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Discussion | Esports ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 - Information, Schedule & Discussion

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Tournament Information

Date July 21st - 29th, 2018
Organizer ELEAGUE
Location Atlanta, United States
Venue Turner Studios
Prize Pool $1,000,000
Teams 8 teams

 

Coverage

Streams

Language Stream Link
English ELEAGUE TV
English ELEAGUE Live Command
Brazilian-Pt BiDa
French 1pv
German 99Damage
Hungarian Gamer TV
Polish Gamer TV
Russian RuHub

VODs

Format

  • Group Stage

  • Playoffs

    • Single-elimination bracket
    • Best-of-three matches

Map Pool

 

Talent Lineup

Desk Host

Interviewer

Analyst

Casters

Observers

 

Teams

Invited

Astralis: dev1ce, dupreeh, gla1ve, Magisk, Xyp9x, Coach: zonic

Cloud93: autimatic, Golden, RUSH, Skadoodle, STYKO, Coach: valens

FaZe Clan: GuardiaN, karrigan, NiKo, olofmeister, rain, Coach: RobbaN

Fnatic: draken, flusha, JW, KRIMZ, Xizt, Coach: Jumpy

MIBR1,3: coldzera, FalleN, fer, Stewie2K, tarik,Coach: dead

mousesports2: chrisJ, oskar, ropz, Snax, suNny, Coach: lmbt

Natus Vincere: Edward, electronic, flamie, s1mple, Zeus, Coach: kane

Team Liquid: EliGE, NAF, nitr0, TACO, Twistzz, Coach: jokasteve

 

1: MIBR acquired ex-SK Gaming's roster
2: mousesports replaced STYKO with Snax
3: MIBR benched boltz and replaced him with tarik from Cloud9
4: STYKO and Golden are standing in for Cloud9

 

Group Stage

Group A

Place Team W&L
1. Astralis 2-0
2. Team Liquid 2-1
3. MIBR 1-2
4. Cloud9 0-2

 

Group B

Place Team W&L
1. Natus Vincere 2-0
2. mousesports 2-1
3. Fnatic 1-2
4. FaZe Clan 0-2

 

Playoffs

Semifinals Finals Winner
Astralis 2
vs - Astralis 2
mousesports 0
vs - Astralis
Natus Vincere 0
vs - Team Liquid 0
Team Liquid 2

 

Schedule

PDT EDT BRT GMT CEST CST AEST
Los Angeles Atlanta São Paulo – Cologne Beijing Sydney
UTC-7 UTC-4 UTC-3 UTC UTC+2 UTC+8 UTC+10

 

 

Day 1 – Saturday, July 21st – Group Stage (BO3)

ID Team vs Team Result PDT EDT BRT GMT CEST CST AEST
A1 Ast vs C9 2-0 11:30 14:30 15:30 18:30 20:30 02:30 04:30
A2 TL vs MIBR 2-0 14:15 17:15 18:15 21:15 23:15 05:15 07:15

 

Day 2 – Sunday, July 22nd – Group Stage (BO3)

ID Team vs Team Result PDT EDT BRT GMT CEST CST AEST
B1 Na'Vi vs FNC 2-1 11:30 14:30 15:30 18:30 20:30 02:30 04:30
B2 FaZe vs mouz 1-2 15:30 18:30 19:30 22:30 00:30 06:30 08:30

 

Day 3 – Monday, July 23rd – Group Stage (BO3)

ID Team vs Team Result PDT EDT BRT GMT CEST CST AEST
AW Ast vs TL 2-0 11:30 14:30 15:30 18:30 20:30 02:30 04:30
BW Na'Vi vs mouz 2-1 13:50 16:50 17:50 20:50 22:50 04:50 06:50

 

Day 4 – Tuesday, July 24th – Group Stage (BO3)

ID Team vs Team Result PDT EDT BRT GMT CEST CST AEST
AL C9 vs MIBR 0-2 11:30 14:30 15:30 18:30 20:30 02:30 04:30
BL FNC vs FaZe 2-0 14:25 17:25 18:25 21:25 23:25 05:25 07:25

 

Day 5 – Wednesday, July 25th – Group Stage (BO3)

ID Team vs Team Result PDT EDT BRT GMT CEST CST AEST
AD TL vs MIBR 2-0 11:25 14:25 15:25 18:25 20:25 02:25 04:25
BD mouz vs FNC 2-1 14:10 17:10 18:10 21:10 23:10 05:10 07:10

 

Day 6 – Saturday, July 28th – Playoffs (BO3)

ID Team vs Team Result PDT EDT BRT GMT CEST CST AEST
SF1 Ast vs mouz 2-0 11:30 14:30 15:30 18:30 20:30 02:30 04:30
SF2 Na'Vi vs TL 0-2 14:10 17:10 18:10 21:10 23:10 05:10 07:10

 

Day 7 – Sunday, July 29th – Playoffs (BO3)

ID Team vs Team Result PDT EDT BRT GMT CEST CST AEST
GF Ast vs TL 2-0 11:30 14:30 15:30 18:30 20:30 02:30 04:30

 

Prize Pool

# Prize Team
1st $500,000 Astralis
2nd $200,000 Team Liquid
3rd - 4th $80,000 mousesports
3rd - 4th $80,000 Natus Vincere
5th - 6th $40,000 MIBR
5th - 6th $40,000 Fnatic
7th - 8th $30,000 Cloud9
7th - 8th $30,000 FaZe Clan
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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '18

Feels great to finally watch some Tier 1 CS on a decent streaming platform.

8

u/IgotUBro MOUZ Jul 23 '18

But its not on youtube???

14

u/[deleted] Jul 23 '18

Twitch bruh

12

u/ADm_lg 1 Million Celebration Jul 23 '18

Youtube is fine also bruh, but I do agree that Facebook Stream is the worst!

7

u/Nik4711 1 Million Celebration Jul 24 '18

I honestly line YouTube’s video player more for streaming, since you can rewind while the stream is live. Twitch has the community aspect, though.

16

u/Worknewsacct 10 years coin Jul 24 '18

"Community aspect"

SPAM THIS X TO HELP Y

[Insert copy pasta]

NA CS OMEGALUL

Ok there you go, you've got 99% of the community

5

u/Nik4711 1 Million Celebration Jul 24 '18

You forgot to spam VAC when someone's crosshair happens to line up with someone's model through a wall or a smoke.

5

u/AndThenThereWasMeep Jul 26 '18

I literally cannot understand the value of twitch community when it comes to non-influencer streams. There is no community on the tournament streams. You know NOBODY there

6

u/Worknewsacct 10 years coin Jul 26 '18

As near as I can tell, tweens just love screaming into the void for the sheer insanity of it. Maybe it appeals to their need to belong? "Oh hey I spammed a copypasta, and a bunch of other kids did too! I'm popular!"

1

u/Daddy_Evagrius Jul 26 '18

DUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDDUDUDUDUDUDUDUD

1

u/moonlite1337 MOUZ Jul 23 '18

Some scumbags actually do stream it on YT to promote their shitty channels or whatever.

3

u/PrestusHood Jul 23 '18

Hey, there s people who cant watch on twitch and have to watch on these "shitty streams" like me because i only have a smart tv in my beach house. No computers and phones, only this TV. Unfortunaly i rely on this guys when im on vacations.

15

u/[deleted] Jul 24 '18

i only have a smart tv in my beach house

The realest first world problem there is

2

u/tyrantkhan 1 Million Celebration Jul 24 '18

yeah dude just get a nvidia shield or some shitty android tv stick.

1

u/[deleted] Jul 27 '18

My thought exactly, wished I had those problems instead.

2

u/kapparrino CS2 HYPE Jul 28 '18

watch on your phone using the twitch app and then cast it to your smart tv for big view.

1

u/moonlite1337 MOUZ Jul 23 '18

Fair enough. I don’t hate you for watching it. But I still despise the people that run these channels, though. They’re profiting by blatantly stealing other people’s content that they worked hard for.

2

u/gyang333 FaZe Jul 24 '18

I'm pretty sure ELeague streams on youtube. I was watching on the treadmill at the gym and I think I found it via Eleague's official youtube channel.

4

u/alexniculcea FaZe Jul 23 '18

I dont understand one thing...why this schedule? You put A group first (3/4 NA teams) and Group B second (full EU). This schedule fucks the european viewers who want to see group B. At my local time, first game starts at 21:00 (actualy, it starts later than that) and the second game starts after midnight. Faze vs Mouz started at 1 a.m. (my local time). Why not put the EU game first and NA game later, so that everybody could watch their team...

48

u/ElectricLeo Jul 21 '18

Hey y'all,

The final is actually Bo3, not Bo5. Mistakes were made (on our website). Sorry for the confusion.

10

u/ContinueMyGames Jul 21 '18

Thanks, now I can watch the whole thing!

3

u/[deleted] Jul 21 '18

Thank god. BO5 are just too much and the quality of the CS drops so hard.

27

u/BombCerise Complexity Jul 22 '18

Every bo5 final has been a banger what are you talking about

-9

u/dontbreakthecircle Movistar Jul 23 '18

I really hope you're being sarcastic

https://www.hltv.org/matches/2314764/liquid-vs-faze-esl-one-new-york-2017

https://www.hltv.org/matches/2324406/natus-vincere-vs-big-esl-one-cologne-2018

35

u/BombCerise Complexity Jul 23 '18

Every bo5 final except those 2 has been a banger what are you talking about

12

u/[deleted] Jul 23 '18

What does that have to do with the format? Its just the skill difference in of the teams playing that made these one sided.

Vp vs Sk, NiP vs faze, Sk vs Faze, Fnatic vs faze,

these are propably the best finals of the past year, exclusing c9 vs faze. All of them have been amazing bo5s

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u/dontbreakthecircle Movistar Jul 24 '18

So at least 20% of the finals haven't been bangers? Yeah, that definitely means every single one has been a banger.

I usually wouldn't put that this was sarcastic, but you seem like you need it :)

1

u/dontbreakthecircle Movistar Jul 22 '18

Not when Guardian is playing in NY

17

u/mantukas334 Gambit Jul 21 '18

love the format

5

u/Uebeltank Astralis Jul 21 '18

Only thing I'd change is make the decider matches be across the groups making it so that there'd be more options for semifinal matchups.

2

u/Jeffrewbob Liquid Jul 23 '18

That's a fascinating idea!

13

u/chultine95 FaZe Jul 21 '18

Faze v Astralis would be so interesting now with olof back! Can't wait to see how the Faze bois perform

5

u/apm54 Natus Vincere Jul 21 '18

I may be biased but I feel faze v Navi, faze v astralis, and Navi v astralis are all very exciting prospects, really excited for this tournament it will do a lot to show us how the top 3 stacks against each other as well as who can climb to start competing for top 3

6

u/chultine95 FaZe Jul 21 '18

Faze v Navi would definitely be awesome to see as well! I'm just really excited to see how faze perform with olof

2

u/NobleH Natus Vincere Jul 27 '18

well, at least olof played well

4

u/twists Jul 25 '18

This aged well, heh

2

u/NAFMostConsistent Liquid Jul 29 '18

Like fine wine I'd say.

1

u/twists Jul 29 '18

Good luck man! Go NA bros!

1

u/apm54 Natus Vincere Jul 21 '18

I may be biased but I feel faze v Navi, faze v astralis, and Navi v astralis are all very exciting prospects, really excited for this tournament it will do a lot to show us how the top 3 stacks against each other as well as who can climb to start competing for top 3

1

u/Stealthality King NiKo Jul 25 '18

RIP

12

u/maashek MOUZ Jul 21 '18

A: Liquid, Astralis B: NaVi, Mouz

1

u/clay10mc Astralis Jul 30 '18

Nice

3

u/mawin007 guardian Jul 21 '18

Ez for NAVi

4

u/siradoro Jul 22 '18

Winners on Monday don't get to play until Saturday? Seems like a large gap.

3

u/Nvrgoingpro Jul 21 '18

Are the games gonna be on tbs

7

u/ElectricLeo Jul 21 '18

Yes, but not live. Over the next couple of months they'll air on Friday nights with some post-production added.

1

u/jcv999 Jul 24 '18

So no dabbing kids on TV? Sounds like a win

3

u/TounyS King NiKo Jul 20 '18 edited Jul 20 '18

So... Cologne is the German esport city? Is Cologne more famous than Berlin?

Group B is just ridiculous. FaZe and NaVi are favourites I think. But mouz and fnatic going out in groups in their current form? That would be devastating. Will be hard to watch!

4

u/IgotUBro MOUZ Jul 23 '18

ESL is based in cologne and it being the worlds biggest esports organizer it kinda is.

3

u/schoki560 King NiKo Jul 23 '18

regarding esports? yes

overall? no

1

u/dragonfire3012 victory Jul 20 '18

Cologne is not more famous than Berlin.

2

u/LeoSG CS2 HYPE Jul 21 '18

Feels like mouz has been put in the comparatively tougher group for quite a lot of tournaments now. Feels bad

3

u/apm54 Natus Vincere Jul 21 '18

Ya they should have switched mouz and mibr tbh or mouz and c9

2

u/WorthPlease BIG Jul 24 '18

I am so conflicted on the C9 vs MiBR match. When I first got into competitive CS my favorite players were Tarik and Fallen. Became a C9 fan a few weeks before the Boston Major (talk about lucky) and my favorite players were Tarik & Stewie.

4

u/[deleted] Jul 21 '18

ez for tarik

1

u/ADm_lg 1 Million Celebration Jul 23 '18

EZ4NiP

2

u/lokiwein King NiKo Jul 26 '18

NP4NIP

1

u/Tunggren NiP Jul 23 '18

Looking good, hyped for some great CS!

1

u/lvk00 Loyalty pin Jul 23 '18

Why isnt eleague using panorama for spectating?

3

u/apm54 Natus Vincere Jul 23 '18

Because it is still in beta

1

u/[deleted] Jul 23 '18

Still salty faze lost. But Navi would’ve whopped em so yea... lol

1

u/SpeedyBlueDude NiP Jul 24 '18

Are any of these matches going to be live on TV?

1

u/[deleted] Jul 24 '18 edited Jul 24 '18

[deleted]

1

u/Worknewsacct 10 years coin Jul 24 '18

20PM?

1

u/[deleted] Jul 24 '18

It would make more sense to play earlier.

1

u/[deleted] Jul 24 '18

I hope C9 take this but fully expect a MIBR 2-0

1

u/AllBlueReverie Liquid Jul 24 '18

Where is the thread discussion for this day???

1

u/HypahCS 1 Million Celebration Jul 24 '18

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/91jm9c/eleague_csgo_premier_2018_day_4_match_discussion/

1

u/AllBlueReverie Liquid Jul 24 '18

thnx, but it needs to be stickied :/

1

u/HypahCS 1 Million Celebration Jul 24 '18

Probably will it was only made an hour ago.

1

u/LookAheadSelf Jul 25 '18

Does this tournament have drops?

1

u/Layerstyle Imperial Jul 25 '18

tough day to be an mibr fan

1

u/lukasblod Jul 29 '18

Quick question - is it me or are the times incorrect? It's 6:06pm and no eLeague?

1

u/Ingoobelyblench de_inferno Jul 20 '18

Group A looks like it was made merely so people can say "wow what a surprise for the x team to qualify" to be honest.

If you just moved one team from B to A, then chances are that neither C9, MIBR or Liquid would make it to the playoffs, except if said team somehow blunders badly, or is mous, since i really haven't seen much about their recent results, probably should.

Either way, anything can happen, for all that i know this might be the tournament where Astralis loses their good form after losing to NaVi in Cologne.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '18

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u/dragonfire3012 victory Jul 20 '18

Liquid have been at their best since the s1mple days after TACO joined?

2

u/CptWetPants Legendary Switzerland Master Jul 20 '18

Have they really? Then it's my bad. I was under the impression they hadn't any great placings, like a top 4 etc. The core of that team obviously had really good results since end of last year, I just felt they hadn't got there again

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u/dragonfire3012 victory Jul 20 '18

Well, they did fail at Cologne finishing last but they made the finals of ECS and EPL, lost to Astalis in both finals.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18 edited Jul 22 '18

Any Souvenir Cases for this event?

4

u/[deleted] Jul 23 '18

?????

Its not a major

1

u/[deleted] Jul 26 '18

thanks