The ESL Major Series IX reached it's end. A thrilling final between the French star strenx and the beloved German k1llsen ended in favour of "le baguette". Starting off with 2 VERY close games, respectively on Toxicity and Lost World, strenx could take a 2-0 lead over k1llsen, but it could have gone the other way around. After a small break strenx showed no mercy and destroyed k1llsen on Aerowalk. Victory strenx, Game Over k1llsen!

Are you an active team here in the Quake Live section? Every month we reward the most active team through the Most Matches Competition. Find out which ladder will be used this month! All you need to do is play matches in the selected ladder, if you are the most active team, you win!

The last run towards the end of EMS IX started. 24 Players kicked off in season IX, 12 players reached the playoffs and this week, the best 2 face each other! In the Semi Finals :fr: strenx was to strong for :nl: Sc00T while :de: k1llsen topped out :ru: agentJkezooR. From the moment matches are scheduled, we will update this newspost for streaming info!

It has been a while... but we are back with cups! Our first Night Cup is dedicated to all the CTFers. This time not the normal CTF, but PQL active! Depending on the sign ups, different skill divisions will be made. It could be that small divisions become a Double Elimination bracket. For more info, please check out this post!

The Clan Arena Challenge ended last night! During 4 qualifiers, teams could participate to reach the last 8, who would all play each other once. :eu: Procedemus was unstoppable and won all matches and didn't lose one map. The 2nd is for :pl: Kill Revenge Survive who only lost to Procedemus. At the 3rd place there is an other Polish team, Frogs of War.

The last stage before the Grand Final has been reached. Four top notch players will Duel with only one goal: reaching the Final and winning it! The first match is planned for tonight and will take place between :fr: strenx and :nl: Sc00T. No date is determined yet for the 2nd match between :de: k1llsen and :ru: agent. Place your bets!

Two months after the start of our Autumn Leagues the winners are known! Pros of Pain and iP topped the First Divisions respectively in CTF and TDM. In Division2 Trudne Sprawy and Skillz United drew the longest straw while Operation Gamers 4 Life and Saints and Sinners took the upperhand in Division3! Due to TDM having the most sign ups, prizes will be divided under this playmode.

The Eighth Finals came to an end. The last four for the quarter finals are known after the number one of each group already being qualified. Eight different nationalities will duel their way to the semi-finals. The first quarter matches will be played on Thursday 22 December. Stay tuned for our live coverage!!!

The first part of the ESL Major Series has come to an end. 24 players duelled with one purpose, reaching the top 3 in their group. :de: k1llsen, :uk: GaRpY, :se: Spart1e and :nl: Sc00T came out as the strongest and earned themselves a spot in the Quarter Finals. The other qualified players start off with their first match upcoming Thursday!

People have been asking for it and... HERE IT IS! Quake Live has been added to the popular ESL Versus system. Currently only Duel is available, but within a few weeks Quake Live Versus will feature more modes and formats. The perfect opportunity to start testing out Versus and who knows... maybe even winning one of our Versus Beta Awards because you belong to the most active QL Versus Beta players!

We are up to our 4th and last qualifier in the CA Challenge. So far 6 teams qualified for the premiership. If you want to end between the last 8, then do not hesitate to sign up in our last qualifier. Only the first 2 qualify for the final premiership. The 4 qualifier will take place on Monday 14 November!

Our TDM Country Championship has come to an end. More than 16 countries participated and fought to bring their country to the top. This year Denmark came out as the strongest after defeating France in a close Final. Sweden faced United Kingdom and earned themselves a podium spot.

The sign ups for both Autumn Leagues have been closed. Around 20 TDM and CTF teams will take part in this seasonal league. Both modes have been divided into 3 divisions and will play each other once. Who will end first and can call themselves the best Autumn team of 2011? Everything will be known in 6 weeks!

With the Last Chance Cup finished last Sunday, the last player for the group stage is now known and the groups are filled! Venomz is joining the 23 other players and the matches are starting this Thursday! Place your bets and shout your favourite player to victory! Good luck and have fun all!

With the recent release of the our TDM & CTF Autumn League, we did not forget our Clan Arena players. The CA challenge will feature 4 Qualifier. In each Qualifier, the best 2 qualify for a premiership. This means in total 8 teams will reach the premiership in which they all will play each other. Whoever ends first in the premiership will be the winner of The CA Challenge!

The last Qualifier round has come to an end. 24 players were still in the running to reach the Main Round of the ESL Major Series Season IX. 12 players qualified and complete the amount of 24 spots in the EMS IX Main Round. The 24 players will now be divided into 4 groups and each player will play each other once in a BO5. How will the top3 of EMS IX look like according to you?

After a successful Duel Summer League, the playmodes for this Autumn League are CTF and TDM! Sign up and grab your chance to come out victorious! Both Leagues will run the same. Depending on the sign ups, divisions will be made. Each team plays each other once and at the end, the team which ends first is our Autumn winner! The Autumn League Award will be given to the mode for which the most teams signed up! So spread the news!

The Summer League finals have been played. Around 100 players fought in 5 different divisions to reach the playoffs and win the Summer League! In div1 Guismo12 won over kRoNic. Div2 went to gooda while div3 had a French final in which sh4rpe took the upperhand. Div4 was for nekvic and div5 ended in favour of kwatsch. Due to huge amount of players and divisions, we tried to split the prizes as best as possible.

After some unfortunate delays, it's time to jump in the second Qualification Round for the EMS IX Quakelive Duel this week! This is the final step before the players are added to the Group Stage of the competition. Only 12 players will go through it! The default date and time for all the matches is set to <b>Thursday 13th at 20:00 CEST</B>!

The TDM Country Championship is coming at its end. The Final and the 3rd place decider will take place during the next days. Who will crown themselves till best TDM country of 2011? Denmark or France? Who will make the podium complete by ending 3rd? Sweden or United Kingdom? Everything can be followed live! Make sure you tune in at the scheduled times and don't miss out!

Right after his captain, it's the turn of the mighty Danish Juven1le to answer our questions. His team will face France in the Final of the Country Championship TDM 2011!

A couple hours before the last Semi final (UK vs France) of the Country Championship TDM 2011 starts, our staff went for a quick interview with the Danish captain: ZLC. After defeating Sweden, the Danish team will face tonight's winner in the final!

Tonight the last matches in the Quarter Finals have been finished. United Kingdom met Finland while France get a free victory from Austria. They day before Sweden already qualified by beating Hungary and Denmark turning out to be stronger than Russia. On Wednesday the first Semi Finals between Sweden and Denmark will take place! Which two teams can crown themselves as best TDM countries in Quake Live? Will it be Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom or France? Tune in tonight to follow everything at our streams!

The first Qualification Round for the EMS IX Quakelive Duel is starting next week! 24 players will battle and try to reach QR2 where they can qualify for the Group Stage. Only half of them will go through and meet with the 12 players waiting in QR2. The default date and time for all the matches is set to <b>Thursday 29th at 20:00 CEST</B>!

After two successful weeks the groupstage has come to an end. 8 teams qualified for the playoffs which will kick off next week Monday with the quarter finals. In group A the Scandinavian teams pulled it off while in group B also Denkmark qualified together with France. Group C was for Russia followed by Austria while Group D ended in favour of United Kingdom and Hungary.

The first stage towards EMS IX has come to an end. 15 National qualifiers and the EU qualifier were held the during the last 3 weeks. Some qualified, for others it ends here. Those who qualified for QR1 will face each other first. Matches will be randomly drawn. After QR1 the winners will go to QR2 where they meet the remaining 12 players. Winners of QR2 qualify for the EMS IX Main Round!

The time has come... the TDM Country Championship 2011 will kick off upcoming week. On Monday (12/09) Latvia and Ireland will play each other for the last spot. On Tuesday the first groupstage matches in Group A and B will be played and on Wednesday Group C and D will fight each other to earn the first points!

Last night 3 qualifiers for the EMS IX took place. 6 Swedes, 8 French and 8 "European" players took part in their particular qualifier. For the Swedish qualifier fazz and madix earned themselves a spot in the EMS IX, in the French qualifier sz took the upperhand and in the European qualifier it was kRoNic who topped the tree.

There is one week left before the TDM Country Championship will kick off and there are still a lot of team captains who did not fulfil their first task. As we need confirmation of those captains that their team is ready to participate, they do have to post their team link in their national thread in the private forum. Here you can see a list of teams who are ready, who still need to give their confirmation about their team being ready and teams which are far from ready.

As announced earlier on, there also is a European Qualifier for players who do not have a national qualifier. This qualifier contains 4 slots! The 3rd and 4th place will receive a ticket into QR2 while the 2nd of the EU qualifies for QR1. The winner on the other hand gets a spot straight into the EMS IX! So... if you don't have any national qualifier, then don't hesitate to sign up!