QuakeCon
QuakeCon is a yearly convention held by ZeniMax Media to celebrate and promote the major franchises of id Software and other studios owned by ZeniMax. It includes a large, paid, bring-your-own-computer LAN party event with a competitive tournament held every year in Dallas, Texas, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game Quake, sees thousands of gamers from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty.
The event is highly dependent on volunteers to cover many aspects of the organization of the event. QuakeCon has historically had a reputation as the "Woodstock of gaming", and a week of "peace, love, and rockets!".
The 25th QuakeCon event had been planned for August 2020 in Dallas, Texas, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, was cancelled by Bethesda Softworks and id Software on March 31st, citing difficulties in planning with vendors and exhibitors at this stage. An online QuakeCon has been announced in June 2020 to replace the live show in August 2020.
Origin
QuakeCon originally grew out of a group of people on the EFnet IRC network, in channel #quake. As various regular visitors to the channel began expressing a desire to meet and game together in person, Jim Elson, a.k.a. "H2H", a gamer from the Dallas, Texas area with ties to the local Dallas-area gaming community, and Yossarian Holmberg, a.k.a. "yossman", a computer consultant from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, came up with the idea of assembling at a hotel.The original event name was actually '#quakecon', named after the IRC channel, though this quickly evolved into just 'QuakeCon'. Mr. Elson organized the bulk of the event for the first two years, until the number of people attending each year demanded a more organized approach. Volunteers grouped into teams to assist in the setup, troubleshooting, and tear down of the event's equipment and network.
Past events
Past results and records in Duel Tournaments
- Most wins
- * Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson : 5
- * Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky : 4
- * John "ZeRo4" Hill : 3
- * Dan "RiX" Hammans : 2
- * Johan "Toxjq" Quick : 2
- * Nikita "clawz" Marchinsky : 2
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Game |
| 1996 |  Remedy | BullyBoy | Quake |
| 1997 | Dan "RiX" Hammans | Forego | QuakeWorld |
| 1998 | Dan "RiX" Hammans | Victor "Makaveli" Cuadra | Quake II |
| 1999 |  George "DieharD" Myshlyayev | Tim "1134-Bane" Santaniello | Quake III Arena |
| 2000 | John "ZeRo4" Hill | Terrel "Matador" Garret | Quake III Arena |
| 2001 | John "ZeRo4" Hill | Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel | Quake III Arena |
| 2002 |  Alexey "LeXeR" Nesterov | Sean "Daler" Price | Quake III Arena |
| 2003 | John "ZeRo4" Hill |  Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors | Quake III Arena |
| 2004 | Paul "czm" Nelson | John "ZeRo4" Hill | Quake III Arena |
| 2004 | Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel | Sean "Daler" Price | Doom 3 |
| 2005 |  Fredrik "gopher" Quick |  Yang "RocketBoy" Meng | Doom 3 |
| 2005 | Jamie "g0d-Missy" Pereyda | Alana "g0d-Ms.X" Reid | Quake III Arena |
| 2005 | Mikael "Purri" Tarvainen | Brad "Doze" Herrlinger | Quake II |
| 2006 | Johan "Toxjq" Quick | Anton "Cooller" Singov | Quake 4 |
| 2007 | Johan "Toxjq" Quick | Magnus "fox" Olsson | QuakeWorld, Quake II, Quake III, Quake 4 |
| 2008 |  Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky | John "ZeRo4" Hill | Quake Live |
| 2009 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson | Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira | Quake Live |
| 2010 | Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky |  Anton "Cooller" Singov | Quake Live |
| 2011 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson |  Kévin "strenx" Baéza | Quake Live |
| 2012 | Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky | Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty | Quake Live |
| 2013 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson | Sergey "evil" Orekhov | Quake Live |
| 2013 | Jefferson "JKist3" Kist |  Chris "DevastatioN" Felix | Doom II |
| 2014 | Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky | Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty | Quake Live |
| 2015 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson | Sergey "evil" Orekhov | Quake Live |
| 2016 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson | Sergey "evil" Orekhov | Quake Live |
| 2017 | Nikita "clawz" Marchinsky |  Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager | Quake Champions |
| 2017 |  Dawid "David" Gryglewski |  pthy | Quake II |
| 2017 | Dennis "LocKtar" Larsson |  Marcus "dirtbox" Cooke | QuakeWorld |
| 2018 | Nikita "clawz" Marchinsky | Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty | Quake Champions |
| 2019 |  Marcel "k1llsen" Paul | Anton "Cooller" Singov | Quake Champions |
1996
The first event, in August 1996, was held at the Best Western hotel in Garland, Texas, a mile or two away from the id Software company offices. Starting with just 30 people, by the end of the weekend the number of people had grown to 100, as news of the gathering began to spread on Internet chat networks. The Best Western has since been replaced by a La Quinta Inn.Attendees who had brought their computers along to the event set up a small, impromptu network, in one of the hotel meeting rooms, playing mostly Quake I and Doom, testing deathmatching skills. A small tournament was held, with winners taking home T-shirts as prizes.
The highlight of this first gathering came on the eve of the last day, when the entire id Software team showed up at the event in a surprise and most-welcome visit, stopping by to chat with the participants. John Carmack, lead programmer for Doom/Quake, participated in a 30–45 min. group chat with attendees on the porch of the hotel. Some ideas discussed during that chat eventually made it into Quake's future public releases. This "Carmack's Talk" grew into a yearly keynote speech that lasted through 2013.
- Total Attendance: 150
- Date took place: August 15–18
- 1st Place: Remedy
- 2nd Place: BullyBoy
- 3rd Place: SwanSong
- 1st Place: PoLish
- 2nd Place: AceJas
- 3rd Place : Indubious
- 3rd Place : Avatar
1997
- Date took place: July 16–20
- During QuakeCon 1997, John Carmack met his future wife, Katherine Anna Kang, when she visited id's offices.
- 1st Place: Dan "RiX" Hammans
- 2nd Place: Forego
- 3rd Place: Grayson
- 4th Place: AceJas
- 5th Place: Walter
- 6th Place: Yossarian "Yossman" Holmberg
- 7th Place: Club
- 8th Place: Kornelia "Kornelia" Takacs
- 9th Place: Indubious
- 10-11th Place: Duke of Earl
- 12-13th Place: anonymous
- 14-15th Place: Brandon "EG|muppet" Steeves
1998
- Total Attendance: 800
- BYOC Size: 300
- Location: Infomart, Dallas, Texas, USA
- Date took place: July 22–26
- 1st Place: Dan "RiX" Hammans - $5,000
- 2nd Place: Victor "Makaveli" Cuadra - $4,000
- 3rd Place: Kurt "Immortal" Shimada - $3,000
- 4th Place: Robert "Resonance" Dubois - $2,000
- 5th Place: Jason "Unholy" Carleton - $1,000
- 6th Place: Andy "Leprechaun" Vajda
- 7th Place: Aaron "L1thium" Corcoran
1999
- Total Attendance: 1,100
- BYOC Size: 500
- Took Place: August 5–8
- Location: Mesquite Convention Center, Mesquite, Texas, USA
- Highlights: A change of venue allowed the convention to grow larger than it had ever been before, and, this time, just down the street from id Software headquarters in Mesquite. id Software employees, including John Carmack, participated in various tournaments with attendees on-site as well. A large number of companies sponsored the event for the first time, including Activision, AMD, Apple Computer, ATI Technologies, Logitech, Linksys, and Lucent Technologies.
- QuakeCon 1999 was the first time Quake 3 was used in competition as the game had not yet been released to the public.
- 1st Place: George "DieharD" Myshlyayev
- 2nd Place: Tim "1134-Bane" Santaniello
- 3rd Place: Aaron "toxic" Clutter
- 4th Place: Tim "r1msh0t" Orsak
- 5th Place: Gordon "Gloucester" Luk
- 6th Place: Dan "RiX" Hammans
- 7th Place: Ian "FortySe7en" Rife
- 8th Place : John "Screw" Horacek
- 8th Place : Mark "Turmoil" Santaniello
2000
- Total Attendance: 3,000
- BYOC Size: 900
- Location: Mesquite Convention Center
- Announced: March 31, 2000
- Date took place: August 3–6
- Registration: May 5
- 1st Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill
- 2nd Place: Terrel "Matador" Garret
- 3rd Place: Mark "Wombat" Larsen
- 4th Place: Tyler "ReVeNaNt" Bentz
- 5th Place: ]kmpropolys
- 6th Place: Matt "Muiy" Huey
2001
- Total Attendance: 3,000+
- BYOC Size: 1,250
- Location: Mesquite Convention Center
- First year to have Cash Prize Tournaments
- Announced: March 22, 2001
- Registration: May 11, 2001
- Took place: August 9–12
- 1st Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $30,000
- 2nd Place: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - $10,000
- 3rd Place: Tyler "ReVeNaNt" Bentz - $5,000
- 4th Place: Jason "socrates" Sylka
- 5th Place: Paul "czm" Nelson
- 6th Place: Oleg "demonic" Zhovnir
2002
- Total Attendance: 3,250+
- BYOC Size: 1,305
- Location: Mesquite Convention Center
- Highlights: 2002 saw the retirement of John Carney, and Brian Davis assumed stewardship of the event as Executive Director. 2002 was also the first year id assumed a very active role in the pre-event activities, with the arrival of [Marty Stratton a year earlier. Added Return to Castle Wolfenstein to the tournament lineup in a Team-based tournament. First unofficial Ms. QuakeCon event, first appearance of Doom III theater, also the first appearance of Mister Sinus Theater 3000, an Austin, Texas-based MST3K troupe, lambasting Britney Spears' movie Crossroads.
- Date was announced February 19, 2002.
- Announced: February 19, 2002
- Registration: June 14, 2002
- Took Place: August 15–18
- QuakeCon 2002 final standings:
- 1st: Alexey "LeXeR" Nesterov - $20,000
- 2nd: Sean "Daler" Price - $10,000
- 3rd: Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - $5,000
- 4th: Sergiy "kuku" Rudy - $3,000
- 5th: Jared "cha0ticz" Cugno - $2,000
- 6th: Paul "czm" Nelson
- 7/8th: ]kmpropolys / ZeRo4
- 9/10th: Makaveli / FienD
- 11-14th: Habib / Sector / vernon kay / LoSt-CaUzE
- 1st: the Doctors - - $25,000
- 2nd: Infensus - - $12,500
- 3rd: clan Kapitol - - $7,500
- 4th: Barons of Hell - - $5,000
- 5th: Affliction - - $3,000
2003
- Total Attendance: 4,000+
- BYOC Size: 2,000
- Location: [Adam's Mark Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Highlights: First change in venue since the convention moved to Mesquite, Texas, USA, 4 years prior. Tapper continued to coordinate volunteer activity, while id assumed much more of the pre-event planning through the capable hands of Marty Stratton. Ms. QuakeCon evolved into a tournament-based event with a sponsor, id unveiled Doom 3 deathmatch. The first display of the award-winning franchise called "Call of Duty" found its way into the exhibitor area.
- First QuakeCon to include 2 team games: Quake 3 CTF and Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
- Date was announced April 8, 2003.
- The event dates: Aug. 15 - 17, 2003.
- Movie mocked: The Terminator by Mister Sinus Theater 3000
- QuakeCon 2003 Final Standings:
- 1st Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $25,000
- 2nd Place: Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors - $12,000
- 3rd Place: Paul "czm" Nelson - $8,000
- 4th Place: Magnus "fox" Olsson - $6,000
- 5th Place: Jared "cha0ticz" Cugno / Paul "clast" Benjamin
- 1st Place: Cloud9 - - $10,000
- 2nd Place: clan519 - - $7,000
- 3rd Place: Gunzoids - - $5,000
- 4th Place: Against All Authority - - $3,000
- 1st Place: Infensus -
- 2nd Place: gmpo -
- 3rd Place: Affliction -
- 4th Place: 4 Kings Intel -
- 5th Place: Gaming -
2004
- Total Attendance: 5,000+
- BYOC Size: 3,000
- Location: Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas, USA.
- Highlights: Yet another change of venue brought QuakeCon into the record books as the largest LAN party in North America, with over 3000 BYOC attendees. Tournaments prizes totaled over $150,000 and saw the world's first Official Doom 3 Tournament, won by Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. The event also had a live performances by The Sinus Show, and Tweaker, featuring Chris Vrenna, former Nine Inch Nails drummer. This year also saw another significant change in leadership, as a result of an injury to Brian Davis just weeks before the event. Aaron "Alric" Ferguson was appointed to fill in for Tapper at the last minute.
- Date was announced March 15, 2004.
- Date took place: August 12–15
- Movie mocked: Top Gun by The Sinus Show
- QuakeCon Final Standings:
- 1st Place: Paul "czm" Nelson - $25,000
- 2nd Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $15,000
- 3rd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov - $10,000
- 4th Place: Sean "Daler" Price
- 5th Place: Johan "toxjq" Quick
- 1st Place: Against All Authority - - $20,000
- 2nd Place: Cloud9 - - $12,000
- 3rd Place: Gunzoids - - $8,000
- 4th Place: clan519 -
- 5th Place : Negative Influence -
- 5th Place : iCE cLIMBERS -
- 1st Place: Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - $25,000
- 2nd Place: Sean "Daler" Price - $15,000
- 3rd Place: Sergio "HS" Perez - $10,000
- 4th Place: Mark "cl0ck" McGrail - $6,000
- 5th Place: Alejandro "ve-elpajuo" Gonzales - $4,000
- 6th Place: Jared "Cha0ticz" Cugno
- 7th Place: Jeffrey "Thump4" McShane
2005
- Total Attendance: 6,000+
- BYOC Size: 3,200
- Location: Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas, USA.
- Highlights: Another large event which saw the unveiling of Quake 4 multiplayer. Aaron Ferguson's first complete year as Executive Director.
- First time at QuakeCon featuring an all girl gamer tournament with major cash prizes.
- First year of Intel's sponsorship of QuakeCon, beating out AMD.
- Date took place: August 11–14, 2005.
- Date was announced March 22, 2005.
- Movie mocked: Red Dawn by The Sinus Show
- QuakeCon Final Standings:
- 1st Place: Fredrik "gopher" Quick - $25,000
- 2nd Place: Yang "RocketBoy" Meng - $15,000
- 3rd Place: Uli "Slaine" Krumb - $10,000
- 4th Place: Evan "Nomadic" Bradshaw
- 5th Place: Jeffrey "Thump4" McShane
- 1st Place: Jamie "g0d-Missy" Pereyda - $15,000
- 2nd Place: Alana "g0d-Ms.X" Reid - $10,000
- 3rd Place: Therese "g0d-Trito" Andersson - $5,000
- 4th Place: Ana "aNouC" Oliveras
- 5th Place: Livia "Liefje" Teernstra
- 1st Place: Mikael "Purri" Tarvainen - $10,000
- 2nd Place: Brad "Doze" Herrlinger - $7,000
- 3rd Place: Chad "Rigg5" Dorsey - $3,000
- 4th Place: synergy
- 5th Place : Mike "mik3d" Prusisz / Brian "lun" Balzer
- 1st Place: Check 6
- 2nd Place: United 5
- 3rd Place: idle.ee
- Winner: Jonathan "jonnyh." Hill - Dell XPS Laptop
- Winner: Jonathan "jonnyh." Hill - Creative - Fatal1ty Soundcard
- 1st Place: Jeffrey "Thump4" McShane and Stefan "MaddoG" Timmermans - $4,000
- Single GPU - 1st Place: Mickey21
- Dual GPU - 1st Place: Unknown
2006
- Total Attendance: 4,000+
- BYOC Size: 1,800
- Location: Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Highlights: QuakeCon 2006 was the first time was playable by the general public. Longer than normal delays leading up to the official event announcement fueled Internet speculation that the event was actually canceled for the first time ever. It was also discussed publicly earlier in the year by id Software executives that the event had a possibility of not being held inside Texas, nearly breaking a 10-year tradition since the convention's start. The entire event was also announced, planned, and executed in little over a month, a much shorter timeline than prior years. The first QuakeCon to feature a Team Deathmatch tournament.
- The first event to include the Nvidia Quickdraw tournaments, which pulled random people from the BYOC area to compete for 1,000 dollars.
- Date took place: August 3–6, 2006.
- Date was announced June 23, 2006.
- Movie mocked: Footloose by The Sinus Show
- QuakeCon Final Standings:
- 1st Place: Johan "Toxjq" Quick - $15,000
- 2nd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov - $7,000
- 3rd Place: Alex "ztrider" Ingarv - $5,000
- 4th Place: Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski - $3,000
- 5th Place: Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky - $2,000
- 6th Place: James "2GD" Harding - $1,500
- 7th Place : Sabian "ClampOK" Hayblum - $750
- 7th Place : Blue - $750
- 1st Place: Britney - $13,000
- 2nd Place: fnatic - $7,000
- 3rd Place: mouzsports - $5,000
- 4th Place: BlackDragons
- 5th Place: Devastation, Inc
- 1st Place: idle.ee
- 2nd Place: Crossfire.nu
- 3rd Place: KiH
- Rafik "LoSt-CauZe" Bryant
- Sunchanan Charanyananda
- Brian Dinsdale
- Raul Enriquez
- Billy Roadifer
- Jeff Tank
- Bryan Walker
- Aaron "Kalngt" Cephers
- 1st Place: John "GX_" Young
2007
- Total Attendance: 7,000+
- BYOC Size: 2,700
- Location: Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Highlights: Registration took place March 2, 2007 at 9:00pm EST. Aaron "Alric" Ferguson continued in the role of Executive Director for this event, which sported a 5x increase in vendor space over the 2006 event,. total event space, and the return of the popular "Quick Draw" tournaments for all general attendees. The second public beta of was released to BYOC attendees on the first day of the event. There were just two featured tournaments, both with $50,000 purses, and both sponsored by NVIDIA: ET:QW, and the new Quad Damage Tournament, which combined all four Quake games into one competition. The event was also highlighted by a slew of major announcements, including id Software's new intellectual property RAGE, a sneak peek at the "id Tech 5" engine, a 10-2-2007 release date for ET:QW, updates on the new Return to Castle Wolfenstein game title and major motion picture, the revelation that old id Software titles were to be made available via Steam, the upcoming debuts of Quake Arena Arcade, Quake Zero, and Quake Arena DS, also—in an unprecedented move—the announcement of the dates and venue for the next QuakeCon before the current year's event was even finished.
- Date took place: August 2–5, 2007
- Date announced December 18, 2006.
- Movie mocked: Doom by The Sinus Show
- QuakeCon Final Standings:
- 1st Place: Johan "Toxjq" Quick - $20,000
- 2nd Place: Magnus "fox" Olsson - $12,500
- 3rd Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $7,500
- 4th Place: Mikael "Purri" Tarvainen - $5,000
- 5th Place: Tim "]kmnaymlis" Bowes - $1,250
- 6th Place: Chance "chance" Lacina - $1,250
- 7th Place: Rafik "LoSt-CaUzE" Bryant - $1,250
- 8th Place: Tom "Griffin" Wall - $1,250
- 1st Place: [Team-Dignitas - $22,000
- 2nd Place: Team-HOT - $16,000
- 3rd Place: Check-Six - $8,000
- 4th Place: Demise - $4,000
- 5th Place: 20ID
- 6th Place: 50|CAL Gaming
- 1st Place: Ken "KenCo12" Konarzewski Jr.
2008
- Total Attendance: 6,000+
- Location: Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Date took place: July 31 - August 3, 2008
- Date announced: August 3, 2007.
- Highlights: QuakeCon 2008 marked the debut of the first-ever Quake Live 1v1 and CTF tournaments. As well as the Activision Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Team Championships, The Alienware Quick-Draw Challenge, and the QuakeCon Ultimate Power Up.
- Movie mocked: Snakes on a Plane by The Raspberry Brothers
- QuakeCon Final Standings:
- 1st Place: Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky - $5,000
- 2nd Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $3,000
- 3rd Place: Tom "Griffin" Wall - $1,500
- 4th Place: Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson - $500
- 5th Place: Magnus "fox" Olsson
- 6th Place: Chance "chance" Lacina
- 7th Place: Sander "vo0" Kaasjager
- 8th Place: Brian "dkt" Flander
- 1st Place: Billy Maze Dayz - - $8,000
- 2nd Place: Team Rage - - $4,000
- 3rd Place: In It For The Money - - $2,000
- 4th Place: Team Johnson - - $1,000
- 1st Place: mamut.si - $15,000
- 2nd Place: Kompaniet - $10,000
- 3rd Place: H2O - $5,000
- 4th Place: Team Fate - $1,000
- 1st Place: The Green Team
- 2nd Place: CWell Fellas
- 3rd Place: SkullRiders
- 4th Place: Bouncing Blinking Blue Ba
2009
- Total Attendance: 7000+
- Location: Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas, USA.
- Date took place: August 13, 2009 - August 16, 2009
- Date announced: 12/18/08
- Highlights: Like the year before, Quakecon 2009 had both 1v1 and CTF tournaments for Quake Live. The notable difference with this year's tournaments was two separate 1v1 competitions, one for only pro players, and the other was open to everyone else. This was a much appreciated feature from the community because there was no longer as many blow out games in the tournament. djWHEAT also expressed his opinions to John Carmack from the shout casting booth saying that the separation "alleviates any hesitation or frustration" for amateur players that want a chance to compete. Quakecon 2009 was also the first Quakecon to have the shoutcasters on stage during the grand finals.
- Movie mocked: Lord of the Rings by Master Pancake Theater
- 1st Place: Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson - $14,000
- 2nd Place: Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira - $7,500
- 3rd Place: Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky - $4,000
- 4th Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty
- 5th/6th Place : Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
- 5th/6th Place : Brian "dkt" Flander
- 7th/8th Place : Tom "Griffin" Wall
- 7th/8th Place : Magnus "fox" Olsson
- 1st Place: Jeff "Flysher" Heakes - $1,500
- 2nd Place: Nelson "Hardup" Maxson - $750
- 3rd Place: Clifton "Cliffy" Houck - $250
- 1st Place: Evil Geniuses - $12,000
- 2nd Place: WhoRunIt - $6,000
- 3rd Place: Fnatic - $4,000
- 4th Place: Loaded
2010
- Total Attendance: 8500+
- Location: Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Date took place: August 12, 2010 - August 15, 2010
- Date announced: March 5, 2010
- Highlights: Rage, Ban on file sharing.
- Movie mocked: The Matrix by Master Pancake Theater
- 1st Place: Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky - $14,000
- 2nd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov - $7,500
- 3rd Place: Alessandro "stermy" Avallone - $4,000
- 4th Place: Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira
- 5th/6th Place : Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson
- 5th/6th Place : Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty
- 7th/8th Place : Kévin "strenx" Baéza
- 7th/8th Place : Dan "DanDaKing" De Sousa
- 1st Place: Joshua "ziel" Remington - $1,500
- 2nd Place: Dalton "boots" DeMaria - $750
- 3rd Place: Andrew "id_" Trulli - $250
- 4th Place: Rogelio "]kmklaovhwN" Vela
- 1st Place: Evil Geniuses - $15,000
- 2nd Place: Fnatic - $6,000
- 3rd Place: QUAD - $4,000
- 4th Place: Loaded
- 1st Place: Ken "KenCo12" Konarzewski Jr.
2011
- Location: Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Took place: August 4, 2011 - August 7, 2011
- Date announced: January 28, 2011
- Available Internet Bandwidth: 1 Gbit/s
- Highlights: The first ever Quakecon to feature a 4v4 Quake TDM tournament.
- Movie mocked: Twilght by Master Pancake Theater
- 1st Place: Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson - $8,000
- 2nd Place: Kévin "strenx" Baéza - $4,000
- 3rd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov - $2,000
- 4th Place: Paul "czm" Nelson
- 5th/8th Place : Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski
- 5th/8th Place : Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty
- 5th/8th Place : Johan "Toxjq" Quick
- 5th/8th Place : Richard "noctis" Gansterer
- 1st Place: Salivating Monstahz - $16,000
- 2nd Place: iCE cLIMBERS - $8,000
- 3rd Place: BallerSsS - $4,000
- 4th Place: Ultra Frag-Xtreme
- 1st Place: Looking for Sponsor - $3,750, & 5 PNY XLR8 GTX 480 videocards
- 2nd Place: Blight - $1,250 & 5 PNY XLR8 GTX 480 videocards
- 3rd Place: Team Fate - 5 PNY XLR8 GTX 480 videocards
- 4th Place: The Executives
- 1st Place: Taylor "Mongo" Quinn - $300 & an Origin Laptop worth $3000
- 2nd Place: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
- 3rd Place: Stephen "MavLP" Groat
- 4th Place: Jeff "FienD" Abbott
- 1st Place: Ken "KenCo12" Konarzewski Jr.
2012
- Total Attendance: 7,652
- BYOC Attendance: 2,488
- Location: Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Took place: August 2, 2012 - August 5, 2012
- Date announced: January 25, 2012
- Available Internet Bandwidth: 2 Gbit/s
- Highlights: First year to ever fill BYOC on Friday. This year marked the first year for several Executive Staff including a new Executive Director of Michael "TnT_Trash" Wolf.Also [Oculus Rift showcase.
- Movie mocked: Back to the Future by Master Pancake Theater
- "Lowlights": Registration.
- 1st Place: Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky - $9,000
- 2nd Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $5,000
- 3rd Place: Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson - $3,000
- 4th Place: Paul "czm" Nelson - $1000
- 5th/8th Place : John "ZeRo4" Hill - $500
- 5th/8th Place : Chance "chance" Lacina - $500
- 5th/8th Place : Justin "Sparks" Sparks - $500
- 5th/8th Place : Brian "dkt" Flander - $500
- 1st Place: Roof - $4,000
- 2nd Place: DaFoneMen - $2,000
- 3rd Place: seriously ill - $1,000
- 4th Place: drunk masterz
- 1st Place: Christopher "aXema" Brimer - $1,000
- 2nd Place: Jeff "Flysher" Heakes - $700
- 3rd Place: Kevin "kgb" Holowchik - $300
2013
- Total Attendance: 10,000
- BYOC Size: 2,000
- Location: Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Took place: August 1, 2013 - August 4, 2013
- Date announced: February 26, 2013
- Available Internet Bandwidth: 2 Gbit/s
- Registration: April 15, 2013
- Movie mocked: ' by Master Pancake Theater
- 1st Place: Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson - $9,000
- 2nd Place: Sergey "evil" Orekhov - $5,000
- 3rd Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $3,000
- 4th Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $1000
- 5th/6th Place : Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
- 5th/6th Place : Chance "chance" Lacina
- 7th/8th Place : Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager
- 7th/8th Place : Brian "dkt" Flander
- 1st Place: The Dream - $3.000
- 2nd Place: Watch This - $2.000
- 3rd Place: Counter Measure - $1.000
- 4th Place: colwn
- 1st Place: Jefferson "JKist3" Kist - $1.000
- 2nd Place: Chris "DevastatioN" Felix
- 3rd Place: DemonSphere
- 4th Place: Rude
- 5th/6th Place : Dominus
- 5th/6th Place : TheShooter7
2014
- Total Attendance: 9000
- BYOC Size: 2,212
- Location: Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Took place: July 17, 2014 - July 20, 2014
- Date announced: January 30, 2014
- Available Internet Bandwidth: 2 Gbit/s
- Registration: March 5, 2014
- Movie mocked: Labyrinth by Master Pancake Theater
- 1st Place: Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky - $9,000
- 2nd Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $5,000
- 3rd Place: Sergey "evil" Orekhov - $3,000
- 4th Place: Johan "Toxjq" Quick - $1,000
- 5th/8th Place : Kévin "strenx" Baéza - $500
- 5th/8th Place : Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson - $500
- 5th/8th Place : Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira - $500
- 5th/8th Place : John "ZeRo4" Hill - $500
- 1st Place: 2014 - $8,000
- 2nd Place: welp - $6,000
- 3rd Place: unknown - $4,000
- 4th Place: SAKE
- 1st Place: Alessio "zyrinx" Stocco - $1,000
- 2nd Place: Tomi "gerppa" Pakkanen - $700
- 3rd Place: Joseph "jok0" Okochi - $300
- 1st Winner: Justin "Effortless" Yergeau
2015
- Total Attendance: 12,381
- BYOC Size: 2600
- Location: Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Took place: July 23, 2015 - July 26, 2015
- Date announced: September 25, 2014
- Available Internet Bandwidth: 2 Gbit/s
- Registration: - March 4, 2015 - March 25, 2015
- *UAC: 32 seats - March 4, 2015
- *QuakeCon done Quick : 300 Seats - March 11, 2015
- *Select a Seat with Swag pack: 500 Seats - March 18, 2015
- *Select a Seat : 1600 Seats - March 25, 2015 Movie mocked: Jurassic Park by Master Pancake Theater
- Volunteers: 312
- Volunteer Hours: 5,555
- Sponsors/Exhibitors : 32
- Grand Master Champion: Shane "rapha" Hendrixson - $8,000
- Grand Master Runner-Up: Sergey "evil" Orekhov
- Tri-Master Champions: Meltdown.bar - $8,000
- TDM Division Winners: Meltdown.bar - $8,000
- CTF Division Winners: Meltdown.bar - $8,000
- Duel Division Winners: Found 'Em - $8,000
- 1st Winner: "Altrust"
- 2nd Winner: Justin "Effortless" Yergeau
- 3rd Winner: "ColeTrain"
2016
- Total Attendance: 8,600
- BYOC Size: 2,840
- Location: Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Took place: August 4, 2016 - August 7, 2016
- Date announced:
- Available Internet Bandwidth: 6x1gbs
- Registration:
- *UAC: 32 seats
- *QuakeCon done Quick : 300 seats
- *Select a Seat with Swag pack: 0 seats
- *Select a Seat : 2,100 seats
- Movie mocked: Fifty Shades of Grey by Master Pancake Theater.
- Volunteers: 319
- Volunteer Hours: 4,918
- Sponsors/Exhibitors : 41
- 1st Place: Shane "rapha" Hendrixson - $12,000
- 2nd Place: Sergey "evil" Orekhov - $7,000
- 3rd Place: Marcel "k1llsen" Paul - $3,000
- 4th Place: John "ZeRo4" Hill - $1,000
- 5th/8th Place : Fraze "Fraze" Hockley - $500
- 5th/8th Place : Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira - $500
- 5th/8th Place : Cameron "Camma" Hockley - $500
- 5th/8th Place : Spencer "ZorakWar" Duff - $500
- 1st Place: Ragnarok - $12,000
- 2nd Place: Rune - $7,000
- 3rd Place: Aeronauts - $3,000
- 4th Place: Brazil - $1,000
- 5th/6th Place : Palo Alto Networks - $500
- 5th/6th Place : USA/Canada - $500
- 7th/8th Place : Whiskey Tango - $500
- 7th/8th Place : DRKN - $500
2017
QuakeCon 2017- Total Attendance:
- BYOC Size: 2350 seats
- Location: Gaylord Texan, Dallas, Texas, USA
- Takes place: August 24, 2017 - August 27, 2017
- Date announced: January 26, 2017
- Available Internet Bandwidth: 6 Gbit/s
- Registration:
- *UAC: 32 seats
- *QuakeCon done Quick : 300 seats
- *Select a Seat :
- Movie mocked:
- Volunteers:
- Volunteer Hours:
- Sponsors/Exhibitors :
- 9th-16th Place : Marcel "K1llsen" Paul - $10,000
- 9th-16th Place : Kévin "Strenx" Baéza - $10,000
- 9th-16th Place : Adrián "Raisy" Birgány - $10,000
- 1st Place: Nikita "clawz" Marchinsky - $100,000
- 2nd Place: Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager - $50,000
- 3rd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov - $30,000
- 4th Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty - $20,000
- 5th/8th Place : Richard "Noctis" Gansterer - $15,000
- 5th/8th Place : Dmytro "Xron" Sakharuk - $15,000
- 5th/8th Place : Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski - $15,000
- 5th/8th Place : Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson - $15,000
- 9th-16th Place : Johan "Toxjq" Quick - $10,000
- 9th-16th Place : Pelle "Fazz" Söderman - $10,000
- 9th-16th Place : Andrew "Gellehsak" Ryder - $10,000
- 9th-16th Place : Dan "Astroboy" De Sousa - $10,000
- 9th-16th Place : Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira - $10,000
- 1st Place: 2z - $300,000
- 2nd Place: NOTOFAST - $150,000
- 3rd Place: The Defendants - $55,000
- 4th Place: Team Liquid - $55,000
- 5th/6th Place : Myztro Gaming - $25,000
- 5th/6th Place : OnTime - $25,000
- 7th/8th Place : I Totem Teles - $25,000
- 7th/8th Place : Team Johnson - $25,000
- 1st Place: David - $5,000
- 2nd Place: pthy - $3,000
- 3rd Place: RIO - $2,000
- 1st Place: LocKtar - $2,500
- 2nd Place: dirtbox - $1,750
- 3rd Place: Thump4 - $750
- 1st Place: Rainbow - $5,000
- 2nd Place: - $3,000
- 3rd Place: Team Cake Plus - $2,000
- 1st Place: Cute Boys Against Crime - $2,500
- 2nd Place: BR #1 - $1,750
- 3rd Place: Rainbow - $750
- 1st Place: Corvjam - $2,500
- 2nd Place: NAussies - $1,750
- 3rd Place: A visit to the ATM - $750
- 1st Place: BouvToTheMax - $2,500
- 2nd Place: Tankerz - $1,750
- 3rd Place: KenCo12 - $750
- 1st Place: AKASpecs - $2,500
- 2nd Place: BouvToTheMax - $1,750
- 3rd Place: Stevo - $750
- 1st Place: NewClassic - $4,000
- 2nd Place: UniDoom - $2,000
- 3rd Place: The Invisible Hand - $1,000
2018
- Total Attendance: 11,500+
- BYOC Size: 4100+ seats
- Location: Gaylord Texan, Dallas, Texas, USA
- Takes place: August 9, 2018 - August 12, 2018
- Date announced: February 13, 2018
- Available Internet Bandwidth: 10 Gbit/s
- Registration:
- *UAC: 50 seats
- *QuakeCon done Quick : 250 seats
- *Select a Seat :
- Movie mocked:
- Volunteers:
- Volunteer Hours:
- Sponsors/Exhibitors :
2019
- Total Attendance:
- BYOC Size:
- Location: Gaylord Texan, Dallas, Texas, USA
- Takes place: July 25, 2019 - July 28, 2019
- Date announced:
- Available Internet Bandwidth:
- Registration:
- *UAC:
- *QuakeCon done Quick :
- *Select a Seat :
- Movie mocked: Doom
- Sponsors/Exhibitors :
- 1st Place: Marcel "K1llsen" Paul
- 2nd Place: Anton "Cooller" Singov
- 3rd Place: Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson
- 4th Place: Adrián "Raisy" Birgány
- 5th Place: Dmytro "Xron" Sakharuk
- 6th Place: Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty
- 7th Place: Maciej "Av3k" Krzykowski
- 8th Place: Alexander "baSe" Rybin
- 9th Place: Johan "Toxjq" Quick
- 10th Place: Moses "psygib" Salas
- 11th Place: Filipe "nosfa" Barbosa
- 12th Place: Marco "vengeurR" Ragusa
- 13th Place: Greg "cha1n" Bouevitch
- 14th Place: Gareth "GaRpY" Marshall
- 15th Place: Kyle "dramiS" Simard
- 16th Place: Gaven "whaz" Sorensen
- 17th Place: Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira
- 18th Place: Paul "sib" Titkov
- 19th Place: Justin "Effortless" Yergeau
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Sponsors
Past sponsors of the event include Activision, nVidia, AMD, Aspyr, ASUS, Ventrilo, Apple, ATI Technologies, AT&T Inc., Alienware, Ageia, 1UP Network, FragArcade, Intel, D-Link, Logitech, Linksys, Spike TV, Newegg.com and Lucent Technologies.