European Console League announcement

Tournaments & Events
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The ECL is pleased to announce that all tickets for ECL Liverpool (30th July to 1st August) are now on sale.

The ECL will provide tournament stations for players to compete on for all official tournaments. Players are expected to bring their own Wired Controller in order to compete. Wireless controllers, including Plug and Play, will not be permitted.

All official tournaments and entry to the Turn Up and Play area will end at midnight of each day excluding Sunday, where the venue will close at 17.00 for all participants. All tournaments excluding the Free For Alls will commence at 18.00 on Friday, 09.00 on Saturday and 09.00 on Sunday. The Free For All Tournaments will commence at 14.00 on Friday.

The following is a reminder of the price and details of each ECL ticket:

Turn Up and Play - £50

This ticket includes weekend entry and entry to one of the Halo 3 4v4, CoD 4 4v4, Gears of War 4v4 Execution, Super Street Fighter 4 1v1 or FIFA 2010 1v1 tournaments.

Bring Your Own Console - £60

This ticket includes weekend entry and one seat with table space, Internet connection for an Xbox 360, power supply and entry to one of the Halo 3 4v4, CoD 4 4v4, Gears of War 4v4 Execution, Super Street Fighter 4 or FIFA 2010 tournaments. It also permits you to play on your own console at the venue 24/7 for the duration of the event.

Call of Duty 4v4 Team Pass (4 persons) - £200

This ticket includes weekend entry and entry to the Call of Duty 4 4v4 tournament for one team of 4 players.

Halo 3 4v4 Team Pass (4 persons) - £200

This ticket includes weekend entry and entry to the Halo 3 4v4 tournament for one team of 4 players.

Gears of War 4v4 Execution Team Pass (4 persons) - £200

This ticket includes weekend entry and entry to the Gears of War 4v4 Execution tournament for one team of 4 players.

Spectator One-Day - £10

Entry for the duration of one day of the event.

Spectator Three-Day - £25

Weekend entry for the whole duration of the event.

ECL Supplied ? (Details and Price TBA)

Additional Extra Tickets:

Halo 3 Free For All - £10

This ticket is an optional extra for players entering the Halo 3 4v4 tournament. Participants may only one Free For All tournament and only if they are entering one of the main tournaments.

Call of Duty 4 Free For All - £10

This ticket is an optional extra for players entering the Call of Duty 4 4v4 tournament. Participants may only one Free For All tournament and only if they are entering one of the main tournaments.

Coach Pass - £5

This is an optional extra for one individual with any ticket excluding the one-day spectator. The coach pass permits the individual to be able to coach one team in any of the 4v4 tournaments during competitive play. If the individual is competing in a tournament at the same time that the team they are coaching is competing, the individual must play in their tournament.

Monitor Rental - £30

If players who purchase a Bring Your Own Console ticket are unable to bring their own monitor, the ECL can offer a monitor rental service for the duration of the event. The monitor will be the same model as the one provided by the ECL for the Turn Up and Play area.

Wired Controller - £15

This includes rental for the duration of the event.

Wired Internet Access - £15

Participants with a Bring Your Own Xbox ticket will be provided an Internet connection for one Xbox 360. Additional Internet access for Laptops requires the purchase of a Wired Internet Access service.

(Please note that ECL officially recognised press will be provided with the necessary services, including a wired Internet connection)

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Over the last two days the European Console League have released two announcements regarding their new sponsor, and the results of the discussion on the prize distribution.

The ECL can announce that Gamestation will be the headline sponsor for the inaugural event that is taking place from July 30 to August 1.

Ben Woodward, SG Gaming Managing Director, commented:

"The first European Console League event is turning into something rather special with the addition of Gamestation as a sponsor. This is big news not just for The ECL but for the scene as a whole."
Dean Shaw, Local Marketing Manager for Gamestation added:

"We’re truly excited to be working with The European Console League and we have high hopes for this event. Gaming is everything to our customers and we are sure that they will make this event a success."
Next, is the Prize distribution, taken from the ECL site:

The ECL will be revising the prize distribution for the Liverpool event for all games involved. The ECL would like to make it clear that the minimum prize fund remains at £25,000 pounds.

Each game will receive a minimum of £2500 pounds regardless of its turnout. The Halo 3 FFA and CoD 4 FFA will each receive a minimum of £500 pounds. In order to ensure fairness with regards to the final turnouts of each game, the remaining £11,500 pounds that is not allocated will then be distributed based on the individual player sign ups of each game.

Depending on the turnout of each game, we will also be looking to distribute the prizes further than the top 3 positions.

The final allocation will be announced before the event begins, so it is important that players purchase their tickets as soon as possible in order to give the best possible backing to their game.

Once again, the ECL would like to stress that we are not reducing the overall prize fund for the event but are changing its distribution in order to make it fair for everyone involved.

If want to view the announcements, please visit European Console League - Coming Soon.

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