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The Electronic Sports League is a European based league which deals with game competitions and professional gaming. The organization hosts over 4 million players from 36 countries in thousands of games.

History

The page was founded in 1997 under the name "Deutsche ClanLiga". In 2000, they changed their name to "ESL". The company's many tournaments are run by volunteer admins. The ESL is one of Europe's largest eSport leagues.

ESL and Jedi Academy

The Jedi Academy ESL section is one of many sections on the ESL platform. Though the majority of competition is found within the European ESL community. Although the exact number of competitive JKA players is unknown, it can be assumed that close to half or less then half make up the competitive side of the JKA community. For the most part, any competition is held on basejka, with no mods whatsoever even though there used to be MBII and Ja+ ladders and cups.

Links

http://www.esl.eu/eu/jkja/

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-The ESL, or eSports League is a European based organization which deals with game competitions and professional gaming. The organization hosts over 4 million players from 36 countries in thousands of games.
+The '''Electronic Sports League''' is a European based league which deals with game competitions and professional gaming. The organization hosts over 4 million players from 36 countries in thousands of games.
 == History ==
-The group was founded in 1997, then under the name "Deutsche ClanLiga". In 2000, they changed their name to the now "ESL". The company's many tournaments are run by volunteer admins. They have since grown to become one of Europe's largest eSport company.
+The page was founded in 1997 under the name "Deutsche ClanLiga". In 2000, they changed their name to "ESL". The company's many tournaments are run by volunteer admins. The ESL is one of Europe's largest eSport leagues.
-== ESL and JKA ==
+== ESL and Jedi Academy ==
-JKA is one of the many games that are listed under the ESL's "eSport game list". Though the majority of competition is found within the European ESL community. Although the exact number of [[Competitive Play|competitive JKA]] players is unknown, it can be assumed that close to half or less then half make up the competitive side of the JKA community. For the most part, any competition is held on basejka, with no mods whatsoever (some will allow cosmetic mods such as skins and textures).
-It is often believed that some ESL players act in a rude fashion when on non-competitive servers or communities, often breaking the server rules and acting in a crude manner towards other players. This has created a deep resentment in many non-competitive players for ESL players, and some admins have banned well known ESL'ers on the spot. This, however does not reflect on everyone, and many fail to see a difference.
+The Jedi Academy ESL section is one of many sections on the ESL platform. Though the majority of competition is found within the European ESL community. Although the exact number of [[Competitive Play|competitive JKA]] players is unknown, it can be assumed that close to half or less then half make up the competitive side of the JKA community. For the most part, any competition is held on basejka, with no mods whatsoever even though there used to be MBII and Ja+ ladders and cups.
 == Links ==
 http://www.esl.eu/eu/jkja/