Cadred
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Cadred is a coverage site for competitive video gaming, or eSports, owned by Heaven Media Group, a United Kingdom
based publishing company which focuses on tech and gaming subjects.
eSports team, Insignia Cadre. In July 2007 it was decided that the team would continue to operate at the InsigniaCadre.org domain, while the coverage and community site would continue at Cadred.org.
On 23 June 2008 it was announced that the Cadred brand had been sold to Heaven Media Group, in a deal apparently worth over £150,000.
, Counter Strike 1.6 and Call of Duty 4. As well as providing online coverage of tournaments in these games, Cadred staff attend every major event in Europe
, as well as having travelled as far away as Los Angeles
to provide live score updates, media and features from a tournament.
Cadred also acts as a hub for the community, with hundreds of forum topics being created each week, and around 20,000 user comments per week. Users from all over the world gather to discuss any topic, be it gaming related or not, as well as to discuss the news, coverage and features written by Cadred's staff or volunteers.
's Championship Gaming Series
to Turtle Entertainment's Electronic Sports League to "LAN party
" events around Europe.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
based publishing company which focuses on tech and gaming subjects.
History
Cadred was originally based around a community which grew with an old FinnishFinland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
eSports team, Insignia Cadre. In July 2007 it was decided that the team would continue to operate at the InsigniaCadre.org domain, while the coverage and community site would continue at Cadred.org.
On 23 June 2008 it was announced that the Cadred brand had been sold to Heaven Media Group, in a deal apparently worth over £150,000.
Site Functions
Cadred currently covers three major eSports games, and these are Counter-Strike: SourceCounter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Source is an FPS video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds...
, Counter Strike 1.6 and Call of Duty 4. As well as providing online coverage of tournaments in these games, Cadred staff attend every major event in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, as well as having travelled as far away as Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to provide live score updates, media and features from a tournament.
Cadred also acts as a hub for the community, with hundreds of forum topics being created each week, and around 20,000 user comments per week. Users from all over the world gather to discuss any topic, be it gaming related or not, as well as to discuss the news, coverage and features written by Cadred's staff or volunteers.
Website Versions
The current Cadred.org website is the third version used, both for code and design. A new "v4" website has been talked about by staff since mid 2008, but so far no concrete timeline has been announced. It is currently believed to be due late 2009 or early 2010.Partnerships
Cadred has partnered with a number of the biggest names in eSports, ranging from News CorporationNews Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
's Championship Gaming Series
Championship Gaming Series
The Championship Gaming Series was an international electronic sports league based in the United States of America, though it had expanded to every continent except Antarctica for Season Two before being abruptly discontinued....
to Turtle Entertainment's Electronic Sports League to "LAN party
LAN party
A LAN party is a temporary, sometimes spontaneous, gathering of people with computers, between which they establish a local area network , primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer computer games. The size of these networks may vary from the very small to very large installations...
" events around Europe.