ESL UK CS League - July 2009 *Signup extended
The ESL UK Leagues are a fast and fun monthly tournament for UK teams to battle it out. The League continues this July following a mixed June. Everyone gets to play at least 4 matches and the best of the best, and the best of the worst, win Premium and ESL TV prizes. Sign ups are open now!
Sign up has been extended to 10pm Sunday night!

The League

The aim of the League is to give UK teams a fast and fun tournament to play in every month and have a good chance of going away with something.

Prizes

1st. 5 * 3 months Premium + 1 month ESL TV
2nd. 5 * 2 months Premium + 2 weeks ESL TV
3rd. 5 * 1 month Premium + 1 week ESL TV
4th. 5 * 1 month Premium
Winner of the Second Chance Playoffs. 5 * 1 month Premium

Find out more about ESL Premium and ESL TV.

Structure

- 16 or 32 teams (depending on sign ups)
- 4 or 8 groups of 4 teams (depending on sign ups)
- 3 matches in the Groupstage
- Playoffs are Single Elimination
- Top 2 teams from each group go to Playoffs
- Bottom 2 teams from each group go to the Second Chance Playoffs

Schedule

Round 1. Monday 6th July, 8pm UK
Round 2. Wednesday 8th July, 8pm UK
Round 3. Monday 13th July, 8pm UK
Quarter Finals. Monday 20th July, 8pm UK
Semi Finals. Wednesday 22nd July, 8pm UK
Final + 3rd Place. Monday 27th July, 8pm UK

Rules

- Groupstage matches are 2 maps, each team picks a map, play all rounds
- Playoffs matches are best of 3 maps, first map fixed, loser picks next
- All players must be in the team 24 hours before a match
- Players cannot change teams
- Click here for more
- 32bit mandatory
- Duck must not in any way be bound to mouse wheel

Aequitas

All players must use ESL Aequitas during their matches and afterwards upload their Aequitas archive. Failure will result in default loss!

Guide: How to sign up

All players in your team must register on the ESL.

Important! If you have ever registered before and you have forgotten your details, do not make a new account, write a support ticket.

All players in your team must register their Steam ID HL/CS gameaccount.

The team captain should create the team by going to My Teams (at the top) and Register new team.

After creating the team, the captain should set a password (My Teams -> Manage team -> Edit team, then give the link to the team to all players who can join it with the 'join team' link on the team page.

Sign up here!

Teams will be accepted in the order they sign up, though some exceptions may be made based on the team's history in recent competitions. If more than 16 but less than 32 teams sign up, the extra teams will be on a waiting list. If more than 32 teams sign up, the extra teams will be on a waiting list.

Help!

If you have any problems or questions, please write a support ticket!
TheRogue, Friday, 26/06/09 15:21
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Personally, I don't feel the prizes warrant an entire month of commitment.

If it were a 1 night cup and the prize was ESL premium i'd understand, but to have to commit 6 nights over just under a month month (2 per week on average) the time is nowhere near worth it.

I just feel that the UK scene get shunted by ESL (as far as 1.6 is concerned). I have competed in numerous ESL leagues and cups over the past 3 years in the hope that the interest could spark an EPS, but it never happens. ESL just seem to use that glimmer of hope as a catalyst to increase signups.

If Netherlands warrant an EPS, so do we.
^^
I can assure you we are looking into the possibilities of having CS as a Pro Series tournament.

But we have been out of the scene for quite a while, and want the scene to prove their is an active, stable community in which we can provide for.
WOWZERS PRIME!
YYT, so you believe people should only play games when there is prize money? Great attitude!

The Leagues are for the vast majority of teams who want to play a competitive game and have fun, whose "commitment" to playing doesn't demand a monetary reward.
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Dont pay any attention to Ct-R please. He just got a job that he wanted and now feels like he's a big shot.

Thanks for the league. Much love.
Ct-R is just being contentious. Most players in the UK will receive this gratefully. Good luck and, if I can find a team, I'll see you on the servers.
i hate ct-r
This is great, more UK leagues the better. First league to offer ANY sort of prizes for a long time.
Well more and more teams are showing interest wich certainly draws the attention for an UK CS EPS.
 
 
 
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