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First Doom3 Tourney @ QuakeCon

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:03 AM
from the good-bad-I'm-the-guy-with-the-gun dept.
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Rogerpq3 writes "The battleground is set - it's confirmed that the 9th annual QuakeCon 2004 video game festival and tournament at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas on August 12-15 will host the first DOOM 3 deathmatch championship ever. Be there to game, hang out with 5,000 of your closest friends, and compete for $150,000 in cash and prizes in the NVIDIA QuakeCon 2004 Championship Tournaments. Online registration for QuakeCon 2004 has begun at www.quakecon.org, and the event is free to all attendees."
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  • I'd be first (Score:4, Funny)

    by Tomahawk (1343) * on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:05AM (#9622387) Homepage
    If I were there, I just know I'd be the really embarrassed guy who gets knocked out first...

    T.
    • I would be the guy who gets in the game says "cool" and the screen flashes white as someone with the BFG blasts me to hell and back. "First Kill - .8 seconds"

  • Excellent. (Score:4, Funny)

    by DrEldarion (114072) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:06AM (#9622393) Homepage
    Now id has quite an incentive to not push back the release date.
  • Be there to game, hang out with 5,000 of your closest friends, and compete for $150,000 in cash and prizes in the NVIDIA QuakeCon 2004 Championship Tournaments.

    Provided you have a computer that can Doom 3.

    • Re:If...... (Score:5, Informative)

      by EvilJohn (17821) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:21AM (#9622585) Homepage
      The Doom3 tournament is played on QuakeCon supplied computers, and they'll be able to run Doom3 without any problem.

      John "EvilJohn" Carney
      Director of the BYOC
      Quakecon 2004
  • as the Duke Nukem Forever Tourney? I've already registered! I've got my tickets!

    Life can be so unfair sometimes.

  • Gaylord owns (Score:5, Informative)

    by zpapasmurf (761470) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:10AM (#9622445)
    You obviously have never been to a Gaylord hotel if you insist on making fun of the name. Their hotels are some of the largest and niceset on the planet. www.gaylordhotels.com

  • This is going to be even bigger... (Score:3, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:11AM (#9622458)
    ...than the Duke Nukem: Foreverathon being held August 32nd in Nigeria.

  • hang out with 5,000 of your closest friends? (Score:5, Funny)

    by koi88 (640490) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:14AM (#9622504)
    How to choose and make nobody angry...?

  • Nvidia, ATI (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:14AM (#9622508)
    What!? Arey they promoting Doom3 multiplayer capabilities? Wasn't Doom3 supposed to be a single-player focused game?

  • 4 player deathmatch (Score:3, Informative)

    by t0qer (230538) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:15AM (#9622525) Homepage Journal
    The original doom was a 4 player deathmatch. Maybe they just wanted to keep it true to the original DM playstyle.

  • Wait, isn't this Slashdot? (Score:3, Funny)

    by nulltransfer (725809) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:17AM (#9622542)
    hang out with 5,000 of your closest friends

    You mean that I'm the only one here that lives in their parents' basement and is allergic to socializing??

    I've been lied to for years!

    • Re:Wait, isn't this Slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)

      by Roofus (15591) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:37AM (#9622749) Homepage
      You mean that I'm the only one here that lives in their parents' basement and is allergic to socializing??

      What they really meant was "Bring 5000 of your favorite Slashdot IDs"

      When you get the invite, just remember to add your buddy #15591!

    • Re:Wait, isn't this Slashdot? (Score:4, Funny)

      by Stevyn (691306) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @12:07PM (#9623095)
      I wouldn't say allergic, I come out of the house all the time. Alright, so it does coincide when gentoo is compiling and I'm out of caffine and natalie portman is in a movie playing that I can't download, but I do get out of the house!
  • large tanks of liquid Nitrogen, or will I have to bring mine from home?

    My Cray is a thirsty beast.

  • $150,000 is the minimum requirements! (Score:5, Funny)

    by JohnFromCanada (789692) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:28AM (#9622648)
    If you win the competition and the $150,000.00 you could then buy a computer for yourself that will be able to run Doom 3, and you would still have just enough money left over to order yourself the game.

  • Hah! (Score:5, Informative)

    by Obiwan Kenobi (32807) <evan@misGAUSSter ... m minus math_god> on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:32AM (#9622701) Homepage
    Online registration for QuakeCon 2004 has begun at www.quakecon.org, and the event is free to all attendees.

    No, no. Online registration began back on April 14th, 2004. It was full in about a day.

    However, there is a waiting list. When you get there there will be two huge lines snaking around the walls. The smaller line is for those who've pre-registered, while the other snakes around entire second floor of the place, each player hoping for a spot in the grand ballroom.

    For those who haven't registered and wish to attend, be sure to get there EARLY. And I mean 5AM or earlier if you wish to get in.

    Good thing I got registered 30 minutes after it began...

  • oh yay (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Marsala (4168) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:46AM (#9622833) Homepage

    Let's hold a huge convention featuring cash prize tournaments based on a piece of software that is testing new video card technology, has taken years to design and build, is probably going to be so massive that we'll need to ship it on DVDs, and won't even have been on the shelves for two weeks.

    And just to make sure all of our eggs in one basket, let's drop support for any of the team-based competition games set in WWII even if they do seem to be kind of popular right now.

    Awesome.

    Hats off to iD's Doom3 QA team... ya'll must really have your stuff together to make them feel comfortable enough to do something like this.

    :)

    • you haven't been to Texas before I'll assume. Come down to Austin if you want to really see how stale the stereotypes really are. we love it here, just remember, "don't move here".

      Peace

      CB

    • A look at Texas for the (obviously) non-Texan (Score:4, Funny)

      by ajservo (708572) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:27AM (#9622646)
      Yes, and JR's ranch is nearby as well. idiot...
      The last time I wore a cowboy hat and boots was in OKLAHOMA when I was in boy scouts.

      Actually, if you want a clear vision of what grapevine looks like...

      Imagine... A giant, garish discount mall, DFW airport, multitudes of ugly car dealerships and chain restaurants, a VERY dirty Cinemark theater, oh, and Gamestop.com's shipping warehouse...

      And no, if you stay at the Gaylord, you won't get your copy of Doom3 any faster... Gamestop's warehouse does NOT accept visitors.

      But, you can visit Southfork Ranch, as seen on Dallas. It's in lovely dirt field filled Parker, TX. Just exit I-75 at Parker Rd. in Plano and head east. It's about 20 minutes off the highway. In the middle of nothing. Enjoy.

      I'd like to know where Texas of all states picked up this stupid ass connotation of cowboys. You're just as rarely and as likely to see someone matching this description in NM, NV, UT or CO than TX.

      But if you truly want me to break tradition, I'll be the one waiting outside of DFW airport for you in a soccer jersey and a cricket bat. :)
      • Imagine... A giant, garish discount mall, DFW airport, multitudes of ugly car dealerships and chain restaurants, a VERY dirty Cinemark theater, oh, and Gamestop.com's shipping warehouse...

        Imagine? It won't be hard. You've just described virtually every medium-sized city in the United States.

        If you do any traveling by car, you see how much cookie-cutter design is obliterating local flavor. Each place looks like the last place, which looks like the next place. One glance at photos of the U.S. from even

    • if you had RTFA you would know that this is the first time that people will have played Doom3 multiplayer (even the leaked beta didn't have that).

      Doom3 is still going to be released after quakecon. This tournament doesn't affect the release date.
      • There is no official release date. One has never been announced.

        It could be before or it could be after. The fact is no one but Id Software knows for sure, and even they might not know.
        • The article clearly states that Doom3 will not be released before Quakecon. The official release "date" for Doom3 is Summer.

          So, Doom3 in summer (June ~21st - Sept ~21st), after Quakecon (August 12-15), narrows it down. Most people expect a late August release.
          • Well, amazon [amazon.com] lists the release date as August 3rd...
            As an interesting aside, if you do a search for doom 3 on their main page, one of the "featured links" is a 3d stripper you can talk to [girl3d.com]
            Damn, and me without a wintel computer...
            • Is Amazon making, producing or distributing the game? No. Whatever they say is a guess. Just like every other retailer.

              The official doom 3 site made by Id Software says coming soon. I'd believe the guys actually making the game before a retailer who wants to get a bunch of orders.
        • -1: Wrong.

          August 3 [slashdot.org]
          • http://www.doom3.com/

            Official Id Software site. Release date:

            Coming soon.

          • Re:doom3 release date? (Score:4, Insightful)

            by catch23 (97972) * on Tuesday July 06 2004, @01:06PM (#9623748)
            umm. you're wrong. In the article it states:

            "With DOOM 3 launching this summer, there won't be anyone who has had time to practice or master the game, and almost any QuakeCon attendee has a chance to walk away with one of the exclusive DOOM 3 prizes."

            This would imply that DOOM 3 would not be released before QuakeCon or else people there will have had some DOOM 3 practice before the deathmatch event. Since the QuakeCon date is from August 12-15, this would mean DOOM 3 is set to be released sometime after August 15. The August 3 date was based on another distributor's educated guess. It was not a statement from id Software.

      • While this may be the first day that a lot of people play DOOM3 Multiplayer, it definitely won't be the first day that anyone has played DOOM3 Multiplayer.

        At QuakeCon in 2003 there was a dedicated DOOM3 deathmatch booth that allowed attendees to play DOOM3 multiplayer. They shuffled attendees through in about 15 minute intervals for three days.

        It was kick ass.

        Travis "Ash" Bradshaw
        Director of Staffing
        QuakeCon 2004

    • Will these ppl have played D3 deathmatch before then, or will it be sprung upon them there?

      It will be sprung upon them... haven't you seen The Wizard?
    • did you just skip over the entire blurb(the article you did skip at least of course)?

      **
      "We're having a DOOM 3 party this year, and want to offer our fans the first opportunity to compete in a DOOM 3 tournament," Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software said. "NVIDIA is putting up the largest QuakeCon prize package ever, and topping it off with DOOM 3 prizes that will have the competitors' adrenaline rushing."
      **

      and you defintely weren't funny even.

      • Re:BEST BUY ATE MY BALLS! (Score:2, Funny)

        by Anonymous Coward
        Lack of formatting - check
        Incoherent ranting - check
        Odd use of caps - check
        Totally unrealted to topic at hand - check

        Actually that sounds like the average Slashdot article write-up :P
    • Practice what?

      It's the same as any other FPS with snazzier graphics. Practicing against ID's braindead AI bots isn't going to help you against real humans.

    • Re:Someone send me to quakecon! (Score:5, Funny)

      by AviLazar (741826) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @11:39AM (#9622761) Journal
      Dear Trusted Friend,

      I am from South Africa, in the war torn country of Zimbabwe. Recently, I have come to the attention that I am in the inheritance of $150,000 Million US dollars. This money was left to me by my father, the great Duke Nuk Em. Due to his untimely demise, probably by his enemies, I am not able to access this money. My mother and I may be doomed to die as our father's enemies are looking for us.
      If you would be so kind, please send me $1,000.00 so I may fly to America so I can receive my inheritence at Gaylord hotels in the beautiful country of Texas.

      For your kind services I have reserved 25% of my fathers inheritence into an account of your choice.
      Please forward me your account information, and I will begin the process.
      Please be so kind and keep this secret so my fathers enemies will not kill me.
      Your trusted friend,
      Akiel em-All

          • Re:NVidia-sponsored... Linux in Hollywood (Score:4, Informative)

            by tjwhaynes (114792) on Tuesday July 06 2004, @04:41PM (#9626313)
            You want quotes?
            Although Linux has yet to achieve wide popularity in the computer game world ("Will Linux Be Computer Games' Dark Horse OS?" Computer, Dec. 2001, pp. 161-162), it is making rapid progress toward becoming the dominant operating system in the other major entertainment arena: motion pictures. Name a motion picture from the past year or two that featured stunning animation or dazzling special effects, and chances are the film's producers used Linux-based computers to splash those graphics on the big screen.
            "In short, the big news in Hollywood about Linux is it is no longer big news. Linux has won not only renderfarm servers, but the artist desktops of the top studios. It's hard to find a large studio that does not rely upon Linux as its primary animation and special effects OS, and many smaller film studios have adopted Linux, too...
            "You hear a lot about Linux not being ready to work on desktops," said HP's Jeff Wood, director of product marketing for personal workstations. "Well, here we have the perfect example of how Linux is more than ready for the desktop -- hundreds of animators successfully used Linux to create a film right from their desktops."
            You want to links? You've got links: You want apps? You got've apps:
            1. NVidia Gelato (available FIRST for Linux - Windows XP coming soon)
            2. Maya
            3. Tremor
            4. Shake
            5. Houdini
            6. Renderman
            7. Cinepaint
            You want companies? You've got companies:
            1. Pixar (although Steve Jobs is moving them to Macs)
            2. ILM
            3. Weta Digital
            4. Dreamworks

            Linux is the pre-eminent renderfarm for Hollywood and is the dominant workstation for artists. But don't trust me - there are plenty of links out there on the web.

            Cheers,
            Toby Haynes

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