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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)
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event with a competitive tournament held every year in
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, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game '' Quake'', sees thousands of
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s from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty. The event is highly dependent on volunteers to cover many aspects of the organization of the event. QuakeCon has historically had a reputation as the "
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of gaming", and a week of "peace, love, and rockets!". The 25th QuakeCon event had been planned for August 2020 in Dallas, Texas, but due to the ongoing
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, was cancelled by Bethesda Softworks and id Software on March 31, citing difficulties in planning with vendors and exhibitors at this stage. An online QuakeCon has been announced in June 2020 to replace the live show in August 2020.


Origin

QuakeCon originally grew out of a group of people on the
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IRC network, in channel #quake. As various regular visitors to the channel began expressing a desire to meet and game together in person, Jim Elson, a.k.a. "H2H", a gamer from the
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area with ties to the local Dallas-area gaming community, and Yossarian Holmberg, a.k.a. "yossman", a computer consultant from Waterloo,
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, Canada, came up with the idea of assembling at a hotel. The original event name was actually '#quakecon', named after the IRC channel, though this quickly evolved into just 'QuakeCon'. Mr. Elson organized the bulk of the event for the first two years, until the number of people attending each year demanded a more organized approach. Volunteers grouped into teams to assist in the setup, troubleshooting, and tear down of the event's equipment and network.


Past events


Past results and records in Duel Tournaments

*Most wins **
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: 6 (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020) **
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990), who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", resides in Minsk, and is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series '' Q ...
: 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) ** John "ZeRo4" Hill : 3 (2000, 2001, 2003) ** Dan "RiX" Hammans : 2 (1997, 1998) ** Johan "Toxjq" Quick : 2 (2006, 2007) ** Nikita "clawz" Marchinsky : 2 (2017, 2018) ** Marcel "k1llsen" Paul: 2 (2019, 2022)


1996

The first event, in August 1996, was held at the Best Western hotel in Garland,
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, a mile or two away from the id Software company offices. Starting with just 30 people, by the end of the weekend the number of people had grown to 100, as news of the gathering began to spread on Internet chat networks. The Best Western has since been replaced by a
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. Attendees who had brought their computers along to the event set up a small, impromptu network, in one of the hotel meeting rooms, playing mostly ''Quake I'' and ''
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'', testing deathmatching skills. A small tournament was held, with winners taking home T-shirts as prizes. The highlight of this first gathering came on the eve of the last day, when the entire id Software team showed up at the event in a surprise and most-welcome visit, stopping by to chat with the participants.
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, lead programmer for ''Doom''/''Quake'', participated in a 30–45 min. group chat with attendees on the porch of the hotel. Some ideas discussed during that chat eventually made it into Quake's future public releases. This "Carmack's Talk" grew into a yearly keynote speech that lasted through 2013. * Total Attendance: 150 * Date took place: August 15–18 Quake 1v1 * 1st Place: Remedy (Richard Reed) * 2nd Place: BullyBoy * 3rd Place: SwanSong Doom 2 1v1 * 1st Place: PoLish * 2nd Place: AceJas * 3rd Place (tied): Indubious * 3rd Place (tied): Avatar


1997

QuakeCon 1997 brought an estimated 650 attendees to the
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in Plano, Texas. It was covered by numerous Internet and broadcast media outlets, and was sponsored in part by id Software and Activision. * Date took place: July 16–20 * During QuakeCon 1997,
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met his future wife,
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, when she visited id's offices. Quake World 1v1 * 1st Place: Dan "RiX" Hammans * 2nd Place: Forego * 3rd Place: Grayson * 4th Place: AceJas * 5th Place: Walter * 6th Place: Yossarian "Yossman" Holmberg * 7th Place: Club * 8th Place: Kornelia "Kornelia" Takacs * 9th Place: Indubious * 10-11th Place: Duke of Earl * 12-13th Place: anonymous * 14-15th Place: Brandon "EG, muppet" Steeves


1998

QuakeCon 1998 was held in conjunction with the
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. Due to poor planning and the lack of people who had helped make the first two events a success, QuakeCon 1998 is regarded by many as being only partially a QuakeCon event. However, it was instrumental in motivating a group of people to start planning QuakeCon 1999 early. * Total Attendance: 800 * BYOC Size: 300 * Location:
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, USA * Date took place: July 22–26 Quake 2 1v1 * 1st Place: Dan "RiX" Hammans - $5,000 * 2nd Place: Victor "Makaveli" Cuadra - $4,000 * 3rd Place: Kurt "Immortal" Shimada - $3,000 * 4th Place: Robert "Resonance" Dubois - $2,000 * 5th Place: Jason "Unholy" Carleton - $1,000 * 6th Place: Andy "Leprechaun" Vajda * 7th Place: Aaron "L1thium" Corcoran


1999

QuakeCon 1999 was the first event in which id Software played a major role in the organization. Recognizing that major sponsors were needed, David Miller a.k.a. "Wino" & Paul Horoky a.k.a. "devilseye", both original QuakeCon 1996 people, contacted id Software and convinced them to become the main sponsor, and to help out with finding more sponsors. Together with Anna Kang (then id Software employee, now
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's wife) and a team of volunteers, Mr. Miller & Mr. Horoky set out to build QuakeCon 1999, which became the template for later years. * Total Attendance: 1,100 * BYOC Size: 500 * Took Place: August 5–8 * Location: Mesquite Convention Center,
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, USA * Highlights: A change of venue allowed the convention to grow larger than it had ever been before, and, this time, just down the street from id Software headquarters in Mesquite. id Software employees, including John Carmack, participated in various tournaments with attendees on-site as well. A large number of companies sponsored the event for the first time, including Activision, AMD,
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. * QuakeCon 1999 was the first time Quake 3 was used in competition as the game had not yet been released to the public. First ever Quake 3 tournament * 1st Place: George "DieharD" Myshlyayev * 2nd Place: Tim "1134-Bane" Santaniello * 3rd Place: Aaron "toxic" Clutter * 4th Place: Tim "r1msh0t" Orsak * 5th Place: Gordon "Gloucester" Luk * 6th Place: Dan "RiX" Hammans * 7th Place: Ian "FortySe7en" Rife * 8th Place (tied): John "Screw" Horacek * 8th Place (tied): Mark "Turmoil" Santaniello


2000

QuakeCon 2000 * Total Attendance: 3,000 * BYOC Size: 900 * Location: Mesquite Convention Center * Announced: March 31, 2000 * Date took place: August 3–6 * Registration: May 5 Quake 3 1v1 * 1st Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill * 2nd Place: Terrel "Matador" Garret * 3rd Place: Mark "Wombat" Larsen * 4th Place: Tyler "ReVeNaNt" Bentz * 5th Place: ]km[propolys * 6th Place: Matt "Muiy" Huey


2001

QuakeCon 2001 * Total Attendance: 3,000+ * BYOC Size: 1,250 * Location: Mesquite Convention Center * First year to have Cash Prize Tournaments * Announced: March 22, 2001 * Registration: May 11, 2001 * Took place: August 9–12 Quake 3 1v1 * 1st Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $30,000 * 2nd Place: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - $10,000 * 3rd Place: Tyler "ReVeNaNt" Bentz - $5,000 * 4th Place: Jason "socrates" Sylka * 5th Place: Paul "czm" Nelson * 6th Place: Oleg "demonic" Zhovnir


2002

QuakeCon 2002 * Total Attendance: 3,250+ * BYOC Size: 1,305 * Location: Mesquite Convention Center * Highlights: 2002 saw the retirement of John Carney, and Brian Davis assumed stewardship of the event as executive director. 2002 was also the first year id assumed a very active role in the pre-event activities, with the arrival of Marty Stratton a year earlier. Added '' Return to Castle Wolfenstein'' to the tournament lineup in a Team-based tournament. First unofficial Ms. QuakeCon event, first appearance of Doom III theater, also the first appearance of Mister Sinus Theater 3000 (later known as The Sinus Show, and ultimately Master Pancake Theater), an Austin, Texas-based '' MST3K'' troupe, lambasting
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''. * Date was announced February 19, 2002. (unconfirmed) * Announced: February 19, 2002 * Registration: June 14, 2002 * Took Place: August 15–18 * QuakeCon 2002 final standings: Quake 3 1v1 * 1st: Alexey "LeXeR" Nesterov - $20,000 * 2nd: Sean "Daler" Price - $10,000 * 3rd: Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - $5,000 * 4th: Sergiy "kuku" Rudy - $3,000 * 5th: Jared "cha0ticz" Cugno - $2,000 * 6th: Paul "czm" Nelson * 7/8th: ]km[propolys / ZeRo4 * 9/10th: Makaveli / FienD * 11-14th: Habib / Sector / vernon kay / LoSt-CaUzE Return To Castle Wolfenstein * 1st: the Doctors - (Wombat, w!$eGUy, revenant, george, ArKaiNe, gusto) - $25,000 * 2nd: Infensus - (SoD!, Summ3L, civ, zam, Keen, Radical) - $12,500 * 3rd: clan Kapitol - (czm, Shogun, Valdez, Shaftian, Leethal, Bloodshot) - $7,500 * 4th: Barons of Hell - (Bully, eFFe, h8red, HawoK, Reptile, tele) - $5,000 * 5th: Affliction - (Simple, Brian, Lagwagon, Lordbugzor, Exodus, Rem) - $3,000


2003

QuakeCon 2003 * Total Attendance: 4,000+ * BYOC Size: 2,000 * Location: Adam's Mark Hotel,
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, USA. * Highlights: First change in venue since the convention moved to
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, USA, 4 years prior. Tapper continued to coordinate volunteer activity, while id assumed much more of the pre-event planning through the capable hands of Marty Stratton. Ms. QuakeCon evolved into a tournament-based event with a sponsor, id unveiled '' Doom 3'' deathmatch. The first display of the award-winning franchise called "Call of Duty" found its way into the exhibitor area. * First QuakeCon to include 2 team games: Quake 3 CTF and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. * Date was announced April 8, 2003. * The event dates: Aug. 15 - 17, 2003. * Movie mocked: ''
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'' by Mister Sinus Theater 3000 * QuakeCon 2003 Final Standings: Quake 3 1v1 * 1st Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $25,000 * 2nd Place: Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors - $12,000 * 3rd Place: Paul "czm" Nelson - $8,000 * 4th Place: Magnus "fox" Olsson - $6,000 * 5th Place: Jared "cha0ticz" Cugno / Paul "clast" Benjamin Quake 3 CTF * 1st Place: Cloud9 - (yrim, FFSmasher, viju, cl0ck) - $10,000 * 2nd Place: clan519 - (ZeRo4, czm, Gator, Socrates) - $7,000 * 3rd Place: Gunzoids - (Farside, VeRTeX, Blokey, Derfel) - $5,000 * 4th Place: Against All Authority - (Appleseed, Raoul, Thefou, Penx) - $3,000 Return To Castle Wolfenstein * 1st Place: Infensus - (civ, SoD!, Spear?, HomBRe, Summ3L, wizz) * 2nd Place: gmpo - (Ramzi, zemme, Blaze, ZaF, Veracious, refuse) * 3rd Place: Affliction - (, nail, decka, time-bomb, brian, illumina) * 4th Place: 4 Kings Intel - (Creamy, Yilider, Explicit, HaRdNuT, Zommy, Ogdoad) * 5th Place: AFaming - (Royaljelly, wyt!, SpaRaT1k, al1en, parcher, Warmach1ne)


2004

QuakeCon 2004 * Total Attendance: 5,000+ * BYOC Size: 3,000 * Location: Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center,
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, USA. * Highlights: Yet another change of venue brought QuakeCon into the record books as the largest LAN party in North America, with over 3000 BYOC attendees. Tournaments prizes totaled over $150,000 and saw the world's first Official '' Doom 3'' Tournament, won by Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. The event also had a live performances by The Sinus Show, and Tweaker, featuring Chris Vrenna, former
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drummer. This year also saw another significant change in leadership, as a result of an injury to Brian Davis just weeks before the event. Aaron "Alric" Ferguson was appointed to fill in for Tapper at the last minute. * Date was announced March 15, 2004. (unconfirmed) * Date took place: August 12–15 * Movie mocked: ''
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'' by The Sinus Show * QuakeCon Final Standings: Quake 3 1v1 * 1st Place: Paul "czm" Nelson - $25,000 * 2nd Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $15,000 * 3rd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov - $10,000 * 4th Place: Sean "Daler" Price * 5th Place: Johan "toxjq" Quick Quake 3 CTF * 1st Place: Against All Authority - (StGermain, Raoul, Thefou, Penx) - $20,000 * 2nd Place: Cloud9 - (yrim, actionnewbs, viju, cl0ck) - $12,000 * 3rd Place: Gunzoids - (Appleseed, Derfel, Deus, Blokey) - $8,000 * 4th Place: clan519 - (ZeRo4, czm, Gator, Socrates) * 5th Place (tied): Negative Influence - (Pangu, Shad, Alacrity, pirpacQ) * 5th Place (tied): iCE cLIMBERS - (Gopher, Toxic, Fox, Tech) Doom 3 1v1 * 1st Place: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - $25,000 * 2nd Place: Sean "Daler" Price - $15,000 * 3rd Place: Sergio "HS" Perez - $10,000 * 4th Place: Mark "cl0ck" McGrail - $6,000 * 5th Place: Alejandro "ve-elpajuo" Gonzales - $4,000 * 6th Place: Jared "Cha0ticz" Cugno * 7th Place: Jeffrey "Thump4" McShane


2005

QuakeCon 2005 * Total Attendance: 6,000+ * BYOC Size: 3,200 * Location: Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center,
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, USA. * Highlights: Another large event which saw the unveiling of '' Quake 4'' multiplayer. Aaron Ferguson's first complete year as executive director. * First time at QuakeCon featuring an all girl gamer tournament with major cash prizes. * First year of Intel's sponsorship of QuakeCon, beating out AMD. * Date took place: August 11–14, 2005. * Date was announced March 22, 2005. (unconfirmed) * Movie mocked: '' Red Dawn'' by The Sinus Show * QuakeCon Final Standings: Doom 3 1v1 * 1st Place: Fredrik "gopher" Quick - $25,000 * 2nd Place: Yang "RocketBoy" Meng - $15,000 * 3rd Place: Uli "Slaine" Krumb - $10,000 * 4th Place: Evan "Nomadic" Bradshaw * 5th Place: Jeffrey "Thump4" McShane Ms. QuakeCon Quake 3 1v1 * 1st Place: Jamie "g0d-Missy" Pereyda - $15,000 * 2nd Place: Alana "g0d-Ms.X" Reid - $10,000 * 3rd Place: Therese "g0d-Trito" Andersson - $5,000 * 4th Place: Ana "aNouC" Oliveras * 5th Place: Livia "Liefje" Teernstra Quake 2 Retro Tournament * 1st Place: Mikael "Purri" Tarvainen - $10,000 * 2nd Place: Brad "Doze" Herrlinger - $7,000 * 3rd Place: Chad "Rigg5" Dorsey - $3,000 * 4th Place: synergy * 5th Place (tied): Mike "mik3d" Prusisz / Brian "lun" Balzer Enemy Territory * 1st Place: Check 6 * 2nd Place: United 5 * 3rd Place: idle.ee Intel Doom 3 Deathmatch Tournament * Winner: Jonathan "jonnyh." Hill - Dell XPS Laptop Creative Soundblaster Doom 3 Deathmatch Tournament * Winner: Jonathan "jonnyh." Hill - Creative - Fatal1ty Soundcard Quake 4 Unveiling Tournament - 2vs2 Capture the Flag * 1st Place: Jeffrey "Thump4" McShane and Stefan "MaddoG" Timmermans - $4,000 (2 Dell XPS Laptops) Alienware Performance Challenge *Single GPU - 1st Place: Mickey21 *Dual GPU - 1st Place: Unknown


2006

QuakeCon 2006 * Total Attendance: 4,000+ * BYOC Size: 1,800 * Location: Hilton Anatole,
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, USA. * Highlights: QuakeCon 2006 was the first time Enemy Territory: Quake Wars was playable by the general public. Longer than normal delays leading up to the official event announcement fueled Internet speculation that the event was actually canceled for the first time ever. It was also discussed publicly earlier in the year by id Software executives that the event had a possibility of not being held inside Texas, nearly breaking a 10-year tradition since the convention's start. The entire event was also announced, planned, and executed in little over a month, a much shorter timeline than prior years. The first QuakeCon to feature a Team Deathmatch tournament. * The first event to include the Nvidia Quickdraw tournaments, which pulled random people from the BYOC area to compete for 1,000 dollars. * Date took place: August 3–6, 2006. * Date was announced June 23, 2006. * Movie mocked: '' Footloose'' by The Sinus Show * QuakeCon Final Standings: Quake 4 1v1 * 1st Place: Johan "Toxjq" Quick - $15,000 * 2nd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov - $7,000 * 3rd Place: Alex "ztrider" Ingarv - $5,000 * 4th Place: Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski - $3,000 * 5th Place:
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- $2,000 * 6th Place: James "2GD" Harding - $1,500 * 7th Place (tied): Sabian "ClampOK" Hayblum - $750 * 7th Place (tied): Blue - $750 Quake 4 2v2 Team Deathmatch * 1st Place: Britney ( Toxjq and Ztrider) - $13,000 * 2nd Place: fnatic ( 2GD and Blue) - $7,000 * 3rd Place: mouzsports ( Cooller and Jibo) - $5,000 * 4th Place: BlackDragons ( DaHang and Raistlin) * 5th Place: Devastation, Inc ( cl0ck and dkt) Enemy Territory 5v5 * 1st Place: idle.ee * 2nd Place: Crossfire.nu * 3rd Place: KiH Nvidia Quickdraw Winners * Rafik "LoSt-CauZe" Bryant * Sunchanan Charanyananda * Brian Dinsdale * Raul Enriquez * Billy "Dazz" Roadifer * Jeff Tank * Bryan Walker * Aaron "Kalngt" Cephers Bawls Chugging * 1st Place: John "GX_" Young


2007

QuakeCon 2007 * Total Attendance: 7,000+ (estimated) * BYOC Size: 2,700 * Location: Hilton Anatole,
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, USA. * Highlights: Registration took place March 2, 2007 at 9:00pm EST. Aaron "Alric" Ferguson continued in the role of executive director for this event, which sported a 5x increase in vendor space (25,000 sq ft) over the 2006 event, . total event space, and the return of the popular "Quick Draw" tournaments for all general attendees. The second public beta of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars was released to BYOC attendees on the first day of the event. There were just two featured tournaments, both with $50,000 purses, and both sponsored by NVIDIA: ET:QW, and the new Quad Damage Tournament, which combined all four Quake games into one competition. The event was also highlighted by a slew of major announcements, including id Software's new intellectual property RAGE, a sneak peek at the "id Tech 5" engine, a 10-2-2007 release date for ET:QW, updates on the new Return to Castle Wolfenstein game title and major motion picture, the revelation that old id Software titles were to be made available via Steam, the upcoming debuts of Quake Arena Arcade, Quake Zero (now officially named Quake Live), and Quake Arena DS, also—in an unprecedented move—the announcement of the dates and venue for the next QuakeCon before the current year's event was even finished. * Date took place: August 2–5, 2007 * Date announced December 18, 2006. * Movie mocked: ''
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'' by The Sinus Show * QuakeCon Final Standings: 1st ever Quad Damage 1v1 Tournament * 1st Place: Johan "Toxjq" Quick - $20,000 * 2nd Place: Magnus "fox" Olsson - $12,500 * 3rd Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $7,500 * 4th Place: Mikael "Purri" Tarvainen - $5,000 * 5th Place: Tim "]km[naymlis" Bowes - $1,250 * 6th Place: Chance "chance" Lacina - $1,250 * 7th Place: Rafik "LoSt-CaUzE" Bryant - $1,250 * 8th Place: Tom "Griffin" Wall - $1,250 1st Ever Enemy Territory:Quake Wars 6v6 Championship * 1st Place: Team-Dignitas - $22,000 * 2nd Place: Team-HOT - $16,000 * 3rd Place: Check-Six - $8,000 * 4th Place: Demise - $4,000 * 5th Place: 20ID * 6th Place: 50, CAL Gaming Bawls Chugging * 1st Place: Ken "KenCo12" Konarzewski Jr.


2008

QuakeCon 2008 * Total Attendance: 6,000+ (estimated) * Location: Hilton Anatole,
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, USA. * Date took place: July 31 - August 3, 2008 * Date announced: August 3, 2007. * Highlights: QuakeCon 2008 marked the debut of the first-ever Quake Live 1v1 and CTF tournaments. (sponsored by Intel) As well as the Activision Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Team Championships (featuring competitions on both PC and for the first time on Xbox 360), The Alienware Quick-Draw Challenge, and the QuakeCon Ultimate Power Up. * Movie mocked: '' Snakes on a Plane'' by The Raspberry Brothers * QuakeCon Final Standings: Intel Quake Live 1v1 Championship * 1st Place:
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990), who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", resides in Minsk, and is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series '' Q ...
- $5,000 * 2nd Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $3,000 * 3rd Place: Tom "Griffin" Wall - $1,500 * 4th Place:
Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Shane Hendrixson, also known by his pseudonym rapha, is an American professional esports ''Quake Live'', ''Quake III Arena'', ''ShootMania'', ''Overwatch, and Quake Champions'' player for Team Liquid. Since he appeared in 2008, he has won sixtee ...
- $500 * 5th Place: Magnus "fox" Olsson * 6th Place: Chance "chance" Lacina * 7th Place:
Sander "vo0" Kaasjager Sander Kaasjager (; born 21 June 1985), who plays under the pseudonym Vo0 (pronunciation: ), is a Dutch professional player of the first-person shooter games ''Painkiller'', ''Quake II'', '' Quake III '', ''Quake 4'', ''Quake Live'' and '' Quak ...
* 8th Place: Brian "dkt" Flander Intel Quake Live Capture The Flag Championship * 1st Place: Billy Maze Dayz - (ZeRo4, 2, viju, cl0ck) - $8,000 * 2nd Place: Team Rage - (wn, kgb, shizem, icel0re) - $4,000 * 3rd Place: In It For The Money - (palarity, bLt, swooped, fox) - $2,000 * 4th Place: Team Johnson - (carnage, relic, Fiend, dkt) - $1,000 The Activision Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Team Championships (PC) * 1st Place: mamut.si - $15,000 * 2nd Place: Kompaniet - $10,000 * 3rd Place: H2O - $5,000 * 4th Place: Team Fate - $1,000 The Activision Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Team Championships (Xbox 360) * 1st Place: The Green Team * 2nd Place: CWell Fellas * 3rd Place: SkullRiders * 4th Place: Bouncing Blinking Blue Ba


2009

QuakeCon 2009 *Total Attendance: 7000+ *Location: Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center,
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, USA. *Date took place: August 13, 2009 - August 16, 2009 *Date announced: 12/18/08 *Highlights: Like the year before, Quakecon 2009 had both 1v1 and CTF tournaments for Quake Live. The notable difference with this year's tournaments was two separate 1v1 competitions, one for only pro players, and the other was open to everyone else. This was a much appreciated feature from the community because there was no longer as many blow out games in the tournament. Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham (one of the commentators for this year's tournaments) also expressed his opinions to
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from the shout casting booth saying that the separation "alleviates any hesitation or frustration" for amateur players that want a chance to compete. Quakecon 2009 was also the first Quakecon to have the shoutcasters on stage during the grand finals. * Movie mocked: '' Lord of the Rings'' by Master Pancake Theater Intel Quake Live Masters Championship * 1st Place:
Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Shane Hendrixson, also known by his pseudonym rapha, is an American professional esports ''Quake Live'', ''Quake III Arena'', ''ShootMania'', ''Overwatch, and Quake Champions'' player for Team Liquid. Since he appeared in 2008, he has won sixtee ...
- $14,000 * 2nd Place: Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira - $7,500 * 3rd Place:
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990), who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", resides in Minsk, and is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series '' Q ...
- $4,000 * 4th Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty * 5th/6th Place (tied): Alessandro "stermy" Avallone * 5th/6th Place (tied): Brian "dkt" Flander * 7th/8th Place (tied): Tom "Griffin" Wall * 7th/8th Place (tied): Magnus "fox" Olsson Intel Quake Live Open Championship * 1st Place: Jeff "Flysher" Heakes - $1,500 * 2nd Place: Nelson "Hardup" Maxson - $750 * 3rd Place: Clifton "Cliffy" Houck - $250 Quake Live Capture the Flag Championship * 1st Place: Evil Geniuses (DaHanG, viju, clampOK, id_) - $12,000 * 2nd Place: WhoRunIt (eisenkreuz, kgb, pyro, icel0re) - $6,000 * 3rd Place: Fnatic (stermy, link1n, spart1e, deus, fox) - $4,000 * 4th Place: Loaded (carnage, relic, walter, blt)


2010

QuakeCon 2010 *Total Attendance: 8500+ *Location: Hilton Anatole,
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, USA. *Date took place: August 12, 2010 - August 15, 2010 *Date announced: March 5, 2010 *Highlights: Rage, Ban on file sharing. *Movie mocked: '' The Matrix'' by Master Pancake Theater Intel Quake Live Masters Championship * 1st Place:
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990), who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", resides in Minsk, and is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series '' Q ...
- $14,000 * 2nd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov - $7,500 * 3rd Place: Alessandro "stermy" Avallone - $4,000 * 4th Place: Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira * 5th/6th Place (tied):
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* 5th/6th Place (tied): Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty * 7th/8th Place (tied): Kévin "strenx" Baéza * 7th/8th Place (tied): Dan "DanDaKing" De Sousa Intel Quake Live Open Championship * 1st Place: Joshua "ziel" Remington - $1,500 * 2nd Place: Dalton "boots" DeMaria - $750 * 3rd Place: Andrew "id_" Trulli - $250 * 4th Place: Rogelio "]km[klaovhwN" Vela Quake Live Capture the Flag Championship * 1st Place: Evil Geniuses (DaHanG, viju, clampOK, id_) - $15,000 * 2nd Place: Fnatic (stermy, link1n, spart1e, deus,) - $6,000 * 3rd Place: QUAD (rapha, jones, Br1ck, sdahaghi) - $4,000 * 4th Place: Loaded (Flysher, kgb, whaz, sparks) Bawls Chugging * 1st Place: Ken "KenCo12" Konarzewski Jr.


2011

QuakeCon 2011 *Location: Hilton Anatole,
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, USA. *Took place: August 4, 2011 - August 7, 2011 *Date announced: January 28, 2011 *Available Internet Bandwidth: 1 Gbit/s (Provided by AT&T Inc.) *Highlights: The first ever Quakecon to feature a 4v4 Quake TDM tournament. * Movie mocked: ''Twilight (2008 film), Twilght'' by Master Pancake Theater Intel Quake Live Duel Invitational Masters * 1st Place:
Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Shane Hendrixson, also known by his pseudonym rapha, is an American professional esports ''Quake Live'', ''Quake III Arena'', ''ShootMania'', ''Overwatch, and Quake Champions'' player for Team Liquid. Since he appeared in 2008, he has won sixtee ...
- $8,000 * 2nd Place: Kévin "strenx" Baéza - $4,000 * 3rd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov - $2,000 * 4th Place: Paul "czm" Nelson * 5th/8th Place (tied): Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski * 5th/8th Place (tied): Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty * 5th/8th Place (tied): Johan "Toxjq" Quick * 5th/8th Place (tied): Richard "noctis" Gansterer Intel Quake Live TDM Invitational Masters * 1st Place: Salivating Monstahz (Krysa, noctis, avekkk, spart1e) - $16,000 * 2nd Place: iCE cLIMBERS (Stermy, fox, l1nkin, tox) - $8,000 * 3rd Place: BallerSsS (strenx, draven, Cypher, Cooller) - $4,000 * 4th Place: Ultra Frag-Xtreme (czm, cl0ck, DaHang, rapha) Intel/Bethesda Brink Open Championship * 1st Place: Looking for Sponsor (emongg, , rob-wiz, tm, Michael3D) - $3,750, & 5 PNY XLR8 GTX 480 videocards * 2nd Place: Blight (nard, Cinna, zoidbergenstein, sYnceD, blazen) - $1,250 & 5 PNY XLR8 GTX 480 videocards * 3rd Place: Team Fate (Hardup, Pipboy, j4y, Cynix, Suckenstein) - 5 PNY XLR8 GTX 480 videocards * 4th Place: The Executives (BosnaK, NoAim, 4Never, silky, Jawbox) Quake Live Duel Open Championship * 1st Place: Taylor "Mongo" Quinn - $300 & an Origin Laptop worth $3000 * 2nd Place: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager * 3rd Place: Stephen "MavLP" Groat * 4th Place: Jeff "FienD" Abbott Bawls Chugging * 1st Place: Ken "KenCo12" Konarzewski Jr.


2012

QuakeCon 2012 *Total Attendance: 7,652 *BYOC Attendance: 2,488 *Location: Hilton Anatole,
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, USA. *Took place: August 2, 2012 - August 5, 2012 *Date announced: January 25, 2012 *Available Internet Bandwidth: 2 Gbit/s (Provided by AT&T Inc.) *Highlights: First year to ever fill BYOC on Friday. This year marked the first year for several Executive Staff including a new executive director of Michael "TnT_Trash" Wolf.Also Oculus Rift showcase. * Movie mocked: '' Back to the Future'' by Master Pancake Theater *"Lowlights": Registration. Intel Quake Live Duel Invitational Masters * 1st Place:
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990), who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", resides in Minsk, and is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series '' Q ...
- $9,000 * 2nd Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $5,000 * 3rd Place:
Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Shane Hendrixson, also known by his pseudonym rapha, is an American professional esports ''Quake Live'', ''Quake III Arena'', ''ShootMania'', ''Overwatch, and Quake Champions'' player for Team Liquid. Since he appeared in 2008, he has won sixtee ...
- $3,000 * 4th Place: Paul "czm" Nelson - $1000 * 5th/8th Place (tied): John "ZeRo4" Hill - $500 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Chance "chance" Lacina - $500 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Justin "Sparks" Sparks - $500 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Brian "dkt" Flander - $500 Intel Quake Live Capture the Flag Championship * 1st Place: Roof (DaHanG, rapha, sparks, id_) - $4,000 * 2nd Place: DaFoneMen (kgb, br1ck, ZeRo4, Flysher) - $2,000 * 3rd Place: seriously ill (adrenaline, klaovhwN, wonko, vizard) - $1,000 * 4th Place: drunk masterz (cfebns, Madrigal, t41TG, Tucker) Intel Quake Live Duel Open * 1st Place: Christopher "aXema" Brimer - $1,000 * 2nd Place: Jeff "Flysher" Heakes - $700 * 3rd Place: Kevin "kgb" Holowchik - $300


2013

QuakeCon 2013 *Total Attendance: 10,000 *BYOC Size: 2,000 *Location: Hilton Anatole,
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, USA. *Took place: August 1, 2013 - August 4, 2013 *Date announced: February 26, 2013 *Available Internet Bandwidth: 2 Gbit/s (Provided by AT&T Inc.) *Registration: April 15, 2013 * Movie mocked: '' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' by Master Pancake Theater Intel Quake Live Duel Invitational Masters * 1st Place:
Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Shane Hendrixson, also known by his pseudonym rapha, is an American professional esports ''Quake Live'', ''Quake III Arena'', ''ShootMania'', ''Overwatch, and Quake Champions'' player for Team Liquid. Since he appeared in 2008, he has won sixtee ...
- $9,000 * 2nd Place: Sergey "evil" Orekhov - $5,000 * 3rd Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $3,000 * 4th Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $1000 * 5th/6th Place (tied): Alessandro "stermy" Avallone * 5th/6th Place (tied): Chance "chance" Lacina * 7th/8th Place (tied):
Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Sander Kaasjager (; born 21 June 1985), who plays under the pseudonym Vo0 (pronunciation: ), is a Dutch professional player of the first-person shooter games ''Painkiller'', ''Quake II'', '' Quake III '', ''Quake 4'', ''Quake Live'' and '' Quak ...
* 7th/8th Place (tied): Brian "dkt" Flander Quake Live Clan Arena 3v3 Open *1st Place: The Dream (rapha, cl0ck, demex) - $3.000 *2nd Place: Watch This (id_, viju, gwc) - $2.000 *3rd Place: Counter Measure (ZeRo4, kgb, NemesiS) - $1.000 *4th Place: colwn (l1nkin, stermy, h41) 20th Anniversary DOOM Challenge *1st Place: Jefferson "JKist3" Kist - $1.000 *2nd Place: Chris "DevastatioN" Felix *3rd Place: DemonSphere *4th Place: Rude * 5th/6th Place (tied): Dominus * 5th/6th Place (tied): TheShooter7


2014

QuakeCon 2014 *Total Attendance: 9000 *BYOC Size: 2,212 *Location: Hilton Anatole,
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, USA. *Took place: July 17, 2014 - July 20, 2014 *Date announced: January 30, 2014 *Available Internet Bandwidth: 2 Gbit/s (Provided by AT&T Inc.) *Registration: March 5, 2014 * Movie mocked: ''
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'' by Master Pancake Theater Intel Quake Live Duel Masters Invitational * 1st Place:
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990), who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", resides in Minsk, and is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series '' Q ...
- $9,000 * 2nd Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $5,000 * 3rd Place: Sergey "evil" Orekhov - $3,000 * 4th Place: Johan "Toxjq" Quick - $1,000 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Kévin "strenx" Baéza - $500 * 5th/8th Place (tied):
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- $500 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira - $500 * 5th/8th Place (tied): John "ZeRo4" Hill - $500 PCPartPicker Quake Live CTF Open * 1st Place: 2014 (ZeRo4, br1ck, DaHanG, whaz) - $8,000 * 2nd Place: welp (rapha, id_, cl0ck, psygib) - $6,000 * 3rd Place: unknown (l1nkin, winz, zyrinx, gerppa) - $4,000 * 4th Place: SAKE (sparks, Avenged, kgb, Effortless) Seasonic Quake Live Duel Open * 1st Place: Alessio "zyrinx" Stocco - $1,000 * 2nd Place: Tomi "gerppa" Pakkanen - $700 * 3rd Place: Joseph "jok0" Okochi - $300 Ventrilo 10k Raffle Winner * 1st Winner: Justin "Effortless" Yergeau


2015

QuakeCon 2015 *Total Attendance: 12,381 *BYOC Size: 2600 *Location: Hilton Anatole,
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, USA. *Took place: July 23, 2015 - July 26, 2015 *Date announced: September 25, 2014 *Available Internet Bandwidth: 2 Gbit/s (Provided by AT&T Inc.) *Registration: - March 4, 2015 - March 25, 2015 **UAC: 32 seats - March 4, 2015 **QuakeCon done Quick (QdQ): 300 Seats - March 11, 2015 **Select a Seat (SaS) with Swag pack: 500 Seats - March 18, 2015 **Select a Seat (Sas): 1600 Seats - March 25, 2015 * Movie mocked: ''
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'' by Master Pancake Theater * Volunteers: 312 * Volunteer Hours: 5,555 * Sponsors/Exhibitors (Companies): 32 QuakeCon 2015 Quake Live Grand Master Duel * Grand Master Champion:
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- $8,000 * Grand Master Runner-Up: Sergey "evil" Orekhov QuakeCon 2015 Quake Live Tri-Master Tournament * Tri-Master Champions: Meltdown.bar (l1nkin, winz, Toxjq, zyrinx) - $8,000 * TDM Division Winners: Meltdown.bar (l1nkin, winz, Toxjq, zyrinx) - $8,000 * CTF Division Winners: Meltdown.bar (l1nkin, winz, Toxjq, zyrinx) - $8,000 * Duel Division Winners: Found 'Em (rapha, ZeRo4, cl0ck, psygib) - $8,000 Ventrilo 10k Raffle Winner * 1st Winner: "Altrust" * 2nd Winner: Justin "Effortless" Yergeau * 3rd Winner: "ColeTrain"


2016

QuakeCon 2016 *Total Attendance: 8,600 *BYOC Size: 2,840 *Location: Hilton Anatole,
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, USA. *Took place: August 4, 2016 - August 7, 2016 *Date announced: *Available Internet Bandwidth: 6x1gbs *Registration: **UAC: 32 seats **QuakeCon done Quick (QdQ): 300 seats **Select a Seat (SaS) with Swag pack: 0 seats **Select a Seat (SaS): 2,100 seats * Movie mocked: Fifty Shades of Grey by Master Pancake Theater. * Volunteers: 319 * Volunteer Hours: 4,918 * Sponsors/Exhibitors (Companies): 41 QuakeCon 2016 Quake Live Duel Masters Championship * 1st Place:
Shane "rapha" Hendrixson Shane Hendrixson, also known by his pseudonym rapha, is an American professional esports ''Quake Live'', ''Quake III Arena'', ''ShootMania'', ''Overwatch, and Quake Champions'' player for Team Liquid. Since he appeared in 2008, he has won sixtee ...
- $12,000 * 2nd Place: Sergey "evil" Orekhov - $7,000 * 3rd Place: Marcel "k1llsen" Paul - $3,000 * 4th Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $1,000 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Fraze "Fraze" Hockley - $500 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira - $500 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Cameron "Camma" Hockley - $500 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Spencer "ZorakWar" Duff - $500 QuakeCon 2016 QuakeWorld TDM 2on2 Open * 1st Place: Ragnarok (Milton, Rikoll) - $12,000 * 2nd Place: Rune (Carapace, LocKtar) - $7,000 * 3rd Place: Aeronauts (bps, locust) - $3,000 * 4th Place: Brazil (dev, GT) - $1,000 * 5th/6th Place (tied):
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(dirtbox, Venom) - $500 * 5th/6th Place (tied): USA/Canada (BLooD_DoG, BogoJoker) - $500 * 7th/8th Place (tied): Whiskey Tango (ok98, Trygre) - $500 * 7th/8th Place (tied): DRKN (RIO, feFFe) - $500 Ventrilo 10k Raffle Winner *


2017

QuakeCon 2017 *Total Attendance: *BYOC Size: 2350 seats *Location:
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, USA *Takes place: August 24, 2017 - August 27, 2017 *Date announced: January 26, 2017 *Available Internet Bandwidth: 6 Gbit/s *Registration: **UAC: 32 seats **QuakeCon done Quick (QdQ): 300 seats **Select a Seat (SaS): * Movie mocked: Terminator 2: Judgment Day * Volunteers: * Volunteer Hours: * Sponsors/Exhibitors (Companies): Quake World Championship 2017: Duel Tournament * 1st Place: Nikita "clawz" Marchinsky - $100,000 * 2nd Place:
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- $50,000 * 3rd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov - $30,000 * 4th Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $20,000 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Richard "Noctis" Gansterer - $15,000 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Dmytro "Xron" Sakharuk - $15,000 * 5th/8th Place (tied): Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski - $15,000 * 5th/8th Place (tied):
Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Shane Hendrixson, also known by his pseudonym rapha, is an American professional esports ''Quake Live'', ''Quake III Arena'', ''ShootMania'', ''Overwatch, and Quake Champions'' player for Team Liquid. Since he appeared in 2008, he has won sixtee ...
- $15,000 * 9th-16th Place (tied): Johan "Toxjq" Quick - $10,000 * 9th-16th Place (tied): Pelle "Fazz" Söderman - $10,000 * 9th-16th Place (tied): Andrew "Gellehsak" Ryder - $10,000 * 9th-16th Place (tied): Dan "Astroboy" De Sousa - $10,000 * 9th-16th Place (tied): Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira - $10,000 * 9th-16th Place (tied): Marcel "K1llsen" Paul - $10,000 * 9th-16th Place (tied): Kévin "Strenx" Baéza - $10,000 * 9th-16th Place (tied): Adrián "Raisy" Birgány - $10,000 Quake World Championship 2017: Sacrifice * 1st Place: 2z ( clawz, Latrommi, Silencep, Xron) - $300,000 * 2nd Place: NOTOFAST ( fazz, noctis, stermy, toxjq) - $150,000 * 3rd Place: The Defendants ( av3k, 2GD, Deus, Krysa) - $55,000 * 4th Place: Team Liquid ( rapha, DaHanG, id_, winz) - $55,000 * 5th/6th Place (tied): Myztro Gaming ( GaRpy, HELL, Hypno, Vo0) - $25,000 * 5th/6th Place (tied): OnTime ( Br1ck, Whaz, Effortless, Psygib) - $25,000 * 7th/8th Place (tied): I Totem Teles ( Botmode, Ckap, Sen, theJeffreh) - $25,000 * 7th/8th Place (tied): Team Johnson ( Carnage, clampOK, Necrophag1st, Sane) - $25,000 Quake II 20th Anniversary Duel * 1st Place: David - $5,000 * 2nd Place: pthy - $3,000 * 3rd Place: RIO - $2,000 QuakeWorld Duel * 1st Place: LocKtar - $2,500 * 2nd Place: dirtbox - $1,750 * 3rd Place: Thump4 - $750 Quake Live 4v4 CTF * 1st Place: Rainbow ( Madrigal, pthy, Vibration, ballin) - $5,000 * 2nd Place: 2m( Sanctify, David, Fragtastic, BouvToTheMax) - $3,000 * 3rd Place: Team Cake Plus ( mojo, kane, Thump4, Kev) - $2,000 Quake Champions Sacrifice (#1) * 1st Place: Cute Boys Against Crime ( mojo, kane, Thump4, Kev) - $2,500 * 2nd Place: BR #1 ( Sanctify, Fragtastic, Flame, Snowy) - $1,750 * 3rd Place: Rainbow ( Madrigal, pthy, Vibration, ballin) - $750 Quake Champions Sacrifice (#2) * 1st Place: Corvjam ( FraZe, Steej, Astroboy, Python) - $2,500 * 2nd Place: NAussies ( Zar, Dooi, ZenAku, JJ) - $1,750 * 3rd Place: A visit to the ATM ( CPense, Alvy, Jrmy, Stevo) - $750 RAGE: Road Rage * 1st Place: BouvToTheMax - $2,500 * 2nd Place: Tankerz - $1,750 * 3rd Place: KenCo12 - $750 The Elder Scrolls: Legends * 1st Place: AKASpecs - $2,500 * 2nd Place: BouvToTheMax - $1,750 * 3rd Place: Stevo - $750 DOOM2016 Battle of the BYOC 2v2 CA * 1st Place: NewClassic ( Tenseko, BPSkibbenheims) - $4,000 * 2nd Place: UniDoom ( DemonSphere, Wartorn) - $2,000 * 3rd Place: The Invisible Hand ( Snowy, Rolarin) - $1,000


2018

QuakeCon 2018 *Total Attendance: 11,500+ *BYOC Size: 4100+ seats *Location:
Gaylord Texan Gaylord is a name of Norman French origin, from the Old French ''gaillard'' meaning "joyful" or "high-spirited". It may refer to: People * Gaylord (given name) Surname * Bill Gaylord (born 1967), British former alpine skier * Charles Gaylord ...
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Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...
, USA *Takes place: August 9, 2018 - August 12, 2018 *Date announced: February 13, 2018 *Available Internet Bandwidth: 10 Gbit/s *Registration: **UAC: 50 seats **QuakeCon done Quick (QdQ): 250 seats **Select a Seat (SaS): * Movie mocked:
Mortal Kombat ''Mortal Kombat'' is an American media franchise centered on a series of video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992. The development of the first game was originally based on an idea that Ed Boon and John Tobias had of making a ...
* Volunteers: * Volunteer Hours: * Sponsors/Exhibitors (Companies):


2019

QuakeCon 2019 *Total Attendance: *BYOC Size: *Location:
Gaylord Texan Gaylord is a name of Norman French origin, from the Old French ''gaillard'' meaning "joyful" or "high-spirited". It may refer to: People * Gaylord (given name) Surname * Bill Gaylord (born 1967), British former alpine skier * Charles Gaylord ...
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Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...
, USA *Takes place: July 25, 2019 - July 28, 2019 *Date announced: *Available Internet Bandwidth: *Registration: **UAC: **QuakeCon done Quick (QdQ): **Select a Seat (SaS): * Movie mocked:
Doom Doom is another name for damnation. Doom may also refer to: People * Doom (professional wrestling), the tag team of Ron Simmons and Butch Reed * Daniel Doom (born 1934), Belgian cyclist * Debbie Doom (born 1963), American softball pitcher * ...
* Sponsors/Exhibitors (Companies): Quake Pro League Kickoff: Duel Tournament * 1st Place: Marcel "K1llsen" Paul - $10,000 * 2nd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov - $7,000 * 3rd Place:
Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Shane Hendrixson, also known by his pseudonym rapha, is an American professional esports ''Quake Live'', ''Quake III Arena'', ''ShootMania'', ''Overwatch, and Quake Champions'' player for Team Liquid. Since he appeared in 2008, he has won sixtee ...
- $5,000 * 4th Place: Adrián "Raisy" Birgány - $4,500 * 5th Place: Dmytro "Xron" Sakharuk - $4,500 * 6th Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $4,000 * 7th Place: Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski - $4,000 * 8th Place: Alexander "baSe" Rybin - $3,500 * 9th Place: Johan "Toxjq" Quick - $3,500 * 10th Place: Moses "psygib" Salas - $3,000 * 11th Place: Filipe "nosfa" Barbosa - $3,000 * 12th Place: Marco "vengeurR" Ragusa - $2,500 * 13th Place: Greg "cha1n" Bouevitch - $2,500 * 14th Place: Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall - $2,000 * 15th Place: Kyle "dramiS" Simard - $1,000 * 16th Place: Gaven "whaz" Sorensen - $1,000 * 17th Place: Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira - $1,000 * 18th Place: Paul "sib" Titkovv - $1,000 * 19th Place: Justin "Effortless" Yergeau - $1,000 * 20th Place: Branden "br1ck" Gwyn - $5,000 Quakeworld 1v1 * 1st Place: Jeffrey "Thump4" McShane - $1,150 * 2nd Place: Dan "RiX" Hammans * 3rd/4th Place (tied): Kev * 3rd/4th Place (tied): JediSpam Quake II 1v1 * 1st Place: Jeffrey "Thump4" McShane - $1,150 * 2nd Place: Dead Beat * 3rd/4th Place (tied): Lord Reven * 3rd/4th Place (tied): Cleancut * Top 16: Dan "RiX" Hammans * Top 16: Victor "DefyOdds" Cuadra Quake Champions Timelimit 1v1 * 1st Place: spucrl_ - $1,150 * 2nd Place: festiveturtle * 3rd/4th Place (tied): deth * 3rd/4th Place (tied): cbxzombie DOOM 2016 2v2 CA * 1st Place: Bartseko * 2nd Place: TZU * 3rd/4th Place (tied): ultraviolence * 3rd/4th Place (tied): SoberedUp DOOM II 1v1 * 1st Place: Chris "DevastatioN" Felix - $1,150 * 2nd Place: Jefferson "JKist3" Kist * 3rd/4th Place (tied): JWarrier * 3rd/4th Place (tied): RosKing DOOM II Deathmatch * 1st Place: Chris "DevastatioN" Felix * 2nd Place: discoRyne * 3rd Place: Goblin * 4th Place: Jefferson "JKist3" Kist DOOM II 2v2 * 1st Place: New Schoolers (JKist3, DevastatioN) * 2nd Place: rapha * 3rd/4th Place (tied): Feedbag * 3rd/4th Place (tied): Wh1ppage Elder Scrolls Online 1v1 * 1st Place: Voltaire - $1,150 * 2nd Place: 1-800-MEPHALA * 3rd Place: unwoundtoast * 4th Place: seak Fallout 76 Nuclear Winter * MVP: 2mKyle "Neg1" Russell * 1st Place: 2m* 2nd Place: NukeThis * 3rd Place: Nvr2L8 * 4th Place: Azure Gaming Tavern


2020

Quake Pro League Season 1 Finals * 1st Place:
Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Shane Hendrixson, also known by his pseudonym rapha, is an American professional esports ''Quake Live'', ''Quake III Arena'', ''ShootMania'', ''Overwatch, and Quake Champions'' player for Team Liquid. Since he appeared in 2008, he has won sixtee ...
- $25,000 * 2nd Place: Adrián "Raisy" Birgány - $15,000 * 3rd Place: Marco "vengeurR" Ragusa - $12,500 * 4th Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $10,000 * 5th - 6th Place: Greg "cha1n" Bouevitch / Kirill "cnz" Golubjov - $8,500 * 7th - 8th Place: Filipe "nosfa" Barbosa / Anton "Cooller" Singov - $7,250 * 9th - 12th Place: Michael "dooi" Dewey / Moses "psygib" Salas / Marcel "K1llsen" Paul / Alexander "baSe" Rybin - $5,500 * 13th - 16th Place: Justin "Effortless" Yergeau / Kyle "dramiS" Simard / Johan "Toxjq" Quick / Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski - $4,000 * 17th - 20th Place: Maximiliano "maxter" Gonzalez / David "ZenAku" Addati /
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990), who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", resides in Minsk, and is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series '' Q ...
/ Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira - $3,000 * 21st - 24th Place: Paul "sib" Titkov / Cameron "GNiK" Touchette / Petr "St0n3" Tarasov / Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall - $1,500


2021

Quake Pro League Season 2 Finals * 1st Place: Marco "vengeurR" Ragusa - $25,000 * 2nd Place: Adrián "Raisy" Birgány - $15,000 * 3rd Place:
Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Shane Hendrixson, also known by his pseudonym rapha, is an American professional esports ''Quake Live'', ''Quake III Arena'', ''ShootMania'', ''Overwatch, and Quake Champions'' player for Team Liquid. Since he appeared in 2008, he has won sixtee ...
- $12,500 * 4th Place: Marcel "K1llsen" Paul - $10,000 * 5th - 6th Place:
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990), who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", resides in Minsk, and is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series '' Q ...
/ Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski - $8,500 * 7th - 8th Place: Alexander "baSe" Rybin / David "ZenAku" Addati - $7,250 * 9th - 12th Place: Kyle "dramiS" Simard / Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira / Maximiliano "maxter" Gonzalez / Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $5,500 * 13th - 16th Place: Gaven "whaz" Sorensen / Kirill "cnz" Golubjov / Paul "sib" Titkov / Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall - $4,000 * 17th - 20th Place: Greg "cha1n" Bouevitch / Anton "Cooller" Singov / Moses "psygib" Salas / Filipe "nosfa" Barbosa - $3,000 * 21st - 24th Place: Sergey "PASITA" Anisimov / Daniel "davjs" Davis / Dmytro "Xron" Sakharuk / Justin "Effortless" Yergeau - $1,500


Sponsors

QuakeCon is primarily paid for by ZeniMax Media and fees paid by attendees in conjunction with the sponsorship of leading technology companies. Past sponsors of the event include Activision,
nVidia Nvidia CorporationOfficially written as NVIDIA and stylized in its logo as VIDIA with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA"; formerly stylized as VIDIA with a large italicized lowercase "n" on products from the mid 1990s to ...
, AMD,
Aspyr Aspyr Media, Inc. (pronounced " aspire") is an American video game developer and publisher founded by Michael Rogers and Ted Staloch in Austin, Texas. Originally founded to bring top gaming titles to macOS, the company, since 2005, has become ...
, ASUS, Ventrilo,
Apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus '' Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancest ...
,
ATI Technologies ATI Technologies Inc. (commonly called ATI) was a Canadian semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets. Founded in 1985 as Array Technology Inc., ...
, AT&T Inc., Alienware, Ageia, 1UP Network, FragArcade,
Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 ser ...
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D-Link D-Link Corporation is a Taiwanese multinational networking equipment manufacturing corporation headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded in March 1986 in Taipei as ''Datex Systems Inc.'' History D-Link Corporation changed its name fr ...
,
Logitech Logitech International S.A. ( ; often shortened to Logi) is a Swiss multinational manufacturer of computer peripherals and software, with headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, and Newark, California. The company has offices throughout Europe ...
, Linksys,
Spike TV Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Media Networks. The network's headquarters are located at the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Los Angeles. The channel was ...
, Newegg.com and
Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business u ...
.


References


External links


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