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We proudly announce the first ESL Pro Series in the United Kingdom! 30,000 pounds of prize money is available for the best UK teams to win. The biggest games in the UK, Counter-Strike: Source and Call of Duty 4, will be the disciplines of the first ESL Pro Series powered by Intel as the main sponsor. 12 teams per discipline will be able to take part in the first ESL Pro Series season in the United Kingdom.

We present to you a few changes to the ESL level system, which has been running for a few weeks now. Since we need to adjust the ESL level system for our public server program called King of the Hill, we are raising the XP count per played gather from 5 to 20 XP.

Last night the fifth eSports Award were handed out at the eSports Award Ceremony at Games Convention.: The most prestigious decoration in the electronic sports. During an emotional ceremony with heart-breaking speeches, prominent presenters and show acts the awards were handed out in ten categories. See all winners and photos here.

After we presented you the new features for the ESL Gather system, we received a lot of positive and constructive feedback. That was reasons enough for us to go on in developing the system, so we can announce four new improvements today! We would really like to get more response from you in order to take the ESL Gather system to a higher level.

Yesterday at 9 p.m. the ESL's World of Warcraft Tournament at the Campus Party in Valencia started. The 32 participating teams compete in a single elimination tournament for an invitation to the prestigious Intel Extreme Masters III tournament's European Main Round. The winner will be determined tonight!