The last 20 ESL news posts http://www.esl.eu 2008-11-21T20:45:19+01:00 text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/70520/ Tonight as per usual ESL TV will be broadcasting two matches from the ESL UK Pro-Series, one in Counter-Strike:Source and one in Call of Duty 4. This week's featured matches are <a href=2http://www.esl.eu/uk/pro-series/season1/cod4/5on5/match/3540948/">eyeGaming</a> vs <a href=2http://www.esl.eu/uk/pro-series/season1/cod4/5on5/match/3542728/">intex in CSS and <a href=2http://www.esl.eu/uk/pro-series/season1/cod4/5on5/match/3547957/">Veritas-Gaming vs <a href=2http://www.esl.eu/uk/pro-series/seas.. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/70285/ After combing through the results of the season so far it is time to see which players are a cut above the rest. For this first installment we have four categories; Best Overall Player, Best Attacker, Best Defender and Grim Reaper's Chosen Ones, but more will be added in the future. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/70217/ Next year, the innovative strategy game Battleforge from Electronic Arts will be released. You now have a chance to get a first glance at the upcoming hit RTS and give it a test. We have 2,000 beta keys to give away! text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/70156/ <b><a href="/uk/team/3543525/">team clanless</a></b>, who where formally known as Sway Gaming tonight have been removed from the EPS tournament. We only announced the removal of MIDR five days ago, which we hoped would of sent a clear message to all EPS participants that the rules are here for a reason, which is mainly to safeguard the ESL Pro Series competition. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/70085/ Battle of the fittest 7 has ended, and we are now past the half way point forfinding the 16 players for the Uk wc3 cup. Read on for the information about BOTF#8 (which is on Sunday the 23rd) and the how the past cup went. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/70071/ The sign-up deadline for our FIFA09 opening cup will now end a week on Sunday to give time to those interested to sort themselves out. The Opening Cup now has a prize for 1st place as we mentioned before, a slick looking Saitek Cyborg Mouse. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/69569/ ESL grabbed Richard 'Raisins' Shepherd for a chat after their mesmerizing comeback against LiveTheDream 2k8 which was live on ESLTV. Raisin's EyeGaming came back from 10-4 down on CT to earn a final score of 15-12 on T-side. It was an emphatic victory to end LTD2k8's unbeaten run in the EPS UK Season 1. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/69568/ Live the Dream 2k8's chance to go top of the rankings with only four games played slipped from their grasp as they were the victims of an impressive comeback from EyeGaming. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/69348/ It is with great regret that we have to announce the removal of <b><a href="/uk/team/3542824/">MIDR</a></b> from the UK EPS competition with immediate effect. We did not take this decision lightly, the decision was taken as a last resort and was factor to a number of EPS rule breakages by the team. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/69489/ They've won all three of their opening matches and tonight they face EyeGaming, we had a brief chat with MaTT "LaterZ" Carrier from LiveTheDream2k8 about the team and the EPS. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/69487/ All Global Challenges are finished and we are ready to determine the participants of the Global Finals. First of all the Asian World of Warcraft teams get their chance. Twelve teams compete for $30,000 and two of them will qualify for the Global Finals. The ESL is of course on spot to cover it for our readers. Videos, pictures, blogs, live stream and much, much more are to be expected! text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/69442/ In a few days the doors will be opened for the first ever ESL Pro Series Scandinavia. Ten :cs: CS 1.6 teams and 10 :wc3: WarcraftIII players will battle it out for an amazing <b>24.000Eu</b> prizepool. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/69426/ Tommorrow evening as per usual ESLTV will be broadcasting two matches from the ESL UK EPS, one in Counter-Strike:Source and one in Call of Duty 4. This week's featured matches are EyeGaming versus LivetheDream2008 (formerly TLR) in CS:S and Infused versus FATGaming (formerly Exabyte) in CoD4. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/69383/ We recently unveiled the opening of our ESL UK FIFA 09 section along with an Opening Cup and a Amateur Series for the aspiring professionals. We've decided to add a prize for the winner of our Opening Cup and extended the sign-up period now there is an added incentive to take part. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/69339/ The coverage for Seoul and Philadelphia will now go live! With all the Global Challenges put to the past, we move on to the even more interesting Continental Finals without hesitation. The World Cyber Games that took place this weekend will not be considered as the last event of 2008: Intel Extreme Masters is moving on! Read up on everything before the event starts! News, blogs, information, results, videos, behind the curtain information and much more! text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/69327/ As announced recently, we planned a small Call of Duty: World at War Beta 2v2 cup. Due to lack of signups we was not able to go ahead with the cup and all participants were informed. With the beta for Call of Duty: World at War now ended, we are going to wait for the full release of the game before we launch any cups or ladders for the game. We have a lot of plans for Call of Duty: World at War here at ESL UK, so stay tuned for further announcements. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/69139/ Another edition of Battle of the fittest has finished, but who managed to come out victorious? read on for more information and Battle of the fittest 7! <b>The next cup is on sunday, not saturday!!</b> text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/68914/ If you fancy yourself as quite a hand FIFA player and want to get some practice in, the EAS could be right up your alley. The EAS is the ESL Amateur Series and is aimed at providing a gaming platform for players to sharpen their skills, practice their footwork and have some fun. The EAS is a drop in/drop out league, in other words you can join and leave at any time if you so wish. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/68911/ After a week's break ESL TV is back with a vengeance with once again a Call of Duty 4 matches and a Counter-Strike:Source match to be broadcast live. In Call of Duty 4 we have Exabyte versus Reason Gaming and in Counter-Strike:Source, Infused face The Last Resort. text/html 2008-11-21T19:45:19+01:00 http://www.esl.eu Electronic Sports League http://www.esl.eu/uk/news/68639/ After combing through the results of the season so far it is time to see which players are a cut above the rest. For this first installment we have four categories; Best Overall Player, Best Terrorist, Best Counter-Terrorist and Grim Reaper's Chosen Ones, but more will be added in the future.