Cologne NA qualifier viewer's quide

30-7-2015 22:14

The ESL One Cologne North American qualifier, which will give out the last two spots for the upcoming major, starts in just under two days and here's the viewer's guide with everything you need to know.

Eight North American teams are in the battle for the last couple of spots for ESL One Cologne, including Cloud9, Liquid, CLG and more, with the groups looking as follows:

Group A	Group B
Cloud9	CLG
Team Liquid	Mythic
Tempo Storm	Maximum Effort
Noble Esports	eLevate

Those will be played in the usual GSL-like best-of-one format, from which the top two sides advance to a best-of-three single elimination semi-finals. Winners of each semi-final receive a spot at the major.

The qualifier begins on Saturday, when most of the group stage is going to be played out, with the exception of the decider match, followed up by the semi-finals on Sunday:

Saturday, August 1st
19:00	Cloud9	vs. Noble	A1	BO1
20:15	Tempo Storm	vs. Liquid	A2	BO1
21:30	A1 winner	vs. A2 winner	A3	BO1
22:45	A1 loser	vs. A2 loser	A4	BO1
00:15	CLG	vs. eLevate	B1	BO1
01:30	Maximum Effort	vs. Mythic	B2	BO1
02:45	B1 winner	vs. B2 winner	B3	BO1
04:00	B1 loser	vs. B2 loser	B4	BO1

Sunday, August 2nd
19:00	A3 loser	vs. A4 winner	A5	BO1
20:15	B3 loser	vs. B4 winner	B5	BO1
21:45	Semi-final #1 (B3 winner vs. A5 winner)			BO3
01:00	Semi-final #2 (A3 winner vs. B5 winner)			BO3

Note that the times mentioned above merely serve as an estimate, the matches will start as soon as possible after previous ones come to an end.

ESL have stressed that the event will not be open for the public, but all matches will naturally be broadcasted on ESL's official stream, which you will be able to find on our main page once it goes live.

yey

2015-07-30 22:14

2 replies

easy for CZ haha

2015-07-31 14:55

1 reply

the battle for last place at cologne

2015-07-31 21:04

nuce

easy cloud9

nice

2015-07-30 22:15

noble ez

2015-08-01 03:18

Is luminosity the Brazilians?

3 replies

they're legends so no.

Oh yeah that's right.

2015-07-30 22:16

no theyre already invited to the main tourney

Cloud9 CLG will qualify for cologne

With Tempo Storm as the dark horse.

2015-07-31 06:34

cloud9 tempo

Change Luminosity to Mythic (ex-luminosity)?

C9 and Tempo will qualify.

is Luminosity ex-KeyD or Mythic?

Mythic Ex-Keyd already qualified for major

2015-07-30 22:18

Mythic did not Ex-Keyd/LG has

2015-07-31 06:39

That's what he meant, he forgot a comma.

2015-07-31 15:02

viewer's quide?

2015-07-30 22:17

Cloud 9 definitely; probably Tempo Storm, maybe CLG; 1% chance for Liquid.

Liquid stronk in murica

2015-07-31 09:55

ez cloud9 and tempo storm

fucking muricans

2015-07-31 13:26

Is it me or I can read BO3 in the last 2 matches? Omfg nice progress ESL

ez C9 and CLG

2015-07-30 22:19

"Semi-final #1 (B1 winner vs. A5 winner)" might want to fix this, it should be B3 winner, instead of B1, right? (same with semi 2)

2015-07-30 22:20

4 replies

Nop its right as it is

2015-07-30 22:22

i think youre right i saw this mistake too

2015-07-30 22:26

Yep, you're right, please fix.

2015-07-30 22:54

2015-07-31 03:09

ez for roca

2015-07-30 22:25

hope c9 wont qualify

2015-07-30 22:27

lol

2015-07-30 22:30

^^ the most pathetic type of counter strike viewer

2015-07-30 22:36

Many of his precious skins were lost whenever c9 plays.

2015-07-31 05:56

i dont bet on NA. Who would bet on bots

2015-07-31 09:37

either c9 and clg or c9 and tempo i guess luminosity could squeak in there but i really hope not, id like to see an na team other than c9 get some rounds there

noble, elevate

2015-07-30 22:31

i never saw so much bots in one post

2015-07-30 22:34

ez for rob-wiz. 40 bomber inc.

1st

2015-07-30 22:37

C9 and TS or CLG will qualify

2015-07-30 22:39

Go Liquid and Tempo Storm!

2015-07-30 22:40

Ez draw for C9 again.

2015-07-30 22:42

Ez for 3dmax

2015-07-30 22:43

luminosity already qualified for major, (ex-keyd lineup) legends spot

2015-07-30 22:47

6 replies

Yes, and they are from USA, right? No. That's obviously ex-Luminosity.

2015-07-30 22:49

5 replies

yes, now they play in NA division

2015-07-30 22:51

but they are still brazilians. Playing on NA leagues doesn't mean that you changed the country you're from.

2015-07-30 22:52

i know, but they play NA qualify in tournaments

You even said they are already qualified yourself. Brain, use it.

yes xD

2015-07-30 22:55

CLG n C9, CLG will do better than C9 at Cologne.

2015-07-30 22:45

Cloud9 should qualify, but given the Bo1 format there's a lot of upset potential with both Liquid (who typically give C9 a run for their money) and Tempo Storm (very new team, hard to counter strat). I'd expect a C9/Forcebuyihilum and CLG/Liquid in the semis. TempoStorm and Liquid should be a good match though, and will have to pretty much play twice. Hopefully Liquid chokes and make roster moves since they have a ton of talent and have a ton of money to play with. Edit: Author, replace Luminosity with Mythic. Also fix your semi-finals: it's "(B3 winner vs. A5 winner)" not "(B1 winner vs. A5 winner)"

2015-07-30 22:59

Don't write Nihilum out nor elevate in group B anyone can come through in a B01 all 4 of those teams are very close in skill

2015-07-30 22:58

I agree. I actually think Nihilum's forcebuying habits can excel in a Bo1 format since they're underdogs. I can't say much about Elevate, I haven't seem them play outside of CEVO qualifiers against open teams. On paper, they are another good (relative to NA) team.

2015-07-30 23:01

c9 and tempo storm win edit: nvm theyre in same group. c9 and max effort obv

You don't understand how the groups work, its top 2 from each group go to a semi final, where c9 and tempo will not meet. This means the possibility of c9 and tempo qualifying is higher if they both are better than the rest

2015-07-30 23:45

light a candle for noble

lol hhahahahha fucking nme is more deserving of that spot than noble

then maybe nme should have won their qualifier games

noble had an unfair advantage with flom subbing for them, imo rob wiz, 4 shot, and maybe lopez are the only decent players on that team.

2015-07-30 23:34

play.eslgaming.com/counterstrike/csgo/cs.. Noble, with fl0m as a sub, beat both Method (invite team) and affNity (invite team) to qualify. EnemyGG lost to Tempo.

fl0m only subbed for the Method B03. But that's exactly my point right there.

2015-07-30 23:56

luminosity? they are legends.. lol

2015-07-30 22:53

noble boys

DAMMIT I WANTED TO GO AND SEE IT

2015-07-30 22:57

Easy for Cloud9 & CLG

2015-07-30 23:17

not ez for clg, but they have a good shot at securing the second spot.

2015-07-30 23:35

quide pls

2015-07-30 23:20

ez for lakers

Group 1: c9 tempo Group 2: CLG eLevate c9 vs elevate: c9 tempo vs clg: tempo c9 & tempo will go to cologne

2015-07-30 23:43

someone pls change luminosity to mythic

2015-07-30 23:44

Shouldn't it say B3 winner vs A5 winner and A3 winner vs B5 winner or am i just dumb?

2015-07-30 23:47

That's what I thought too, I couldn't figure out where the A3 winner ended up

2015-07-31 00:53

im just gonna guess its B3 and A3

2015-07-31 00:54

POV streams??

2015-07-30 23:48

Cloud9's mad about pov's so prolly not

2015-07-30 23:51

change LG to mythic :^)

2015-07-30 23:50

Bo3 for american qualifier but not for EU, alright

it was bo3 for the Asian one as well, it's literally ESL being cunts and not doing bo3 :D even for the major!!!!

2015-07-31 01:30

in Hiko we trust

2015-07-31 01:10

I would love to see a clash between CLG and Tempo Storm in a bo3 in the semi finals.

2015-07-31 01:15

C9 wont qualify they'll only come in second to qualifying :'(

2015-07-31 02:45

Now we have BO3s lmao

2015-07-31 03:02

C9/CLG or Tempo most likely

2015-07-31 04:13

LAN in burbank, CA

2015-07-31 05:16

C9 should take one spot pretty convincingly. The 2nd spot is quite open to anyone to be honest. I'd like to see CLG or Tempo take it. :)

2015-07-31 05:24

pls c9 & clg every other option is terrible ex-luminosity should just disband ex-nih should just disband liquid are terrible tempo also lacking

2015-07-31 05:29

C9 CLG

2015-07-31 05:30

21:45 Semi-final #1 (B1 winner vs. A5 winner) BO3 01:00 Semi-final #2 (A1 winner vs. B5 winner) BO3 Nope.. It's B3 winner vs A5 winner and A3 winner vs B5 winner..

2015-07-31 08:20

murican lowbobs aint gna win shi8t in cologne anyways gl

2015-07-31 09:08

Can someone post times to these games that actually make sense? 04:00 B1 loser vs. B2 loser B4 BO1 what are they gonna play at 4am in the morning???

2015-07-31 09:14

You can set your timezone in your profile settings, then all times will be translated accordingly, these times are CEST.

2015-07-31 09:45

you know that there is not 1 timezone in the world lmao

2015-07-31 16:38

viewer's "quide" :D

2015-07-31 11:04

Liquid and C9. wtb c9 sticker to add to collection from previous majors.

2015-07-31 11:09

This format makes sense. Bo3 in deciding matches. Why couldn't European qualifier be the same? Ie. Dignitas - flipside and Titan - lgb in bo3.

2015-07-31 13:04

I signed up just to say this, I'm tired of seeing the same thrash NA teams, i.e. CLG and Liquid show up to these events with the same results. C9 is marginally better, on the world stage but let Tempo Storm show what they can do. Hopefully the results will be better.

2015-07-31 16:42

Think C9 has proven that they're more than just 'marginally' better, after the past 4 events. Agree that CLG, and especially Liquid, have underwhelmed. By the way, your name sounds familiar. Did you ever play Wolfenstein:ET?

2015-08-01 19:37