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$6,500 for QuakeLive at IEM Dubai

Posted by Corbie corbie Corbie on 2009-09-29 18:38:41
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ESL have announced a $6,500 QuakeLive tournament to be held at the Intel Extreme Masters Dubai event from the 17th to the 24th of October. The tournament will the first event since Quakecon run on id Software's on-site LAN servers and a strong turnout is expected despite the long distance and relatively short notice.

This level of support from the game's developers is a clear sign of their ongoing commitment to competitive QuakeLive and has been met with enthusiasm from the community. Full coverage on ESL-tv is also planned with the usual broadcasting team of James Harding and Joe Miller expected to make the trip to the United Arab Emirates.

"We plan to invite up to 12 people to the event and we're currently accepting invitations" IEM boss Michal "Carmac" Blicharz told TEK9."We do expect some great players to come" he explained, "I don't imagine rapha not showing up and we may expect Cooller in Dubai as well".

The appearance of the old school Russian star would certainly be a boost for the tournament's publicity and would go some way to answering the ongoing question of how today's new stars compare to the big names of the past five years.

IEM Dubai QuakeLive Prizes

1st place: $3,000
2nd place: $1,500
3rd place: $1,000
4th place: $500
5/6th place: $250
5/6th place: $250

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33 comments

31 months ago
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nice
31 months ago
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nice
31 months ago
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decent prize purse, would love to go to dubai some day but too bad I completely suck at that game :)
31 months ago
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sick ! :D
31 months ago
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Would prefer quadv, but ESL-TV will do. Should be a good event :>
31 months ago
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gl shane m8
31 months ago
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Would be great to see cooller in action again :P
31 months ago
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nanoob said:
Would prefer quadv, but ESL-TV will do. Should be a good event :>


get premium homeslice
31 months ago
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roy_chez said:
nanoob said:
Would prefer quadv, but ESL-TV will do. Should be a good event :>


get premium homeslice



is it worth to buy a ESL-Tv Premium account?
31 months ago
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AagaarD said:
sick ! :D

31 months ago
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isn't that where the terrorists live :s
31 months ago
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ddstr said:
isn't that where the terrorists live :s



no --'
31 months ago
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SENSEZ said:
roy_chez said:
nanoob said:
Would prefer quadv, but ESL-TV will do. Should be a good event :>


get premium homeslice



is it worth to buy a ESL-Tv Premium account?



When their are alot of events coming up, e.g October both IEM Dubai + Chengdu then YES YES YES

Also for Euro Continental Finals and Global Finals sometime next year YES!
31 months ago
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Sweeeeeeeeeet, gl all
31 months ago
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aint it gonna be damn expensive and not positive in term of money for the structure to send their player in dubai on such a short notice ?
31 months ago
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who wants to be my prac partner
31 months ago
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Spido said:
aint it gonna be damn expensive and not positive in term of money for the structure to send their player in dubai on such a short notice ?


Probably, but for this kind of prizes i can imagine the bigger teams sending their player(s).
31 months ago
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srvR said:
Spido said:
aint it gonna be damn expensive and not positive in term of money for the structure to send their player in dubai on such a short notice ?


Probably, but for this kind of prizes i can imagine the bigger teams sending their player(s).



It's not about winning, it's about publicity they gain for sponsors by having their players at the biggest events.
31 months ago
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srvR said:
Spido said:
aint it gonna be damn expensive and not positive in term of money for the structure to send their player in dubai on such a short notice ?


Probably, but for this kind of prizes i can imagine the bigger teams sending their player(s).



It's not about winning, it's about publicity they gain for sponsors by having their players at the biggest events.
31 months ago
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True of course but I mean for a team like fnatic if they send all of their player the ROI even with publicity for their sponsors it's gonna be kind of low to me

ly bad i thougt it was only a quake event :s but well i'm still wondering !

edited 2009-09-29 22:28:40
31 months ago
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srvR said:
Spido said:
aint it gonna be damn expensive and not positive in term of money for the structure to send their player in dubai on such a short notice ?


Probably, but for this kind of prizes i can imagine the bigger teams sending their player(s).



That ain't a big prize purse for quake :p

Good luck cooller
31 months ago
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cooller playing? :D
31 months ago
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any arab quake players?
31 months ago
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Awsome!
31 months ago
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niceeeeee
31 months ago
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ddstr said:
any arab quake players?



nah they're all banned, even worse hackers than polish
31 months ago
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liquor said:
ddstr said:
any arab quake players?



nah they're all banned, even worse hackers than polish



there too busy playing cod4 in RL
31 months ago
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KNALLER said:
cooller playing? :D


if he gets invited, ye

ddstr said:
any arab quake players?


slammah, Sleevz, K0NV1C7 and warning123 have signed up

edited 2009-09-30 17:08:28
31 months ago
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KNALLER said:
who wants to be my prac partner



lets go alex
31 months ago
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revoltz said:
KNALLER said:
who wants to be my prac partner



lets go alex


haha yeah timmy D =D u even played for more than 5mins yet?
31 months ago
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roy_chez said:
KNALLER said:
cooller playing? :D


if he gets invited, ye

ddstr said:
any arab quake players?


slammah, Sleevz, K0NV1C7 and warning123 have signed up



DAWDAWDAWDAWDAWDAWDAWDAWDAWDAWD
31 months ago
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wtb prac partner:(
31 months ago
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KNALLER said:
revoltz said:
KNALLER said:
who wants to be my prac partner



lets go alex


haha yeah timmy D =D u even played for more than 5mins yet?



yes, we will play some in the next few weeks or something.. im as good as jyrppa trust me ;)))))))))
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