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| Imperial Esports @ ECL & AEF! |
This weekend we will see Imperial Esports travelling to two different events with both console and PC teams playing.
Antwerp Esports Festival
Imperial.COD4 PC will be competing at what is going to be the biggest Call of Duty 4 LAN to date. With a potential €12,000 up for grabs, all the big teams will be playing at the top of their game to take home to money! The team have been seeded 7th for the LAN but will definitely be looking to upset the top teams.
Imperial Esports COD4 line up:
 Geir "gizzor" Wivelstad
Robin "robonz" Bakken
 David "ono" McConnell
 Jasko "cozje" Berbic
 Kévin "FRENCHY" Héraudet
Antwerp Esports Festival COD4 Tournament
Imperial Esports Call of Duty 4 PC - Group G
31/07/10
9.30 13:04 vs. Team Syhper
11:00 13:09 vs. Team Omega 
12:00 13:02 vs. Origine-online
13:30 13:06 vs. waL*
14:30 13:04 vs. Gamersject 
15:30 09:13 vs. zerPoint! 
WB1 00:00 vs. Team Dignitas
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European Console League LAN
Also over the course of this weekend, the Imperial Esports console line ups will be heading over to the biggest European Console LAN event ever, ECL. The Imperial will be represented by our new Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War squads, as well as our remaining FIFA star, Adam 'AdamW' Winster.
Imperial Esports COD4 360 line up:
Shane 'Uni7eD' Grindey
Shane 'ShAnE' Mckerral
Jamie 'Quality' Edwards
Sam 'Audy' Layne
ECL FFA Tournament
Shane 'Uni7eD' Grindey - Placement Top 16
Shane 'ShAnE' Mckerral - Placement Top 32
Jamie 'Quality' Edwards - Placement 5th
Sam 'Audy' Layne - Placement Top 16
ECL COD4 Tournament
30/07/10
WB1 02:01 vs. 4Dead Gaming
WB2 01:02 vs. FnaticMSI
LB3 02:00 vs. Team-IX
LB4 02:01 vs mythiX
LB5 00:00 vs Royalty
Imperial Esports Gears of War line up:
Vincent 'Dark Angel' Pope
Christopher 'Maxpax' Stretton
'MegaD'
 Thierry 'Gimbly' Ars
ECL GoW Tournament
30/07/10
WB1 02:00 vs. SoMuchScotland
WB2 03:00 vs. Mythic
WB3 03:02 vs. Redemption 
WB4 02:03 vs. Zero
LB6 00:00 vs. Royalty
Imperial FIFA:
Adam 'AdamW' Winster
ECL FIFA 10 Tournament
31/07/10
WB1 02:00 vs. Barrett
WB2 02:01 vs. Classic
WB3 02:00 vs. Sweet Carl Strange
WB4 00:00 vs. Sensation
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| Imperial say good bye to FIFA Star |
Today, we are sad to announce that one of our FIFA Stars, Robert 'Sensation' Brewster has left the Imperial and has gone on to join rival UK Organisation, Team dignitas. Rob was one of the original members of Imperial Esports and after getting over his LAN phobia, has gone on to become one of the most prolific FIFA players on FIFA 09 and FIFA 10.
During his time in the Imperial, Rob has changed a lot and has matured into a respectable member of the FIFA community. Undoubtedly the highlight of Rob's time in the Imperial was winning the FIFA Interactive World Cup UK National Finals where he beat team mate, Adam 'AdamW' Winster in the final.
Rob had this to say upon leaving the Imperial:
| I would like to thank Chris for all the help he has given me in the past whilst under the organisation The Imperial. I've shared many good times with him and wish all the guys at Imperial the best of luck in the future |
Over the FIFA 10 season, team mate, AdamW has been Robert's closest rival, regularly competing against Adam in finals and exchanging victories.
Adam is now the sole Imperial FIFA player but with the overall most consistent LAN record on FIFA10, there's no better player to be flying the Imperial Esports banner. Adam will next be seen at the European Console League LAN event this weekend where he may have to face Rob in the latter stages of the tournament.
On behalf of Imperial Esports, I would like to wish Rob the best of luck in his new organisation.
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| AEF Betting with Paddy Power! |
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power are offering odds on some of the favourites attending the Antwerp eSports Festival this weekend including the Imperial.
The odds are as follows:
Imperial 14/1
 fnaticMSI 13/8 (f)
Reason Gaming 6/1
YoYoTech 14/1
H2k Gaming 9/4
 Speedlink 10/1
Team Dignitas 3/1
TCM Gaming 12/1
zeroPoint 14/1
Power Gaming 5/1
After a strong performance at their last LAN event, Imperial CoD 4 will be looking to push even further at AEF and with 14/1 odds, there's definitely some good money to be won with Paddy Power!
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| Imperial Take On New Gears of War Console Team |
The team formally known as vVv Focus are no strangers to LAN, finishing in top places at various events. Although they have undergone a few team changes since their vVv days, the team are stronger than ever by picking up Connor 'Chunky' Middleton and Thierry 'Gimbly' Ars, both of which are well known gears players.
We at Imperial wish them the best of luck!
Team captain Vincent 'DarkAngel' Pope spoke about the move:
| I've been watching the Imperial grow for a while now and they have always interested me, this is a good opportunity given to me and my team and we will make the most of it. |
Imperial GoW line up:
Vincent 'Dark Angel' Pope
Christopher 'Maxpax' Stretton
Connor 'Chunky' Middleton
Thierry 'Gimbly' Ars
This also means that we say goodbye to our former line up, Romance. Romance have represented the Imperial eSports organisation for almost a year, the highlight of which was a 2nd place finish at EGL in Manchester.
Imperial managing director Chris 'Mellow' Marsh had this to say about Romance departing:
In short, Romance needed a certain amount of cash for LAN which we couldn't provide for reasons I won't go into. Therefore, I told them to search for a new organisation and even helped them out by approaching other organisations on their behalf.
It seemed like a done deal so with that in mind, we basically considered Romance to be a former team, unfortunately. So we moved to replace them with a team that have been around and competed at the top for a good while now. However, the move with Romance fell through which left us in a tough position.
In the end, Detonati decided that they would leave the Imperial for this event. Disappointing for us obviously as we have supported Romance for a long while now and vice-versa. So I want to say thanks to Romance and welcome to the new team. |
Team Captain,  Ross 'Detonati' Owen, now of Romance also commented with the following:
We've been very proud to be part of the setup at Imperial for the last year but due to recent events we feel its time to part ways with them. We want to thank everyone at Imperial for there help especially Mellow who couldnt have done enough for us. I certainly hope its not the last time you see Romance representing Imperial on the Gears of War franchise.
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| Imperial Takes On New Call of Duty 4 Console Team |
Following on from tonight's events, I would like to welcome a new Call of Duty console team to Imperial eSports. The team formally known as Validus are no strangers to LAN, finishing 3rd place at EGL and representing Power Gaming in the GameStop grand finals. Although they have undergone a few team changes since back then, the team are extremely stable and have been a fixture of the CoD 4 scene for a long while now.
The team will be looking to have a repeat of their EGL success at ECL next weekend.
Shane 'Uni7ed' Grindey had this to say about joining:
| I'd like to say a massive thanks to Chris and Kerry for giving us the chance to represent Imperial eSports. When we first saw that they were looking to get back into the console scene, me and the rest of the team thought it would be great to be a part of their future plans. We're really looking forward to putting in a good performance at the upcoming ECL Liverpool where we realistically believe we can achieve a top 3 finish. GL to the rest of the teams. |
I would like to welcome Validus to the Imperial and we wish you the best of luck at ECL on the weekend!
Imperial CoD4:
Shane 'Uni7eD' Grindey
Shane 'ShAnE' Mckerral
Jamie 'Quality' Edwards
Sam 'Audy' Layne
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| Imperial Introduce a Content Writer and Charity Partnership |
Following on from our last announcement, today I would like to announce further changes to the Imperial set up.
First up, I would like to welcome someone who I'm hoping will become very valuable to our organisation. Stephen 'Recap' Fairhurst will be joining the organisation from Team Theory and will be covering team news, scene news and writing articles.
Over the coming weeks and months, you should expect a lot, lot more content from the Imperial eSports team including articles from Recap, oLi, KerrBearr, players and of course myself. The regularity of these articles will vary so keep checking back for brand new, quality content from the Imperial Esports team.
Our next announcement comes in the shape of our impending work with GamesAid. In the not so distant future we will be running various charity tournaments where the proceeds will go to GamesAid.
To find out more about GamesAid: Click Here!
KerrBearr has subsequently written an article on what she hopes to bring to the Imperial eSports organisation for the fans of our console division:
KerrBearr wrote:
First of all I would like to thank United Kingdom Mellow for bringing me on board and giving me the opportunity to embark on an amazing experience and for me to help the organisation finally get that last push to be one of the biggest eSport Organisations in Europe. |
To read the rest of the article, click the following link: Article Here!
That rounds up today's announcements. We will have a huge announcement soon so please keep viewing Imperial-eSports.net.
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| AEF 2010 Groups Announced |
Next weekend Imperial Esports.COD4 will be travelling to Antwerp,Belgium to compete for the massive prize pot of €10.000.
With 56 teams attending the event, it's no doubt going to be the biggest COD4 LAN to date.
The team have been seeded 7th for the Antwerp Esports Festival and have been placed in Group G along with one other seed.
The group is as follows:
Imperial Esports (7)
zeroPoint! (10)
 Gamersrject
waL*
Origine-online
Team Omega
Team Sypher
We will be bringing live action from the event next weekend along with coverage from Liverpool where Imperial's console players will be competing at the European Console League.
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| Imperial Announce New Console Manager |
After a period of moderate inactivity Imperial Esports will be bringing a number of big announcements this week which will begin to shape our business plan for the next year. The first announcement I would like to make is a new console manager.
The person I would like to announce is someone who has been around the console scene for a couple of years now and has had mixed reception throughout. However, after working with her on Decerto I saw clear potential that I hope to utilise in pushing Imperial Esports forward. So with that in mind I would like to announce Kerry 'KerrBearr xo' Bennett as our new console manager.
While KerrBearr is relatively new to gaming management, I believe that her enthusiasm and drive will bring good things to the Imperial Esports and with the right guidance, she will prove to be a very value member of the staff team.
On behalf of the whole of Imperial Esports I would like to welcome Kerrbearr to the organisation. Please visit Imperial-eSports.net regular this week for more exciting announcements and news on how YOU can get involved.
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