Italy, good food, good wine, great games! Thursday see's The UGC kick off in earnest and QuadV is on location to bring you the very best of the action. The show is scheduled to start on location between 14:00 & 16:00 CET, tomorrow all players who are attending the event need to signup to whichever tournaments they're supposed to play in, after that is done a schedule will be made and the broadcasting can begin!!

So whilst you may be hungry to know the matches and times you need to be glued to your computer for, until tomorrow afternoon you will have to wait! (As do we!) However this is not a no news is good news scenario because I can tell you is well here at the venue with everything looking good with players and shoutcasters arriving all the time!

We will plan to update the QuadV schedule on Thursday at around 14:00 CET when we've got more information to give you!

Update - Word on the Street is that the Group Drawings will start roughly between 16:30 & 17:00 after which a schedule will be made for matches and casting will begin

London, England 25th March 2011. The Ultimate Gaming Championship and QuadV are proud to announce all star coverage of the inaugural UGC event. From Lignano Sabbiadoro between March 31st and April 3rd QuadV will be on location to bring you the very best coverage of the biggest event to hit Italy in years. The best gamers from across Europe will descend to fight it out for their share of $30,000 in games such as Starcraft 2, Quake Live, Call of Duty 4, Pro Evolution Soccer and Street Fighter 4.

Bringing you all of the action from the event will be QuadV's very own Stuart "TosspoT" Saw and Leigh "Deman" Smith, however they will be joined by some of the finest casters in the business in the shape of Joe "Joe" Miller, James "2GD" Harding, Shaun “dignitas.apollo” Clark and John “TotalBiscuit” Bain. QuadV will be deubting their latest HD Streaming hardware to bring viewers unrivaled quality and the best experience for those watching online.

QuadV's Stuart Saw had this to say: "Its great to be back in the saddle for a huge event like this. Having known about the UGC for sometime its glad that the event is now just a few days away and we can begin drooling over both the matches that are to come and the quality of our guest commentators for this event! We hope that over two streams people will be able to feast upon as much action as possible"

The UGC's Founder and well known Professional Gamer Alessandro Avallone added "I`m thrilled to have QuadV managing our streams at the Ultimate Gaming Championship. I want to give a new experience of Live Broadcasting to Gaming events and with their experience and such an amazing casting team, I am sure it will be successful".


Coverage from The UGC starts on Thursday March 31st across two streams from the event. Be sure not to miss what is sure to be one of the most enjoyable eSports events in a long time. You can watch the streams on TheUGC.it and QuadV.com.

After a fantastic week over in Los Angeles the staff at QuadV are slowly returning to Jetlag fueled normality. Meanwhile those hard working people at the World Cyber Games were busy uploading all of the content from the weekend.

I would like to thank everyone who attended for QuadV and everyone we met out there and all those online helpers that gave the player research required throughout the weekend :)

You can find it all over on the official WCG Video on Demand website.

QuadV will be swinging into action for the World Cyber Games 2010 held at the LA Convention Centre in Los Angeles starting Thursday 30th September through to Sunday 3rd October 2010.

With 58 countries competing over 13 games it is sure to be a busy few days with the full broadcast schedule* available on the WCG Official Site.

Games, Match Times and Players of WCG
Asphalt 5 - Matches - Players
Carom3D - Matches - Players
Counter-Strike - Matches - Players
FIFA 10 - Matches - Players
Forza Motorsport 3 - Matches - Players
Guitar Hero 5 - Matches - Players
League of Legends - Matches - Players
Lost Saga - Matches - Players
Quake Wars Online - Matches - Players
Starcraft - Matches - Players
Tekken 6 - Matches - Players
Trackmania - Matches - Players
Warcraft 3 - Matches - Players

* Please be aware the broadcast schedule is in PST(Pacific Standard Time) so that's +8 BST(British Summer Time) and it can and will change on-site so make sure to keep checking the site for changes.

QuadV is live from Beijing this weekend for the MSI Beat It tournament with the biggest names in CounterStrike 1.6 and Warcraft 3. Teams from all around the globe have qualified in their regional qualifiers and now we're left with the top teams in the world to duke it out for a whopping $60k prizepurse courtesy of MSI!

We will be streaming the entire event live for your viewing pleasure though we do preface that with a warning that the local internet here is not ideal for streaming and your viewing experience may suffer!

Gentlemen, Ladies,

It has time to rise once more, the last 40% worth of votes will be distributed to the winner of this weeks poll. Want to see A_Spec get rewarded for his hard work?

Then vote Matthijs on the following page. As a bonus you can win an Alienware m11x too.

http://alienwarechallenge.com/news/GLOBAL_POLL-42.html

Sup lads,

I know it's been somewhat quiet on the commentary front in the past period, but that's mostly because we're really busy preparing for stuff that's coming up later this year. In the meantime though I need your help.

For those that havn't seen it yet. I'm partaking in the "Alienware Challenge" a Dell sponsored event that essentially means that I have to travel through Europe and blog about it.

Now here's the fun bit. There's three other contestants that do exactly the same thing. Each week, there's a vote of who wins the challenge that is associated with that week.

Now, here's what I want you to do. I need your support in this, a small reward for all those thousands of hours of commentary that my fellow casters and I have given you over the past three years.

So how can you do it? Be following these simple instructions;

1. Go to the following page; http://alienwarechallenge.com/news/VOTE_NOW__WEEK_7-39.html
2. Vote for "Matthijs" (That's A_Spec)
3. Vote again, and get your friends, family, co-workers, random people on the street, stuffed toys, whoever you can thing off.
4. Repeat step 3.
5. Vote each week. I will continue to update this post as we go forward into the event. (the voting week changes weekly)

That's all I ask of you. Simple enough isn't it. Thank you for voting me and your continued support.

"The Alienware Backpacking Challenge sees four gamers enjoy the opportunity of a lifetime, travelling all over the continent, blogging their way over mountains and seas, crossing borders and time zones, trying to prove just how talented they are.

Kitted out with an Alienware M11x laptop, a video camera, and a set of camping equipment, the four lucky participants will spend eight weeks blogging their way through Europe, competing regular challenges before going up against each other in a weekly public vote."

Follow Alasdair, Ben, Livia, and our very own Matt as they race for a chance at a $5,000 prize.

Here at QuadV we wish them all the very best of luck (but really, Go Matt! :) )