Insomnia Gaming Festival took place over the weekend and as always it played host to a bunch of esports tournaments.
Among them were the usual BYOC tournaments as well as the BELONG Arena Clash Finals, which saw players compete in Tekken7, Rainbow Six Siege, Overwatch, Fifa 19 and League of Legends.
The participants included teams from BELONG Arenas across the country. To compete in Arena Clash, casual and hardcore gamers could join a team at their local BELONG stores and battle through five weeks of play before heading to the finals.
BELONG Arena Clash Finals
Tekken7
London Lionhearts vs Bradford Rams
Winners: London Lionhearts
The @BelongLDN Lionhearts take the win! Congratulations to our Tekken 7 Arena Clash Spring 2019 Champions! Some incredible plays in tonight's games!
Well done to the @BelongBFD Rams who put on an excellent show! #i64 pic.twitter.com/tmh7kpVRQV
— Belong Gaming Arenas UK (@BelongArenasUK) April 19, 2019
Rainbow 6 Seige
Plymouth Armada vs Bristol Sumgglers
Winners: Plymouth Armada
Congratulations to our @BelongPlymouth Armada Tribe!
They have taken the @Rainbow6_UK Arena Clash Champion title against the @BelongBristol in tonight's finals! ???????? pic.twitter.com/92G5ox8Anu— Belong Gaming Arenas UK (@BelongArenasUK) April 19, 2019
Overwatch
Stratford Spartans vs Cardiff Saints
Winners: Stratford Spartans
The @BelongStratfrd Spartans take the Overwatch Arena Clash trophy after their win today at @IGFestUK! Well done everyone! pic.twitter.com/WcZSRs9c2T
— Belong Gaming Arenas UK (@BelongArenasUK) April 20, 2019
Fifa 19
Milton Keynes Enigmas vs Cardiff Saints
Winners: Milton Keynes Enigmas
The @BelongMK Enigmas take the win! What an absolutely INCREDIBLE game!
It was so tense right up until the last second! Both teams played amazingly, but there can only be one Tribe winner of the FIFA19 Arena Clash Championship! Congratulations! ???? ???? pic.twitter.com/izI5LNNUEI— Belong Gaming Arenas UK (@BelongArenasUK) April 20, 2019
League of Legends
Portsmouth Pirates vs London Lionhearts
Winners: Portsmouth Pirates
Congratulations to our @BELONGPorts Pirates for claiming the League of Legends Arena Clash Champions title! Despite our technical difficulties, the Portsmouth Pirates defeated their London Lionhearts opponents in one of the most intense LoL games Arena Clash has ever seen! ???? pic.twitter.com/DpWycldAXE
— Belong Gaming Arenas UK (@BelongArenasUK) April 21, 2019
British Esports Championships
The schools and college finals in Overwatch, Rocket League and League of Legends took place at Insomnia64.
You can check out the winners (including school LoL winners Beyond Reality) here (schools) and here (colleges).
BYOC Tournament Finals
Elsewhere, the BYOC tournaments saw teams go head-to-head in Rocket League, League of Legends, Overwatch and CSGO, with a mix of prizing up for grabs dependent on team signups.
Rocket League
Breezi Flick vs Comrade Gaming
Winners: Breezi Flick
Could not be any prouder of our #RocketLeague boys at this weekends @IGFestUK. They played with alot of heart, determination and some nutty plays. Although they came 2nd they are definitely the champs to us. Congrats boys! ???? #CRGRL pic.twitter.com/rBxeL47iHN
— Comrade Gaming Ltd. (@Comrade_GG) April 21, 2019
Overwatch
BloodTrail vs MnM Gaming
Winners: MnM Gaming
???? We are once again your @UKMasters Overwatch Champions!#ForTheFlame???? pic.twitter.com/HJLnFfvaA1
— MNM Gaming (@MNMGaming) April 21, 2019
League of Legends
No Ego vs Enclave Gaming
Winners: No Ego (read our match report and watch clips here)
No Ego win the BYOC i64 LoL final 3-1 vs @EnclaveGamingUK after an unbelievable play by @royalwinsmid! https://t.co/NXTd4TQ8wR @BelongArenas #i64 #insomnia64
— Esports News UK (@Esports_News_UK) April 21, 2019
CSGO
London Esports vs DarkSpawn
Winners: London Esports
WE ARE YOUR i64 CHAMPIONS ????
We take home 1st place and the £3000 prize pool.
Extremely proud of the team!#londOWNED pic.twitter.com/kIAwlxJcR8
— Fourth Wall Esports Club (@fourthwall_gg) April 22, 2019
Watch our recent interview with London Esports here
League of Legends Intermediate
Finally, there were community tournaments that took place, including the 5v5 League of Legends Intermediate tournament and an all-random all-middle (ARAM) 2v2 tournament.
Organisers also gave the intermediate tournament a £500 prize pool.
These boys won:
Edited for clarity 😉 pic.twitter.com/X6e4V8u93U
— Andy ‘Sacari’ Horsley (@Andy_Sacari) April 21, 2019
Did we miss anything? Let us know by messaging Esports News UK or Laura Byrne on Twitter
“This was initially supposed to be an all-random all-middle (ARAM) 2v2 tournament, but some requests from the community saw some last-minute changes made to a usual 5v5 Summoners Rift format. Organisers also gave this a surprise prize pool at the last minute, with the winners taking home £500.”
Just so you know the Intermediate Tournament ran alongside the ARAM 2v2 and LoL 1v1 tournaments (which also had prizepools of their own), it wasn’t a last minute change 🙂
That’s not what I was told but thanks for letting me know. Gonna double check with the Insomnia team and update this article accordingly. Cheers!