The ESL just launched Quake Live on their ESL America section with a 1on1 Ladder and a 1on1 Opening Cup. They also announced that they will start team competitions soon in TDM, CTF and maybe even CA.

The Opening Cup sign ups will last until the end of May and matches will start in June, there are slots for up to 64 participants. The ESL has not announced the system yet, but it will be Double Elimination or a Groupstage with playoffs regarding on number of sign ups.

The default public rules will be used for the ladder and the opening cup, while the ladder will be best-of-1, the cup will be best-of-3. The map list should consist of qzdm6, qzdm13, tourney4, tourney6 and tourney7. The ESL has already a very active European section with over one thousand players and a lot of competitions running.

Update: You can now also vote on the mappool, the five maps with the most votes get to be in the maplist. The poll runs until 31. May, they last day of the opening cup sign ups.

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