After the success of epic.EIGHT, where the community saw twenty two teams from across Europe compete for one of the largest prize pots so far this year within the UK, the event is back, even better than before on the back of constructive criticism. Starting on Thursday 19th July the event will feature a £2,500 (€2,996) prize pot for twenty four teams.
Epic.EIGHT saw teams flock from across the UK, peaking interest from several key European teams, finally seeing a twenty two team event taking place in the heart of Staffordshire at the Uttoxeter Racecourse. There was many amazing moments throughout the weekend, from boat races to the first TCM-Gaming vs Fragmasters match, never was there a bored attendee, and expect the same things and more next time around all starting on Thursday 19th July 2012.
With TuP options still being explored the event is for now BYOC only, with a standard early bird ticket costing £50 until 8pm on the 1st April, then seeing a £7 increase from then onwards. For those that attended last time around loyalty discounts are available, seeing the price fall even lower. The prize triggers have been released to coincide with the unveiling of the CoD4 tournament, seeing community feedback taken into consideration and put into effect. You can find the triggers below:
4 - 7 Teams: 1st - £525, 2nd - £225, 3rd - N/A, Total: £750With an expected good turnout this time around the UK scene is buzzing with excitement, with teams already putting their names down to attend this event is looking to be as good, if not better than last time around. Click here for more information as well as to purchase a ticket.
8 - 11 Teams: 1st - £750, 2nd - £250, 3rd - N/A, Total: £1,000
12 - 15 Teams: 1st - £850, 2nd - £400, 3rd - N/A, Total: £1,250
16 - 19 Teams: 1st - £950, 2nd - £450, 3rd - £100, Total: £1,500
20 - 23 Teams: 1st - £1,200, 2nd - £600, 3rd - £200, Total: Total £2,000
24 teams: 1st - £1,500, 2nd - £750, 3rd - £250, Total: £2,500
The event organizer, Jon Winbar Winkle, gave TEK9 the following statement:
"After an extremely successful Call of Duty 4 event at epic.EIGHT with some awesome matches, we’re pleased to welcome the COD4 community back again for epic.NINE in July. As always, we took the opportunity to speak with some of you at the last event and we’re always gathering feedback from our surveys and from reading community comments so we hope to continue to improve our events to give you one of the best and most enjoyable UK LAN tournaments for COD4. We’re really impressed with the level of support shown to us by the community, so naturally we’re more than happy to continue our support in return!We look forward to seeing you all at Uttoxeter Racecourse in July.“
Heyhoo sunny spainn calls ;)
or did I miss something? no flame
edited 2012-02-21 15:07:47
edited 2012-02-21 13:06:48
Maybe coming then :D
These are the sort of things we can fix there and then if somebody comes and tells us at the staff desk!
In terms of people feeling ill, I saw a shocking number of people not washing their hands after using toilets etc, those sort of things really dont help!
Seen one person be sick who obviously couldn't handle his drink and that seemed to be some older guy
If not then will probably sort out another mix but wont be paying until last minute due to stuff messing up the last time.
Thanks guys, maybe see you all there.
Quiet, warm, comfortable (extra comfortable if you bring an airbed/sleeping mat) and free
edit - Oh and conveniently 30 seconds walk from the front door.
edited 2012-02-21 20:08:38
Around a 10 minute walk if you dont want to jump the fence :P
Hotel:
The Old Royd Guest House, literally a very short walk from venue and sat opposite a retail park which has KFC, Tescos and more. Railstation across the road. Great, hospitable owners too.
If you get a similar deal to us, you can get family rooms for £20 per person per night, which can sleep up to 4 people (includes breakfast).
Highly recommended.
edited 2012-02-22 22:05:00
Will most likely attend.
@winbar, i've dropped you an email.