IEM Global Challenge Dubai

After a somewhat dry spell, the Counter-Strike 1.6 & Quake Live scene can cast its eyes on a LAN final again.

When it comes to deciding the cream of the crop of Worldwide eSports talent, many will shrug and give you the name of a consistent team over the past few years, whether that name is mTw, Team EG, MYM or Vitriolic. Over the past few weeks, some of those teams, amongst others, have been battling it out online across two games, Quake Live and Counter-Strike: 1.6 to secure a place at the Extreme Masters Dubai, which will decide who really does stand out in the eSports scene.


Last year we saw one of the most exciting tournaments of the year taking place in in this big city. And again the world's best players will compete at the Gitex Shopper in Dubai from 17th until 24th of October 2009 at the $31,500 Global Challenge.

Ladies & Gentlemen without further ado let me present you the groups for next week’s huge eSport tournament which is taking place in the world-famous & stylish Dubai.


Counter-Strike 1.6 - $25,000 Prizepurse

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[*]Seeding Pool 1: fnaticMSI & SK Gaming
[*]Seeding Pool 2: Wemade Fox & Vitriolic Gaming
[*]Seeding Pool 3: mousesports & Team ALTERNATE
[*]Seeding Pool 4: MeetYourMakers & k23
[*]Seeding Pool 5: Virtus.pro & KerchNET
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Quake Live - $6,500 Prizepurse


The first part of the tournament will consist of four groups with four players in each. Those four players play each other in best of three matches and the top two of each group advance to single elimination playoffs, which will be played best of five. The map list for the tournament will be: qzdm6, qzdm13, qztourney7, qztourney9 and ztntourney1.[/i]




In a nutshell:
Intel Extreme Masters Dubai
Dates: October 17th-24th
Prize Pool: $31,500
Games: Quake Live, Counter-Strike
Venue: Gitex Shopper & Consumer Electronics Expo, Dubai, UAE

AndThenSome private footage from last years EMS in Dubai:



Get ready!

For updated Counter-Strike 1.6 info go to cadred's ESL Extreme Masters channel at http://www.cadred.org/News/Channel/77289/ - For updated Quake Live info visit www.tek-9.org.