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Product

ESEA Website Redesign

ESEA has improved leaps and bounds over the last years with a redesigned ESEA Client [https://play.esea.net/index.php?s=news&d=comments&id=15088] and shocked the cheating…

Trevor Schmidt Trevor Schmidt Feb 20, 2019
Announcements

Prize Pool Update

In November of 2018, we released one of our most ambitious updates to date, that saw us introducing new systems and improvements to old ones. The Rank S system saw its prizes raised…

Mark "Boq" Wilson Mark "Boq" Wilson Feb 4, 2019
Announcements

10-year Anniversary Holiday Sale

Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings! Speaking of Seasons, the upcoming ESEA League Season will be the 30th run by ESEA, spanning 10 years of competition. We wanted to take a moment to…

Marlon Rizk Marlon Rizk Dec 17, 2018
Announcements

U.S. National Championship

The U.S. National Championship is a new program solely dedicated to showcasing and highlighting the best CS:GO players in the nation, exclusively profiling the climb and struggle of graduating from (G)…

Marlon Rizk Marlon Rizk Nov 21, 2018
Product

Rank S Updates

You’ve seen the major changes to the ESEA PUG system and Rank G, but we’re not done yet. We’ve spent the last few months working with players from across the…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Nov 1, 2018
Product

A New Season Begins: Seasonality Introduced and Rank A+/G Overhauled

ESEA PUGs and matchmaking services have had many iterations over the past few years, each attempting to improve upon the last. Today we are proud to launch the latest versions, with a host…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Oct 31, 2018
Technical

Cat And Mouse — ESEA Anti-Cheat

As the industry-leading anti-cheat platform, ESEA works diligently to ensure fair gameplay on the ESEA platform and sets the standard for anti-cheat technology.…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Oct 23, 2018
Announcements

ESEA Prize Payments Update

Over the last few years ESEA has grown tremendously with the ESEA League giving out over $450,000 a year and the Rank S system having given out over $1,000,000 over the course of the last two years.…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Oct 9, 2018
Technical

August and September 2018 Updates

Over the last several weeks, ESEA's engineering teams have been hard at work. Below are some of the changes that have been deployed.…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Oct 5, 2018
Announcements

Alias Policy Update and New Knowledge Base

Alias Updates Since ESEA has launched, we have had very few restrictions on user aliases. A common practice among almost all websites, we’ve developed a new policy for aliases and have implemented…

Marlon Rizk Marlon Rizk Sep 27, 2018
Product

.Clip of the Week Relaunch and VAC Ban Update

Launched in 2005, Clip of the Week has been one of the longest running features in ESEA history. With the creation of the new ESEA Clip feature, we’re ready to bring the…

Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Sep 17, 2018
Product

Leaderboard Update: Reactions

Our newest addition to the Leaderboards, called Reactions, allows you to break down your reaction time based on the type of weapon you use, or an average of all weapons available.…

Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Sep 12, 2018
Product

New Verified Clubs and Updates!

Over the past few weeks, since we have launched ESEA Clubs, we’ve seen a lot of great interactions using and being a part of an ESEA Club. We wanted to take some…

Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Sep 7, 2018
Announcements

안녕, 한국! Korea Club, Seoul Servers, and more!

Just over a week ago we launched [https://play.esea.net/index.php?s=news&d=comments&id=15252] the ESEA Thailand Club [https://play.esea.net/club/38]. Similar to…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Aug 17, 2018
Technical

July 2018 Updates

Over the last several weeks, ESEA's engineering teams have been hard at work. Below are some of the changes that have been deployed.…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Aug 2, 2018
Announcements

こんにちは、日本! New Tokyo servers and Japan Club!

Almost four years ago ESEA launched in Asia [https://play.esea.net/index.php?s=news&d=comments&id=14337]. We quickly saw an influx of players wanting to improve their…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Jul 19, 2018
Technical

ESEA Client Chat and Languages

Update Highlights * ESEA Client Chat * Language Support With our ESEA Client [https://play.esea.net/client] UI refresh last year [https://blog.esea.net/welcome-to-the-redesigned-esea-client/], ESEA users have been suggesting features to be…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Jul 13, 2018
Product

Tag Up! We just launched ESEA Clubs

To help foster an organized community around 10-mans, today we are introducing you to our newest project, ESEA Clubs. Clubs have long been a staple in Counter-Strike, and today we’re helping organize…

Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Jul 12, 2018
Technical

June 2018 Updates

Over the last several weeks, ESEA's engineering teams have been hard at work. Below are some of the changes that have been deployed.…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Jul 7, 2018
Announcements

ESEA Payment Platform Update and More

Update Highlights * ESEA partners with new payment platform Xsolla * ESEA Summer Promotion * Twitch integration and free clips Founded in 2003, ESEA was built from the ground up to satisfy its long history of…

Trevor Schmidt Trevor Schmidt Jul 3, 2018
Product

New Leaderboards and MFA Changes

A fresh view on statistics and updated policy for MFA TL;DR: * Introduced new leaderboards [https://play.esea.net/index.php?s=stats&d=leaderboards] * Added a process to retrieve an account…

Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Jun 20, 2018
Product

Clips now available to all subscribers and updated ESEA Points store

Clips launched as an Insider only feature a few months ago, and today we are happy to bring this exciting feature to all subscribers on ESEA. Insider subscribers will continue to receive 3…

Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Kyle "Ksharp" Miller Jun 18, 2018
Product

Introducing ESEA Clips Beta

You get the craziest frags, funniest fails, and unique moments when playing an ESEA pug. Often times those moments are never shared. Editing your own clips is often a tedious process, and many…

Marlon Rizk Marlon Rizk Apr 4, 2018
Announcements

Live Support now available to all subscribers

On March 14th we launched the Live Support Beta, which introduced the ability for users to request the assistance of an admin in a live matchmaking game. The initial launch was only available…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Mar 30, 2018
Announcements

Introducing Live Support Beta & Improving Community Values

* New in-game support system with live admin moderation * Starting with NA Insiders to be rolled out to all users in the upcoming month * Recommitment to community values and improving user experiences Part 1:…

ESEA Team ESEA Team Mar 14, 2018
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