GameStop.EU and ClanBase have partnered to bring prizing to all of the Spring 2008 EuroCups, much to the delight of gamers everywhere.
In addition to EuroCup winners, some non-EC clans will also have a chance to win prizing.
Here’s the prize breakdown:
Sign up now to get a chance to win prizing at ClanBase.
ClanBase’s Kincaid sent in this important announcement. Visit the ClanBase cup signup page to join these competitions. You must be a ClanBase member to join; register here if you are not.
It’s that time of the year again. The moment you have all been waiting for, the chance to play some of the best players in Europe in nearly any current game of your choice, is now upon us. I bring you the Spring 2008 Cup Season. The full list of both the OpenCups as well as the select few EuroCups are contained herein.
This season we are proud to announce ten exclusive EuroCups and no less than 65 OpenCups across 25 games!
The cup signups open today, Feb. 25 and will close on Sunday, March 9 at 23:59 CET. Following that, the regular season will commence on Monday March 31 and will run over the course of the next three months and be completed by the end of June.
Details of final prizes are currently being finalised - we expect to have more details next week.
The OpenCup kicks off with a group league phase, where you the participant fight to proceed to the playoff finals phase, featuring a race to the next round for each team leading up to the final moment!
As with all our seasons you can expect to see a well organised competition provided by our Cup Supervisors, who work to constantly ensure the smooth running of the Cup, and a Cup with bigger and better coverage delivered by our Coverage Supervisors, making each moment something you’ll not forget!
ClanBase’s Kincaid submitted this report.
Personal choice and civil liberties for gamers took another bashing as China’s Ministry of Culture published details of ten games it deems “suitable” for minors.
In an effort to “purify the ‘on-line environment,” ten games have been selected by the ministry’s on-line games censorship committee, that are deemed healthy and can “enhance intelligence.” The games are all domestic products so you won’t see the likes of World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike or Call of Duty on the list.
Instead they are made up of five role playing games, four recreational/chess games and one educational game.
This isn’t the first time though - in 2005 People’s Daily Online published an article relating to the Culture Minister’s 15 clean online games. Another list was collated again in January 2006. Continued…
The crew over at ClanBase has interviewed superstar game designer CliffyB about e-Sports, the gaming industry, and his gaming background. This is the first of many more mainstream interviews that ClanBase plans, so check this excerpt and head over there for the full story.
ClanBase: Do you see competitive gaming as a sport?
Turn on ESPN late at night and tell me what you see. Trick shot pool. Log cutting. Poker. I believe that if a part of your body is moving, your brain is engaged, and people are willing to watch then it’s a sport.
Source: ClanBase interviews Cliff “CliffyB” Bleszinski
In a major step forward for the site, ClanBase has once again added user-submitted news into the mix. If you have an account, you can begin firing off newsposts to the CB editors as long as they are well-written and researched.
DuRuS writes:
Submitting news could never be easier with the new system that makes full use of our functional UBB system. First of all you need to come to the front page, and click on the Submit news button as shown in the picture below.
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After the dust settled from the ClanBase EuroCup XV Finals, interviewers Nico and Einh sat down with the finalists to pick their brains.
The result? A bevy of interviews that we’ve got here for you. First up, Grubby and Paladyn talk Warcraft 3, followed by the Call of Duty 2 teams and Counter-Strike finalists. There are also a couple of interviews with Team GX and Johan from the Dutch TV program Koppen. Follow the pop-up player link below and enjoy the show!
ClanBase EuroCup XV Finals interviews
Also, read all of the EuroCup wrap-ups:
Call of Duty 2
Counter-Strike
Warcraft 3
Team GX
Call of Duty 4 S&D
Unreal Tournament 3 1v1
Call of Duty 2 S&D
Counter-Strike: Source
Enemy Territory SW
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars SW
FIFA ‘08
Medal of Honor Obj Real
PES 2008
Unreal Tournament iCTF
