NAQCL #26 | The next NAQCL duel tournament will be held THIS Saturday – 10/18/25 @ 3pm EST

NAQCL is an open tournament for ALL players, pro and non-pro! As long as you have 80ms ping or lower to any NA server and meet the other requirements found in the discord’s rule sets, you’re good to go! Please join the discord to be verified at registration (See links below for rules and registration.)

Map Pool: Awoken Vale of Pnath Vestibule of Exile Deep Embrace Crucible Blood Covenant Molten Falls

Prize Pool: – See the Matcherino link below for more Prize Pool information – All donations are welcome and greatly appreciated

We can’t wait to catch you all in the arena again this week. ~ Cheers, the NAQCL Team

RULES/JOIN: https://discord.gg/vDNqV7zQqj

REGISTER: https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/2322186351578466303/

DONATE: https://mno.gg/s/4695493cee?c=1

WATCH: https://www.twitch.tv/churchofquake (English Coverage) https://www.twitch.tv/deliberatemurder (Russian Coverage)

*Check out our discord for important updates/discussion on ping limit and day/time preferences! Thanks.

What mouse did you use over the years?

Here’s my little mouse journey through time, used for Quake

Mouse history:

Logitech Ball Mouse PS/2 — 1997–2005 (Quake II)

Logitech MX518 — 2005–2008 (Quake II)

Razer Abyssus — 2009 (Quake Live)

Razer Abyssus Mirror Edition — 2010 (Quake Live)

Razer Abyssus 2014 Edition — 2014 (Quake Live)

Logitech G303 — 2015 (Quake Live)

Cooler Master MM710 — 2020 (Quake Champions)

Cooler Master MM720 — 2021 (Quake Champions)

Logitech Superlight — 2023 (Quake Champions)

I’ve also picked up a bunch of others over the years — SteelSeries Aerox 3 (white), Razer Viper, some ASUS models, Glorious, and probably five more…
…but I didnt include them since I never really used them.

What’s your mouse story?

I launched Quake Champions after not playing for a long time. Now I get 105FPS to 135FPS and dips blow this as well. Its smooth, but what happened to my 180FPS on certain situations and always above 150FPS.

I changed video settings and same thing. I want how it used to be. Is there anything I can do? Thanks a bunch. 😮

Hey all, I haven’t played champions in a couple of years. Used to play it nightly the first few years of its release. Just wondering how easy or difficult it is to find a game these days? I’m guessing based on some of the posts here that it can be quite difficult. Is there a particular time or day that most people play? Weekend nights? TIA

I’m not sure if this has been discussed before. u/Syncerror, I have a question for you: Is it possible to make it so that if you queue for a specific game mode, the system allows you to connect to the server as soon as a second player also queues for that same mode?

You could then play a warmup on the server while the system continues to find more players, up to a “full team”. Let’s say 6 players. Once enough players have connected, the game could then start automatically.

The long waiting times are really frustrating. I often end up waiting longer than I actually get to play. For example, I recently had 3h of free time before work. Out of those 3h, I only managed to play 1 game; the rest of the time was spent waiting.

So, would it be possible to implement a feature that lets at least two players who queue for a mode like UHT connect to a server immediately and start a warmup session while waiting for more players to join?

The Proposal: “Warm-up Lobbies”
Heres my idea :

1. Start the Lobby with 2 Players: As soon as two players queue for the same mode, the game immediately places them into a server together.
2. Begin a Warm-up Session: Instead of staring at a timer, these players can start playing immediately.

I only play QW but im asking because I trust Quake people in general. If you have used WMO for over 9000 years, what is a good replacement?

Im considering:

-Logitech Superlight 2 (the latest one)

-MVP Gamesense (supposedly a clone, but some say it’s not as good)

-EndGame gear OP1 8k (this is ridiculous, it’s too small)

-Endgame Gear XM2 8K (according to EloShapes, the front is a bit too low with an exageraged angle)

-VXE Mad R Major, and other chinese brands (Im not sure, since I’ve heard that they may use dodgy plastic materials, ie: https://www.reddit.com/r/MouseReview/comments/1ephlcp/comment/lhldujo/ )

Obviously, not asbestos literally, but still a valid claim, since the chinese pass 0 regulations and stuff the cheapest material they could find, when then you proceed to touch for many hours a day for years.

The downvoted comment only makes it more interesting, since people often don’t like when someone points at these things, and we know China uses some really funky smelling things, something that never happens when I buy EU products (that is why corporations hate these regulations, so you can buy cheap crap)

-Discontinued mouses that are supposedly similar such as, Zowie (not sure what model), and Ninjutsu Katana: You cannot find those models anyway, at least not new and I want a new mouse.

Alternative: Buy a WMO from ebay. Well, I no longer trust sellers, it’s probably all Chinese knockoffs by now.

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https://play.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/2316997543318988799/

October 3, at 18:00 CEST
Players of any rating & PRO

Sponsor:
Estotygames

Tournament organizer:
i0nth (discord)

Game Mode:
Duel Timelimit
Double elimination

Tournament maps:
Awoken
Blood Covenant
Corrupted Keep
Insomnia
Ruins of Sarnath
The Molten Falls
Vale of Pnath

Do the developers even profit on this anymore? They gotta be ready to shut this game down for good

Player known as “Actualbees 3477” has recently shown up in North American servers and it’s so obvious his aim isn’t legit especially when he uses lg. I have already reported him myself and hopefully other have as well. So tired of assholes ruining games like this for no reason. Just wanted to warn anyone in case they see this player.

Quake Pro League players are coming together today for showmatches to support the fundraiser for our beloved s2k | Plej in his fight against cancer.

On stage you’ll see: Vo0, Cypher, Raisy, Xron, Maxter, Bukster, Garpy, Base, CNZ, Hell, Dramis

Also: special, long-awaited guest appearances, both on the server and behind the caster desk No need for more words—just join in!

Where and when?

Today – 20th 09 2025 – 16:00 Polish time (14:00 CEST UTC) https://www.twitch.tv/shaftastictv

Donation link: https://bit.ly/play4plej

Special thanks,

Phaze & Hawr1x for making all of this happen!