Mad Catz viewer's guide

21-2-2013 13:40

As the Mad Catz CS:GO Invitational is closing in, we bring you a viewer's guide for the €10,000 event featuring the likes of NiP, VeryGames, ESC and last but not least, Natus Vincere.

Mad Catz CS:GO Invitational at the five-star Imperial Riding School Renaissance Vienna Hotel will feature two group stages. In the first group stage, groups A and B will be played at the same time, followed by C and D later on in the afternoon.

Winners of each group will proceed directly to the quarterfinals while 2nd and 3rd placed teams will have to fight their way through the group stage #2. The second group stage will determine the last 4 spots in the playoffs which will be played in a single-elimination, best-of-three manner.

Saturday, February 23rd:

Group stage #1

Group A			Time	Type
NiP	vs.	Nostalgia	10:00	BO1
Imaginary	vs.	TCM-Gaming	10:00	BO1
NiP	vs.	TCM-Gaming	11:00	BO1
Imaginary	vs.	Nostalgia	11:00	BO1
NiP	vs.	Imaginary	12:15	BO1
TCM-Gaming	vs.	Nostalgia	12:15	BO1
Group B
VeryGames	vs.	logiX	10:00	BO1
Anexis	vs.	ALTERNATE	10:00	BO1
VeryGames	vs.	ALTERNATE	11:00	BO1
Anexis	vs.	logiX	11:00	BO1
VeryGames	vs.	Anexis	12:15	BO1
ALTERNATE	vs.	logiX	12:15	BO1
Group C
ESC Gaming	vs.	TeamCRG	14:30	BO1
n!faculty	vs.	Natus Vincere	14:30	BO1
ESC Gaming	vs.	Natus Vincere	15:30	BO1
n!faculty	vs.	TeamCRG	15:30	BO1
ESC Gaming	vs.	n!faculty	16:45	BO1
Natus Vincere	vs.	TeamCRG	16:45	BO1
Group D
Lemondogs	vs.	e-Sports.rs	14:30	BO1
3DMAX	vs.	LDLC.com	14:30	BO1
Lemondogs	vs.	LDLC.com	15:30	BO1
3DMAX	vs.	e-Sports.rs	15:30	BO1
Lemondogs	vs.	3DMAX	16:45	BO1
LDLC.com	vs.	e-Sports.rs	16:45	BO1

Group stage #2

Group A, Group B	Time	Type
Round 1	19:00	BO1
Round 2	20:00	BO1
Round 3	21:15	BO1

Sunday, February 24th

Playoffs	Time	Type
Quarter-finals	10:00	BO3
Semi-finals	13:00	BO3
Third place decider	15:30	BO3
Grand final	18:30	BO3

The event is going to be broadcasted on FACEIT TV powered by Alienware with one of the commentators being the ex-Lemondogs in-game leader Björn "THREAT" Pers. The editors behind FACEIT TV have put together a short video that should set you in the mood right in time before the event:

Now that you know the full schedule, don't forget to find the right players and put your own Dreamteam together! For beginners, jump over here for more information about our amazing game.

Stay tuned to HLTV.org as three of our members will be on site between February 23rd-24th providing you with exclusive content from what is the first major CS:GO tournament of 2013.

Video down? :(

2013-02-21 13:45

sad, can't watch it

2013-02-21 13:47

THREAT's gonna cast, nice, love him! <3

2013-02-21 13:49

Really hope Na'Vi do well

2013-02-21 13:53

1 reply

Yeah

2013-02-23 03:12

The video is up and running now :)

Group A: 1. NiP 2. Imaginary 3. Nostalgia 4. TCM-Gaming Group B: 1. VeryGames 2. Anexis/logiX 3. logiX/Anexis 4. ALTERNATE Group C: 1. ESC Gaming 2. n!faculty 3. Na'Vi 4. TeamCRG Group D: 1. Lemondogs/3DMAX 2. 3DMAX/Lemondogs 3. LDLC.com 4. eSports.rs - IMO

2013-02-21 14:01

3 replies

nop Group C: 1.ESC/NAVI 2.n!

2013-02-21 15:05

ur opinin is suck

2013-02-21 15:13

Group A: 1. NiP 2. Nostalgia 3. Imaginary 4. TCM-Gaming Group B: 1. VeryGames 2. Anexis/logiX 3. logiX/Anexis 4. ALTERNATE Group C: 1. ESC Gaming 2. Na'Vi 3. n!faculty 4. TeamCRG Group D: 1. Lemondogs 2. 3DMAX 3. LDLC.com 4. eSports.rs

2013-02-22 12:55

I hope Russian streams by sL4M and tafa will be on because they are the only who can comment CS:GO, sad they doesn't comment in English.

2013-02-21 14:07

4 replies

I believe everybody will have access to GOTV Ip's and there won't be any exclusivity with the streams so other languages are free to cast the tournament.

2013-02-21 14:08

Oh that's really great! :)

2013-02-21 14:28

While that's awesome. I now don't know what to do. Do I cast the matches that aren't being shown on the main stream? Or do I watch the main stream? I CAN'T DO BOTH GOD DAMN IT!

2013-02-22 17:50

I guess just cast the matches that aren't being cast by the main stream, unless it is a big clash like NaVi vs ESC when CRG vs N!faculty is on at the same time, as pretty much everybody will be watching the NaVi ESC game anyway.

2013-02-22 18:02

A. Nip TCM B. Verygames anelix/alternate C. ESC n4faculty D. Lemondogs 3Dmax/

2013-02-21 14:12

Group A: 1. NiP 2. Imaginary 3. TCM-Gaming 4. Nostalgia Group B: 1. VeryGames 2. Anexis 3. ALTERNATE 4. Logix Group C: 1. n!faculty 2. ESC Gaming 3. Na'Vi 4. TeamCRG Group D: 1. Lemondogs/3DMAX 2. 3DMAX/Lemondogs 3. LDLC.com 4. eSports.rs Also, I am guessing the 2nd group stage will work like this: 2nd and 3rd place from each group go through to the second group stages, where it will be 2 groups of 4 right? and the top 2 from there will go through to knockouts.

2013-02-21 14:15

2 replies

Correct. :)

2013-02-21 14:34

I agree on everything except group c :D 1. ESC 2. N!faculty 3. TeamCRG 4. Na'vi

2013-02-22 18:19

So I guess Im gonna be spending all day watching stream :)

2013-02-21 14:22

sad but true

2013-02-21 14:54

why is it sad? :)

2013-02-21 18:34

I'm pretty sure Group C will be with Na'Vi on top, mark my words.

2013-02-21 14:29

pretty sure about it too

2013-02-21 17:11

The second group stage will determine the last 4 spots in the playoffs which will be played in a single-elimination, best-of-three manner... is it like this?? round 1, a vs b (a wins) c vs d (c wins) round 2, a vs c (a wins and tops the group) b vs d (b wins and d loses the group) round 3, c vs b (whoever win this, goes into quater finals) or its bo3 as am confused between the "best-of-three manner"..

2013-02-21 14:36

Single elimination best of three just means that you play bo3 and if you lose, you are out. As for group stage 2, I am sure that it goes as group stage 1 and the top2 og each group will go through to the bo3 quaterfinals. Who meets who there, I am not sure of.

2013-02-21 14:41

thats where the confusion lies ! Check out the format, bo1 is mentioned as the type for group stage 2. edit.. sorry, my bad.. got it now :D further playoffs will be played in the bo3 format

2013-02-21 14:57

Yes, I know, I am not confused at all, though my post may have given the impression. The 2nd group stage will be played as bo1, round robin, where top2 advances to the quarterfinals, which will be played as bo3 single elimination. If you are still confused, please do tell :) EDIT. Just saw you edited, good to hear you got it!

2013-02-21 15:00

gonna try to wtacg all games))

2013-02-21 14:58

the dreamteam market will open after the end of group stage #1, right?

2013-02-21 14:59

6 replies

No, after groupstage #2.

2013-02-21 15:01

5 replies

why? ): i think it will be more interesting if they open the market after group stage #1 D:

2013-02-21 15:06

I don't make the rules, but my guess is that there is a possibility of delays and the processing for dreamteam might take too long if so.

2013-02-21 15:08

actually it is already a lot interesting because if u select medium price players and they perform ok in round 1 and play good in round 2, your team will earn more, but there is also a lot of risk.... btw good luck........ Game on :)

2013-02-21 15:53