FACEIT\u2019s ground-breaking esports initiative, the Esports Championship Series (ECS), will mix top teams and newcomers in the Season 3 Development League as top teams North, FlipSide and Gambit have been invited to the European league, while Misfits and Renegades will battle in the North American league. Set to kick off on February 28, a total of 16 teams, eight from each region, will compete for a chance to earn passage into Season 3 through a final showdown against each region\u2019s bottom two ranked teams from Season 2. <\/p>\n
This season also marks the return of the Community Caster Challenge, which gives aspiring esports casting talent an opportunity to fly to the ECS studio and cast live matches of Season 3. To help kickstart the next big caster career, FACEIT will be hosting one caster during each match in their official Twitch channel. In addition, the ECS team will be providing assistance to give participating casters the best quality streams possible, this includes expert advice, support, graphical assets and video content. Casters looking to join the Community Caster Challenge can send the following information to ecs@csgoleague.com for consideration: first and last name, contact email, Skype link, Twitch channel URL, and other social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). <\/p>\n
The eight invited teams and four qualifying teams in the ECS Development League are as follows:<\/p>\n
Invited European Teams:
\n\u2022North
\n\u2022Gambit
\n\u2022Team Kinguin
\n\u2022Flipsid3<\/p>\n
Qualified European Teams:
\n\u2022PRIDE
\n\u2022Tengri
\n\u2022Rogue
\n\u2022Space Soldiers<\/p>\n
Invited North American Teams:
\n\u2022Misfits
\n\u2022Renegades
\n\u2022Winterfox
\n\u2022Selfless<\/p>\n
Qualified North American Teams:
\n\u2022Premier Rejects
\n\u2022Bees Money Crew
\n\u2022Splyce
\n\u2022Denial Esports<\/p>\n
As with the previous season of ECS, season three offers participating teams the option of league co-ownership and a vote in Governing Committee representation. The ECS\u2019 co-ownership arrangement gives teams the option to use part of the $1.75M that ECS is providing for the prize pool and supportive funds that can potentially be used to bolster salaries, facilities and equipment to help out the players. <\/p>\n
For more information on the ECS, please visit the official website at www.csgoleague.com<\/a> or follow the ECS on Twitter (@ECSleague). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FACEIT\u2019s ground-breaking esports initiative, the Esports Championship Series (ECS), will mix top teams and newcomers in the Season 3 Development League as top teams North, FlipSide and Gambit have been invited to the European league, while Misfits and Renegades will battle in the North American league. Set to kick off on February 28, a total … <\/p>\n