CS:GO
Back in December, the Electronic Sports League (ESL) announced that the organization will be hosting an EMS One CS:GO tournament, together with the Intel Extreme Masters on March 13-16th at Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. This will be the first major tournament for this year and the second one funded by Valve Corporation. The first one was the DreamHack Winter 2013 and similar to it, the prize pool is once again set to $250,000.
The top eight finishers from DreamHack Winter 2013 were directly invited, two spots were reserved for non-European teams and the remaining six were determined via large amount of online qualifiers. All the teams participating and the group draw are the following:
Unfortunately, SK Gaming will not attempt this tournament due to the fact that both the players and the management were unable to create a solid lineup in time in order to qualify.
An official stream for the tournament will be available with the following caster crew:
Sean Charles – Host
Jason Kaplan – Commentator
Stuart 'TosspoT' Saw – Commentator
Lauren 'Pansy' Scott – Commentator
Duncan 'Thorin' Shields – Analyst
Scott 'SirScoots' Smith – Analyst
Joshua 'steel' Nissan – Observer
Joe Miller and Paul 'ReDeYe' Chaloner will be casting the Extreme Masters tournament and unfortunately will not be with us this time. Yet, ReDeYe had the time to share his opinion about the casters for this tournament and it's the following:
Along with the official stream, community streams in English and other languages, such as Russian and German, will be available to ensure that the viewers do not miss any action at all. The GOTVs will be open for public and supposedly will no longer cause problems with DoS/DDoS attacks. A new update was released few weeks ago, which added several commands that prevent the IP address of the game server to be shown to the GOTV spectator.
Also don't forget to link your Steam account with twitch.tv, if you haven't already. Valve has released special souvenir packages for this tournament, similar to those from DreamHack Winter 2013. Two new sticker capsules featuring stickers with all the teams participating in this tournament crafted on have been released too. Now you can apply a sticker of the team(s) you support on any weapon in your inventory.
Furthermore, the schedule for the tournament is the following:
Stay tuned to SK Gaming, as we once again will provide you detailed information about the matches of the $250,000 EMS One CS:GO tournament at Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland.
Source: HLTV.org
The top eight finishers from DreamHack Winter 2013 were directly invited, two spots were reserved for non-European teams and the remaining six were determined via large amount of online qualifiers. All the teams participating and the group draw are the following:
Group A:
Titan eSports
Virtus.pro
HellRaisers
mousesports
Group B:
Ninjas in Pyjamas
LDLC
3DMAX
Vox Eminor
Group C:
Fnatic
iBUYPOWER
Team Dignitas
Reason Gaming
Group D:
compLexity Gaming
LGB eSports
Natus Vincere
Clan Mystik
Titan eSports Virtus.pro HellRaisers mousesports Group B:
Ninjas in Pyjamas LDLC 3DMAX Vox Eminor Group C:
Fnatic iBUYPOWER Team Dignitas Reason Gaming Group D:
compLexity Gaming LGB eSports Natus Vincere Clan Mystik Unfortunately, SK Gaming will not attempt this tournament due to the fact that both the players and the management were unable to create a solid lineup in time in order to qualify.
An official stream for the tournament will be available with the following caster crew:
Sean Charles – Host Jason Kaplan – Commentator Stuart 'TosspoT' Saw – Commentator Lauren 'Pansy' Scott – Commentator Duncan 'Thorin' Shields – Analyst Scott 'SirScoots' Smith – Analyst Joshua 'steel' Nissan – Observer Joe Miller and Paul 'ReDeYe' Chaloner will be casting the Extreme Masters tournament and unfortunately will not be with us this time. Yet, ReDeYe had the time to share his opinion about the casters for this tournament and it's the following:"I'm thrilled that we have secured such an amazing lineup of talent and I am confident that collectively the team will bring an amazing weekend of CS:GO action to the viewers at home and at the venue in the best way they can.
We've got a real mix of youth and experience with SirScoots and Thorin performing similar roles to those at DreamHack alongside our host Sean Charles, who returns after a successful stint hosting the EMS One in 2013.
We also have one of the most experienced commentators in the business - Stuart Saw - returning to an ESL event to complement our regular EMS One pairing of Lauren and Jason. I'm also thrilled that we have secured the services of Joshua "steel" Nissan to observe the entire tournament. The role he performs should not be underestimated - he never misses a frag!
The stickers are in place, the drops are about to happen and the games are almost here. This is going to be an amazing tournament presented by an amazing team of people - GL HF!"
We've got a real mix of youth and experience with SirScoots and Thorin performing similar roles to those at DreamHack alongside our host Sean Charles, who returns after a successful stint hosting the EMS One in 2013.
We also have one of the most experienced commentators in the business - Stuart Saw - returning to an ESL event to complement our regular EMS One pairing of Lauren and Jason. I'm also thrilled that we have secured the services of Joshua "steel" Nissan to observe the entire tournament. The role he performs should not be underestimated - he never misses a frag!
The stickers are in place, the drops are about to happen and the games are almost here. This is going to be an amazing tournament presented by an amazing team of people - GL HF!"
Along with the official stream, community streams in English and other languages, such as Russian and German, will be available to ensure that the viewers do not miss any action at all. The GOTVs will be open for public and supposedly will no longer cause problems with DoS/DDoS attacks. A new update was released few weeks ago, which added several commands that prevent the IP address of the game server to be shown to the GOTV spectator.
Also don't forget to link your Steam account with twitch.tv, if you haven't already. Valve has released special souvenir packages for this tournament, similar to those from DreamHack Winter 2013. Two new sticker capsules featuring stickers with all the teams participating in this tournament crafted on have been released too. Now you can apply a sticker of the team(s) you support on any weapon in your inventory.
Furthermore, the schedule for the tournament is the following:
March 13th - Thursday
13:00 CET – Titan eSports vs. mousesports – A1
13:00 CET – Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. 3DMAX – B1
14:00 CET – HellRaisers vs. Virtus.pro – A2
14:00 CET – LDLC vs. Vox Eminor – B2
15:00 CET – A1 winner vs. A2 winner – A3
15:00 CET – B1 winner vs. B2 winner – B3
16:00 CET – A1 loser vs. A2 loser – A4
16:00 CET – B1 loser vs. B2 loser – B4
17:00 CET – A3 loser vs. A4 winner
17:00 CET – B3 loser vs. B4 winner
18:00 CET – Fnatic vs. Reason Gaming – C1
18:00 CET – compLexity Gaming vs. Clan Mystik – D1
19:00 CET – Team Dignitas vs. iBUYPOWER – C2
19:00 CET – LGB eSports vs. Natus Vincere – D2
20:00 CET – C1 winner vs. C2 winner – C3
20:00 CET – D1 winner vs. D2 winner – D3
21:00 CET – C1 loser vs. C2 loser – C3
21:00 CET – D1 loser vs. D2 loser – D3
22:00 CET – C3 loser vs. C4 winner
22:00 CET – D3 loser vs. D4 winner
March 14th - Friday
13:00 CET – Quarter-final #1
16:00 CET – Quarter-final #2
19:00 CET – Quarter-final #3
March 15th - Saturday
13:00 CET – Quarter-final #4
16:00 CET – Semi-final #1
19:00 CET – Semi-final #2
March 16th - Sunday
13:00 CET – Grand final
13:00 CET –
Titan eSports vs. mousesports – A113:00 CET –
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. 3DMAX – B114:00 CET –
HellRaisers vs. Virtus.pro – A214:00 CET –
LDLC vs. Vox Eminor – B215:00 CET – A1 winner vs. A2 winner – A3
15:00 CET – B1 winner vs. B2 winner – B3
16:00 CET – A1 loser vs. A2 loser – A4
16:00 CET – B1 loser vs. B2 loser – B4
17:00 CET – A3 loser vs. A4 winner
17:00 CET – B3 loser vs. B4 winner
18:00 CET –
Fnatic vs. Reason Gaming – C118:00 CET –
compLexity Gaming vs. Clan Mystik – D119:00 CET –
Team Dignitas vs. iBUYPOWER – C219:00 CET –
LGB eSports vs. Natus Vincere – D220:00 CET – C1 winner vs. C2 winner – C3
20:00 CET – D1 winner vs. D2 winner – D3
21:00 CET – C1 loser vs. C2 loser – C3
21:00 CET – D1 loser vs. D2 loser – D3
22:00 CET – C3 loser vs. C4 winner
22:00 CET – D3 loser vs. D4 winner
March 14th - Friday
13:00 CET – Quarter-final #1
16:00 CET – Quarter-final #2
19:00 CET – Quarter-final #3
March 15th - Saturday
13:00 CET – Quarter-final #4
16:00 CET – Semi-final #1
19:00 CET – Semi-final #2
March 16th - Sunday
13:00 CET – Grand final
Stay tuned to SK Gaming, as we once again will provide you detailed information about the matches of the $250,000 EMS One CS:GO tournament at Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland.
Source: HLTV.org
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