EMPERORS DUBAI TOURNAMENTS UPDATE 1
Posted: Jan 12 2010 04:13 AM (This post was last modified: Jan 12 2010 08:00 PM by badben25.)

Here's the follow-up to the recent news post about the CS1.6 tournament organised by the Emperors network in Dubai, UAE.

The actual format is 2 tournaments leading up to another bigger tournament, which can be considered as 2 qualifiers and the grand finals. The top 2 teams from both qualifiers will play in the grand finals. The prizes for the qualifiers are AED2500 (~US$680) for the winners and free play time at Emperors for members of the runner-up team. The grand final's prizes are AED5000 (~US$1361) for 1st, AED2000 (~US$544) for 2nd and AED1000 (~US$272) for 3rd place. The tournament held on 8th Jan was the first qualifier, the Dubai qualifier, which was for teams from Dubai only. Results:

Winner:
Impulse - whmsy/havoK/add1ct/shazak/jap

Runner-Up:
Team Giga - jamal/danger/Rani/Oji/mahdi

The 2nd qualifier, the Abu Dhabi qualifier, will be for teams from Abu Dhabi and Al Ain only. The top 2 here will receive the prizes for qualifiers and will go on to play in the grand finals. It will be held this coming Friday (15th Jan). The grand finals will be held on the Friday after that which is the 22nd of January, and most probably in double-elimination format.

I should add that Emperors is now very well set up. The PCs are great and they have some really slick hardware (old school Plantronics DSP-500!). One issue are the widescreens which are total BS for CS1.6 (similar to the ones that Que Club now has in their new extension). There's one 5v5 stage with a dedicated server, and a separate 'special' area. The charges are AED5/hour generally and AED10/hour for the 5v5 stage and the special area. Smoking is not allowed inside Emperors. The special area is a separate room with slightly better hardware, slightly bigger monitors, and you are also allowed to smoke. It's probably for the WOW fags. There's also another room with consoles and HDTVs, where I saw some guys playing Pro Evo on a PS3. I've attached a few random crappy pics that I received from someone, just for the heck of it.

Thanks to whmsy for the tournament info (and havoK too).

RE: EMPERORS DUBAI TOURNAMENTS UPDATE 1
Posted: Jan 12 2010 02:43 PM (This post was last modified: Jan 12 2010 02:43 PM by spammah.)

Will the AD/AA qualifiers be held in Emperors, Dubai as well? Also, please re-size pics.

RE: EMPERORS DUBAI TOURNAMENTS UPDATE 1
Posted: Jan 12 2010 04:21 PM

yes, the entire tournament series will be held in Emperors.

do it yourself.

RE: EMPERORS DUBAI TOURNAMENTS UPDATE 1
Posted: Jan 12 2010 06:13 PM

Since you're the one who put up the article/content, you're obligated to fix any issues that pop up. Idiet.

RE: EMPERORS DUBAI TOURNAMENTS UPDATE 1
Posted: Jan 12 2010 06:20 PM

but why resize them? is that the reason why they aren't appearing as thumbnails?

RE: EMPERORS DUBAI TOURNAMENTS UPDATE 1
Posted: Jan 12 2010 06:27 PM (This post was last modified: Jan 12 2010 06:34 PM by spammah.)

Yes. Also makes it easier for people to load them quicker etc.

RE: EMPERORS DUBAI TOURNAMENTS UPDATE 1
Posted: Jan 12 2010 08:01 PM

zzzz should've told me earlier about this.

fixed.

RE: EMPERORS DUBAI TOURNAMENTS UPDATE 1
Posted: Jan 13 2010 08:28 PM

Get a real camera, foo'

RE: EMPERORS DUBAI TOURNAMENTS UPDATE 1
Posted: Jan 18 2010 04:45 AM

nice internet cafe :)