After many years since the last league system in the UK hosted by ESL, we finally have the resemblance of a ladder system return with the launch of the Major Ladder.

With it being a gruelling two and a half month league set up, only the best of the best will take the top two spots in the league and qualify for the Promotion Tournament for the next season. This means teams that missed out for this season, like Monumentalis or Molotovs and Marshmallows, can head into the system to keep active in a league system before making the push for making the UK Premiership the following season. What isn’t clear at the moment is if the ladder would be replacing the Qualifier tournament or running alongside as another way to qualify. But what is clear is that the ladder is set to provide two spots in next season’s promotion tournament, with four others coming from the bottom teams in the Premiership.

Anyone will be able to play the ladder on any day of the week, from 7PM until 10PM on Weekdays and 2PM until 10PM on a weekend. this gives teams a chance at playing a lot of other teams around their level and work their way up the ladder to get to the UK Premiership Promotions Tournaments.

This is one of the steps helping to make some resemblance of a scene return to the UK, where for a long time leagues had disappeared or were neglected by the larger organisations. The Major Ladder joins Multiplay’s UK Masters in bringing back tournament life to the scene. This is alongside the LAN events that have been steadfast throughout the UK in the past years, as well as new ones popping up alongside those .

Sign-ups are open now for any team not in the Premiership, with more information being available from ESL’s announcement.