EAS Hot Phase & 1st Division Promotion
The end of another 1st Division season is coming soon which also means the snapshot to decide which teams will move up to the ranks of the UK's best up and coming teams. Find out more about the EAS hot phase and 1st Division promotion inside.
With the current season length of 7 weeks teams the snapshot feels like it comes faster and faster every time, giving more teams the chance to move up to the 1st Division and try to make it to the ESL Pro Series.

1st Division Promotion

The details for promotion for the 1st Division remain the same as last season.

- The 1st & 2nd ranked teams in the Amateur Series are directly promoted to the 1st Division

- The 3rd & 4th ranked teams from the EAS will play in the Relegation tournament against the 5th & 6th ranked teams from the 1st Division. The top two teams will be be promoted (or stay) in the 1st Division.

The Relegation tournament will take place in full on Sunday 7th March from 1pm UK time, it will be double elimination, best of three maps.

EAS Hot Phase

The hot phase of the ESL Amateur Series turns off all forms of challenging, so that only already created challenges can be played, in addition to the compulsory AutoChallenger matches.

- At midnight Sunday 14th February it will no longer be possible to create new challenges by regular challenging, instant challenger or matchmaker.

- All matches must be played by midnight Sunday 28th February. After all matches are played, the snapshot will be taken to determine the ranking for promotion.

- After the snapshot is taken, all challenging will be re-enabled and teams can continue earning points to go towards qualifying for the next 1st Division season.

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TheRogue, Sunday, 07/02/10 12:55
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If a team needs to play 4 matches before they are eligible for promotion but one of the teams fails to turn up for the match set between the 14th and 28th what happens? Oneworld are in this situation, there match on Monday will leave them with 4 left to play so it's important they know whether they have to set up matches just encase a no show occurs.
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"Your team must play at least 8 matches, since the 1st January, excluding default wins and losses"

A no show = a default win for an AutoChallenger match, so it doesn't count towards eligibility. Therefore they should work hard to challenge and play as many matches as possible, as soon as possible.

We made this requirement because we need the teams to help us in creating an active league by doing their bit to get new teams into the EAS and playing matches.

It should not be hard to play 8 real matches in the space of 2 months, let alone even a week!
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Yeh understood they will play the games they need to and arrange others just encase.
Should play as much as possible! :)
Can open challenges be accepted still between the 14th and the 28th? Or is it only confirmed matches that can be played?
I think auto challangers can still be accepted yes.
So will an auto challenge match be generated for Monday 22nd at 8pm despite the cut off date at midnight Sunday 14th February
Any challenges that have been made by midnight tonight are acceptable, you just can't create any new ones

There will still be AC matches for the next 2 weeks
 
 
 
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