In traditional LAN fashion, we have the Viewers Guide for everyone to glance at. It should be noted we usually post this on the Thursday of the epic.LAN events, however the admins at the event had been toying with what format to have for the event. After many hours spent devising the format and formulating seeds, they have finally come to the conclusion of having a GSL format this event.
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
- Dog Gaming – ashhh, luster, debaser, quiver, Yoshi
- Team uFrag – adamxoxo, HypeIzBack, Pommey, Zeo, FrankstaH
- VATIC – logzi, JDD, fisher, dUdLeY, HoodluM
- Rasta Gaming – SpeedyG, JT, Neelz, Pickles, Tankey
The Challengers
- Bulldog eSports – skuxz, Nukeddog, bmagic, kplus, wafu
- Team Odin eSports – MontSta, jackblk, 5haBo, Kai, Dm_God
- Dragon Esports – kpiz, Jackdabes, neph, tesk0, zelyts
- Radix eSports – celld, MiSFiT, Luzuh, BrodyC, smooya
The Outsiders
- Team uFrag.Eclipse – tamsteR, Xacty, Devil, apL, coll1de
- Mediocre.CS – Neggies, n0rris, Finui, Challister, r3tr0z
- LEAVEITYEAH – Jacky, Jakey, Snodz, Sharpy, Banelor
- Late Night Techies Drive – KOGGGYYYY, Wraggy, HydRex, Miixer, THE_FID
The action will be shortly underway…. (Credit: epic.LAN)
The Format
Group Stage
- GSL Group Stage Format
- Groups of 3/4
- Best Of One & Best Of Three Deciders
- Veto
- Top 1 Advance
- Top 3 Seeds in single group with Round Robin stage
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_nuke
- de_train
- de_mirage
- de_cache
- de_cobblestone
- de_overpass
Prize Pool
£1,500
- 1st Place: £950 + 5x Free Tickets to epic.TWENTY
- 2nd Place: £450 + 5x £20 off tickets to epic.TWENTY
- 3rd Place: £100 + 5x £10 off tickets to epic.TWENTY
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
- Top 3 Group – Bulldog eSports Vs VATIC – 11am
- Group Game 2 – 1pm
- Top 3 Group – VATIC Vs Team uFrag – 2pm
- Group Game 3 – 3pm
- Tournament Story So Far; Roundup – 6pm – 7pm (Central Stream)
- Group Game 4 – 5pm
- Top 3 Group – Team uFrag Vs Bulldog eSports – 5pm
- 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
Jamie “SwitchBladeJay” Martin
Alex “Snodz” Byfield
& various guests throughout the weekend.
epic.LAN CS:GO Stream
epic.LAN Central Stream
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