In November, 2008 we announced ESEA League Season 1, and now, nine months later, we are pleased to announce ESEA Season 4. With the Season 3 playoffs just underway, and as we head into our first ever LAN Playoffs for the CS 1.6 Invite division, ESEA would like to announce Season 4 will feature $40,000 in cash prizes across Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike: Source, and Team Fortress 2.

Registration for Season 4 will close Sunday, August 9th and the first week of matches will begin on Sunday, August 16th.

Key Changes From Season 3 to Season 4:

• Increased prize pot from $35,000 to $40,000
• Increased focus on league support to make quicker, more informed decisions to benefit the communityIncreased Counter-Strike: Source prize pot
• CS: Source Invite playoffs or final four LAN event with the Counter-Strike 1.6 invite LAN Playoffs
• Added a Counter-Strike 1.6 Intermediate division between Main and Open
• Added a Counter-Strike: Source Intermediate division between Invite and Open

Features of ESEA League include:

• Two matches per week for all divisions
• Complete web match schedulingAll matches played on our ESEA servers across eight locationsProtection from our industry leading anti-cheat / config locking Client
• Helpful team of handpicked paid league Admins who are active in each community
• Complete box scores and stats for EVERY match (just as we have for pugs and scrims)
• HLTV and SourceTV demo downloads for every match within 5 minutes of matches finishing
• Automatic live HLTV and SourceTV for every match (unlimited number of spectators)
• Automatic live irc scorebots for every match
• Automatic POV demo recording
• User prediction system for every match
• You build your permanent league record that will eventually be tied into ESEA’s to be released Team Center
• LAN playoffs for community-ready invite divisions

Registration is now opened for all games and the entry fee is $10 for invite, $8 for main, $6 for intermediate, and $5 for open divisions and 100% of all entry fees and sponsor funds go into the prize pot. All players must have ESEA Premium in order to compete in league matches. A complete breakdown of the prizes by division and game will be released in the coming weeks.

Registration for ESEA Season 4 will close on Sunday, August 9th so don’t wait and sign up now!