After another successful LAN final with Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike: Source, and Team Fortress 2, ESEA is announcing registration for ESEA League Season 9 which will feature over $67,000 in cash prizes and a LAN event for all Invite division playoffs. Season 9 will also feature a number of improvements based on user and team feedback from Season 8.

Registration for Season 9 is now open and will remain so until Monday, June 6th, 2011 at 11:59pm CST. Once registration closes there will be a week for teams to get acquainted with the system and to schedule their first matches, which will begin Sunday, June 12th, 2011.

Key Changes From Season 8 to Season 9

• Increased prize pot from $62,050 to $67,000+
• $10,000 first place prize for CS 1.6 Invite division
• New ESEA Voice web panel to manage a team's free Mumble VOIP server
• Increased number of League servers on new hardware to ease scheduling availability

Features of ESEA League include:

• Two matches per week for all divisions
• Every registered team will receive a free Mumble VOIP server
• Complete web match scheduling
• SMS scheduling alerts
• All matches played on our ESEA servers across eight locations
• Protection from our industry leading anti-cheat / config locking Client
• Helpful team of handpicked paid league Admins who are active in each community
• Complete box scores and stats for EVERY match (just as we have for pugs and scrims)
• HLTV and SourceTV demo downloads for every match within 5 minutes of matches finishing
• Automatic live HLTV and SourceTV for every match (unlimited number of spectators)
• Automatic live irc scorebots for every match
• Automatic POV demo recording
• User prediction system for every match
• LAN event for all Invite division playoffs
• You build your permanent league record

For more information please go here.