fb Masters S3 Finals viewer's guide

7-11-2014 21:12

With Fragbite Masters Season 3 Finals set to kick off tomorrow, here is our official viewer's guide for the event that boasts four teams and over $40,000 in prizes.

Over the long online season many fan favorites, including the likes of NiP, Na`Vi and Titan, had to bow out as just four teams made the Finals, where winners will take home over $21,500.

Those four teams include both ESWC finalists in fnatic and LDLC, as well as dignitas, and the third place finishers Virtus.pro, who attend with Jacek "⁠MINISE⁠" Jeziak as a stand-in.

Virtus.pro will have to do without Snax in Stockholm

Missing from Virtus.pro is Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski, who had to skip over the event due to becoming ill. This weekend also marks just the second event for dignitas with René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg back.

The four teams will be competing for a prize purse of 300,000 SEK (~$40,400), split among the finalists as follows - with each team also given travel support.

1. 160,000 SEK (~$21,600) + 15,000 SEK (~$2,000)
2. 80,000 SEK (~$10,800) + 15,000 SEK (~$2,000)
3. 40,000 SEK (~$5,400) + 15,000 SEK (~$2,000
4. 20,000 SEK (~$2,700) + 15,000 SEK (~$2,000)

Casting the event will be a team of five casters consisting of RoomOnFire duo, Duncan "Thorin" Shields, Richard Lewis and former NiP and coL star Marcus "⁠zet⁠" Sundström.

The Finals will begin where the online season left off, which means LDLC taking on Virtus.pro in the upper bracket, while fnatic will tackle dignitas in the lower bracket final.

Saturday, November 8
13:00	fnatic	vs. dignitas	BO3
17:00	LDLC	vs. Virtus.pro	BO3
21:00	Consolidation final		BO3

Sunday, November 9
17:00	Grand final		BO5

HLTV.org will not be on-site in Stockholm but will be covering the Fragbite Masters Season 3 Finals throughout the weekend with hot matches, statistics, and more.

Nice

2014-11-07 21:12

damn, that's hot

gl teams

2014-11-07 21:13

inb4 grand finals ldlc vs fnatic. ldlc 3-2. u heard it here first

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Dont think ldlc can beat fnatic.

2014-11-07 21:20

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and why not? They beat them online so they just need to get over the hurdle of LAN finals and they can do it.

2014-11-07 21:57

dont think ldlc can beat vp :D

2014-11-07 22:14

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Fanboy? VP have a standin for *SNAX* and with snax games were always close and the stand in isn't even michu who is probably way better then minise.

2014-11-07 22:53

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they still can surprise, vp is top 1 team like fnatic dignitas and ldlc so, dont forget that ;)

2014-11-07 23:37

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yeah with their entire lineup.. now they are a top 20 team

2014-11-08 00:45

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Michu is actually very strong

2014-11-08 03:12

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standin is minise brah

2014-11-08 15:13

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top20? i lol'd u have never seen how is vp doing with full time awper, it can be brilliant but it can be total garbage.

2014-11-08 17:04

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im gonna go with total garbage, based on that inferno play hahah, taz is so dumb for talking trash on overpass now looks stupid

2014-11-08 19:40

top 1,5 but it will be VERY hard to take 2 maps, without the crazy clutcher snax, if it was dignitas vp have chance, 50-50 for sure, with snax 65-35 (against dig)

2014-11-08 15:16

dont underest minise man :)

2014-11-08 01:51

yeah, not like theyre in far far superior form atm, polish fanboy

2014-11-07 23:20

they got raped by fnatic last final, now they are going to win 3-2? Where the hell do you get your logic.

2014-11-08 03:00

nice, gl fnatic!!

cool casting lineup!

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info about casters?

2014-11-07 21:53

Richard Lewis Host Duncan "Thorin" Shields Analyst Marcus "zet" Sundström Expert Anders Blume Commentator Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat Commentator

ty gumpster

2014-11-07 23:09

Why is Anders Blume missing a nickname? Doesn't he have one?

2014-11-08 13:05

snax so hot right now

Final bo5 with 1 map advantage or regular bo5?

2014-11-07 21:14

bo7 with both teams 1 map advantage

2014-11-07 21:24

sure bro ;d

2014-11-07 21:26

he means bo5 without 1map advantage :P

2014-11-08 02:03

Will it be possible to see FB masters live in Stockholm or is it a closed studio??

tweet fb

2014-11-08 01:27

Fnatic vs Dignitas Virtus.pro vs LDLC Virtus.pro vs Fnatic Fnatic vs LDLC 1. Fnatic 2. LDLC 3. Virtus.pro 4. Dignitas

2014-11-07 21:19

too much fnatic

2014-11-07 21:17

awesome prizes lol, n1 :D

2014-11-07 21:21

Event of four matches. Looks poor after the action-packed ESWC.

2014-11-07 21:23

action packed 16-0's in group stage

2014-11-07 21:31

16-1 Niperino

i thought taz was ill? with taz being replaced by a superior player, they could have done really well here. oh well, too bad, losing snax is too much. RIP vp.

2014-11-07 21:27

lan or online

2014-11-07 21:29

2014-11-07 21:33

2k travel support for fnatic lel

2014-11-07 21:41

They can take a business class train huhuehue.

bitches for JW

2014-11-07 22:34

hoes for pronax

2014-11-07 23:07

omfg it's gonna be ANOTHER LDLC, fnatic final.

2014-11-07 21:46

yeah probably :/ will be hard for VP to beat LDLC without their key player, hope minise will do well though

VP-fnatic in final

2014-11-07 21:47

BO5 wtf

2014-11-07 21:54

snax is defiantly a huge loss, but i still think VP can pull it off if taz, neo, byali and pasha play their top game.

2014-11-07 22:31

Their temporary 5th might do some damage as well ;)

2014-11-07 23:15

Love dat bo5

2014-11-07 22:58

gl dig

2014-11-07 23:02

Go Diggy play like you did at gfinity group stages :D

2014-11-07 23:34

no snax no party minise can be insane with awp, but who knows how he'll perform

2014-11-07 23:53

nice to have zet in casters :D

2014-11-07 23:54

does anyone have a link to the brackets for the qualifiers?

2014-11-08 00:21

Bit of a waste to hoste finals where teams get eliminated after one match, should use the SLTV format where teams atleast play twice before they are possibly out.

2014-11-08 00:41