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While the dust on the battlefield has not settled from last night, the rivalry between Germany and Russia continues today with the match between WICKED and iGamecentral at 16:00 CET.

WICKED eSports int. vs. iGamecentral, Monday 4:00pm CET

wicked.FrizzeR vs. iGc.XyLigan 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
wicked.Fly vs. iGc.Bly 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
wicked.elfittaja vs. iGc.Sting 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
wicked.LucifroN7 vs. iGc.KPECT 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
wicked.elfittaja & wicked.FrizzeR vs. iGc.NightWOlf & iGc.KPECT 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3

Total score: 3:1

Postponed match:

excello wc3 vs. D-Link PGS.wc3, Monday 7:00pm CET

xlo.FuRy vs. PGS.Paladyn 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3

Total score: 2:2

After a very intense Saturday, this Sunday won't be less exciting with four teams entering the fray today and fighting for survival in the winner bracket. At 15:00 CET, eXpertise and Millenium will be the first teams going into battle, followed by Raptor and EYE Sports, who will be taking up arms at 18:00 CET.

eXpertise vs. Millenium.w3, Sunday 3:00pm CET

]eX[hopestar vs. [M]PsYkO 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
]eX[zenio vs. [M]hG 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
]eX[GuangMo vs. [M]Lege 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 (MUST NOT SEE!!)
]eX[XiaoC_eX vs. [M]Cash 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
]eX[cartoon & ]eX[Ruin vs. [M]PsYkO & [M]Cash 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 3:2

RAPTOR-GAMING.WC3L vs. EYE Sports, Sunday 6pm CET

raptor.TryDying vs. EYE.Ghost 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
raptor.iNSoLeNCE vs. EYE.Revolver 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
raptor.HATE-LOVE-ANGER vs. EYE.KerchNET.Majestic 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
raptor.Reignofdark vs. EYE.nicker 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
raptor.HATE-LOVE-ANGER & raptor.Reignofdark vs. EYE.Ghost & EYE.nicker 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 1:3

This Saturday does not only mark the start of the second round of the Season XV qualifier, but unfortunately we also have to say goodbye to the first teams. At 15:00 CET, the deathmatch between All For One and Betsson Voodoo Gaming will be the opener of this busy weekend. The action continues at 16:00 CET with Colorful and Volt-Gaming engaging in battle, and finally excello and PGS will be fighting for survival at 19:00 CET.

All For One vs. Betsson Voodoo Gaming, Saturday 3:00pm CET

A1.myth vs. BVG.TRH.c-club 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
A1.MichaeL vs. BVG.FiX 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
A1.UFO vs. BVG.TeRRoR 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
A1.ReprisaL vs. BVG.VeryB1gman 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
A1.JoyLuck & A1.OOb vs. BVG.TRH.c-club & BVG.TeRRoR 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3

Total score: 2:3

Team Colorful vs. Volt-Gaming Syndicate, Saturday 4:00pm CET

Colorful.ace vs. vG.MyWa 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
Colorful.wulin vs. vG.Rosenkill 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
Colorful.sTwhy vs. vG.Ciara 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
Colorful.Future vs. vG.ThomasG 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
Colorful.Future & Colorful.jingze vs. vG.ThomasG & vG.Rosenkill 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3

Total score: 3:0

excello wc3 vs. D-Link PGS.wc3, Saturday 7:00pm CET

xlo.HenL vs. PGS.sLh 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
xlo.Joe vs. PGS.MeS 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
xlo.Tharkas vs. PGS.AlmostBalanced 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
xlo.FuRy vs. PGS.Paladyn 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
xlo.GamlaSonn & xlo.Teo vs. PGS.Paladyn & PGS.ValeR 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 3:2

Preponed match:

Clan H2O-PMS vs. Mousesports.Wc3, Saturday 4:00pm CET

H2O.Boo vs. mouz.HasuObs 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 0:1

Christmas is near. Time for family and friends, time for reflection. That's all nonsense you say? Admittedly, many players probably do not know the word reflection. But within the next days, weeks and month, many will find the time to think about what they have done for sure.

Just one more night to go till the biggest LAN-Party on earth ones again rocks Jönköping, Sweden. mousesports, a dutch team as well as some fans and an ESL TV crew will be there to bring you the LAN feeling home. Enjoy the brand new page of Pack4DreamHack and the upcoming videos, blogs and more!

Over the next days ESL TV will bring the best of Dreamhack Winter 2008 live from Sweden to your PC. See the clash of the best teams and players from all arround the world at the biggest LAN party on earth! Join the ESL TV stream and see some of the biggest international stars in eSports. The Livestreams will show you exciting matches commentated by Joe Miller and James Harding till Sunday!

The first round of the qualifier is coming to an end today with six teams meeting on the battlefield. Starting at 17:00 CET, the match between Colorful and BVG will be the opener of this busy Wednesday. At 19:30 CET, the action continues with RAPTOR taking on PGS, and finally Millenium will be facing mouz at 20:00 CET.

Team Colorful vs. Betsson Voodoo Gaming, Wednesday 5:00pm CET

Colorful.wulin vs. BVG.TeRRoR 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
Colorful.Future vs. BVG.FiX 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
Colorful.sTwhy vs. BVG.DNA 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
Colorful.MyStar vs. BVG.TRH.c-club 1:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3 (not needed)
Colorful.Future & Colorful.jingze vs. BVG.TRH.c-club & BVG.TeRRoR 0:0
Replays: (not needed)

Total score: 3:0

RAPTOR-GAMING.WC3L vs. D-Link PGS.wc3, Wednesday 7:30pm CET

raptor.Reignofdark vs. PGS.sLh 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
raptor.HATE-LOVE-ANGER vs. PGS.MeS 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
raptor.TryDying vs. PGS.Jagr 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
raptor.iNSoLeNCE vs. PGS.Paladyn 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
raptor.HATE-LOVE-ANGER & raptor.Reignofdark vs. PGS.Paladyn & PGS.ValeR 0:0
Replays: (not needed)

Total score: 3:1

Millenium.w3 vs. Mousesports.Wc3, Wednesday 8:00pm CET

[M]Lege vs. mouz.HasuObs 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
[M]PsYkO vs. mouz.TH000 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
[M]Cash vs. mouz.Fly100 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
[M]hG vs. mouz.Yumiko 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
[M]Cash & [M]PsYkO vs. mouz.Fly100 & mouz.Qeki 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3

Total score: 3:1

It is time for the next encounter in the first round of the qualifier: At 18:00 CET, excello will be facing EYE Sports.

excello wc3 vs. EYE Sports, Tuesday 6:00pm CET

xlo.Sein vs. EYE.KerchNET.Majestic 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
xlo.Tharkas vs. EYE.Ghost 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
xlo.HenL vs. EYE.Gold 1:2
Replays: Game 1 (savegame) - Game 2 - Game 3
xlo.Joe3 vs. EYE.nicker 0:1
Replays: Game 1 (savegame) - Game 2 (not needed)
xlo.GamlaSonn & xlo.Teo vs. EYE.Ghost & EYE.Revolver 0:0
Replays: (not needed)

Total score: 0:3

Preponed match:

RAPTOR-GAMING.WC3L vs. D-Link PGS.wc3, Tuesday 5:30pm CET

raptor.iNSoLeNCE vs. PGS.Paladyn 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 0:1

The first round of the Season XV Qualifier continues with a Russian derby: At 19:00 CET, diamondZ.wc3 will be taking on iGamecentral.

diamondZ.wc3 vs. iGamecentral, Sunday 7:00pm CET

dmZ.HawK vs. iGc.Bly 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
dmZ.Multick vs. iGc.Sonik 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
dmZ.Roll vs. iGc.Sting 0:0
Replays:
dmZ.Kas vs. iGc.KPECT 0:0
Replays:
dmZ.Roll & dmZ.Kas vs. iGc.KPECT & iGc.NightWOlf 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 0:3

While some of the best teams in WoW and CounterStrike 1.6 duke it out over at the Intel Extreme Masters Continental Finals over in Philadelphia, six Warcraft 3 teams will try to make it to the next round of the Qualification: The battle between WICKED and n!faculty will be the opener of this busy Saturday, starting at 15:00 CET with the 2on2 being preponed to 14:00 CET. The action continues at 17:00 CET with All For One taking on Volt-Gaming Syndicate and H2O facing eXpertise.

WICKED eSports int. vs. faculty.Tagan, Saturday 3:00pm CET

wicked.Eric vs. n!S.o.K.o.L 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
wicked.Fly vs. n!QuAix 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
wicked.VortiX vs. n!Bringer 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
wicked.LucifroN7 vs. n!Farmer 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
wicked.Eric & wicked.Fly vs. n!QuAix & n!SDmK 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 3:0

Volt-Gaming Syndicate vs. All For One, Saturday 5:00pm CET

vG.Rosenkill vs. A1.ReprisaL 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
vG.ThomasG vs. A1.Guardian 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
vG.Ciara vs. A1.FiveStar 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 (disc)
vG.jon vs. A1.MichaeL 0:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 (not needed)
vG.ThomasG & vG.Rosenkill vs. A1.Guardian & A1.Rei 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 3:0

Clan H2O-PMS vs. eXpertise, Saturday 5:00pm CET

H2O.PLaZMaTiC vs. ]eX[XiaoC_eX 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
H2O.GLaiVe vs. ]eX[zenio 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
H2O.Axslav vs. ]eX[GuangMo 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
H2O.Boo vs. ]eX[hopestar 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
H2O.Axslav & H2O.strifecro vs. ]eX[XiaoC_eX & ]eX[GuangMo 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3

Total score: 1:4

Half-Life is the game behind many of gaming and eSports best games: Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, Day of Defeat and many more. It might sound weird that some people have not played such an epic game, but it's a fact! Valve is going to help - 98 US-Cents for the good old Half-Life.

Something that has long been missing in the forums of the European section are boards to chat about more than the ESL. That has changed today with the creation of the new community forums to talk about everything from Gaming to TV, Movies, Sports, Music and Politics.

It is time to turn the spotlight to the playoffs of this fourteenth WC3L season, where four of the world's best teams will be fighting for the last two vacant spots in the offline finals. We can expect some thrilling games, emotions and tears when MYM Dreamteam and mTw are facing each other at 14:30 CET. The action continues at 17:00 CET, when Gravitas Gaming is taking on SK Gaming.

MYM Dreamteam vs. mTw.AMD Warcraft 3, Wednesday 2:30pm CET

MYM]Grubby vs. mTwAMD.WhO 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
MYM]Susiria vs. mTwAMD.Check 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
MYM]SocceR vs. mTwAMD.WinNers 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
MYM]Moon vs. mTwAMD.FoV 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
MYM]Grubby & MYM]Moon vs. mTwAMD.WhO & mTwAMD.Check 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 3:2

Gravitas Gaming - WC3 vs. SK Gaming, Wednesday 5:00pm CET

GG.ToD vs. SK.ReiGn 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
GG.XyLigan vs. SK.Lyn 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 (MUST SEE!!)
GG.TitaN vs. SK.ViOlet 2:1
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
GG.HoT vs. SK.SoJu 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
GG.HoT & GG.elfittaja vs. SK.ReMinD & SK.SoJu 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 1:3

Congratulations to MYM Dreamteam and SK Gaming for qualifying for the Offline Finals!

As many of you might have seen, the maps for the Season XV Qualification have not yet been announced. We want to take this opportunity and announce the new season's mappool.

Read more for detailed information.

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!

Good morning and welcome to the Season XV ESL WC3L Series qualifcation tournament! Round 1 is about to start and the qualification grid is now available. The tourney will be double elimination, the teams that lose in the first round will get the chance to play again. Click on more to see all the matchups of round 1.

While the current 14th season is not over yet we are already getting ready to kick-off WC3L Season XV. In the past days and weeks we received a lot of applications and feedback for our upcoming qualification tournament. So this time we will give 16 Teams the chance to qualify for the main season of the WC3L. Curious who these 16 are? Just click on more to find out!

* Update *

Since Serious Gaming announced to drop out of the qualifiers of the ESL WC3L Series, we decided to fill the vacant slot with EYE Sports.

In our playdown matches, Team Alternate will take on You Don't Know Me and nGize will try to send Raptor-Gaming straight to the qualifier.

The winning teams of these deathmatches will be able to secure themselves a spot for the next WC3L season, whereas the losers have to go a long and painful way through qualifier.

Team ALTERNATE vs. You Don't Know Me INT. WC3, Wednesday 6:30pm CET

ALTERNATE.dArk vs. yDk.Sting 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
ALTERNATE.XlorD vs. yDk.Bly 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
ALTERNATE.yAwS vs. yDk.Sonik 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
ALTERNATE.SaSe vs. yDk.KemPeR. 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2
ALTERNATE.XlorD & ALTERNATE.SaSe vs. yDk.Sting & yDk.Spicy 2:0
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 3:1

RAPTOR-GAMING.WC3L vs. nGize.FSP, Wednesday 8pm CET

raptor.iNSoLeNCE vs. nGize.Satiini 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
raptor.HATE-LOVE-ANGER vs. nGize.KnOfF 1:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2 - Game 3
raptor.TryDying vs. nGize.Bonecracker. 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
raptor.TastyLeon vs. nGize.LiiLD.C 0:0
Replays: (not needed)
raptor.HATE-LOVE-ANGER & raptor.Reignofdark vs. nGize.LiiLD.C & nGize.KnOfF 0:2
Replays: Game 1 - Game 2

Total score: 0:3

Runes of Magic is a free MMORPG dedicated to be the next big thing. To impede the rise of Demon Lord, you fight enormous creatures and face various challenging quests in the first chapter. Take your chance to grab a beta key and experience the versatile features before the game is actually been released!

The EPS Qualifications are under way for the past few weeks; Counter-Strike and Warcraft III attendees made their way through the different National qualification tourneys.

Eight CS teams plus eight Warcraft III players gained a slot in the first Scandinavian EPS season already. But that by far not the complete attendance list!

Twice a year the WC3L is accepting applications from teams all around the world. The period for the upcoming WC3L Season XV is starting today and will last until Sunday, November 2nd, 23:59 CET.

Please click on more to find out which demands your applications will have to meet.

The Most Matches Competition (MMC) continues into it's second month with more games. See inside to find out which ladders can get you free premium for just playing and who won last month!