The first season of the ESL Major Series (EMS) are still underway, but that doesn't stop ESL from announcing the second season. There is no date set to when the qualifiers begin, but it's said that "details will be following in the next days and weeks".

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We are extremely happy to announce a second season of the ESL Major Series powered by ASUS. Like the first season, the ESL Major Series will feature a wide selection of games across the FPS, RTS and Sports genres. We also have great prizes to win in a raffle! The ESL Major Series (EMS) are a collection of Pro Leagues situated a step below our highest competitions, the Pro Series and Masters.

The majority of games selected for the second season are carried over from the first, where possible using the latest release of a game's series. This season will have a distribution of €15,000 plus hardware prizes!

[bThe ESL Major Series Season II games and prizes:[/b]]
- Call of Duty 4 (5on5): €1.500
- Counter-Strike: Source (5on5): €3.000
- Counter-Strike: 1.6 Female (5on5): €1.000
- Dawn of War: Dark Crusade (Clanwar): €1.000
- Defense of the Ancient (5on5): €1.500
- Enemy Territory (6on6): €1.000
- FIFA 08 (Clanwar): €2.000
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (1on1): Hardware prizes
- Team Fortress 2 (6on6): €1.500
- Unreal Tournament 3 (Clanwar): €1.500 + Hardware prizes for MVPs

As you can see both Crossfire-favourites CoD4 and W:ET got included but not ET:QW. The decision to exclude ET:QW must've been due to lack of signups for season I. However, ESL only got themselves to blame for that as they didn't do any advertising for ET:QW EMS other then here on Crossfire which must be seen as a giant mistake as the ET:QW-community on Crossfire still was growing and nowhere near reaching out to everyone. Adding to that the information and pretty much everything concearning the first season was everything but good which made many look the other way, especially as the CB OpenCup offered similiar prize purse and was played at the same time.

Either way, I'll try to keep you updated with information from the ESL EMS season II as it comes.

Read more at:
EMS season II announced
EMS mainpage

For all the viewers who saw Sunday’s ET match, they were witness of a tremendous battle between two giants. The outcome of the match is known by all by now, EDiT won with an earned 4 – 2 victory. Though this didn’t mean they became instantly the champion. Since mPg was able not to lose any match (until this Sunday), and because of the fact they were the winner of the winnersbracket, a second final has to decide who will be the eventual winner of this match. That’s why we are tuning in tonight once more, with the everlasting decision of who will be this EC’s final winner.

Match info:
Date: 18 / 12 / 2007
Time: 22.00 CET
Coverage: http://www.gamestv.org/war.php?wid=3665
Source: http://clanbase.ggl.com/warinfo.php?lsid=561485
Shoutcast: QuadV TosspoT

I’ve asked both teams for a little statement:

Quote by snoop

I can't really predict our chances. The skill between EDiT and us should be kinda equal so I guess the shape of today and a bit of luck will decide the game.

Quote by oli

Well everyone knew the lads were the under dogs at the beginning of the match.. except me, i knew they could pull of a result and they did. The fact that they lost goldrush by 2 seconds says it all. They definetly have it in them to win it and i'm confident they will.

The best of luck to both teams!

Better hide your women and children, the semifinals of the Crossfire QCUP Call of Duty 4 tournament are coming to town! We're down to the final four horsemen of the apocalypse and they have left a trail of death and destruction in their wake. You can find the immense list of casualties in the updated brackets and fixtures.

The non-stop action packed ride that is known as Call of Duty 4 will once again be delivered to your doorstep as the one and only QuadV will be bringing you the semifinal match of EYE against 4Kings LIVE on Wednesday, December 19th at 9 GMT / 22:00 CET! We rounded up EYE|mintr and [4K^corp] for their views on the upcoming match.

Update: Our friends over at NerdVibes will be shoutcasting the other semifinal match of Da Imperial Executers versus oXmoze at 21:00 CET tonight!

As we come closer to the finals of the QCUP, we see four top teams competing for gold, glory, and 500 euros! Our semi finalist teams include german giants megaprogaming, who can be seen in the EuroCup final tonight at 21:00 CET, who will be facing none other than ET stars idle. On the other side of the bracket, we can see the clash of The Last Resort vs aMenti, a game of old vs new, and both will certainly excite the spectators.

The Last Resort vs TBA
Time: Thursday 20th 21:00cet
Coverage: TBA
Maps: Adlernest & Supply
Prediction:
eVo (impact):
[(if it's TLR vs amenti)]
My prediction for the game is a 4:2 win for TLR, obviously Amenti have been a fantastic squad who have won everything however i think most now concentrate on other games and their level will have dropped slightly, as long as we can contain some of their key players i think we should take this with it possibly going to a decider, adlernest being the relatively unknown factor here. I expect it to be a relatively tense game, obviously this is the new TLR squad vs the Old one, it will be interesting given some of the comments passed by some of the Amenti players at the TLR management, that could have added a little niggle to the game. Hopefully everyone gets to spectate a fantastic battle.
Rosters
TLR
Iron
Sheep
perfo
Squalli
toxic
teKoa
eVo

aMenti
Clown
Winghaven
mAus
dAv1d
XyLoS
Matias
doktor


mpg 4 - 0 idle
megaProGaming vs idle
Time: Wednesday 19th 21:30 CET
Coverage: gamestv
Maps: Adlernest & Supply
Prediction:
drago (mpg):
We are looking forward to our match versus idle and even though they have been inactive for some time, there is no way we would underrate them. These guys have played together for such a long time that their teamplay has developed to a level only few teams could ever reach. Nevertheless we will try our best to win and hope the spectators will enjoy this match.
Rosters
idle
urtier
senji
night
kot
sol
jakazc
reload
r3vers

mpg
aCoZz
wEAK
drago
snoop
keran
butchji

A personal good luck to all teams from myself, and to you a recommendation to spectate, as these games are certainly not to be missed!

Due to various misunderstandings, the semifinal with vs TLR will still be played this thursday at 21cet, however their opponent is still undecided.

Crossfire sponsors Game-Hosting are running their second arctic treasure hunt. The last hunt was a big success for the ET community with many winning prizes, some may also remember this event as there was the singing contest in it which featured many of ET's finest voices.

Heres the info on the new hunt;

Dear Hunters,

Game-Hosting.com gives you The Treasure Hunt! Hosted by Mr. Stuart Saw and the pro-girl team Les Seules.

The time has come. It is time to show you what our hunters will be searching & competing for. And of course we need to give you some rules of engagement. On Thursday 20th of December at 1900 CET we welcome you to the IRC channel #treasurehunt @ quakenet. Here you will enter the quest for the Game-Hosting treasure.

Tune In now to win prizes!

Tuesday night is fight night in the ETQW QCUP and in what looks to be the most exiting round so far we have 4 teams wanting to advance to the 250 euro final. So get your popcorn ready, put your feet on the table and relax as Quadv and TosspoT brings you the semi finals (or at least one of them) of the ETQW QCUP.

Dignitas 4-0 Four-Kings
Time: Tuesday 19.30 CET
Stream: N/A
Maps: Island and Area 22
[bTakens take[/b]]
In the first match of the evening we have the 1st and 5th seed of the ETQW QCUP clashing together in what should be an exciting match, but with a clear favorite. Dignitas have been playing rock solid lately, winning all there is to win of officials so far in retail ETQW. Four-kings also have a good track record and wining versus GROF in the second European ESL EMS qualifier is the highlight so far. Some might argue that Four-Kings have yet to play the best in the big leagues and thats true to some extent. Four-Kings have not had the change to prove them selfs after joining the Four-kings organization, but that does not automatically make them a lesser team. But as the seeding suggest, (partly done by me, so not the best reference) Dignitas is the best team going to this match and should win it 4-0 if they are able to perform at their normal standard. And Four-Kings needs to step up their game if they want to win the match. A factor that might tip the match even more in Dignitas favor is that key Four-Kings player Fenda is away on holiday and Four-Kings might even be forced to play the match with a merc. My final prediction: 4-0 to Dignitas, but I hope to see Four-Kings step up and perform at their best and give Dignitas a hard fight for the spot in the final.

[bLineups[/b]]
Four-Kings
Hentai
nkm
Imentiu
Dranzer
rglaf
TBA

Dignitas
utr
Huggo
RELOAd
senji
Bjorn
jakazc


Kompaniet 4-0 EYEBALLERS
Time: Tuesday 21.00 CET
Coverage: QuadV.com with TosspoT (direct link tba)
Maps: Island and Area 22
[bTakens take[/b]]
In the second semi final we have an all out Swedish battle. The two top Swedish teams will not only battle it out for a spot in the final, but also for the crown of Sweden. Last time these two met, in the Swedish ESL EMS qualifier, Kompaniet was able to secure a 4-2 victory. Back then EYE won Area 22, Kompaniet won Island and Sewer. For this cup Kompaniet is seeded second and EYE third. But things have changed since then and while Kompaniet have been crushing their opponents lately, EYE have had some big problems. In the ETQW Nordic Championship EYE just lost to the all star mix team "BUBU" (consisting of players from Dignitas, H2k and infinity), in EMS EYE only managed a draw versus underdogs Frag Executers and gave walk over versus Creative. So there is a big question mark behind the mighty EYE tag at the moment, will EYE be able to bounce back or will this match be another failure? In light of the recent trouble for EYE and the maps being played I predict a 4-0 win for Kompaniet. But EYE is a team packed with talent and if there is anyone that is able to pull off a big upset, its them.

[bLineups[/b]]
EYEBALLERS
Tork
Spy
Jazze
SpeedyHS
Ingolrien
kik
redux
wona
(will update with lineup for the match)

Kompaniet
mson
Soltis
rvn
LAondA
Wayf
xedd


Complete brackets can be found here: http://www.team-apas.com/cm2.9.99/123.html

Round 3 of the ETQW QCUP has been kicked off with EYE taking down Delta 4-0 to claim a spot in the semi finals. The battle for the 250 euro first prize is really heating up as there is only top teams left in the single elimination bracket and only two rounds left. Here is tonights matches:
*Updated with scores*

We've moved yet another step towards the finals. Now eight players remain that may take home the prizes. First of all, the deadline is not monday but Tuesday midnight. I changed this date because I was late with the updates for the cups and players were unable to see who they had to play in this round, therefore I thought an additional 24 hours delay is in order.

I am happy to announce that this round will see the start of game commentary from me. I am going to try to get coverage to all the four games of this round so if all the players would please contact me about their match times then I'd appriciate it.

Anyway, good luck and have fun in the quarterfinals.

The heat is on as we're drawing closer to the quarterfinals of the Crossfire QCUP Call of Duty 4 tournament! Eight clans have fought valiant battles and emerged victoriously over no less than fifty six other clans. Their path of glory can be found in the the updated brackets and fixtures.

Furthermore we have the pleasure to announce that Jay over at QuadV will be bringing you the quarterfinal match of Legendary against 4Kings LIVE on Sunday December 16th at 9 GMT / 22:00 CET! Don't forget to tune in, because this is one hell of a showdown you don't want to miss! We've asked both [4K^corp] and legendaryhumML for a short statement on the QCUP and their upcoming match.

CoD Giants TeK-9 are back to 5 and are rocking and rolling once again. The WSVG CoD2 champions had been without a full lineup since the release of CoD4 and were trialling numerous players to fit the bill of being a TeK-9 player.

Today they've confirmed their additions as being none other than haya & kammYz. haya had left the organisation to focus on school work, however has revoked that decision and returned to the lineup once again. kammYz is something of a blast from the CoD past as he brought success to oldschool CoD1 lineup eyeballers.