This weekend's CPL Italy event marks the first major international Quake 3 event (bar CPL Singapore) since ESWC 2005. With over 32 players registered and close to 10-15 top competitors, this weekend is a much longer-for experience for many Quakers around the world. Spectators all around the globe can once again tune into GTV to watch their favorite players go at it without having to deal with buffering streams.

Top players attending include Fan "Jibo" Zhibo, looking to win his second straight CPL after taking the debut event in Singapore one month ago. ASUS Summer 2006 winner Yury "keep3r" Mikulchik and his new sponsor SNG wish to stop Zhibo in his tracks by showing the world once again what Belorussian players are capable of. Old-school top Swedish players Magnus "fojji" Olsson and Pär "fazz" Söderman are back for Quake 3 action and the lone American Rafik "LoSt-CaUzE" Bryant attempts to dive into the Quake 3 world while still practicing Quake 4.

10 of the top players participating at the event have been interviewed, inquiring into their practice regime leading up to this weekend, their thoughts on current Quake 3 play styles, and if they will participate in the upcoming 2007 World Tour. GotFrag has also obtained the official seedings for this weekend's event, confirming who is and who isn't attending compared to the signup list. They are as follows:

1. Fan "Hacker.Razer.Jibo" Zhibo (Interviewed)
2. Yury "sng-keep3r" Mikulchik (Interviewed)
3. Magnus "fojji" Olsson (Interviewed)
4. Pär "SK|fazz" Söderman (Interviewed)
5. Rafik "EG|LoSt-CaUzE" Bryant
6. Marcel "a-L.MSI k1ller" Paul (Interviewed)
7. Oleg "a-L.MSI d1ablo" Kogut (Interviewed)
8. Mathias "[aAa]St_Germain" Perriot
9. / Alexey "50|Apo5tol" Altshuller
10. Vincenzo "Booms" D'Aurelio (Interviewed)
11. Richard "SiLenoZ" Gansterer (Interviewed)
12. Jeffrey "tek9.draven" Debipersad (Interviewed)
13. Fulvio “polterizer” Tornaghi (Interviewed)
14. Simone "Cima" Bonato
15. Ettore "vgai" Pedemonti
16. Diego "met" Piccinato
17. Ivano "ZiP!" Sterpa
18. Peter "freak" Gansterer
19. Francesco "Cicc1o" Pagano
20. Antonio "Visiedo" Bertolín Sorando
21. Alberto "eXp" Castelli
22. Paolo "Rapt0r" Belluti
23. Abilio "Break" Prats Kempter
24. Juan "Harky" Prats Kemptare
25. Mattia "elpube!" Ryffel
26. Gaetano "cdv" Aprile
27. Stefano "morganz" Giordano
28. Jason "geggion" Tiberio
29. Yuttachai "Franz" Kardudom

Brian "destrukt" Flander, Michaël "[aAa]Winz" Bignet, Daniel "K!cker" Karlsson and Andreas "Zonic" Isberg will not be attending.