The last 20 ESL news posts http://www.esl.eu 2012-02-04T03:15:51+01:00 text/html 2012-02-03T18:16:51+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/184263/ The tournament is almost ready, the team are getting their players in and are preparing their tactics! This Tuesday we'll have a friendly match before the start of Country Championship! The <img src="http://eslstatic.net/flags/small/uk.gif"> <b>United Kingdom</b> National Team will fight against the <img src="http://eslstatic.net/flags/small/hu.gif"> <b>Hungary</b> National Team !! Don't miss this big match! text/html 2012-02-03T16:51:53+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/183780/ At the beginning of the year most of you read the great news that the ESL and Wargaming were extending their partnership. Next to the Go4WoT series we also announced two new ESL Major Series seasons with a prize purse of €15,000 each season! Altogether we have 16 slots in the EMS. The top 3 from the last season are automatically qualified leaving us 13 remaining slots. Read the following news to find out how to qualify for EMS and how the prize money is split amongst the top teams. text/html 2012-02-01T17:35:14+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/184048/ We first announced the StarCraft 2 Country Championship almost two months ago. It has been a long two months in preparing - reaching out to more than 40 countries around the globe, getting their rosters ready and then having to decide a fair structure and seeds for the best possible tournament. Today we are almost ready, and make one big step forwards with an updated structure and draft of the groups. text/html 2012-01-31T17:41:31+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/183904/ This week we had been pretty busy to get a lot of flamers, fakers or players who closed or didn't even start Wire Anti-Cheat for their matches banned. Of course we will give you a detailed insight on what we did and especially why those guys got banned. Just have a look! text/html 2012-01-31T15:22:42+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/183880/ On January 31st, starting at 6:00pm CET the team of FnaticRaidCall will be our guest in VERSUS. In this special night, you have the chance to play with some of the best Dota 2 players out there. They will start searching for matches both as a party and solo. So grab the chance to play with or against some Dota 2 superstars! text/html 2012-01-28T14:08:07+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/183480/ We are back already with a brand new season, the tenth no less, with some of our old choices and a new one, and a record breaking prize pot! text/html 2012-01-28T01:03:51+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/183481/ Another weekend is ahead of us and so the best chance to sit down and play some nice matches with your friends. This week we brought a new feature to the ranking on VERSUS, which gives you a look on the ranking based on the different modes of our games on VERSUS. So have a look at all changes and have a nice weekend! text/html 2012-01-27T11:42:07+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/183412/ Last week saw a new champion as Deranging beat DreAm in the final making it three different champions in 3 weeks, can we make it 4? If you're knocked out then you can sit back and enjoy the stream! text/html 2012-01-25T16:28:16+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/182758/ VERSUS is about having fun playing exciting, balanced matches matches. But it's even more fun to have goals and achievements while playing. The VERSUS rankings for example are one such motivation. But there is something missing, isn't there? Yes, awards! We have a lot of cool ideas for new awards, but to begin with we are starting with the most basic one: for playing X VERSUS matches, in any game. text/html 2012-01-20T18:36:16+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/182812/ As we did last weekend, we would like to inform you of all the changes made to VERSUS this week ready for your entertainment this week. Enjoy playing some Dota 2, or 2on2 MR15 in CS:Source and CS 1.6 or try other games like F1 2012, CoD:MW2 and more. Also take a look at some of the new features we brought into VERSUS recently. Enjoy your weekend playing fun and balanced matches matches in new games and modes on VERSUS! text/html 2012-01-20T17:42:11+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/182803/ BlinG took the 7th edition of the UK Open series taking the final from JohnyREcco. Who will take #8? If you're knocked out then you can sit back and enjoy the stream! text/html 2012-01-18T13:19:56+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/182521/ Today the strucutre and seedings were announced for the tournament StarCraft 2 Country Championship 2012. Featuring more than 40 countries, this year's tournament will begin with a Qualifying Group Stage where most of the teams will battle to qualify for the main tournament. The :uk: <b><a href="/uk/team/6418839/">United Kingdom</a></b> team are a high seed for the qualifiers. text/html 2012-01-17T13:51:36+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/182411/ This Thursday 2012 eSports gets started! From 19th to 22nd of January world's best CS1.6, StarCraft II and League of Legends players will gather in Kiev to compete for $93,000 and spots at Intel Extreme Masters' World Championship. Be sure to get your HD Pass right now for a bargain price of 5.00 Euros and enjoy four days of entertaining eSports in glorious HD on ESL TV. text/html 2012-01-14T18:33:26+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/182141/ A month ago we announced the ESL Major Series with 10,000 Euro prizes money for two seasons and now it is time to give you some details about the first season and its qualifiers. Besides that we will tell you the settings and other important stuff for the EMS Season X. text/html 2012-01-14T15:02:11+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/182101/ The UK SC2 Open series is back to business after a short winter break! Sign up now and don't miss out! If you're knocked out then you can sit back and enjoy the stream! text/html 2012-01-12T14:43:27+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/181941/ For all those lucky beta testers who want to play some matches knowing who to play we added Dota 2 to VERSUS. You can start searching for 9 more players or bring your friends in our party system to play a regular 5on5. As soon as your team and the opponents are ready, you can vote for All Pick and Captain's Mode and start playing! text/html 2012-01-12T00:55:42+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/181890/ To help prepare for the upcoming Country Championship, the UK will face Austria in a friendly show match. The team has been formed from the best players the UK has to offer and should put up a great fight. text/html 2012-01-08T02:51:36+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/181457/ 2011 is gone! Here we go 2012! Hopefully you had nice holidays, a lot of presents and a great start into the new year. According to the temperatures out there we present the new seasonal tournaments for Winter 2012! Several sections are taking part in the Winter tournaments. Check out if your favourite section is hosting a tournament or join other sections' tournaments!