ESL HoN Opening Cup
Tournament details
- Participants: 59 (visit)
- Official news
- Rules
--- Sign UpWith sign ups increased to 64 teams the Heroes of Newerth ESL Opening Cup seems to be receive a great audience and a great success for the start of the game in Europes biggest league. Bot not the amount of teams is the most interesting there are also a few players worth your attention to watch and to listen to. To make the game interesting for readers and those who'd like to follow it over here on crossfire I've added a few statements and expectations on the game and on the cup itself.

With more than 16 teams welcome to participate in the first ESL cup starting at 26th October for the widely accepted Heroes of Newerth BETA the competitive scene for the game will open its doors and therefor crossfire starts its coverage. With only a few premium accounts to be won in the tournament the much more important thing should be the title to win the very first major HoN tournament held by the ESL.

If more teams sign up additional slots might be available, the cup and the timetable will be adapted to the amount of teams.

With CC7 announced and CoD6 on the list, you shouldn't forget the current EuroCup running for CoD4. Some of the teams have surprised and attended the previous Crossfire Challenges doing an incredible performance on LAN, such as the Czech powerhouse esuba.

Compared to ET's EuroCup, this one is much bigger! With 24 teams performing in the first group stage the ClanBase crew invited 28 teams in total, seperated in 20 direct invites and 8 teams for qualifiers.

Direct invites

Rodcad Call Of Duty 4
eSuba.AMD.SAPPHIRE
Deathless Gaming
JiggawOOh
xtothed
H2k-Gaming - Thermaltake
Team SPEEDLINK
mTw.Mindfactory
iNFiNiTY*SKiLLS
OX-GAMING
The Imperial
Universal Soldiers
noProfile.LP
DIGITAL-SENSE.ORG
ManiaX eSports
xt6 Gaming by probytes
mo_O.se
Vitriolic Gaming - SteelSeries
wildSTAR
YYT.AMD Eurocup Account

Qualifiers

-=@)Pelipojat from Finland(@=-
The UGLY Smiley Crew
Team GIGABYTE
Bai-Bye [Eurocup XX]
YNC videos
RRush Gaming
Cubesports.AMD
druidz.MW2 * Qpad * Gigabyte

Facts

Euro Cup XX
Details: Cup page
Participants: 24
Direct Invites: 20
Qualifiers: 8

Previous Season Winners
TBH.MSI
noLife.LP
H2K.Thermaltake

OpenCup (S&D)
Paricipants: 504
Details: Cup page
If you are looking for names such as MYM, fnatic or SK Gaming, you should remember fnatic's announcement to boycott the euro cup (and their team is quite inactive) and SK Gaming releasing their team due to lack of perfomance a few weeks after CDC4. MYM, rather known as The Last Resort as runner-up on CDC4 is nowhere to be found in this list.

The EuroCup has been covered by Tek9 and Cadred.org in the past years, if you want to follow this event, keep up to date with them.

As Impact is a quite known name for the Enemy Territory scene with eVo sending numerous of teams to different Crossfire lan events this is not about them for once. There is another team formed for ages already: The Italian brand Team Impact is established for years in Call of Duty. For a while they supported other games as well and succeeded with TF2 as example. Now they introduced their new Wolfenstein team with an entire Italian line up:

• Juan 'mama' Pilloni
  
• Michele 'vegeta' Vanga
  
• Massimo 'Asdino' Tarsitani
  
• David 'hUMY' Patacchini
  
• Michele 'sponge' Garzoni
  
• Marco 'Ryu' Sanfilippo (backup)

Announced yesterday, the reputated clan made his first step in the wolf scene with mamalukes, known for numerous participations in ET's EuroCups and at Crossfire's LAN events.

There was nothing announced about attending the CC7 as Wolf team, but vegeta added the following statement:

Quote by Statement of Michele 'vegeta' Vanga

"We are very pleased to be joined by a multigaming important as that of the impact. In the coming months we will give our best to keep up the good name of the team and get good results both in Italy and in Europe."

Source: Impact.it

Update: The team will most likely be going to CC7, it's not confirmed to happen yet though.

With all maps announced, some weeks passed for sign ups and qualifiers we did find our 16 teams to compete in division 1. Today, the first matches are going to happened!
PIDAR will face S.N. Batallion to fight it out for the first three points in their group. SNB as winner of the HighBot Winter Challenge joins the match as favorite after they won against CC5 winners H2k.

Wrobel is motivated and expecting a hot and close match:
well i hope it will be nice game. We didn`t prac for few days so it it our first normal offi game. i don`t know the score but it should be 4-2 for snb or us"

hentai and his not so motivated prediction for tonight's match:
We're having internal problems so i think we'll lose. Spec sight for major h34d$h07s

The last but by far not least deciding qualifier matches will be up tonight with the surprising nSens facing the old and glory dESIRE and gZcon trying their best to get over the close loss against mASCULINE MANS from Tuesday with facing verS. Both matches will be on ETTV so make sure you tune in!

Lower Bracket Round 4
nSens - dESIRE (ETTV)
gZcon - verS (ETTV)

The Groups are up!
Finally, the groups are up with all their matches and proposed match dates. Due to issues during the qualifiers with server choice and nations cup schedule. Therefor the first match week is delayed by 1 week. If you already agreed on a date, don't care about this change and just play your match.
:: Division 1 Group A - B - Matches // Group A - B - Rankings
:: Division 2 Group A - H - Matches // Group A - H - Rankings
:: Division 2 Group I - P - Matches // Group I - P - Rankings

Last notes
- To report scores use this document.
- Players can only play for one team, allowed player lists will be released Monday or Tuesday
- You can add as many players as you want before the first matchweek
- We have transfer periods, read the rules if you don't know them
- If your clan is not playing anymore, tell an admin about it!

We wish every team the best of luck and much fun in their matches during the ET Masters Season 2!

The tournament for the last 4 spots in the first division and the last chance to play for the sex, the drugs and the money is about to start. With the first two rounds of the double elimination bracket played today the next deciding rounds won't be missed for long. On Monday and Tuesday night we will face the important matches.

Yo lads and boys, we are done with the seedings and can present to you the announcement for the direct invites and qualifiers for the second season of the ET Masters!
With 147 Teams signed up we are proud to bring you the best tournament we could think of, including the last 3 sign ups being at the waiting list for dropouts or teams not playing after losing their qualifier match. This opportunity goes for others as well, if you still want to sign up, go for it and send over your PM to sign up as written in this news post.
Every team not mentioned in the following list will participate in the second division.

Division 1 & Qualifiers

Direct Invites
ButtonBashers!
H2k-Gaming.ET
mamut.si
impact-gaming
8bits.FiF Green
#TAG.et
S.N. Battalion
HighBot
diversus
cortana
mouK zZz
OVERLOAd Gaming Qualifiers
PIDAR
No pracs is our tax
mASCULINE MANS
Sublime gaming
The Pin Pals
plixplax
Zero Empathy
invitium
dESIRE.et
Gamerz-Connexion
dECLINE
nSens
InfernaL.et
devilry
Team-FatGames
mYrmidons
unKind
Qualifier Tournament
The tournament to decide the last 4 teams for the first division will be starting this Sunday at 20.00 CET. Matches are forced so either contact an admin and reschedule your match to an earlier date or drop out of the qualifiers.
:: Bracket Qualifiers
:: Schedule Qualifiers

Back Up Teams
If there is one or more team not attending the ET Masters anymore we will have the following 4 Seeds replacing them if needed:
mYrmidons
Turbot
re-play black
secunda doping
Get our detailed poules with all seedings and the full schedule for the tournament here.

Division 2

There is one part finished (Group A - H, Division 2 Part 1) and one part waiting on the qualifier matches (Group I - P, Division 2 Part 2). Remember to read the schedule in our spreadsheet to make sure you know how to handle the proposed match times and where to find your opponent.
:: Division 2 Groupstage Part 1 (Groups A - H)
:: Division 2 Groupstage Part 2 (Groups I - P)
:: Division 2 Schedule

Team captains!

Every team needs it's captain! If your team is without a captain on this spreadsheet make sure you get one in by contacting chosen via IRC in #etmasters. Make sure your captain is in this channel.

Rules and Maps

Official release of the rules will be tomorrow evening. Stay tuned until the release is done and make sure you read the schedule and seeding document properly.
We will keep to the basic rules published in our tournament announcement. To decide the 6th map we will have a cup coming up this Sunday, starting at 18.30 CET to decide the final map for the ET Masters. If you have spare time, make sure you sign up!

The deadline for the 500 € tournament is nearing to a close. With 138 sign ups so far, we are almost at the threshold of teams we need to offer a great tournament.

Target: 144 Teams!

The Qualifier and Invites
16 Teams will fight it out to get one of the 4 remaining spots to have a chance to get their hands on the prize money in the major division. The tournament will start Sunday and run through to Tuesday with a double elimination bracket.
We offer 28 Teams the chance to play in the very top division. Our seedings will be very tight and therefore we need you to tell us if your team is now inactive or does not want to participate in the ET Masters Season 2 anymore. We will definitely not allow teams (including a major part of their players probably) back for a 3rd season if they can't prove their stability in this tournament.

The Second Division
With groups of 8 Teams and hopefully 128 teams participating, it will be a major league with relegation games and a long term tournament with 1 match each week. Every team has the chance to qualify for the playoffs and two or three lost matches won't destroy your chances. Reach the Top 4 and keep playing till the end for your own good!

!! The Captains
Every team will need a responsible person to be available in our channel #etmasters on quakenet. Contact chosen, eVo or Adacore in this channel and tell us the team captain for your team.

The Rules
Detailed rules will be published on Thursday. Major stuff: No player will be allowed to play for more than one team and everyone playing needs to insert his current PB GUID to his crossfire profile. Every player who wants to play with your team in this cup must be in your crossfire team for atleast 24 hours.

Last map
Every team not competing in the opening match or participating in the qualifiers can participate in our map finding tournament which we probably will announce on Sunday. Most votes gone for Adlernest, Braundorf, Frostbite and Oasis.


Recent updates
01/19 16.29 - New here?
Find out how to...... create your clan and add your members to this clan here on crossfire. A small info text has been added to this newspost to make the life a little bit easier.
01/18 19.27 - ESL TV and ESL
ESLTV's FlyingDJ added... ... a few premium accounts for this cup's winners!The top of the top will receive premium codes to tune in ESLTV or use the advantages of an ESL premium account.
01/16 22.00 - YCN adds prizes!
YCN Hosting joins the cup......with adding game servers for the first and second division as additional prizes! Check the news post for more details.
01/16 19.58 - Spread the news
Support us promoting ......the second edition of the ET Masters! Spam it all the way, this tournament needs your support to get as much attention as possible. Tell your friends, clan mates and national communities to sign up and join the tournament.
If you are an owner of a website, just tell us on IRC, so we can link your website back in this newspost.
01/16 00.11 - ET Masters announced As announced yesterday...
...there have been two tournaments held by Impact Gaming and Crossfire. After a short conversation in the evening, both organisations came to the conclusion to partner up and bring you one very big and awesome tournament right to the gates! We have increased the prize money to 500€ however we will definately announce atleast one additional sponsor in the upcoming days.



News supporters
The Last Resort
H2K Gaming
et.sk
ET-Scene
ROCKIT
ET Web
+ more partner
8=D Team
et.owned.pl
woCen
esreality
dESIRE
StarZz-Gaming
ET-FR
Sektor Gaming
8Bits-Gaming
Epsilon
Overload
Titanz.eu
GamesTV.org
#6on6.et (XonX Network)
+ your page hereSpam it all the way, this tournament needs your support to get as much attention as possible. Tell your friends, clan mates and national communities to sign up and join the tournament.
If you are an owner of a website, just tell us on IRC, so we can link your website back in this newspost.

Participants: 64
Divisions: 2
Groups: 4
Teams each group: 8

Start:
Starting now
Close:
04th Feb, 23.00 CET
Matchweeks:
1 - 8th Feb - 15th Feb
2 - 16th Feb - 22th Feb
3 - 23rd Feb - 01st Mar
4 - 02nd Mar - 08th Mar
5 - 09th Mar - 15th Mar
6 - 16th Mar - 22nd Mar
7 - 23rd Mar - 29th Mar
Wildcarded matches: - 30th Mar

QuadV.com
GamesTV.org


We'd love to give you the opportunity to win some prizes in an online competition on Crossfire. Until now, we didn't receive any positive answer but we will keep trying.

Crossfire and GamesTV.org will be teaming up once again to provide coverage including all the hottest news on the competition every day.

- Matches will be played using the European 6v6 Config.
- Anyone serving a cheating related ban from Crossfire is not welcome in Crossfire competitions. +This also includes players banned for multiple accounts. For any hints, message an admin via irc. If any player will be find with a multi account, your team will be removed from the cup. If you have more than one account contact an admin to remove your unused one.
Map list Bremen, Delivery, Goldrush, Radar, Supply & TBA +There will be atleast one cup running different maps, including frostbite, adlernest, oasis, warbell and maps alike.
- There willl be one match each week
- Every team has two wildcards to use during the groupstage
- Each group will consist of at least 6, and a maximum of 8 teams.
- Each team can pick every map twice during the groupstage
- Other than that, rules used on the CC6 will be used, those will be republished asap for public read.
- Rule violation will result in a default loss
- Crossfire reserves the right to broadcast any Premier League match
- Send a PM for any feedback, questions or proposals before and during the cup

To sign up send a pm to chosen including the following details:
- Url to Crossfire's team sheet
- Url to the clan on CB or ESL - OR - to each player on ClanBase or ESL
- Include the map you want to have as 6th
- Use "Crossfire League" as title, otherwise your team might get lost

Sign Up here