Really great, they had organized it very well but we had some problems with the computers at start. Part from that it was really good.

It was HUGE, bps warned me before the lan, and I saw some pictures... but it was a lot bigger than I expected and the atmosphere was great, because you know you're amongst people who share a hobby with you real good organisation as well, it just felt really professional, could get anything at anytime

Nice halls, no trouble setting up my computer, electricity and internet/LAN worked perfectly. I like'd the breakfast in the morning, and you could eat other things than hamburgers and korv. To bad there was so many kids yelling and just being short, but that’s just things you have to get used to when it comes to LAN nowadays...

BIG. When I first arrived I checked in to the hotel to freshen up and settle in. Walking to the LAN registration area I hear a loud thunder. LOUD! I look up and see a fighter jet flying VERY low right above me. As I was covering my ears I tried to wave back to the pilot. I was like "what da fakk is going on". Apparently the swedish defence had a fighter jet air show. As I came near Hall C I saw thousands of people watching the show and as it ended a horde of minions rushing towards me to get back inside the hangar. I never been to Roskilde festival but if it's anything like this count me out for next summer =D Hordes and hordes of gamers. Surprisingly many girls. I finally got inside and got my registration done and met Dronar, the admin of the QuakeWorld tournament. With loud music everywhere and 10.000 computers in 2 hangars it all seemed a little overwhelming. Not what I was used to from my previous LAN experiences under Lornelin's supervision at QHLAN. I was directed to the designated tournament area for QuakeWorld where 12 gaming computers were setup neatly. It was screened by a wooden barrier to keep spectators out of the actual gaming area and had 2 big plasma screens in each end playing quakeworld videos in high quality. It looked very professional and... esport'ish.

I think the reaction was very positive; lots of ppl came and looked very interested. I didn’t feel any attitude against me or any other players.

Well, at first I thought the interest towards the quakeworld competition was zero, but after the quarterfinals I saw a lot of ppl around the quakeworld area talking and it looked like they had a good time. Some of them have most likely played it once, and thought it was nice to see how skilled the quakeworld elite is today:>

Hmm that’s a bit hard to answer, cause I was either playing or trying to get my qw to run a bit better, but I think there were quite a lot of people walking by/stopping at the qw tournament area and there were quite a lot of people watching the finals, I think maybe 70% of the spectator seats were filled, and all of them were cheering after some nice frags.. That was really awesome to see And from what I heard from blze (one of the qw admins), quite a lot of people were asking whether there were still free spots for the tournament, so I guess that’s a good sign too.

In my opinion QuakeWorld was not at dreamhack to "compete" with the other games at the event. And it was clear other games such as counter-strike, world of warcraft and warcraft 3 were the bigger attractions. With big sponsors behind them, fan groups, bigger prizemoney and just a general majority at the LAN of players following these games, QuakeWorld was a niché at this event. People continuously coming by to check out our area. Looking at the plasma screens running the best we have to offer in QuakeWorld video productions and during the tournament games, a very nicely client setup showing off the best QW graphics has to offer. It deffently caught the attention of some of the DH LAN people and it felt nice

I would absolutely attend, was a great experience and even tho I don’t have any other friends who plays qw I would try to convince them at least.

Of course, like I said before, the setup was unbeatable! But I prefer playing on my own computer next time. I don’t have any friends playing quake, but im sure lots of other quakers out there will sign up to the next dh if there's a quakeworld competition.

Well that depends a bit on whether they will change the 'don’t bring your own computer' rule, for me that would really be a reason not to attend next time But in general I can definitely recommend people to go, the admins were really on top of things, making sure the tournament ran smoothly. And also besides the qw tournament I can recommend going there, because the LAN in general is just awesome

For sure. When you are a gamer attending events like this all you really want is just to focus on the game and having a good time with people of same interest. A professional approach by the admins and crew behind the tournament makes this so much easier. You feel wanted... you feel important. They are there to service you and you feel obliged to give it your best. And I would deffently suggest my friends to at least check it out.

Yea I think many many ppl thought quake was dead years ago. And this certainly opened their eyes. As for the tournaments I don’t know but I hope so...

Puh, hard question... This scene is to hardcore for newbies to just join, it’s hard to find servers and so on. All attention the quakeworld scene gets is good! More of it plix.

Again that’s really hard to say, I actually asked blze the same question when he was bringing me back to the bus station, and he thought it was quite a success (because of the people asking to play in the tournament) - but tbh I don’t really know.

I did not follow the event from the outside (obviously). I did not really follow the newsflow during the tournament either so I don't have a clear impression how he event was presented to spectators. I heard EZTV was a success and the live experience with a 400 man crowd screaming at the spectator area at least made me feel this event was a crowd-pleaser. If it will help spawn more tournaments I can't say but I hope it will.

Noo problem at all with the admins, it went smooth and I have no complains about the setup.

As I said in the first question, they organised it really well. I didn’t experience anything fatal so it went really smooth. As for the negative opinions I think they should have tried qw on the computers which where used some days before the tour and tried to figure out what caused the choppy feeling.

Yeah it went really smooth, I was actually a bit lazy, not checking out the sites etc., and still I knew perfectly when and where to play, and who I was playing The admins walked up to the players, telling them they should play, removing people from a server they had to use. Again the only thing I would recommend they should change is the tournament pc rule oh and maybe, try to let people outside the tournament area know when games are going to be played, I didn’t really follow that, but my brother/parents actually tried to follow the tournament a bit as well, and they were having a hard time finding out when and who I had to play

The admins were very helpful and as players started to drop in we were free to plug in our peripheral devices and test their systems. QuakeWorld players are per nature very configuration orientated. Every aspect of hardware and the client has been tweaked to meet their needs and provide peak comfort levels. Playing on designated tournament machines with TFT screens deffently created some scepticism among the players. TFT has been notorious for being inadequate when it comes to a smooth gaming experience. Especially in a game as fast as QuakeWorld where we rely on crisp, smooth and responsive systems with no lags/tearing/ghosting and what not. During the first day we did have a few problems getting the tournament systems to live up to the high standards we are accustomed to. The screens had tearing in most cases and systems overall didn’t feel so nice. Even though 2000 FPS was no problem to get it was the overall feel that was wrong. Getting 500hz on mouse was not working and screens did not feel good. But group stages were quite easy for the top seeded players in all groups so it didn't feel so important at this stage. The 2nd day destrux (inferno) came to the rescue. With a proper USB patch and some configurational tips to fix the screen issues. 60hz to 75hz and 500hz on USB ports suddenly things were shaping up. The system felt sooo much smoother. Tearing was gone, mouse was responsive and it was pretty much as good as playing on CRT screen. I, and others were amazed how good the screens actually were. Throughout the tournament admins were extremely engaged and helpful in trying to service the players and make it a professional tournament. There was only a few sporadic delays during the tournament but cause of how the scheduling was planned it was no problem to catch up and keep the main schedule to the minute.

The seeds were as it should be.

Well I knew they misjudged paradoks, had a feeling he would to really well. In my opinion he would be the one who should be seeded 2nd and not me.

No I think the seeding was done nicely, they asked players from inside the qw community for help and seemed fine, I think the ones that were seeded 1-8 were really the only ones who had a chance of winning.

As I have been inactive for the last 2+ months and my previous 1on1 achievement rarely shows more than a spot in the semi-finals I see no reason why they should have seeded me higher for this event. Both locktar, locust and reppie were all very strong favourites for this tournament and it was only a handful of other players in the tournament that had a remote chance to go all the way.

Heh, I really don’t care.

I got no really tournament experience but I think they should have used the default tournament system so ppl don’t get confused.

The group games weren’t all that interesting really, so perhaps the best of 2 was nice, I think 90% of the group games were complete rapes and they switched to bo3 in the playoffs, and even (after some convincing by paradoks iirc) bo5 in the finals. So unless the group games would be more interesting, I think the best of two system is fine

The best of 2. To break it down you select a map each and if it's 1-1 in map scores you look at FRAG scores. The one with most total frags win. WHAT??+ In this particular tournament it made no difference cause all games were won 2-0 with total avg. frag difference of like 100 - 2. But in a serious tournament this sounds ridiculous to me. Why change map choosing format 3 times during a tournament? Keep some consistency and stick with best of 3, thanks.

I got no clue what they got that system from and why they where using it. So I rather play with the default system that all other players are used to.

Hehe that’s a tough one, I think there are good/bad things to say about both systems, like the system we are used to is nice because you get to see people play their best (on their homemap), but the system they used encourages people to play well on all maps, and the maps played will be more exciting/close, so that is nice to watch as well. I rather see people play at their best though, so I could choose for the not-tossing system

We were very shocked to hear about the toss system. If noone is familiar with it, basically because we have _NEVER_ used it in ANY QW tournament... EVER, here's how it works. You have a map pool of 5 maps, just as usual. But instead of selecting a map each in the start, you TOSS a map. Objective here is to toss your opponents "home map" and he will promptly return the favour leaving you 3 maps. It caught most of the players at the tournament by surprise because everyone expected admins to follow QW duel tournament standards. It was explained that this format was used everywhere else in eSport world for 1on1 tournaments and point was to force players to be overall good players and not specific map experts. Ii would make for better and more tight games and I can understand it now. But at the time it felt very odd. My strategy basically is "I’m sure to win dm6. Then I will lose my opponent's homemap and I have to fight for decider". Now I didn't get to play DM6 before finals %&"%/". But of course this goes both ways and my opponents could not chose their homemap either. But I deffently regret not being aware of this prior to the tournament

Well with such small amount of players there’s really no stress, so I didn’t have any problems with me focusing nor my performance (besides the nervousness).

It went smoother than I thought, I could focus when I needed to, and I liked the cameramen who walked around and took pictures and filming; now the whole world could see what an inviter I am.

For me it was a little tough to really get into the game, because the gl setup felt quite different. And there was actually quite a lot of noise from the hall we were playing from. But in general I think it was ok, once you get into an official game and really focus, I think it takes a lot to really get distracted

I came into this tournament not expecting much. Having been inactive for some months and even longer in 1on1 I was not even looking at top 3. Although looking at the overall competition I was pretty confident I had a chance to make it in the money so to speak. I had not slept at all the night before group games as I was playing poker so I was very tired playing group games. But I knew the first games would be easy and I was just focused on getting back to the hotel and sleep - and I did - 12 hours! It really is a big plus being well rested during a LAN and it is NOT to be underestimated by ambitious LAN'ers proclaiming to have no problem sleeping in a chair or a concrete floor. Starting playoffs I tried to stay focused and turn my nervousness to concentration in the game and it paid off.

Best part was to see and meet all ppl u play all day and put a face on them, absolutely.

Tournament was the best without any doubts! LAN was oK to, the kids did their "halloo" thingy and they could sit still for another half an hour.

Best part was definitely the QW final, seeing QW being played that official, with the 'amphitheatre' filled with spectators. Three massive bigscreens, two awesome commentators, spectators cheering after nice frags... That was really really cool to see. I got really depressed after losing... didn’t really wanna go see it at first even, but sassa convinced me, and it totally cheered me up (and that says a lot)

The best part of the tournament was winning it. Being able to reach that goal and enjoy it was made possible by great engagement from crew side and great sportsmanship from the other players. And the responses after the game from known faces as well as strangers coming out of nowhere to congratulate and take pics. Best part of the LAN itself was deffently the counter-strike finals. While walking around waiting for the prize ceremony to begin I head over to the spectator area as the counter-strike finals between the Brazilian sponsored team MiBR (Made in Brazil) vs swedish team SK (Schröt Kommando) was about to unfold. It was a great experience and the crowd was EXTATIC. Cheering, screaming and yelling. Clapping and stomping... laughing and the occasional OOOOOOOOHHHHH shout outs coupled with 3 engaged commentators and 3 big screens to follow the action just made the whole thing a very fun experience.

hmmm perhaps a little, but it feels like it was really out of my hands during the first days I spent most of the time playing, and trying to fix my qw, and tried to stay positive, focus on the tournament. But as soon as things got serious it just became so hard because the opponents were so good I never really feel like I should play well because other people expect it though. Hmm how do I put it, like I just wanted to have played better for myself, not for other people

Well it had a really big impact on my performance, others had to adept to it as well though, so it levelled out a bit. I think most players spent at least 2 hours getting their qw to run nicely, but perhaps for me it was different because of the sw->gl switch. I don’t want to blame it all on the setup though, it had a big impact, but the top 3 played really good too. And I wasn’t the only one having troubles, perhaps im just worse at adapting to new circumstances.

I certainly hope so I’ve been playing some qw at home again, and it feels so nice and smooth. If it will be like that at qhlan, I will at least play better, but how far I’ll get depends on the opponents

Haha, well all I can say is sassa may have put some more flavour into the story. But his version is a lot nicer than the real one, so I won’t give out the details

Perhaps ask locktar if he will finally practice some aerowalk, because the map should really fit his style

Well I was seeded 2nd so I had some high expectations on me. But I was more calm than I thought I would be so it helped me perform better. If I practice a lot on other maps like dm6 or ztndm3 (my main maps being dm4 and aero atm) I think I can get top3 for sure.

Heh, I always love when ppl like my play, it made me smile. Little extra pressure was it, to bad DH wasn’t tomorrow, cus my shape is MUCH better now than at DH.

Noo disappointment at all, I was aprox 100% sure that reppie and ***** would be in the final so a second place is NAJS. But when I know that para was in the final I thought that I had a chans of taking this home. Dm2 was safe! dm4 I thought it would be as well, but he took me by surprise and played very smart and careful, stupid of me to let that dm4 go... but shit happens=)

Reppieboy, I think ill finally stop playing aerowalk after your treatment against me on that map, shame on you! Ill start nöting another map instead:>

It felt good when I got a sponsored trip to Siberia to play QW for money and dreamhack felt good. The experiences surpass the financial gains by a long shot though. And it feels great to be admired and appreciated for being good at something I enjoyed putting so much of my energy and focus on for so long. Even if the admiration was only for a brief moment in time.

I did not practice at all and I was actually close not to going at all. But living close to the event and it being good money for a QW tournament I felt it my civic duty to attend

Obviously it was not easy to find 400 dedicated QW players at dreamhack to come and follow the finals of this tournament. But many of today’s gamers have had their precious moments with QW in their early gaming careers. And from what I remember spectating the counter-strike finals I suspect many showed up for the sheer entertainment. When it was revealed it was a DANE vs a SWEDE in the finals it only made the crowd more excited. We could clearly hear the crowd from where we were sitting and it did become clearer towards the start of finals that this was no ordinary game. The tournament area was cleared and only the camera crew was allowed entrance to deliver close up shots of us in action to the big screens for the spectators. We had to sit and wait and wait in agony as the audience was riled up and last minute technical issues were resolved. When the game started every time locktar made a frag the crowed when berzerk. In normal game there is only yourself and your thoughts. All spam is blocked during game. Here you could not block the roars of the audience cheering for their homeboy. Dead silence when I made a frag and hysteria when he was doing his thing... I'm sure it must have affected locktar too.

My sexy new glasses. Got them some months ago and I tell you... a whole new world has opened up. I can see the store names across the street and see the numbers on busses. It's amazing and I recommend it to everyone!

My loyal teammates and friends in Slackers being great morale support when things are going good... and bad.

My girlfriend who amazingly managed to figure out how to use QTV and watched all my games. For her it’s like to find out the cure for cancer ;D And of course the WHOOLE community for keeping qw alive!

Sassa! For making it possible for me to get there (And helping me get home ) and bps/lfx for allowing me to sit at their reserved row/spots and just for being so nice! To spoink, being a sucker because he decided not to go