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EPS: Week one - de_tuscan

Posted by Nic on the 8th of March 2010 at 3:40 PM in Gaming News.   36 Comments

Week one of 1.6's first EPS season kicks off today.

Week 1: (de_tuscan)

dignitas [16:09] eMpathy
TLR [13:16] strOng~
The Imperial [11:16] free
vitalsigns [15:15] cLip
KD-Gaming vs paramount (TBD)
Virtuoso vs Reason-Gaming (TBD)

HLTV's should be available at HLTV.org so head over there nearer the time.

Also, if you fancy trying to win ESL TV membership, head to here and post in the comments your match predictions for this week.

Good luck to all the teams!

Modified by dylan1 on March 11, 2010, 9:54 pm.

Related Links: Esl.eu

WCG chooses 1.6!

Posted by Nic on the 8th of March 2010 at 2:52 PM in Gaming News.   9 Comments

WCG has now announced some of the games it will be using for its 2010 season.

They are:

* Carom 3D
* Counter-Strike 1.6
* Forza Motorsport 3
* Guitar Hero 5
* Tekken 6
* Warcraft 3: TFT
* TrackMania Nations Forever

Hopefully we'll see a UK qualifier this year!

The WCG finals take place in Los Angeles in September.

Related Links: Wcg.com

IEM: Season 5 confirmed!

Posted by Nic on the 8th of March 2010 at 3:08 PM in Gaming News.   2 Comments

With IEM season 4 now over and Na`Vi champions, ESL and Intel have announced the fifth season of their Extreme Masters tournament.

After handing out over £260,000 over season four George Woo, marketing manager of Intel, commented at the prize ceremony that:

We are going to have season five.

Look forward to seeing you guys out there following us for another great season.

No other details have been confirmed but it's great news for eSports worldwide.

Related Links: Hltv.org

Begrip with new lineup

Posted by Nic on the 8th of March 2010 at 3:02 PM in Team News.   7 Comments

After losing their 1.6 team to H2k.Gaming the management at Begrip have created a new lineup.

It includes the evergreen Fredrik "JAEGARN" Andersson who will be returning to competitive CS after a break. Daniel "rape" Borzsonyi also rejoins the Begrip tag after being removed by the previous squad.

Begrip is now:

Max "azl" Hoog
Per "fnazze" Höglund
David "godlike" Livmar
Fredrik "JAEGARN" Andersson
Daniel "rape" Borzsonyi

Good luck to them.

Related Links: Begrip Gaming.com

hoorai add Hanso and uLTi

Posted by Nic on the 8th of March 2010 at 3:22 PM in Team News.   0 Comments

German team hoorai have now announced the addition of Hannes "Hanso" Dunkel and Thomas "uLTi" Teissl. Hanso has played in lineups such as A-Losers and ID-Gaming whilst uLTi had played in the German mTw squad as well in A-Losers alongside Hanso.

The duo will take the spots of Engin "e pato" Demir and Milad "Milad" Zamiri.

hoorai is:

Sinan "bAuZkA" Cavus
Burak "coLLy" Dogramaci
Hannes "Hanso" Dunkel
Michael "sephra" Zimmer
Thomas "uLTi" Teissl

Good luck to them.

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