This isn't going to turn into another LoL vs (all other games apparently) thread. You can speak your mind about the selection of games but keep it civil.

MartinN

Spain303 Posts

June 27 2011 14:16 GMT

The Electronic Sports League has announced their sixth season of the Intel Extreme Masters. The sixth season will be StarCraft II , Counter-Strike 1.6 and League of Legends, while Quake Live was removed.

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In the announcement made on the IEM website, ESL states that these three games will travel to five different countries. The season with feature a total prize purse of $635,000, with the detailed breakdown yet to be announced.

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http://www.esl-world.net/masters/

TArujo

Portugal836 Posts

June 27 2011 14:17 GMT

i feel so bad they removed Quake Live to replace it with League of Legends -.-

bah atleast we have sc2

seodoth

Netherlands314 Posts

June 27 2011 14:20 GMT

looks pretty neat

also i like the cup, its shiney!

GTR

48191 Posts

June 27 2011 14:20 GMT

what a travesty that quake live was shafted for league of legends.

i guess riot are pouring the money in for the game to be a major ESPORTS title.

iG.Zeep

Mexico252 Posts

June 27 2011 14:20 GMT

yea wtf LoL replacing quake live? omfg u got to be fucking kidding me, rofl... thats so sadly fukin pathetic T_T

Bobster

Germany3069 Posts

June 27 2011 14:21 GMT

No Quake Live?

holy shit

Not a fan of lol at all.

Numy

South Africa14148 Posts

June 27 2011 14:21 GMT

On June 27 2011 23:20 GTR wrote:
what a travesty that quake live was shafted for league of legends.

i guess riot are pouring the money in for the game to be a major ESPORTS title.

Yea and I think quake scene isn't really expanding ;( Sucks so hardcore coz quake is such an amazing game.

whaty0uwant

New Zealand346 Posts

June 27 2011 14:22 GMT

League of legends? lololol...

Stoked about the starcraft part :D

NotSupporting

Sweden1983 Posts

June 27 2011 14:22 GMT

What?!?! They removed Quake Live in favor or LoL? You have to be kidding me T_T I was never a Quake player myself but I loved to watch QL tournaments when they appear at DH and IEM. That's really sad and I believe a big mistake by them. LoL is not a game that's here to stay, its gameplay is poor and it's no e-sport, only reason it's big is because it's free-to-play. I could see Dota2 taking a spot when it comes out, they should wait for that instead.

vectorix108

United States4582 Posts

June 27 2011 14:22 GMT

#10

Yay. Glad to see another IEM coming.

labbe

Sweden1442 Posts

June 27 2011 14:22 GMT

#11

WHAT? LoL instead of QL? What is happening to this world...

MartinN

Spain303 Posts

June 27 2011 14:24 GMT

#12

five different continents...mm

europe
asia
north america
south america
Oceania ?

Slasher

United States1059 Posts

June 27 2011 14:25 GMT

#13

Quake removed - you are DEAD to me Carmac.

Quake (and Counter-Strike) are the games that created the term eSports in the first place - not Korean Starcraft. The Quake series has had consistent tournament since 1997 when Thresh won John Carmack's ferrari. It deserves to stay.

MartinN

Spain303 Posts

June 27 2011 14:27 GMT

#14

On June 27 2011 23:25 Slasher wrote:
Quake removed - you are DEAD to me Carmac.

Quake (and Counter-Strike) are the games that created the term eSports in the first place - not Korean Starcraft. The Quake series has had consistent tournament since 1997 when Thresh won John Carmack's ferrari. It deserves to stay.

u re right, but quake have small community (now) to make a esports global event around the world.

zeru

6445 Posts

June 27 2011 14:27 GMT

#15

Sadly, they take in the games that are most popular. QL isnt popular. It's understandable. LoL is huge.

Atlasy

Hungary228 Posts

June 27 2011 14:27 GMT

#16

On June 27 2011 23:24 MartinN wrote:
five different continents...mm

europe
asia
north america
south america
Oceania ?

:D Not continents, countries! So i guess Germany, French, Spain, Poland aaanndd i dont know, hopefuly Hungary

Edit: Ukraine

Dust14

Belgium458 Posts

June 27 2011 14:28 GMT

#17

On June 27 2011 23:22 labbe wrote:
WHAT? LoL instead of QL? What is happening to this world...

Not much really, money rules the world today and guess what Riot has to spare.
Still a sad thing to happen, I really like watching QL

mewbert

United States290 Posts

June 27 2011 14:29 GMT

#18

at the end of the day people are going to do what makes them the most money. quake is a great game but it is just dying and really it was inevitable. I would much rather see QL then shitty LoL

labbe

Sweden1442 Posts

June 27 2011 14:30 GMT

#19

On June 27 2011 23:28 Dust14 wrote:

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Not much really, money rules the world today and guess what Riot has to spare.
Still a sad thing to happen, I really like watching QL

Yeah, well I mean... I never really understood these Dota-games as an Esport. I don't find them entertaining to watch at all. They are fun to play and all, but to watch? No. Maybe that's just me though.

MartinN

Spain303 Posts

June 27 2011 14:30 GMT

#20

On June 27 2011 23:27 Atlasy wrote:

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:D Not continents, countries! So i guess Germany, French, Spain, Poland aaanndd i dont know, hopefuly Hungary

Edit: Ukraine

lol error -_-

so I think that will be China, Germany, USA, Dubai and one in Europe East, Ukraine dunno.