After 15 matchdays the ESL Pro-Series Season 15 comes to an end. The top 4 teams gonna face each other in the playoffs and will be fighting for the 5000€ prizepool.
Playoffs are held online, and will be played on the upcoming tuesday, 08.12.09, 21cet. And will be covered by ESL TV.

mTw.Mindfactory vs. Tera-Gaming
Team SPEEDLINK vs. TBH.MSI

Big favorites are the unbeaten mTw.Mindfactory who managed to do a 14-0-0 streak this season (Competo.ZYKON systems dropped this season, so only 14 matches were played).
On the other hand, TBH.MSI lineup features the "invisible king" and well known crossfire member humM3L. It definitly will be some exciting matches!

After Team CoolerMaster added german player reflexzR today, another "uk based" team announced they will add a german player to their lineup.

Former TBH.MSI, Team-Celsus and Tera-Gaming player lukz decided to join up with Team YoYoTech.AMD after the end of the ESL Pro-Series Season 15.

With their new lineup ready, Team YoYoTech.AMD plans on attending at the Crossfire Intel Challenge 7 and other upcoming offline events.

New Team YoYoTech.AMD Lineup:

Reggie "BaTzoR" Morgan
Marc "DeAtH-" Hardwick
James "smithiE" Smith
James "scorp" Long
Lukas "lukz" Berens

Statement from lukz:

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"Im very happy to join YoYoTech. After getting in the EPS Finals with Tera-Gaming i decided to join an eu Team again cos its actually more fun. Im looking forward to upcoming Events like EPS or Lans. It's great to be back in an international Team. They are a great bunch of guys and i'm proud to play for them. I hope i can fill in philzors gap perfectly. "

Team YoYoTech Webpage

After the game got released in the US today, it was just a matter of time till the first patch would be out.

So here we go! The 317mb big patch features a huge amount of bugfixes, which can be found in the changelog.

Short description of the changes:
*Mods are now enabled in Co-op, Single Player, and Multiplayer.
*Players will now be notified when a new patch is available.
*Improvements for SLI support.
*G_Spawn: no free entities crash has been fixed.
*Server no longer runs out of script variables.
*License key is no longer required to run a Dedicated Server.
*A Dedicated Server can now be started from the Command Line via Remote Desktop Connection.
*Various fixes in Server Browser.
*Players will no longer see multiple friend invites from the same friends.
*When a player calls in a recon plane in a Hardcore match, the HUD will properly appear.
*Clan Tags will now display in game where appropriate.
*Map holes fixed
*Spawn improvements and weapon balancing

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The Finals of the GameStar-League have finally come to an end, with tonights Grand Final featuring Four-Kings and Vicious and Evil once again.

The two teams already met on saturday night in the WinnerBracket Final, in which Four-Kings were able to take home the victory in a close and exciting 3 mapper match.
Today the Kings seem to be better prepared, as they recently took in the spanish powerhouse MaRTe to fullfill their lineup over the summertime. Also VAE have to win twice to take home the title, for coming from the LowerBracket.

Results so far:
250€ prizemoney - Four-Kings
175€ prizemoney - Vicious and Evil
100€ prizemoney - n!faculty
4th 75€ prizemoney - GaB

This match will be both, video-streamed (by Game-TV.com) and covered by ETQW:TV. Like always, remember you do not need a valid CD-Key to watch ETQW:TV !

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vae-valiant:
"I'm extremly proud of my team for making it to the GSL Finals. The tournament is double eilimination so 4 Kings will need to win 1 match, while VAE, having come back from the lower bracket will need to win 2 matches back to back in order to win the tournament. It's a big ask, but I'm sure my team will be extremly motivated tonight and give it 100%. I look forward to a great game."

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4K^rglaf:
Looking forward to the match, I am sure it will be a great game to watch. Unfortunately we still don't have full lineup as RuFiO is still on holiday, but we'll manage and cope with the circumstances.

GameStar League

After a 3 months long season and alot of droupouts, the following 4 teams qualified for the GameStar-League Finals, being held this week.

4Kings
VAE
GaB
n!faculty

They gonna fight for a prizepool worth 1500€:
250€ prizemoney
175€ prizemoney
100€ prizemoney
4th 75€ prizemoney

First round matches tonight will be:
4Kings vs GaB
VAE vs n!faculty

Timetable :
1. Round, 2 matches on 08.07. - 21:30cet (Cast by Game-TV.com)

Winner Bracket 1 on 12.07.2008
Lower Bracket 1 on 12.07.2008
Lower Bracket 2 on 13.07.2008

Overall Final on 15.07. - 21:30cet (Cast by Game-TV.com)

The first match will be shown tonight live on Game-TV.com and ET:QW TV. Like always, remember you do not need a valid CD-Key (and online account) to watch ET:QW TV !



GSL Supported ET:QW 6on6 League:
http://gamestar.de/index.cfm?pid=1446&pk=10