SLTV StarSeries XI with $35,000

9-9-2014 18:59

SLTV StarSeries season XI will have $27,000 in prizes along with an additional $8,000 for travel support, and it will feature a new format.

Only 9 days after the last season ended with fnatic defeating Natus Vincere, a new edition of SLTV StarSeries has been announced with a slightly increased prize purse and a new format with the LAN Finals scheduled for October 18th-19th at the usual venue, CyberArena in Kiev, Ukraine.

In total the prize purse will be $27,000, which is a $5,000 increase compared to season X, while the travel support remains the same at $2,000 per team.

Ninjas in Pyjamas return to SLTV StarSeries

The reigning champions fnatic have decided to opt out of this season, as did mousesports, while NiP will be back after missing out on the last one.

Last season's bottom four - Nostalgie, Berzerk, OnBots and USSR have been relegated to SLTV ProSeries, while Ukrainian A-Gaming and Russian squad oneshot have been promoted. Filling the last few places are Sam "⁠RattlesnK⁠" Gawn's new team The Lone Rangers, dAT and Copenhagen Wolves, while Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill's new team Unwanted took the place of his old team ESG that finished last season in 7th place.

The new format will see the teams split into two groups instead of the usual big league, which means each team will have 7 matches in the regular season.

Group A	Group B
Natus Vincere	NiP
Virtus.pro	HellRaisers
Titan	LDLC
Copenhagen Wolves	Epsilon
OverGaming	Unwanted
ESC	The Lone Rangers
OneShot	A-Gaming
dAT	myXMG

The top placed team from each group will secure a direct spot at the LAN Finals, while teams placed 2nd-5th will battle for the other two spots via online playoffs - a double elimination bracket scheduled for September 27th-29th.

Teams in places 6th-8th in both groups will be relegated to ProSeries.

The following map pool will be used this season:

de_dust2
de_nuke
de_inferno
de_mirage
de_cache
de_season
de_overpass

SLTV StarSeries XI prize distribution

1. $13,000 + $2,000 travel support
2. $7,000 + $2,000 travel support
3. $4,000 + $2,000 travel support
4. $3,000 + $2,000 travel support

Also worth noting is that due to SLTV's recent partnership with FACEIT, the matches of the two leagues will not clash, so StarSeries will also schedule matches for Fridays and Saturdays, unlike the usual practice in previous seasons when those days were avoided if possible.

no cbble?

2014-09-09 20:00

4 replies

Fortunately.

2014-09-09 20:01

2 replies

new cbble is good

2014-09-09 20:04

1 reply

Let it be played for smaller, online tournaments for a while.

2014-09-09 20:23

2014-09-09 20:57

easy for HR

So many tournaments, this year will be pretty intense

N1 SLTV!!!

2014-09-09 20:05

Nice :D

2014-09-09 20:02

Seems ok, but old style with one big group i liked more. btw, ehy dignitas never play in SLTV? :/

dignitas teen are afraid of going to kiev (3rd world, war, neonazis, banderastate etc.)

2014-09-10 03:19

de_season Yeah! We will see new season! Fuk YEAH!

2014-09-09 20:03

digny? :(

+1 wth

2014-09-09 20:07

I LOVE YOU!

it`ll be interesting

LDLC ezpz

2014-09-09 20:06

Fuck yeah SLTV! So glad one big tournament hoster removed shitty cobble and replaced it with season.

so this season on lan finals 4 or 8 teams?

nobody will attend anyways xD

What's the line up of the lone rangers? weber,zed & the other fm/infused players?

RattlesnK, weber, RE1EASE, hudzG, fearLess

2014-09-09 20:08

2014-09-09 20:14

Will we get dreamteam HLTV? It's been a while since the last one. Lack of prizes is not a big deal. The game itself is good ;d

Well, the prizes are a part of the reason, but we would also like to update the game first with some new features before we restart it :)

2014-09-09 20:09

Well, great news! I guess csgo gives a lot more data about the game so that's understandable :D Prizes? Maybe some cheap skins? xD

2014-09-09 20:13

no solek no party

Fuck the 4 team finals, it's boring and it should change to at least 6.

3 replies

small prize

prize can be bigger, but it's not even funny to try make biggest amount of teams in Ukraine right now.

2014-09-09 20:16

possible

2014-09-09 20:22

YES! very happy to see TLR getting a spot. GL guys!

no fnatic so Na'Vi ez

2014-09-09 20:10

Where is dignitas? And great map pool!

Ah, I was hoping for 8 teams lan finals

2014-09-09 20:11

best format, best teams invited, best SLTV ever..

when does it start?

12. september

Interesting format, not sure if I like it. Great news about faceit and sltv collaborating together to provide optimal viewership for the community.

2014-09-09 20:12

anybody know why fnatic decided not to plaY?

too much online\lan leagues on this 2 months.

2014-09-09 20:15

thank you!

2014-09-09 20:41

Dignitas and k1ck? ...

Dignitas can't play so much online leagues at the moment. They prefer to play on 1 or 2 leagues, not more.

2014-09-09 20:17

k1ck x) HAHA

he probably asked because k1ck played on almost every SLTV leagues

2014-09-09 23:24

IT's impossible to make more then 4 teams for lan-part in Ukraine right now. Just stay with us, soon it's will be better :D

gogo sltv, good work.

2014-09-09 20:31

For some reason CS looks so dead even though it's not because we always get to see the same countries. It's so sad :(

N1 starseries!

2014-09-09 20:20

UK people, I understand you.

2014-09-09 20:40

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2014-09-09 20:24

glad to see the lone rangers in play but sad that dignitas won't have a chance to play :(

2014-09-09 20:25

Kind of hype

2014-09-09 20:26

REALY NICE SLTV

2014-09-09 20:30

What about flip3side that team disbanded or something ?

2014-09-09 20:32

Why is there like a 4-5 seasons in 1 year? I'd prefer less seasons and more money

2014-09-09 20:33

wow glgl

2014-09-09 20:36

Nice one

2014-09-09 20:37

fnatic?

It seems that sltv and faceit divided between themselves cs europian season Less online, more lan - it's good mouz )))))) But its not enought practice for not top 10 teams 6 teams out?

yea 6 teams out in pro series

2014-09-09 20:44

why no train

faceit must do league without inviting teams 4 best could stay for the next season, + 4 qual or top 8 sltv could play then on faceit

no mouz no fun

2014-09-09 20:48

Go Na'Vi and dAT!

2014-09-09 20:56

nice

2014-09-09 21:04

Even 2k support will not help to get more top teams to Kiev.

2014-09-09 21:14

The Lone Rangers Pro Serias

2014-09-09 21:16

>Filling the last few places are Sam "RattlesnK" Gawn's new team The Lone Rangers, moar liek teh Lone Ragerz amIrite guise?? xDDDD

2014-09-09 21:19

flamie vs Maikelele, n1

2014-09-09 21:22

gl HR

2014-09-09 21:24

iei!fuck cabble

2014-09-09 21:26

N!CE

2014-09-09 21:34

easy money for fnatic

2014-09-09 21:38

dAT ukraine?

2014-09-09 21:44

the interesting is that,we were 3rd in proseries and we wasn't invited for starseries ! maybe cuz we are bulgarians idk... BEST REGARDS FOR RULES !

2014-09-09 22:02

10 replies

top2 get invite for starseries

2014-09-09 22:06

8 replies

Yes,and admin told that if there is free slot's we will be invited,but there are invited rattlesnake'co and dAT and copenhagenwolves

2014-09-09 22:15

7 replies

dAt lost in 1st group stage but was invited coz of ESL Cologne dont know about rattlesnake :)

2014-09-09 22:26

6 replies

a gaming line up ? ))

2014-09-09 22:31

announced soon!

2014-09-09 22:32

archi i know why you are invite,I am disgusted by the fact that we are Bulgarians and so we crushed, because we are nobody and nothing to lose, why should we give a cloud a chance to shine

sad for you :(

2014-09-09 22:36

arch won that slot against you, not invite sltv told 2 slots to proseria - they gave 2 slots ps. fnatic will miss this season, so next season they must start from pro series? ))))) life is so unfair xDDDd

2014-09-09 22:39

What is point of your team to be in Starseries? Dont get me rude , but you gonna be worst team out there for sure and you know it. You need a lot practice before attending it.

2014-09-13 13:06

All honestly They leave slots for top teams, which couldnt play in all leages - last season nip, this - fnatic navi - passed faceit, hr - esea etc dat, cph - played in Cologne english team - ist like spot for indian )) + faceit based in england gl next season

2014-09-09 22:20