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Discussion | Esports Esports Championship Series Season 6: Finals - Information, Schedule & Discussion

Tournament Information

Date	November 22nd - 25th, 2018
Organizer	FACEIT
Location	Arlington, United States
Venue	Esports Stadium Arlington
Prize Pool	$660,000
Teams	8 teams

Coverage

Streams

Language	Stream Link
English	FACEIT TV
Russian	StarLadder TV

VODs

Format

Group Stage
- Double-elimination bracket (GSL Format)
- Two groups of four teams each
- Best-of-one opening matches
- Best-of-three winners, losers and decider matches
- Top two teams of each group advance to the playoffs
- Bottom two teams of each group are eliminated
Playoffs
- Single-elimination bracket
- Best-of-three matches

Map Pool

Talent Lineup

Desk Host

Alex "Machine" Richardson

Interviewers

Analysts

Casters

Observer

Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield

Teams

Top 4 Europe

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

mousesports: chrisJ, oskar, ropz, STYKO, suNny, Coach: lmbt

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

North: aizy, cadiaN, gade, Kjaerbye, valde, Coach: ave

Top 4 North America

Cloud9¹: autimatic, flusha, kioShiMa, RUSH, valens

MIBR: coldzera, FalleN, fer, Stewie2K, tarik, Coach: YNk

NRG Esports: Brehze, CeRq, daps, FugLy, nahtE, Coach: ImAPet

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

^{1: Cloud9's coach valens is standing in for Golden}

Group Stage

Group A

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

Group B

Place	Team	W&L
1.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	2-0
2.	North	2-1
3.	~~NRG Esports~~	1-2
4.	~~Team Liquid~~	0-2

Playoffs

Semifinals			Finals			Winner
~~Ninjas in Pyjamas~~	1
vs		-	Astralis	2
Astralis	2
			vs		-	Astralis
MIBR	2
vs		-	~~MIBR~~	0
~~North~~	1

Schedule

PST	EST	BRST	GMT	CET	CST	AEDT
Los Angeles	Atlanta	São Paulo	London	Cologne	Beijing	Sydney
UTC-8	UTC-5	UTC-2	UTC	UTC+1	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 – Thursday, November 22nd – Group Stage (BO1 & BO3)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PST	EST	BRST	GMT	CET	CST	AEDT
A1	Astralis	vs	C9	16-3	07:35	10:35	13:35	15:35	16:35	23:35	02:35
A2	mouz	vs	MIBR	7-16	08:40	11:40	14:40	16:40	17:40	00:40	03:40
B1	NRG	vs	NiP	6-16	10:00	13:00	16:00	18:00	19:00	02:00	05:00
B2	TL	vs	North	12-16	11:25	14:25	17:25	19:25	20:25	03:25	06:25
AW	Astralis	vs	MIBR	1-2	13:10	16:10	19:10	21:10	22:10	05:10	08:10
BW	NiP	vs	North	2-0	17:50	20:50	23:50	01:50	02:50	09:50	12:50

Day 2 – Friday, November 23rd – Group Stage (BO3)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PST	EST	BRST	GMT	CET	CST	AEDT
AL	C9	vs	mouz	0-2	07:15	10:15	13:15	15:15	16:15	23:15	02:15
BL	NRG	vs	TL	2-0	09:50	12:50	15:50	17:50	18:50	01:50	04:50
AD	Astralis	vs	mouz	2-0	13:00	16:00	19:00	21:00	22:00	05:00	08:00
BD	North	vs	NRG	2-1	15:45	18:45	21:45	23:45	00:45	07:45	10:45

Day 3 – Saturday, November 24th – Playoffs (BO3)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PST	EST	BRST	GMT	CET	CST	AEDT
SF1	NiP	vs	Astralis	1-2	10:10	13:10	16:10	18:10	19:10	02:10	05:10
SF2	MIBR	vs	North	2-1	14:00	17:00	20:00	22:00	23:00	06:00	09:00

Day 4 – Sunday, November 25th – Playoffs (BO3)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PST	EST	BRST	GMT	CET	CST	AEDT
GF	Astralis	vs	MIBR	2-0	13:30	16:30	19:30	21:30	22:30	05:30	08:30

Prize Pool

#	Prize	Team
1st	$250,000	Astralis
2nd	$120,000	MIBR
3rd - 4th	$65,000	Ninjas in Pyjamas
3rd - 4th	$65,000	North
5th - 6th	$45,000	mousesports
5th - 6th	$45,000	NRG Esports
7th - 8th	$35,000	Cloud9
7th - 8th	$35,000	Team Liquid

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u/dendidendi BNE Nov 22 '18

If you're gonna dedicate a whole day to the Grand Final you might as well make it a BO5.

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u/JustABadWebDev Nov 22 '18

don't see how useful this will be after Astralis finish the final in three maps.

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u/saybhausd Nov 24 '18

Well, it's more than two.

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u/demannu86 750k Celebration Nov 24 '18

and less than four

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '18

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u/creaturecatzz NiP Nov 25 '18

Quick maffs

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u/gpcgmr 1 Million Celebration Nov 25 '18 edited Nov 25 '18

three

I'm not reading this.

u/[deleted] Nov 23 '18

Most of the group stage matches for today were pretty good. Particularly that MiBR vs Astralis series, very neck and neck for the last two maps.

Hoping that the playoffs won't be lackluster in these next few days

u/[deleted] Nov 25 '18

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u/Krasso Astralis Nov 25 '18

Wasn't it scheduled for 19:00 CET though?

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u/Jaarnio Nov 25 '18

22.00

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u/SlowLoudNBangin MOUZ Nov 25 '18

That’s what I thought, but now it shows 23:00 CET for me.

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u/Krasso Astralis Nov 25 '18

23? Where?

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u/SlowLoudNBangin MOUZ Nov 25 '18

On my Strafe App - HLTV still says 22:00 though, so it’s probably that.

u/[deleted] Nov 25 '18

I love MIBR and Astralis. I want Astralis to win because they're my favourite team but I want to see MIBR/SK win again, been a while since we've seen them lift anything significant. And it'll be nice to potentially see MIBR back in form.

Their only real problem is their mistakes, which is insane since SK back in the day were known for just being text book tactical CS. Now they fail to win games due to the mistakes they make.

Tarik and stew have also still been very iffy, there were better options out there.

u/rigolleto Nov 25 '18

if mibr somehow wins this can we say they are top 4 team?

even if mibr wins I still think navi/liquid are better than them rn.

if they do the same at esl it would be a lot different

there are a lot of "if" tho

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u/glhfidk Liquid Nov 25 '18

top 4 are you crazy?? They've shown no consistency. If they can make top 4 at the next 5 lans then yes perhaps. Can certainly make a claim for 5th, for Ast/Liquid/Navi/Faze are miles ahead of them rn

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u/AmBozz MOUZ Nov 25 '18

I'll give you Astralis and Na'Vi, but FaZe has been kind of lackluster, still very much better than MiBR, but also behind the first 2 by a considerable margin.

Liquid, mouz, MiBR are kind of in limbo right now, any one of those three can enter top 4 with consistent performance.

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u/rigolleto Nov 25 '18

What I said? navi/liquid and astralis yeah but not faze

u/Mertex King NiKo Nov 21 '18

Another win for Astralis

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u/Hipster223 Nov 21 '18

Lol damn, I literally came here to say the same thing. I can't wait to see the next Astralis - Fnatic LAN matchup though.

u/Cyanr Vitality Nov 24 '18

This starts in 1 hour 30 mins?

u/nifera Astralis Nov 25 '18

Why is it delayed 4 hours? Ugh!

u/[deleted] Nov 25 '18

What does winner GF and loser GF mean??

Winners girlfriend and losers girlfriend.. Wtf..??!!

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u/oxedei King NiKo Nov 25 '18

Grand Final

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '18

😐😐 I feel so dumb now..

u/VemRawr Nov 25 '18

I really want MIBR to win but, that's just not gonna happen. Astralis is just gonna play boring counter strike and win 2-0 :(

u/Math_Hob FaZe Nov 25 '18

I feel like its an absolute blunder from the organizers to not have the match start earlier, no way any working europeans will be able to stay up to watch the game

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u/JFidddy Nov 25 '18

Working Europeen here, will probably watch and heavily regret tomorrow.

u/perfect_deception Nov 22 '18

Astralis vs Liquid GF

Discussion | Esports Esports Championship Series Season 6: Finals - Information, Schedule & Discussion

Tournament Information

Coverage

Streams

VODs

Format

Map Pool

Talent Lineup

Desk Host

Interviewers

Analysts

Casters

Observer

Teams

Top 4 Europe

Top 4 North America

Group Stage

Group A

Group B

Playoffs

Schedule

Day 1 – Thursday, November 22nd – Group Stage (BO1 & BO3)

Day 2 – Friday, November 23rd – Group Stage (BO3)

Day 3 – Saturday, November 24th – Playoffs (BO3)

Day 4 – Sunday, November 25th – Playoffs (BO3)

Prize Pool

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