Justin 'JWong' Wong will take the hotseat tonight in the Galaxy4Gamer$ Beat-A-Pro Challenge. Galaxy4Gamer$ features a Beat-A-Pro session from Monday to Thursday each week in a variety of different games. Gamers are given the opportunity to compete against the Pro in a hope to win and claim a Jackpot. The JWong session features Street Fighter 4 as the contest's game and kicks off tonight at 20:00 PST (March 25th @ 03:00 GMT) and lasts for two hours. Entry is $10 with a jackpot at $100. The event will be streamed live on Galaxy4Gamer$.

Rules:
EntryFee varies depending on game and week
Progressive Jackpots with a minimum jackpot of $100
First come first serve.
Must have fast internet connection (3 bar minimum on XBOXLive).
Once it is your turn, you have 3 minutes to respond after the Pro says they are ready to play.
Spot will be forfeited if you are not available to play when it is your turn.
All games will be streamed and saved onto G4G. 

The group stages of the ClanBase NationsCup has drawn to a close. Ireland's Counter-Strike Source squad moves on from a difficult group. Ireland was drawn in Group A against Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Spain and UK. The UK squad defaulted their games and fell out of the running early on. Ireland picked up wins against Portugal, Spain and Netherlands and ran Sweden and Germany close. In the end, this record was enough to send them into the playoffs.

Ireland's Quarter-Final match will be against Hungary. Hungary finished 2nd in Group C and will be denied a group rematch unless they can progress to the final. The match between Ireland and Hungary is to be scheduled.

Source: ClanBase

Robert "Prod1gyX" Paz will take the hotseat tonight in the Galaxy4Gamer$ Beat-A-Pro Challenge. Galaxy4Gamer$ features a Beat-A-Pro session from Monday to Thursday each week in a variety of different games. Gamers are given the opportunity to compete against the Pro in a hope to win and claim a Jackpot. The Prod1gyX session features DJ Hero as the contest's game and kicks off tonight at 20:00 PST (March 23rd @ 03:00 GMT) and lasts for two hours. Entry is $10 with a jackpot at $100. The event will be streamed live on Galaxy4Gamer$.

Rules:
EntryFee varies depending on game and week
Progressive Jackpots with a minimum jackpot of $100
First come first serve.
Must have fast internet connection (3 bar minimum on XBOXLive).
Once it is your turn, you have 3 minutes to respond after the Pro says they are ready to play.
Spot will be forfeited if you are not available to play when it is your turn.
All games will be streamed and saved onto G4G. 

Links:
Source: Galaxy4Gamer$
Coverage: Live Stream

GCON was previously an acronym for 'Gears Community Organized Nights' but with the announcement of Season 2, some changes are being made. GCON now stands for 'Gears Community Organized Network' with the casual community nights taking the name 'GCON Community Nights'. The first of these events will take place on April 17th and marks the beginning of the second season. Gears of War 2 remains the focal point of the season.

The event in question has not yet been announced but after Season One's 'Clash of communities' and 'Game with Developers' events, the announcement is eagerly anticipated. Veterns of Season 1 are advised that changes have been made to the structure of the Season. The season will run over eight events and standard style lobbies will be offered for most nights. Archives of past events and information related to the first season can be found here.

While the GCON community nights are a casual affair without any real competition, Season 2 also brings the announcement of the first GCON tournament. Interested players are invited to vote for the gametype here. On the night of the tournament, a variety of lobbies will be running for people to warm up or just play a few games. Teams of four are invited to join the tournament which will be held on April 10th. The voting period for the gametype will close on March 25th.

In addition to these developments, the GCON team is working on a fully fledged website along with more community related features such as a podcast.

Links:
Source: GCON
Season 1 Archives: GCON

The eagerly anticipated clash of Counter-Strike 1.6 giants,  fnatic, and the best Counter-Strike Source squad,  Reason Gaming, has been postponed. Initially, there were problems with the QuadV stream as "the encoding computer died a painful death" which resulted in the match being delayed. The match did eventually get underway, albeit without coverage initially. However, once the match got underway, the server crashed multiple times and it has been decided that the match will be rescheduled.

The Verygames server came under DDOS attack which resulted in server crashes and led to the postponement of the match. fnatic had been leading 15:9 on de_nuke when it was eventually decided to continue the match at a later point in time. The VOD from the first map will be made available soon. Attempts will also be made to have the match replayed.

Statement from TosspoT (QuadV):
"Just a word from us at QuadV on tonights problems. Firstly we're very sorry that we couldnt bring you the match as planned, we were live onair and ready to rock when about 15 minutes before the match started the encoding computer died a painful death. Unfortunately its a £1500ish macbook pro which I dont have another one of lieing around to take its place, so it killed our hopes of streaming tonight, sorry!"

Source: Cadred
 

A CSPromod showmatch is to take place tonight between the giants of Counter-Strike 1.6,  fnaticMSI, and one of the top Counter-Strike Source squads,  Reason Gaming. This match was originally proposed by Cadred and will be broadcast on QuadV. The goal of CSPromod is to unite two Counter-Strike scenes and this showmatch may indicate how close that dream could be to a reality.

 fnaticMSI and  Reason Gaming will face off in a best-of-three battle. The showmatch will get underway tonight at 19:00 GMT.

Links:
Source: Cadred
CSPromod: Download
Coverage: QuadV
Original Proposal: Cadred

The Electronic Sports League (ESL) has officially launched a ladder for the Beta of CSPromod. All teams with five squad members and a team logo are invited to signup and participate in the competitive ladder. There are currently 22 teams involved in the ladder.

Mappool:
csp_dust2
csp_inferno
csp_nuke
csp_season
csp_train

Links:
Source: ESL
Rulebook: ESL

The 'House Of Quake' series has been announced with leagues for both Quake Live and the Quake 2 mod, Rocket Arena II. There will be four leagues in total; Quake Live Duel, Quake Live Clan Arena 2v2, Quake Live Clan Arena 3v3 and Quake 2 Rocket Arena II 2v2.

Signups are currently open and will close on March 31st. The map list for each league has been set but not revealed and is still up for discussion at the HOQ forum. All participants must idle on the IRC channel #HoQLeagues.

Links:
Source: ESReality
Information:
Duel
Clan Arena 2v2
Clan Arena 3v3
Rocket Arena 2 2v2

Download:
Quake 2
Rocket Arena 2

The battle of two Counter-Strike giants from different disciplines was proposed originally on Cadred in February. It has been confirmed that this CSPromod showmatch between fnaticMSI and Reason Gaming will take place. The match is scheduled to take place on March 21st at 19:00 GMT and will be covered by QuadV. The Counter-Strike 1.6 team of fnatic will face the Counter-Strike: Source squad of Reason Gaming in a best-of-three battle with CSPromod being used as the game. This is the best way to analyse if CSPromod can accomplish it's goal of uniting two very different communities. The developers of CSPromod will also be tuning in to see how the match unfolds and will be taking on feedback to ensure that the next edition of the mod moves in the way in which the community wants it to.

Patrik 'cArn' Sattermon (fnatic CS1.6):
"We are really looking forward to be a part of the first streamed CSP match”. “It’s going to be a battle between two giants from two different games. At this stage we don’t know if CSP going to be the title which unites 1.6 and Source but this match will hopefully put the spotlight on CSPromod which has been evolving loads of late. Make sure you tune in on QuadV and may the best team win!"

Marek ‘.PhP’ Kádek (Reason Gaming CSS):
“We are looking forward to play mighty fnatic in game which probably favours them little bit by having 1.6 recoil and maps, but I hope we can give them a fight and keep the game exciting.”

Alienware Arena has announced a Supreme Commander 2 tournament with a prize fund of $2,500. 256 players from USA and Canada will battle it out for the prize. Signups are currently open and will close on March 27th. Those that qualify for the Championship Phase will compete against the other finalists for the prize money.

Prizes:
1st: $1,000
2nd: $750
3rd: $500
4th: $250

Source: Alienware Arena