iGUK Host Acon5 UK Qualifiers

Posted by Myers at 12:50 28/2/2005.

iGUK today announced that they will be hosting the Acon 5 UK Qualifiers. Not heard of Acon 5? Well here is the jist of it.

Last year a competition was held in Shanghai China called Acon 4, there were many qualifiers around the world to find the best Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne players with the winners earning the opportunity to represent their country (and an all expenses paid trip) to the finals.

This year Acon has expanded its horizons by introducing Counter-Strike 1.6 as a tournament game. Naturally iGUK and the team behind the European Online Gaming Championships were selected to be the UK partner for such endeavours. The UK finals of the competition will be held at the GameOn LAN Party in Burton-upon-trent on Saturday 23rd April. All teams wishing to earn a spot in the final will have to qualify either the day before, same location, or at one of the 4 iGUK qualifiers.

The qualifiers are being held at GameTheWorld - Bangor (1st April), CyberGamesZone - Newcastle (2nd April), GlobalGaming Arena - Birmingham (2nd April) and Harrow Arena - Harrow (3rd April). The cost of entry for the 4 iGUK qualifiers is £15 per player, and only £10 the day before at GameOn. All qualified teams receive free entry into the finals. There are 8 qualification slots available, 2 for CGZ, 2 for GGA, 2 for Harrow, 1 for GTW and 1 on the 22nd at GameOn.

The Winning CS Team and WC3 Player will be paid to travel to Shanghai for the World Finals in June. All travel (from UK Airport) to Shanghai, plus accomodation and food and drink for the week in Shanghai is totally covered by their sponsors.  Plus an extra £5,000 of product prizes for the ACON 5 UK Tournament, including ABIT Motherboards, ATI Graphic Cards is up for grabs and other sponsored prizes yet to be confirmed. This is shared between the the 2nd-8th places for the CS and the WC3 competitions.

Teams can now register for the competition, but it is advised they the rules first. Please note, this competition is open to UK players only, those of us with UK citizenship. Also note, there are no direct invites to the UK finals.

Comments

johnson
13:33 28/2/2005
f**k going to shaghow or w/e to play cs [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
sol
13:37 28/2/2005
on their website they say its cs:s ?! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rigante
13:38 28/2/2005
yea, who would want a free trip to shanghai just from playing computer games, nightmare ehh. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sunman^
13:39 28/2/2005
rofl-chops.

gl in asia AGAIN 4k [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Jack
13:42 28/2/2005
not really seeing as 4K have two swedish players [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
13:45 28/2/2005
the qualifiers are DEF CS 1.6, but the final in shanghai is subject to change to source, depends really. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
VGA
13:54 28/2/2005
yes thats right, CS 1.6 is all we are using at the UK event. ACON are waiting to see if CS:S is fixed and if not it will remain a CS 1.6 final. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Valar`
The Anti-DoZ
14:01 28/2/2005
because a side thats good at 1.6 will be good at source..... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
14:02 28/2/2005
OMG PLAYING COMPUTAH GAMES IS UNKEWL!!1 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
w1cked
Croydon
14:04 28/2/2005
Sounds good! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
v1x`
14:43 28/2/2005
cu there [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fsk
twisted Reality
15:09 28/2/2005
well actually valar, yes. It's quite p***, cept for u, ur too busy being a grumpy old man! and typing up long essays on how to improve 1.6. >:)

johnson never type again! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
eSM|w00k
15:16 28/2/2005
Players Eligibility: Players of any nationality or gender are eligible to compete in this competition. Employees of iGUK are not allowed to compete in the event. Centre owners and managers are allowed to compete in this competition. Players must be of age 16+. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Samurai
Irish Connection.UK
15:27 28/2/2005
Can Irish teams enter? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
eSM|w00k
15:32 28/2/2005
By looking at the Player Eligibility I would presume so. The news post says that it's UK Nationals only, yet I can't find anywhere on the site where it states that. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tiz
15:43 28/2/2005
Closest lan to me is GameTheWorld in Bangor, might see if my team can attend.

What day Is the 1st of april? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
enc|mike
15:43 28/2/2005
gl those who enter. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m|ke
Team-Creative
15:46 28/2/2005
im entering w000 cu in shangHELLO :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
badER
15:47 28/2/2005
any teams entering in the harrow one need a merc? ^^ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Champion
In The Zone
15:49 28/2/2005
cu @ cgz y0 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Atreyu
15:51 28/2/2005
Be intresting to see what teams go to Bangor (city in north wales) for the qualifiers [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tiz
15:58 28/2/2005
I thought It was the Northern Ireland Bangor that the GameTheWorld qualifier was situated?

If not then ah well. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
RuLe|
16:05 28/2/2005
nope its the north wales one ! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tiz
16:12 28/2/2005
http://www.iguk.org/?a=centres&centre_id=204

Thats what I got! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
16:25 28/2/2005
yeh sorry, it is uk nationals only, corrected the cs rules now. Thanks [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DanceMag`
16:29 28/2/2005
are finals BYOC ? :S [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Samurai
Irish Connection.UK
16:30 28/2/2005
f*** sake [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
monkE
euthanasia
16:32 28/2/2005
no [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Valar`
The Anti-DoZ
17:01 28/2/2005
dunno ed, i've not played source :-)

i've managed to trim down the necessary requirements for improving 1.6 so it's not an essay anymore. the program's fine (cos I don't really bother with it), it's the majority of the people who play it that p*** me off now ;-) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tiz
17:16 28/2/2005
Name one valar! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Jazzy Jebus
Rage
17:51 28/2/2005
Harrow arena, nice. Might pop down on bus. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
VGA
18:10 28/2/2005
Dancemag'- The finals are being played on High End Gaming PCs provided by the organisers, we dont expect gamers to bring their own PCs to a national tournament! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
w1cked
Croydon
18:20 28/2/2005
Haha, no Irish teams! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Tru
18:22 28/2/2005
move to northern ireland and ur sorted [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Samurai
Irish Connection.UK
18:56 28/2/2005
Irish team cant enter eswc either! >:( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DanceMag`
19:10 28/2/2005
gd gd, the EOGC shuttles were mint, 3gig, 1024 ram, x800 :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Jack
19:18 28/2/2005
they were? 3 of the landed ones over-heated and crashed, luckily all in the warmup for our games [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rav0r
Croydon
20:29 28/2/2005
hype hype isha [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Del`
Sniper's Alley
20:57 28/2/2005
You read it here first! "Valar in Newpost on UKT Proves he is Not Dead and Rotting in the Ground Shocker".

Extra! Extra! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fsk
twisted Reality
21:05 28/2/2005
dont remember the shuttles crashing jack :( why come up with excuses even when they aint needed >:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Makaveli-
feo
21:29 28/2/2005
taking any wc3 1v1 challenges, pm me in irc ! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DanceMag`
21:48 28/2/2005
well i had no problems, nor did any of us lot :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Jack
21:51 28/2/2005
think back to the act game ed, luke got through 3 shuttles:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mebR
22:48 28/2/2005
and people say ants destroy lan pc's ! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
seik
23:09 28/2/2005
this is a farce, i've gotta go to a iguk centre every week to qualify for wc3, i live no where near.... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DanceMag`
23:21 28/2/2005
seik u only have to win one qualifier [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
seik
23:48 28/2/2005
not for wc3 the system is stupid for wc3, gotta play in some league with idiots from iguk for 8 weeks [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rbZ^
00:33 1/3/2005
i take issue with the fact you say IGUK was the NATURAL partner choice for this tournament.

gamefrontier have done more for uk gaming in the last year than iguk/vga/whatever have in years.

just my 2p! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Makaveli-
feo
09:08 1/3/2005
you dont have to go every week, just most weeks ;/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
10:50 1/3/2005
everyone's entitled to their opinion rbZ^ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Johnny-Rhythm
12:18 1/3/2005
Sounds like a great tourney! Aint been a decent one for a while now!! LANimals wil be there rahahAHHahAhha! ;-0 Also cant find any details on the gameon site regarding this event. Venue details etc.. Myers?!?! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Johnny-Rhythm
12:36 1/3/2005
"All teams wishing to compete in the finals held in Burton-Upon-Trent at the Game On LAN party will first have to qualify via either one of the four IGUK venues nationwide, or at the GameOn LAN party itself. The cost to attend a qualifier is £15 per player, entrance to the finals for the qualified teams is free. The winning team will also be given £100 cash towards their travel expenses to Uttoxeter."

Is it uttoxeter or burton :S Bit of confusion there! I know they are near each but which 1! ;-0 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MonkH
13:11 1/3/2005
apparently they cant use source for the UK Qualifer valve wont let them bcus its such a high profile event. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
n1ck
14:19 1/3/2005
What so valve know CSS is s*** so they won't let them use it? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mebR
17:23 1/3/2005
or they want cpl summer to be the first main source event maybe, i dno!

and probly cos its rubbish :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DanceMag`
17:48 1/3/2005
plz be late june, GCSEs :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Eagle
18:16 1/3/2005
o/ See anyone at HarrowArena quals, i'll try and annoy the other team if you slip me a fiver, ty ta [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
otacon
22:38 1/3/2005
if there's going to be a lot of people going JR it will be at uttoxeter race course since thats where the larger GameOn Mid-LANS are really enjoyed #56, prob go to this one since its 15 mins down motorway [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Friza
22:42 1/3/2005
HarrowArena = pro :]] hope to see anyone that goes down there [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Friza
22:44 1/3/2005
DanceMag if you think the EOGC 2004 pcs were good, wait for the EOGC 2005 pcs, there excellent from specs i've heard :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Undone^
ForsakeN
23:24 1/3/2005
spec of harrow pc's?

and when will the tourney structures be released. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Harrowarena
08:15 2/3/2005
Harrow PCs are:

30 Gaming PCs
AMD 2500XP
ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
512MB RAM
19" Dell Black Monitor
Microsoft Optical Mouse

Tourney structure was released at weekend! See the CS ACON Home page on IGUK.org [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MonkH
12:17 2/3/2005
says on IGUK harrowarena has 52 pcs? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
14:48 2/3/2005
only 30 of them are gaming i think monkh, they have pcs downstairs. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Harrowarena
15:24 2/3/2005
Yes we have 52 PCs but we are only using 30 for this tournament (all on one floor). Our regular customers will use the other machines on the ground floor, seperate from the tournament area. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mad4it
09:37 5/3/2005
GAMETHEWORLD is indeed in N.Ireland, and the qualifiers will, in fact, be held in our Bangor, Lisburn and Coleraine. And teams from each centre will play in play off's on LAN and across centres on our FAT connections. HLTV will be on the 120" projection screens for spectators.

Bangor is a year old and due for an upgrade but runs 2600XP and 9800 PRO's. Lisburn runs 3.0ghz P4 X800 XT and Coleraine is AMD 64 PCI Express 6800 GT on BenQ 8ms 17" TFT's. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mad4it
09:39 5/3/2005
You can't edit posts on this site??!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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