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Apr 3, 2008 at 10:44 AM CDT

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UK Combine

Posted by: Goodeh



Los Angeles, CA – April 3, 2008 – Championship Gaming Series® (CGS), the only worldwide professional video gaming league, today announced its 2008 Qualifier and Draft events for the United Kingdom and Europe. Top UK and European gamers will compete for a share of more than £27,000 in prize money and the attention of CGS General Managers who will be evaluating and choosing the best gaming talent for their respective teams.

The events will take place on May 16-18 at Omega Sektor, Europe’s premier game center, in Birmingham, England. General Managers for the league’s UK teams, Birmingham Salvo and London Mint, as well as General Managers for the league’s European teams, Berlin Allianz and Stockholm Magnetik, will be scouting players at the events to decide which gamers they will draft to their respective 2008 team rosters.

The Qualifier events will include tournaments in each of the league’s official games, Counter-Strike™:Source™, FIFA 08, Forza Motorsport™ 2, and Dead or Alive® 4. The top eight UK finishers and the top eight European finishers in each game will receive prize payouts totaling more than £27,000.

On the evening of May 17, the General Managers will each announce the identities of one Franchise Player and up to four Protected Players from their respective 2007 teams who will be re-signed for the 2008 season.

After the competitions end on May 18, at the UK Draft and the European Draft, the General Managers will face off and choose the remaining players to fill their ten-player team rosters. On June 26-29, these new CGS UK and European teams will fly to Los Angeles for an all-expenses-paid trip where they will compete separately on television at CGS Studios in the 2008 UK Final and the 2008 European Final.

The winner of the UK Final and the European Final will each earn a berth to return to Los Angeles from July 14-28 and compete against the best teams from the rest of the world at the CGS 2008 World Final. Teams at the World Final will compete for $1,000,000 in prize money and the top team will receive $500,000.

To register for the 2008 CGS UK Qualifer or the 2008 CGS European Qualifier, visit the CGS website at thecgs.com.

CGS events are broadcast to more than 350 million potential viewers worldwide by BSkyB’s Sky One, Sky Two and Sky HD in the UK, DIRECTV’s The 101 in the U.S., ESPN STAR Sports in Asia, Sky in Brazil and Mexico, and DIRECTV throughout the remainder of Latin America, and across Continental Europe via broadcast partners to be announced shortly.


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#1

April 3, 2008 at 01:49 PM CDT

Daveyskills
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Sweet! I can't wait Bring on the draft!

#2

April 3, 2008 at 02:24 PM CDT

SCG-Loki
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YUS

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April 3, 2008 at 03:48 PM CDT

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#4

April 5, 2008 at 12:41 PM CDT

8Ball^
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"May 16-18" Slap in the middle of my exams =[ Can't go!

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April 8, 2008 at 02:42 AM CDT

AlbeL
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Cool, cant wait to meet all the participants and organisers

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April 8, 2008 at 06:24 AM CDT

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Fighting Salvo members.!!

If wants doa play with me. added tag: TestTeam
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#7

April 8, 2008 at 10:46 AM CDT

Jamie^
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so... will this be broadcast to sky or any other channels?

#8

April 8, 2008 at 11:58 AM CDT

-Stellar-
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GL too all HF

Mother is Swedish .:. Father is German .:. Me born and raised in england :(

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April 9, 2008 at 02:01 AM CDT

AlbeL
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Referenced post #7 by Jamie^
so... will this be broadcast to sky or any other channels?
#7

I think most likely the same as before but you can catch it on thecgs.com as usual.

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#10

April 9, 2008 at 06:55 AM CDT

kn1ghtmexx
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silly as this ounds guys i never done lan before, but are PC's supplied? because id rather use my own.

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April 9, 2008 at 08:42 AM CDT

McMystery
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They have PCs set up there.

#12

April 10, 2008 at 08:05 AM CDT

DarkY^
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8ball ""May 16-18" Slap in the middle of my exams =[ Can't go!"

Same here...stupid a levels =[ 16 -22nd May so i cant go either :'(

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April 10, 2008 at 12:03 PM CDT

ODEE
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Yes PC's are supplied

http://birminghamsalvo.thecgs.com

#14

April 11, 2008 at 03:10 AM CDT

Emmie
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i cant wait for the draft and cgs will be good
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April 11, 2008 at 07:49 AM CDT

patwin
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yea time get some practice in b4 the draft and Combine

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April 15, 2008 at 11:48 AM CDT

SonxD
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i hope pt will stay here in Salvo!

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#17

April 16, 2008 at 04:35 AM CDT

seat_0n
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Yh Yh Yh
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April 18, 2008 at 08:23 AM CDT

TRC-Freak
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Sounds great man i just hope i make the team
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