The seedings, groups, and rules have been announced for this year's Quake 4 all star invite tournament at the World Cyber Games finals in Monza, Italy. Eight players were chosen by a poll on ESReality.com and will now play in the first Quake tournament to be featured at WCG in the last four years. The seedings and groups are as follows:

Seedings
1. Johan "Toxic" Quick
2. Anton "Cooller" Singov
3. Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv
4. Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevksy
5. Maciek "av3k" Krzykowski
6. Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone
7. Jason "socrates_" Sylka
8. Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel

Group A:
Toxic, Cypher, av3k, Fatal1ty

Group B:
Cooller, Ztrider, Stermy, socrates_

Prize distribution:
1st: $5,000, 2nd: $2,500, 3rd: $1,000

Maps:
Galang, Monsoon, Phrantic, Placebo Effect

Games will be played in group format initially with the top 2 players advancing from each into a double elimination bracket.

Following the 1v1 tournament, a 2v2 tournament will follow it with teams being formed based on their results in the 1v1 tournament. The First place finisher will be matched with the eigth place finisher, second with seventh, and so on. Prizes and rules for the 2v2 are as follows:

Prize Distribution
1st: $1,000, 2nd: $500

Maps:
Fragging Yard, Sandstorm, Over The Edge

The 2v2 tournament will be played strictly in double elimination fashion.

Source: ESReality.com