Plantronics GameCom ESWC Online Qualifiers- Free CS:GO Beta!

[Arbee]

Hey guys... got this email a couple days ago, and finally got registered. Looks to be a pretty awesome online tournament, with finals taking place at PAX Prime! Also, if you successfully register a full team for the CS:GO Tourney, your entire team will get beta keys! Just wanted to share the info!

I have registered a CS:GO team, so if anyone has interest in a SUPER casual team (meaning I havent played CS in years, and never played CS:GO, and really bad right now).. feel free to hit me up for team name and password. I just want to finally get a beta key, and would be fun to see some competitive action and how it goes. Anyways... enjoy:

FPS Competitor,

Plantronics GameCom is hosting the North American path to the Electronics Sports World Cup 2012 World Finals for Starcraft 2, DOTA 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The qualification process for each game will begin online, with the top two finishers from the online qualifier earning paid trips to compete live at PAX Prime in the Plantronics GameCom booth August 31 – September 2. Each winner from PAX will receive a paid trip to represent the United States and Canada and compete against the world’s best gamers in the ESWC World Finals in Paris, France October 31 – November 4.

Each game will feature a free-to-play online qualifier Open Bracket, and the DOTA 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Open brackets will be combined with eight invited competitors to determine the ESWC North American Championship competitors. The top two finishers from the Starcraft 2 online qualifier will join six invited players to compete at PAX Prime. The semi-finals and final matches from the online qualifier and the ESWC North American Championship will be streamed live online in HD through Twitch in partnership with leading shout-casters from each game community.

Note that upon successful registration of your entire team, each member will receive a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive beta-key via email automatically!

The following information pertains directly to the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive online qualifier. Note that registration is open now, so be sure to get signed up in order to participate in the event!

Registration Period: July 17 - July 28 @ 9:00 PM EDT
Competition Dates: July 30 - August 12
Format: Single Elimination down to Final 16 Single Elimination (Bo3 maps)
Prizing: Paid trip (up to $1,200 per person) to compete at PAX Prime in the live event Finals
Finals Info: To take place at PAX Prime, with the winner receiving a paid trip to France to represent the U.S. in the ESWC Grand Finals

Gamers are invited to sign up and learn more about the ESWC North American qualifier at http://eswc.gamecom.plantronics.com.

[KTNPWNS PMS]

ME ME ME! I already have beta

[Arbee]

DOO EEET! If you can handle my CS terribad that is

[H2O teaCher]

I have go, was kind of competitive in 1.6, if cal o counts.
I'd play if u need me, i'm rusty and bad though. I'm not one to be counted on in cs.

[PMS Voys]

I went cal-im/m in 1.6 Id love to come back and play


I need the beta though ^^;

[Alessandro H2O]

This is a great idea Arbee! CS 1.6 is currently the highest ranking FPS eSport!

Good luck guys!

H2O Alessandro
HTOAlesandro

[BASILisk H2O]

Holy crap...I loved playing CS in college...any chance I can get signed up too? I do not have beta though...is that going to be a problem?

[Arbee]

BTW guys, in case you haven't noticed they are also doing SC2 and Dota2! ^-^

And sure Basi, Ill send ya the info. It will be comedic, but it will be fun

[Alessandro H2O]

They have StarCraft 2! /Cheer!

I'd try if I knew I had a shot lol, I'll let H2O Knurll to see if our Comp team can make it. The line-up must be Stacked!

As you know, StarCraft 2 is currently the most difficult eSport to be competivite in. The game is so Huge and Worldwide! I mean Huk was even knocked out of the Canadian Nationals! Competition is crazy in StarCraft!

It almost seems like getting members for an FPS is more manageable due to less compitition.

But, seriously, I think this would be a great opportunity for our Comp players and I will definitely bring this up with Knurll.

H2O Alessandro

[Snaze H2O]

I'm down, have beta. Also play Dota2 :P