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Cups will always be free, and we are still in the process of deciding which regions we want to support but I will let everyone know when I've got more information.

Hi all,

I thought I should just provide a quick update so people don't feel in the dark. We're still waiting to start plans for next year but hope that we should have some more news out by early February if all goes smoothly.

ESL's only complication at the moment is that the feedback you gave in the polls were things that ESL cannot provide straight off the bats. Thing's such as major prize pools and Pro LAN events, these things can't just fall from the sky and cannot be provided unless we have a strong player base in ESL Play cups.

Referencing the ESL structure, we have to start from square one (ESL Open), which means there may be little to no prize pool in events. The admin team will do their best to provide something with what they have (medals or other such things). This may sound bad at first but if the community commits to playing in the cups, we can move our way up to the ESL Major stage which ensures prize pools and a possible league and so forth.

On a more positive note, we're looking for staff to come onboard with ESL to get this kickstarted! If you have an interest in assisting us in making ESL TF2 happen feel free to apply. When signing up, type in Team Fortress 2 in the new game/mod section.

I hope we're all on the same page so we can go ahead with this, it's going to be an exciting 2019!

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ESL of course run big events like ESL One and the Intel Extreme Masters, but they run through sponsorships.

Sponsorships are based on the amount of participants in the semi-professional scene. I can't give you numbers but we would need more teams than the whole of ESEA TF2 League. So basically, just come and play ESL!

Can't wait, send us a gif :)

No exact dates yet, the team has still got lots of planning and talking to do. So I'd be expecting something like Jan/Feb 2019 as we're reaching the end of the year.

I probably should've mentioned this, we have no control over ESEA even though they're under the ESL brand. At this stage we haven't looked that far ahead but will discuss with everyone when information about a league is made available.

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maybe cause your in a server?

Hi all,

I would like to thank everyone who voted, this was a very quick process and showed that we had a lot of support for this. ESL loved how passionate the community is for the game!

Before we can move forward, I am going to cover somethings so the community understands how ESL Play and TF2 will work and to go over the structure.

https://cdn.eslgaming.com/misc/media/cm/structure.jpg

ESL's structure is based on participation. The more participants we see, the more we can offer to Team Fortress 2.

As the image shows, we will start at the bottom with ESL Open Cups, and progress all the way up to ESL Pro Events! This may seem a bit overwhelming but with community support this is achievable.

For ESL to progress us up to those levels, we need to increase the support for ESL Play. The more participants we have in tournaments, the more we can do such as Leagues and begin to roll in higher prize pools. But the keyword here is community, and ESL will be trying there best to support us and communicate to us regularly.

ESL Play Admins are watching this thread and will answer questions if they desire. Thanks everyone who has helped TF2 in anyway, lets hope we can make something good out of this.