![]() However, lack of tactical experience prevented her from achieving victory. She rallied the now feral zerg of Char to her side, and managed to hold out against the forces of General Horace Warfield. ![]() In the absence of the Queen of Blades, Zagara sought to reunite the Swarm under her own leadership. Players are allowed to participate only if they reside in the country/countries where the series are held.- Kerrigan takes Zagara into the fold ( src)Īfter Sarah Kerrigan was made human again and captured by Raynor's Raiders, Zagara struck out on her own, establishing herself and her brood in the Acid Marsh on Char. The format is group stage followed by playoffs, and each national series have its own specificities. The ESL Pro Series, commonly abbreviated EPS, are StarCraft 2 national leagues held and organized by Electronic Sports League. The format evolved in season VI and now features several global challenge leading to the world championship. The first season of the StarCraft II era ( IEM Season V) featured the first ever StarCraft II premier event, followed by continental championships leading to a world championship. Intel Extreme Masters, often abbreviated IEM, is ESL's flagship competition since 2007. In additon to the Masters Championships, Global Events, the DH Masters and their Qualifiers the EPT introduced the ESL Open Cups, a series of weekly cups in all 3 big regions, granting prize pool and EPT points. ![]() The Masters Championship will include the best players from the ESL Pro Tour and Korean leagues. The EPT is a circuit combining ESL and DreamHack tournaments which are connected by a ranking system into one narrative that builds towards the Masters Championships each year at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice. It offeres more than 4 Million USD in prize pool across the tours and crowns the official StarCraft II World Champions. The ESL Pro Tour is the place that combined the legacies of ESL, DreamHack and WCS tournaments in a 3 years' partnership. In January 2020 ESL announced the ESL Pro Tour (EPT), replacing the Blizzard-organized WCS System. Events organised during the StarCraft II era ESL Pro Tour Michal "Carmac" Blicharz, ESL Progaming Director, stated that ESL was on schedule with prize money payout for IEM events and that ESL remains on pace to deliver prize payments for IEM tournaments within three months of competition. IdrA claimed that, while ESL typically makes prize payments after a long delay, they eventually always pay what is owed. FXOpen's staff stated that their policy was to not send for their players to compete at IEM events because of the uncertainty in receiving prize money. Several professional players stated that ESL was among tournament organizations which delay the payment of prize money up to eighteen months after competition. On November 1, 2011, the Electronic Sports League came under scrutiny regarding the issue of delayed payment of prizes. The ESL runs several tournaments which are ruled by volunteer admins. These sections could correspond to a country, (like ESL Germany for instance), or to a group of low-demography countries (like ESL Nordic for Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark). Each sections of ESL are operated by ventures under a license granted by Turtle Entertainment GmbH. The ESL, which is a brand that belongs to Turtle Entertainment GmbH, is nowadays present in 37 countries.
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