fm-eSports are the champions of Insomnia52

fm-eSports have won Insomnia52, held from August 22 to August 25 at the Rocoh Arena in Coventry, England. The tournament featured sixteen of the best teams in the UK fighting for a £7500 (~12000 USD) total prize pool.

The self-proclaimed "biggest gaming festival in the UK" is now over, with fm-eSports taking home the grand prize of £3750 (~6200 USD), remaining undefeated throughout the entire tournament. They were able to cruise through the upper bracket, going 2-0 against TopNerd, Rasta, and PCHire.net.

The match against Team Infused proved to be much closer, with a 2-1 standing against fm-eSports. Nonetheless, fm-eSports still pulled through , beating Rasta on de_dust2 16-12. The second match in the Bo3 was much different, with Rasta taking 11 rounds on the T side of de_nuke, a map that is know to be heavily CT sided. However, fm-eSports surprised everyone by coming back on the T side, only allowing Rasta to get one round on their CT side. They ended the tournament going 16-12 as well on their last map.

The tournament ended with the following prize pool distribution:

1. fm-eSports - £3750

2. Rasta - £1500

3. PCHire.net - £900

4. NetCodeGuides.com (UK Division) - £250

BBC news also did a segment on i52. Check it out here:

Banner from FM esports website.

Insomnia image from indiedb.