News :: epic25
Counter-Strike
LAN events with tournaments like the Sunny Broadband CS:GO Tournament are very similar to actual sporting events, especially at the start. Everyone believes they can win, because all teams start on the same footing, with zero points and all the chances to push to greater heights. Whilst this isn’t the Counter-Strike Majors, this is still something for teams to get on board with and start their esport careers.
The seeds were announced, and teams knew roughly who they would face early on, and thus could make plans to quickly prepare for the tournament. The team leader briefing came around with a crowd of enthusiastic CS players all ready to take to the battleground known as Counter-Strike. The group stages are sometimes the straightforward parts of tournaments, with many stomps happening as the skill divisions are always so wide.
As epic.LAN prepares to expand in 2019 both with its own events and external client support, the team has signed up Scan and ASUS as official retail and hardware partners for the next 12 months in a deal which will see major improvements for epic.LAN events.
Both Scan and ASUS will have a mixture of on-site and online branding at key events throughout the year (including the ROG Bus at larger events) with exclusive show offers being made available to epic.LAN participants. In addition, Scan and ASUS will be providing marketing support to raise the profile of epic.LAN and grassroots esports in the UK.
As well as our esports lineup (CSGO, Dota2, Rocket League, Starcraft2), we have a great range of fun tournaments ready for you next week at epic25, with some cool prizes from our sponsors.
You can sign up to all of our fun tournaments in advance and they include:
We're all sold out for our final event of 2018 - it's going to be a BIG one! Sorry if you missed out, but the capacity is final - we don't have any hidden seats that we spring on people; when they're gone, they're gone!
Now that's happened, a waiting list will be set up for any tickets and cancellations. Read on for more details about how to join the waiting list...
Games developer, Coatsink will be sponsoring the pub quiz once again for epic25, which will see a guaranteed £100 minimum prize.
Always one of the most popular activities at epic.LAN, the pub quiz brings casual and competitive gamers together for a few hours to challenge the minds, with a few beers thrown in of course.
Thanks to Coatsink's support, the quiz prize pool will be locked in, meaning that 100% of your entry fees will be donated to gaming charity, Special Effect.
It's time to step up again as we announce our dates for 2019. After many sell-out events over recent years, we've finally agreed to move into the arena space at Kettering Conference Centre which will start to give us significantly more capacity, especially when combined with the new internet connection we had from the last event.
So get your diaries, in 2019 we'll be bringing you epic.LAN events on the following dates:
In some sort of shock organisation for epic25, here are the fun tournaments we have planned for the event and we've decided to mix things up a little with some of the games as well as introducing our new VR machine which will be available for people to play on throughout the weekend.
The big game timetable will follow in the next few weeks, but for now, you can get yourselves signed up to the fun tournaments!
Come along to a Grosvenor Casino near you to watch the Dota2 TI8 finals unfold with the rest of the UK Dota community.
We have three locations lined up for you across the UK, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Manchester (Didsbury) and Reading South, each one with a big screen and food and drink available from the bar throughout the screening. Free parking is also available at each venue.
The events are free to attend, just come along with your best salty Dota memes and some ID to show that you are over 18 (sorry, rules are rules).
Community esports at epic25 has received a prize boost thanks to Sunny Broadband who have signed up as headline sponsors for the CS:GO tournament which takes place 11-14 October at Kettering Conference Centre, UK.
The support will see the minimum prize locked in at £1500 going up to £4000 up for grabs if all team slots are filled.
We’re partnering up with Grosvenor Casinos to take CS:GO esports out to venues across the country over the coming months with a total of £10k on the line. The one-day events will have PCs provided, so all you have to do is turn up (with your own peripherals if you prefer).
Qualifiers will be taking place at:
• Grosvenor - Newcastle – 14th July
• Grosvenor - Coventry – 21st July
• Grosvenor – Manchester - 29th July
• Mecca – Glasgow Quay – 11th August
• Grosvenor – Reading (South) – 19th August
20th
-
23rd February 2025
Kettering Leisure Village
£83.00
21st
-
23rd March 2025
Warwick