With six months passing between CPL Winter and now, no one truly knows where the Quake pros stand. The two small LAN events held since the CPL established the basic North American hierarchy: the Finals of GGL’s Americup 2 Quake 4 season where Jason "socrates_" Sylka beat Jared "cha0ticz" Cugno and the subsequent V-Sports Allstar Game that saw the tables turned as Cungo defeated Sylka.

However, there are several players waiting to capitalize on the current state of North American Quake. Three non NA players will be in Kentucky to try to win the event: Meng "RocketBoy" Yang from China, Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone from Italy and Ivo “forever” Lindhout from the Netherlands. This will mark the first large tournament that Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel and Avallone will participate in since the CPL World Tour finals where they took first and third respectively.

As this is the first WSVG event and no players have earned Series points, seedings will be determined by a ‘weighted random lottery.’ Considering that the seeds for CPL Summer will be based on the results from this tournament, the nature of the seeding will yield uneven results for those attending CPL Summer and designs on Quake 4 greatness.

The tournament will be a single elimination bracket until only 32 teams are left. Then when the bracket is at 32 it becomes a double elimination bracket. The tournament will be played on the following maps: Phrantic, Galang, Monsoon

Prizes:

1st: $5,000 Cash, Travel & Lodging for Finals
2nd: $2,500 Cash, Travel & Lodging for Finals
3rd: $1,500 Cash
4th - 16th: Prizes (TBA)

Schedule


Thursday:
Noon - 7:00pm: Tournament Check-In
Friday:
11:00am - Midnight: Single Elimination
Saturday:
10:00am - 11:00pm: Double Elimination
Sunday:
10:00am - 2:00pm: Double Elimination
3:00pm: Finals

Players to Keep an Eye On:

The players appear in the order they are listed on the LanWar registration page.

Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone
3rd CPL World Tour Finals

Jason "coL.socrates_" Sylka
1st Transatlantic Showdown
6th CPL Winter 2005

Andrew "EG|gellehsak" Ryder
13-16th CPL Winter 2005

Evan "cK-nomadic" Bradshaw
9-12th CPL Winter 2005

Ivo “TeK-9.forever” Lindhout
5/6th COVLAN

Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel
1st CPL World Tour Finals

Brian "zEx|destrukt" Flander
2nd EVERLAN
9-12th CPL Winter 2005

Jared "x6\\cha0ticz" Cugno
2nd Americup 2
17-24th CPL Winter 2005

Mark "x6\\cl0ck" Lupiano
1st EVERLAN
13-16th CPL Winter 2005

Rafik "TeK-9.LoSt-CaUsE" Bryant
17-24th CPL Winter 2005
1st ESR NA Q4 Cup

Meng "RocketBoy" Yang
17-24th CPL Winter 2005