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ESL help ESWC run online qualifiers
ESL will be cooperating with ESWC to run online qualifiers for the Paris-based event. Top finishers will win slots to the grand final, and in some cases paid accomodation.
By Duncan 'Thorin' Shields
Sep 13, 2011 03:52
ESL will be cooperating with ESWC to run online qualifiers for the Paris-based event. Top finishers will win slots to the grand final, and in some cases paid accomodation.ESL have announced they will be cooperating with ESWC to run online qualifiers for the French-based event in Counter-Strike 1.6, CS:Source, StarCraft II, DotA, FIFA 11 and Trackmania. The qualifiers will be open to all European countries that didn't have their own qualifiers in that specific game. There will be a signup fee, €50 in the case of Counter-Strike.
The top four finishers, or top eight in the case of the SC2 European qualifier, will earn a slot in the Grand Final without having to pay ESWC's admission fee. The top two finishers will get a slot at the Grand Final and fully paid accomodation. The online qualifiers will be held during September, 19th-20th for CS 1.6.
It seems likely this will solve the problems raised by the recently threatened ESWC boycott, as teams of those organisations are the most likely to be able to qualify via these online cups.
The ESWC Grand Final will take place from October 21st-24th 2011, with $200,000 in prizes across all of the different games collectively.
Source: ESL
The top four finishers, or top eight in the case of the SC2 European qualifier, will earn a slot in the Grand Final without having to pay ESWC's admission fee. The top two finishers will get a slot at the Grand Final and fully paid accomodation. The online qualifiers will be held during September, 19th-20th for CS 1.6.
It seems likely this will solve the problems raised by the recently threatened ESWC boycott, as teams of those organisations are the most likely to be able to qualify via these online cups.
The ESWC Grand Final will take place from October 21st-24th 2011, with $200,000 in prizes across all of the different games collectively.
Source: ESL
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Why even raise the issue if you will drop it at the slightest convenience.
The thing that bothers me is that it was only the 'big' teams boycotting, if it was only the G7 teams than that means tough shit for the non-G7 teams who are the up and coming teams keeping CS alive at the foundation. Those teams won't be able to qualify, and now they have to pay the 1000 or whatever euros.