Wanted to - finally - play some 2 vs 2 ? There you have it: once again - the Starcraft 2 community tourney organiser - Bogger [ #starcraft.ie ] delivers; this time you wont have to feel bad after losing a game - you can always blame your teammate \o/ Tournament details available below:
In an era of SK-Gaming, mYm and other multigaming organisations we tend to forget about new, up-and-coming teams...Well, not all of us:" speedFX eSports presents a brand new organisationRotterdam, Augustus the 30th 2010Today we are extremely pleased to announce a brand new organization,and to make our first steps in the eSports community. Behind the sceneswe have worked very hard to find
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Squareyes in Galway is set to play host to a Starcraft 2 tournament (8-9 October 2010). Registration has opened and will c
After the last event, millions* of fans were screaming 'moar! moar! moar!' - apparently they were talking about Starcraft 2. Our friend, Bogger [ #starcraft.ie ] decided to do something about it:"Hi all,
Over 24 hours of QuakeLive beta beeing down, tons of tears and shattered dreams - finally it's ... well, not online yet but Official.Taken from the Bethesda Blog:"After being down for a day, QUAKE LIVE players missing their online fragging fix can return to action later today ? as the game has officially exited beta! In addition to the ?Standard? free-to-play version, in a press release today, we?ve announced ?Premium? and
Second event in the ESL Intel Extreme Masters - season 5 - will be held in Cologne. During one of the largest games trade fair in the world, Gamescom 2010, 16 players will be 'fighting' for $10,000. 14 spots are already determined, rapha, av3k, Cooller, Spart1e - to name a few of attending stars. What about two remaining spots?
Hi guys this is a quick announcement about the tournament I'll be hosting this thursday. Nothing too serious just an oppurtunity to have some fun and get to know each other.Details:This is a 1v1 knockout tournament consisting of 16 players. To signup register and add yourself to the tournament @ http://binarybeast.com/xSC21008032 It is taking place on 6th August (this Thursday) at 7:00pm
After a rather successful campaign in the Clanabse EuroCup XXI - QuakeLive Duel tournament, and great performance in the ESL Pro Series UK, the Irish beast is ready for some newbie blood. On Wednesday, 4th of August, kRoNic will face some less known players that managed to qualify to the QL Duel Summer Cup 2010. Brackets can be found on the
Five maps, nearly two hours of gameage and we know the winner - k1llsen. German player, once again, proves that hard work and nerves of steel pays off. After an easy win over spart1e, in the quarter finals, german fans - rightfully so - were expecting k1llsen to do great things...
The first session of the Munster Super League for Super Street Fighter 4 players took place in the Moviedrome in Limerick on Saturday 19th June. Six players were in attendance and a league format was used. DooM proved his dominance with Guile, and ensured the trip from Dublin was not a wasted one, by going undefeated. Orim also made the jo
After an extended hiatus, the Midlans crew is pleased to announce a 2010 edition of the LAN. Midlans 2010 (20-22 August 2010) will take place at the Streete Community Centre in County Westmeath. There are 400 player spaces available with a weekend of fun, games and tournaments promised. The event will cost ?30 to attend although
The Electronic Sports World Cup has released a list of invited players and teams for the upcoming Grand Finals which take place at Disneyland (30th June - 4th July 2010). The invites are to cover countries that will not have a national qualification tournament. The invite list covers all games that are to be played at the Grand Finals including Quake Live, Counter-Strike (Male & Female), Trackmania, Street Fighter 4, W
...to be determined. After a late venue change earlier in the week, the Irish EVO 2010 qualifiers were cancelled at the very last minute. The qualifier was due to take place on May 29th but, as a result of a low turnout, the tournament was cancelled outright. Now the question is whether Ireland will have a seeded player participating in EVO 2010 (
JuneLAN, to be hosted at The Netcafé in Longford, has been confirmed. The LAN will kick off at 20:00 GMT on June 5th and conclude at 16:00 GMT on June 7th. It has been suggested that this could be the last LAN hosted at The Netcafé which looks to be closing in a matter of weeks. Cherryghost has stated that he would like to "go out with a bang". Entry: 15 euro BYOP
Ireland's EVO 2010 Qualifier featuring Super Street Fighter IV is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 29th 2010. The Xtreme Gaming Centre (Liffey Street, Dublin) has been confirmed as the venue after unforeseen circumstances forc
A discussion regarding the recently released eSports Yearbook (2009) will take place tonight on XFire. A debate regarding eSports will get proceedings underway at 18:00 GMT with editors Julia Christophers and Tobias Scholz, and writers Matthias Beyer, David Hiltscher, Lari Syrota, Konstantin Bös and Christian Exner involved. This debate will be followed by a Q&A session in which everyone is invited to ask questions about the groups passion for eSports. This Q&A session will begin at 19:0
The newly launched Streetfighter.ie is pleased to announce a competition with a little bit of diversity. The 'Day of Champions' will feature four fighting games and all in the name of charity. The Day of Champions will take place on May 22nd and each tournament will kick off at 14:00 GMT. Participants are advised to arrive early to register their interest and warm up beforehand. Attendance will cost ?5 for
Phantom-Gaming, an Irish run gaming clan, are searching for Irish Counter-Strike: Source players. The aim is to create a completely Irish Counter-Strike: Source team to compete in online leagues, tournaments and LANs. Any player interested in getting involved or participating on the team should visit the Phantom-Gaming website. The team Administrators can be contacted via the
The first Starcraft 2 British & Irish Open has been announced. An online tournament will be held every Thursday at 19:00 GMT, beginning on May 7th. Every fifth tournament will act as a Grand Final featuring the four previous winners. The aim of the British & Irish Open is to "unite the scene and create a solid foundation for future events like LANs, show matches and some oh so secret international events!". Signups are accepted on
Super Street Fighter IV is set to be released in Ireland on April 30th and to celebrate this occasion, a "launch party" has been organised in the Xtreme Gaming Centre on May 1st. The event will get underway at noon and will conclude at 20:00 GMT. In addition to casual matches, a new character tournament will also be run. The winner of this tournament will rece
The Street Fighter 4 segment of the third Dragonslayers Ranking Battles season has concluded after seven sessions. It was all to play for heading into the final event with a number of competitors in the running for the title. Once again, Queens University Belfast played host to the event which was run as part of Slayers 24. With fierce competition, the event was always going to produce some unexpected results and close contests. The big loser of the event was Cobelc
Frontier X (Cruises Street, Limerick) has relaunched the weekly FIFA tournament series. Monday nights will play host to the tournament which costs just ?5 to enter. Frontier X had run three such tournaments before Christmas with Rob Yip taking home approximately ?80 each time.There will be prize money, memberships and fre
The University of Ulster Magee will play host to Encore 24 on April 10th and 11th. The event runs from 09:00-22:00 GMT each day with a variety of activities planned. As usual, there will be latest release and classic console games, anime, warhammer and card gaming. The tournaments have been confirmed and are outlined below.Price: £5 / 9am-10pm on either day, £2 / 6pm-10pm o
Frontier X (Crusies Street, Limerick) has announced a Street Fighter 4 tournament. The tournament will take place on April 7th at 19:00 GMT. The entry fee is just ?2. There will be cash prizes although the exact amount has not been released. The game format is best of three rounds with a 99 second timer. Links:Source
Frontier X (Cruises Street, Limerick) hosted it's first Tekken 6 tournament which featured ten entrants. It was decided to use a straight knockout system with some lucky participants getting byes in certain rounds. Most of the matches have been recorded and uploaded to YouTube. They can be viewed by clicking on the relevant link in the results. In t
Inferno 8 has come to an end after a successful outing. There were 37 entrants in all which produced a prize pot of ?370. Once again, Cobelcog proved his dominance and sealed his international reputation as "the Irish Cammy". With that, he took home a prize of ?222 with second placed Hound claiming ?111. This outing has also posed some questions and issues which must be dealt with by the community and the organis
GCON, the organisers behind regular online Gears of War 2 events, had previously announced that it was to add tournament events to the regular community events that were part-and-parcel of Season 1. Unfortunately, the first tournament and future tournaments, will not be held due to "various outside issues". On the bright side, a teaser was released on Twitter whic
Frontier X (Crusies Street, Limerick) has announced a Tekken 6 tournament scheduled for April 3rd. The tournament will get underway at 18:00 GMT. Entry fee is just ?2. Unfortunately, these are the only details that have been released in relation to the tournament. More information will be posted as soon as it becomes availab
Yesterday the first round of the Mad Laps GP, now in its 8th season, took place.The Mad Laps GP is a long-standing tournament based on the Mad Laps server in the UK. This year it is comprised of 10 teams of 3 players. Only the top 2 players from each team score points. The Mad Laps GP regularly attracts the top players from the UK and
Unfortunately, with only so many hours in the day, Sabre0001 has had to curtail the amount of news items he can report on. And this is where others are being called upon. eSports.ie does have an open content creation policy whereby all registered users get upgraded to authors and can post news. If you require a rundown of how that works, check out this short but sweet YouTube tutorial.However,
Retcon featured a Street Fighter 4 tournament in which 20 players took part. The results are in.Final Standings:1st - Tin 2nd - The Hound3rd - Azza4th - DreddybajsJoint 5th - DarkTalant, AnimaXJoint 7th - Chunkis, SiskoJoint 9th - Sairus, BourkeTheJerk, FoamyMushroom, BrianJoint 13th - ChopperByrne, Seán, Andy, Kiki
