UK eSports Weekly News March 24th - 31st

UK eSports Weekly News March 24th - 31st

League of Legends

i51 qualifiers won by Perfectly Flawed

This week saw the Razer Online qualifiers for 5 tickets to i51 this coming April.  Perfectly Flawed took home the tickets but after their opponents in the final, Unicorns of Love, were disqualified due to using a different player on one of their accounts which is against the rules. But not to discredit Perfectly Flawed they did take down some big teams before the final such as FM! eSports and the winners of the McM Birmingham tournament Orbit LoL.

Dota 2

Dwayne 'The John' Rockson take the UKDota.net and Gamdias Spring #2 open

The guys on Dwayne 'The John' Rockson are looking unstoppable as they take another tournament. They take the £125 prize pool and without dropping a map the whole tournament. With the team taking the i51 qualifiers we will see at the Ricoh Arena later in April if anyone can topple these guys.

Counter Strike: Global Offensive

Team Infused changing up their rosters ahead of i51

Unfortunately two of the members of Team Infused had to depart for various reasons but they were not slow in finding replacement. Firstly they added swedish player 'Robin' to the team and also added former team mate 'Spudz'. They are now training hard for the up coming tournament at i51 and we will see how the teams perform there.

Call of Duty 

CoD Champs results

The UK had four teams at the years biggest Call of Duty tournament with high expectations from TCM Gaming and Epsilon. Only the top 2 from each group advanced and unfortunately for TEC and Orbit that couldn't be achieved but TCM Gaming came second and Epsilong topped their group. TCM Gaming lost to the eventual winners complexity in the first round with Epsilon losing to Faze in the second. Both teams have now dropped into the loser brackets. TCM in the second round of the LB lost to Rise Nation while Epsilon lost out to the eventual 2nd place enVyUs. Unfortunately both teams ended one place outside of the money but you did the UK proud guys!

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UK eSports Weekly News March 17th - 23rd

UK eSports Weekly News March 17th - 23rd

League of Legends

Orbit win McM eSports Birmingham LoL tournament 

McM eSports third event took place in Birmingham and boasted a prize pool of €1000 with €500 going to first place. Orbit took down both Infused and fm! eSports in the two online rounds to earn their spot in the offline semis/finals. They took on Kawaii Gaming Girls which includes two players from Oh My Gosh which won the UK Black Monster Cup qualifiers. Orbit took the game in 40 mins with 22 kills to KGG's 7. The other finalist were Jonjo who defeated Uncrowned Kings in their semi-final match. Orbit took the first games in a mere 26 mins having a 14k gold lead. Orbit stormed through the second game in only 18 mins with 20 kills to KGG's 5. GG to all teams involved. 

Dota 2

Dwayne 'The John' Rockson win the ASUS ROG i51 qualifiers 

The winners of ESL UK Dota 2 challenge back in February have proved once again how they strong they. They won themselves tickets to the next iseries event in April at its new home in Coventry. They once again to proved to be better then Reason, Rasta and Team Infused. Hopefully all these teams will be able to make it to i51 and make the ASUS ROG Dota 2 tournament one of the best yet for Dota.

UKDota and Gamdias to host Spring Open #2

With an impressive turnout of 13 teams to the first Spring Open Gamdias and UKDota have partnered up again to put on another tournament. Dwayne 'The John' Rockson took home the last tournament and will be looking to take this one too but will anyone be able to stop their dominating streak? Find out when the tournament commences this Saturday.

Battlefield 4

ESLUK/Razer Battlefield 4 Open Week #3

This week saw the third week in ESL UK's 6 week series with another £100 up for grabs. Unfortunately this week only 3 teams turned out but never the less the show must go on. As last week winners Team Infused got a BYE to the winners bracket finals whereas talkGEEK played Team ReZurrection in the semi-finals. talkGEEK took the game but then lost the Team Infused in the winner bracket finals. So once again talkGEEK played ReZurrection and once again talkGEEK prevailed. Team Infused played talkGEEK in the finals and Team Infused were just too strong and took week 3 and the £100. GG to all teams.  

If you want to attended an event this year check out Insomnia Gaming Festival and epic.LAN. Don't forget ESL UK do lots of tournaments and ladders.

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Orbit LoL takes first place in the McM Birmingham LoL tournament

Orbit LoL took home first place today at the McM Birmingham League of Legends tournament taking down Jonjo in the finals. Orbit won themselves 500 euros and 60 euros worth of rp (per player) and with Jonjo taking home 250 euros and 30 euros worth of rp (per player).

Orbit took down two big names in UK eSports to get the live stages, fm! eSports and Team Infused. From their in the semis defeated Kawaii Gaming Girls to get through to the best of three finals. Orbit only needed two of the three games in the final to win the match and the tournament both in quite convincing style.

Also with this tournament wrapping up McM eSports have already announced their next tournament that will be in Dublin so watch out for more news with that tournament.

UK eSports Weekly News Feb 24th - March 2nd

UK eSports Weekly News Feb 24th - March 2nd

Dota 2

Gamdias and UKDota announce first Sping Open

Gamdias having sponsored two CS:GO and Starcraft 2 tournaments with Multiplay in February have now partnered up with UKDota.net to bring you a cash prize Dota 2 tournament. 16 teams will be competing for £125 for first place. Check out this post for more information on how to sign up.

Plusecore gaming form a new UK Dota team

Plusecore already having two other UK teams (CS:GO and LoL) have taken the decision to make their own UK Dota instead of picking one up. The newly formed team are unsure if they will be ready for i51 but are definitely looking towards i52.

Counter Strike: Global Offensive

fm! TOXIC with a name change and a major roster change

fm! TOXIC now to be known as fm! eSports as they only have one CS:GO team. But in bigger news the team have brought on some experienced players like Whindanski, Puls3, rdl and one of the biggest names in UK CS RattlesnaK. They will be attending Copenhagen Games in April for a chance at the 26,000 euros (£21,418) prize pool.

epic.LAN winners Team CRG picked up by Team Infused

Team Infused have picked up the epic.LAN winners Team CRG as CRG has decided to call it a day and close. Team Infused went through the whole of epic.LAN only dropping one map they are looking extremely strong but now have good competition from the new fm! eSports. When these two teams meet this will be a game to watch. 

Call of Duty

4 UK teams make it to CoD World Championships 

TCM Gaming. Epsilon eSports, Team Orbit and TEC have all won their qualifiers at the Gfinity event in London to proceed onto the event in Los Angeles for a chance at the $1 million prize pool and with first place taking $400,000. But the event didn't end their all qualifying teams then played in the European championship. All 4 teams did the best they could with Orbit unfortunately getting knocked out first round, TEC taking the 3rd/4th position and with Epsilon and TCM in the final. TCM proved to be the better team at this event and took home $15,000 and the top seed at the CoD champs for EU.

TP-Link UK Invitational  

TP-Link who recently sponsored i51 CoD tournament have now announced their own tournament the TP-Link UK Invitational. This will be played online over the course of a month with two group matches a week and then the semi and finals matches on the first two Saturdays of April. The prize pool is £1500 but the distribution is slightly different. Its £50 for every group match you win, £175 for the semi finals and £400 for the grand finals.

General

Oxford and Cambridge take their rivalry to a virtual level

Oxford and Cambridge are usually known for their competitiveness when it comes to boats but Oxford eSports society decided to take it to the next level. With sound blaster and creative they chose 3 games to decide which to of the two universities were better in competitive gaming. First was Starcraft 2 which was the closest game of the day as Cambridge took the game 3-2 but Oxford weren't going to back down without a fight and took the LoL tournament 3-0. With one game left Cambridge took game on of Dota but had to leave early. Oxford being the nice guys forfeited the rest of the games meaning Cambridge took the title.  

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UK eSports Weekly News Feb 10th - 16th

epic.LAN took place this past weekend in Kettering and if you want to know about the result then there is a separate post here.

And with epic.LAN this week, news has been a bit slow but nevertheless we shall continue.

Dota 2

ASUS ROG sponsor Dota at Insomnia for 2014

Earlier this week Multiplay announced that ASUS Republic of Gamers is going to sponsor all 3 Insomnia tournaments for Dota 2 in 2014. Almost £15,000 has been guaranteed as a minimum spread across the 3 events. i51 and i53 have minimum prize pools of £4000 and i52  having a massive £6500 prize pool being promised. With this there are also going to be online qualifiers with the winners reviving free tickets to the event. i51 is the 18th-21st at Coventry's Ricoh Arena.   

Call of Duty

EGL12 announced

The European Gaming League has announced the next iteration of their offline events and this event will be in Sheffield. They have said Call of Duty: Ghosts will be their flagship tournament so suggesting that there will be other games at the event. Prize pool and sponsors will be unveiled later but tickets are already available on their site.  

General

Gfinity announces 3 online tournaments

Gfinity known for their large prize pool, offline Call of Duty tournaments is doing something different. They have announced online Dota 2, Starcraft 2 and CS:GO tournaments all with significant prize pools. Each game has a 'Pro League' or  'Elite Division' were the larger prize pools are. Dota 2 and CS:GO have $7500 and Starcraft 2 has $3000. But also for amateur teams there are weekly tournaments for small prize pools.

If you want to attended an event this year check out Insomnia Gaming Festival and epic.LAN. Don't forget ESL UK do lots of tournaments and ladders.

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epic.TWELVE Results and Recap

This weekend saw lots of teams coming together in Kettering and fight it out for lots of cash prizes. There was LoL,CS:GO,Starcraft 2 and also ESL UK was there to host their Dota 2 challenge.

League of Legends

 13 teams were competing for a £1250 prize pool and some headsets provided by the sponsor Astro Gaming.

1st - FM RaiderZ
2nd - Team Infused
3rd - myXMG

The newly formed FM RaiderZ came through not dropping a game in the group stages and then went through the elimination brackets only losing two games. They faced Team Infused in the final who actually went down into the losers bracket in the quarter finals to myXMG but then faced them again in the lower finals and beat them 2-0. Going into the final FM RaiderZ were already a game up and went on to take game one but Team Infused pulled back the 2nd game. But in the 3rd game FM RaiderZ proved to just too much and went to win £850 and some Astro headsets.

CS:GO

Unfortunately only 8 teams turned up for epic.LAN this time but never mind the show must go on. Lots of good names did turned up so the competition was always going to be fierce.

1st - Team CRG
2nd - The Lovely Men
3rd - The Not so Lovely Men

All three of the teams went through the group stages with ease, Team CRG winning all their games and TLM only losing to Team CRG. Both teams met in the upper bracket final where Team CRG took it 2-1. So TLM had to fight TNSLM for the final spot in the final and it ended 2-1 in the favor of TLM. For the third time in the tournament Team CRG were playing TLM but this time it was for the tournament. Team CRG didn't need a third game this time and took the final 2-0 and took home £750.

Starcraft 2

11 players turned up for battle it out for £250 prize pool. The favorite dignitas's own blinG couldn't make it due to the stormy weather that has been hitting the UK lately so the field was wide open.

1st - FM Ourk

2nd - TLR Rotcod

3rd - Aicy

The competition jumped straight into the round of 16  and FM Ourk went through the competition with ease only dropping one map getting to the final. TLR Rotcod didn't drop a map until FM Ourk defeated him in the upper final 2-0. TLR Rotcod bounced back immediately by winning his lower final match against Aicy 2-0 and going straight back against FM Ourk. FM Ourk had a one map advantage going into the final and made that into a 2-0 lead. TLR Rodcot tried his best and got map 2 to make it 2-1 but FM Ourk was just too strong and took map 3 and tournament.  FM Ourk took home £200 and TLR Rotcod took £50.

ESL UK Dota 2 Challenge

ESL UK's first offline event held a quite impressive £3000 prize pool with the winners taking a nice £1700. 11 teams turned out with some good names like Reason Gaming.

1st - Dwayne The John Rockson

2nd - So LeJit
3rd - Reason Gaming

In the group stages nothing out of the ordinary happened both DTJR and Reason topping their respective groups. Now onto the playoffs where So LeJit and DTRJ meet in the semi's with DTRJ taking a win and moving on the the upper bracket finals against Reason. While this is all happening So LeJit is fighting their way through the losers brackets to the loser finals. Reason lose to DTRJ meaning Reason will play so LeJit in the loser brackets finals and So Lejit pull of a win to recreate the semi that happened earlier. But history repeats itself and DTRJ come out on top and claim the £1700 prize pool.

More information is available on epic.LAN and ESL UK. 

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UK eSports Weekly News Feb 3rd - 9th

UK eSports Weekly News Feb 3rd - 9th

League of Legends

Black Monster Cup gets UK qualifiers 

The Black Monster Cup by Western Digital is boasting a pretty impressive prize pool of 15,000 euros and is going have qualifiers for lots of different European countries. The UK gets one spot in the tournament with the qualifiers and a shot at the massive prize pool and some WD goodies. Want more information? Click here.

Starcraft 2

UK show matches every Saturday

One member of the community has taken it upon himself to try and get some life back into the quiet UK Starcraft scene. Rotcod is now organizing weekly matches between some talented UK Starcraft players and hopes that in the future some sort of prize can be added to the matches. Want more information? Click here.

Multiplay and Gamdias to start biweekly Starcraft 2 tournament

Like with CS:GO, Multiplay and Gamdias have started a biweekly tournament for Starcraft 2. Players will be competing for £30 and a Hermes keyboard. 16 players have already signed up but if you think you have what it takes sign up here. 

Dota 2

UKDota.net to host Science Cup with Plantronics Prizes

UKDota.net are hosting another tournament and this times its the Science Cup. They have once again partnered up with Plantronics and are giving away £500 worth of prizes. All the action will go down on the 22nd February and will be streamed on the Multiplay twitch channel. Go sign up over at UKDota.net .

The Last Resort get free tickets to the ESL UK Dota 2 Challenge

Earlier this week ESL UK said that they has a spare set of TUP (turn up and play) tickets and had an application process to see who would get them. With lots of teams to choose from we will see if The Last Resort will prove their worth at epic.LAN next weekend.

XMG are the final sponsor of the ESL UK Dota 2 Challenge

XMG will be providing some high end machines for the turn up and play ticket holders. If you are attending epic.LAN then you will be able to see all of their products on show.

Counter Strike: Global Offensive

EMS one UK qualifiers finals fixtures

There are only 8 teams left fighting for the UK spot in the EMS One having a massive prize pool of  $250,000. The quarter finals will be on Monday, semi finals on Tuesday and the grand finals on Wednesday all matches being best of three. Hopefully someone will stream all of this CS:GO action and good luck to all teams.

Hearthstone

ESL UK and QPAD to host February Cups

All through out February every Wednesday there now will be Hearthstone tournaments. With each tournaments players gain points towards a final where someone will win QPAD gear. Congrats to cfx for winning tournament and if you want to sign up for next weeks tournament go here.

General

King of the North Tournament Kickstarter is live

Last week University of Manchester eSports Society announced the King of the North Tournament and now have started a kickstarter. You can donate to help the tournament and at the same time get some posters and tickets. I have personally backed it but won't be able to attend so look out for a giveaway of a ticket.

If you want to attended an event this year check out Insomnia Gaming Festival and epic.LAN. Don't forget ESL UK do lots of tournaments and ladders.

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