AEF Website Launched

The official Antwerp eSports Festival website is now live!

With the new site some new details have surfaced! Also make sure to read more to see what you have to do if you want this LAN to become as successful as it can ever be!

Set to take place from the 30th of July 2010 until the 1st of August 2010, the Antwerp eSports Festival promises to be one of the most competitive events the Benelux has ever seen. With competitions taking place in Counter-Strike Source, Call of Duty 4 and Enemy Territory, the best of the best in the gaming industry are expected to travel down to Antwerp to compete. With a maximum combined prize purse of €27,500 it also promises to be one of the largest prize purses ever handed out in the Benelux.

We are launching the website to give all the teams and players the information they need to arrange their travel and accomodation to attend the event. If you have any further questions concerning the Antwerp eSports Festival, don't hesitate to contact us as we are here to help. Also check out our Facebook fan page and make sure you follow us on Twitter to catch the latest updates.

The prize purse of this event works with triggers. There is a minimum guaranteed amount and as the amount of teams entered (and paid) increases, so does the prize money.



The entry will work on a first come, first serve basis which means that the teams who pay their entry fee the first will be guaranteed entrance to the event. The price for a team ticket for the Antwerp eSports Festival (5 players + 1 manager) for the Enemy Territory competition will be set at €300 and is non-refundable. The signups will open shortly so make sure you have everything sorted when they do!

Team tickets will go on sale Wednesday the 26th of May 2010 at 19:00 CET. Tickets can be paid for by bank transfer or PAYPAL (extra charges might apply) and will be done on a first come first serve policy meaning those who pay first are guaranteed a slot in the tournament.

Right now we are calculating our entire event with a minimum of slots for all competitions. This means that once the payments will open up only 16 slots per game will be made available! This means that the first 16 Call of Duty 4, Enemy Territory or Counter-Strike Source teams to pay their entry fee are guaranteed a slot in the tournament.

We will then look at how fast each tournament fills up and depending on this more slots will be gradually opened up for each tournament, starting with the tournament that filled up the quickest (obviously!).

Because we are currently working with a limited amount of tournament PC's (we are trying to get as many as possible) and space available this could mean that if your community is not fast enough it could be stuck with "only" 16 slots where other tournaments could be bumped up to 48 slots!

As and when the slots are increased, the prize money for that tournament will increase according to the triggers listed on the competition page of each tournament
- so it is in the best interest of the entire community to make sure those slots fill quickly. By doing it this way we are guaranteeing that the limited amount of tournament PC's and space available have the best possible use and that the communities who are more receptive of the event are rewarded with more slots and bigger prize purses!

As you've read in the above paragraph, it's extremely important you're here with your money on a paypal account Wednesday in two weeks. We have to battle it out against CoD4 and CS:S for the most slots in the tournament. So that means the ball's in your court now. We've brought this LAN to you, now it's up to you to get your act together. Even if you can't find enough players, you can still already sign your team up and pay. When all slots are gone it won't be possible to attend this LAN anymore. So that means when you paid for your team ticket, and in the end it turns out you can't attend anymore, you can still pass on the ticket to another team. Keep in mind though that tickets are non-refundable. And after all, paying earlier is a lot cheaper in regards to travel costs and accommodation!

I'm counting on you personally to act on this. You've always wanted more LAN's and ET to become bigger, well here's your chance. Don't wait to find players, don't think there will be spots left a couple days after the opening, because there probably won't and you'll be sadly disappointed. This LAN has the biggest potential prizepool since Quakecon, so don't miss out!

I'll be keeping the team-list in the forum updated with an extra golden star for each team that is ready to pay! Keep track of which teams take the responsibility and get their act ready right there!

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