Team Paria and ManaLight engage in pre-match banter

eSports organisations Team Paria and ManaLight enjoyed some light-hearted fighting talk on Twitter today ahead of the ESL UK Promotions tournament.
The two League of Legends teams face one another this Saturday (February 13th) as they look to qualify for Season 3 of the ESL UK Premiership.
ManaLight sent a tweet out earlier today asking fans to vote for them as winners of the upcoming match.

Make sure to vote for us to beat @TeamParia in the @ESLUK promo tournament this weekend! Vote here – https://t.co/FHmTyatGwY #SeeTheLight

— ManaLight (@ManaLightGG) February 11, 2016

Team Paria hit back with the following, prompting a response from ManaLight:

@TeamParia @ESLUK #GoodLuck #ManaLightWin pic.twitter.com/vj5wrS3wgV
— ManaLight (@ManaLightGG) February 11, 2016

It’s nice to see a bit of friendly banter between sides – we’d expect no less from the UK scene.
There are eight teams in total trying to qualify for the ESL UK Premiership this weekend – the other six being NUEL Titans vs exceL eSports, Renegades Banditos vs MnM Gaming and GLB Blue vs TCA eSports.
You can see the promotions match times here and the full schedule here, as well as the rosters we’ve learnt so far.
We’ll post a more in-depth preview in time for the qualifiers this weekend.

Dom Sacco

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.

As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.