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QuakeCon 2008 Details
Posted by Brian Ashcraft at 5:00 PM on July 10, 2008
Going to QuakeCon 2008? The 13th annual event is being held at the Anatole Hotel in Dallas (my hometown!) from July 31st to August 3rd. Organisers are expecting 6,000 folks to be in attendance over the four day extravaganza. This year's QuakeCon will see the debut of QUAKE LIVE as well as an Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars console tourney, a QuakeCon first. Hit the jump for a full rundown and more details.
The Intel QUAKE LIVE Championships
QuakeCon 2008 will mark the debut of the first-ever Intel QUAKE LIVE Championships pro tournament. QUAKE LIVE is id Software's new game created to deliver the excitement and energy of a first-person multiplayer game to a broader audience through a free and easily accessible browser-based experience. The Intel QUAKE LIVE Championships will feature a classic $US 12,500 One Versus One tournament along with a $US 12,500 Capture the Flag Team Tournament.
The Activision Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Team Championships
Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars™ makes its second annual tournament appearance with the Activision Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Team Championships. Featuring competitions on both PC and for the first time on Xbox 360, the tournament contests will enlist six-person teams to battle it out in double-elimination bracket-style competitive play, in which each squad will have the chance to attack and defend. On the Windows PC side, 16 teams will compete for $US 15,000 in prize money and in the Xbox 360 competition, eight teams will vie for $US 10,000 in prizes.
The Alienware Quick-Draw Challenge
For anyone who's dreamed of competing for prize money on the QuakeCon main stage, the Alienware Quick-Draw Challenge offers $US 10,000 in prize money to randomly selected attendees competing in special QUAKE LIVE competitions throughout the course of the event.
In addition to their prize money, the top 2 finalists and teams in each of the above competitive tournament events will also be given tickets to the previously announced "QuakeCon Ultimate Power Up" raffle contest, sponsored by Ventrilo, for the brand new 2008 Corvette. Additional raffle tickets and eligibility will be subject to contest rules.
"QuakeCon 2008 will be the grand slam of competitive gaming with the best games and an amazing prize list," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. "We've partnered with our sponsors this year to bring the top competitive players what they want most: skill based games, top money prizes, the most enthusiastic fans and audience and the world's best Finals party!"
More information, including map names, prize money distribution, detailed format and rules, and sign-ups for both tournaments will be available soon at www.quakecon.org.
QuakeCon Ultimate Power Up Rules:
QuakeCon 2008 registered attendees who are 18 years of age and older AND are legal residents of the United States, its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia are eligible to participate. No purchase necessary. 250 raffle tickets will be distributed throughout the event. Additional information about contest rules, eligibility and requirements will be available at www.quakecon.org.
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Tristan_The_Giant
Posted 5:32 PM 10/7/08
Project Offset will have a tech demo there too. I saw two guys working on a Power Point for the game on a laptop at Specialties in Santa Clara. I peeked over their shoulder and saw a time line saying they would have a demo there. Not sure if it's behind closed doors or not but they'll be there. It's not vaporware after all!
Tristan_The_Giant
SG_Mahonay
Posted 5:14 PM 10/7/08
Too bad there will only be about 3 participants in the Quake Wars console version tourney since that game is such a piss poor port.
SG_Mahonay
Brian Ashcraft
Posted 5:13 PM 10/7/08
@Risky+Safety: Howdy to you, too!
Brian Ashcraft
Vanguarde
Posted 5:10 PM 10/7/08
I hope they took my suggestion to hand out free samples of underarm deodorant this year!
I can't wait.
Vanguarde
Thassodar
Posted 5:08 PM 10/7/08
I think I'll be going to this one, it's one of the only conventions around here that's really big. E3 could stand to move for a year at least once.
Thassodar
Risky+Safety
Posted 5:05 PM 10/7/08
Dallas is your hometown? Well, a big "Howdy" from the University of North Texas!
Risky+Safety
Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee
Posted 5:51 PM 10/7/08
@Risky+Safety: Oh how I miss you, Denton bands.
Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee
Erwin
Posted 5:36 PM 10/7/08
I guess I won't be going. If I want to be surrounded by hundreds of nerdy white guys sweating at the thought of meeting their idols I'll go to a TMBG concert...
Speaking of, are they on tour again yet?
Erwin
Yuki
Posted 6:07 PM 10/7/08
I bet they could use some nice synthetic blood to keep them going.
Yuki
Corrin
Posted 6:01 PM 10/7/08
I live near Ft. Worth and I've never been to Quakecon...or any convention for that matter.
-Corrin "Reading this poast goes bettar with an ice cold glas s of 'Tru Blood: The Synthetic Nourishment Beverage: Brought to you by HBO: The Home Box Office' It's a Kid's World" Johnston
Corrin
zkotaku
Posted 6:30 PM 10/7/08
How much porrn do these guys got for quakecon 2008? :p 40gigs.
zkotaku
Ampillion = That Man.
Posted 6:21 PM 10/7/08
@Yuki: Or Coors Light. Those wide mouth cans and cold-activated bottle indicators would go down smooth with any fragfest.
Ampillion = That Man.
GreyFoxV1
Posted 7:20 PM 10/7/08
People play Quake Wars?
GreyFoxV1
shouryuuken
Posted 7:15 PM 10/7/08
@Brian Ashcraft: sweet, i didnt know you were from d town. where about?
shouryuuken
Narishma
Posted 8:21 PM 10/7/08
GreyFoxV1: More than those who play UT3 or Crysis.
Narishma
Purguy
Posted 10:43 PM 10/7/08
Is the kotaku staff going to QuakeCon? I should be there!
Purguy
PumpkinPieman
Posted 11:45 PM 10/7/08
I have never seen this many CRTs in one place. This photo looks as if it was taken in 1997.
PumpkinPieman
PsycheE
Posted 12:02 AM 11/7/08
Quake Wars?. /snorefest. Then again, probably not to the one person that goes home with a fat check.
@PumpkinPieman: Who plays on a LCD for a FPS competition?. Attendees used to play in wireframe mode to boost frames per sec.
PsycheE
Absent Blue
Posted 11:58 PM 10/7/08
The Anatole hotel is your home town? Geez. I knew Dallas had a lot of suburbs but that's kinda ridiculous.
I think I might go to Quakecon next year, it's too early for this one but I'd like to check it out some time. Of course that means I'd have to go to Dallas... and no offense Bash but I hate Dallas (but I love it here in San Antonio).
Absent Blue
RanChan03
Posted 12:49 AM 11/7/08
i signed up, and i am still waiting for my position and table ><
RanChan03
NessD12
Posted 1:34 AM 11/7/08
@PsycheE: I do. I used to be stubborn and stick to a 21" crt but once that died. Man GOOD LUCK finding a new one. I bit the bullet and bought a 2ms 19 inch lcd and it really isn't that huge a difference. I can't notice any ghosting and i'm a Doom'er.
Anyways i'll be there this quake con kinda snuck up on me though!
NessD12
Tepoz
Posted 1:32 AM 11/7/08
One of the best things about QuakeCon is the "humilate yourself" contests on the main stage. The QuakeCon crowd is just vicious. It's a riot!
Tepoz
Tepoz
Posted 1:30 AM 11/7/08
Actually, I've been playing QuakeWars and the servers listings are running full. QuakeCon has been promoting the QW:ET Tournament so everyone has been hopping on. It's actually pretty fun ever since I bought the PC version a week or so ago.
QuakeCon 2008 or BUST!
Love and Rockets
Tepoz
lostinseganet
Posted 11:01 AM 11/7/08
Ahhh morning gamer sermons bow to teh jesuslands
lostinseganet