Call of Duty 4 featured in the Benelux EPS Season 4

10/03/2010 - Just over a week after the announcement of the 4th season of the Benelux ESL Pro Series, in cooperation with both Intel and Dell, two out of the total of four ESL Pro Series games have been announced by ESL Benelux up till now. Call of Duty will be featured for the first time in this season alongside with the veteran game Counter-strike 1.6, which has been part of the Benelux ESL Pro Series since the first season and two, yet to be announced, games.

This big announcement means that the Call of Duty 4 scene step has reached the next level in the Benelux section of the Electronic Sports League. After the announcement of the ESL Amateur Series merely weeks ago, the best teams the Benelux has to offer will battle each other in the ESL Pro Series for cash prizes. These teams will all battle each other in a premiership and, in the end, the top 4 teams will compete in the finals for a cash prize.

Statement Camille "quakeriX" Versteeg, National Head ESL Benelux:
"Call of Duty has always been on our wishlist. Today, the community and the admin team made it possible to add it. All though the prize money has not been announced yet I want to point out that WSquared Media(Benelux) has not the same budgets as Turtle-Entertainment. I hope the community can understand this and show me how great COD4 can be and become. If we are able to grow as a community, we can do the same thing to its prize money."

Statement Dennis "Sumera" Winkel, National Master Admin ESL Benelux:
"This news is a great step in the right direction for both the Call of Duty scene, as our local Call of Duty 4 competition. During the last month we've experienced a rapid growth in activity and competition among our leagues. We clearly noticed that the community is motivated and dedicated to make this happen and we have rewarded their activity and dedication by featuring Call of Duty 4 in our upcoming ESL Pro Series season. Their task now is to keep up their motivation, activity and dedication within the Benelux Call of Duty 4 scene, to make sure that this would not only be the first, but also the last appearance of Call of Duty 4 in the EPS."

The only way to qualify for the ESL Pro Series is the ESL Amateur Series. There will be no last minute qualifier cups or last chances this season. The deadline and how many EAS teams will qualify for the playoffs is to be announced.

~ http://www.esl.eu/benelux/news/117610/

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Begin date: Tuesday 29/09/09 19:00
Available Slots: Max 16 teams
Tournament Mode: Single-elimination
Match Mode: 1 map

Schedule
Round 1: Tuesday 29/09/09 19:00
Round 2: Tuesday 29/09/09 20:00
Round 3: Tuesday 29/09/09 21:00
Round 4: Tuesday 29/09/09 22:00

"In the past, the Call of Duty series didn't manage to catch the attention of ESL's Benelux section, but our newly formed crew is going to make changes in that.

We are planning on Major and Pro Series in Modern Warfare 2, but in order to make this possible, we need activity from you; the gamers. To get you used to the system already, we would like to invite you guys to this Call of Duty 4 NightCup on the 29th of September.

Call of Duty's future for the Benelux is right here in the ESL: besides the more regular competitions such as your typical cups and ladders, we can offer you two great tournaments in the form of the Major and Pro Series, in which teams can show off their skill and make an attempt to have themselves acknowledged as the Benelux's number one team."