#QuakeProLeague Is Back! Season 3 Starts Saturday FEB 5th 10AM EAST

WOOO! Good morning Quakers, and what a fantastic morning it is for us. Season 3 of the Quake Pro League has not only been announced, but it starts THIS SATURDAY FEBURARY 5TH AT 10 AM EAST | 4PM CEST. The Pro League is in partnership with Professional Gamers League (PGL). Season 3 will consist of an 18 week long normal season with 16 invited contestants. Regional Divisions have been removed for a Global Round Robin Format. Additionally, many will battle in the Challengers division for 8 qualifying spots at the World Championships seemingly later this August. This all accumulates into 26 weeks of brutal Quake plays from the best around the world.

Follow the Quake twitter for all Current and Official Information.

BETHESDA NET BLOG WITH ALL THE DETAILS

CHALLENGERS QUALIFER TOURNAMENT PAGE – OPEN TO ALL COMPETITORS

WHEN:

Every Saturday starting this week at 10 AM EAST 4PM CEST.
Saturdays are for Quake now.
Note the format has 2 weeks of the normal season with every third week being for a specific challengers region. so Weeks 1, and 2 will be for the Quake Pro League while Week 3 will be the first Challengers Qualifier. Just check the snippet of the calendar below.

WHERE TO WATCH:

twitch Quake (English) twitch.tv/quake MAIN STREAM
twitch XBOX (English) twitch.tv/xbox Microsoft Gaming Centric
YouTube Quake (English) youtube.com/channel/UCOMk1WI8dxaCFpJptF6K8_A Sometimes in 4K here
twitch Quake (Russian) twitch.tv/quakemc_ru
twitch Quake_2 (English) twitch.tv/quake2 B STREAM
High Quality VODS get Posted to YouTube for the Quake Pro League e-Sports Eventually.

RANKINGS | MATCHUPS | GENERAL STATS:

quake.pglesports.com/

16 INVITED PARTICIPANTS: NAME | twitter Handle, Country, Team Name

@ZenAkuQuake AUSTRALIA | DIRE WOLVES
@myztrovengeur ITALY | MYZTRO GAMING
@SPART1E SWEDEN | NO TEAM GIVEN
@liquidrapha USA | TEAM LIQUID
@myztroraisy HUNGARY | MYZTRO GAMING
@psygibgg USA | NO TEAM GIVEN
@nosfa_qc BRAZIL | FREE AGENT
@MaxterQc ARGENTINIAN | FREE AGENT
@k1llsen GERMANY | BIG
@drxmiS USA | DRAGONBORN E-SPORT
@cypherrrino | REPUBLIC OF BELARUS | NO TEAM GIVEN
@AntonSingov RUSSIA | AMD
@cnzQPL ESTONIA | DRGONBORN E-SPORT
@cha1nGG CANADA | NO TEAM GIVEN
@base_quake RUSSIA | NO TEAM GIVEN
@Av3kk POLAND | NO TEAM GIVEN

Earnings Breakdown:

Regular Season Matches:

$150 Map Win
$50 Map Loss

Quake World Championship – $150,000:

21st – 24th – $1,500
17th – 20th – $3,000
13th – 16th – $4,000
9th – 12th – $5,500
7th – 8th – $7,250
5th – 6th – $8,500
4th – $10,000
3rd – $12,500
2nd – $15,000
1st – $25,000

In addition to the main season there will be a challengers division that anyone can join. This will be 8 weeks spread out from February to July. There will be 4 weeks dedicated to Global – Qualifiers as well as a regional qualifier for: Australia, Europe/CIS, South America, and North America. 8 participants from the Challengers will meet up with the 16 invited participants at the Quake World Championship later this year in August to determine Season 3’s winner.

If you are interested in participating in the Challengers qualifiers read the RULESET first. As it will explain everything you need to know. Registration is currently open for the 4 named regions above as well as 4 Global Qualifiers.

🔜 #QuakeProLeague 2022 Season kicks off this Saturday!

Full details: https://t.co/HXBpbcULz6

Tune in Saturday at 4 PM CEST | 10 AM ET
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— Quake Champions (@Quake) February 1, 2022

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCMENT TWEET

If you have not already you can purchase the Quake Pro League themed shader pack for 1500 platinum in the in game store. Currently found in the outfits tab. Proceeds for the shader pack go back into the Quake Pro League e-Sports program. This shader pack comes with one skin variation for each of the 16 default champion skins, and 1 for each skin variation of the 11 default weapon skins.

HAPPY FRAGGING FOLKS, AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE CONTESTANTS PARTICIPATING!

HOW TO PLAY QUAKE:

QUAKE CHAMPIONS FREE 2 PLAY

BETHESDA DOWNLOAD PAGE: quake.bethesda.net/en/playnow
STEAM STORE PAGE: store.steampowered.com/app/611500/Quake_Champions/
BETHESDA STORE FOR PLATINUM: bethesda.net/en/store/product/QUWV01PCBG01BASE
QC COMPATIBILITY TEST: churchofquake.com/trouble-shooting-crash-to-desktop-issues/ IF YOU ARE HAVING TECH ISSUES WITH QC LOOK OVER THIS LINK.
CHECK OUT YOUR, OR OTHER’S QUAKE CHAMPION STATS: quake-stats.bethesda.net/

HOW TO WATCH the QUAKE PRO LEAGUE e-sport:

twitch Quake (English) twitch.tv/quake MAIN STREAM
twitch Quake_2 (English) twitch.tv/quake2 B STREAM
twitch Quake (Russian) twitch.tv/quakemc_ru
YouTube Quake (English) youtube.com/channel/UCOMk1WI8dxaCFpJptF6K8_A Sometimes in 4K here
High Quality VODS get Posted to YouTube for the Quake Pro League e-sports Eventually.
twitch XBOX (English) twitch.tv/xbox Microsoft Gaming Centric
twitch Bethesda (English) twitch.tv/bethesda Bethesda/Zenimax Centric
YouTube Bethesda Softworksyoutube.com/user/BethesdaSoftworks Bethesda/Zenimax Centric
Quake Champions Category on Twitch: twitch.tv/directory/game/Quake%20Champions
Quake Champions Category on youTube: youtube.com/channel/UCZvunfF-2v148kQWQWd67Xg

DISCORD COMMUNITIES:

Find New People to Party up With (It Helps Our Q Times)

Official Quake Discord discord.gg/Quake Find Players in “party-finder” channel|ALL BUGS SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE QC FEEDBACK – BUG REPORTS CHANNEL.
Church of Quake discord.gg/qTVK684stc MAKERS OF WIKIS|NEWS|GUIDES|LORE
Official Bethesda/Zenimax Discord discord.gg/bethesda Replacing Beth.net Forums

WEBSITES | TWITTERS | FORUMS

Quake Champions Website quake.bethesda.net/en/ Updates | Announcements
1996 Quake|re-release Website bethesda.net/en/store/product/QU1CSTPCBG01 Updates
Bethesda Game Server’s Status bethesda.net/en/status Check out all Bethesda servers
Steam Community Page:steamcommunity.com/app/611500 Content From Steam
Quake Pro League Website quake.pglesports.com/ Partnered with PGL e-sports ORG
CHURCH OF QUAKE WEBSITE: churchofquake.com/ MAKERS OF WIKI|NEWS|GUIDES|LORE
r/QuakeChampions reddit.com/r/QuakeChampions/ We are Friendly
Official Quake twitter twitter.com/Quake Latest Quake Series News|e-sport Announcements
Official Bethesda twitter twitter.com/bethesda\ All Things Bethesda/Zenimax
Church of Quake twitter twitter.com/church_of_quake Articles Auto twitted Here
Official id Software twitter twitter.com/idSoftware SACRED GODS
SyncError twitter twitter.com/SyncError Lead Quake Designer at id Software.
QuakeFans Website quakefans.net/ Quake|Arena|Indie FPS
TastySpleen twitter twitter.com/tastyspleentv LATEST NEWS FOR ORGAN GRINDER EVENTS
Rocket Jump Ninja rocketjumpninja.com/ Mouse & PC periphery Reviews
TastySpleen Website og.tastyspleen.net/ Organ Grinder Sign-ups

Steamdb.info For

QUAKE CHAMPIONS steamdb.info/app/611500/ STATS FOR THE GAME
ORIGINAL 1996 QUAKE | RE-RELEASE steamdb.info/app/2310/graphs/ STATS FOR THE GAME

ON-GOING COMMUNITY PODCASTS:

QuakeCast quakecast.podbean.com/ Classic Quake & Quake Champions Themed PODCAST
In the Keep inthekeep.com/ Arena FPS | Immersive SIMs | Retro Shooter Centric PODCAST
Doom is Dead? doomfederation.com/podcasts/ Partnership between Doom Federation, and In the Keep.
QuakeFans Radio quakefans.net/category/podcasts/qf-radio/ Live Radio/Podcast by QuakeFans.

Quake Champions BattlePass WEEKLY |DAILY CHALLENGES: