SEAGATE FIRECUDA CUP

A League of their own

Seagate, with the aid of Double Jump are stepping heavily into the esports arena with the inaugural Seagate FireCuda Cup, a Rocket League tournament. Open to both professional gamers as well as skilled fans, the FireCuda cup will run for seven weeks, starting March 1st and culminating with finals on April 19th. During the competition, all matches will be live streamed. The qualifier tournament, held February 22 separated the wheat from the chaff in the three divisions of the competition, Professional, Main and Amateur. Each of the final divisions is made up of eight teams, each fighting for their piece of the prize money. The Pro tournament has a prize pool of $3200, with $1600 for the first place team, $1000 for the second and $600 for the third. The Main competition boasts a $1300 prize pool, broken down $600, $400, $300 for the top three spots, and the Amateur comp $400, $200 and $100. Both Asus and Seagate are also contributing sponsor prizes to the competition, with Asus giving away three GTX 1050Ti videocards, and Seagate giving away three of their eponymous FireCuda SSHDs. Anyone interested in following the comp can catch the action every Wednesday evening starting at 7pm between March 1 and April 19 on the CyberGamer Twitch channel,