ESEA schedule updated for Virtus

27-6-2014 19:00

Earlier today Virtus.pro's ability to participate in ESEA Invite Season 16 Global Finals was in jeopardy, but the schedule has been revised to accommodate them.

Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski was unable to travel to Dallas with the rest of the Polish squad due to personal issues, but has now been booked on a flight set to arrive early tomorrow afternoon.

Virtus.pro's manager Christian Lenz also shared a short statement to give fans a better understanding of what happened to Pogorzelski and started this chain of events:

"Hey, a short time before our departure to Dallas we got the info from Snax that his father had a horrible accident. We agreed with him to let him stay at home to spend time with his family till he gets the news that his father will be safe. He told us just now that he is able to go, so ESEA worked out a solution to help us with the travel," Christian Lenz told ESEA.net.

"Thanks to Marc, Craig and Tomi for helping us and please be so kind and do not ask any further questions from Snax. We just want to play and focus on the event and make him feel as comfortable as possible."

ESEA has revised the schedule for this season's final event to accommodate Virtus.pro, and we have also updated our viewer's guide to reflect these new changes that see matches pushed back.

You can find the fully updated schedule below. The times listed are estimates, as ESEA hopes to start matches as soon as possible with reasonable breaks between games to catch up in time.

Friday, June 27
23:30	All-Star Game
01:30	NiP	vs. compLexity
04:00	iBUYPOWER	vs. OverGaming

Saturday, June 28
17:30	Natus Vincere	vs. OpenEqualFree
19:30	Upper bracket semi-final #1
22:00	Lower bracket round one, match #1
00:30	Virtus.pro	vs. Netcode
02:30	Upper bracket semi-final #2
02:30	Lower bracket round one, match #2
04:30	Upper bracket final
04:30	Lower bracket semi-finals

Sunday, June 29
16:00	Lower bracket final
18:30	Consolidation final
20:30	Grand final

Most notably Na`Vi won't debut until Saturday, and now the lower bracket final is Sunday morning as well, both of which are upgrades for the Europeans hoping to watch ESEA.

ESEA Invite S16 Global Finals will kick off in a matter of hours with the all-star game to determine seedigns for the two continents. Tonight will feature two first round upper bracket matches.

2014-06-27 19:00

Great move by ESEA working it out. Hope it's all ok.

2014-06-27 19:03

he is at the plane now?

2014-06-27 19:09

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No, snax is flying over. Yes, you can see him in the seventh windows from the front, if you zoom in. tinyurl.com/lpcug55

2014-06-27 19:16

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2014-06-27 20:05

2014-06-27 20:16

good guy ESEA, finally! glhf!

poor snax and his father :\

2014-06-27 19:10

will se how he does against jetlag ;p

2014-06-27 19:11

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Jetlag for me is no problem when travelling west.

2014-06-27 19:14

Jetlag is a problem when you're coming back to Europe. When I came back from Ontario, I couldn't fall asleep till 6 am

2014-06-27 19:21

ok, didn't know that :D

2014-06-27 19:29

what the hell?

2014-06-28 01:21

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6 AM CEST = midnight ET

2014-06-28 19:26

Struggling with the fact that his father had an awful accident the day before would be more challenging than the jetlag imo.

2014-06-28 02:02

Well done :)

GL HF :3

2014-06-27 19:13

cant wait for esea finals s16 :)

Oh, my express bet can't wait so much!

Esea respect

2014-06-27 19:22

Mmm, are the bets on NaVi match going to be cancelled or will they simply move it over to tomorrow? That's what I'd like to know kind of, not urgently, but would be cool to know before I go out and drink... Just gotta make sure I re-bet first on navi match first and then go party :) Sad I took a vacation day at work today just to watch Na`Vi's 1st game and work tomorrow instead, but I guess that's life, since it's an accident that happened then can't complain here, hope all is well with his dad...

2014-06-27 19:26

you are so fucking sad to take a day off work to watch cs. geek alert

2014-06-27 22:34

I just watch CS at work. The question is; why would he take a day off work to watch his favorite team get rekt by shroud?

2014-06-28 01:16

wow, what about dreamteam now, market will be opened after 2 matches? if so change your players dudes :d

2014-06-27 19:27

shhhhh

2014-06-27 19:38

Very nice of ESEA. Hope snax is ok. The biceps needs to carry

2014-06-27 19:31

risky to let the 4 other players go ahead :x

sweet schedule after all!

ESEA played it cool

2014-06-27 19:49

Only problems in this season, teams withdrawing, players not attending because of passport issues, teams not able to attend due to roster changes, this, what else to come? xD

2014-06-27 20:29

shit i wanted to see OG play but 4:00 its too late... well guess the nerd life is a tough one

2014-06-27 20:48

Get well soon snax father

2014-06-27 20:50

its time to change dreamteam

ESEA respect for dat :) we're glad

2014-06-27 20:55

ESEA GJ :) this is how league should works

2014-06-27 21:21

thx ESEA '

2014-06-27 21:30

If Virtus wins, it could be dedicated to him .

2014-06-27 21:44

very nice esea is the best for this !

2014-06-27 23:27

ROFL everyone here is like "OMG THANKS ESEA YOU'RE THE BEST!!" meanwhile on the match page of the all-star game there's only "fuck murica fuck esea" Typical euros.

2014-06-28 00:08