eSport League Structure - Any Questions?

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Ok - we've had the discussion here about whether we should participate or not - "PuntersLounge All In Poker Team" joins eSport League - 8pm Tonight! - so please no questions along those lines here - if you want to post, the sticky above is your thread :ok It's quite a complicated concept, but looks fun and interesting - I thought we could do with a thread just to discuss the structure/formation of the league - it's worth getting your head around ..... so does it make sense to everyone or do you have questions?

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Re: eSport League Here's a brief summary.... They launched in September last year in Germany and are now expanding to the UK and Spain. The UK will have its own league - 20 x "Professional" Teams (Premier League) and a qualification league (Open League - no limit on numbers). There will be $20k in prizes for the Professional league (so with 20 teams, each team has an initial value of about $1k - but dont get relegated and this increases significantly) Tonights freerolls are for squad places in professional teams - the top 10 in each freeroll qualify for their professional team. This is being given away as a one off to get a starting point for the UK league. If you dont qualify you may choose to enter your own teams in the Qualification League (Open League - 4 matchday seasons). The lower leagues can be entered by teams at a cost of $50 per season and then compete for promotion to the "Professional" League - that's $50 total per team per season - so with a full squad of 20 players, it works out at $2.50 per player per season. In the professional league there will be 19 matchdays. All games are “Freerolls” – without any costs for the teams or players. The matchdays are Wednesdays and Sundays at 7pm gmt. Every team fields 5 players per matchday. 100 players (20 teams x 5 players) sit at 10 STT tables – no team has 2 players at one table. The league table at the end of the season, the bottom 5 teams get relegated out of the professional league into the Qualification League. In the Qualification League there will be 7 Open Leagues – all running for 2 weeks. Every Open League has got 4 matchdays. These matchdays are also Wednesdays and Sundays at 8 gmt+1. Every team fields 5 players per matchday as well. The best 10 teams of every Open League will play in a playoff tournament at the end of the season (70 teams). The best 20 teams get promoted into the Professional League (2nd League) for the next season There will be 20k in prizes for the Professional league plus over 70k in prizes for the champions league. The 15 best teams of the Premier league and the 5 best teams of the Qualification League (Open League) will play in the Champions League. The champions league will be played out in June. There will be 20 teams from UK, 40 teams from Germany, 20 from Spain and 20 from France playing in the CL. In the second season, 5 teams have been relegated, and 25 teams will be promoted, so there will then be 40 teams in the top division.