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| Imperial.COD4 qualify for EMS Season 7! |
Over the past two days Imperial.COD4 have been playing for the chance to play in the upcoming ESL Major Series Season 7.
As predicted they flew through their first three games with ease to reach the final. There they met  Team Infused who had also done the same. In the end the Imperial.COD4 team was far too strong and took a convincing 13-5 win over their opponents.
They will now compete in the upcoming season against Europe's finest!
Here are the matches from the qualifiers:
13:02 vs. FRAG8 
13:09 vs. JLP
13:05 vs. Flawless 
13:05 vs. Infused
Congratulations to the team!
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| Imperial.CSS with roster changes |
Last weekend Imperial.CSS competed at Insomnia 40 in Newbury with a new lineup to see how things would work out. Today we are proud to announce that the team have secured a new fith in the form of  Jazz 'sLU' Bassi.
The team matched their seed at the event by placing 9-12th and showed people that they can match against the UK's best with a thrilling match against DEMONiC which went to overtime and the team just lost!
With the addition of sLU it meant that one player would be leaving the team and that player was moomin. Imperial Esports would like to wish him the best of luck and we hope he finds himself a suitable team!
Please join me in welcoming Jazz to the team!
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| Imperial GoW in Online tournament Action |
Following the success of ECL and a roster change, our Gears of War team have been competing in various small online tournaments.
The team are current in Winner Bracket round 3 of the ShopTo Gears of War tournament where they are competing for a share of £300 in vouchers.
The team have been equally as successful in the Warpath Gears of War tournament, a community tournament hosted on GoWForum.co.uk.
In the Warpath tournament the team beat TD and Affliction 3-1 and 3-0 respectively.
The team are continuing to train and with yet more Gears of War LANs on the horizon, the quartet are looking increasingly convincing at the helm of European Gears of War.
Vince 'DA' Pope had this to say about the team's recent performances:
| The team is running great, it's possibly Focus' strongest roster to date. Jim (Aridity) is filling the position perfectly. We're winning all our matches without much practice and I can see a great event for us at ECL2. |
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| Monkey World Cyber Games UK National Final video |
After a highly successful Samsung European Championships, the European Guitar Hero 5 champion, George 'Monkey' Boothby is now beginning preparation for the World Finals in Los Angeles.
George qualified in emphatic fashion and below you can relive the UK National Final.
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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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