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ESL|Paddel · Aug 15, 2008, 06:07 PM // 18:07

Hey guys,
we want to inform you because the Electronic Sports League (ESL) reopened their Guild Wars section and now offers a lot of cool competition. This starts with small cups and a ladder for the 4on4 modus and ends up in premierships for ambitious 8on8 teams.

For 8on8 teams we have the following competitions:
- 8on8 Cup Series Cups (qualification for ESL Major Series)
- 8on8 ESL Amateur Series (weekly matches, prizes in kind and possible qualification for EMS Season 2)
- 8on8 ESL Major Series (league with 12 qualified teams, offline finals and prize money!)

The ESL Major Series is open for all european teams. International teams may join as well if they take the travel expenses from outside of europe on their own (if they qualify for offline finals). So if your team wants to play in the highest GW league that is offered by the ESL you just need to qualify through one of the 8on8 cups!

All information can be found in the ESL. I would also like to answer your questions directly in this topic.

ESL GW Section: http://www.esl.eu/eu/guildwars/
Comeback News: http://www.esl.eu/eu/guildwars/news/...k-on-the-ESL-/
Quali News: http://www.esl.eu/eu/guildwars/news/...second-round-/

If you are new to the ESL and you may need help to understand the system you should read this: http://www.esl.eu/eu/guildwars/gettingstarted/

Kind regards,
Patrick 'ESL|Paddel' Rudolph

Snow Bunny · Aug 15, 2008, 06:08 PM // 18:08

That's awesome!

Regina Buenaobra · Aug 15, 2008, 06:30 PM // 18:30

I'd also like to mention that ESL is having an invitational tournament at the Games Convention next week:

http://eu.guildwars.com/news/article...ck_on_the_esl/

NCsoft Europe have invited top guilds to compete in front of a huge e-sports audience, so if you're going to Leipzig, definitely check it out.

Solas · Aug 15, 2008, 06:38 PM // 18:38

Nice one, Hopefully there will be more Guildwars Competitions popping up aswell, Its all publicity

DarkNecrid · Aug 15, 2008, 08:17 PM // 20:17

Soooo cooool.

FrAnt1c² · Aug 16, 2008, 08:49 AM // 08:49

Nice, but I dont really get how KMD and baby are already playing finals, if its only announced like, yesterday?

upier · Aug 16, 2008, 08:53 AM // 08:53

Completely and utterly off but it's interesting what passes off as "sport" these days ...

Avarre · Aug 16, 2008, 10:10 AM // 10:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by upier

Completely and utterly off but it's interesting what passes off as "sport" these days ...

Esports has been around for a long time.

This is good news, 3rd party support for Guild Wars PvP is always welcome.

Lonesamurai · Aug 16, 2008, 10:47 AM // 10:47

Thats cool

What does the ESL do for coverage?

Holly Herro · Aug 16, 2008, 10:57 AM // 10:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonesamurai

Thats cool

What does the ESL do for coverage?

I think they do Starcraft champsionships too, so mabye TV channel in Korea or something

ESL|Paddel · Aug 16, 2008, 12:25 PM // 12:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrAnt1c²

Nice, but I dont really get how KMD and baby are already playing finals, if its only announced like, yesterday?

The offline event at Games Convention is no final. It is just a 4-teams invite tounament and top 2 get free spot for EMS. The other 10 spots for EMS will be given out through qualification cups (one is nearly finished, one starts tomorrow, one starts at 27th)

So there are still a lot of chances to qualify for the league.. just register your team in the ESL and signup: http://www.esl.eu/eu/guildwars/8on8/...s_cup_2/signup

greets,
Paddel

Thizzle · Aug 17, 2008, 03:26 AM // 03:26

I lose competition.

Bryant Again · Aug 17, 2008, 03:33 AM // 03:33

Forgive the crudeness, but RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO YES!!!

Deleet · Aug 17, 2008, 05:32 AM // 05:32

Nice one.

qweqweqwe

NoXiFy · Aug 17, 2008, 04:54 PM // 16:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrAnt1c²

Nice, but I dont really get how KMD and baby are already playing finals, if its only announced like, yesterday?

Baby got sold... i think. And also, is this ONLY for Europe? Someone please anser this

Lonesamurai · Aug 17, 2008, 05:51 PM // 17:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by ESL|Paddel

The offline event at Games Convention is no final. It is just a 4-teams invite tounament and top 2 get free spot for EMS. The other 10 spots for EMS will be given out through qualification cups (one is nearly finished, one starts tomorrow, one starts at 27th)

So there are still a lot of chances to qualify for the league.. just register your team in the ESL and signup: http://www.esl.eu/eu/guildwars/8on8/...s_cup_2/signup

greets,
Paddel

Paddel, do you guys have any radio coverage of events?

Any affiliations?

ESL|Paddel · Aug 17, 2008, 08:24 PM // 20:24

@NoXiFy
All competitions besides ESL Major Series (the one with offline finals) is free for all! The ESL Major Series is also open for teams outside of Europe if they agree on paying their entire travel expenses outside of Europe.

@Lonesamurai
We just restarted our Guild Wars section and do not have a lot of connections yet. If you got some good links we will try our best to get coverages on board

pigdestroyer · Aug 17, 2008, 08:38 PM // 20:38

This is awesome news! I hope we get to obs some of the matches.

Lawnmower · Aug 17, 2008, 09:31 PM // 21:31

My only real dissapointment with GW was that GW never took off like CS, in the e-sport scene. This game was designed for competitive gaming.

Honestly I blame the poor torturial and steep learning curve. Let that be a lesson for GW2, if you want it to succed. So many players never got into the PvP because they did not understand it, because it was not explained well. Both in skill description, variaty in animations(you cant tell the moves and abillities apart) and just general rules.

Maybe if there had only been one single kind of pvp. and not multiple. Then maybe more people would have flocked towards mastering one mode, instead of growing tired of many.

Such a darn shame.

DutchSmurf · Aug 18, 2008, 10:27 AM // 10:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lawnmower

Honestly I blame the poor torturial and steep learning curve.

Those 2 things are problems players can overcome easily. What killed GW PvP was the total lack of a tool to find teams/guilds.

Anyway, support for GW is always nice. Hope it ends being something that lasts and gets GvG going again. Seeing as it is on life support for some time already.