We're almost done! The ESL Major Series VI Playoffs will end pretty soon. We only have 2 matches left from this edition, featuring 3 extremely good teams. Unfortunately, one of these teams will have to end their journey to Final, tonight, getting a prize money of 100 euros. The other one will have a chance to win the grand prize of 400 euros only if they will manage to win against the un-defeated team-dignitas.

After a very successful AEF LAN Event, these 2 titans clash again, this time in the EuroCup XXI - Lower Brack Final. As you might know, Impact faced Team Dignitas in the AEF Grand Final in which Dignitas successfully beat the Impact side 4-2.

At the moment, it is confirmed that this match will be radio shoutcasted in three different languages, being Polish by sokl, French by Killerd@rk and German by galiathus, we will be eagerly awaiting whether any of the shoutcasters will be able to please the audience with their breath taking commentary.

With a predicted viewer peak of 500 spectators, will you be tuned in to an ETTV server near you?! Make sure you tune at GamesTV LIVE at 21:00 CEST - Team Dignitas vs Impact Gaming.

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Update: Final standings:

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1. Shane "rapha" Hendrixson - $800
2. Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $500 + Qualified for AC Playoff
3. Chance "chance" Lacina - $300
4. Brian "destrukt" Flander - $200

VOD's can be found at djWHEAT's ustream (click Videos on the bottom) - High quality VOD's will be uploaded at Blip.tv soon.
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The first Quake Live LAN tournament since the game's official release yesterday is taking place this weekend at the Big Bang event in Ottumwa, Iowa. The best four American Quake Live players are in attendance to battle it out as a precursor to next weekend's QuakeCon.

Shane "rapha" Hendrixson, Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty, Brian "derstrukt" Flander and Chance "chance" Lacina will all be in action, starting soon!

Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham and Rod "Slasher" Breslau will be broadcasting the event.

VOD's after the event is over can be found at http://www.djWHEAT.blip.tv

Tonight we've got two AEF teams taking it up on a brand new map. Erdenberg will be the battlefield for a rematch between Impact Gaming and belgian Fraternity! On AEF these two teams fought it out in the first round of the Winner Bracket, which Impact won 4 to 0, but it surely wasn't such an easy win as the scores might make you believe. Belgian Fraternity went on to beat Overload, while Impact made it to the finals.

Tonight we will see the same two teams in a friendly (really?) showmatch to present the community the new map by sani, Erdenberg b1. You can read all about this new map here.

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Next to two top teams we will also bring you the one and only owzo, who shined through as he casted numerous spectacular games at AEF. Not only will he be casting this match on an entirely new map (which ought to be a challenge), he will also be holding a postmatch discussion with both teams' captains for a broad analysis of the map and its architecture!

Now don't be shy and tune in this evening at 8:30 CET. In the meanwhile you can already test this map out on Killerboy's server: /connect 213.108.29.119:27960 ; password cbmatch

With the finish line for the Alienware Challenge in sight the latest challenge is similar to last weeks. In week 5 the contenders had to create a viral video and spread it as fast as they could, with the most hits being the victor.

The video theme continues this week, with the intrepid travelers being asked to recreate their favourite gaming moment in a video. Who knows what we will end up seeing.

The description on the Alienware Challenge Website was as follows:

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The finish line is fast approaching so it is time to throw another challenge at our contestants. Last week we asked them to make an advertisement and viral video and make sure it spread as quickly as possible. This week we are staying in the same direction but are taking a slightly different approach.

The contestants need to create a video reenactment of the most memorable gaming scene in their life. They need to think about what is the most memorable gaming scene they have witnessed and reenact it on video. Could it be Link saving Princess Zelda or could it be something else, it is up to the contestants. They can go out and find costumes, actors, props and more to make their video the best possible but they need to be involved every step of the way. This challenge has two parts. Part one is the creation and publication of the reenactment and part two is a seperate blog explaining their choice and methods used.

Oh and here is a video of a good example by Remi Guillard ;-)

For people wanting to vote on who they thought had the best viral video, which will also play a part in deciding the overall winner of the challenge, then you need to cast your votes here.

Source: AlienwareChallenge.com

The Antwerp eSports Festival has finished and became a great success. Every team, every player and every admin liked the event, which resulted in the announcement of another ET LAN in Antwerp. Now it's time to look back and round up all the work that got ET to this event in the first place.

It all started with a column after CIC7. A lot of players wanted to have more LANs, more events for ET after the success story that CIC7 was. A retrospection on ET and its community lead to the ignition of the AEF project. Read back with nostalgia how all this came to be - ET is 7 and what is this? It didn't take long before we put things in motion with the follow-up column - Time for Antwerp!

The road towards AEF wasn't an easy one, and has had many struggles and set-backs. Some players doubted the possibilities of ET and its community - Can ET Compete Against COD4 and CSS At AEF? Yet we've proven them wrong, with 24 teams that paid we can surely be proud of ourselves that after 7 years we can still boast a decent top international playerbase.

With the end of the AEF festival, the ESL Summer Leagues can now begin. Groups have been set, players are ready, all we need to do now is the announcement. And here it is!

In a spectacular match Team Dignitas just became the champions of the Antwerp eSports Festival 2010 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory competition, denying Team Impact the gold.

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4th. Belgian Fraternity
5/6. Overload Gaming
5/6. Team SPEEDLINK
7/8. Acsi-eSports dNan
7/8. TAG.AEF
9/10. ALMIGHTY
9/10. Zero Empathy

Dignitas came in as favorites and left as champions. Meanwhile we have seen major upsets and surprises, such as the amazing performance by the Belgian Fraternity. We will soon be officially wrapping off the Antwerp eSports Festival with the prize ceremony for Enemy Territory.

The moment that we have all been looking forward has almost arrived. Team Dignitas is facing Impact Gaming in the Grand Finals of the Antwerp eSports Festival 2010 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory tournament.

Dignitas are of course the undisputed and undefeated favorite entering the final, with a host of achievements matched by no-one other. However Impact have shown they are fully capable of causing a major upset. In the lower bracket final match against Rockit for example, who would have expected them to play such an impressive match on Frostbite, after playing an utmost close round on Goldrush and actually getting defeated quite comfortably by their opponents on Supply?

If Impact wants to win the AEF, they will have to dig very deep, facing an excellent side such as Dignitas, and having to beat them not only once but twice.

Rockit just eliminated Belgian Fraternity meaning the rise of the Belgium ends at the fourth position here at the Antwerp eSports Festival. Meanwhile Team Dignitas beat Impact Gaming in the upper bracket, meaning we will see a lower bracket final taking place between Impact Gaming and Rockit. Deja vu? Yeah, the same match took place yesterday, in which Impact took home an impressive yet not undisputed victory against the team sporting the German flag.

Rockit showed fair play in the first round on goldrush when one of Impact's players dropped due to a PC crash. Later Impact where in the zone on supply, not giving away many chances for Rockit to win.

The lower bracket final is going to be played on the grand stage here at the Antwerp eSports Festival, and should be viewable online on the H2kTV stream.

Update: Rockit are probably still confused of what just impacted them - Impact set a time of less than two minutes on frosbite! The Grand Final will be between Impact Gaming and Team Dignitas.
Rockit lose goldrush which means we are going to see a decider after a short break.
2:0 for Rockit thanks to a victory on supply, can Impact restore themselves or are we going to see a Rockit versus Dignitas final?