UK eSports Weekly News Feb 10th - 16th

epic.LAN took place this past weekend in Kettering and if you want to know about the result then there is a separate post here.

And with epic.LAN this week, news has been a bit slow but nevertheless we shall continue.

Dota 2

ASUS ROG sponsor Dota at Insomnia for 2014

Earlier this week Multiplay announced that ASUS Republic of Gamers is going to sponsor all 3 Insomnia tournaments for Dota 2 in 2014. Almost £15,000 has been guaranteed as a minimum spread across the 3 events. i51 and i53 have minimum prize pools of £4000 and i52  having a massive £6500 prize pool being promised. With this there are also going to be online qualifiers with the winners reviving free tickets to the event. i51 is the 18th-21st at Coventry's Ricoh Arena.   

Call of Duty

EGL12 announced

The European Gaming League has announced the next iteration of their offline events and this event will be in Sheffield. They have said Call of Duty: Ghosts will be their flagship tournament so suggesting that there will be other games at the event. Prize pool and sponsors will be unveiled later but tickets are already available on their site.  

General

Gfinity announces 3 online tournaments

Gfinity known for their large prize pool, offline Call of Duty tournaments is doing something different. They have announced online Dota 2, Starcraft 2 and CS:GO tournaments all with significant prize pools. Each game has a 'Pro League' or  'Elite Division' were the larger prize pools are. Dota 2 and CS:GO have $7500 and Starcraft 2 has $3000. But also for amateur teams there are weekly tournaments for small prize pools.

If you want to attended an event this year check out Insomnia Gaming Festival and epic.LAN. Don't forget ESL UK do lots of tournaments and ladders.

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epic.TWELVE Results and Recap

This weekend saw lots of teams coming together in Kettering and fight it out for lots of cash prizes. There was LoL,CS:GO,Starcraft 2 and also ESL UK was there to host their Dota 2 challenge.

League of Legends

 13 teams were competing for a £1250 prize pool and some headsets provided by the sponsor Astro Gaming.

1st - FM RaiderZ
2nd - Team Infused
3rd - myXMG

The newly formed FM RaiderZ came through not dropping a game in the group stages and then went through the elimination brackets only losing two games. They faced Team Infused in the final who actually went down into the losers bracket in the quarter finals to myXMG but then faced them again in the lower finals and beat them 2-0. Going into the final FM RaiderZ were already a game up and went on to take game one but Team Infused pulled back the 2nd game. But in the 3rd game FM RaiderZ proved to just too much and went to win £850 and some Astro headsets.

CS:GO

Unfortunately only 8 teams turned up for epic.LAN this time but never mind the show must go on. Lots of good names did turned up so the competition was always going to be fierce.

1st - Team CRG
2nd - The Lovely Men
3rd - The Not so Lovely Men

All three of the teams went through the group stages with ease, Team CRG winning all their games and TLM only losing to Team CRG. Both teams met in the upper bracket final where Team CRG took it 2-1. So TLM had to fight TNSLM for the final spot in the final and it ended 2-1 in the favor of TLM. For the third time in the tournament Team CRG were playing TLM but this time it was for the tournament. Team CRG didn't need a third game this time and took the final 2-0 and took home £750.

Starcraft 2

11 players turned up for battle it out for £250 prize pool. The favorite dignitas's own blinG couldn't make it due to the stormy weather that has been hitting the UK lately so the field was wide open.

1st - FM Ourk

2nd - TLR Rotcod

3rd - Aicy

The competition jumped straight into the round of 16  and FM Ourk went through the competition with ease only dropping one map getting to the final. TLR Rotcod didn't drop a map until FM Ourk defeated him in the upper final 2-0. TLR Rotcod bounced back immediately by winning his lower final match against Aicy 2-0 and going straight back against FM Ourk. FM Ourk had a one map advantage going into the final and made that into a 2-0 lead. TLR Rodcot tried his best and got map 2 to make it 2-1 but FM Ourk was just too strong and took map 3 and tournament.  FM Ourk took home £200 and TLR Rotcod took £50.

ESL UK Dota 2 Challenge

ESL UK's first offline event held a quite impressive £3000 prize pool with the winners taking a nice £1700. 11 teams turned out with some good names like Reason Gaming.

1st - Dwayne The John Rockson

2nd - So LeJit
3rd - Reason Gaming

In the group stages nothing out of the ordinary happened both DTJR and Reason topping their respective groups. Now onto the playoffs where So LeJit and DTRJ meet in the semi's with DTRJ taking a win and moving on the the upper bracket finals against Reason. While this is all happening So LeJit is fighting their way through the losers brackets to the loser finals. Reason lose to DTRJ meaning Reason will play so LeJit in the loser brackets finals and So Lejit pull of a win to recreate the semi that happened earlier. But history repeats itself and DTRJ come out on top and claim the £1700 prize pool.

More information is available on epic.LAN and ESL UK. 

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UK eSports Weekly News Feb 3rd - 9th

UK eSports Weekly News Feb 3rd - 9th

League of Legends

Black Monster Cup gets UK qualifiers 

The Black Monster Cup by Western Digital is boasting a pretty impressive prize pool of 15,000 euros and is going have qualifiers for lots of different European countries. The UK gets one spot in the tournament with the qualifiers and a shot at the massive prize pool and some WD goodies. Want more information? Click here.

Starcraft 2

UK show matches every Saturday

One member of the community has taken it upon himself to try and get some life back into the quiet UK Starcraft scene. Rotcod is now organizing weekly matches between some talented UK Starcraft players and hopes that in the future some sort of prize can be added to the matches. Want more information? Click here.

Multiplay and Gamdias to start biweekly Starcraft 2 tournament

Like with CS:GO, Multiplay and Gamdias have started a biweekly tournament for Starcraft 2. Players will be competing for £30 and a Hermes keyboard. 16 players have already signed up but if you think you have what it takes sign up here. 

Dota 2

UKDota.net to host Science Cup with Plantronics Prizes

UKDota.net are hosting another tournament and this times its the Science Cup. They have once again partnered up with Plantronics and are giving away £500 worth of prizes. All the action will go down on the 22nd February and will be streamed on the Multiplay twitch channel. Go sign up over at UKDota.net .

The Last Resort get free tickets to the ESL UK Dota 2 Challenge

Earlier this week ESL UK said that they has a spare set of TUP (turn up and play) tickets and had an application process to see who would get them. With lots of teams to choose from we will see if The Last Resort will prove their worth at epic.LAN next weekend.

XMG are the final sponsor of the ESL UK Dota 2 Challenge

XMG will be providing some high end machines for the turn up and play ticket holders. If you are attending epic.LAN then you will be able to see all of their products on show.

Counter Strike: Global Offensive

EMS one UK qualifiers finals fixtures

There are only 8 teams left fighting for the UK spot in the EMS One having a massive prize pool of  $250,000. The quarter finals will be on Monday, semi finals on Tuesday and the grand finals on Wednesday all matches being best of three. Hopefully someone will stream all of this CS:GO action and good luck to all teams.

Hearthstone

ESL UK and QPAD to host February Cups

All through out February every Wednesday there now will be Hearthstone tournaments. With each tournaments players gain points towards a final where someone will win QPAD gear. Congrats to cfx for winning tournament and if you want to sign up for next weeks tournament go here.

General

King of the North Tournament Kickstarter is live

Last week University of Manchester eSports Society announced the King of the North Tournament and now have started a kickstarter. You can donate to help the tournament and at the same time get some posters and tickets. I have personally backed it but won't be able to attend so look out for a giveaway of a ticket.

If you want to attended an event this year check out Insomnia Gaming Festival and epic.LAN. Don't forget ESL UK do lots of tournaments and ladders.

Don't forget to follow us on twitter at @ukesportshub

If you want to enquire about anything email me at ukesportshub@gmail.com 

UK eSports Weekly News Jan 27th - Feb 2nd

UK eSports Weekly News Jan 27th - Feb 2nd

League of Legends

The NEUL returns on the 9th Feb for term 2 of the competition

The National eSports University League is back for season two starting 9th February. Manchester won season one and will battle against 7 of the best university teams in the Super 8. Other teams will be fighting for spots in the Super 8 in the 2nd Division and with teams new to the competition being in the open division.

fm! eSports refreshes its LoL team before i51

Ahead of i51 FM! eSports LoL team has had an update. Former FM! eSports member who took the team to second at i50 has got some on his old team mates together to form the new FM! eSports. The new roster for fm! eSports is:

Top: Jamie “Tundra” DuthieMid: Syed “Mayh3M” HaqueJungle: Isaac “Akilord” Pelham-ChipperAD : Sam “Samwise” MittenSupport: Ryan “Akamezz” Buxton

Call of Duty: Ghosts

TP-Link sponsor CoD at i51

With Call of Duty growing as an eSport TP-Link saw an opportunity to sponsor CoD at the next Insomnia. They have provided a £5000 prize pool as well as some router bundles for the winners. 

Animate eSports pick up a CoD Ghosts squad

The third time in 3 weeks that Animate eSports have picked up a new player/team and this time its Call of Duty: Ghosts. Animate eSports are looking like quite a formidable force with their ever growing roster. Their brand new team hopes to attend i51. The new CoD line-up consists

 Saqib “Sxqib” JavaidHasan “Supreme” Shafi Kusal “Kushaay” Dissanayake Alex “MoRHeN” Morhen

FIFA

Gunnars sponsor the Winter Championship at epic.LAN

Sweetpatch.tv announced that Gunnar Optiks will be providing some prizes for their Winter Championship which will be held at epic.LAN. The current prize pool now stands at £500 and a pair of Gunnar Optiks. There are also lots of different FIFA events at epic.LAN with lots of different prizes so don't forget to check it out.

General

Shogun Bros sponsor Rasta Gaming

The peripheral maker Shogun Bros have announced a sponsorship between them and Rasta Gaming. Shogun Bros have sponsored some Starcraft 2 tournaments in the past at epic.LAN. Rasta Gaming with their Dota 2 and CS:GO squads are looking forward to the partnership and helping Shogun Bros grow.

epic.TWELVE going to be the largest epic.LAN to date

epic.LAN announced that their upcoming LAN epic.TWELVE is going to have the most amount of people attend in the events history. This event is going to be host to over 300 people and have 5 tournaments happening including the ESL UK Dota 2 challenge.

University of Manchester eSports society present the King of the North Tournament

The King of the North Tournament will be a tournament held at a gaming cafe in Manchester. A prize pool hasn't been announced yet but the tournament has attracted some impressive sponsors such as MSI and Cooler Master. Online qualifiers will be held on the 25th and 22nd, this is an event to lookout for!

Articles

Grow eSports UK have been writing some amazing articles about the UK scene over the past week and I would highly recommenced them. Check out them out:

http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/lagging-behind-uk-esports-scene/

http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/british-esports-venues/

I have also wrote an article about the UK scene and its future 2014. Check it out here:

http://ukesportshub.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/uk-esports-and-2014.html

If you want to attended an event this year check out Insomnia Gaming Festival and epic.LAN. Don't forget ESL UK do lots of tournaments and ladders.

Don't forget to follow us on twitter at @ukesportshub