USA - Registration has been extended until March 22nd 2008 for the last qualifier in the XLR8 Gaming Series Championships. The prize list for the series has also been updated with over $7,500 in prizes. The tournament is using a unique "charges only" format in contrast to the CGS shortened rules being used by most U.S. Source tournaments. Stay tuned as GotFrag will bring you live coverage of the final qualifier and the Championships.

XLR8 Gaming Series Qualifiers
Qualifying Week 1: December 17th - 23rd (complete)
Qualifying Week 2: January 14th - 20th (complete)
Qualifying Week 3: February 11th - 17th (complete)
Qualifying Week 4: March 24th - March 30th (registration open)

XLR8 Gaming Series Championships: April 7th - 13th

1st Place Team - XLR8 Gold Graphics & Memory Package
Five (5) XLR8 GeForce 9800 GX2 1.0GB graphics cards AND Five (5) 2GB kits of XLR8 1173 MHz DDR2 performance memory

2nd Place Team - XLR8 Blue Graphics & Memory Package
Five (5) XLR8 GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB graphics cards AND Five (5) 2GB kits of XLR8 1066MHz DDR2 performance memory

3rd Place Team - XLR8 Flash Package
Five (5) 4GB XLR8 performance flash drives AND Five (5) 2GB XLR8 performance flash cards

Qualifier Details
Teams will earn points based on their performance in XLR8 Gaming Qualifiers. Thus, its important to sign up for each week and earn as many points as possible during all four qualifing events. The TOP 8 Teams at the end of the series will advance to the XLR8 Gaming Series Championships.

1st place: Seven (7) points
2nd place: Five (5) points
3rd place: Three (3) points
4th place: Two (2) points
5th - 8th places: One (1) point
9th - 64th places: Zero (0) points

CURRENT STANDINGS
1. electronic gaming evolution (eGe) - 14 points
2. Turmoil (Turmoil) - 12 points
3. Axxium (Axxium) - 9 points
4. Crucial Connexion (C2) - 7 points
5. YouLose (YouLose) - 4 points
6. Under the Radar (utr) - 3 points
7. Remember The Name (RTN) - 2 points
8. Hybrid (Hybrid>) - 2 points
9. Eximius (Eximius) - 2 points
10. United 5 (u5) - 2 points
11. eclipse (eclipse) - 1 points
12. Simplex (Simplex) - 1 points
13. HostileMinds (HostileMinds`) - 1 points
14. FACE (�_�) - 1 points
15. I Will Survive (iws) - 1 points
16. eX (eX !) - 1 points

For more information and to register for the XLR8 Gaming Series Championships, visit the XLR8 website at www.xlr8gaming.net