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| Imperial @ SEC |
This weekend George 'Monkey' Boothby and Chris 'Mellow' Marsh will be heading to Berlin to compete in the Samsung Euro Championship. The SEC is the European Championships of the World Cyber Games and 2010 is the first time the tournament has run since 2007 when the UK team were crowned champions.
George will be competing in Guitar Hero 5 in which he recently dominated the UK National finals while Chris is going to be playing Asphalt 5, a game where he lost the UK title just days ago after placing 2nd in the UK Nationals for the first time.
Both players are competing for a share of 6000€ on their games but will face stiff competition from the best players from all over European on each of their titles.
Imperial Guitar Hero: George 'Monkey' Boothby
Samsung European Challenge Guitar Hero 5
WBQF 03:01 vs. Lo11o2 
WBSF 03:01 vs. Th3Mandrill 
WBF 03:01 vs. PoPoX 
Final 03:01 vs. Boyke 
Final Placement: CHAMPION
Imperial Asphalt 5: Chris 'Mellow' Marsh
Samsung European Challenge Asphalt 5
WBQF 02:01 vs. The French 
WBSF 02:01 vs. Beta
WBF 01:02 vs. PLANET 
LBF 01:02 vs. Boggy 
Final Placement: 3rd
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| Imperial part with Console Manager |
Today we announce that Imperial eSports have parted company with current console manager, Kerry 'KerrBearr' Bennett. Kerry was a recent addition to the console setup but has already decided that her time within the organisation is up.
Kerry's sudden departure is somewhat of a surprise as she was given clear details and guidelines upon joining being given the opportunity to represent Imperial eSports in a console manager role.
Kerry has already stated that she has joined another organisation so with that in mind, we would like to wish her luck and hopefully she will find what she is looking for in her next organisation.
Imperial will not be looking for a new console manager in the immediate future.
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| Imperial Esports @ Insomnia 40 |
This weekend Imperial Esports will be heading down to Newbury for this Summer's Insomnia series event. The Insomnia series is no doubt the UK's largest LAN event and i40 will also feature the UK National finals for the World Cyber Games.
Imperial will be present with our Counter Strike: Source team and our Guitar Hero III World Champion, George 'Monkey' Boothby competing in the UK National Finals for Guitar Hero 5. George already pre-qualified for the event online and will receive a free pass into the final stages of the tournament.
At the same time the Imperial staff will also be running the Microsoft Exhibition booth. We will be running three tournaments a day with prizes up for grabs provided by Microsoft. You can find more information about the booth below.
 Microsoft Booth |
This weekend Microsoft will be running a booth at i40. The Imperial staff will be helping to run the booth and at the same time will be running three tournaments with prizes provided by Microsoft. There will also be a test station set up where you can test a number of products from Microsoft's PC hardware range.
Imperial will be running three tournaments, all of which will be played in a 1v1 format.
Gamers can compete in any of the following tournaments:
Counter Strike: Source - Tournament details can be found below. The tournament will start at 2pm.
Trackmania Nations Forever - Quickest time our specially selected course will again win a selection of prizes at the end of each day.
Super Street Fighter IV - Winner stays on on the Friday and with a Single Elimination tournament run on the Saturday and Sunday. The tournament will start at 12pm.
Rules:
- Any character
- Single elimination
- Best of 5 rounds
The winners of each tournament will receive Microsoft Mice and Games as prizes.
Please note that you do not need to bring any kind of hardware. The Mice, Keyboards, Monitor and PC's will all be provided. Which means you get the chance to test out the latest Microsoft hardware, The prize range is subject to available stock. |
| CSS Rules |
Today and tomorrow we'll be running a 1v1 aim map tournament on the Microsoft booth down in the exhibitor hall. To register simply pop down and speak to myself or Oli on the stand or email me @ Chris@Imperial-eSports.net. Full details are as follows:
Microsoft Exhibitor Booth Saturday Counter Strike: Source tournament
The tournament will start at 2pm. Forgot to include that.
This might change depending on the state of the main CS:S tournament.
Prizes:
1st place - Microsoft Sidewinder X5 Mouse + Game of your choice (out of a selection)
2nd place - Microsoft Sidewinder X3 Mouse
Microsoft Exhibitor Booth Saturday Counter Strike: Source tournament
Prizes:
1st place - Microsoft Sidewinder X5 Mouse + Game of your choice (out of a selection)
2nd place - Microsoft Sidewinder X3 Mouse
1. Map List
Players are to play the map that is set by Microsoft.
2. Server Crashes
In the event of a server crash, the map will be restarted with the remaining rounds and score intact.
3. Winning the Match
The player that first reaches 10 kills is considered the winner of the match.
4. Exploits
The intentional use of map and/or game exploits to give yourself an advantage during a match is prohibited. Uses of flaws in maps are illegal as determined by the admin.
Exploiting the game is illegal and will be considered cheating if used in a match. Do not assume that the use of a bug or game engine flaw is legal.
Scripts are considered illegal if they give a player an unfair advantage. An example of a script that does not give an unfair advantage is a buy script. An example of a script that does give an unfair advantage is a bunny-hop script. Any players found to use unfair scripting will be considered cheating.
The use of grenades over walls is legal.
5. Bunnyhopping
Bunnyhopping is permitted during Microsoft matches.
6. Participants
The tournament will be a maximum of 32 participants on a first come first served basis.
7. No Shows
Participants will be given 5 minutes to show up for their match up and after that a forfeit will be given. If neither player shows up for the match then a player will be picked at random to advance to the next round. |
Imperial Esports CSS line up:
 Andy 'trepje' Kelday
Scott 'ruin' Pritchard
Tom 'tomy0' Horth
David 'spl@tio' Stocker
Name slU Name
Multiplay i40 Counter Strike: Source Tournament
Imperial Esports Counter Strike Source UK - Group H
28/08/10
TBC 21:09 vs. Rasta.Reg
TBC 16:14 vs. PIPEDOWN!
TBC 18:12 vs. #Simply.css
TBC 30:00 vs. TP.ROCKEYE
TBC 21:09 vs. ASYLUM
WB1 16:04 vs. FM Legends
WB2 16:19 vs. DEMONiC
LB2 16:07 vs. Rasta : )))
LB3 16:10 vs. iceNET
LB4 05:16 vs. Rasta.
Final Placement: 9th-12th
Imperial Guitar Hero: George 'Monkey' Boothby
World Cyber Games UK Guitar Hero 5 National Final
QF 01:00 vs. TBA
SF 01:00 vs. TBA
F 01:00 vs. TBA
Final Placement: 1st
Imperial Asphalt 5: Chris 'Mellow' Marsh
World Cyber Games UK Asphalt 5 National Final
QF 02:01 vs. dignitas Loco
SF 02:00 vs. La1
F 00:03 vs. Lethal
Final Placement: 2nd
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| Imperial Take On MW2 Team For EGE |
Tonight I would like to announce our new Modern Warfare 2 Team for EGE. After having Quality and Shane as part of our COD4 Roster at ECL, we are excited to continue that partnership and take on two new additions for MW2, Switch and Swanny. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome them all on board and hope they do well at EGE and most of all, have fun.
Captain of the Imperial MW2 Team Richie 'Switch' Atkins had this to say about joining:
| I'm really glad to get a team sorted for EGE, especially this line up as I have known all the lads for a few years now. Really think with a bit of game time we can do some damage. Also like to thank Kerry and Chris for letting us rep Imperial. See you at LAN guys. I LOVE FRASER. |
Our new MW2 Team are as follows:
Richie 'Switch' Atkins
Callum 'Swanny' Swan
Jamie 'Quality' Edwards
Shane 'Shane' McKerral
Imperial would like to welcome the new duo to the team.
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| Imperial announce FIFA return |
After losing our star FIFA line up to rival UK organisation, Team-dignitas, we have considered our position within the FIFA community and whether or not we wished to continue supporting the title. FIFA is a game that we have supported since day one and we have regularly been a support of new and unproven talent. Therefore, we decided to make a return with a player who ticks those boxes.
Although our new addition has begun to prove himself, his history of LAN attendance or lack of has affected his ability to prove himself within the FIFA scene, however, all that changed when he attended ECL and made his mark placing 5th place and beating some good players along the way.
I am of course talking about Olly 'Shawzi' Shaw.  Shawzi is the first addition to our new FIFA team for FIFA11 and we are currently scouting the FIFA scene for more untapped talent in a bid to once again be a dominant force on FIFA.
Olly had this to say about joining Imperial Esports:
| I am extremely happy to be joining Imperial. Having received a fair few offers after ECL for some reason this one stood out. I would like to thank Chris and all of the other management at Imperial for this opportunity. Also like to thank Vanity for an awesome stay and thank you for all the support you guys gave me at ECL. I can’t wait to take on the new Dignitas.Fifa at all upcoming LANs. |
I would like to welcome Olly to Imperial on behalf of everyone involved with the organisation.
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| Imperial announce new head sponsor - Microsoft Hardware! |
Today it is with great pleasure that I can announce a new head sponsor, Microsoft Hardware. Microsoft produce a range of great PC peripherals in their SideWinder range including Mice and Keyboards, as well as PC compatible Xbox 360 controllers.
Our top teams will be kitted out with the latest Microsoft gear so they're able to play to the best of their ability with the best hardware on the market.
You can view all of the Microsoft products on the following link: Click here!
This weekend at Insomnia 40, look out for the Microsoft exhibition stand as run by Imperial staff. We will be running competitions on Counter Strike Source, Track Mania Nations Forever and Super Street Fighter IV. Please come down and visit the stand for a chance to win Microsoft products and prizes!
I would personally like to thank Microsoft for their support and look forward to a long and successful partnership.
A statement will soon follow on the Microsoft website.
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| Imperial Reign Down On PS3 |
Joining us this week is the very well established and committed Call of Duty team who was previously known under the organisation Reign.
With their consistent top placements in tournaments such as EUeSports 1 night cup, by taking first place and knocking out teams in the process such as Royalty and 4D. Imperial are happy to have them represent us as our PS3 Call of Duty team.
With PS3 Call of Duty becoming ever more popular, we hope the team do well and will support them through online tournaments and LAN events.
The current Imperial PS3 CoD team are as follows:
Okkes 'Zilla' Alici
Andrew 'AJ' McClure
Richard 'Rich' Cook
Cedrick 'Ced' Odompleh
Alex 'Alex' Lilley
The Captain of the team had this to say about joining Imperial:
| It’s a pleasure to be joining the imperial as the PS3 squad, with PS3 LANs being arranged and talked about in the community we felt we needed a more established organisation to play under. So we were really happy when Chris and Kerry were interested in us. We hope to achieve many things at imperial and not let them down. |
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| Imperial with post ECL Changes! |
Following a great weekend at ECL in Liverpool, Imperial eSports would like to announce a number of changes to our set up over two of our titles.
Firstly, our ECL winning Gears of War team are making a change that will hopefully benefit the team long term. After an amazing performance by our last minute sub, MegaD, we have made a move to find a more permanent replacement. With that in mind we welcome a player with an amazing Gears of War history including 1st place at XL3, XL4, XL5, GameLand Rome, Fariko LAN and of course, 4th place at MLG Toronto. I am of course talking about Dutchman Jim 'Aridity' Sloeserwij.
Jim has teamed with MAXPAX and Dark Angel a number of times in the past and has also teamed with fellow Dutchman, Gimbly so it is hoped that Jim will fit straight into the squad.
That means that the Imperial Gears of War line up is now
Vince 'Dark Angel' Pope
Jim 'Aridity' Sloeserwij
Thierry 'Gimbly' Arss
Chris 'MAXPAX' Stretton
I would like to welcome Jim to the team and look forward to working with him in the future.
Unfortunately, we have some bad news following the event. After winning the FIFA tournament, Adam 'AdamW' Winster has announced that he is following former team mate, Robert 'Sensation' Brewster to team dignitas. Ultimately, this ceases Imperial Esports' involvement in UK FIFA.
FIFA 10 has been an extremely successful season for Imperial Esports. The following are the achievements of our FIFA line up over the 2010 version of the game:
 ECL Liverpool
Gateshead GameHero
Electronic Sports World Cup UK National Finals
FIFA.DK eStar 1v1
FIFA.DK eStar 2v2
Supreme Gamer
Supreme Gamer Manchester
FIFA Interactive World Cup UK Nationals
Together with our FIFA team we have enjoyed a lot of success in both this season and in previous seasons and for that I would like to thank the players involved.
But this opens up a new chapter of Imperial's FIFA support and Imperial Esports will be scouting new players for the 2011 version of the game and hopefully we can come back better than ever before.
Imperial Esports would like to wish both Adam and Rob good luck in their new organisation.
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