Following our earlier announcement about the Turkish Esport Festival back in June, more good news about Turkey's first esport festival has just been released, including a new date and a higher prizepurse for Call of Duty 4.
The Turkish Esport Festival will be taking place between the 26th and 27th of September at "Re-Fresh The Venue" in Istanbul, Turkey with €9,750 in cash prizes divided over 8 games: Call of Duty 4, Call of Duty 2, Warcraft III: Defence of the Ancients, Counterstrike 1.6, FIFA 2009, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 and Tekken 5.
After the announcement back in June, there was quite some discussion on the cash prizes offered for the CoD series, with €4,000 available for Call of Duty 2 and just €1,500 for Call of Duty 4. The organisers have however switched things around and decreased the prizepot of Call of Duty 2 to €1,050, whilst adding a additional €3,500 to Call of Duty 4, increasing it to €5,000 in total (given that 16 teams attend).
In order to register for the event, you will have to email cwillekens@ordrom.com to receive the application form.
More details on all eight competitions can be found below:
| Call of Duty 4 Latest Official Promod Slots: 16 Registration Fee: 300€ (per team) Prizepurse: €5,000 (if 16 teams attend) Format: Double elimination |
Call of Duty 2 ePAM 1.01 or newer if available Slots: 16 Registration Fee: 100€ (per team) Prizepurse: €1,050 (if 16 teams attend) Format: Double elimination |
| W3: DotA Slots: 8 Registration Fee: 75€ (per team) Prizepurse: €500 (if 8 teams attend) Format: Single elimination best of one |
Counter-Strike 1.6 Slots: 32 Registration Fee: 100€ (per team) Prizepurse: €2,000 (if 32 teams attend) Format: Double elimination |
| FIFA 09 Slots: 16 Registration Fee: 20€ (1 Player) Prizepurse: €250 (if 16 players attend) Format: Pool play first, Group qualifiers will play at single elimination best of three bracket |
NFS: Most Wanted Slots: 16 Registration Fee: 20€ (1 Player) Prizepurse: €225 (if 10 or more players attend) Format: Pool play first, Group qualifiers will play at single elimination best of three bracket |
| PES 09 (PlayStation 3) Slots: 32 Registration Fee: 20€ (1 Player) Prizepurse: €500 (if 32 players attend) Format: Pool play first, Group qualifiers will play at single elimination best of three bracket |
Tekken 5 (PlayStation 3) Slots: 16 Registration Fee: 20€ (1 Player) Prizepurse: €225 (if 10 players attend) Format: Pool play first, Group qualifiers will play at single elimination best of three bracket |
edit:
english site would be v. good
edited 2009-08-17 20:31:26
wudve gone if prizepurse would b 3750 indeed...
no use for european teams to go now if total prizepurse is 1050..winning would mean about 700 I guess.
yarrp. don't know why tho. shouldn't be too hard
English website is going to be available at wednesday.
And #12 yep passport is probably needed for traveling to Turkey, since Turkey is not accepted to EU yet.
Do you have an ID card? I do and mine is valid in all countries of the European Union but also countries like Turkey, Swiss, Norway etc.
By the way, the emailaddress to sign-up or request more information has changed. The post has been updated with the correct one.
edited 2009-08-17 21:44:08
Yeah, it's not much. Besides, ask around a bit, maybe you know somoene who was on vacation in Turkey during summer. You could use his visa.
lmaojk
edited 2009-08-18 12:01:14
ye :d
hope it can go through and be a good event
good luck to all !
talking about it xD
Just dont forget to bring your passaport =))
Btw more information will be announced today ( maybe tomorrow ) at the new website.
Looking forward to see you in istanbul lads..