Team Paria and ManaLight engage in pre-match banter

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 11/02/2016

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, Senior Editor

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. 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 also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.

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