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Revision as of 16:58, 24 August 2016
Overview | Main Event | Statistics |
Insomnia58, often simply called i58, is the successor to i55 and part of the Insomnia Gaming LAN Series hosted by Multiplay. It is considered to be the premier Team Fortress 2 tournament for the calendar year, featuring the best teams from across the globe in a head-to-head tournament. The event will be held at The NEC in Birmingham, England from the 26th to the 28th of August 2016.[1] An initial £5,000 prize pool was confirmed in mid-April 2016,[2] and this was expanded to £8,500 after contributions from [2][3] and OCZ[4]
froyotech are the defending champions, having won the previous i55 edition.[5] Online showmatches were organised in order to raise funds for Full Tilt and froyotech to attend the event.
Showmatches
On 9 August a showmatch between Full Tilt and Crowns eSports Club, organised by teamfortress.tv, was held in order to help raise funds for the teams to attend the event.[6] Another fundraiser showmatch was attempted between froyotech and Full Tilt, but failed. [7]
Prizes
Place | $ USD | £ GBP | Team |
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1st | $- | £ 4,250 | TBD"-" is not a number. |
2nd | $- | £ 2,100 | TBD"-" is not a number. |
3rd | $- | £ 1,450 | TBD"-" is not a number. |
4th | $- | £ 700 | TBD"-" is not a number. |
Participants
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Additional content
Streams
References
- ↑ Insomnia58 Team Fortress 2 tournament page
- ↑ https://insomniagamingfestival.com/i58/tournaments/#TF2
- ↑ scrap.tf sponsors Insomnia58
- ↑ OCZ sponsors Insomnia58
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ i58 Showmatch: Crowns eSports Club vs. Full Tilt
- ↑ Thalash claims no response met from rival team leader, b4nny, regarding a showmatch