EPIC.LAN is usually hidden away behind the scenes on esports events providing important but vital whitelabel technology solutions, HP’s OMEN Challenge in London was no different.

The OMEN challenge involved the world’s best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players, competing for $50,000 but with a twist, the game was played on a custom map and game mode with prizes awarded for winning the overall competition, but also for key bounties during the tournament like knife kills and kill streaks so accuracy and integrity were essential for the show.

As experts in both esports operations and server/network technology for CSGO with a range of existing in-house software solutions, broadcast experts Flux Broadcast approached the EPIC.LAN team after an introduction from renowned esports producer, Sam Deans. Initially the team was commissioned to provide our standard league operations and networking services but it soon became clear that in order to join all of the data elements of the broadcast together, custom software solutions would be required, particularly due to the custom game mode and scoring model used for the tournament. Using our in-depth knowledge and experience of esports, event production and own tech solutions, we were able to deliver the software solution that became a fundamental part of the successful show.