GosuGamers recently reported about a cooperation between Germany based ESL and Chinese PGL. ESL’s online ladder would work as an online qualifier for PGL. The players finishing top 4 in the playoff will be flown to China with a chance to take home a part of the €6 500 that are at stake. The ladder finishes on April 12th, and you need to be in the top 24 to get a chance in the playoffs.
The ladder is less than one week from ending, and then 24 players will be included in a group play where eventually eight players will be selected for a final playoff round. In China,all expenses will be paid for and the four players will have a shot at the money - €4 500 for the winner, €1 500 for the runner-up and €1 000 for the third place finisher.
If we take a look at how the ladder rankings look at the moment we find several well recognized names such as the Russians Advokate (picture) and Ex, who are both doing good. They will have to watch out for their fellow countrymen coming from behind though, and Idra is up there fighting as well. White-Ra and his fellow Ukrainians could be a big threat to anyone. MiStrZZZ and Fosken should also be remembered.
ESL ladder top 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
# | Points | Player | Wins | Losses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | MYM.Advokate | 2 | IdrA[Media] | 3 | xLo.White-Ra | 4 | xLo.Ex | 5 | MISTrZZZ | 6 | fAke.fraer | 7 | [3D]Notforu | 8 | MgZ)LoWeLy | 9 | [3D]Pallmall | 10 | xLo.Fosken | |
There is still time for the ones who want to give it a shot. Six more days and you could be one step closer to China for a great experience in your gaming career. All you have to do is taking down a whole bunch of super skilled opponents in the ESL ladder and playoff first. I’ll say it once again – you got until April 12th!
Links
BroodWar.de - News post (German)
ESL - Full rankings