November 2008 is known by the very prestigious cyber championship on CIS territory, in November would be carried out 23-rd ASUS Open, where best regional teams band together. Autumn competition would follow <Team Spirit> concept and include only team disciplines, which is a thoughtful step on the rocky path of teams and gamers community consolidation.

Expected large scale competitions in: Сall of Duty 4, Counter-Strike, DotA, and, already traditional, Quake-fest.
And this year we are going to introduce first women Counter-Strike competition!

Moscow, November 15, 16 and 29, 30 will gather hundreds of leading CIS’s teams that will challenge for one million rubles!

Please see additional info below.

Date of event: 15, 16 and 29, 30 November 2008
Place of event: Moscow, Russia
Gaming center: «4GAME» (VDNH station, Yaroslavskaya street, 12) (map)
Gaming center: «Click-Net» (Tushino station, Pyatnetskoye shosse, 9 app. 1) (map)
Primary sponsor: ASUS (Russia) with support from Intel
Organizer: e-sport portal CyberFight.RU

Disciplines:

Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Masters (32 teams) – prize fund 425 000 rubles
Сounter-Strike 1.6 5v5 NoN Profi Open (64 teams) – prize fund 125 000 rubles
Warcraft 3 DOTA 5v5 Open (32 teams) – prize fund 125 000 rubles
Сall of Duty 4 Team Open (32 teams) – prize fund 125 000 rubles
Quake 3 Team Festival* (By Gamers For Gamers) – prize fund 125 000 rubles
Сounter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Female Open (8 teams) – prize fund 50 000 rubles

ASUS MOSCOW Autumn CS 1.6 Qualifier (64 teams) – prize fund 25 000 rubles+ 4 places for Masters Cup

*By Gamers For Gamers - Quake-festival will take place during ASUS Autumn 2008. It will unite most famous gamers from Eastern Europe. Special announcement with the details will follow shortly!

Total prize fund: 1 000 000 rubles = ~ 40 000 U$D = ~ 27 000 EURO

Advertising schedule

Qualifications on Counter-Strike Masters: October 20
Prize fund distribution: October 25
Online registration on “open” disciplines: October 15
Competitions terms: October 25
Final schedule: November 1
Information for visitors: October 3
Random draw: Counter-Strike Masters: November 24

First 500 registered participants would be rewarded with 500 T-shirts!

During preparation to ASUS Autumn 2008 we plan to perform official qualifications on Counter-Strike 1.6.
Additional information on qualifications you can find on our web-site!

About ASUS

ASUStek Computer Inc. - leader at 3C solutions (computers, communication, consumer).
In 2006 company profit run up to 16,5 billion $. The number of employees exceeded 100 thousand.

• Ranked in "The INFOTECH 100" for 9 consecutive years - Business Week
• Best Quality from Taiwan - Wall Street Journal
• Best in quality, functionality and service - MIC

About Intel

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