I en pressemeddelelse offentliggjorde Networkleague at det nu er muligt at tilmelde sig til deres første turnering. Der vil være firer regioner man kan tilmelde sig, Tyskland, England, Frankrig og USA. Turneringen bliver en Quake 3 1on1 turnering.
De firer regioner – ingen skandinavisk?
Det første som jeg kom til at tænke på da jeg så de firer regioner som man har mulighed for at melde sig til under var hvor er den skandinaviske region. Både England, Tyskland og Frankrig er små lande sammenlignet med Skandinavien når det kommer til FPS spil og især når det kommer til Quake 3.
En anden ting som først bliver offentliggjort senere er hvilke maps der kommer i mappuljen og ikke mindst NWL’s turnerings system som jeg personligt er meget spændt på at se hvordan kommer til at virke. Selve turneringen starter i starten af maj måned.
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PRESS RELEASE
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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – 9 April 2001:
NETWORKLEAGUE.COM – DETAILS ON NETWORKLEAGUE TOURNAMENT NO. 1
– THE FIRST OPEN, WORLDWIDE ONLINE QUAKE-TOURNAMENT EVER
Networkleague takes pride in offering the first open – and free to join – worldwide online Quake-tournament ever with more than US$ 20.000 in cash prices.
Based on Networkleague’s unique online gaming technology the tournament will start with 4 regional qualifications, The French, The German, The UK and the US Battle. Any player can choose among these qualifications no matter which country he or she comes from.
The tournament will start in the beginning of May and each qualification session consists of three rounds:
Round 1, in which each participant shall play 20 matches (1-on-1), and the 20% of the players having the highest rating after this round will continue to
Round 2, in which each participant shall play 20 matches (1-on-1), and the 32 players having the highest rating after this round will continue to
The Regional Finals, in which the participants shall play against each other following a cup-system. The 4 regional winners will continue to
The Final, being a LAN-based play-off in London on Saturday the 2nd of June. All expenses will be paid for the finalists trip and accommodations in London.
Anyone can join the tournament – from novice to veteran. The Networkleague engine will track each match automatically, store stats, and continuously calculate ratings, accuracy etc. In the beginning of every round the players will be on the same level, meaning, that they will have the same tournament rating. In the end, the tournament rating will differentiate winners from losers.
The winner of Networkleague’s Tournament No. 1 will get a prize of 5.000 US$ and the 3 other finalist will get 3.000 US$, 2.000 US$ and 1.000 US$. But it is not only the top-players who will get prizes. About half of the cash prizes will go to other than the super elite, e.g. to the most suicidal player, the most camping player, etc.
Networkleague’s Tournament No. 1 will be free to join and play, and no technical skills are required – except having a version of Quake 3 and Internet access.
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End of press release
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LINKS: Tilmelding til NWL, Networkleague.

























