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Regroup Esports, Europe’s leading electronic sports and online gaming company, has rebranded to become Esport Nation A/S while its new corporate site is now known as ESNation.com as of today. Regroup’s digital portfolio includes popular gaming community sites such as the Dotaportal.com, myMYM.com, XboxUsersGroup.com and many more.

ESNation is a new online gaming destination that informs, engages and entertains global gamers with eSports news, browser-based games and social networking features. It is designed to provide gamers with easy access to their favorite teams and players as well as promoting online gaming to a broader audience. “We are excited about the new platform that ESNation offer our users”, says Ari Wegter, CEO of Regroup Esports. “We see tremendous potential in the synergies between our gaming networks and want to open old walled gardens to allow users free access between the communities.” Founder and COO Mark Peter Fries adds: “Our new vertical social networking apps are build to stimulate user generated content and audience interaction – to create a nation of gamers worldwide. That is why we choose the new name. From now on, both the company and our main website will be known under the ESport Nation brand.” The company is preparing to open the site for public use this month with full launch following in August 2008.
Regroup Events, the event, league and tournament division of former Regroup Esports, which is known for handling brands and events as ESL, WCG, ESWC etc., will continue with its original name and as a separate company.

Hello everybody!

We have some changes for this season. First of all, it was always annoying to have to wait 1 hour at 20:00 everyday while the league playday was being simulated. I was working hard on that, and this season that time has been dramatically reduced to 5-10 minutes.
With this new “simulator”, I want also change some tactics to make the game more balanced. It has added a new dimension to the game and has made it much more exciting. The excitement level has gone up a notch and I guess you could compare it to the thrill of winning big at an online casino or hitting a hole in one in golf! Thus the fast expansion tactic has been improved a little bit, due to nobody was using it since it was kind of uneffective in many cases.
And I think it was about time. For this season, we have also added a new real Pro Player for you! Say hello to the German talent XlorD ! The player is in the auction list at the moment, so go quickly to bid or somebody could get him before than you! The auction will be running for 4 days.

We are changing our prizes this season too. We always want to give you the best equipment out there, so this season the prizes are:

1º CHAMPIONS SERIES PRIZE

- 1 SteelSeries H5 v2

- 1 SteelSeries SP Mousepad

2º CHAMPIONS SERIES PRIZE

-1 SteelSeries SP Mousepad

1º BNET PRO LADDER PRIZE

-1 SteelSeries SP Mousepad

Good luck this season!

Also, some of the players in MYM’s WarCraft 3 team love to play that game. Due to that reason, they decided to create a short and funny clip about that game, a WC3manager advertisement spot in which they and Loseman are the actors.

Meet Your Makers (MYM) has just signed on a new sponsor and partner, which is no one else than the world’s first eSports betting company, XLBet, who offers fixed odds on eSports matches. XLBET, which besides eSports betting, also acts as a normal bookmaker on regular sports, events and feature a casino, will also soon be opening a poker room. XLBet will with today’s announcement be the official main sponsor of Meet Your Makers (MYM) and its teams.
As WC3Manager is a sistersite to MYM and a part of the Regroup Esports-network, we will also see some changes here. Firstly there will be a Betting-forum where you can ask about anything from specific odds to game analysis and more. Secondly we are offering our users a signup bonus on XLBet.com, and thirdly you will see some XLBet-banners around on the site.

Mark Peter Fries, COO in MYM says:
The partner and sponsorship deal with XLBET has been on the drawing board for quite some time now and has from the beginning been a very interesting project for both parties. eSports betting in various shapes and especially poker are something a lot of gamers already spend a great amount of time on and therefore a very interesting area for us as a professional gaming team to enter. XLBET will support MYM financially and the deal also contains a lot of very interesting projects and events between the two parties. As of today you will for instance be able an editorial piece “Pick of the day” every day on mymym.com, some made by our chief editor and some by our star players like Neo and Grubby. Get inspired via articles how to place your bet(s), see XLBET odds in our match ticker, debate in the myMYM XLBET forum and or participate in some of the upcoming XLBET tournaments and cups. All-in-all a win/win situation for both companies, with great times ahead and I am pleased to welcome them as both a sponsor and partner.

Jacob Nielsen, co-Founder and COO of XLBET says:
We are really excited about the partnership with MYM and we are sure this will turn into a beneficial relationship for the entire E-Sport community. The world will finally realize that E-sport is the future and to be taken serious. The fact that we are accepted by the owners of one of the biggest communities and most respected brands in the business is a huge cadeau for us.
Hopefully we can live up to the expectations and satisfy all E-Sports punters demands of various matches and events, but we are aware, that we have to take it step by step, and we hope everybody will respect that in the premature face. What I can guarantee though is that the client’s data and general security regarding money transactions will be top class.

About XLBET:
XLBet.com is owned and operated by E-Zone Company XLBet N.V. in the Netherlands Antilles on the island of Curacao. The company was founded by betting veterans with huge experience in the betting market and a well funded group of Scandinavian investors in 2007. XLBet.com is fully licensed by the Government of the Netherlands Antilles. (part of the Royal Kingdom of the Netherlands) and XLBet will at all times comply with all applicable laws in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. XLBet´s ambition is to provide a secure, safe and interesting product for the ever growing E-Sports market. XLBet will aim towards providing fixed lines for all national and international E-Sports leagues and events and furthermore offer odds on a wide selection of other sports events. Casino and horse racing is also part of the product line. The betting platform is delivered and maintained by Digital Gaming Solution, a gaming software company with mayor experience through existing partnerships with some of the world’s leading betting companies. Your data that will be encrypted via SSL encryption – Secure Socket Layer, is stored and secured in state-of-the-art data centers at Curacao government hosting authority. Your payments are assured by very solid investors and secured by the financial demands of maintaining sufficient funds of the Central Government of the Netherlands Antilles, while the processing is handled by payment processing gateway CNG. All payments and transactions on XLBet are secured using SSL.

About MYM:
Meet Your Makers (MYM) was established in Denmark in 2001 and is today one of the world’s leading professional eSports teams. The club is featuring some of the biggest stars and players within electronic sports genres such as Warcraft III, DotA, Counter-Strike, Starcraft:Broodwar, Call of Duty 4 and FIFA. MYM headquarters are located in wonderful Copenhagen, Denmark and the company is player and crew wise represented in 24 different countries, spread out all over the world. Furthermore, it features one of the largest combined team/community sites in the world (www.mymym.com)

For further information please contact the following:
Meet Your Makers (MYM):
Press inquiries:
Mark Peter Fries
COO, MYM
mercy (@) meetyourmakers.com
XLBet:
Press inquiries:
Jacob Nielsen
COO, XLBet
jn (@) xlbet.com

Some of the players in MYM’s WarCraft 3 team love to play this game. Due to that reason they decided to create a short and funny clip about that game, a WC3manager advertisement spot in which they and Loseman are the actors. Enjoy

Alternative version of teaser 1 :

Check the teaser 1 here

On April 1998, an RTS game called StarCraft was on the gaming stores shelves. What was considered the space version of WarCraft II, quickly turned away from living into its shadow and made a name for itself. With almost 10 million copies sold worldwide, StarCraft is one of (if not) the best RTS games ever to be created. Now the game celebrates its 10th anniversary!

If you are the one to say “I <3 SC”, then you’re Blizzard’s main focus now, as they just announced a photo mosaic project consisting of StarCraft-related pictures form all around the world – where you can win exclusive Blizzard prizes! In the contest over at the Blizzard page there are no people from Europe and many other countries allowed to participate.
myMYM.com is proud to announce in association with Blizzard to host the “I <3 SC” contest exclusive for all people that are not allowed to participate in the contest Blizzard hosts!

What are the rules?

Blizzard would like to create with the help of the myMYM.com community a compilation of user pictures containing their “I <3 SC” image that you can find for download on their site. The rules are simple:

- the “I <3 SC” logo must be visible;
- the picture format must be JPG;
- the resolution must be at least 1024×768;
- the image must weigh less than 2Mb;
- you can add screenshots from videos you did
- processed photos are allowed
- only people that have a valid myMYM.com account can participate.

- Blizzard and myMYM.com will choose from all submissions you send 10 pieces
- here on myMYM.com a community vote will start and 3 photos with the most votes will win prizes:

1st Place

- 1 original and unique Blizzard I <3 SC Shirt
- 1 unique MYM Teamshirt
- 3 months CLUB MYM Account

2nd Place

- 1 original and unique Blizzard I <3 SC Shirt
- 1 unique MYM mousepad
- 1 month CLUB MYM Account

3rd Place

- 1 original and unique Blizzard I <3 SC Shirt
- 1 Week CLUB MYM Account

You can read the full rules here. Good luck!

Some of the players in MYM’s WarCraft 3 team love to play this game. Due to that reason they decided to create a short and funny clip about that game, a WC3manager advertisement spot in which they and Loseman are the actors. Enjoy

Do you like WC3Manager? Do you want to use cool features and become a cool WC3Manager member? Now you can do it!

Since now and until the end of the current season all of you will be Hero members and you can enjoy the latest features like change your player’s nicknames, change your team’s name, choose different line ups for different competitions, play tournaments with who you want, get cash for your team, etc…

With this Hero membership you also got 10 gold coins. You can use these gold coins to use special features what cost coins. Other dont have any gold cost and you can use them just for be a Warrior/Hero member.

Like I said, all of you are since now Hero members. But there are 3 different kind of memberships. You can be a Peon user, Warrior user or Hero user. Depending on which membership do you get, you have access to more and more features.
The Peon users just have the same options like always.

If you want to make your membership longer or to get more gold coins, you just have to follow the instructions in your profile. You can’t use gold coins if you are not higher than Peon member.

More cool features will appear soon and during these weeks the current features will be improved using your suggestions and opinions.
If you have any doubts you can ask here, in our forum, and in our IRC channel #wc3manager @ Qnet.

On next Monday a new WC3Manager season is starting. We have some changes for this season. The most important change is the change of the league times. The next league matches will be played at 20:00 CET. There are no changes in Champions Series, League cup or friendly wars timing. Just league matches. This makes a change for trainings and finances aswell. Finances will be at 0:00 CET and trainings at 22:00 CET. Many people asked for a time change, so I hope everybody likes these changes.
By the way, Remember the Champions Series schedule: CS is played Wednesdays at 12:00 CET and Sundays at 20:00 CET during group stage. After that, is played just on Sundays at 20:00 CET, until the grand final what is played on the Wednesday after playday 22  at 12:00 CET.

Also this season, League Cup will lose his big final prize at the end of the cup. You will just earn the money for face teams, and reach the next round.

The EF system will be changed again. Don’t worry, is not a big deal, but we try to balance it as much as posible. This season  EF points will have less influence with above 50 EF points. So the difference in EF points, having more than 50 will be reduced. Actually, until 65 is almost the same system, but we tried to avoid players with 80-90 EF points winning everything.

Finally, as you can see in the ending of the last season, now you can choose language on the top. You can choose between English, German, Spanish and Russian. Two new languages will be added soon.

Remember that you still can win cool prizes winning the Bnet Pro Ladder or Champions Series. You can check our prizes here.
Good luck everybody! Enjoy!

I could write this in the last post, but I prefered to write a new one, because it’s a big change for this season.

WC3Manager is growing day by day. In number of users, features and community. Users should spent more time every season to reach their goals, because the huge competitivity right now. For this reason, we should improve our prizes, right?
The next season the winners will receive the normal prizes, but in certain tournaments, they will get also real prizes! So the Champions Series winner the next season will receive :

1º CHAMPIONS SERIES PRIZE

- 1 SENNHEISER PC 161

- 1 QPAD CT

2º CHAMPIONS SERIES PRIZE

- 1 QPAD CT

The Bnet Pro Ladder winner also is going to receive a real prize :

1º BNET PRO LADDER PRIZE

- 1 QPAD CT

It is a good start, isn’t it? Im trying to improve the prizes every season, but I need your help to make bigger and bigger WC3Manager! Good luck to everybody this season!