Released last month, Tribes: Ascend is the highly anticipated next part in the renowned Tribes series, eight years after its predecessor and FPS classic, Tribes: Vengeance, hit stores. Today we are happy to announce the first of many competitions for Tribes: Ascend, the ESL Tribes: Ascend CTF Opening Cup.

$3,500 in prize money and more

Key information

Ruleset & XonX: 7on7, Gameshrine rules

Single slimination

Best of three maps

Maps: Crossfire, Katabatic, Drydock, Arx Novena, Raindance

Sign-up deadline: Thursday 31st May, midnight CEST

Start date: Sunday 3rd June

Default match day & time: Sundays, 20 CEST

Rescheduling to an +/- 3 days possible if both teams agree

Ruleset & XonX *UPDATE*

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We are happy to announce that we have a total ofcourtesy ofto reward the top three teams. In addition, they will also win ESL Premium and earn themselves the prestigious Opening Cup award - which can only be awarded once in a game's lifetime!As with most competitive titles, the ruleset to be used for competition is still to be agreed on by the community. The key question in Tribes: Ascend is: 7on7 or 8on8?After re-evaluating the situation the last few days, we have decided to go ahead with the 7on7 "Gameshrine" rules for the time being. Feedback is always welcome!The sign-up deadline and start of the cup have been pushed back a week to allow more time for teams to sign-up.Support the ESL Tribes: Ascend section and make sure not to miss out on news of more announcements by following us on Facebook and Twitter.

If you have any feedback - bad or good - about anything we are doing in Tribes: Ascend then please go ahead and post in the forum.

We are looking for admins!

Would you like to help to run the Cups and Ladders at the ESL Tribes section? You know exactly what the Tribes community needs and you would love to be a dedicated admin? Then Apply now!

Good luck and have fun,Your