UKTerrorist

We are proud to announce that the Counter-Strike section of the Electronic Sports League will advance to the next level: ESL Amateur Series. The EAS will be played in 5on5 MR15 mode.

The EAS will be free for every ESL Member for the initial 3 month season and is only one step below of the ESL Pro Series (EPS). (ESL league structure) The EAS has a lot of advantages compared to a normal ladder. The features of an EAS are:

• "Round ESL" system
• At least one obligatory match per week
• Automatic fixture generating
• Additional challenges possible (only within the division)
• Divisions (2^n, that means 16, 32, 64, etc.)
• Ascent and descent within the divisions every two weeks
• Unlimited amount of participants
• Quitting possible at any time

The ESL Amateur Series will start on 30th May 2005 and will last approximately three months. The final ranking will be done on the 28th August 2005 at 23:59cet. The autochallenger times, at least one must be chosen by every team in the EAS, are:

• Tuesday, 20:00h
• Thursday, 20:00h
• Sunday, 20:00h

The 5on5 MR12 Ladder will be upgraded to an "advanced ladder", which means that the auto challenger will be enabled. The auto challenger for the ladder is available on:

• Monday, 20:00h
• Wednesday, 20:00h
• Sunday, 20:00h

The Signups for the EAS are already open and you can find them here.

In the future this will be another feature for our Premium members and we hope to make the ESL more interesting for all Counter-Strike fans out there with such a feature.