ASUS ROG Winter viewer's guide

28-1-2015 15:58

On Friday, January 30th ASUS ROG Winter kicks off with eight teams battling for a share of $25,000, you'll find everything you need to know about the event right here in the viewer's guide.

Eight teams, including the likes of NiP, Virtus.pro, Titan and HellRaisers, were drawn into two groups of four, which will be played in a GSL format on the first day of ASUS ROG Winter 2015.

Group A	Group B
Virtus.pro	NiP
Null element HellRaisers	Titan
PENTA	3DMAX
volgare	mousesports

Top two teams from each group will then battle it out on the second day of the competition in a single elimination best-of-three bracket. You can see the full schedule of the event below:

Friday, January 30
16:00	Virtus.pro	vs. volgare	BO1	A1
16:00	Null element HellRaisers	vs. PENTA	BO1	A2
17:00	Winner of A1	vs. Winner of A2	BO1	A3
17:00	Loser of A1	vs. Loser of A2	BO1	A4
18:00	Loser of A3	vs. Winner of A4	BO1	A5
20:00	NiP	vs. mousesports	BO1	B1
20:00	Titan	vs. 3DMAX	BO1	B2
21:00	Winner of B1	vs. Winner of B2	BO1	B3
21:00	Loser of B1	vs. Loser of B2	BO1	B4
22:00	Loser of B3	vs. Winner of B4	BO1	B5

Saturday, January 31
11:00	Semi-final #1		BO3
14:00	Semi-final #2		BO3
18:00	Third place decider		BO3
21:45	Grand final		BO3

The RoomOnFire Twitch channel will be present on site to provide viewers with streamed matches, with the following five-man crew of two casters, two analysts and a host:

Anders "Anders" Blume - Caster
Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Caster
Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson - Analyst
Marcus "zet" Sundström - Analyst
Richard "Gonzo" Lewis - Host

National Finnish TV channel YLE will also be broadcasting the grand final of the tournament live, as well as streaming it on the website of YLE Areena.

The teams will battle for a total of $25,000, which will be split between the top four accordingly:

1. $12,000
2. $7,000
3. $4,000
4. $2,000

HLTV.org will be travelling on-site to Finland, Helsinki, to provide you with full coverage of the event taking place from January 30-31, including hot matches, galleries, stats, interviews and more.

nice

2015-01-28 15:59

15 replies

semmler is american??????

2015-01-28 17:50

14 replies

Pretty easy to tell just by listening to him but okay.

2015-01-28 18:04

5 replies

well no, he does speak fluently but that doesnt tell that he is from usa, and he doesnt have accent of any kind.

2015-01-29 14:30

4 replies

Yeah he does? youtube.com/watch?v=ygOm6z95zSg That's definitely an American accent. Maybe not as distinguished as, say, Obama's, but it's easy to tell that he's from the U.S.

2015-01-29 14:41

3 replies

He's French/American btw, not that it matters, just FYI :)

2015-01-30 17:01

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I know he says he's French but I'm quite sure he was born and grew up in California. A lot of people from the U.S. (except the south) stress their European heritage for some reason. Does he even speak French? Just wondering. I'm half Finnish by blood but I don't speak their language or spend any time there so I don't "identify" myself as Finnish at all. Way off topic, but whatever.

2015-01-30 23:19

1 reply

He does speak French afaik.

2015-01-31 12:30

half murican / half french and he lives in swedish find out about his nationality and win a trip to mozambique

2015-01-28 18:32

6 replies

Good post hehe

2015-01-28 18:54

"Lives in Swedish" lol. But seriously, is he living in Sweden?!

2015-01-29 13:44

yes he lives in sweden ;D obv i didnt want to write he lives in swedish

2015-01-29 13:47

NP bro! Had no idea, sweet! Stockholm?

2015-01-29 14:51

i dont rly know but anders said last time on stream that he is half murican/french and lives in sweden

2015-01-29 18:07

Yup he lives in Stockholm, not sure where tho. Someone said in a older streaming that his at their Room On Fire house/Place.

2015-01-31 00:55

He's born in France if I'm not wrong but live in Sweden, but I also think he is half american!

2015-01-30 17:28

ez 4 kennys

2015-01-28 19:43

u right, but he's not alone, so, he can't get out of the poule, sad =/

2015-01-28 23:47

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

youtube.com/watch?v=IJUvObTUd1s

2015-01-28 16:25

inc lol :D

2015-01-28 17:01

That's when you hear who Anders is a real fan of ^^.

2015-01-28 17:02

easy for my HellRaisars!!! go go

2015-01-28 16:00

kek

2015-01-29 12:53

nice group b ^_^

ez 4 hr

2015-01-28 16:01

I might be the only one but i love fiff as a caster/analyst.

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I would like to see him + lurpis as analysts =D

2015-01-28 16:02

Lurppis is head admin, so he was probably behind hiring fifflaren in a first place.

2015-01-28 20:08

Hes doing a great job. He knows how to articulate and hes pretty funny... And on top of that he knows the game better than any other caster.

2015-01-28 16:06

You're not alone bro

2015-01-28 16:11

he is a GREAT caster

2015-01-28 16:14

He is awesome

2015-01-28 16:35

lol, everyone loves him as that.

2015-01-28 16:55

I hate him as analyst/caster, he's very boring

2015-01-28 18:12

winland addition: ez for nips

2015-01-28 16:04

waiting for vp vs nip

pretty much.

2015-01-28 16:48

RoF and mousesports hype!

Gonzo best

good stuff.

2015-01-28 16:03

FIFLOOOOORIN OR RITO Thooorin hates NiP Fiflaren was NiP | Best duo

ermaherd why rof

nice ! gl Nip and VP

Again BO1, it's not good...

2015-01-28 16:05

-zet +Thorin

Why not both? :)

2015-01-28 16:12

There is already an ex-pro with way more experience in csgo. zet would be useless with those 3 guys out there. He doesn't talk that much and he wouldn't say anything new, just agree what others say and give a little bit of his personal opinion.

How do you know this? Seen him analyze LAN events before :D??

2015-01-28 21:00

He was a fragbite lan?

2015-01-29 04:10

I was just thinking the opposite, nice to see what zet brings to the table, he was fantastic player.

2015-01-28 22:25

it's LAN?

2015-01-28 16:08

Yes

no thorin no fun

No thorin = time for anyone else to talk..

2015-01-28 21:28

Well yes he can be annoying sometimes when he interrupt someone in the middle of the sentence. But let's be honest he is one of the greatest analyst in csgo

2015-01-28 21:35

Nip or titan

2015-01-28 16:10

gl volgare

LAN?

Easy win for NIP. Fiffy <3

2015-01-28 16:13

nothing speccialy on commenting matches. just saying what he saw, I mean "1:1 resul for dnjadajsdauj, djidiaidijd losed the eco". LMFAO. 0 momentum, usseles analys

2015-01-28 16:27

What? You don't like Fiffy? I think you are the only one! (He's not a caster)

2015-01-28 16:33

Dont know him as human, but hes low for team like NiP. He's support player, yeah. 9 kills for whole grand final are not enough tho. Compared to results with Maik, they're not much different, even tho Maik is not support player.

2015-01-28 22:53

VP vs NiP #finalHYPEEE

Easy win for NIP then :) <3

nice try fapelele

2015-01-28 16:15

Mouz vs. NiP Final, the dream lives :D

2015-01-28 16:53

ezy for nip

a1 or a2 on main stream?

2015-01-28 16:16

conference

2015-01-28 19:44

ye we will see

2015-01-28 19:45

what is the event that NBK told that they gonna attend in Sweden?

2015-01-28 16:19

Pantamera

Where is lurppis?

2015-01-28 16:22

Nice!!!

2015-01-28 16:23

Fiffy took lurppis job :D

lurppis is the head admin...

2015-01-28 17:21

Anders "Anders" Blume dat nick

2015-01-28 16:24

why mouz are even qualifited, we all know they gona be crushed out of grop stages?

allu vs mouz - will be nice to see

2015-01-28 16:28

Group A is a joke

2015-01-28 16:30

Richard "Gonzo" Lewis, say what now? TIL!

2015-01-28 16:31

I was looking for RLewis, but not for "GONZO" wtf :(

2015-01-28 16:36

Cant wait to see rpk on LAN again!

RPKTANK & kennyS going to win this

2015-01-29 17:55

wow unfair bias towards VP.

I like it. To be honest, Richard Lewis as host is pretty good.

Zet & fifflaren n1

2015-01-28 16:38

GL Volgare :D

2015-01-28 16:39

I will cheer for mouse hope they will do some cool stuff

2015-01-28 16:40

where the fuck is thorin

2015-01-28 16:46

since when is volgare pro clan LEL

Who said that they`re professionals?

2015-01-28 16:51

and tell me,which serbian team got qualified?

2015-01-28 17:08

only 1 Finnish team :/

2015-01-28 16:49

The point is, its international tournament being hosted @fin

2015-01-29 11:58

NiP vs VP final should be fun.

2015-01-28 16:56

GL VOLGARE!

2015-01-28 17:09

NiP vs VP final HYPE

2015-01-28 17:10

without LDLC / NiP will win this tournament

2015-01-28 17:16

lol @ the groups

2015-01-28 17:15

Again, no Bo3 in groupstages :(. I agree that it makes it interesting by watching out for upsets, but unfortunately it doesn't give accurate results concerning how well a team performs.

this, and maybe then lower teams would get better chance too :/

2015-01-28 17:32

My prediction about ASUS ROG Winter! Friday, January 30 17:00 Virtus.pro vs. volgare BO1 % 80-20 17:00 HellRaisers vs. PENTA BO1 % 60-40 18:00 Virtus.pro vs. HellRaisers BO1 % 60-40 18:00 volgare vs. PENTA BO1 % 35-65 19:00 HellRaisers vs. PENTA BO1 % 60-40 21:00 NiP vs. mousesports BO1 % 70-30 21:00 Titan vs. 3DMAX BO1 % 75-25 22:00 NiP vs. Titan BO1 % 60-40 22:00 mousesports vs. 3DMAX BO1 % 65-35 23:00 Titan vs. mousesports BO1 % 65-35 Saturday, January 31 12:00 Virtus.pro vs. NiP BO3 % 45-55 15:00 HellRaisers vs. Titan BO3 % 45-55 19:00 Virtus.pro vs. HellRaisers BO3 % 60-40 22:45 NiP vs. Titan BO3 % 60-40 1. NiP 2. Titan 3. Virtus.pro 4. HellRaisers Done!

2015-01-28 17:19

mouz vs 3dmax more like 50-50

2015-01-28 17:22

If both nip and vp will win group stage, they can fight only at final.

2015-01-28 20:22

at least 3DMAX doesn't have to travel just to play two games... because they're playing in Helsinki Keppo

2015-01-28 17:25

1º NiP/VP 3º PENTA 4º Titan

2015-01-28 17:33

gl volgare.

2015-01-28 17:37

VP easy win here

2015-01-28 17:36

Richard "Gonzo" Lewis - Host

2015-01-28 17:38

That stacked group B though.

2015-01-28 17:43

Let's go Virtus Pro!

2015-01-28 17:48

Gif faceit crew! At least fiffy will be there...

2015-01-28 17:49

NiP ez money

2015-01-28 17:57

awh looks like 3dmax are not gonna get out of groups :(

2015-01-28 18:02

- richard lewis + thorin

2015-01-28 18:03

2015-01-28 19:28

Anders and semmler are back! ^_^ After ddk and that second guy on MLG, I even enjoyed PansY's cast

2015-01-28 18:20

3dmax.., home soil advantage, anything than the tournament win (preferably a dominant showing in the final) is a huge let down

2015-01-28 18:21

inb4 they 16-3 nip or vp in final kappa

2015-01-29 11:48

gl volgare!!

2015-01-28 18:35

gonzo

2015-01-28 19:01

semmler is cancer

What is the entrance fee for this event? I live like 1 km away.

2015-01-28 19:42

20-30€ assembly.org/winter15/tickets

2015-01-28 22:43

2015-01-28 20:02

VP vs. NIP in final

2015-01-28 23:00

Finally I can bet on VP cause it's LAN...

2015-01-28 23:30

Fiffy hype!

2015-01-29 01:17

GL HR

2015-01-29 09:15

Mouz hype ez win go go

2015-01-29 12:04

'Gonzo'? Wait, what?

2015-01-29 12:27

1-NiP 2-VP 3-TiTAN

2015-01-29 13:46

YES!! Fiffy is there he can sign my mousepad "Fifflaren the 5th ninja"

2015-01-29 17:54

Friday games also shown in the main stage?

2015-01-29 18:30

wtf ? no fnatic no ldlc ? boring event :/

2015-01-29 18:32

vp-titan nip-hr titan-nip titan

2015-01-29 19:10

good joke mate

2015-01-30 15:13

We will see mate any team between those 4 have equal chances to win, but somehow I see kenny owning everyone alone.

2015-01-30 17:21

Lol easy X-D all-in nip

2015-01-30 16:59

fifflaren&zet such bawses

2015-01-30 17:20

Is it delay or what happens? :S

2015-01-30 17:26

What keyboard are they using? :o

2015-01-31 15:15

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