Counter-Strike: Source is one of the largest games here at the Electronic Sports League which creates a large demand for admins to keep our ladders and other competitions running well. In the past few months we've had a number of new admins join the team and it is time again to ask for more interested people to apply.

We proudly present you the newest ICQ Games ladder in the European Section -> RPS Online 1on1. The ladder will be "moved" from the german section into the european section because of regressive statistics/matches per day. This shouldn't scare you, but encourage you to participate in this ladder more active.

After some weeks and a lot of work due to prepare everything for the ESL Major Series, we are back with some hot news for you! We are glad to present you our rulebook and the sign up for the first EMS qualifier. Prepare your units, collect your ressources and get ready for battle!

Finally, even the War Rock European section will host a ladder based on one of the funniest and at the same time most organized game modes. Even if DeathMatch Mode is still in testing phase, in order to bring innovation by cutting with the usual CQC tourneys and trying to carry a revolution inside this game community, ESL is proud to present to all players Team Deathmatch 4on4 Ladder!

The group stages of the ESL Battlefield 2 Nations Championships are now complete, and we can now bring you all the information required for the knockout stages.

We had a lot of people asking us for new ladders and now we can proudly present you the new 1on1 Scout and 2on2 Sniper ladder. Also we will host a 3on3 Arena Cup next week. Besides the arena mode there is a another innovation for the cup, there are no medics allowed!

The last chance to qualify for the ESL Major Series starts tonight. Ten teams will fight each other to get one of the spots for the highest Guild Wars competition within the ESL. The decider maps are choosen and can be found together with all final details in this news.

Yesterday was played the grand final of the Cup Pangya 2on2 Holidays Cup.

Finishing the summer and we have new cup 9 Holes 1on1 prepared for the return of holiday

The next important update concerning Aequitas.

We present to you a few changes to the ESL level system, which has been running for a few weeks now. Since we need to adjust the ESL level system for our public server program called King of the Hill, we are raising the XP count per played gather from 5 to 20 XP.

We are going to create new ladders and new cups in the following weeks. As Counter-Strike is one of the largest games here at the Electronic Sports League which creates a large demand for admins to keep our ladders and other competitions running well, we have to search for new admins, we need your support to keep it running perfectly as now.

INSURGENCY, mod of the year 2007, has recently been upgraded to Beta 2.1, a suitable release for league play. INS is a total conversion mod for Valve Software's Half-Life 2, powered by the Source Engine. It immerses the player in an intense online combat experience. Set on the modern battlefields, Insurgency simulates infantry combat that encourages the use of teamwork and tactics to close with and destroy the enemy.

The European Nations Championship 2008 Finals, held at the Games Convention in Leipzig, are finished and an exciting event is over. In a very thrilling Counter-Strike match Sweden managed to win against Germany. In Warcraft 3, Germany beat the defending champion Finland and in FIFA Poland won against last year's champion Germany and secured the gold medal. Furthermore, the Czech Republic prevailed in the new discipline Counter-Strike:Source.

A long awaited WCIP is back for a pumped up Season 3. Big changes have been applied to the league that will surely please everyone. This is very extensive and detailed news, and every clan wishing to participate in WCIP Season 3 needs to read this news very carefully to understand how things are going to go.

The last day of Games Convention has just begun and so the last matches of this years European Nations Championship are about to be played. After Sweden and Germany won CS and WC3 it's time for FIFA08 and CS: Source to have their European Champions. Who will get this disciplines?

Tomorrow we will search for the next three players which will qualify for the big final in december. Check in and be one of them.

Last night the fifth eSports Award were handed out at the eSports Award Ceremony at Games Convention.: The most prestigious decoration in the electronic sports. During an emotional ceremony with heart-breaking speeches, prominent presenters and show acts the awards were handed out in ten categories. See all winners and photos here.

Only two days to go in the European Nations Championship Finals 2008. The audience at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, had seen a very thrilling grand final in Counter-Strike 1.6 yesterday. Now it's time for the Warcraft 3 teams to step up to their grand final! Germany is waiting for their opponent which will be the winner of Sweden vs. Finland. See these awesome matches live on ESL TV!

Right before the new map reform will become effective and the new Premiership season will start we want to present you the last cup containing the old map pack. The 1on1 Night-Cup. It will take place this sunday. You will find further informations in this news.

We are happy to present you a new ladder in the Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 section. A lot of you voted for a Blitz Ladder to be opened so we have done so!

Sweden wins versus Germany in the Counter-Strike 1.6 overall final in a thrilling match 16:13! The team with tactic genius cArn won the title and 15,000 Euros prize money. Tomorrow Germany will face Sweden again, but than in Warcraft 3. The FIFA and Counter-Strike: Source tournament is still in the starting phase.

Long before its release Battlefield Heroes is a hot topic for gamers. At first glance the newest game of the Battlefield series doesn't seem to fit into the overall concept. Colourful comic style, crazy special abilities and for free! We let you gain a small insight in what comes soon and explain why this game was worth waiting for.

The first day of the European Nations Championship 2008 Finals is over! Thrilling matches in Counter-Strike 1.6 and Warcraft were held today. Sweden showed a great performance in CS 1.6. Reigning champion Finland won his match in WC3. Get all pictures and information from Leipzig in this news.

The end of august is getting closer and closer, so we want to announce the schedule for the ESL Major Series Season III qualification. We dropped the idea of national qualifiers for this season and switched to a series of qualification cup with direct slots for the EMS mainstage.

Once again Valve shows their exceptional support for Team Fortress 2 and brings a load of new features for the No. 1 comic shooter! In addition to new weapons for the heavy, there is a new gamemode, new maps and another free weekend. Get ready to face Heavys this weekend!

Today, the Russian Warcraft 3 team was unfortunately informed that their visa applications were rejected. This means that we will not see the second-ranked team of Group B during the European Nations Championship Finals 2008 in Leipzig.

The last match of this playday might very well be the most anticipated match of the season. Sparks fly when MYM meet their arch-rivals SK, today at 15:30 CET.

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Only a few days are left to the start of the European Nations Championship Finals 2008 at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. By presenting the line-ups of all 16 national teams in the 4 disciplines the final step has been taken. The first matches will be played on Thursday, 21st of August, and you can watch the whole tournament on ESL TV live and for free!

As the rankings start to take shape, some fight for the top and some fight for survival, and in today's match we bring you one of each. At 18:00 CET, wNv will take on nGize.

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Finally the final match of the UT3 ESL Major Series is coming on this Sunday at 20:00 CEST. H2k Gaming will challenge Team Dignitas, who are coming from the winner bracket. So H2k needs to win two match ups to get the crown of the UT3 ESL Major Series.

In the past we wrote already several news about the Counter-Strike Manager to explain the game and its features. Our plans succeeded and a lot of new and old players signed up to fight for glory. After all we looked for a plan to welcome the new players since they cannot succeed in the way the older players do. Read more about our solution to establish beginners in the ESL.

The Battlefield series enthuses thousands of players for more than six years. Whether on foot, in tanks or in the air; it was really humming in multiple settings: Starting with Battlefield 1942 through Battlefield Vietnam to the future in 2142. The latest offshoot brings you in more coloured realms. From 21st to 24th of August you can experience Battlefield Heroes exclusively at the ESL Intel Arena at Games Convention.

For the European Nations Championship 2008 Finals held at Games Covention we announce the lineups of all participants. The teams fight for the european crown and a total prize money of 55,000 Euros. Beside Counter-Strike, Warcraft and Fifa this year also Counter-Strike:Source will be played at the European Nations Championship 2008 Finals.

Ladies and Gentlemen, please start you engines and stay prepared for Race Driver Grid - Europe wide! The first races will take place as 1on1 competitions on European tracks starting off this Monday, 18th August 2008! Vehicles from "BMC Open Wheel" to "Aston Martin's" and "Corvette's" are waiting for you!

Today we are proud to announce the last Summer Cup Series draft before the EMS Season 3 starts. The last two cup series ran really good thats why we start a third edition. We hope the teams play this also as serious as in the last two. All informations you can get in the news bellow.

To all of you Warsow insta Clan Arena fans!
Go ahead and register your teams since the cup starts Wednesday at 20 pm european time!

It has been a relatively quiet weekend for the WC3L, but nonetheless we have one match for you today: At 16:00 CET the yet undefeated team of mTw will face newcomer nWo.

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The final match of the first qualification cup will be held between [Baby] and [KMD]. Both teams are already directly qualified for the ESL Major Series and therefor only play for premium prizes and glory! We needed to change the schedule of the second and third cup slightly, all details can be found in the news.

At 5:30 CET, WE will challenge KoD to an early duel.

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ESL Wire improves once more: along with the new version 'beta-4' come a lot of new features and Bugfixes. Many of which can only be provided due to your great feedback and your help on the development of the gaming tool. The current version implements numerous ideas and suggestions you made beforehand. Please keep on helping us developing ESL Wire to make further improvements.

Yes, it´s time to play 2on2...We are glad to announce the first 2on2 cup in Company of Heroes for 2008.
You have also the chance to show us, what do you think about an additional 2on2 ladder.

The divisions have been freshly updated tonight and at the moment "Weapons of the rebelion" is leading ahead of "Packard Bell Four Kings" and "rats-clan". The following three Weekly Matches are the last chance for all teams to raise into division one befor the start of the final phase. The complete schedule with all maps can be found in this news.

You have been waiting for so long and NOW we finally done it. The 1st ESL Shoppa League is released. From now you can create an ESL account for our League and get a Premium Account for free.

The qualification time in the 1on1 Amateur Series and the tow qualification cups are allready done. Now, we have 16 players for the Counter-Strike Manager League - Season I. The first matchday is in tow days and we are hopefully, to have great matches.

Nearly two months past since the last class update, which was dedicated to the pyro. This time Valve is going to focus on the heavy. There will be three new unlockable weapons, 35 new achievements, a new game mode, an awesome number of new maps and, of course, a free weekend! All Information can be found in this news.

Here we are now, the first stage of the ESL Major Series for CS Female, the National Qualifier! Find more information about them within this News.

The ESL Major 3 was announced, now it's time to announce the Europe Qualifier. Dress your team kit, the big European nights are coming soon, the qualifiers will run until end of July.

We find ourselves at the last match of the third playday, but it is certainly not the least. Today at 16:00 CET, an exciting war between WE and GG will unfold, make sure you do not miss this.

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The 1st Biggest Beard cup is almost finished, and congratulation to our 4 qualifiers

After a rather hectic weekend, it's back to the easy life for now with only one match per day. An exciting clanwar if ever there was one, this battle will be between wNv and SK, today at 17:00 CET.

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