In our first cup of the new season, we had all of the biggest guns from the United Kingdom turn up in force, and boy what a cup it was. Edging to 1am on Wednesday morning, we managed to find a winner, and that winner would be Rasta.Xd taking £100 & 100 Cup Points to boot. Rasta.Xd win Cup 1; Storylines for Cup 2:



It took a long time but we managed to find a winner on Tuesday evening of our first cup which takes place weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays. After a mammoth Grand Final, both teams will feel reasonably happy that they pleased a crowd of people wanting to watch the action unfold. Both Rasta.Xd & fm-eSports slogged it out over the course of two maps, but it was incredibly close, with Rasta taking the first map 16 - 12 (de_season). However Rasta were undone numerous times on de_inferno by one Sam "RattlesnK" Gawn, who was literally picking into the Rasta.Xd defence time and again. However despite close to around 50 - 60 frags Sam would actually come out the more disappointed as his side eventually lost after four incredibly close Overtimes, 28 - 26.



However whilst there was some excellent plays from the top UK players in the competition, there was a great amount of support from players who we haven't seen in the UK Scene and are brand new to the scene, which is really amazing to see that we are touching the grass roots level of UK Competitive Counter Strike and managing to make some head way.



With the first cup over and done, the rankings certainly tell us a small story of who did well, and who didn't too great. Remember after the Six cups have finished, the Top 8 sides will end up in the Finals which will be live streamed from our UK TV Studio.



So what awaits us for tomorrow's Cup #2?



Well quite a bit of course, with Team Infused & Rasta.Xd both signed up, they will both be looking to go head to head once again, as both teams played in Cup 1 with Rasta taking that meeting in the Semi-Finals and managed to out play Infused in a way that most people were surprised with.



myXMG will certainly be looking to go deeper into the bracket this time as they managed to get beaten by a surprising opponent in the form of B2Gaming who recently finished 5th/6th at insomnia51. It was a controversial match, however both sides could meet again in this cup, and I am sure the same mistakes won't happen again.



Perilous RAGE have also signed up to this cup, the recent insomnia51 4th placers will be hoping to make an impact in this cup, and even look at upsetting one of the big three in the competition.



Meanwhile we also have some dark horses in the competition in the form of miNi, batham, Hayden, Joe, & mikeS who will be looking to do better in this cup, after they narrowly lost to Rasta.Xd last week.



From the fringe parts of the UK Scene, Madison Ivy featuring former MINISTRY stars, ashhh, Rhaz & adam5 will be looking to do better in the competition, whilst Perilous Fury keep up their terrific run online and at LAN recently.



Of course there are many other talented sides and I wish all teams participating the best of luck.



A casual reminder though, please could all teams remember to use ESL Wire, if you have not got it installed then see here:





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Rules & Members Signup! It took a long time but we managed to find a winner on Tuesday evening of our first cup which takes place weekly on Mondays & Tuesdays. After a mammoth Grand Final, both teams will feel reasonably happy that they pleased a crowd of people wanting to watch the action unfold. Both Rasta.Xd & fm-eSports slogged it out over the course of two maps, but it was incredibly close, with Rasta taking the first map 16 - 12 (de_season). However Rasta were undone numerous times on de_inferno by one Sam "RattlesnK" Gawn, who was literally picking into the Rasta.Xd defence time and again. However despite close to around 50 - 60 frags Sam would actually come out the more disappointed as his side eventually lost after four incredibly close Overtimes, 28 - 26.However whilst there was some excellent plays from the top UK players in the competition, there was a great amount of support from players who we haven't seen in the UK Scene and are brand new to the scene, which is really amazing to see that we are touching the grass roots level of UK Competitive Counter Strike and managing to make some head way.With the first cup over and done, the rankings certainly tell us a small story of who did well, and who didn't too great. Remember after the Six cups have finished, the Top 8 sides will end up in the Finals which will be live streamed from our UK TV Studio.Well quite a bit of course, with Team Infused & Rasta.Xd both signed up, they will both be looking to go head to head once again, as both teams played in Cup 1 with Rasta taking that meeting in the Semi-Finals and managed to out play Infused in a way that most people were surprised with.myXMG will certainly be looking to go deeper into the bracket this time as they managed to get beaten by a surprising opponent in the form of B2Gaming who recently finished 5th/6th at insomnia51. It was a controversial match, however both sides could meet again in this cup, and I am sure the same mistakes won't happen again.Perilous RAGE have also signed up to this cup, the recent insomnia51 4th placers will be hoping to make an impact in this cup, and even look at upsetting one of the big three in the competition.Meanwhile we also have some dark horses in the competition in the form of miNi, batham, Hayden, Joe, & mikeS who will be looking to do better in this cup, after they narrowly lost to Rasta.Xd last week.From the fringe parts of the UK Scene, Madison Ivy featuring former MINISTRY stars, ashhh, Rhaz & adam5 will be looking to do better in the competition, whilst Perilous Fury keep up their terrific run online and at LAN recently.Of course there are many other talented sides and I wish all teams participating the best of luck.A casual reminder though, please could all teams remember to use ESL Wire, if you have not got it installed then see here: ESL Wire Gumpster , Sunday, 11/05/14 03:31