Category Archives: Interviews

Interview: Team Paria coach on chances of qualifying for ESL UK Premiership

February 12th, 2016

We interview Team Paria's League of Legends coach Utah "Tendanas" Schelhaas ahead of his team's tough match against ManaLight this weekend. Check out our full ESL UK Promotions Tournament Preview here. What are your thoughts on your competition in the qualifiers, and potentially the Premiership? To be fair I think every team will be a strong…

“The Midlands’ Smash Bros scene is growing” – video interviews with players at bi-weekly Leicester event

February 7th, 2016

The Smash Bros fighting game scene is on the up in the Midlands, so say players at the bi-weekly Smash at O'Neill's event in Leicester. We visited one of the regular gatherings for a behind the scenes look at how grassroots events like this are helping to grow the Smash Bros scene across the UK. In this…

The UK eSports pro taking on the world with his own brand: Problem X Promotions

January 26th, 2016

One of the UK’s best fighting game players is launching a fresh new eSports platform and promotional agency that he hopes will improve pro gamers’ careers. British Street Fighter pro Benjamin “Problem X” Simon is well established on the tournament circuit, having won VSF, IVGC, EGX, DreamHack London and more since taking part in his…

Video interview: AeroX eSports’ LoL team on beating Choke at i56 and ambitions in the UK scene

January 9th, 2016

AeroX eSports made a name for themselves at the Multiplay Insomnia56 LAN last month by beating Choke Gaming 2-0 in the League of Legends group stages. Considering Choke had built a team featuring several top UK players with vast experience in the top half of the ESL UK Premiership table, and AeroX were from the lower-tier ESL UK Major Ladder,…

Gaben Laser Beam’s LoL team on their chances of qualifying for the ESL UK Premiership

December 31st, 2015

Gaben Laser Beam (GLB) Blue are second place in the ESL UK Major Ladder and have their sights set on reaching the Premiership. The org has previously had League of Legends teams from Europe including a high Diamond German team and a Danish team who won Danish LAN events, however it's now fully focused on the UK League of Legends…

The problem of poaching and player egos: Could contracts boost the UK eSports scene?

December 29th, 2015

We've touched on the topic of player contracts in UK eSports before - ManaLight said that without contracts, players will continue to switch teams for prize money - but now we're exploring the topic in greater detail. Terra Cotta Army's CEO Wingo "Luna" Chan is putting contracts in place with his League of Legends players,…

‘There isn’t enough incentive for pros to join UK League of Legends teams’ – Tundra

December 11th, 2015

Pro UK League of Legends support player Jamie "Tundra" Duthie talks to us about what can be done to improve the UK eSports scene. Speaking to us after taking second place in the ESL UK Premiership finals with FM-eSports, he said: "I think the UK scene is probably stronger than people make it out to be. The…

Team Infused’s Alphari and Maxlore set sights on Challenger Series (ESL UK champions interview)

December 8th, 2015

We interview two of the hottest prospects in the UK League of Legends eSports scene right now - Team Infused's top-laner Alphari (left) and jungler Maxlore (right). The pair have targeted the Challenger Series after winning the ESL UK Premiership Season 2 LoL final with Team Infused on the weekend. “Challenger Series is my goal this…

Interview: UK CSGO player Camilla “Parmaviolet” Hart on joining Team Unikrn and competing with the boys

December 3rd, 2015

We sit down with the sole English representative in the new Team Unikrn all-female CSGO team - Camilla "Parmaviolet" Hart - to discuss her ambitions and women in eSports. Can you tell us how you started out playing and how you got into eSports? I started playing console games when I watched my bigger brother playing games like Call…

ESL UK video interview – ‘the biggest hurdle is some of the UK pros don’t believe in themselves’

November 24th, 2015

eSports News UK sits down with ESL UK MD James Dean (left) and project manager Peter Mather (right) to talk about their thoughts on UK eSports, changes ESL UK is making in 2016, including a new studio and extending the CSGO Premiership to three seasons, as well as the biggest challenges UK players face. (more…)

Category Archives: Interviews

Interview: Team Paria coach on chances of qualifying for ESL UK Premiership

“The Midlands’ Smash Bros scene is growing” – video interviews with players at bi-weekly Leicester event

The UK eSports pro taking on the world with his own brand: Problem X Promotions

Video interview: AeroX eSports’ LoL team on beating Choke at i56 and ambitions in the UK scene

Gaben Laser Beam’s LoL team on their chances of qualifying for the ESL UK Premiership

The problem of poaching and player egos: Could contracts boost the UK eSports scene?

‘There isn’t enough incentive for pros to join UK League of Legends teams’ – Tundra

Team Infused’s Alphari and Maxlore set sights on Challenger Series (ESL UK champions interview)

Interview: UK CSGO player Camilla “Parmaviolet” Hart on joining Team Unikrn and competing with the boys

ESL UK video interview – ‘the biggest hurdle is some of the UK pros don’t believe in themselves’

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