We caught up with Chris "kiriyaMa" Partridge from Vitriolic Gaming to discuss his team's qualification for the Counter-Strike: Source EPS Season I.

Teams may now sign up for the third and final qualifier but with only 16 spots available, first come first served.

With the second Counter-Strike:Source qualifier over four more teams have qualified themselves for the upcoming season.

For those who missed their chance to take part in the first qualifier, sign-ups are now open for the second qualifier.

Following the first qualifier yesterday four of the twelve participants for the upcoming EPS season have been decided with eMg, sway, Animate and Zen securing their places.

The qualifiers may already be underway but let us give you a recap on the rules to make sure everything is crystal clear.

Sign-ups are now over and the brackets are online, battle will commence tomorrow so prepare your troops.

the first qualifier is now full, but we have a waiting list for teams that wants to step up if a team does not show on sunday! read on for the link to the signup.

Today we proudly present the sign-up for the qualifiers for the ESL UK Pro Series. Europe's most prestigious national eSports competition is finally coming to the UK. The games selected for the inaugural season are CS:Source and Call of Duty 4. The total prize purse is £30,000 which is distributed equally between the 2 games.

Yes, it's true! Recently Counter-Strike: Source overtook its predecessor Counter-Strike 1.6 with more players playing according to the statistics on Steampowered.

Updates to the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes are included in the full news.

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, the Source Engine and the steam client have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source and the Source Engine, along with some improvements to SourceTV have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes can be found in the full news.

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes can be found in the full news.

The next round of matches is due to commence this Sunday (14th May 2006). I hope all the clans have good competative matches, for the winners we have the final - the last battle to win the competition, and for the others we have a 3rd and 4th place play of to give us our top 4.

Well done to all the teams who played last round. Our commiserations to the teams who lost - we hope you will compete in our future competitions and hope you enjoyed your match.

<DIV style="text-align:justify;"> With the recent Electronic Sports League website server problems, we have decided to reschedule the spring cup fixtures. The new draw and dates can be found <a target="_blank" href="http://www.esl-europe.net/uk/css/5on5/springcup06/">here</a> so all team admins please check. </div>

With little happening in the Counter-Strike: Source section at the moment, here at the :esl: Electronic Sports League, we are proud to announce the release of the Counter-Strike: Source Spring Cup 2006. Please read inside for more details.

<p style="text-align:justify><span class="newshigh">Counter Strike : Source</span> in the UK is at the moment lagging behind its european cousins. This quality game offers a both experienced Counter-strike players and those new to the Counter-strike Experience a new world to play and master. Signup for the ESL Source ladders and make the UK Source future bright...</p>

The battlefields have now been chosen and defined for the Electronic Sports League UK CS:S 5on5 ladder and Summer Cup. We have been listening carefully to players' comments and have taken them all into consideration while making these decisions. While we know we can't please everyone, we hope that the map pool and round time will meet with as much approval from the players as possible.

For months squads up and down the country have been donning the Kevlar, arming themselves, practising their tactics and generally readying themselves for combat. Now is the time to put your preparation to the test as the :esl: Electronic Sports League is pleased to announce the UK Counter Strike: Source 5on5 Summer Cup and Ladder open for registrations.