ESWC prepares for 2011

Games-Solution executive director Grégorio Machadinho has told team-aaa.com that the 2011 ESWC season is already in the making.

The ESWC has remained silent on its future plans since the 2010 event came to an end, with its official website even going down for some time.

Machadinho, who has been promoted to executive director of Games-Solution, has now indicated that plans are underway for the new season.

"We will speak out at the end of the year. We are currently determining the best options for the next season," he told team-aaa.com.

"Nothing will be done in a rush and the timing will be consistent, in terms of delays.

"We are well aware that the season will start for the LANs, but that should not be a problem for the French qualifiers, for which we are already at an advanced stage."

After a somewhat disappointing 2010 event, which attracted few spectators to Disneyland Paris, Machadinho has guaranteed that things will be different next year.

"Games-Solution will move to the organizing committee, we are in discussions with several companies for the event-part and we will still have a core on which we can rely for the tournament-part.

"The experience with last year's company will not be renewed, both for the event and communication or the accomodation of Internet websites."