Rapha vs Evil - QL Duel, Grand Final (QuakeCon 2016) 

That's the greatest thing i've ever seen, I'm crying. I truly feel sorry for everyone who doesn't play quake and can't appreciate this masterpiece.

This is Quake duelling at its finest: smart play choices, impressive endurance, almost perfect execution, epic comebacks, the two best players pushed to their limits, hysterical commentators, public on their knees. Historical e-sport. Both players deserve to win.

This was the last Quake Live tourney to be had at Quakecon (2017 onwards was Quake Champions). What a treat this final was. It was like Quake Live's swan song.

"pro"cod and csgo matches look a pile of shit in comparison to this masterpiece.

Quake is the most entertaining spectator eSport.

I can't believe how fucking perfect this final was! Man, if Evil had just a few more seconds, there's no telling how this would've gone. Incredible! Rapha and Evil are such amazing players. Great job not giving up at any point, guys. Truly down to the wire!

one of the best duel finals ever!

I've said this on an old Qaukecon video.... I'm a noob to the Quake games but I truly love watching these tourneys. The meta game is so amazing, it's something other shooters just doesn't have. I have to give credit to Rapha, Evil, Cooler, Toxic for truly showing the game at peak performances. I love this game and the community.

Clearly, the best dueling game on the planet.

This was the most intense fucking final, I've ever seen! I wish this game had the same amount of players CSGO does. Would be the best thing in the online fps ever :D

congrats to Rapha. & very wp evil, best final I have ever seen

This has to be the absolute highlight of how professional and extremely high skilled the Quake pros really are. This is the most intense Duel finals I've ever witnessed (been watching them since the days Fatality was still around) and I have to say it's really appropriate how the series was left behind, given this was the last Quake Live tournament, it was a legendary showdown. Legendary plays from both players. Mad respect for this match.

23:11 to skip the intro and get on with the longest duel match I have ever seen.

Absolutely fantastic finals. ddk's and zoot's emotions after that plot twist on the 9th overtime were immense, histerical, brilliant. And you know that they are not forcing themselves to emote like many other commentators do, Quake commentators are genuine in that regard. Ddk's breath was literally taken away, he became red as a tomato after that epic moment lol P.S.: evil deserved to finally win QuakeCon and earn Russia its first QuakeLive world title. I feel like this time rapha was simply considerably more lucky. Look at how many times he ran away with 10 hp, crazy. Although evil made a couple of painful mistiming mistakes on the last map. Close amazing games. But after being home for top level Quake for so many years, we and evil still don't have the title :(

Saying these players having nerves of steal would be a understatement.

The first map here was crucial (not that the others were less important), Evil was playing some sublime Quake and had everything under his control because score was on his side, he was leading 2-0. He should have secured that map and tie the series on 1-1. It's the only map in this series where the result was for a lot of time mainly in his hands. But at 11:35 (4:57 in game) he should have gone aggressive and finish rapha who was very low in stack. Red was not respawning anytime soon and Evil could have taken the Mega after the kill or heavily damage a rapha without weapons if after the eventual frag he respawned in that area and stole the mega left by Evil. In most cases the result would have been 3-0 for Evil with a very high chance to mantain full map control. Instead he has gone for the secure and passive choice and that was the first serious error in my opinion after 4 minutes of excellent play. And then at 14:37 (7:55 in game) he failed to deliver a lot of damage to rapha who stole the Mega and then got full map control very easily. After that Evil went too passive and rapha had the possibility to pull of the miracle and he succeeded. Evil simply shouldn't never have left that possibility to exist. I know that in Elder something similar happened at inverteded sides but in that map no player had full control of the situation for 8 minutes. In the last three maps both players had more of less their chances, but the first in my opinion was lost by Evil after that start, with that couple of errors. And this is why rapha was so strong in this game. He punished errors like no one, he was capable of using the most little things to his advantage. The greatest mind to ever play this game, along with Cooller maybe.

DDK and Zoot the OG casters. Love it. What an absolutely banger of a final.

This is one of the greatest Quake Live finals, this is now #1 on my top 10 QuakeCon finals.

I don't even play quake and this was entertaining af!

Sickest final!! The commentators are awesome, they're as fun as the actual game, well done ! :)

This is one of the most stunning finals I've ever seen...many congratulations to the perfect executor Evil and to the True Quake Champion rapha. Cooller, Cypher, where were you? Without them Quake has a different taste... However, if this is the last great QL lan, then this final can be considered a beautiful epitaph of a deep, pure, beautiful game.

Most tense moments at:15:55, 46:16, 1:13:24 (epic chases!) Great game, the best players, awesome commentary. Simply Epic!

Evil was drunk, his fans were drunk, I'm drunk now and everyone in russia is drunk. Rapha took advantage of it like always.

Quake is life

this is seriously next level gaming right here

7:25 to get right into the games.

The cerimony in the end should have been: k1llsen walks on stage, gets his third place cheque, walks off, then evil gets his second place cheque, then finally rapha gets the trophy and gets to say his piece. This way rapha would have had time to breathe and relax after the tense matches.

This match has inspired me to buy QL. Sure, Korea sucks in terms of opponents to play against but ah well...

Amazing final! But wtf with the video? It starts with map 2 without sound. Big minus for this. Congrats rapha. Miss cypher((

Best final ever. Evil played amazing.

Wow, what an amazing final! There is nothing else like Quake.

who wants Quake Live back ?

Amazing as always. Wanna see it again in 2017 :)

'If this was the final match of competitive lan QL then it sure went out with a bang. A series to remember for years.'

Best match ive ever witnessed. Never saw Rapha being that exhausted. This was pure magic.

Simply amazing skills. Nothing compares when it comes to FPS.

Best game I've ever seen.

Fucking amazing. Breath-taking stuff. So happy I got into Quake back in the 90s.

Well, I can clearly say if Quake Live was association football Rapha would be Italy and Evil would be The Netherlands. Watching Evil's play and rail connections is lovely but at the end defense gets the title as Rapha did most of the times. Rapha deserved the championship but that does not stop me enjoying Evil'e play much more.

This match deserves much more than 50 thousand views.

DDK, Zoot, thanks for the great commentary :) Long live Quake my friends :)

Evil the best whatever.

What a great show, really miss those times. Too bad Quake lost most of its tactical mind games with QC

It's tournaments like these that keep my love for Quake burning. Please keep the QuakeCons alive.

I don’t really understand this game, but when evil tied the score 4-4 it looked pretty hype

omg how careless evil throw away both games, why did he jump down on the last second of the first map he could just wait there for 5 seconds the game was over. on last map he was messing around with plasma for ko reason. not to mention rapha was again and again umbelievable lucky being caught by evil on sinister repeatly and evil falling form the platform to the mega

The Quake Live/ Quake 3 competitive scene may be gone now, but it for sure went out like Sarge in that cinematic, with a fucking bang that was this match

Shame that Q3/Live is not an esport platform, it was more intense than any CS:GO final. There should be one more zero on those cheques, to properly reflect their class.

Congrats to both Evil and Rapha, absolutely amazing final!!

sick comeback on elder by evil, really didn't think he'd take it

I was drinking tea while watching first map of grand final. 2 seconds before overtime i almost choked to death with liquid and spat it all over my monitor

Elder was such an epic game to see live, what an amazing final this was!

Still the greatest game ever.

Evil deserved to win so much, it hurts, but still the best quake final I've ever seen.

respect for the king Rapha but great duel of Evil

nuttiest final i've ever seen, i had to stay up till 5 am to watch and i jumped out of my seat when evil won elder 10/10, considering that this may be the last quakecon with QL, it felt so good

Wut? I didn't know they're still doing pro Q3 tourneys. I loved this game

"maybe it's a good sign, Quake 5, Quake Champions coming up!" - Rapha .. I mean, he said it and here he is years later - dominating in QC!

That presentation at the end, just sad for such a masterful finals :(

THAT LG AT 30:30 HOLY SHIT

still watching these in 2024. absolutely gaming at its finest. two of the goats it could have gone either way evil is every bit as good as rapha.

Craziest Quake match I've ever seen, too bad Evil didn't win. Otherwise it was perfect.

One of the most intense games I've seen, oh dear.

That is cybersports. That feels and emotions. Not such crap like dota or cs.

just came back to this replay after this years qcon. and i already miss the old times with real quake :/

I am so glad this turned up in my recommended feed. What an insane series o.O

Here 2023 to watch this masterpiece of match

Elder was so fucking crazy

true GRAND final! So f tense games! :-O

yo, can someone plz explain why quake is so "skillful." im genuinely curious. i recently started watching competative footage and have no idea wtf is going on. Is it because of its fast movement? is it because they dont aim down gun-sights? Im not trying to figure out whats going on, i can learn that by watching more. what differs quake from others skill wise? what should i look out for?

In my opinion, Evil is better, but Rapha is smarter

That is what esport is about...

Evil make Rapha to do his maximum. Great games. Great opportunity.

"HOW?! HOW?!"

evil - better aim rapha - better strategy

Это из той оперы, когда руки из нужного места растут!

Quake was big part of my life from quake 2 to quake 3 cpm and ra3 to quake live. I don't play games anymore since my values have changed over time, but that's life... There is no other game or sport that requires such impeccable skill. I have never had that admire to any person but the pros in quake scene. Even though my field of work requires a lot dedication. I was one of the best in niche parts of quake such as pql ctf but this, the level these players are in the purest form of fps gaming is just phenomenal.

Absolutely, BY FAR, the best grand final in the history of QUAKE!!!! Impossibly amazing!!!!

Best finals ever! I watched it 4am local time and I don't regret it at all :)

This might be the best duel I've seen, fucking excellent play to both players. 9 ROUND OF OVERTIME REALLY I MEAN COME ON

This match up was flippen intense!!!!!! all the come back with in a few seconds to spare were monumental! amazing match! even the fact that they played 5 round was bananas! great stuff! cant wait for 2017!

no 1080p??

I've seen rapha multiple times on Furious Heights at the end of a match in that corner at the MH. Positions himself perfectly to survive and win it. Incredibly composed. Great way to finish off QL.

im a total noob when it comes to quake (played like 20h) but every once in a while i come back and watch a pro match just to be amazed how much skill you need and you smart these guys are playing. love it and would like to get into that game more

Peak atena skills Peak Quake Live Best time of my wuaker live

What an absolute gem. I must've woken up the neighbors more than once while watching this because I couldn't contain my emotions. And I am normally about as emotional as Rapha. The amount of drama in this final tramples any pro sports game that I've ever seen.

Physically I am far above these guys but damn skill is skill and in this virtual world that we all mutually indulge in I wouldn't stand a fkn chance... much respect to these guys.. I wish I could play this shit the way they do...

Well quake 3 player have sure improved over the years, I remember WCG from back in 2003, the skill level nowadays is insane.

god ... what a final. so many memories from fucking when; 2001 ? dunno when i started playing this lol . The best game eveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer

I have seen many finals, but this is one of the best!

Охренеть финал! Evil молодец чутка не повезло просто.

Damn, I've didn't move the whole time of this video because it was so fucking intense D:

Quake Champions sucks, QL forever

Only hl ag and quake two games for real skilled players, where the skill depends only on gamer , nice show, Terrbile that such shit like dota or cs much popular

Blood Run looks so weird in this game (as someone who has only played Quake Champions) Interesting to see the differences, and how this map used to be

I am wondering how hal_9000 or chris ska would fair in these tournaments.

What a fucking SICK match, gg guys !

1:11:19 + 1:13:29 - same little maneuver on the stairs :)

15:38 это и была причина того что случилось. Эх если бы не эти 2 сек.

This is the best quake duel ever seen. To this day. From qw to ql this is it right here boys. Man rapha is always been my fav na dueler, i used to play qlive with him and dahang. Even back in q4, i used to beat dahang on placebo and he'd blame his pc lagging. "Your plasma is making my pc lag". Aka dahang got a bad first spawn. Bro i had a old ass pc with barely 60fps on low settings lol. Next it was "dude downloaded a wall hack then a item timer, then an aimbot". Nah i just got better after 15 years of playing quake. And fyi lg is an amazing comback weapon in duel. Guess my 27-33% lg is aimbotting on 25ms.idiot. Anyway, rapha vs evil man. Amazing item control and aim by evil. Rapha is suh a good player even out of control. Both players are winners here. Imo best match of all time. Also best commentators of all time. I miss q4 and qlive so much. I never got that feeling ingame like i did with those games. Mad respect to yall who played quake , even though we talked hella trash to each other for years. Even dahang, u where always better then me at qlive.