{"id":92873,"date":"2016-05-20T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T13:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=92873"},"modified":"2016-05-20T15:44:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T13:44:37","slug":"south-african-counter-strike-pros-will-compete-for-50000-prize-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/92873-south-african-counter-strike-pros-will-compete-for-50000-prize-pool","title":{"rendered":"South African Counter-Strike pros will compete for $50,000 prize pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.esea.net\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ESEA<\/strong><\/a> has expanded to South Africa, giving local players the opportunity to compete on an international level.<\/p>\n<p>ESEA is an international gaming organisation which hosts various competitive gaming tournaments around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa will be included in ESEA as a separate region, along with <strong>North America<\/strong>, <strong>South East Asia<\/strong>, <strong>Western Europe<\/strong>, <strong>Eastern Europe<\/strong> <strong>and Middle East<\/strong>, and <strong>Australia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>ESEA will host a<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.esea.net\/index.php?s=news&amp;d=comments&amp;id=14815\" target=\"_blank\"> local qualifying league\u00a0in South Africa<\/a><\/strong>, in which the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players can battle\u00a0for first place and the opportunity to compete in the ESEA Global Challenge LAN event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very special moment for the South African community, as we are excited to see the involvement of a very reputable organization. With ESEA coming to South Africa, we will be a step closer to the international stage,&#8221; said Robby &#8216;bLacKpoisoN&#8217; da Loca, Community Manager for ESEA South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The infrastructure in South Africa has greatly improved over the last few years and I feel that now would be the perfect time to step into the South African scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">ESEA Global Premier Challenge<\/h3>\n<p>Teams who win their respective regional qualifying tournaments will be invited to compete in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.esea.net\/index.php?s=news&amp;d=comments&amp;id=14796\" target=\"_blank\">ESEA Global Premier Challenge LAN<\/a><\/strong>, with all flight expenses and accommodation paid for by the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament boasts a total prize pool of <strong>$50,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The following teams are eligible to compete in the Global Premier Challenge:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>North America \u2013<\/b> 2 Teams (Top 2 Premier teams)<\/li>\n<li><b>Europe \u2013<\/b> 2 Teams (Top 2 Premier teams)<\/li>\n<li><b>Brazil \u2013<\/b> 1 Team (Regional Winner)<\/li>\n<li><b>Australia \u2013<\/b> 1 Team (Regional Winner)<\/li>\n<li><b>Asia \u2013<\/b> 1 Team (Regional Winner)<\/li>\n<li><b>South Africa\u00a0\u2013<\/b> 1 Team (Regional Winner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u00a0is the prize breakdown for the international tournament:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>1st Place <\/b>&#8211;\u00a0$18,000<\/li>\n<li><b>2nd Place <\/b>&#8211;\u00a0$10,000<\/li>\n<li><b>3rd Place <\/b>&#8211;\u00a0$5,000<\/li>\n<li><b>4th Place <\/b>&#8211;\u00a0$5,000<\/li>\n<li><b>5th-8th Place<\/b> &#8211;\u00a0$3,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to What to watch on Netflix and ShowMax this weekend\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/92845-what-to-watch-on-netflix-and-showmax-this-weekend-8.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">What to watch on Netflix and ShowMax this weekend<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Awesome Games you didn\u2019t know were coming in 2016\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/90375-awesome-games-you-didnt-know-were-coming-in-2016.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Awesome Games you didn\u2019t know were coming in 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The biggest YouTube gaming channels\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/90233-the-biggest-youtube-gaming-channels.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The biggest YouTube gaming channels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESEA has expanded to South Africa, giving local players the opportunity to compete on an international level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":92879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[6385,18847,1611,18849,2163,6938],"class_list":["post-92873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-csgo","tag-esea","tag-esports","tag-qualifiers","tag-south-africa","tag-tournament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}