FACEIT Finals groups & casters

18-10-2014 01:03

FACEIT has announced the format and the casting crew for the upcoming season finals in Milan.

The event will take place from October 24 to 26 under the wings of the Milan Games Week, the biggest video game fair in Italy, with the top four sides from the European division and the two best teams from the North American region in attendance.

These six participants will be placed in two groups of three teams, who will then face off twice in a system similar to the one used in the European division.

The top two sides from each group will progress to the semi-finals, played in a best-of-three system. The grand final, on the other hand, will use a best-of-five format.

Group A	Group B
Cloud9	fnatic
LDLC	dignitas
Virtus.pro	iBUYPOWER

North American eSports personality Scott "SirScoots" Smith will be hosting the event live from Milan, accompanied by a panel of commentators and analysts that includes HLTV.org's own Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen.

Below you can find the complete casting lineup for the event:

Scott "SirScoots" Smith - Host
Tomi "⁠lurppis⁠" Kovanen - Analyst/Caster
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Caster/Analyst
Stuart "Tosspot" Saw - Caster
James "JZFB "Bardolph - Analyst/Caster
Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller - Analyst/Caster
Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst

FACEIT Season 2 Finals schedule:

Friday, October 24:

09:00 - Group stage

Saturday, October 25:

12:30 - Semi-final #1
15:30 - Semi-final #2

Sunday, October 26:

13:00 - Grand final

nice

2014-10-18 01:04

6 replies

Also cadiaN will be streaming live lessons in between matches! yayyyyyyyyyy

2014-10-18 04:01

guys pleeeeeease help!! can you tell me name of song pls??? youtu.be/vqppQgqNVV8?t=21s

2014-10-18 05:28

3 replies

sandstorm by darude

2014-10-18 05:45

1 reply

dankstorm

2014-10-18 05:55

ebolastorm

2014-10-18 11:52

2014-10-18 07:26

i think we need more Analysts

2014-10-18 01:05

2 replies

that's what i was thinking lol

2014-10-18 01:12

Most of the analysts will also be casting :)

2014-10-18 01:23

anders?

7 replies

He didn't even have the right to cast the online league , so it's legit to not see him there, i think faceit and RoF are different org no one want to work with the other one and both want to be better than each other uust to get more viewers and more money

2014-10-18 01:17

But still RoF has a huge community which can boost viewers numbers and actually I prefer them casting. But at this event, I think there are good casters too, especially Thorin will be making some jokes or very detailed statistics even from when he was born xD

2014-10-18 16:58

badiaN FailFish -badiaN +anders (2 casters.... srsly)

2014-10-18 01:21

you really want one guy to cast every fucking event? Have some diversity

2014-10-18 03:29

They have 5 casters out of 7 people wtf are you smoking there will definitely be a rotation for 4+ casters....

2014-10-18 06:15

Let me quote the original text "anders?" To what i replied with "you really want one guy to cast every fucking event? Have some diversity"

2014-10-18 19:48

tosspot > anders

2014-10-18 06:32

why is there only 4 analysts? lame..

Most of the analysts will also be casting matches.

2014-10-18 01:24

lurshit? yay..

2014-10-18 01:06

shitppis

2014-10-18 12:53

cadiaN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cadiaN gonna give some lessons? but scooooooooooooooooots <3

2014-10-18 01:07

Nice to see Lurppis and cadiaN, perfect combo for history and present look at the game. These guys is no doubt top 2 when it comes to csgo analysts!

5 replies

You don't have a clue about analyzing if you think cadiaN is a good analyzer.

2014-10-18 01:10

4 replies

I don't know how much you have interacted with the kid, but he has good knowledge, and i think he did a good job at ESL.

2014-10-18 01:16

" the kid ". You are like 13 years old lol.

2014-10-18 02:10

the kid? arent u like 14 lmaoooo

2014-10-18 12:01

lawl pls no cadian cast

b-but we need only semmler and anders

anders*

2014-10-18 01:37

tosspot <3

pls noo cadian:X why ????????

A: LDLC, Virtus.pro B: Fnatic, Dignitas

cloud9 are better then iBuY :(

2014-10-18 13:22

lol badiaN

2014-10-18 01:08

I just want to hear lurppis and thoorin again.

Lurpis analising a match:"Wow,fiflaren is so bad,NiP need to roster changes ASAP."

2014-10-18 01:09

That's retarded. Fifflaren is good.

2014-10-18 12:07

god*

2014-10-18 12:54

Thank you for fixing that.

2014-10-18 13:09

why cadian lmao

cadiaN :o

2014-10-18 01:11

Cadian sooooo fucking bad.

lurrpis!!! finally

t0ssp0t <3

2014-10-18 01:13

Group A Group B 1.Virtus.pro 1.fnatic 2.LDLC 2.dignitas 3.Cloud9 3.iBUYPOWER

$100 says you are wrong.

2014-10-18 02:48

VP 1st XD LDLC has beat VP almost every time they have faced

2014-10-18 03:23

Online

2014-10-18 08:21

fanboy detected

2014-10-18 11:42

and bart is not a fanboy?

2014-10-18 15:35

probably best casting lineup i've seen. finally no anders

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2014-10-18 01:20

2014-10-18 01:27

2014-10-18 04:49

2014-10-18 05:42

Only lurrpis, tosspot and thorin is good in this lineup

2014-10-18 08:27

2014-10-18 09:16

2014-10-18 09:46

+7 lurppis and tosspot combo

2014-10-18 10:55

n1111

2014-10-18 01:19

-cadian +a rock Better English and more personality

Even it will be great event, still, not the same without Anders and Semmler.

thank god no anders and semmler finally able to enjoy some quality matches

more analysts.... and cadian rly? lmao

JZFB to cast as well !!!!!

2014-10-18 01:22

He will!

2014-10-18 01:26

JAMES?

2014-10-18 01:25

JZFB is James

2014-10-18 04:50

Glad there's no Anders

Cadian, Thorin, Lurppis. This gonna be good. Haha.

Just to clear up, most of the analysts will also be casting matches! They will be rotating the analyzing and casting desks.

Are you saying that lurppis rotates better than fifflaren?

2014-10-18 12:57

we suck at cs but we have the best casters

2014-10-18 01:29

2014-10-18 02:20

Cuz you guys have better English than others.. :)

2014-10-18 04:33

But the shittiest accent worldwide..

2014-10-18 10:51

you realise there is literally hundreds of accents in the UK right?

2014-10-18 13:08

TosspoT :D

Cadian???? youtube.com/watch?v=iu-GqZu3z14

2014-10-18 01:30

hahahahahahahaha +213123123123123

2014-10-18 03:15

no anders no party

2014-10-18 01:33

why the fuck do they need 20 analysts every time? Free money I guess... Wouldnt it be better to cut some and add more cashprize or do they have too much money? Seriously -_-

2014-10-18 01:38

Why do you care about the prize?

2014-10-18 12:58

Without Anders and Semmler this tournament is going to be like a breath of fresh air to the CS scene. Also RIP iBP. They are going to get REKT

2014-10-18 01:41

2014-10-18 01:46

SirScoots + Tosspot + Thorin? Awesome :D

2014-10-18 01:42

would be perfect without cadian :/

2014-10-18 01:43

no anders no fun

thorin and lurppis that's good.

2014-10-18 01:45

#thorin4prez

2014-10-18 01:47

Price purse for 1st / 2nd / 3rd places???

2014-10-18 01:49

virtus pro vamos para ganar , vp go go go go

2014-10-18 01:52

oh so thats how you spell it.

2014-10-18 12:59

cadian "analyst" lmao

2014-10-18 01:56

Hey, maybe SOMEONE will understand his English

2014-10-18 02:21

Not anyone that's from a English speaking country for sure

2014-10-18 03:16

Especially not americans.

2014-10-18 05:08

You don't even have to be from English speaking country to see how much he blows.

2014-10-18 17:25

RiP MuRiCa

2014-10-18 02:01

cadian, really?..

2014-10-18 02:05

They should get 2GD as a caster, would watch every match just because of jim

2014-10-18 02:11

Awesome casters. Groups are really quite even.

2014-10-18 02:12

Even with cadiaN this is one of the best lineups so far.

2014-10-18 02:17

Without Anders and semmeler? lol

2014-10-18 03:04

They hype things to much they could be okay casters since NIP aren't at this event tho since they are NIP bias

2014-10-18 03:25

That's the point. Anders and Semmler are terrible.

2014-10-18 04:10

Lol?

2014-10-18 04:18

2014-10-18 09:47

anders and semmler blow hard

2014-10-18 05:41

Just because they have casted many games and at the beginning they did it for free, doesn't make them good casters.

2014-10-18 09:49

going to see it live then :D

2014-10-18 02:31

Thorin? again? i mean, srsly?

2014-10-18 03:06

Jesus where is semmler and anders : OOO O O why fucking Lurppish and cadian

2014-10-18 03:08

It's faceit.....

2014-10-18 05:09

And here i thought dreamhack had bad casters / analysts, thanks faceit for doing the impossible.

2014-10-18 03:26

Awsome scoots as host and thoorin and lurppis as analysts

2014-10-18 03:38

Nice to see lurppis, thorin and scoots!

2014-10-18 04:11

Nice to see Lurppis and Thorin there, they might even say the truth

2014-10-18 04:22

Thorin > all

2014-10-18 04:36

Lurrpishh suck my dick plz

2014-10-18 04:47

THORIN LIVES

2014-10-18 04:52

Great to know SirScoots will be appearing, but the casters just bores me..

2014-10-18 05:36

thorin, lurppis, tosspot, cadiaN best lineup ive ever seen in GO so far

2014-10-18 05:40

so ibuypower buying tickets for sightseeing again?

2014-10-18 05:47

c9 should leave groups. iBP i don't see beating dig or fnatic, not even close

2014-10-18 06:00

tosspot no.1 caster in history

2014-10-18 06:33

ez for ibuypower

2014-10-18 07:14

Brilliant group of teams. Any one of those teams could beat any of the others Fnatic and VP are possibly slight faves going into it but only just. Should be some awesome matches.

2014-10-18 07:15

jeez pls no this stupid fuck thorin ps. badian should be banned from casting, his english is terrible to hear "here comes interesting schmoke from virtush pro team"

2014-10-18 07:30

vomit

2014-10-18 08:06

niCe

2014-10-18 08:09

not sure why lurpiss would even want to be there, with no fifflaren to hate on

2014-10-18 08:18

People writing off ibp so early.. They might have a surprise planned..

2014-10-18 08:25

a surprise??? You mean.... CHANCE KNIFE?

2014-10-18 13:01

best lineup!

2014-10-18 08:44

Who the fuck are ddk and JZFB?

2014-10-18 08:49

You're about to find out

2014-10-18 09:48

2014-10-18 11:39

JZFB best caster IMHO

2014-10-18 13:02

No Fifflaren for Lurppis :(

2014-10-18 09:17

lol

ffs cadian really? -8/10 would not watch

2014-10-18 09:38

Fuck, why Nip not qual for this we want to see Lurppis commenating Fiffy :D

2014-10-18 09:44

Best casting lineup I have ever seen. Waiting for TosspoT + lurppis combo!

2014-10-18 09:50

NO ANDERS? IS THIS REAL LIFE? YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS

2014-10-18 10:32

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????

2014-10-18 14:00

NO, LIFE IS AMAZING, AN EVENT WITHOUT ANDERS IS THE BEST HTING THAT CAN HAPPEN

2014-10-18 14:03

tough groups, going to be awesome

2014-10-18 11:13

WTF Cadian ? Wonder if he brings his shitty mic

2014-10-18 11:14

Can't wait!

2014-10-18 11:31

TOSSPOT! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? :D

no nip, no anders haha

2014-10-18 11:43

1.c9 1.fnatic 2.vp 2.ibp 3.ldlc 3.dig

2014-10-18 12:15

LDLC > all

2014-10-18 12:20

Nice

2014-10-18 12:37

Group A 1 LDLC 2 VP 3 C9 Group B 1 Fnatic 2 iBP 3 Dignitas

2014-10-18 12:46

Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst Fuck yeah!

+1111111

2014-10-18 13:20

Can't wait to meet lurppis thorin sirscoots, ibp and c9 players!!!!!

2014-10-18 13:07

great Lineup! James has become a fantastic caster & thorin is without doubt the best analyst in cs:go. all the other guys are great as well and I'm sure faceit will provide a superb show!

2014-10-18 13:19

FINAL: VP vs LDLC

2014-10-18 14:01

SirScoots :)

2014-10-18 14:41

oh my god not cadian... The event is ruined :(

2014-10-18 17:23

holy shit, why do ppl hate him so much? i started following GO a couple months ago so idk... if you could tell me what is so wrong abaout him

2014-10-18 17:31

Don't worry, you'll figure it out once he starts to talk.

2014-10-18 17:32

ok then ahah

2014-10-19 03:14

No Room on Fire guys? :'(

2014-10-18 18:32

-cadiaN +pansy

2014-10-18 19:50

0% chance for virtus pro

2014-10-18 20:48

ddk and JZFB are the best duo and probably the best casters atm Go all games with them :D

2014-10-18 21:40

Love Cadian as a caster, don't get the hate in these comments.

2014-10-19 08:46

It's like a thing like... like a thing that goes like this.He likes to like, like words like like.

2014-10-19 15:58

rly Cadian? I don't understand , he is very bad for cast.

2014-10-20 14:52

lurppis as soon as someone is gonna have a <1 rating in a single match is gonna start saying that maybe he should consider moving to a coaching position chaloner is gonna say the opposite through the whole event fighting with him thorin is gonna say awkward things and pass them as compliments jzfb is gonna stay quiet and open cases on his inventory at least ddk and cadian can deliver an...average...performance. but seriously without tosspot, anders and semmler....meh....

2014-10-20 23:38