http://www.pesrankings.com PES Rankings http://www.pesrankings.com/images/rsslogo.gif http://www.pesrankings.com http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/287 The Main Event has come and gone, but we still have prizes to be won here on PES Rankings! New in for August, we have two World Club Cup events, one for the PS3 and one for the 360.

Both events are registering now, and signups will remain open until Monday 9th August.

Qualifying stages run from the 9th until the 27th of August, with the top two players from each group going through to the finals.

The Finals will take place on Sunday 29th August where the winner of each format will receive a signed Torres T-shirt!

There are also PES Points available to competing players from the group stages onwards, with the two winners taking away 1000 PES Points each.

Your PES Points can be used in the store to buy a variety of items such as signed posters, exclusive T-shirts and vouchers.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:09:31 GMT admin@pesrankings.com (PES Rankings - Konami) http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/287 http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/286 The Main Event 2010 completed this Saturday, with The Greek taking home the top prize and Footimaster the runner up. A great day was had by all - thank you for competing and making the day what it was!

We now have loads of great pictures from the Main Event available on our Flickr page.]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:54:06 GMT admin@pesrankings.com (PES Rankings - Konami) http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/286 http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/285 Kitty Lea was our guest for this season's Main Event, and as well as handing out the prizes to our winners, she was also available for photos and signings.

You can check out the gallery on our Flickr page here.

Let us know which is your favourite!]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:02:47 GMT admin@pesrankings.com (PES Rankings - Konami) http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/285 http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/284 Congratulations to The_Greek who wins this years Main Event. A fantastic performance saw him win every game culminating in a superb final victory over footimaster who finishes runner up for the 2nd year running. He also has finished top of this years rankings giving a total winnings today of over £2k

Both players will go on to represent the UK at the world finals in Mallorca this September.

We'll be posting videos and more pics over the coming days.]]> Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:03:33 GMT admin@pesrankings.com (PES Rankings - Konami) http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/284 http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/283 The Main Event 2010 Live from Wembley stadium!

Today sees the top 64 PES players in the country competing to be the champion and represent the UK in the World Finals.

Current champion Leng Jay is here to defend his crown...who will take it this year?

We also have the new PES 2011 here for players to try, Konami's music game Def Jam Rapstar, and Kitty Lea will be here this afternoon to present the prizes.

The live draw has taken place, and groups are generated
You can view them here: http://www.pesrankings.com/event/5100/tables/

You can also watch the live draw over on our channel on YouTube!

Pictures will be appearing on the Flickr all day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pesrankings/sets/72157624439893173/

Update - 11:32
In group C we have a returning player - Marsh who picks England like the good old days

In Group B - the Scottish group of death.
With 4 slots available, can they all qualify and knock out the PES Star?

In Group A - Oldschooler Irfydude is again trying for the big prize.
Furious Skill returns from the dark side, can he perform today?

Update - 12:01

Group D

Marko and Oz looking good but the grudgematch will be Marko and bignick, who both competed in the final for the 50k cash prize several years ago.


Group E

The four London guys are competing in this group, including last years Champ Leng-Jay. Leng is looking as good as ever with MazIdris also off to a great start.


Group F

The_Greek is clear favourite starting with a 4-0 win. Focused1 (our win a seat winner) loses to diablo007 5-0 oh dear!
A tight group and difficult to predict the top 4.

Group H

SamHughes33 loses 1-0 to BBG on his first ever 360 game - pretty good! Abes vs Mr M could be the decider for 1st + 2nd in this group.


Group G

Puts together footi and Pirate - clash of the Londoners, both highly ranked. Eggbert22 made it from N.I with a cracked cheek. Can his commitment pay off??


Update: 12:11

Group F

Greek and Diablo with 2 wins each come together to potentially decide 2nd + 1st places

G - Footimaster storming the group with 8 goals in 2 games

H - Top seed Abes struggling with a loss and a draw in the first 2 games.

Update 12:25

Group D

Oz won the battle of former champs by beating Marko 3-2 in a tensed back and forth game. R2sequens rattled 5 past the helpless so_sincere12.

Group E

Maz and lengjay looking strong, Azy struggling.


Update 12:54

Group H

The group remains tight Samhughes33 still struggling to adapt from the Wii to Xbox. Beliash is storming to the top with 2 wins and tonnes of goals.

Group G

Eggy, footy and PesVV all played 3 won 3 until PesVV beats rank 1 footimaster's 2-1. Footi now has it all do to, and must beat eggy to finish in the top 2!

Group C

ProEvo_legend by name, not by nature - 4 straight defeats!

Group B

Scottish sandwich as two top the group and two prop it up.

Group A

Shotzsn3 and iGod91 are at the top of this group.


Update 13:10

Group D

Marko is left needing a win from the last two games for qualification.

Group E

Azy shocked lengjay with a 3-2 victory!

Group F

Greek is dominant in group F. Diablo looks like finishing in second with five players battling for the other two places.

Group G

PesVV remains unbeaten as does eggbert. Both fishing for first. Eggy vs footi is the last game. Pirate and Rascal are both counting points. Its gonna be tight!

Group D

Oz remains undefeated going into his last game. Marko nets a 4-1 lead against bignick to skip to 4-3, but wins it by defeating superfly.

Group E

Azy 1st complete all his game and with a strong late showing get the wins needed for qualification.


Group G

Eggy beats PesVV 4-2 to go into the last game against footi. A win and he tops the group of death unbeaten and 100% record. Footi desperately needs to win to finish in the top 2.

Pirate needs to beat PesVV to qualify, Rascal and bobo both need to win.... pirate wins 4-0!


Group H

Bhamol wins his first game against sam 3-2, spain vs spain

Group F

Other than the greek, who's walking it ... group F is getting tight. So tight i can't work out who's through adn who is out at this stage!!


Update: 14:00

The group stages are complete!
There have been a couple of shocks with JonnyNelson finishing 5th in group B and dropping into the side event.
Group C finally saw pro evo legend win a game with his last fixture. Group D sees Marko and Big Nick qualifying against the odds.
Group E sees Lengjay, azy and maz going through along with BeatenGameover (who only made it with a minute to spare this morning).

In group F unfortunately our Win-a-Seat winner Focused1 only managed to draw 2 after losing 4.
Group H sees bad_boy_g topping his group

View the full tables here:-

http://www.pesrankings.com/event/5100/tables/

And follow the knockout progression here:-

http://www.pesrankings.com/event/5100/knockouttree/


Update 14:38

Cesc vs Samir69k is proving to be a very tense match! Samir equalizes to 3-3 in the 87th minute to a rapture of applause

Sammir scores in stoppage time 4 -3!

Cesc is out! North/South champion is down at the first hurdle!

Update:

Main Event Quarter Finals

Footimaster - 3 vs 1 - Samir
In the early stages both players are playing cautiously, feeling each other out then on 15 mins Samir takes the lead with a nice side footed shot & on 22 mins he doubles his lead and Footi has it all to do. A great save by Samir on 27 mins and it looks like Samir is going to take a 2-0 lead into Half Time but on 40mins Footi gets a break and pulls one back and its 2-1 to Samir at the interval. After the restart its all Footi and he quickly equalises and in a matter of minutes completes the comback to makte it 3-2 to Footimaster on 75 minutes. Samir right at the death almost equalises but is left cursing as an easy chance go's wasted.

Greek - 2 Vs 1 - Menace
Greek continues his superb form and in the first half manages to hit the cross bar twice, have a goal disallowed and on 15 mins gets the all important goal to make it 1-0 at HT. The game is all Greek with Menace struggling to create any chances but on 60 mins Menaces' patience is rewarded with a well worked goal to make it 1-1. As the game is getting towards the end its very tense. A great tackle from the Greek on 86 mins prevents a certain goal and in stoppage time Menace hits the inside of the post. Then just as it looks like it will go into extra time The Greek hits a stoppage time winner.

Leng Jay - 3 Vs 2 - Shotz
Shotz go's into an early lead on 13 mins but Leng Jay immediately replies to make it 1-1 in the 20th minute. Again Shotz takes the lead in the 29th minute and quickly Leng Jay replies again to make it 2-2 at Half Time in a ping pong game. In the 70th minute Shotz gets a penalty but proves to be a costly miss as Leng Jay immediately go's up the other end and scores to make it 3-2 to Leng Jay. Then in stoppage time a cynical tackle from Leng Jay gives Shotz a second penalty and a chance to tie the match...but what proves to be his downfall in the match as he misses a 2nd penalty and Jacky wins 3-2.

Bad Boy G - 3 Vs 2 - Oz
OZ takes an early lead after 5 mins, but Bad Boy replies in the 20th minute to make it 1-1. OZ wins a penalty just before Half Time but misses only to see Bad Boy go up the other end and make it 2-1 to Bad Boy at HT. The second half is quite tense but the pressure pays off as Oz finally equalises on the 67th minute only to see BAd Boy immediately regain the lead and run out winner for 3-2 to Bad Boy.]]> Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:25:35 GMT admin@pesrankings.com (PES Rankings - Konami) http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/283 http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/282 Tomorrow is the day many have been waiting for; the highly anticipated Main Event!

This season's top event is taking place at Wembley Stadium, with some of the best players coming from all over the country, hoping to win one of the fantastic prizes on offer.

Doors open at 9am, with registration and seeding following on from there.

Our special guest, Kitty Lea, will be present in the afternoon to sign posters and hand out prizes, and Konami's upcoming music game, Def Jam Rapstar, will also be available for guests to try out.

You'll be able to keep up with all the action from the day right here on the site, or you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

We'll also be uploading images to our Flickr account through the day.]]> Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:25:02 GMT admin@pesrankings.com (PES Rankings - Konami) http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/282 http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/280 Both the Metropolitan and Jubilee lines are closed this weekend for engineering works. This means that there is no access to Wembley Park via the tube this weekend at all.

However, there are a few alternatives.

There is a rail replacement bus service and the overground to Wembley Central. Wembley Central is on the Bakerloo line.

From Wembley Central it takes around 15 mins to walk to the stadium, or you can take a bus: 92,PR2, 182,83,223,297
For the return journey at night, the buses running are numbers 83 and 297

There is also an overground service running from London Marylebone to Wembley Stadium.
Two we suggest you might use are at 8.24 and 9.24am on Saturday, arriving at 8.33 and 9.33 respectively.

We do have some good news, in that we're trying to get PES2011 code at the Main Event so fingers crossed any travel will be worth your while!

Some useful links:http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/im/SI-T.html
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/london-overground-network-map.pdf]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:21:06 GMT admin@pesrankings.com (PES Rankings - Konami) http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/280 http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/279 In 9 days the UK's best 64 PES players will descend on Wembley Stadium for this year's UK PES Grand Finals. Months of competition have led to this and they will all fight it out for thousands of pounds worth of prizes.

Ahead of this years finals I caught up with a few of the main contenders to get their views on the biggest PES tournament in the UK. Trying to uncover how they prepare for such an event and try and get you an insight into their successful formations.

Marko9Gardnic

Name: Mark Gardiner
Age: 26
Rank: 9

Best Achievements this year?
Winning the Glasgow random team offline event in April. Reason being is I'm the only player to have won an official offline event every season on rankings so I had to win one this season to keep my run going

How are you feeling going into the Finals?
Not bad, I think I can beat any player on the day but I don't think I can keep doing it over a few games. Getting out of the groups will be a success!

How do you prepare for the finals?
By playing the game as little as possible, I'm at my best when I dont play for a while

What team will you play as?
Argentina

If you could change/add one thing to PES 2011 what would it be?
Make dribbling less effective, would make people pass the ball for a change.

Who do you think will win UK Finals?
Rob Mclean

What is your formation and how will you set up?

Click here to view Marko's formation

GK - Carrizo
CB - Demechelis
CB - Samuel
CB - Heinze
DMF - Veron
DMF - Mascherano
RWB - Maxi
AMF - Tevez
SS - Messi
SS - Aguero
CF - Higuain



RobMclean

Name: Robert Mclean
Age: 22
Rank: 4

Best Achievements this year?
None, been average all year, won one offline and a player of the month. Qualified for PS PESFan finals.

How are you feeling going into the Finals?
Not very confident. I'm probably top ten this year on Rankings in terms of ability but not good enough to challenge the best players. If I get all the breaks and a good draw who knows but I'm definitely not one of the favourites so just going to be pretty relaxed and take a few more risks than normal.

How do you prepare for the finals?
Normally I practise a lot, this year I'm just going see how it goes, not expecting much so no pressure. Will probs play a bit with Footimaster between now and then and maybe Cesc. Going to take some money off The Greek and iGod in a few cash games to warm up.

What team will you play as?
Argentina.

What is your formation and how will you set up?

Click here to view Rob's formation.

Four three three. Will set up a nice solid base to work from so I'm not easy to break down. Will try and push my opponents back with cutting passing and dribbling but my strikers and attacking midfielders will be set up to primarily catch people on the counter attack with Messi and Aguero being my main outlets should they manage to not be pinned back the whole game. I'm probably at my best on the counter attack.

If you could change/add one thing to PES 2011 what would it be?
I would make it more of a simulation and less of an arcade game.

Who do you think will win UK Finals?
Footimaster or Lengjay, no questions. Cesc closely following them. Good luck to everyone, hope you all enjoy it.



Footimaster

Name:Farhad Shah
Age: 19
Rank: 1

Best Achievements this year:
Winning London event twice, Winning Manchester event twice including a £500 event, Winning Reading event, finishing runner up in NvS, runner up in London and Reading once

How are you feeling going into the Finals?
I feel confident right now. There's a few adjustments I need to make after the latest squad updates but generally I've been in good form since the turn of the year

How do you prepare for the finals?
Try and practice a couple of weeks before the event. For me it's important to work on your flaws as a player so you can only improve. I have had a man sent off in my last 2 major events that has prevented me from winning so I need to make sure it doesn't happen a third time

What team will you play as?
Brazil

What is your formation and how will you set up?

Click here to view Footimaster's formation


GK: CESAR
LB: ALVES
RB: MAICON
CB: JUAN
CB: LUCIO
DMC: GILBERTO
CMC: MELO
AMC: BAPTISTASS: KAKA (RIGHT SIDE)
SS: ROBINHO (LEFT SIDE)
CF: FABIANO

If you could change/add one thing to PES 2011 what would it be?
Smooth online play.

Who do you think will win UK Finals ?
I think it's between me, Lengjay and Mclean. We've all been there and done it before so we know what it takes. There'll be players out there that will view me as the favourite because I'm ranked number one but for me it's important to focus on your own game and be as consistent as possible



Cesc

Name: Seerwan
Age: 17
Rank 2

Best Achievements this year?

Winning North v South of course, especially in the manner I did, beating all the regional finalists after qualifying from a league, and coming down from 2-0 down is also sweet. I doubt it will be topped, it was a relief aswell in a way that it just cemented me up there with achievement of great players like Marko, Rob and Jacky who won NvS or equivalents (Coventry), and it proved to myself that I had the minerals to win a big event. I aint saying Ive hit their levels, I really doubt I ever will, but a great feeling for sure.


How are you feeling going into the Finals?
Looking to enjoy it and win of course haha, I feel good. Ill do my best, if I win then terrific, if I dont, then it wasnt to be. Lots of big competitors, who are just as good, if not better than me, so I just have to be at the top of my game, and the best way to do that is to wait until the day comes and take it game by game. It's going to be a fun day for sure at Wembley!


How do you prepare for the finals?

As long as I have a formation set in stone, then its just about playing a few games to keep sharp and that, maybe a few games online, however I really do think the best practise is offline, as I find players and teams to be more effective for me offline than online. I don't have a formation yet for Brazil, so I guess I might have to practise more than I want. Getting the formation is important, but equally on the day you have to be able to produce at crucial stages.


What team will you play as?

Brazil I think. It was a definite before the update, having Diego and Ronaldinho occupying the midfield positions was just sublime, perfect for me as I like to do alot of 1-2s. Pato was a class CF. Fabiano is a decent substitute for Pato, but Diego and Ronaldinho were big big losses as I hate playing with midfielders who cant pass well. I like a Xavi/Alonso/ Fabregas player in my team, and Diego was that for me, whilst Ronaldinho was the same, just in a more advanced role. Who knows, I will try Argentina, but its likely to be Brazil.


What is your formation and how will you set up?

Note: the white arrows, means player mentality is set to attack minded
Blue arrow means normal
Dark blue arrow means Defence minded.

Click here to view Cesc's formation

GK Cesar
RB Maicon
LB Dani Alves
CB Lucio
CB Thiago Silva
DM Gilberto Silva
CM Melo
AMF Elano
SS Kaka
SS Robinho
CF Fabiano

I'm not 100% yet on formation for finals, so instead I'll show you my formation which won me NvS. As you can see it's a 4-3-3 with defenders pushed up and forwards as deep as possible. This makes it easier to play passes as players are in closer unison, and also, it just means the pitch is smaller. It can be risky on the break as the defence are high up, but I've always liked having it compact like Barcelona. There is a rhombus shape starting from the RB, DM, CM and AMF and that I purposely put in for quick passing between the players to counter attack.

If you could change/add one thing to PES 2011 what would it be?
Take those repulsive grandad turns out of the game. They are professional footballers for heaven's sake!

Who do you think will win UK Finals ?
I reckon the rest will go fishing for replies or give out a generic response to this question. I'll be blunt, Irfy's going to knock everyone cold.

Those are just a few of the main contenders, also in the running will be last years Rankings Champion LengJay, prolific online winner The_Greek and highly successful Scot Jonny Nelson.]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:03:15 GMT admin@pesrankings.com (PES Rankings - Konami) http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/279 http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/278 This year's Main Event is taking place at Wembley on the 24th July!

Doors open at 9am for player registration, and those arriving early enough will be able to go on a tour of the stadium before the event begins.

After registration, all players will be entered into a seeded draw to determine our eight groups of eight players. This means every group will have a top 8 player and a top 16 player, meaning the level of competition will be high throughout the tournament.

Teams will be International, 10 minute matches with no extra time or penalties until the knockout stages. The top four from each group will proceed to the knockout stage and for the first time the knockouts will be seeded based on your group position. The winner of Group A will play 4th place from Group H and so on.

For those players not making it to the knockout stages, we have a side event consisting of a 5 minute straight knockout tournament, which comes with a £150 Play.com prize for the winner.]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:25:37 GMT admin@pesrankings.com (PES Rankings - Konami) http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/278 http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/277 This year's Main Event is taking place at Wembley Stadium, in the South East Pitch View Room on Level 3.

Parking is available in the Green Car Park, at a cost of £18 per car. We strongly advise you use public transport to the venue as the Car Parks are not run by Wembley Stadium.

The nearest railway stations are Wembley Stadium or Wembley Central, and the nearest Tube is Wembley Park, which is on the Jubilee and Metropolitan Lines. From here it is a five minute walk.

If you've never been to Wembley before, here's our fool-proof guide on how to get there.

Head down the pedestrian walkway, Olympic Way. The entrance is on the ground floor, so head down under the ramps.



The Main Entrance:


Once inside, go to the desk on your left - we'll have somebody there to sign you all in.



Once you've signed in, head up the escalators on the left and take them to all the way up to Level 3.
From here it's another long walk down a corridor, which goes around the stadium and along to the South East Pitch View Room.

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:52:18 GMT admin@pesrankings.com (PES Rankings - Konami) http://www.pesrankings.com/news/view/277