After the amazing Insomnia47 edition of the ESET UK Masters Finals, Multiplay and ESET, in association with Blizzard, are proud to present the 12 Days of ESET Xmas Giveaway! We will be giving away some of the most amazing Starcraft 2 Swag, ESET NOD32 Antivirus 12 Month Licenses and an INCREDIBLE Gamer Laptop worth around £1,800! Here is the mega list of prizes you could win by sharing the love about the ESET UK Masters:
DAY 1: Starcraft Comic & “I Heart SC2 Fridge Magnet” Day 2: i47 Player autographed Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty Limited Edition & Starcraft Comic Days 3-5: Behind the Scenes Wings of Liberty DVD, SC2 CD Soundtrack, “I Heart SC2 Fridge Magnet” Days 6-8: Art of Starcraft 2 Wings of Liberty Hardback Book, “I Heart SC2 Fridge Magnet” Day [9]: Mega Bloxx Battlecruiser (Limited Edition of 3,000) & Starcraft Comic Day 10: Joeyrays Tin Coaster Set (6 Coasters) & “I Heart SC2 Fridge Magnet” Day 11: Revolution Online Vinyl SC2 Sountrack, “I Heart SC2 Fridge Magnet” Day 12: Alienware Gaming Laptop worth around £1,800 & Starcraft Comic
Also on top of these prizes, every day we will be giving away 12-Month ESET NOD32 Antivirus Licenses, so you can forget about protecting your pc, just install ESET NOD32 and let it take care of itself. So if you take part every day, you have a great chance of winning something for yourself this Xmas!
Want to take part? Make sure you follow the ESET UK Masters on Twitter, Twitch.tv and Facebook, and look out for the tweets and statuses that tell you how to enter! Make sure you check every day as you can increase your chances of winning the gaming laptop on the final day by entering all 12 competitions! Full terms and conditions are available here.
The first giveaway starts sometime tomorrow (Wednesday)… let it snow (prizes)…
Good morning and welcome to Day 3 on insomnia47! Don’t forget to get your breakfast fix over at food.multiplay.co.uk to give you a nice wake up call.
Today we have a lot of the tournament finals, starting with League of Legends at 10am. You can watch this final at the main stage, or if you’re not at the event – why don’t you watch our stream? Infused take on Grow uP Gaming nanoChip, in which the latter have come all the way from Portugal! Whilst Infused are the favourites to win, it still could be anyone’s game. Infused have former members of VYE taking part but will this give them the advantage? The winner will win £900, with £375 for second place courtesy of Multiplay and Riot Games.
Later on we have the CS:GO tournament, Shootmania Elite, Starcraft II and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 finals on the main stage – we will post what times and which teams throughout the day. There have already been some shock results this event across all the tournaments!
How did you find yesterday? Did you enjoy the Pub Quiz? If you didn’t see the stream last night, why don’t you challenge yourself to one of the rounds in the quiz last night? This round was worth a massive 75 points! We had fun last night with this one – have a go for yourself!
Tomorrow night will see the first of 4 online qualifiers for Insomnia47′s ESET UK Masters Starcraft 2 tournament. Make sure you head on over to eset-masters.co.uk and sign up!
If you want to take part tomorrow night (Thursday 18th October) make sure that you are signed up and confirmed by 17:45 BST or you will miss your first chance! The top 2 players from each qualifier will win all these things:
£100 Prize Money*
Accommodation for 3 nights at the event
Up to £150 Travel Assistance*
One of the 16 places in the ESET UK Masters £5,000 tournament.
Also, from around 6pm the action should be broadcasted to the world in HD over on the ESET UK Masters Twitch channel, make sure you tune in to see who the first winners will be! Already top talent like DreAm, Lau, Ourk, Fargo and WCS UK champion Ziktomini have signed up! Do not miss this!
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The sign ups are NOW OPEN for the ESET UK Masters online qualifiers for Starcraft 2! Head on over to the sign up pages to sign up for any combination of the four tournaments. There are 4 qualifiers and they take place every Thursday from next week: 18th October, 25th October, 1st November, 8th November.
Each qualifier has the following up for grabs:
£100 Prize Money* Insomnia47 VIP TUP Ticket Hotel room for the duration of the event
Up to £150* travel support
Fast entry into the ESET UK Masters Grand Finals, for a chance to win a share of £5,000!
Please note that if you qualify for the VIP Insomnia tickets in one qualifier, you cannot take part in the others, as all 8 spaces need to be filled for the Grand Finals at Insomnia47.
What are you waiting for? Get on over and sign up!
*Prize money is only paid out to those who attend the event
Multiplay and ESET UK are proud to present the ESET UK Masters Cup! This is a series of Starcraft 2 tournaments leading up to Insomnia47, with a huge £5,000 prize pool at the event!
How can you get involved? There are Online Qualifiers, BYOC LAN Qualifiers, weekly broadcasts and then the ESET UK Masters Cup itself…
Online Qualifiers
The ESET UK Masters Starcraft 2 tournament at Insomnia47 has FOUR online qualifiers, taking place every thursday starting next week:
Qualifier 1 – 18th October Qualifier 2 – 25th October Qualifier 3 – 1st November Qualifier 4 – 8th November
Signups open very soon, so keep your eye on this site and @esetukmasters on twitter for updates!
Finishing in the top 2 of one of our online qualifiers will win you the following (you can only win once!):
£100
Free Insomnia47 Entry
TUP (Turn up and Play) PC to play on during the weekend
Hotel rooms for the event (Friday/Saturday/Sunday)
Travel support up the value of £150
So thats 8 spots in the grand finals up for grabs in our online qualifiers! Terms and Conditions apply, see the tournament page for more information.
BYOC Qualifier
This is the usual tournament you sign up to as a BYOC attendee of Insomnia47 – the sign up guide is over on this page. This is the last chance to qualify, with 8 more qualification spots available for the grand finals! You need to bring your own PC to the event and be a BYOC ticket holder to take part. This tournament will likely start early on the Friday (around midday) so be sure to arrive on time! Consider using the Early Arrival service to be here one day early and get set up & have some rest before the big day!
Weekly Starcraft 2 Broadcasts
If you are in the Bronze league or just want to follow the action, then just head on over and subscribe to the ESET UK Masters Twitch.tv channel. The first broadcast was a show match last night – JonnyREcco battled with Grubby in a best of 7 slugfest to see if old-school or new-school would win out. If you missed it, go and check the videos on the ESET Masters YouTube channel.
Expect broadcasts every week, covering the qualifiers, and then all weekend during the live event from Telford, England! The first qualifier is next Thursday, make sure you tune in!
ESET UK Masters Grand Finals
These 16 players (8 Online, 8 BYOC) are entered into the ESET UK Masters Grand Finals at Insomnia47, with £5,000 in the prize pool, this is not to be scoffed at. Some of the best players will be taking part at this point, as they have fought tooth and nail through the qualifiers, and watch them face off against each other in one of the biggest SC2 events the UK has ever seen!
ESET NOD32 Antivirus
Why don’t you check out ESET’s NOD32 Antivirus, with inclusive “Gamer Mode” so you are not interrupted during game play, for optimal protection while gaming, but without the headache. Try the 30 day free trial to see for yourself why it is the real gamers choice!
Get involved!
This is just the start of something huge for UK Starcraft – support the cause & make sure you like, follow and subscribe to all the following pages to be updated with all the action as it happens: