Today,
CyberFight announced information about the upcoming 26th
ASUS Open tournament, which traditionally gathers the best teams and players of the Eastern European region. Main sponsors of tourney are once again
ASUS and
Intel.
During two weekends, the 22-23rd and 29-30th of August, hundreds of CIS teams and players will meet together in
Moscow to fight for 800 000 rubles (about $25,500) at the
Flashback and
Click-Net game-centers.
July 29th: Online registration for open disciplines
August 1st: List of regional qualifications for Counter-Strike Masters
August 3rd: Detailed cash-prize distribution
August 5th: Tournaments rules
August 7th: Schedule the LAN tournament
August 10th: 80 T-shirts as a gift!
August 16th: Informations for spectators
August 19th: Toss for Counter-Strike Masters
Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Masters (32 teams) - prize pool 350 000 rubles
Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Open (128 teams) - prize pool 150 000 rubles
Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Female Open (8 teams) - prize pool 25 000 rubles
Pro Evolution Soccer 1v1 Open (128 players) - prize pool 50 000 rubles
FIFA 2009 1v1 Open (128 players) - prize pool 50 000 rubles
Warcraft 3 (32 players) - prize pool 50 000 rubles
StarCraft: BroodWar (32 players) - prize pool 50 000 rubles
Quake 3 1v1 Open (32 players) - prize pool 50 000 rubles (~1600 USD)
ASUS Moscow Summer CS 1.6 Qualifier (64 teams) - prize pool 25 000 rubles + 4 slots at Masters tournament
A bit later,
CyberFight will announce the online qualifiers for popular games, including Quake 3. The best players of these tournaments will get free tickets to the ASUS Open tournaments and different prizes from the sponsors.
Source: Announcement (RU) - IRC: #asus.q3