Some time has passed since we published the entries of our #1 1on1 Map Contest. The 1on1 Maptest Cup was held on Sunday and we saw several nice matches with a great final on ETTV. Now we are ready to release the final result the jury has come up with and crown the winner of this map contest.

The following table shows the top 3 voted maps of the competition (by our earlier announced jury):

Mapcontest Result:

Another competition is coming to an end. Many newcomers of the mappingbusiness tried their best and achieved some remarkable results! We are proud to present you the seven entries of our mapping competition (ordered by gametype)!

Prepare to freeze to your screens tonight ladies and gentlemen. While snowflakes have just again started to fall to the ground our ESL ET Winter League '08 is on its way to the final matches! Today we show the winner bracket semi final between H2k and Masculine Mans. The other winner bracket match will be played by cortana and devilry later this week. Winter League Premier Brackets

It is the time again, ladies and gentlemen, for some Winter League '08 action. Tonight we will bring the remaining two first round matches of the Premier League to you. Previously mASCULINE MANS and cortana passed on to the second round. The latter won 4:2 versus aToOn.rY.

The big favourite of this competition and CC5 champion H2k will face versatile at 20:00 CET. But is H2k versatile enough to overcome this opponent as they did with any other in the groupstage? Make sure you do not miss this one!

As previously announced in the latest column here on Crossfire the ESL ET Ladders have been reset. Our ladders offer you games in the following formats: 1v1 , 2v2 , 3v3 and ofcourse 6v6.

We will host the Most Matches Competition in the reopened ladders in the following months. Furthermore we plan to host special one day cups month by month in which we will invite the top ranked teams of our ladders.



We have also lowered the re-challenge block from 2 weeks to 3days. This means you do not need to wait as long as before until you can ask for revenge!

Also do not forget to check the "New Entries" link on the "Rankings" page of every ladder to find opponents which you can challenge. You will be listed here until you played your first match.

It finally is at the time to announce the playoffs for this years ESL Winter League premier division. Due to a tie in
Group A the teams needed to play each other again. In the end devilry and mASCULINE MANS made it to the double elimination playoff stage. Without further texting I introduce the playoff encounters to you:

Today we will see the end of the ESL Winter League '08 Groupstage. There are 3more matches to be played before the playoffs are ready to kick off in all divisions and formats!
Besides these matches the overall rankings are more or less fixxed and you can view them here:
3on3 Rankings Groupstage
6on6 Rankings Groupstage

Todays matches could become more exciting than anybody would have expected a week ago as CC5 champion Epsilon will play two matches while they just announce the departure of zerender. These matches can turn the whole Group B of the Premier Division upside down. Every team has a chance left to reach the playoffs.

When you look at the 1on1 Ladders mappool it appears to be pretty empty. To fix that we decided to open a mapping competition to all our users and hope to receive some great entrys!

This mapping competition will focus on 1on1 maps as these can be created in a much shorter time than big competition maps and also gives newbies of the mapping scene the chance to compete in this competition!

Tonight at 20:00 CET we will see one4one facing vital-gaming in the groupstage of the ESL ET Winter League '08 Premier division!

Up to now vital-gaming is still unbeaten in Group D after overcoming Kruger.et.
one4one lost a close 3mapper versus cortana but still has good chances to proceed into the playoffs if they win some points in this match!

Enemy Territorys biggest competition this winter is ready to start. We will see 200+ teams and 100+ 1on1 players compete in 1on1, 3on3 and 6on6 format. While 3on3 and 6on6 is divided into several divisions the 1on1 competition got a special system due to high signup numbers. But read on for more detailed information on the upcoming!

We opened an ET Winter08 page on the ESL page which will be kept up to date and gives you an overview about what is going on in our Winter League.
Here you can also view the Winter League Rules and Mappool pages.

But here we go with the groups and seedings for which most of you have waited these days:
6on6 Groups
3on3 Groups
1on1 Cupoverview (+ more information on the system)