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Intel® Extreme Masters III

Nine live events on three continents

Who cares about summer anyway? Not those who kicked off the European qualifying rounds for the Intel® Extreme Masters III on July 21st, that’s for sure.

This awesome tournament is an inter-continental contest between teams dedicated to blasting each others’ avatars to tiny pieces in games of Counter-Strike* 1.6 and World of Warcraft*.

Extreme Masters – latest news

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4 more QL players for European Championship

05 Nov 2009 | 15:22

The European Championship Quake Live is just about to start. The first qualification cup brought up four fresh faces to the Intel Extreme Masters. Another 12 players can still qualify in the next three qualification tournaments. Sign up now and take your change to face the best players in Intel Extreme Masters European Championship!

http://www.esl-world.net/masters/news/104831

Thursday: MYM vs. Ex-MYM live on ESL TV

04 Nov 2009 | 18:07

On Thursday the Intel Extreme Masters European Championship will present an exciting match: the new Swedish lineup of MeetYourMakers will face the ex-MeetYourMakers players from Poland. Who will win? The new Swedish blood or the Team of the Year 2007? It will be an awesome match between two of the best teams in Europe. Enjoy it live and exclusive on ESL TV!

http://www.esl-world.net/masters/news/104738

Quake Live Game On Cup #3 & #4 lies ahead

04 Nov 2009 | 13:31

The Intel Extreme Masters Game On Cups are in progress. It is time to hold the next series of national cups. On November 8th and 11th you will have again the chance to gather points to advance to your National Finals, where you can win great Intel products and qualify for the cross-country Final.

http://www.esl-world.net/masters/news/103618

16 invitees for the QL European Championship

03 Nov 2009 | 13:05

We already announced that the fourth season of the Intel Extreme Masters will feature a Quake Live online season as part of the European and American Championships. The European Championship will feature 32 players in eight groups. Out of those, 16 will come from qualification tournaments and the other 16 will be invited directly into the regular season.

http://www.esl-world.net/masters/news/104159

American Championship Finals - Edmonton

30 Oct 2009 | 16:41

We proudly announce the American Championship Finals of the fourth Intel Extreme Masters Season! The best American teams and players in Counter-Strike 1.6, World of Warcraft and Quake Live will compete from 11th until 13rd of December in Edmonton, Canada. 53,000USD prize money. The hottest eSports action in America!

http://www.esl-world.net/masters/news/104226

WebOne disqualified from Intel Extreme Masters

30 Oct 2009 | 16:00

We have to disqualify the French team WebOne from the running season of the Intel Extreme Masters 4. One of their players was caught cheating in an official match of the ESL Pro Series France. Therefore Stephane 'kristeN' Dos Santos receives 12 penalty points and is barred for 2 years. His team WebOne has to leave the Intel Extreme Masters and the ESL Pro Series France.

http://www.esl-world.net/masters/news/104207

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Intel® Extreme Masters is the biggest event in the Electronic Sports League (ESL). This year, a record $750,000 in prize money has attracted the usual pro gamer suspects, all aiming to be at the grand final. That will be held at Hanover’s CeBIT technology fair in March 2009.

Meanwhile, the first in a series of Global Challenges, designed to separate the big guns from the cannon fodder, took place at the Leipzig Games Convention in August. The challenge was World of Warcraft. German team Nihilum took first place, hauling $15,000, while UK team SK Gaming came second, pocketing a meagre $6,000. The top six teams won $30,000 between them. Nearly 40,000 gamers turned up to support their favourite teams and to enjoy the free gaming areas stacked with high-end desktop PCs and laptops equipped with Intel® Core™2 Extreme processors, courtesy of Intel, Dell and Alienware.

Victory or bust

The tournament comprises four stages: national qualification, main round, continental finals and the global final.

The best national teams in the ESL Pro Series automatically qualify for the main round of Counter-Strike* 1.6. In countries that have no ESL Pro Series, teams enter the national qualification round. The top thirty-one teams in the WoW ladder qualify for the main round, to be joined by Excello, winners of CampusParty in Spain.

Thirty-two teams in four groups compete in the main round, playing for places in the continental finals. Group winners and runners up go through automatically. Teams in third and fourth position play each other for the remaining places.

The continental finals see twelve teams from the main round compete in two groups, only half of which will survive. Those that do will form Europe’s contingent in the global final.

Continents can win additional places in the global finals through finishing first or second in global challenges. Global final entrants play group and knockout stages to determine the tournament’s overall winners.

Find out more about the qualifying rounds at
http://www.eslworld.net/masters/news/60995/.

More details about the structure of the Intel® Extreme Masters III tournament are available at
http://www.esl-world.net/masters/news/60494/.

For information about gaming, e-sports and Intel’s products, visit
http://game-on.intel.com/eng/index.aspx.

Global Events

Event: Global Challenge, Montreal
Date: 17th – 19th October
Location: Sport Compact Performance Trade Fair – Montreal, Canada

Event: Global Challenge, Dubai
Date: 19th – 23rd October
Location: GITEX Shopper in Airport Expo – Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Event: Country Finals, Seoul
Date: 13th – 16th November
Location: Seoul, Korea

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