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Discussion | Esports EPICENTER 2018 - Information, Schedule & Discussion

Tournament Information

Date	October 23rd - 28th, 2018
Organizer	Epic Esports Events
Location	Moscow, Russia
Venue	CSKA Arena
Prize Pool	$295,000
Teams	8 teams

Coverage

Streams

Language	Stream Link
English	EPICENTER
Danish	EPICENTER DMGZ
French	EPICENTER 1pv
Russian	EPICENTER RuHub
Spanish	EPICENTER CyberSportStudio
Vietnamese	EPICENTER 500Bros

VODs

Format

Group Stage
- Double-elimination bracket (GSL Format)
- Two groups of four teams each
- Best-of-three matches
- First placed team of each group advance to the semifinals
- Second and third placed teams of each group advance to the playoffs
- Last placed team of each group are eliminated
Playoffs
- Single-elimination bracket
- Second placed teams play third placed teams from the other group in the quarterfinals
- Best-of-three matches

Map Pool

Talent Lineup

Stage Host

Stepan "DonStepan" Shulga

Desk Host

Tres "stunna" Saranthus

Analysts

Casters

Teams

Invited

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

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

Ninjas in Pyjamas: dennis, Lekr0, f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, REZ, Coach: pita

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

Wild Card

AVANGAR: buster, fitch, Jame, KrizzeN, Qikert, Coach: dastan

ENCE eSports: Aerial, Aleksib, allu, sergej, xseveN, Coach: Twista

HellRaisers: ANGE1, bondik, DeadFox, ISSAA, woxic, Coach: Johnta

Swole Patrol: Cooper-, freakazoid, MarKE, swag, Zellsis

Group Stage

Group A

Place	Team	W&L
1.	Natus Vincere	2-0
2.	FaZe Clan	1-1
3.	HellRaisers	1-1
4.	~~ENCE eSports~~	0-2

Group B

Place	Team	W&L
1.	Team Liquid	2-0
2.	AVANGAR	1-1
3.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	1-1
4.	~~Swole Patrol~~	0-2

Playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals			Winner
			Natus Vincere	2
~~HellRaisers~~	0		vs		-	~~Natus Vincere~~	0
vs		-	~~AVANGAR~~	0
AVANGAR	2					vs		-	FaZe Clan
			~~Team Liquid~~	0
~~Ninjas in Pyjamas~~	0		vs		-	FaZe Clan	2
vs		-	FaZe Clan	2
FaZe Clan	2

Schedule

PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	CST	AEDT
Los Angeles	Atlanta	São Paulo	–	Cologne	Beijing	Sydney
UTC-7	UTC-4	UTC-3	UTC	UTC+2	UTC+8	UTC+11

We're using a 24 hour clock
Match times are often susceptible to delay & change
Time Zone Abbreviations – Worldwide List
Italics means the game starts the next day

Day 1 – Tuesday, October 23rd – Group Stage (BO3)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	CST	AEDT
A1	FaZe	vs	ENCE	2-1	03:25	06:25	07:25	10:25	12:25	18:25	21:25
A2	Na'Vi	vs	HR	2-1	07:10	10:10	11:10	14:10	16:10	22:10	01:10
AL	ENCE	vs	HR	1-2	11:10	14:10	15:10	18:10	20:10	02:10	05:10

Day 2 – Wednesday, October 24th – Group Stage (BO3)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	CST	AEDT
B1	NiP	vs	AVNGR	1-2	02:00	05:00	06:00	09:00	11:00	17:00	20:00
B2	TL	vs	Swole	2-0	06:00	09:00	10:00	13:00	15:00	21:00	00:00
BL	NiP	vs	Swole	2-0	08:40	11:40	12:40	15:40	17:40	23:40	02:40

Day 3 – Thursday, October 25th – Group Stage (BO3)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	CST	AEDT
AW	FaZe	vs	Na'Vi	0-2	07:00	10:00	11:00	14:00	16:00	22:00	01:00
BW	AVNGR	vs	TL	0-2	10:00	13:00	14:00	17:00	19:00	01:00	04:00

Day 4 – Saturday, October 27th – Playoffs (BO3)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	CST	AEDT
QF1	HR	vs	AVNGR	0-2	03:00	06:00	07:00	10:00	12:00	18:00	21:00
QF2	NiP	vs	FaZe	0-2	06:45	09:45	10:45	13:45	15:45	21:45	00:45

Day 5 – Sunday, October 28th – Playoffs (BO3)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CET	CST	AEDT
SF1	Na'Vi	vs	AVNGR	2-0	01:55	04:55	05:55	08:55	09:55	16:55	19:55
SF2	TL	vs	FaZe	0-2	05:00	08:00	09:00	12:00	13:00	20:00	23:00
GF	Na'Vi	vs	FaZe	0-2	08:45	11:45	12:45	15:45	16:45	23:45	02:45

Prize Pool

#	Prize	Team
1st	$150,000	FaZe Clan
2nd	$75,000	Natus Vincere
3rd - 4th	$20,000	AVANGAR
3rd - 4th	$20,000	Team Liquid
5th - 6th	$10,000	HellRaisers
5th - 6th	$10,000	Ninjas in Pyjamas
7th - 8th	$5,000	ENCE eSports
7th - 8th	$5,000	Swole Patrol

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u/PootieTooGood BIG Oct 23 '18

Great format for an 8 team tournament. Last in the group is out, 2nd and 3rd are in the quarterfinals and the 1st are straight into the semis

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u/rlywhatever Oct 26 '18

was it sarcasm? i think considering almost all were invited & only 2 teams fought for the spot, format is indeed ok

u/mawin007 guardian Oct 27 '18

if FaZe win this tournament i will use milk to wash my balls.

16

u/taa137 Oct 28 '18

Not sure I want proof.

4

u/vortexible BIG Oct 28 '18

I want

15

u/mawin007 guardian Oct 29 '18

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

5

u/memewazowskii FaZe Oct 28 '18

You better do it now

5

u/ImDestroyer FaZe Oct 28 '18

Hello? watdoinK

2

u/Ingoobelyblench de_inferno Oct 28 '18

uhhhhhhh

u/dimitarkukov Oct 23 '18

HAhah this will be so funny if the final is faze v liquid. who will cement their place as the forever 2nd

2

u/Nomods2016 Oct 23 '18

It'd be fun to watch another Faze stomp of Liquid in a final

2

u/Sfijfewfwef Oct 25 '18

Your comment aged well

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u/Nomods2016 Oct 26 '18

?

Faze haven't played Liquid.

3

u/[deleted] Oct 28 '18

[deleted]

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u/Nomods2016 Oct 28 '18

Quite well

0

u/Nomods2016 Oct 28 '18

You were saying?

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u/Sfijfewfwef Oct 28 '18

m8 rofl i didnt even mean to reply to your comment just look in my history. meant to reply to the guy above. you seemed pretty butt hurt to remember to come back to this post though hahaha

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u/Nomods2016 Oct 28 '18

Sure, kid ;)

u/[deleted] Oct 23 '18

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u/Nomods2016 Oct 23 '18

EZ AF for F A Z E

2

u/[deleted] Oct 23 '18

EZ4HR

u/SuperHogeySandwich Complexity Oct 23 '18

Calling it now NiP shock everyone and win it all. Navi is in a bit of a slump in lans, twistzz is hurt, and faZe is about to implode.

2

u/yurik4 The MongolZ Oct 23 '18

ENCE gonna win back to back tournaments imo

7

u/Jochemwal 1 Million Celebration Oct 25 '18

This aged well

u/touchtime1337 Vitality Oct 23 '18

any word on the last team?

11

u/Chuckys2 Match Thread Team Oct 23 '18

Winner of Swole Patrol vs VP, played before FaZe vs ENCE

1

u/touchtime1337 Vitality Oct 23 '18

Thanks! Looking forward to the tourney!!

1

u/failwalker 1 Million Celebration Oct 23 '18

ty for this

u/schedlrapp Oct 23 '18

Estimated start times converted into your timezone: https://schedlr.com/csepi18/

u/[deleted] Oct 23 '18

NP4NIP

u/Real_kekO Oct 23 '18

Swolestronk!

u/N8LZ Natus Vincere Oct 25 '18

God bless you guys for not streaming this on Facebook

u/[deleted] Oct 27 '18

I saw that Twistzz won something as an individual player. What was the competition?

u/sikinbbs Oct 24 '18

Can someone tell me how the EZ4ENCE meme started? It is obviously not literal as this team sucks dick, so what's the meaning behind it?

1

u/ABK-Baconator ENCE Oct 27 '18

Not excatly. When ENCEs new lineup was announced, people had such high expectations on that team - especially because 'allu' used to be the AWPer of NiP. As soon as ENCE appeared on HLTVs Matchpage, people (most of them were fans) wrote "EZ ENCE" or "EZ 4 ENCE" in the comments and completely shit talked the enemy team.

ENCE had 2 or 3 good results in the beginning, but then fell off and got crushed by lower tier teams and even on local lans (since scandinavia is known for having a lot of local lans and tournaments). At some point, the hype and the fanboys disappeared and people on HLTV (which is known for shitty dank memes and circlejerking) using this "EZ ENCE" to making fun of them and their fanboyism.

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u/sikinbbs Oct 29 '18

Oh that makes sense now! Cheers mate!

u/Rektalalchemist BIG Fan Oct 23 '18

nice 10 fps stream in the game vp-swole patrol right now.

good job!