With the final UK LAN of the year now upon us, it is time to start looking ahead for the next few days and wondering where the state of the UK Scene is. Currently 42 teams are signed up to the tournament which would make this the largest Winter LAN for CS attendance in a very very long time. At the moment, we know of at least 44 teams judging by the team list on the UK CS:GO Subreddit, however usual last minute mix teams and teams who don’t frequent the Facebook group or subreddit may see us surpass 50+ teams for CS:GO which is mighty damn impressive and could mean that would be the second biggest attendance this year.
UKCSGO wanted to display an easy way for you to follow the action this weekend, where you could read about the teams, the format, the schedule and any potential extra information you needed. With three European teams heading to our shores, and a collection of some of the UK’s finest and brightest, it surely will be intriguing to see how this rather open LAN will unfold.
The Teams
I won’t post all the teams as the team list hasn’t been finally completed yet, but I will give you the flavour of what decent to semi-decent teams are going.
The Contenders
- Team ROCCAT – suNny, stonde, CISU, juho, xarte
- onlineBOTs – Nuga, Cheti, Fetjz, HS, Alex
- CAZ eSports – jakem, keita, r0m, dephh, Kryptix
- Team Infused – redsNK, CRUC1AL, Whindanski, ZED, robiin
- CeX – Surreal, Boaster, Cinder, kARMApangya, Resu
- fm-eSports – Immi, Joee, Powell, MightyMax, Esio
- Molotovs n Marshmallows – quiver, vertiGo, s0m, benkofk, mortism
The Hopefuls
- AT-gaming – slaYn, flashzor, luosrevo, xilo, amose
- Monumentalis – maxxyb, Dudley, EB, xfp, Hennerz
- 2seXeh – cpr, vpr, Bodkin, crmj, chz
- MINISTRY – eddie, ashhh, Superboom Linden, Rhaz, RAWRCHICKEN
- uFrag – adamxoxo, Yoshi, RIXJ, HyPeIzBack, Peggyyyyy
- Barrage.csgo – EMPEROR, dreams, jenko, fisher[A], logzii
- Playhack – cookeh, m1tchwee, scruffy, NipXe, zirken
The Outsiders
- BEASTS – CJME, Woi, Solid, Sampai, kstm
- Perilous FURY – bALth, maltBEE, Speedy, debaser, abiii
- No Named Kids – skuxz, tazarini, samm, doomy, phantasy
- Netdevilz – Beardy, Charly, Neelz, Soup, RazMki
- Rasta-Gaming – Jacky, LogaN, Jak3y, Gito, Mardan
i56 Overview…. will you be there this weekend? (Source: Multiplay Flickr)
The Format
Group Stage
- Groups of 4/5/6
- Best Of One
- Veto
- Top 2 advance (unless the groups are 8 groups)*
Eliminations
- Double Elimination, 16 teams
- Best of One (Round 1 only, unless time permitting)
- Best of Three (post Round 1)
- Best of Five Grand Final (Upper Bracket 1 map advantage)
The teams knocked out from the group stage will then be placed into the Intermediate Tournament, where all teams will then play another group stage of Best of One and then move to a Best of One Double Elimination bracket for 8 teams. These teams will then play for free tickets back to insomnia57 next year.
Map Pool
- de_dust2
- de_inferno
- de_mirage
- de_overpass
- de_cobblestone
- de_train
- de_cache
Prize Pool
£7,500
- 1st: £3,250
- 2nd: £1,500
- 3rd: £900
- 4th: £450
- 5th – 8th: £225
The Schedule
All times are rough estimates at this point bar the starting times of the day, please note, delays have been known to happen at UK events, and so we advise you to keep an eye through the dedicated tournament website. Remember all times are in GMT.
Friday
- Group Game 1 – 2:30pm
- Group Game 2 – 3:30pm
- Group Game 3 – 4:30pm
- Group Game 4 – 6:30pm
- Group Game 5 – 7:30pm
- Elimination Round 1 – 10pm
Saturday
- Elimination Round 2 (LB Round 1) – 10am
- Lower Bracket Round 2 – 1pm
- Upper Bracket Round 3 – 1:30pm
- Lower Bracket Round 3 – 4pm
- Upper Bracket Final – 5pm
- Lower Bracket Round 4 – 7:30pm
- Lower Bracket Final – 10:30pm
Sunday
- Consolidation Final – 9:30am
- Grand Final – 2pm
Event Stream
Make sure you stay tuned to UKCSGO.com over the next few days for full event coverage and photos. You can follow us on Twitter or like our Facebook page for all the daily news from insomnia56. If you missed out on the teams that are coming over from Europe, don’t forget to have a look at our small article on those selective teams here.
