no.

Cheers

I did it last week and don't regret, yet.

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C'mon, I can survive one day without QL ;D

you're an idiot. seriously

Please explain, fatty.

Ok.

Thanks.

no. pretty big waste of money.

If you dont NEED to spawn ur own servers, premium would be better.

depends.

it's more maps and no ads for premium? .............

Dont u need your own server spawn for tourneys though?

no, why? admins spawn servers.

uhm?
ESL doesn't
does cb or zotac or hoq or.. ?

? atleast dozer always does, i thought this is how it's done everywhere else too.

let me get this straight, you had an esl match and there was no admin spawning servers after you requested it?

afaik ESL removed server spawning support

Yo,
HoQ Admins who have pro would spawn a server if needed when ever possible but guys......... to play competative you should really have at least premium. and guys... pro is worth it!! if you have a clan or friends that like to train away from the public ;]
Premium is fine and i think its good, Still get access to all the premium maps ect... but if you have pro you can now edit your own server settings i.e. gravity score limits time limits and it's much more fun =P,What ever you choose to do GL and HF Quakeing ;]
[HoQ]wBOBc "QUAKE IS MY FOOTBALL!!" (c)

"QUAKE IS MY RELIGION" (c) someone on ql's fb page

1st I heard lol

well if you have friends and none have pro then it is usefull, since you can create your own ffa/ca/duel server and invite them to play.

(Not sure how many you can invite though)

You can invite 3 friends.

Pro-Account:

Only usefull for people who really want to achive something in Quake Live and be good at it. It is also needed for TDM/CTF teams so that they can prac against organized opponents (however there only the team-captain or one player needs to buy Pro-Acc, the rest can stay with premium).

Premium-Account:

A must for every average to high-skilled player, cuz the most mappools consist of atleast two premium maps. Also being able to join premium-servers without an invite is a good feature, aswell as no advertisements.

Standart-Account:

Enough for every newcomer. You don't need to spend money on QL if you are only tier 1-3, since you still have to learn a lot and there are also tournaments without premium-need. However the adverts are quite anoying (especially because they don't work properly).

Everything said above is only my oppinion.

no
it also is mine

and mine

tl;dr: no

play more promode

tottaly worth it, you should buy 1 for the price of 2, cause it is the satisfactions it gives :>

Not really. If I do end up renewing, I'd go premium not pro. There's no shortage of people to spawn servers, and if you really need a premium server to play with friends, there's plenty of them

i got pro and i wouldnt undo it for a second, it feels so easy to play when you always can have a server, no matter gametype, time, whatever. its just a relief :p

and if you're gonna start playing in #tdmpickup, then yes please for the sake of god atleast get premium :p

No.

Are there ladders/tourneys to sign up in then within actual Quake Live site?

no :(

OH another questions..

How often and how long should one play at duels to get really good and be able to compete at a high standard.

Im not talking about going pro, best player in world but someone to hold his own and still give the greats a run for their money.

I'm guessing most will say 12 hours a day but surely some play just in evenings after work and still kick anus! :)

Also, who is the best QL UK player?

what kind of questions are that?

anyway, its hard to say not knowing your gaming background. also it makes a huge difference if you are just playing for the fun of it or if you are trying to get better. if you actually get some decent training partners to play X games in a row, focus on specific aspects of your play, analyse your own demos and pro play, then you will make a huge skill jump in a shorter time than most people would expect. but from a certain point on the progress of getting better will slow down drastically and in the end you still might never get into a zotac final becasue the top players are just frickn good and have some talent on top of their experience

just have fun playing and improving your game with the time you are able to spend on ql and see where it gets you if you ask me

You sir are very kind and informative with your answers.

Thanks so much Nukm!

maintaining skill is not that hard.. play 20% of peak, say, 1 hour instead of 5, each day - and, according to the 80/20 rule - 80% of your skill will stay! of course, change of maps and everyone else getting better screws you over xD

in any case, the important thing is that you need at least a few years on your back.. it would be interesting to find out what is the least amount of hours any of the say, best 20 players around now have on their résumé

I would guess none of them have less than 5 years experience, and like 2000+ hours. the average is probably closer to 8 years and 3k hours :p

Also, who is the best QL UK player?

concerning duel, I'd say among the best ones are garpy, zsx and kronic

depends on what you practice, 2/3 hours a day

deus

That seriously depends on your previous experience. For top players from CTF/TDM/CA who already have awesome aim and combat skills, they can get away with learning how to time items and predicting what the enemy is planning, which takes a little time but would be doable relatively fast.

If you have never been at least Div2 in Quake or a similar popular FPS, it will take you years to get to the level you're talking about.

am I the only one that thought that he meant pro as in terms of "becoming a professional quake player?" And then xsi comes along and says: I did it last week and don't regret, yet.

I had to laugh so hard :D