Dreamhack Winter 2009

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Dreamhack, the biggest computer festival in the world, has put together a Quake Live 1v1 tournament for this year's winter event in Jönköping, Sweden. 32 of the most talented Quake Live players from all over the world will be competing in Jönköping on November 26-27th for a total of 60,000 SEK in prizes. Watch the action unfold on a live stream provided by LevelUpYourGame.




SCHEDULE:

Thursday November 26th
10:00 CET (4:00 AM EST) Checkin deadline
11:00 CET (5:00 AM EST) Group A,B,C,D starts
13:30 CET (7:30 AM EST) Group E,F,G,H starts
16:00 CET (10:00 AM EST) 1/8 Final
17:00 CET (11:00 AM EST) 1/4 Final

Friday November 27th
10:00 CET (4:00 AM EST) 1/2 Final #1 - DreamArena Black
11:00 CET (5:00 AM EST) 1/2 Final #2 - DreamArena Black
14:00 CET (8:00 AM EST) 3rd place decider - DreamArena Black
14:30 CET (8:30 AM EST) Final - DreamArena Extreme
15:30 CET (9:30 AM EST) Prize Ceremony - DreamArena Extreme




MAP POOL / SYSTEM:

All matches except the final will be played in a best of three maps format. The player who reaches two maps won will be declared winner of the match. The final will be played in a best of five maps format. Both players will remove one map each from the map list in best of 3 maps matches.

qzdm6 - Campgrounds Redux
qzdm13 - Lost World
qztourney7 - Furious Heights
qztourney9 - House of Decay
ztntourney1 - Blood run




PRIZE MONEY DISTRIBUTION:

1st place: 25,000 SEK
2nd place: 15,000 SEK
3rd place: 10,000 SEK
Hardware prizes: 10,000 SEK




PARTICIPANTS:

Belarus
Alexey "srs/rzr/cypher" Yanushevsky

France
Kévin "fnatic\strenx" Baeza
Pierre-Emeric "fnatic\l1nkje" Portier

Germany
Aron "siLw" Hommer

Iceland
David "serak" Thorvaldsson
Friðbjörn "xrebzy" Davidsen
Eythor "linKoo" Kristjansson
Reynir "Reynir" Þorsteinsson

Italy
Alessandro "fnatic\stermy" Avallone

Netherlands
Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad

Norway
Adrian "ado" Værnor

Poland
Maciej "srs/rzr/av3k" Krzykowski
Robert "tox1c" Kopczyński

Russia
Anton "mouz.Cooller" Singov

Serbia
Emil "rmd" Esov

South Africa
Travis "Shase" Weedon

Sweden
Dennis "SobriuS" Soderberg
Joakim "Nace" Ã…hfeldt
Karl "fooKi" Johansson
Karl "tybalt" Danielsson
Jonathan "Kujiwa" Willman
Alexander "xlo-Z4muZ" Ihrfors
Sebastian "fnatic\spart1e" Siira
Pelle "xlo-fazz" Söderman
Magnus "Dronar" Jonsson
Michael "xlo-madix" Hindersson
Magnus "mouz.fox" Olsson
Stefan "emp" Jarl
Markus "Smaugy" Sundqvist

United States
Brian "dkt" Flander - Interview
Chance "EG|Chance" Lacina
Tim "EG|DaHanG" Fogarty




GROUPS:

Group A
Tim "EG|DaHanG" Fogarty
Alexander "xlo-Z4muZ" Ihrfors
Reynir "Reynir" Þorsteinsson
Travis "Shase" Weedon

Group B
Magnus "mouz.fox" Olsson
Maciej "srs/rzr/av3k" Krzykowski
Aron "siLw" Hommer
Karl "tybalt" Danielsson

Group C
Brian "dkt" Flander
Pelle "xlo-fazz" Söderman
Robert "tox1c" Kopczyński
Emil "rmd" Esov

Group D
Anton "mouz.Cooller" Singov
Pierre-Emeric "fnatic\l1nkje" Portier
Jonathan "Kujiwa" Willman
Markus "Smaugy" Sundqvist

Group E
Michael "xlo-madix" Hindersson
Kévin "fnatic\strenx" Baeza
Jeffrey "draven" Debipersad
Adrian "ado" Værnor

Group F
Sebastian "fnatic\spart1e" Siira
Eythor "linKoo" Kristjansson
Joakim "Nace" Ã…hfeldt
Stefan "emp" Jarl

Group G
Alessandro "fnatic\stermy" Avallone
Chance "EG|Chance" Lacina
Friðbjörn "xrebzy" Davidsen
Magnus "Dronar" Jonsson

Group H
Alexey "srs/rzr/cypher" Yanushevsky
Karl "fooKi" Johansson
David "Serak" Thorvaldsson
Dennis "SobriuS" Soderberg




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[maggost]

I bet Stermy will win this one!

[foamerzzz]

My group predictions:

A: DaHang
B: fox
C: dkt
D: cooller
E: strenx
F: spart1e
G: stermy
H: cypher