Brace For Impression companions with ESL FACEIT Group to fill ESL Impression hole

Brace For Impression (BFI) has introduced a partnership with ESL FaceIT Group, which intends to assist fill the hole left by the cessation of ESL Impression.

The non-profit match organiser had beforehand hosted Money Cup tournaments in Counter-Strike, however will now vastly develop its footprint within the area with its new partnership.

Brace for Impression goals to supply competitors and group for girls and marginalised genders

The initiative, aimed toward supporting ladies and marginalised genders, will characteristic tournaments throughout 5 areas.

The tournaments, going down in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, and Oceania, might be held on the third week of each month.

Every match will award prize cash, although the quantities will not be disclosed and are anticipated to be modest compared to ESL Impression’s important prize swimming pools.

The initiative additionally contains community-focused FaceIT golf equipment, which is able to act as group hubs for girls and marginalised teams within the area, permitting for a “protected area for his or her group to take pleasure in one of the best gaming expertise.”

British broadcast expertise, Leyna ‘Affinity’ McQuillin has been introduced because the EU Director of Operations for the initiative.

The caster was a distinguished a part of ESL Impression’s broadcasts, as half of a bigger profession that has highlighted and celebrated ladies’s CS.

Affinity joins founder, Scott ‘ParkS’ Park, within the undertaking. The Canadian caster first organised BFI tournaments in September of final yr.

ParkS supplied the next assertion concerning the partnership:

“I’m tremendous excited to lastly have the ability to announce this partnership with ESL FACEIT Group. Many months of onerous work from each the Brace For Impression staff and EFG’s partnership group has culminated in permitting us to each run tournaments worldwide in addition to FACEIT Golf equipment in NA and EU.

Offering constant alternatives for our group all through the complete yr, after shedding occasions resembling Money Cups in the beginning of 2025, is nice and I’m glad we’re in a position to step up and fill the hole with EFG as our companions.”

Anna Pototska, Group Partnership Supervisor at ESL FACEIT Group, added:

“We’re extremely excited to accomplice with Brace For Impression and assist the vital work they’re doing for girls and marginalized genders in Counter-Strike. BFI has demonstrated a transparent dedication to creating constant, significant aggressive alternatives, and this collaboration permits us to assist scale that imaginative and prescient globally.

By combining their community-first method with FACEIT’s match and Membership infrastructure, we consider this partnership can play a big function in strengthening and sustaining the feminine Counter-Strike scene throughout a number of areas.”