Areena #3 for CS:GO in August

27-7-2013 16:37

Our writer Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen will host another Areena gather tournament on August 10th, this time in CS:GO and sponsored by SteelSeries and Jimm's PC Store with prizes worth over 3,200€.

Areena #3 CS:GO will take place on August 10th starting at 09:00 at Pelitalo in Helsinki, same setting as the two previous events in Counter-Strike 1.6 in late 2012 with a price of 20€ per participant.

The third event will feature product prizes worth up to 1,550€ from SteelSeries and an estimated 750€ from Jimm's PC Store. All the sign up fees of 800€ will also be given back as prizes, with ESEA Premium codes to top it all off.

Will allu continue his winning ways in the CS:GO Areena?

A total of fourty players will be able to enter the event, with the best eight chosen as captains to pick the teams they will compete with, ensuring everyone has a chance to win.

Eight teams will be divided into two groups of four, with no one being eliminated in the group stage. Playoffs will feature an eight team double elimination bracket to crown the champions.

Below is a preliminary schedule for the event:

09:00 Check-in and team selection
10:00 Group stage round one
11:00 Group stage round two
12:00 Group stage round three
14:00 Upper bracket round one
15:00 Upper bracket round two & lower bracket round one
16:00 Lower bracket round two
17:00 Upper bracket final & Lower bracket final
18:00 Consolidation final
19:00 Grand final

Above it was mentioned Areena #3 CS:GO by SteelSeries and Jimm's would feature prizes worth over 3,200€. Information on how to sign up is on Areena's Facebook page.

Full prize distribution for Areena #3 CS:GO by SteelSeries:

1. 300€ + 5x SteelSeries SiberiaV2 CS:GO + 5x SteelSeries Kana CS:GO + 5x BitFenix Ronin + 5x ESEA Premium for 3 months
2. 200€ + 5x SteelSeries SiberiaV2 CS:GO + 5x BitFenix Shinobi + 5x ESEA Premium for 3 months
3. 200€ + 5x SteelSeries Kana CS:GO + 5x ESEA Premium for a month
4. 100€ + 5x ESEA Premium for a month
5-8. 5x ESEA Premium for one week

HLTV.org will be on-site in Helsinki to provide you with statistics, galleries, demos and news from the event. GOTVs will be available, and everyone is free to stream the event.

prizes could be better

2013-07-27 15:41

22 replies

believe me, these prizes are great for them

2013-07-27 15:46

10 replies

What u mean 'for them'?

2013-07-27 15:59

6 replies

ahah, dude it's just like simple finnish lan with pretty good 300 euros & hardware w/ good computers and stable FPS, maybe with 120hz monitors our Moscow lans have 400-500$ lans without hardware; PC specs are shitty etc and whole organization of event sucks; simple native lan i mean

2013-07-27 16:21

5 replies

lol, have u ever been there?

2013-07-27 17:03

4 replies

ofcourse, dude what the fuck are you talking about? :) i won't type shit if i don't know anything about this shit, you feel me? i've been in Dialog-Club @ Lyuberci by GLHF.ru orgs(mythril, pin4 etc)many times; 3rd place @1.6 need2lead nonpro lan cup; and i can only say that it was shitty as fuck; latro, worldedit & co were sitting on best PC's(250+fps) and we were sitting on worst PC's ever (CS:GO menu 70fps) so, we have only one guy who can host a normal CS:GO tournament, his nickname is MPKBK(retired CSS player) now he comments CS matches on FMR stream; you don't have a clue, boy

2013-07-27 20:37

3 replies

actually u dont have a clue dude. for 1.6 u can play with calculator, strange to see complaints about 1.6 and hardware. the only problems of lans in moscow were delays due to switch crashes and due to stupid people, who always went for a break between games, which resulted in delays. the organisation was always good, except for technical problems in click-net, for example in MGC computers are VERY good and all the stuff is at high level, same went for 4GAME

2013-07-27 22:29

2 replies

i said about CS:GO, dude if you are guy from top you will sit on the best PC's, if not, you will play on woodenPC with 70fps in CS:GO menu.. 1.6 was ok, for sure

2013-07-27 23:33

1 reply

thats just a some kind of cool story

2013-07-27 23:44

If you think these are good prizes you are off your face. Somebody could argue with me here but at the end of the day even NiP are earning as much as a McDonalds worker or a person who stacks shelves in a super market. CS is embarassing when it comes to prize pools and most games are. You nerds just need to move on, you all live in holes. Rip me all you want, it's the truth and I love CS but you nerds live in a world that doesn't exist.

2013-07-28 05:21

you shouldn't compare a fucking mcdonald's worker with guys from NIP; i'm not sure that mcdonald's worker loves his work :) and i'm pretty sure that NiP love to play CS and stack money i live in a beatiful city called Moscow, i play CS and another games, i love to hang out with my friends and i'm not a virgin like you british hoe you have no clue and all you need is shut the fuck your fucking mouth and drink some lager, stupid goofy ass

2013-07-28 11:30

You are clearly missing my point. The truth is a McDonalds worker earns as much as a professional CS player. This isn't aimed at just this tournament but all of them. Why would an organisation pay for flights and accommodation for a team that they know won't win or even get a good enough prize purse to secure THEM profit and also the players to be satisfied enough with staying with the organisation? Look in the news archive and you will see some of the biggest names shutting down. I don't want to go into too much detail, you got it spot on the fact that CS players are getting paid to play something they love. Isn't it the same for every professional thing you do? Whether it be Finance, Insurance, IT or Medicine. You can have a profession in anything and your maturity shows you do not understand this yet you feel the need to curse my 'British how ass'. Look at your own country before you slate mine. And I agree with you again, my country is in a shit state, but at least we don't line up our own soldiers and if they retreat we shoot them. I enjoy a beer as much as anybody else does you illiterate child.

2013-07-28 13:36

to be honest, I think prizes are pretty good for "fun tournament".

2013-07-27 15:58

The point of these tournaments have never been the prizes :)

2013-07-27 16:03

Do you play there? <3

2013-07-27 17:53

ofcourse, someone has to stop allu's winning streak..

2013-07-27 20:00

Team name and lineup ;>

2013-07-27 22:23

Did you read the article? :D It's a gather tournament where captains will pick their players before the first game :]

2013-07-27 22:49

Omg, my bad :D

2013-07-27 23:13

go on, host your own tournament

2013-07-27 16:29

The perfect argument: if you are not able to do it better you are not allowed critize.

2013-07-27 18:32

what ? people should be thankful for such a touranment with prizes, he is critizing prizes even through that all money they gain in registration are going to prizepool.

2013-07-27 20:26

You were referring to him that he should start his own tournament if he was not satisfied. There by saying if he can't do it better himself he can not be displeased with the pricepool. And i pointed out that it was an excellent argument from your side (sarcasm).

2013-07-27 20:29

tiskiharja

2013-07-27 15:48

No.

2013-07-27 17:54

where come you from?

2013-07-28 11:32

From Narnia

2013-07-28 11:36

srsly pls :D never seen this flag

2013-07-28 13:04

N1111111111

2013-07-27 15:52

Seems like an interesting concept.

2013-07-27 15:55

naSu comeback :))) ?

2013-07-27 16:01

hf guys %)

2013-07-27 16:10

n111

hope for jOELZ hahahahahahaa :D i ' m just kidding

2013-07-27 16:16

IZI FOR JOELZ <3333333333333333

2013-07-27 16:23

no jOELZ no party

2013-07-27 16:24

n111111

2013-07-27 16:26

planning to showup?

2013-07-27 16:31

maybe, maybe not

2013-07-27 16:35

maybe, probably not*

2013-07-27 16:38

boom

2013-07-27 16:55

2013-07-27 17:32

will lurppis play?

2013-07-27 16:30

No my Indian brother

i will not

2013-07-27 16:34

memegenerator.co/instance/40090842

2013-07-27 17:08

no.

2013-07-27 17:34

hahahaahhahaahahahahahahahahahhahahaahahah stronKKK

2013-07-27 17:52

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2013-07-27 19:51

who the best Finland player now?

2013-07-27 17:02

11 replies

easy answer, joelz ofc

2013-07-27 17:06

allu

natu aswell?

2013-07-27 17:23

aNGeldusT FOSHURE ! :D

2013-07-27 18:20

natu probably. Allu isnt the best for sure. He is very overrated

2013-07-27 19:47

natu the best Finnish player ? What planet are you living on ?

2013-07-27 20:19

welp who is better ?

2013-07-27 20:22

2013-07-27 20:20

2013-07-27 20:43

ofc allu is the best, c'mon man

2013-07-27 21:34

Are you really serious?

2013-07-27 21:44

jOELZ can do it !! in LAN ?? Oh wait ...

2013-07-27 17:22

NOPE

2013-07-27 18:10

can do what?

2013-07-27 20:23

aslak <3 allu <3

2013-07-27 17:57

2013-07-27 18:17

nice system gl

2013-07-27 18:24

2013-07-27 18:34

huinia polnaia

2013-07-27 18:42

300 not enough to get progamer joelz to lan :(

2013-07-27 18:47

jOELZ > all.

2013-07-27 19:37

very nice, ill be there

2013-07-27 19:45

hmm, seems awesome! :D

2013-07-27 20:25

H^N :) i miss this guy:/

2013-07-27 20:51

maybe i should come to support team who wins gets 100e from me. or maybe best player price 100e + some price, but that would be so stupid because i would change the best player to the oldest player and thats natu and he would get the 100e.

2013-07-27 21:21