaming community with sophisticated social networking tools integrated with ‘one-click-to-play’ functionality. For more information about devotii please visit Devotii.com

About Crossfire.nu

Launched in 2003 Crossfire has been the home of competitive Wolfenstein and Call of Duty. In 2006 Crossfire launched its first live off-line event to great applaud and driven by its 12,000 members continues its pledge to champion the smaller games through exposure, events and original media. Crossfire continues to work towards the goal of offering a prestigious home for its community and the challenge events are the spearhead of its plan.
Crossfire.nu

About WZZRD Gaming Cafés

Starting in 2005, WZZRD Game cafés has rapidly grown in the Dutch gaming scene.
Over two years, WZZRD has been providing gamers with the best possible gaming experience offering the latest hardware, competitions and services in the their cafés.
Recently grown to three establishments, featuring the largest Game Café in the Netherlands, it accommodates the needs of gamers for casual playing time or competitive LAN tournaments. In addition, WZZRD Game cafes organizes any type of gaming related events varying from product releases to company days, at one of its locations or externally.
WZZRD.nl

About QPAD & the QCUP

QPAD is the market leader in gaming mousepads, crowned for their quality products over the years. QPAD endeavour to champion the community atmosphere of gaming supporting players and competitions across the globe. The QCUP is a project that demonstrates QPAD's dedication to its community, by supporting gamers across many platforms. QPAD first presented Warsow to the competitive community at ESWC.nl 2007 in Enschede. After a successful project, QPAD were compelled to run a QCUP and felt Crossfire was the best organisation to run it.
QPAD.se

One of the biggest events to ever hit Call of Duty will has landed in grapevine texas and some of the worlds best Call of Duty teams are in attendance. The WSVG Dallas stop is in association with live earth, a global warming concert. The tournament is shaping up as follows:

[bUpper Bracket Round 1 - Played Friday[/b]]
(top half)
BYE 0-13 eximus (1)
yex 13-10 empath
TFS 13-10 Frag`do
BYE 0-13 flow (5)
.50 13-2 bnb
DB 2-13 20ID
exploit 13-11 drt
BYE 0-13 Dignitas (4)
(bottom half)
BYE 0-13 TeK-9 (3)
onfyre 9-13 iso
syops 3-13 pure
BYE 0-13 Speedlink (6)
Intense 1-13 Check.Six
gs 13-6 drt2
ENE 13-10 n2p
BYE 0-13 Pandemic (2)

[bUpper Bracket Round 2 - Played Saturday[/b]]
yeX 13-6 eximus
TFS 2-13 20ID
.50 13-10 flow
exploit 1-13 Dignitas

TeK-9 13-5 iso
pure 7-13 Speedlink
check6 13-6 gs
ENE 13-4 Pandemic
[bUpper Bracket Round 3 - Played Saturday[/b]]
eximus 8-13 20ID
Dignitas 13-9 .50
check6 7-13 Pandemic
Speedlink 3-13 TeK-9
[bUpper Bracket Round 4 - Played Saturday[/b]]

20ID 13-10 dignitas
Pandemic 9-13 TeK-9
Upper Bracket Final - Result

20ID 4-13 TeK-9

[bLoser Bracket Round 2 - Played Saturday[/b]]

empath 13-11 ene
frag`do 15-19 gs
bnb 2-13 pure
drt 4-13 .iso
onfyre 7-13 exploit
syops 4-13 flow
drt2 16-14 TFS
n2p 13-7 yeX
[bLoser Bracket Round 3 - Played Saturday[/b]]

empath 9-13 gS
pure 13-11 .iso
exploit 14-16 flow
drt2 9-13 n2p
[bLoser Bracket Round 4 - Played Saturday[/b]]

.50 10-13 GS
Pure 8-13 Eximus
Flow 4-13 check6
N2P 5-13 speedlink
[bLoser Bracket Round 5 - Played Saturday[/b]]

GS vs Eximus
speedlink vs check6
[bLoser Bracket Round 6 - Played Saturday[/b]]

Eximus 5-13 Pandemi
Speedlink 13-10 dignitas
[bLoser Bracket Round 7 - Played Saturday[/b]]

Speedlink 11-13 Pandemi

Loser Bracket Final

Pandemic 13-10 20ID

Grand Final Complete

TeK-9 6-13 Pandemic
TeK-9 13-10 Pandemic

Winner : TeK-9

Day 2 came with no major surprises for European fans, Dignitas looked fantastic whilst picking up their victory and TeK-9 were equally dominant. However TeK-9's next opponents, Speedlink dropped 7 rounds on their way to victory over Pure, who credit to them were a tougher opponent than the other two europeans had. As mentioned that sets up the first all European tie between Speedlink and TeK-9 on Carentan. Digntias take on .50 who defeated highseeded canadians, flow gaming. Flow had a very bad day infact coming close to elimination in the loser bracket, needing overtime to save them.

Gotfrag's crow actually had this to say:
This has been a great weekend for Call of Duty 2 and, in my opinion, the North American and European CoD2 communities are the real winners, as cheesy as that sounds! Full credit to Tek-9 though, the difficulty of going to a foreign continent and having to perform cannot be overstated. The whole team - and Steven too of course - really deserve this. They have taken some slack lately but I think the pressure is definitely now on Logitech and Serious to show they are still on the same level.

Related:
:: Full Seedings
:: Event Preview
:: Gotfrag CoD
:: ESReality Quake Coverage
:: Video Stream (No CoD)

If anyone thought that ET:Quakewars might slip off the radar or not fill its beta spots, they were well and truly shot down tonight as the ET:Quakewars Open beta began with 3000 user bang. That is to say, 3000 beta keys were registered within the first five minutes of the open beta going live!

3 hours later and more than 15,000 more people had crushed fileplanet in their attempt to get their hands on a precious ET:Quakewars Key. Fileplanet, one of the web's leading download sites was pummeled by anxious gamers and eventually brought down to its knees, buckeling under the pressure before resurfacing.

Anxious players filled the game to its capacity. The initial 3048 server slots available to the public filled quickly, and the European servers were left full instantly with slots spare only across the pond in America and Australia.

Here on Crossfire, the day of the release of the beta slots has seen a little under 200 new Journals of varying opinion on the game, and those united in their complaint about the hit detection will rejoice in the news that SplashDamage have publically stated there will be a patch for the open beta in the week.

In addition, the ET:Quakewars Forum section is open you can put threads in it rather than journals should you chose, Here

We've had some fantastic entries into the competition and just like our last competition this community proved that it can be quite creative when it wants to be! However, where there are winners there are losers, and we would like to thank everyone that entered and promise that this wont be the last competition on the site!

However, the congratulate the winners, we the Crossfire admin team have chosen our winners in the following categories:

YouTube Winners:
Topher
N3ky
Captain 1337
(Honourable mention to Meez's Entry)

Motto Winner:
Hype - Crossfire, more than a community

Wallpaper Winners:

Zerender
m1lk
Rizz

Journal Winners:

WhiningDJ
Dark
cheaSy

Congratulations and happy hunting! All winners will receive their keys in their Crossfire inbox's, if Captain 1337 could make himsef known to an admin that would be most appreciated!

The Last Resort have today announced the pickup of their latest squad. They've added up and coming french side, "Coming Soon" as their Call of Duty division. The side have progressed well recently, and there are high hopes that they can both emulate the success of other french teams and go one step further and claim a crown. They will be competiting at the upcoming Tek9 Outpost on Fire 2, Wonderbase and LANs, as well as competing in the TGL online.

Team Manager Jean-François "DSP" Zielinski gave the following statement:

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We are very proud to join an organization such as The Last Resort. We had contacts with several MGC but TLR was the only one which guaranteed us an important support for the Outpost on Fire 2. Moreover, our first impressions were very good. We saw that Mike, the owner of the organization, was very available and really implied in what he did. The other sections also seem really cool and talented.

The Last Resort Owner Michael "Chefinal" Robinson gave the following statement:

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TLR Return to Call of Duty 2 after 5 months without having a stable team. We return with a team that I am very pleased and happy to have representing TLR.eSports. This team is very well known and have gained alot of respect. TLR will support this team for future lans, including the upcoming Tek-9 Outpost on Fire 2.

The Lineup will be as follows:

Darryl-Anthony "AnThoO" Lewis
Mathieu "niejdan" Lascombes
Thomas "THERE" Tharaud
Mathieu "Woken" Ruiz
Romain "XandeR" Lopez

Cyril "Teemu" Besombes (Manager)
Jean-François "DSP" Zielinski (Manager)

#TheLastResort - TLR-Clan.co.uk

The newest GGLTV LANtics episode covers interviews done with two fascinating Call of Duty 2 players at the Crossfire Prizefight Challenge 2 in Enschede, Holland. One of them Serious Gaming's Niels van Steenbergen and the other is Oxid's Rickard Intveld.

The spicy detail is that both of those players have the same nickname... Zem. It's very easy to get confused with those CoD2 players, especially for Uszat. See for yourselves right over here.