QuakeCon
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QuakeCon | |
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Gaylord Texan | |
Location(s) | Dallas, Texas |
Country | United States |
Years active | 27 |
Inaugurated | August 15, 1996 |
Most recent | August 10, 2023[1] |
Organized by | ZeniMax Media |
Filing status | Corporate |
Website | quakecon |
QuakeCon is a yearly convention held by
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 "
The 25th QuakeCon event had been planned for August 2020 in Dallas, Texas, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, was canceled by Bethesda Softworks and id Software on March 31, citing difficulties in planning with vendors and exhibitors at this stage.[4] An online QuakeCon was announced in June 2020 to replace the live show in August 2020.[5] The 2021[6] and 2022[7] events were also held online. The return to a live event took place on August 10–13, 2023 in Grapevine, Texas.[1]
History
Origin
QuakeCon originally grew out of a group of people on the
1996–2002
The first event, in August 1996, was held at a conference room of a
QuakeCon 1997 brought an estimated 650 attendees to the Holiday Inn in Plano, Texas. It was covered by numerous Internet and broadcast media outlets, and was sponsored in part by id Software and Activision.[10]
QuakeCon 1998 was held in conjunction with the Cyberathlete Professional League at Infomart in Dallas, Texas. 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.[citation needed]
From 1999 to 2002, QuakeCon took place that the
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 ]
2003–2009
QuakeCon 2003 took place at
QuakeCon 2004 took place at the
QuakeCon 2005 was another large event which saw the unveiling of Quake 4 multiplayer. It was Aaron Ferguson's first complete year as executive director, and the first time at QuakeCon featuring an all girl gamer tournament with major cash prizes. It was the first year of Intel's sponsorship of QuakeCon, beating out AMD.[citation needed]
QuakeCon 2006 took place at Hilton Anatole in Texas.[18] 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. It was the first event to include the Nvidia Quickdraw tournaments, which pulled random people from the BYOC area to compete for 1,000 dollars.[citation needed]
At QuakeCon 2007, 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, 7,000 sq ft (650 m2). 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 February 10, 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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
QuakeCon 2009 returned to the Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center. Like the year before, Quakecon 2009 had both 1v1 and CTF tournaments for
2010–present
QuakeCon 2010–2016 returned to Hilton Anatole. The 2012 event was the 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.[citation needed]
QuakeCon 2017–2019 took place at the Gaylord Texan Convention Center in Texas,[19] as did the 2023 event.[1]
Past events
Past results and records in Duel Tournaments
- Most wins
- Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson: 7 (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2023)
- Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky: 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)
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Game |
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1996 | Remedy | BullyBoy | Quake |
1997 | Dan "RiX" Hammans | Forego | QuakeWorld |
1998 | Dan "RiX" Hammans | Victor "Makaveli" Cuadra | Quake II |
1999 | George "DieharD" Myshlyayev | Tim "1134-Bane" Santaniello | Quake III Arena |
2000 | John "ZeRo4" Hill | Terrel "Matador" Garret | Quake III Arena |
2001 | John "ZeRo4" Hill | Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel |
Quake III Arena |
2002 | Alexey "LeXeR" Nesterov | Sean "Daler" Price | Quake III Arena |
2003 | John "ZeRo4" Hill | Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors | Quake III Arena |
2004 | Paul "czm" Nelson | John "ZeRo4" Hill | Quake III Arena |
Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel |
Sean "Daler" Price | Doom 3 | |
2005 | Fredrik "gopher" Quick | Yang "RocketBoy" Meng | Doom 3 |
Jamie "g0d-Missy" Pereyda | Alana "g0d-Ms.X" Reid | Quake III Arena (Women only) | |
Mikael "Purri" Tarvainen | Brad "Doze" Herrlinger | Quake II | |
2006 | Johan "Toxjq" Quick | Anton "Cooller" Singov | Quake 4 |
2007 | Johan "Toxjq" Quick | Magnus "fox" Olsson | QuakeWorld, Quake II, Quake III, Quake 4 |
2008 | Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky |
John "ZeRo4" Hill | Quake Live |
2009 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson |
Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira | Quake Live |
2010 | Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky |
Anton "Cooller" Singov | Quake Live |
2011 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson |
Kévin "strenx" Baéza | Quake Live |
2012 | Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky |
Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty | Quake Live |
2013 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson |
Sergey "evil" Orekhov | Quake Live |
Jefferson "JKist3" Kist | Chris "DevastatioN" Felix | Doom II | |
2014 | Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky |
Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty | Quake Live |
2015 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson |
Sergey "evil" Orekhov | Quake Live |
2016 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson |
Sergey "evil" Orekhov | Quake Live |
2017 | Nikita "clawz" Marchinsky | Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager |
Quake Champions |
Dawid "David" Gryglewski | pthy | Quake II | |
Dennis "LocKtar" Larsson | Marcus "dirtbox" Cooke | QuakeWorld | |
2018 | Nikita "clawz" Marchinsky | Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty | Quake Champions |
2019 |
Marcel "k1llsen" Paul |
Anton "Cooller" Singov | Quake Champions |
Jeff "Thump4" McShane | Dead Beat | Quake II | |
Jeff "Thump4" McShane | Dan "RiX" Hammans | QuakeWorld | |
2020 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson
|
Adrián "RAISY" Birgány | Quake Champions |
2021 | Marco "vengeurR" Ragusa | Adrián "RAISY" Birgány | Quake Champions |
2022 | Marcel "k1llsen" Paul | Adrián "RAISY" Birgány | Quake Champions |
2023 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson
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Adrián "RAISY" Birgány | Quake Champions |
Sponsors
QuakeCon is primarily paid for by
References
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- Gamasutra. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ^ Wales, Matt (June 25, 2020). "Bethesda and id Software announce online QuakeCon for August". eurogamer.net. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
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- ^ QuakeCon [@QuakeCon] (August 18, 2022). "It's time for #QuakeCon 2022! Tune in now to https://t.co/APayJiljBo for our welcome address with @idSoftware Studio Director Marty Stratton! https://t.co/CnoEtR7Jck" (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via Twitter.
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QuakeCon 2017 will take place August 24–27 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center.
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