A 17-year-old who would give only his first name, Aki, said he had been studying this year with the shooter at a private business school, and described him as a quiet, reserved person.

Aki said the two played poker together, both in person and online, as well as a multiplayer video game called "Counter-Strike" that involves killing people to complete missions.

"He was good," Aki said."....

A former classmate said... "The only thing which stands out is that Tim was always very good with weapons. He mainly shot air weapons firing plastic balls, but the house had several gun cabinets occupying square metres of walls, mainly air guns."

"He was a pretty good shooter. He used to shoot in a forest behind his house. Sometimes we'd have air gun battles in the summer."

"The AGP Tour is an international series of professional video game tournaments consisting of the best players in the world. Following Quake 3 and its 10 years of history as a pro sport, Id Software’s Quake Live has been released as its successor. It will be featured and focused on by the AGP Tour as a major sport and will be presented live and online as it has always deserved."

So if Quake Live is played in tournaments, will we see FooKi back on the scene?

Read on to find out the answer to this and many more questions.

"It was unveiled on June 28, at the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational in Paris, France. Development on Diablo III began some time in 2005 when Blizzard North was still in operation. Four years is about time for a game release.

Associates working on a Diablo 3 game design have supplied the following information.

The release date for the online beta multiplayer trial version is currently set to:
11th September, 2009

The final version, available for purchase is to be released before Christmas:
24th December, 2009"

"Unreal Tournament 3 Black, the fully updated version of UT3 with the Titan Pack, has enjoyed an increase of over 2000% in simultaneous player numbers since its March 5th release and last week's Free Weekend on Steam. In addition, UT3 Black has claimed the number one spot on Steam's bestseller list."

"We took the site down for about an hour today to implement changes that allow us to now re-enable most statistics reporting. The one element of stats that we are not re-enabling immediately is the specific data tied to each individual frag (i.e. what weapon was used, what items you were carrying, who you fragged, etc.). We do however intend to re-enable these frag specific stats very soon after evaluating back-end performance. The only side effects of this specific set of stats being disabled is that you won't see weapon specific frag counts in your statistics page or in the individual game details views, and we've temporarily hidden about 25 of our more than 80 awards - these 25 relate specifically to individual frag statistics. If you had earned an award (prior to us disabling stats) that is now hidden, when we start reporting those stats again, your award will re-appear and you won't need to re-earn it."

"As the 12 contestants share a loft in downtown Los Angeles, they will be tested in real-life challenges inspired by best-selling game titles, compete in the video games themselves, and ultimately must avoid elimination in head-to-head battles in an arena filled with hundreds of spectators. Ultimately, the player who is versatile and strategic enough to best their opponents in both the real-life and virtual gaming worlds will emerge as the WCG Ultimate Gamer."

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..... the game is very good, in fact, it’s better than very good, at its height, its great and I haven’t been able to say that about a competitive game in some time. It feels refined and it bloody well should do, it’s been beta tested by most of the hardcore quake players from the last 10 years for many, many months. If it fails to take off, it may well be the last time iD comes knocking on the competitive players doors for feedback on their games. That said, last time they asked for our help, they ended up making a much better version of Quake 4 than Raven produced out of the box, so we have good history on our side.

"Each ESWC National Strategic Partner will be responsible for the entire national process of selection of its video games champions according to the regulations, specifications and charters provided by the ESWC Organizing Committee. All the qualified champions will have the opportunity to represent their countries and clubs next June 2009 in Paris for the 7th ESWC Grand Final."

ESWC China
Radiance Technology Inc
www.cneswc.com

ESWC Colombia
e-nnovva - National Gamers
www.nagasite.com

ESWC France
Games-Services
www.eswc.com/france

ESWC Germany
Top Ideas Marketing and Events
www.eswcgermany.com

ESWC Iran
Maadiran Group
www.maadiran.com

ESWC Japan
EHeadline INC
www.goodplayer.jp

ESWC South Korea
International E-Sport Group Inc (IEG)
www.iegroup.kr

ESWC Madagascar
RTA Madagascar
www.eswc.com/madagascar

ESWC Malaysia
Go International Group
www.gointernationalgroup.com

ESWC Mexico
Gaming Services
www.gaming-services.com

ESWC Nigeria
Lakraft Entertainment
www.lakraftentertainment.com

ESWC Panama
Latin OnLine S.A
www.latinol.com

ESWC Peru
Progamer Consultores SAC
www.pgconsultores.net

ESWC Slovenia
Kupi DOO
www.kupi.si

ESWC Tunisia
Live IT
www.tunisiagames.com

ESWC Ukraine
Ukrainian Cyber Professional League
www.ucpl.com.ua

Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Croatia
Egypt
Greece
India
Indonesia
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Poland
Portugal
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
UAE
United Kingdom
USA
Venezuela

"The game's website points out the the machine moves in real time to corresponding on screen motions during "climax scenes." The SOM connects to the computer via USB. As the Cross Days website suggests, "Install SOM and experience a next-gen reality!"