EG Announce Master Cup Series

BY Andrew Miesner / May 29, 2010

The Evil Geniuses organization has recently announced their new online PC Gaming Tournament called the “EG Master Cup Series.” The event, in partnership with MSI notebooks, features a $3000 cash prize every month along with various MSI products.

The tournament will cater to the following games:

Quake Live
Counter-Strike 1.6
Team Fortress 2
Starcraft II

EG had the following to say in their press release:

 

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA May 27th, 2010. – Today Evil Geniuses (EG) in partnership with MSI Notebook has announced a new online PC gaming tournament series entitled the, “Evil Geniuses Master’s Cup Series.” The series will feature monthly online competitions each featuring cash prize pots of $3,000.00 as well as MSI Notebook’s new G-Series laptops. Beginning with the Quake Live tournament, the series will include competitions for Counter-Strike 1.6, Team Fortress 2, and Starcraft II. Additionally, well-known internet broadcaster Marcus “djWheat” Graham will be performing live game broadcasts for each Grand Finals event weekend.

The initial series, registration of which opens today, will feature the popular PC first-person-shooter Quake Live title in a sixty-four player bracket. In addition to the bracket competition, MSI Notebook will allow tournament winners to compete in a ‘Play against the Pros’ best-of-five exhibition match versus a Team EG professional gamer for a MSI Notebook G-Series laptop.

“We’re thankful to have MSI Notebook so heavily engaged in the gaming community,” said Alex Garfield, Executive Director of Evil Geniuses. “Their G-Series notebooks are the only notebooks we have our gamers use because their power and performance are essential to any gaming victory.”

 

You can find out more information about the Evil Geniuses Master’s Cup Series by clicking here.