View Coverage: EC XII
Organiser: ClanBase
Website: http://www.clanbase.com
Location: Online with Lanfinals

Another season of the respected ClanBase EuroCups.

View Coverage: CPL Winter05
Organiser: The CPL
Website: http://www.thecpl.com/winter2005/
Location: Dallas, Texas
Duration: 14 Dec 2005 to 18 Dec 2005

The CPL® Winter Championships 2005 will take place Wednesday, December 14 to Sunday, December 18, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Dallas.

Event attractions include: computer game tournaments, exhibition area, BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer), workshops, raffles and more.

The two main tournaments will be a $60,000 Counter-Strike event, and $30,000 Quake 4 tournament.

View Coverage: QCon 05
Website: http://www.quakecon.org/
Location: Gaylord Texan Resort, Grapevine, Texas
Duration: 11 Aug 2005 to 14 Aug 2005

QuakeCon is a free convention held every year in the Dallas, TX area. Thousands of computer gamers from all over the world make the pilgrimage to play with their friends on a giant gaming network, see the latest cool technology, and compete in a world-class tournament. Though mostly volunteer run, QuakeCon is sponsored by id Software, makers of the immensely popular Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein series of games. While the convention celebrates these games in particular, it is really a huge party for fans of computer gaming in general… from the hobbyist to the hardcore.
Often described as the Woodstock of gaming, QuakeCon is "4 Days of Peace, Love, and Rockets".

Imagine a room with rows and rows of computers full of people playing all kinds of multiplayer games. Noise, explosions, people yelling at each other and having a great time! The next room is full of booths where companies showcase their newest and upcoming games and hardware. Close by is the main tournament, where hundreds of the most talented players from around the world compete for cash and prizes. In other rooms there are conferences with people talking about the future of gaming and other topics of interest to the gaming community.

No other event is quite like QuakeCon.

View Coverage: WEG2
Organiser: WEG
Website: http://eng.worldesportsgames.com/
Location: Korea
Duration: 31 May 2005 to 3 Jul 2005

Invited are 16 Warcraft3 players and 12 Counter-Strike teams. In a first group stage 8 of the former and 4 of the latter will drop out. The rest advances to a second group stage from which the best 4 in each discipline will advance to the semi-finals. In two semi-final matches, a match for place 3 and the grand final a winner will be decided.

Lists of Warcrafters and Counter-Strikers and the complete schedule.

View Coverage: E3 2005
Website: http://www.e3expo.com
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Duration: 17 May 2005 to 21 May 2005

OVERVIEW
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), "Where Business Gets Fun," is the world's leading trade event exclusively dedicated to showcasing interactive entertainment and educational software and related products. E3 2005, kicks off at the Los Angeles Convention Center May 18 - 20. Conferences are held May 17 - 19 and the show floor is open May 18 - 20.

The industry's annual focal point, E3 draws tens of thousands of industry professionals to experience the future of interactive entertainment. The industry's most influential people leading the most innovative companies come to this event to showcase groundbreaking new technologies and never-before-seen products for computers, video game consoles, handheld systems and the Internet.

Show attendees also have the opportunity to participate in a variety of learning workshops and conferences focused on the specific interests and educational needs of professionals in the interactive entertainment business.

WHO ATTENDS
In 2005, about 400 exhibiting companies representing 80 countries will converge on the Los Angeles Convention Center. During E3 2004, exhibitors debuted more than 1,000 never-before-seen computer and video games and related products.

Tens of thousands of industry professionals from around the world attended E3 2004, including software developers, buyers and retailers, programmers, distributors, entertainment industry representatives, financiers and venture capitalists, importers and exporters, manufacturers, resellers, researchers, educators, financial and industry analysts and worldwide electronic and print media.

OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION
E3 is owned and operated by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the U.S. association dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of the companies publishing interactive games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal computers, and the Internet. ESA members collectively account for more than 90 percent of the $7 billion in entertainment software sales in the U.S. in 2003, and billions more in export sales of American-made entertainment software. The ESA offers services to interactive entertainment software publishers including a global anti-piracy program, owning the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show, business and consumer research, government relations and First Amendment and intellectual property protection efforts.

View Coverage: All Stars
Organiser: GGL
Website: http://vsportsallstars.com/index.php
Location: E3 Expo, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Duration: 18 May 2005 to 20 May 2005

Global Gaming League, a worldwide leader in organized competitive online and live video game tournaments and events will be hosting the 1st Annual V-Sports All-Star Games at the E3 Expo (May 18-20, 2005) in Los Angeles, CA. All Stars will be selected by a “Blue Ribbon” panel of leaders from the video game press, publishers and hardware manufacturers, and voting by videogame fans worldwide.

All Stars will be honored by being invited to an exciting and competitive 3-day Tournament, which is sponsored by NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors Matches will take place in a special gaming area located at NVIDIA’s booth (South Hall #346). The tournament will see NVIDIA furnishing a cash and prize purse for the competition of $25,000 including PNY’s high-end NVIDIA graphic cards.

The voting is open on the dedicated website, www.VSportsAllStars.com. Gamers selected as All-Stars will be flown to Los Angeles, CA to participate in the live All-Star Games events. Special exhibition matches, as well as a ceremony honoring the All-Stars, will be featured at the invitation only Ziff-Davis Media /GGL E3 Party at the Hotel Figueroa, adjacent to the Los Angeles Convention Center where E3 is being held on Wednesday night, May 18, 2005.

During the V-Sports All-Star Games, E3 expo attendees will get the chance to watch some of the world’s most prominent pro gamers battle it out on a combination of the newest and hottest titles as well as several classic games

During the 3 days of competition, play-by-play commentary and coverage will be provided by iTG (Inside the Game) broadcasters Marcus ‘djWheat’ Graham, Jason ‘Nice Guy Ed’ Hutchinson, and a number of iTG reporters who will provide the independent gamer’s point of view. GGL Media’s coverage of the tournament and various E3 happenings will be broadcast live via streaming audio and video on GGL.com, NVIDIA.com, and NZone.com, NVIDIA’s gaming centric website.

View Coverage: AC I
Organiser: Global Gaming League
Website: http://www.ggl.com/league_landing.php
Location: Online / LAN Final
Date: 17 Feb 2005

The AmeriCup is North America's most lucrative online competition. With a prize purse of $50,000 and ten official cups, AC I is a younger brother to the ClanBase EuroCup. The best teams of five of the AmeriCups will battle it out at a live LAN final and then face the EuroCup winners, because the EC final will take place on the same date, in the same venue.

AC WITH LAN FINALS
$10,000 # Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5
$6,000 # Call of Duty S&D 5v5
$4,000 # WarCraft III:TFT 1v1
$5,000 # UT2004 TDM 4v4
$5,000 # Quake III 2v2
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$30,000

AC WITH ONLINE FINALS
$4,000 # AOC 1v1
$4,000 # AOM 1v1
$4,000 # Quake III 1v1
$4,000 # SC 1v1
$4,000 # UT2004 1v1

View Coverage: EC XI
Organiser: ClanBase and GGL
Website: http://www.clanbase.com
Location: Online with lanfinals in Almere, WTC (The Netherlands)

The World's premier online league launches the latest in their series of Eurocup events, this time with prize money thanks to their sponsors, GGL.

The finals will be held on 16 to 17 September at Almere, World Trade Center (The Netherlands).

Games at the LAN final:
Counter-Strike 5on5
WarCraft 3 1on1
Call of Duty 5on5
UT 2k4 4on4
Quake 3 Arena 2on2

View Coverage: ECG2005
Organiser: Deutsche Messe AG
Website: http://www.wcg-europe.org/sec/
Location: Hannover, Germany
Duration: 10 Mar 2005 to 13 Mar 2005

300 gamers from 30 nations will compete at WCG 2005 – Euro Championship for a total prize purse of €150,000. This eSport event for Europe will take place from 10 March 2005 to 13 March 2005 in 6.000sqm of hall 27 at CeBit, Hannover.

The best players from 30 different European nations that have already competed 2004 in San Francisco will be invited to the ECG2005. There will be a slight change in the games list from the WCG. The official tournaments at ECG2005 will be: FIFA Football 2005, Need for Speed Underground 2, Starcraft: Broodwar, Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Counterstrike and Unreal Tournament 2004.

To cover the whole spectrum of gaming there will be two additional Xbox Games: Halo 2 and Project Gotham Racing 2, and additionally, there will be the first European Mobile Gaming Competition. All travel and accomodation costs and catering for more than 300 invited players will be covered by the sponsors.

Again in 2005, this event is more than just a tournament. With many partners out in different fields like game development, demo programming, hardware modding, school and game hardware & software, it will show the complete world of gaming and several facets beyond the game. On the Thursday, there will be the opening ceremony and in the evening a huge booth party with strictly limited access.

All final games and the closing event including the awarding ceremony will be held on Sunday.

View Coverage: WCG2005
Organiser: WCG Organising Committee
Website: http://www.worldcybergames.com
Location: Singapore

The World Cyber Games is the world’s first "Cyber Game Festival", designed to build a healthy cyber culture. The best gamers around the world gather into different cities to share the excitement and fun of the game tournaments.

The World Cyber Games is a stage of harmony and friendship, where everyone is invited.

The World Cyber Games also organizes a conference in game business and exhibition for game industry leaders and exhibitors to look into the past and the future of the game industry, helping the industry to see the overall trend and possibilities for the future.

Held on an annual basis ever since 2000, the World Cyber Games has continued to set the standard in global game competitions as well as providing comprehensive and fun game-related content to the world. Since WCG Challenge started, WCG has broken the language barrier, created games the second common language for the world after sports.

WCG Challenge had been held in 2000 as the vanguard of cyber tournaments. Inherited spirit of WCG Challenge, WCG Committee had been held the first WCG last December, 2001. Since WCG 2001, WCG Grand Final has been growing its scale. In 2003, WCG had been held the third WCG Grand Final in Seoul on the slogan of ¡°Beyond the game¡±.

Now, it is the moment to celebrate WCG 2005 to bring the young generations of the world in peace and unity.

View Coverage: CPL WT05
Organiser: Cyberathlete Professional League®
Website: www.cplworldtour.com
Location: Turkey, Spain, Brazil, Germany, US, UK, Sweden, China, Chile
Duration: 10 Feb 2005 to 1 Nov 2005

The Cyberathlete Professional League®, recognized worldwide as pioneers of the professional gaming industry, presents the CPL World Tour, the largest, first-ever, year-long competitive tour spotlighting the growing new sport of video game competitions.

The ambition of the CPL World Tour is to attract mainstream-population interest to the sport of professional gaming through a series of high-exposure events hosted in selected countries around the world. A World Tour Stop will take place each month of 2005 beginning in February and will conclude with a Championship Finals Event. The combined prize purse for this Tour is $1,000,000.

The CPL has carefully selected partners in each host country and each partner will organize a World Tour Stop offering an official Painkiller tournament, a BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) LAN event, Exhibitions and other activities, including a cultural excursion for selected competitors. Some partner organizations will also host secondary tournaments for other games. Information on the event dates, tournaments, exhibitions, BYOC and cultural activities will be available on each partner’s independent website.

View Coverage: ESWC 2005
Organiser: Ligarena
Website: www.esworldcup.com
Location: France,
Duration: 6 Jul 2005 to 10 Jul 2005

The ESWC Organizing Committee confirms today that the Electronic Sports World Cup Grand Final will be organized from Wednesday 6th July to Sunday 10th July 2005, in the most prestigious venue of France, in Paris: “The Carrousel of the Louvre” – with the support of Nvidia as Main and Worldwide Partner. The ESWC Grand Final, designed as a traditional sport event and produced as a show for television, will gather together 800 champions selected trough a world tour involving 50 countries from February to June 2005.

During five days of competitions, concerts and parties, competitors will battle for more than $300.000 of prizes. 60 major matches will be played on 3 stages – including a main hall with 2000 seats for spectators. A dedicated television program, international media agreements and a daily broadcast of the event by satellite and broadband will be part of the set-up to elevate ESports to the status of the most exciting sporting adventure of the XXIth century.

Ligarena, ESWC Organizing Committee : http://www.ligarena.com
Nvidia, Main and Worldwide Sponsor : http://www.nvidia.com

View Coverage: TGL
Organiser: TGLeague
Website: http://www.tgleague.com
Location: Online

The True Gamers League (TGL) enters its forth season with the launch of its new backend and multiple partnerships.

http://www.tgleague.com
#TGL on irc.gamesurge.net

View Coverage: QCON2004
Organiser: http://www.quakecon.org/
Website: http://www.quakecon.org/
Location: MESQUITE, Texas
Duration: 12 Aug 2004 to 15 Aug 2004

MESQUITE, Texas - March 15, 2004 – Pack the car, buy the airline ticket, or get a new pair of walking shoes – just do whatever it takes to be at QuakeCon 2004. The 9th annual QuakeCon video game festival and tournament storms into town August 12-15 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. This annual fan pilgrimage to the largest, most awe-inspiring North American LAN event will be a four day adrenaline-pumping party with 5,000 of your closest friends. With 24 hour-a-day entertainment, action, and activities QuakeCon is open to video game fans worldwide completely free of charge. First-come, first-serve online registration for QuakeCon 2004 will begin at 9:00 PM EST on Wednesday, April 14 at www.quakecon.org.

"QuakeCon is the Woodstock of gaming, with thousands of fans from around the world coming together for 4-days of non-stop competition, parties, and just hanging out with friends,” said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. “QuakeCon attendees expect the biggest and best -- they won’t be disappointed. There simply is no equal.”

The new venue will house the largest-ever BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) area accommodating 3,000 players, an increase of 1,000 seats from last year’s packed house of 2,000. The four-day event will erupt with contests, workshops, hardware and software demos/exhibits, give-aways, loud parties and white-knuckle tournament action – attracting top players from around the globe.

To reserve a room, call the Gaylord Texan at 866-782-7897. To receive special negotiated room rates of $109 for single or double occupancy and $119 for triple or quad occupancy, QuakeCon attendees should inform the reservation desk that they’ll be at the hotel for QUAKECON. Additional information regarding the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center is available at www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylordtexan.

Update: The reservations issue has been resolved. If you made a reservation on Monday night, you should call the hotel, and make sure they have the correct discounted rate for you. Parking is free for all attendees. Reservations are coming in way faster than we anticipated, we suggest you avoid delay if possible, in order to get a good room.

View Coverage: LOEW
Organiser: Daishi & aNouC
Location: Online
Duration: 17 Apr 2004 to 16 May 2004

IRC: #loew

“The Fantom” is fermenting war between the nations with his advanced weaponry and devious cunning – we need you and a selection of fellows to confront this madman, halt his nefarious plan and save the world! This band will be called… The League of Extraordinary Gentlewomen!

Actually, we just want to run an online girl's Counter-Strike tournament, and aNouC liked the name. So calling all European girl's CS teams! We are creating a ‘for fun’ online tournament to be run over the next couple of months, as a more competitive way to practice for the ESWC.

Firstly this competition is for girl’s teams only! We intend this to be an online warm-up event before the ESWC, so that teams can see where they are against many that they may not have had the chance to play against before.

We would like sixteen European teams to compete in this tournament, which will run on Saturday and Sunday afternoons every weekend from April 17th and 18th, until the finals on May 15th and 16th. The teams will be split into two groups of eight, who will play in a round-robin format, with the top two from each going to the semi finals. These two groupings will be split according to geographical location where possible, so as to ensure the pings are as fair as can be.

Each team will play twice per weekend, so we will need quite a few admins to help out – both in IRC and in the games. We are therefore asking for experienced volunteers to lend a hand, perhaps for a game a weekend, or more if they wish. Volunteers coming from teams already entered in the competition will be allowed, but will only help out in games from the other group.

The full rules, schedule and map lists will be available once we have a good idea of how many teams will be registering.

If you have any questions, you can find us in #loew on Quakenet. If you have any flames, we won’t be there; we’ll be hiding behind our sofas.

To register to compete in the league, please email aNouC.
To volunteer to help admin the games or in IRC, please email Daishi.