Awesome Rapha vs Dahang Quake Live HD Match! 3

Game 3 of the 2009 QuakeCon WInner Bracket Round 3 featuring Shane 'Rapha' Hendrixson and Tim 'Dahang' Fogarty. The game is Quake Live and the map is dm6 aka Campgrounds. The match went to 3 games. Presented here by the AGP (Association of Gaming Professionals). www.agptour.com
Go here for the full shoutcasted match:
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[@Moshm4n]

The map knowledge demonstrated by these players in this match is a true testament to their skill.

[@TMK-22]

I love to watch both these guys play, GJ Rapha.

[@rivoncz]

@MCHanzz That's because you listen to the sounds of steps and item/weapon pickups. It's easy to know where the oponent is.

[@miksulder]

quake is the best fps, i use to halo 3 over 3000 ranked matches, now i am hooked on quake live and its just dominating everything else

[@pr0Pheon1x]

This was so much better to watch live. o_o

[@StywoO]

Because rapha was anticipating it. That's why he switched to rail before DaHang was in his view. He wanted to be ready to land that shot in case DaHang was on the 2nd floor.

[@Dokujin]

Zero4 is still playing. Not sure but I think I've seen Aim involved with QL aswell.

[@EdwardCletusKasidy]

@malekizzle
I like it. It means brains play a big part in the game and not who has the better aim. Watching CPMA or something similar like painkiller gets boring since all you see is players rushing around and getting into fights. Rinse and repeat. Here, we see players controlling items and players trying to break that control by railing or using position to deal massive damage.

[@Okieant]

the concept of the game is simple but the execution is hard as fuckKKkkkkkkkkkk
control the armors and the health, and pick and choose when ur ready to fight...and hit crucial shots when they come available...
thank god i started playing this while i wait to play CS again...good challenge.

[@farfigneugan]

@grinick look up "CPMA done by Vo0".

[@dude121ftw]

this game is bomb i am new at it but it rules

[@christiaan81music]

QL Rocks!
Ah this reminds me of my old quake3 days :D

[@WimpyTV]

@123phobia123 Halo is a very good TEAM game. Quake is mainly good for just two people.

[@AalexX136]

Whoever recorded this needs to upgrade their comp to handle Fraps + Quake 3. Your ATI Radeon 9700 Pro & Intel Pentium 4 isnt cutting it anymore.

[@antiunis]

i see when player accelerate very rapidly when they are bout to bhop how do u do that ??

[@cyandk]

Well, they had 10 years of practice (Q3 -> QL)

[@lovelesstv]

quality is good, but the video itself is rather laggy, thanks for the upload!

[@WimpyTV]

Most Quake games are 1v1 though.

[@StywoO]

Not many of today's Quake pros started Q3 the year it came out.
DaHang for example hardly ever played Q3.

[@rattlehead]

@AalexX136 It's more of a hard drive issue to be honest, i have a beast pc, but fraps lags out exactly like this now, never used to.

[@belaistbela]

No higher quality avaible? Cruel to watch.

[@rkasnake]

@Runkuz
what? I am sure this is basically like quake 3.
some coding might be different and the lg isn't as awesome as q3. but skills of the players doesn't change much

[@rivoncz]

@Czchar Strafe jumping isn't really that hard. I learned it in maybe a month (though in Warsow, not Quake, but they're similar). Much harder is to learn timing items, using weapons and using the appropriate weapons depending on the situation.

[@XJAB666X]

this is Quake Live not Quake 3 :)

[@FancyNoises]

@Runkuz
The players here are forced into a sort of boring, low-risk style of play, probably because iD Software thinks that these ten-minute duels are somehow more fit for prime-time. o_O
It doesn't leave any room for mistakes/comebacks, like the 15 minute duels of old!
If you watch carefully, rapha executes some crucial skill-- including his meta-game, i.e. player prediction, and capitalizing on an advantage.
If I had my way, they'd move to 12 or 13 minute matches as a sort of golden-mean.

[@noobyvids3]

item timing is not hard, it's simple math...

[@vowtekohnsurvateeve47thand16th]

rapha is beast

[@Jaza120]

@BlairParker88 Well, he is the world champion :D

[@Fuckingflesheater]

That noise he makes after he jumps gets annoying after a couple minuets lol

[@KONGtuffSu]

@BlairParker88 good player vs good player = less accuracy than a good player vs bad player

[@r0llskyay0]

@noobyvids3
2+2 is simple math

[@starsiegeRoks]

maybe he doesnt have the money man

[@GecTheGreek]

nice spawn Rapha.

[@dantescanline]

@malekizzle how the fuck could you play this game any faster? I can't even see it!

[@123phobia123]

This is what I call pro-gaming! Fuck Halo, Fuck MW2, FUCK CONSOLES! FPS BELONGS TO PC!

[@BlairParker88]

Nice movement, but seriously rapha cant aim THAT well.

[@karlval]

shittiest initial spawns ever?

[@Ishvires]

boring match