We saw new competitors emerge this past weekend during the League of Legends Season Three Qualifiers. Now, some of these teams will compete with the top seeds from Season Two for $5,000 and an IPL 6 invite in the Counter Logic Gaming Premier Series.

Watch CPS Live Here!

The top sixteen non LCS teams from the North American 5v5 LoL ladder who register by 11:59 PM PST on January 21 will soon participate in the Counter Logic Gaming Premier Series.  Occuring from January 28 to February 3, these teams will be seeded into four groups of four to make a best-of-one double elimination group stage. The remaining eight teams will play in the double elimination Championship bracket in which all best-of-three matches will be streamed on own3d.tv in free HD.

Those who have already registered for this event include  1 Trick Ponies,  Falafel Gaming,  Pulse eSports,  The Salad Bar,  Cloud 9, and  Azure Gaming.  Cristopher “MonteCristo” Mykles,  Trevor “Torch” Housten, and  Tom “OptimusTom” Searfoss will be casting for us. Find all the rest at WellPlayed. Want to compete? Register here.

UPDATE: The winner of CPS will also now earn entrance into the IPL 6 League of Legends LAN event where they will compete against other teams to earn a spot in the second half of Riot's LCS. Find full details here.

Notable Competitors

 1 Trick Ponies
 Falafel Gaming
 Pulse eSports
 The Salad Bar
 Cloud 9
 Azure Gaming

Group Stage

Brackets

Schedule

Casters

 Cristopher “MonteCristo” Mykles
 Trevor “Torch” Housten
 Tom “OptimusTom” Searfoss

Prize Pool

 $2,500 + Invite to IPL 6
 $1,250
 &  $625