I quite like my 2DS. I only use it for Pokemon and have no clue how well it would work with other games, but still.

Don't really care for the E-sports (sue me)

Gladly. I think I can spin this on slander or high treason. Prepare to lose millions if not billions of dollars.

And yeah, it's likely will see more of those games. Certain Quake pros have been involved in the testing of the unreleased Champions alpha, so people are hoping for more information at the event.

Road to Quakecon Day 2 starting in just under 2 hours!

And for no particular reason, I'd like to thank Verb whose thread template I totally didn't copy word for word.

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QuakeCon is a yearly convention held by ZeniMax Media to celebrate and promote the major franchises of id Software and other studios owned by ZeniMax. It includes a large, paid, bring-your-own-computer (BYOC) computer gaming event with a competitive tournament held every year in Dallas, Texas, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game Quake, sees thousands of gamers from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty.

The last QUAKE LIVE Duel Masters Championship was in 2014, and since then we’ve upped the ante a little bit. The QUAKE LIVE Duel Masters Championship will once again feature known professionals and top QUAKE LIVE competitors in an exclusive tournament. Up to thirty-two (32) of the world’s best QUAKE LIVE players, hand selected by veteran tournament staff from the open online registration, will face-off in the 1 vs. 1 duel for $25,000 in a double elimination bracket, with each match played in a best-of-five-games format. In the end two competitors will remain and thousands will gather to watch as these two best-of-the-best survivors go head-to-head in a single elimination, best-of-five-games throw-down with a $12,000 check written to the champion.

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As you all know, Quakecon is Bethesda's yearly event. It's filled with keynotes, speeches and presentations by industry experts and game developers. In addition to it being one of the main events where Bethesda makes it big reveals (Wolfenstein, The New Order, Doom...), it includes a big LAN-party and smaller community events. The main attraction, however, is the yearly Quake tournament. This year, Quakecon hosts both a Quakeworld and Quake Live tournament.

Quake Live, of course, is the primary event. This year we will be seeing a 1v1 Duel tournament drawing in most of the world's best players. Cypher, Evil, K1llsen, Chance, DaHang, Zorakwar, Ash, Zero4, Rapha, Spartie and Fraze will all be attending and dueling it out for $25,000. As you all know, Quake is an exceptional esport and one of the best FPS games ever made. Definitely tune in and watch if you're interested in competitive gaming and esports.

I'll update this thread when Quakecon draws near.

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The pre-Quakecon All-American tournament Road to Quakecon started yesterday. The semis through the grand finals are taking place today. All of the best American players are participating, so gameplay is pretty solid.

Stream starts in 2 hours! 

Stream:
http://www.twitch.tv/quakecon

Post:
http://www.esreality.com/post/2828130/faceit-road2quakecon-2016/

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Schedule:
https://binarybeast.com/xQL1607130#info

Brackets:
https://binarybeast.com/xQL1607140/#brackets

Schedule:
http://www.quakecon.org/blog/2016/07/21/quakecon-2016-schedule-of-events/

Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Quakecon/

Tournament:
http://www.quakecon.org/blog/2016/07/31/faceit-return-to-quakecon-to-broadcast-quake-live-and-quakeworld/

I'm pretty indifferent about this, but that article really doesn't say anything. You're getting my hopes up.

Very safe. Violent crime in extremely low, murder non-existent and the only notable crimes are petty theft and vandalism due to the amount of students here.

Do yours have a chip or stripe? I've always found it strange how banking security is such a low priority in the US, so I'm glad to hear chip cards are becoming increasingly common there. It's a bit more of a hassle, but that security is just too good. Gotta admit that the swiping is pretty cool though.

Interesting explanation for those unfamiliar with what I'm talking about:

I just found a CP72 Dragonair. Fucking hell, I've found wild Pidgeys with 2-3 times that level.

Quote from: Flee on July 15, 2016, 11:20:41 AM

This Tekken 7 Top 8 might be a good watch. There's a Korean Street Fighter player in there right now playing Akuma (guest character), and he just made it to Winner's Finals in pretty hype fashion.

Watching a little now.

Ouch. Well, much rather you than me.

I have my doubts that is real.

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As an uninformed American, what're their stances on the recent British hullabaloo?

May was for Remain, but quietly so. Probably because she could position herself as a 'unity' candidate whichever side won.

Leadsom was for Brexit.

If May were to become the PM, is there a chance she ignores, or delays, the process of leaving?

I wasn't too far off with the first of my predictions, it seems. While it's far from an open anti-Brexit statement, May just said that there won't be any formal actions taken towards the withdrawal from the EU until there exists a common "UK approach and objectives for negotiations". In practice, this means she's looking for an agreement with Scotland and potentially Northern Ireland on how to deal with the issue of Union membership, as she realises how this could tear the country apart.

Pleasantly surprised with the result.

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"similar deals would be negotiated with other key EU nations"

Giving him the benefit of the doubt, he could've simply meant the UK would engage EU governments individually to see where they stood before negotiating under the CCP. But I can't really say without seeing his specific wording.

You're more trusting than I am. I see how this could've all been a misunderstanding caused by incredibly poor wording, but I'm not particularly convinced. No matter how you look at it, the EU is a trade bloc where a trade agreement made with the Union applies to all member states equally. Talking about concluding a specific  "UK-Germany deal" where its cars will be protected in exchange for other concessions and suggesting "similar deals" with other countries regarding their particular exports sends the wrong signal no matter how you look at it.

Here's a picture of the tweets before he took them down without explanation after a lot of people started taking notice of it.

I'm not saying that's what I think of Davis, merely that it's a possibility.

And, to be fair, that's what I take away from the tweets having read them. It's correct that all EU countries must accept a UK-EU FTA right? Listing the interests of the individual countries doesn't particularly seem amiss, even if he cack-handedly referred to them as "deals". It looks to me like he's saying "Germany wants X, France wants Y, Poland wants Z" and this could be used as leverage in negotiations.

I mean, it's a real possibility that I'm being unconsciously biased in favour of Davis (and you somewhat against, for that matter). Ultimately we'll just have to see how he handles the negotiations.

EDIT: I'll admit deleting them after people pointed out his error is quite dodgy, however. Not best pleased with that.

Agreed. No matter what point he tried to make, his wording was ambiguous and poorly chosen either way. A simple "as part of a EU trade deal" could've clarified it all. And yeah, I realize we often see what we subconsciously want to see. I really do hope that I'm wrong, though. As unsympathetic I might be towards the Brexit case, I know that an incompetent minister in charge of the matter would be detrimental to all parties involved. I hope he turns out to be the right candidate and that this was a misunderstanding after all.

The guy from Lost is the only one who comes to mind. Oh and the Mark Twain character alongside Huckleberry Finn.