In traditional UK LAN fashion, the Viewers Guide (and partial preview) for epic.LAN is arriving in your boxes… Just a tad behind time. The third LAN event of 2016 is now upon us in the United Kingdom. There will be a grand total of 24 teams+ heading to Kettering Conference Centre later today, and with the recent announcement that £3,000 is now the official prize pool with Top 4 being given a share of that, there is a lot to play for this weekend.
As previous event coverage, we like to help provide a post which includes all notable things from the event, and gives you an anticipated timeline of what to expect throughout the weekend. This post will give you a few of the teams to look out for, the format of the event, the stream information, and any other bits of information that you may need throughout the weekend.
The Teams
I won’t post the entire list of teams here, as there are still some not signed up or incomplete lineups, however, I will give you the various list of teams who have a chance at making some headway this event.
The Heavyweights
- Rasta – CRUC1AL, robiin, Kryptix, aaron, mole
- Molotovs N Marshmallows – fearLess, Berty, EB, chronic, maxyB,
- Team uFrag – adamxoxo, JT, Esio, Jak3y, Powell
- Team Infused – Redsnk, Joee, dream, Roma, Jenko8
The Challengers
- RødGrødMFløde – Jacky, alexsomfan, thamlike, jzprG, Ruuulz
- Perilous.FURY – SpeedyG, ALIG, ZEO, Sliggy, MiGHTYMAX
- Playhackz – cookeh, HoodluM, dUdley, archer, m1tch
- VATIC – K1NDEADLY, PEZ, Pommey, h0rsey, RIXJ
The Outsiders
- mixedvibes – jSAV, Shak, Laneyy, JU5T1N, Savilleman
- exceL eSports – GhosT, EMPEROR, KoRaL, Outy, calv1n
- Devine eSports – paraAsite, Trials, l0renzo, Daffernn, SDK
- GroupDeadly – Sophiee, Kolibri, Neggies, logaN, Snodz
Three of the five i57 champions come to epic.18, featuring CRUC1AL (left)
The Format
Group Stage
- Groups of 5/6/7
- Best Of One
- Veto
- Top 2 Advance (unless there are more than 4 groups)
Elimination Stage
- Double Elimination, 8 teams
- Best of Three
- Best Of Five Grand Final (1 Map Advantage for Upper Bracket Final winners)
Teams post group stage who were knocked out will be entered into the Intermediate Tournament which will take place all day Saturday. Format yet to be decided.
Map Pool
- de_dust2
- de_inferno
- de_train
- de_mirage
- de_cache
- de_cobblestone
- de_overpass
Prize Pool
£3,000
- 1st Place: £1,725 + 5x Free Tickets to epic.NINETEEN
- 2nd Place: £875 + 5x £20 off tickets to epic.NINETEEN
- 3rd Place: £300 + 5x £10 off tickets to epic.NINETEEN
- 4th Place: £100
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 on the dedicated tournament website. Remember all times are in BST. Please note that there is specific tournament related shows going out on the Central Stream this LAN, so these are added to the “schedule” to reflect the additional content epic.LAN are putting out this LAN event.
Thursday
- Event Opens – 4pm
- Opening Ceremony – 8pm
Friday
- Breakfast ‘n’ Chill – 9am – 11am (Central Stream)
- Group Game 1 – 11am
- Group Game 2 – 12:30pm
- Group Game 3 – 2pm
- Group Game 4 – 3:30pm
- Tournament Story So Far; Roundup – 6pm – 7pm (Central Stream)
- Group Game 5 – 6pm
- Group Game 6 – 7:30pm
- Elimination Round 1 – 9:30pm
Saturday
- Breakfast ‘n’ Chill – 9am – 11am (Central Stream)
- Elimination Round 2 – 10am
- Elimination Round 3 – 12:30pm
- Elimination Round 4 – 3pm
- Tournament Story So Far; Roundup – 6pm – 7pm (Central Stream)
- Elimination Round 5 – 5:30pm
- Upper Bracket & Lower Bracket Finals – 9pm
Sunday
- Breakfast ‘n’ Chill – 9am – 11am (Central Stream)
- Consolation Final – 9am
- Grand Final – 12noon
Event Streams
Casters
Mark “Crossy” Cross
Ben “Hoss” Hosford
& various guests throughout the weekend.
epic.LAN CS:GO Stream
epic.LAN Central Stream
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