For the first time ever we present you an up-to-the-minute live coverage of an ESL event powered by Twitter. Editor and photographer David Hiltscher brings you all the action live from Stockholm.

Affentod live @ ESL Pro Series Finals Scandinavia - Stockholm

• That's it for this ESL Pro Series. Thanks to Intel for having us! Check out the coverage and watch out for ESL's next steps in the north. :) 2 days ago
• Alright, last batch of pictures is UP: http://www.esl.eu/sca/. 2 days ago
• In-eye demos of all match except grand final are now up. 2 days ago
• Now that was a confused winner's ceremony... 2 days ago
• And the winner is mTw. Big cheers fill the venue. Interviews and winners ceremony next. 2 days ago
• Short problem with the stream. I think Niels had something to do with it. 2 days ago
• Short break in CS final: getright gets messages by a guy through steamfriends. Admins help with ban. Still needs to reconnect. 2 days ago
• Liil.dc really seemed proud of his victory, and deservedly so. 2 days ago
• Matt: "Can we see you as best Scandinavian player?" - "Yes." priceless 2 days ago
• Tough match, Liil.dc actually won. That was surprising after DowaQ's run so far today. 2 days ago
• Small discussion about start time of CS final with ESL TV. It will still begin at 9.30pm, ignore whatever the ESL TV site tries to tell you. 2 days ago
• Congrats to Thorzain for 3rd place and 500€. Ciara places 4th and gets 250€. 2 days ago
• 3rd place decider in CS will start at 8pm. 2 days ago
• Exact time for the CS match will follow. Also in recent news: SK's walle will be co-host of the Counter-Strike Final between mTw and fnatic. 2 days ago
• We will probably start the 3rd place match in Counter-Strike a little earlier since it won't be shown on ESL TV anyways. So tune in on HLTV. 2 days ago
• Isn't dust2 supposed to be a T-map? 2 days ago
• Seems like this CS match is going to be over soon. If yes, we will show the beginning of the 3rd place match in WC3 before the grand final. 2 days ago
• Fnatic's not even cheering their 13:2 win in the first half. This will probably be over quickly. 2 days ago
• More pictures up of playing area, fnatic and playzeek. 2 days ago
• A loud shout from Playzeek echoes through the small room where they play fnatic after winning the pistol round. Hot action to come. 2 days ago
• crtmN is uploading all in-eye demos from the first match right now! 2 days ago
• fnatic took quite some time to discuss some details of their strategy like where to flash. They seem very focussed. 2 days ago
• CS match between Playzeek and fnatic should start any minute now. Maps are nuke, dust2 and train. 2 days ago
• Btw: First CS pictures are up: http://www.esl.eu/sca/pro-series/season1/gallery/?event=458 2 days ago
• Both fnatic and Playzeek have set up and are ready to play as soon as mTw-lemondogs ends. 2 days ago
• It's seething hot in the show host booth. Poor guys. Ventilation doesn't reach that are and with the spotlights it's almost unbearable. 2 days ago
• mTw stood in a circle for almost 5 minutes before the match after knifing. Now they're off against lemondogs. 3 days ago
• Alexandra from fragbite and Marc from HLTV.org arrived just in time for the first CS match. 3 days ago
• FYI: we are playing regular CS. Not the new beta. 3 days ago
• CS match is going to start a little early, we really caught up with our delay quickly. 3 days ago
• Hefty delay already, hope we'll catch up soon. Could become a looong day. 3 days ago
• We have the first winner: DowaQ advances to the final. He seems to have expected it though. 3 days ago
• mTw just arrived with clan leader Lars Eiben and editor BeeemIt. Setting up now. 3 days ago
• Listening to flabbert explaining WC3 details to Matt and Joe. Very funny. 3 days ago
• You will find the replays for the matches in the details as soon as they finish. 3 days ago
• Sorry for the problems with WTV, but there's nothing we can do about it. You can still follow the matches through ESL TV. 3 days ago
• Surprise GosuGamers editor just arrived: GLaiVe - one of Sweden's best WC3 players in the past. 3 days ago
• Seen the new pictures on the coverage page? Quite a few WC3 players here besides the participants. Already seen Impact and Knoff. 3 days ago
• I'm really irritated by these 10-year olds that are playing Left 4 Dead behind me at 11 in the morning. 3 days ago
• One minute left and we're live on ESL TV! 3 days ago
• WC3 players almost finished setting up. First game should start soon. Ciara not here yet. 3 days ago
• Still minor trouble with the wifi but everything else works. WC3 will be shown both through GGTV and WTV. 3 days ago
• Finally online again. WC3 Players arrived mighty late but just in time for the start of the show which is starting RIGHT NOW. 3 days ago
• Back at the Inferno Online. Rakaka just arrived with Greykarn, ponde and hellspawn. Looking forward to their coverage. 3 days ago
• Watch us live on ESL TV now!!! 3 days ago
• Everything set up, test run of servers and stream completed. Just waiting for TosspoT and then we're off till tomorrow. 3 days ago
• Check out the live stream at http://tv.esl.eu - we will have a short live report from Stockholm at some point during the next 90 minutes. 3 days ago
• Some more pictures from inside Inferno Online are up on the coverage page: http://www.esl.eu/sca/ 3 days ago
• ESL Radio will provide German-language shoutcasting of the Scandinavia Finals with the likes of gob b and Kapio: http://esl-radio.de/ 3 days ago
• Oh, if anybody's up for some live eSports with Germany's best, check out our Cologne event: http://www.esl.eu/de/pro-series/season14/koeln/ 3 days ago
• Since James Harding couldn't make the trip to Stockholm, we will have TosspoT as our third presenter! 3 days ago
• Oh, and since people wondered: We will have HLTV and WTV for all matches in addition to the ESL TV live stream. 3 days ago
• As our first appetizer for tomorrow, I can tell you that Joe Miller and Matt Rider are in Stockholm to host the show. Who else? Surprise. :) 3 days ago
• Alright, website is running! Check it out: http://www.esl.eu/sca/. Genie is doing the finishing touches right now. 3 days ago
• Decided to do the live coverage through Twitter. That's a first. :) Rebuilding the coverage page now to accomodate that. Darn HTML! 3 days ago
• Phew, it's warm in here. ESL TV has already built up most of their technical stuff. Branding is next. Inferno Online crew is very helpful! 3 days ago
• we're now at the Inferno Online setting up EPS Finals Scandinavia. Man, this thing's grown a lot since 2006. 3 days ago
• arrived in lovely and warm Sweden. Will leave for Inferno Online soon to set up. 4 days ago

Additional Information

There are tons of ways to follow the event that we Scandinavians have anticipated for so long. During this Saturday, you can tune in to either WaaaghTV (for WarCraft) or HLTV (for Counter-Strike). However, if you want to take part of the atmosphere from Inferno Online, everyone is welcome to either tune it at ESL TV which will be broadcasting live, or you can spectate behind the players backs by visiting the venue in Stockholm, free of charge!

WarCraft III Schedule
11:00 CET srsRazerDQ vs Thorzain
13:00 CET LiiLD.C vs Ciara
17:00 CET Third Place Decider
19:30 CET Grand Final

Counter-Strike 1.6 Schedule
15:00 CET H2k-Gaming vs mTw int.
17:15 CET p00nhandlers vs fnaticMSI
21:00 CET Third Place Decider
21:30 CET Grand Final

EPS Finals Quick links

Counter-Strike Bracket WarCraft III Bracket Photo Gallery Comments to the Livecoverage ESL TV show details All Twitter Liveupdates Schedule & Spectator Information Prize Money Distribution

Big thanks to Intel

We would like to take the time to thank Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, for the great support throughout the season. Intel is the reason for EPS Scandinavia to reach out this far, and without them, none of this would be possible!

About the venue

Inferno Online is the name of one of the most successful Internet cafés world wide. They are especially known within the gaming community for their strong partnership with esport teams like SK-Gaming and mibr. Throughout the years they have also been supporting various esport tournaments and events. They are currently located in Stockholm, Odengatan 60, in Vasastan.