The action is just getting underway at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Dallas, Texas as media, fans and professional gamers gather for iD Software's annual QuakeCon event. August 13th-16th, 2009, the Gaylord will be home to thousands of people gathered in the name of Quake, iD's popular first person shooter franchise game.

The event will be host to a variety of activities centered around the game; professional tournaments, a bring your own computer network that allows anyone to bring a computer and play with everyone else there, live video streaming and more. The event will also allow iD and sponsors to showcase additional and upcoming games and products. The event will be host to the usual variety of booths, babes and geeks as well as a giveaway of a New Ford Shelby GT500 Coupe.

The tournament side of the event will feature iD's new, browser based, free online version of the Quake 3 engine and gameplay. The event will include a 1v1 Masters Tournament featuring some of the biggest names in Quake competitive history. It will also feature an Open 1v1 competition open to anyone of any level as well as a Capture the Flag 4v4 competition. Players in the 1v1 Masters and CTF tournaments will be competing for $50,000.

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The Tournaments

Quake Live Masters 1v1 Championship
64 professional players

Format: Double Elimination Bo3 Bracket, Finals are a single Bo5

Prizes:
1st. $14,000
2nd. $7,500
3rd. $4,000

Quake Live 1v1 Open Bracket
128 amateur players

Format: Single Elimination Bo3 Bracket, Finals are a single Bo5

Prizes:
1st. $1,500
2nd. $750
3rd. $250

Quake Live 4v4 CTF Championship
32 first-come first-served teams

Format: Single Elimination Bo3 Bracket, Finals are Bo3 also

Prizes:
1st. $12,000
2nd. $6,000
3rd. $4,000