UK organisation Vexed Gaming and other European teams have been invited to a new CSGO league created by betting firm Unikrn and matchmaking service ChallengeMe.gg.
The United Masters League (UML) features a $290,000 prize pool which will be awarded in UnikoinGold, Unikrn’s cryptocurrency token for esports and gaming.
14 teams will be taking part in the tournament, which kicks off next week (November 19th) and runs until March 2019. The offline finals will take place at the M7M Esport Factory in Osnabrück, Germany from March 29th to 31st.
UML will be powered by ChallengeMe.GG’s tournament and ladder technology and also sponsored by AMD, Grid, M7M Esport Factory, runtime.gg and noblechairs.
“Vexed Gaming are big supporters of emerging technologies and are excited to be able directly support and gain support from the UML and Unikrn.”
Mark Weller, Vexed Gaming
The teams are as follows:
- AGO (Poland)
- X6tence Galaxy (Sweden)
- 3DMAX (France)
- TRICKED (Denmark)
- EURONICS (Germany)
- Valiance (Serbia)
- WINDIGO GAMING (Bulgaria)
- Expert eSports (Germany)
- SPROUT (Germany)
- ALTERNATE ATTAX (Germany)
- Red Reserve (Sweden)
- LDLC (France)
- Vexed Gaming (UK)
- HAVU (Finland)
Up to four matches will be streamed weekdays at www.twitch.tv/um_league until the playoffs in March.
All stakeholders, including teams and sponsors, are collaborators in the United Master League.
Vexed Gaming COO Mark Weller said: “Vexed Gaming are extremely thrilled and grateful to be invited to the inaugural season of the United Masters League. The support that the UML offers to organisations and players is unlike any tournament or league we at Vexed have been a part of.
“Vexed Gaming are big supporters of emerging technologies and are excited to be able directly support and gain support from the UML and Unikrn.”
Video interview: Vexed on UK CSGO scene
Watch Vexed Gaming COO Mark Weller talk about his thoughts in this video:
For more information visit the United Masters League hub at https://www.challengeme.gg/uml
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.
