Intel Extreme Masters Season V American Finals are almost here, and as stated before, there are 2 spots open for Counter Strike teams from South America. Starting today, teams from South America may apply for spots at the IEM American Finals in NYC on October 8th - 10th.

It is very sad to us that we have to cancel our cup this upcoming Monday, but unfortunately due to Arbalet Cup many teams will not be able to come back from the tournament in time. This cup will not be replaced, but we will add slots from this cup into other cups so instead of 2 slots 2 tournaments will feature 3 slots for the Group Stage which will happen online in the first week of September.

Everyone has been waiting for this time of the year and it has finally come. With the opening of the NationalESL website NationalESL League also announced the new Intel Extreme Masters Season V in the Americas. Tonight we will have the pleasure to find out who will be the first team to join Team EG in the Group Stage which will be taking place online between September 4 and 5.

The IEM American Championship Regular Season will be your starting point. Eight (8) Regular Season Qualifying Cups make up the full Season. Once the Regular Season has been completed, 15 of the top Counter Strike teams will have been qualified for the American Championship Playoffs. This 2 day “World Cup” style event leads directly to the IEM American Championship Finals in NYC, where a few of the the best N. American and South American Counter Strike teams will win spots in the ultimate event of them all, the IEM World Championship.

It has come to my attention that most users are not uploading or do not know that they have to upload their aequitas archive file after a match. Here are some video guides I took the time to make to help some of you out. It is important to upload your archive as well as the scores screen shots to avoid penalty points and match overturns.

Welcome to the inaugural season of the Electronic Sports League open division. Teams have been divided into three regional sections and schedules will be released shortly.

Due to the quantity and demand for our season one main division, we have decided to push back the start of week one and hold a small relegation for ESL Main season one!

With sign ups already open, your admin team is ready to release schedule information regarding the inaugural season in North America.

Due to popular demand, ESL has decided to trial a free, season-based league for counter-strike 1.6 in North America. Players will have the opportunity to compete in one of two skill Divisions.

Congratulations to the winners of ESL America's first cup of the year. In the finals, Endurance topped PMS.divas for first place. While Rock Out With Your Glock Out finished in third place.

Almost a month ago, the New Years Cup started with thirty-two teams. After four rounds of matches only four teams remain.

ESL America has kicked off the new year with an exciting counter-strike cup, and now looks to add more excitement by adding two new ladders!

The brackets have been released. Now we prepare to watch some exciting counter-strike matches through the next weeks as teams battle for the top spot. You may read some more details below.

The year has come and gone, and now we are ready to welcome 2009 during this New Years holiday. To celebrate, ESL and your CS 1.6 admins decided it would be a good idea to welcome the new year with some exciting CS action. Check out all the rules and details below.

As Thanksgiving passed us by, we thought it was necessary to help you burn off a few of those holiday pounds. The Counter Strike Admin Team has put together an action packed cup featuring a single map; Inferno!

The Contintal Finals Americas are done and we have seen some hard matches for Americas' Global Finals spots for CeBIT in Hannover early next year. A big applause to the winners of this weekend: In both CS 1.6 and WoW three teams qualified and will go to CeBIT early next year. But with two more Continental Finals to go we have still a lot more to come!

Sway Gaming tops Green Berets for first place in ESL America's inaugural Sunday Night Cup.

ESL America is excited to announce an online CS 1.6 cup taking place on Sunday, 9 November 2008. The cup is only open to the first 32 teams. So sign-up now! In addition, Premium prizes are being offered to the top three finishers.

For a couple of weeks the ESL America Counter-Strike 5on5 Ladder has been running and we want to present you a small summary of it. Read more to check out which team won the first ever ladder match on ESL America. Here is a review of the matches so far.