Last weekend saw 6 talented UK CS:GO sides take part in the ESL AOC CS:GO Challenge hosted at epic.LAN in Kettering. For £1,000 6 teams slogged it out over three days and we finally managed to crown one winner.

Team Infused win ESL AOC CS:GO Challenge at epic.LAN



It was an interesting weekend for Counter Strike in the UK, with only six teams turning up in Kettering for a share of a prize pool worth £1,000 then it was a little disappointing that not more teams had turned up.



However that didn't stop the event being a right spectacle and of course new teams in the form of Team Rehab, dysfunctional managed to impress over the weekend. With that added, epic.LAN managed to smash all current viewing records by having at a peak 15,000 people watching the ESL UK stream, some of the better matches.



With the glorious talent we had at the ESL TV Studio over the weekend, it was really quite a spectacle and showed what the UK could do in a competitive environment.



If you missed anything from the weekend, there will be VoDs up from the channel on our YouTube channel. Also check out the video that James Duffield did where he walked through and showed you round epic.THIRTEEN.







The final was quite tense and incredibly close, it was between Team Infused & PCHire.net who had played twice before ending in a close 2 - 1 series to Team Infused. The Grand Final was a Best of 5 with 1 map advantage to Team Infused who had won the Upper Bracket Final the night before.



The match started on de_dust2 and at first it was topsy turvy with rounds being collected by both sides, before Team Infused managed to come out in the second half and absolutely deliver perfection, as they closed out the first map 16 - 8.



That meant, PCHire.net needed an absolutely flawless performance, as they needed the next three maps, we went to de_inferno and once again both sides kept trading rounds in the early stages before Team Infused went to 14 - 8 and then couldn't seem to close out but PCHire went eventually down at 16 - 10. That meant Infused were crowned champions of the ESL AOC CS:GO Challenge partnered with epic.LAN.





epic.THIRTEEN winners Team Infused collecting £750 (More photos of epic.THIRTEEN on epiclan.co.uk)



James Duffield interviews decclan from Team Infused:









epic.THIRTEEN Runners Up collecting £250 & Razer Mice. (More photos of epic.THIRTEEN on epiclan.co.uk)



James Duffield interviews jakem from PCHire.net:







Final Standings:



- Team Infused - £750

- PCHire.net - £250 + 5x Razer Mice

- Dysfunctional



4th - Team Rehab

5th - Saviours of the UK Scene

6th - OVERWOLFZ Represent



Can we give thanks to all our Sponsors, AOC & Razer, and thank epic.LAN for hosting this event. It was an interesting weekend for Counter Strike in the UK, with only six teams turning up in Kettering for a share of a prize pool worth £1,000 then it was a little disappointing that not more teams had turned up.However that didn't stop the event being a right spectacle and of course new teams in the form of Team Rehab, dysfunctional managed to impress over the weekend. With that added, epic.LAN managed to smash all current viewing records by having at a peak 15,000 people watching the ESL UK stream, some of the better matches.With the glorious talent we had at the ESL TV Studio over the weekend, it was really quite a spectacle and showed what the UK could do in a competitive environment.If you missed anything from the weekend, there will be VoDs up from the channel on our YouTube channel. Also check out the video that James Duffield did where he walked through and showed you round epic.THIRTEEN.The final was quite tense and incredibly close, it was between Team Infused & PCHire.net who had played twice before ending in a close 2 - 1 series to Team Infused. The Grand Final was a Best of 5 with 1 map advantage to Team Infused who had won the Upper Bracket Final the night before.The match started on de_dust2 and at first it was topsy turvy with rounds being collected by both sides, before Team Infused managed to come out in the second half and absolutely deliver perfection, as they closed out the first map 16 - 8.That meant, PCHire.net needed an absolutely flawless performance, as they needed the next three maps, we went to de_inferno and once again both sides kept trading rounds in the early stages before Team Infused went to 14 - 8 and then couldn't seem to close out but PCHire went eventually down at 16 - 10. That meant Infused were crowned champions of the ESL AOC CS:GO Challenge partnered with epic.LAN.James Duffield interviews decclan from Team Infused:James Duffield interviews jakem from PCHire.net:- Team Infused - £750- PCHire.net - £250 + 5x Razer Mice- Dysfunctional4th - Team Rehab5th - Saviours of the UK Scene6th - OVERWOLFZ RepresentCan we give thanks to all our Sponsors, AOC & Razer, and thank epic.LAN for hosting this event. Gumpster , Tuesday, 22/07/14 17:59