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.

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