With the first batch of 16 teams signing up we could see big teams as well as underdogs successfully securing their spot for the upcoming Antwerp eSports Festival. They were given 48 hours to send in a proof of payment. With that deadline swiftly approaching, it becomes clear some have failed to do so.

Velerion, Team SpeedLink and 1stCav are the three remaining teams that still have their slots as pending. The Polish side have communicated with us to ensure their commitment and urge to pay. Also SpeedLink are eager to pay even though their organisation's structure is somewhat cumbersome.

The only team that hasn't even attempted to communicate about this issue is Velerion. A number of top teams waited hours to sign up to eventually see all slots were filled.

By 21:00 CET this evening the slots of pending teams will be opened to other teams again. 1stCav and SpeedLink will be given another chance to sign up next round if they still have monetary problems, Velerion however will only be able to sign up again when all other teams have signed up. That is, if they fail to pay within the next hours.

Tonight we have to final game in the first round of the playoffs. It sees the Hungarian powerhouse cave take on the wiley Thunderc*ts.

The game should be a cracker with the first official shoutcast of the cup coming from owzo of Rockit Radio and his new co-commentator dictator to bring added insight into what should be an interesting matchup. You can tune into the cast here -> Listen here

If you want to watch WTV you can grab the RTCW 1.4 pack from the tutorials section here at crossfire, connect to the ip given on gamesTV and your in! (No CDKEY Required to watch WTV).

EMS ET is back again with more interesting matches. EMS is currently in Matchweek 4, with several matches from week 3 wildcarded. This news will contain a small preview of the matches that will be played during this week on EMS. Check out the ESL Newspost for player's statements and predictions[/b] and also the Interview with the Belgian Star, Boss.[/b]




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Date: Tonight
Time: 21:30 CET
Maps: Supply and sw_goldrush_te
League: ESL EMS VI Group Stage

Only 40 minutes were needed to get the first 16 slots filled up for the Antwerp eSports Festival Enemy Territory tournament!

Of those 16 signed up teams, 13 already paid. The others still have until Friday 21:00 CET to provide a proof of payment or else their spot will go to another team.

Lovesow is once again hosting a Warsow cup. This time it is the Bomb it with Love! Warsow Bomb & Defuse cup. Our goal is to keep some cup activity and competition in the small, but awesome Warsow community! The cup will run on Sunday the 30th of May starting at 16:00 CET. We will begin with a groupstage first, followed by a single elimination bracket.

Bomb & Defuse gameplay videos


Vital information:
Gametype: 5vs5 Bomb & Defuse
Scorelimit: 16
Format: Bo1 in groupstage, Bo3 in playoffs
Mappool: Downtown, embackyard, Shepas, reactors_2 & wbomb1 (find download links below)
IRC: All teams (at least a captain) must be present in #lovesow during the cup
WarsowTV: connect warsow-esport.net


You can sign up using Lovesow or by contacting h1o in IRC. I hope everyone will support us by playing or watching! There will be warsowTV and hopefully a stream.

Starting at 18:30 holysh1t will provide a stream and Lovesow will provide two shoutcasters!
Stream: TBA

Download: Warsow 0.5 and Custom Maps.
Links: Lovesow newspost, Sign-Up, #lovesow

Antwerp eSports Festival partner YCN Hosting will be giving away free servers and voice comms to all attending teams.


YCN Hosting is offering every team that signs up to the Antwerp eSports Festival, presented by ASUS and Microsoft, a free Game Server (COD4, CSS or ET) as well as a Voice Server (Ventrilo, Mumble or Teamspeak3). We want to give all teams the opportunity to practice for the upcoming Antwerp eSports Festival to the best of their abilities. Any claimed service will be accessible as soon as you make your payment for the event and will remain online until the 1st of August.

With the Antwerp eSports Festival on its way, and both EuroCup XXI and EMS underway, Epsilon eSports were eager to snatch up an Enemy Territory team and be once again represented in the Enemy Territory scene. Some of you may remember the name Epsilon from the Year of 2008, at the Crossfire Challenge 5, with a great turn of performances, went onto winning the event. After CC5, Epsilon was just a name since the team went and moved to h2k - Gaming. Epsilon are now back with a bang and ready to make a name for its self once again in the Enemy Territory scene. Without further ado I present you with the new, sleek and fierce Epsilon side:

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After two and a half weeks of games the RtCW-Cup 4 group games have finished! With most games being completed without much problem and a couple of WTV games in the mix too it has been a good start for this cup, something we hope to build on in Future cups!

The pressure is on for the European mix and German team tonight. Both teams will be fighting for second place in Group C, where the winner can contiue to the final stages of the league. Has the time come for a brand new team with the rewarding teamplay that can potentially dominate the scene?

SPEEDLINK

Rumour has it SPEEDLINK is the new and upcoming underdogs in the ET scene - call them the next FiF or Masculine Mans if you will. Rumour also has it that the German team have been practicing at bootcamp - whether that's true or not we will soon find out; though, this shouldn't come as a shock to the community. SPEEDLINK recently made the Crossfire headlines with the announcement of the new aniti-cheat for ET created by chaplja on behalf of the German MGC. However, this is no amateur anti-cheat. The contracts have been exchanged between the pair and the scene is preparing for the final release that could potentially extend ET's life beyond expectations.

It is still unsure why ET has caught SPEEDLINK's eye. Perhaps our game has finally been recognised for its potential outside of the Crossfire community. If so, expect big things from the German ET team. The team are also preparing for the upcoming AEF LAN - rockit.ET certainly have a fight on their hands tonight.

Today is the day you've all been waiting for (or not so much for some). At 9 pm CET (GMT+1), the sales will open. You'll find bankdetails and more information right here when the time comes. Remember only one payment per team, so no partial payments are allowed!

Yet there seem to be many teams and players that didn't read anything about AEF but still want to go. So here is a summary of things you need to know if you want to go to AEF. Now you really have no excuse anymore to not know these bulletpoints!

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