For the low price of €2.50 a month our Premium users support the running of the ESL. Starting this Thursday we will give you an extra reward with Premium Prize Cups that offer a prize for the winner.

We have a special offer at the moment of 0,99 € for 14 days Premium!

Prize: Saitek GH50 Surround Sound headset

Premium Prize Cup #1

   Begin: Thurs, 29.07.10 19:00 CEST
   Meeting place: #esl.sc2 on Quakenet IRC - web chat is available!
   Structure: Up to 128 players, Single Elimination
   Replays: Replays must be uploaded to the match page (not zipped) immediately after the match. You'll gain penalty point for missing replays starting at the quarter finals!
   Coverage: All coverage is allowed! Please send us your streams to:
online-pr@turtle-entertainment.de so we can link them here.
   Map pool: Agria Valley, Blistering Sands, Burial Grounds, Crossfire, Desert Oasis, Incineration Zone, Jungle Basin, Junk Yard, Scrap Station, Steppes of War, Worldship, Xel Naga Caverns, Lost Temple, Kulas Ravine, Metalopolis
   More details and the whole rulebook can be found in the cup info.

Gameaccounts

Since the restart of the beta last week, Blizzard have reset and changed the gameaccount system again, which means that you need to re-enter your StarCraft II gameaccount on the ESL.

The new format is Nickname.Character code e.g. TheRogue.123

To find your nickname and character code, login to Battle.net in-game then hover over your avatar (in the top right hand corner) OR click the friends icon and 'Add friend'.

Click here to enter your gameaccount on the ESL

How to sign up?

First you must register on the ESL.
Register your StarCraft II Battle.net (EU) gameaccount
Edit your profile and enter a contact method (IRC, ICQ, MSN, Skype, XFire) - make sure to show it publicly!
ESL Premium is required. Special offer: 14 days for 0,99 €!
Then you can    Sign Up

To confirm your place in the cup you must check-in 20 minutes before the cup starts! Read below!

Until 18:40 CEST	Sign-up	From now until twenty minutes before the cup starts players can sign up in advance.
18:40 CEST to 18:55 CEST	Check-in	To confirm their place in the cup, everyone must check-in between 20 and 5 minutes before the start of the cup.
18:55 CEST to 19:00 CEST	Check-in	If there are any spaces left in the cup, for the last 5 minutes anyone can sign up to take them.
19:00 CEST	Start of cup	The cup starts! Make sure you are in the IRC channel and in-game so that you can find your opponent, and they can find you. Check your open matches to find your match.

Check-in!

While waiting for the cup you can play in the 1on1 Ladder

Feedback

If you have any feedback - bad or good - about anything we are doing in StarCraft II then please go ahead and post in the feedback topic in the forum.

We are looking for admins!

Would you like to help to run the Cups and Ladders at the ESL SC2 section? You know exactly what the SC2 community needs and you would love to be a dedicated admin? Then apply now!

Your Admin team