The official relaunch of the UK division of the Electronic Sports League is here, seeing CounterStrike: Global Offensive being the first title to be represented on the UK platform.



Over the course of the remaining year we plan to compliment our initial release title with a variety of tournaments and competitions within the biggest titles currently in the esports arena, spread out across several genres and on multiple platforms. We want to grab hold of the grandness of the European arena, and bring it to our backyard, the United Kingdom. Throughout all this we have plans to include you, the casual gamer, in competitions reserved solely for people of your own calibre, giving the professional gamers of tomorrow a chance to showcase their abilities.



We have some exciting content on the horizon and heaps of exciting announcements, and we hope that you will join us in our journey to reinvigorate the UK scene. The Summer Open A-Series Challenge



Kicking off on Monday 26th August will be the CounterStrike: Global Offesnsive Summer Open A-Series Challenge, featuring an array of hardware provided by Steelseries. The competition will run over the course of two months, and in typical A-Series style will feature a flexible timetable for the teams that want to take part. The competition is open to all teams that feature a predominately UK lineup, although all UK nationals that currently reside abroad will need to provide proof of nationality.



Sign-ups for the competition will open at 17:00GMT+1 on Monday 19th August, and will be open throughout the duration of the competition.



CounterStrike: Global Offensive Signup now!

Sign ups Open

Start: 17:00 GMT+1 on 26th August

Size: Unlimited Capacity

Structure: League Basic rules: Maps: de_dust2_se, de_mirage_ce, de_inferno_se, de_season, de_nuke_se, de_cache, de_train_se

Mode: Best of one

Random Rotation

Download Anti-Cheat

Beginners guide to sign up: Register on ESL

Enter your SteamID CS:GO

Join your team

Click the sign up link!

The Summer Open A-Series Challenge Prize Breakdown 1. 5x CS:GO Steelseries Kana

2. SteelSeries Headset Bundle*

3 Steelseries QCK Mousemat Bundle*





*Steelseries Headset Bundle is compromised of two white flux headsets, two siberia v2 headsets and one 5H v2 headset.

*Steelseries QCK Mousemat Bundle is compromised of five blizzard branded QCK mousemats.

We are looking for admins! Kicking off on Monday 26th August will be the CounterStrike: Global Offesnsive Summer Open A-Series Challenge, featuring an array of hardware provided by Steelseries. The competition will run over the course of two months, and in typical A-Series style will feature a flexible timetable for the teams that want to take part. The competition is open to all teams that feature a predominately UK lineup, although all UK nationals that currently reside abroad will need to provide proof of nationality.Sign-ups for the competition will open at 17:00GMT+1 on Monday 19th August, and will be open throughout the duration of the competition. Would you like to help to run the Cups and Ladders at the UK CSGO section? Do you know exactly what the CSGO community needs and you would love to be a dedicated admin? Then Apply now! Good luck and have fun,



Your Admin team Good luck and have fun,YourAdmin team ptER , Monday, 19/08/13 17:45