Schedule for ESL Dubai Invitational

7-9-2015 23:39

ESL and ESEA have released the full schedule for the upcoming invitational event in Dubai.

From September 10-12, ESL and ESEA will be hosting a $250,000 invitational tournament for eight teams in Dubai as part of GAMES 15, an annual expo dedicated to the video gaming industry.

The competition will kick off with a best-of-one GSL group stage, with the decider being played in a best-of-three format. The top two teams from each group will advance to the best-of-three semi-finals, which will give access to the best-of-five final.

fnatic are the ESL ESEA Pro League defending champions

Below you can find the full schedule for the Dubai Invitational, which will mark the beginning of the second season of the ESL ESEA Pro League:

Thursday, September 10th
11:15	EnVyUs	vs. Cloud9	A1
12:45	Virtus.pro	vs. NiP	A2
14:00	fnatic	vs. Titan	B1
15:15	Team SoloMid	vs. Null element Natus Vincere	B2
16:30	A1 winner	vs. A2 winner	A3
18:05	A1 loser	vs. A2 loser	A4
19:30	B1 winner	vs. B2 winner	B3
20:55	B1 loser	vs. B2 loser	B4
Friday, September 11th
09:45	A3 loser	vs. A4 winner (Bo3)
13:15	B3 loser	vs. B4 winner (Bo3)
16:30	Semi-final #1
20:30	Semi-final #2
Saturday, September 12th
16:30	Grand final

nice

2015-09-07 23:40

34 replies

c9 best ska best

2015-09-07 23:42

14 replies

16x0 incoming.... for nv ofc

2015-09-08 04:26

7 replies

Free 100k for fnatic incoming once more...take a ss and make it your wallpaper

2015-09-08 07:01

6 replies

Wow thanks for predicting that the best team will win. Thats so unlikely. How could you think of that? Your prediction skills are great. I bet you also predicted thats its gonna be sandy in dubai. Wow

2015-09-08 07:24

5 replies

lol

2015-09-08 12:16

And if he were to say other team, you would make fun of how he doesnt know teams.

2015-09-08 16:11

1 reply

actually I wouldnt

2015-09-08 17:19

sandy in dubai? bro dubai is not how they show in mission impossible. and it's not so obvious to everyone that fnatic gonna win..nip fangays still think nip is going to win the whole thing, i would be surprised if they could beat VP first (should be a good match) just read the comments below and you will see people predicting every team winning this tournament, which is true (except for titan, c9 and nip ofc lelelele). there are some strong teams. hope to see some sexy cs.

2015-09-09 16:58

1 reply

its still in between a desert and a ocean

2015-09-09 18:58

I like Cloud9 but between EnVyUs, Virtus.pro and NiP... GG C9 :(

2015-09-08 04:59

5 replies

Probably ... I actually think they are better than nip, but unless they have improved a lot I think their chances vs nv and vp are slim

2015-09-08 06:10

4 replies

They are slim for sure, but if sean unpacks some sick tactics they can definetly make it

2015-09-08 07:25

3 replies

nah nip is shit

2015-09-08 08:35

2 replies

wrong reply?

2015-09-08 09:49

1 reply

yeah whoops.. i read that wrong lol

2015-09-08 10:09

ez fnatic

2015-09-07 23:43

1 reply

EZ CLG

2015-09-07 23:44

c9 ez win

2015-09-07 23:48

1 reply

yes

2015-09-07 23:49

will adderall be allowed @dubai?

2015-09-07 23:58

13 replies

dude you'd get locked up just for kissing a girl, they'd lock you up and throw away the key if they found drugs on you. Even Allu wont' take his redbull just incase.

2015-09-08 00:09

11 replies

It's Dubai, not Saudi-Arabia

2015-09-08 00:12

5 replies

Owned

2015-09-08 00:19

csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/040.. you were saying?

2015-09-08 00:55

3 replies

As a Brit who regularly visits Dubai and regularly has a "great" time there, I can say that kissing in public isn't a big deal. Unless you're in a shopping mall or on the train but who honestly makes out in those places? Go to any bar in Dubai and people will be making out at some point.

2015-09-08 07:47

"The Cristian Science Monitor".. Please sir, can u find me a more biased page maybe ? :P i ROFL'ed at the name though... :P

2015-09-08 14:06

1 reply

Lmao I know but it does happen even wether you trust this page or not :p

2015-09-08 14:22

actually, kissing girls-not in dubai, but in countries that you are talking about- is a much bigger offense than taking adderall. so no need to worry about that too much. but it's esl so I assume they're gonna be a bitch about regardless of the place they are holding their shitty tourneys.

2015-09-08 00:19

3 replies

"shitty" they are the 2nd best Tournament organizer after Dreamhack for me.

2015-09-08 02:34

2 replies

You mean Electronic Sports late?

2015-09-08 09:29

I think Gfinity is also better than them and there aren't that many organizers out there, they are like the 2nd/3rd best out of like 5 organizers. and I mean shitty because of their ignorance towards people(including pro players and analysts) feedback about anything. The group and tournament formatting for example.

2015-09-08 11:21

LOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLL

2015-09-08 00:22

hhhhh

2015-09-08 00:22

Ez Na'Vi

2015-09-08 14:37

Ez fnatic

2015-09-07 23:40

fnatic champions

2015-09-07 23:40

expected

2015-09-07 23:40

ez LG

2015-09-07 23:40

GO TITAN

2015-09-07 23:41

titan 16-0 fnatic

2015-09-07 23:41

Fnatic wins. Count on this.

2015-09-07 23:41

2 replies

Wow. No one before you ever said fnatic was gonna win anything... oh wait there were the two million under every esl one post.

2015-09-08 07:27

1 reply

you keep going around posting this comment, you seem like a sad person :/

2015-09-08 09:50

Im taking thursday off school

2015-09-07 23:41

Hopefully c9 and NiP will make it through! Let's go boys!

2015-09-07 23:43

Protip: Fnatic to win everything, it's so predictable.

2015-09-07 23:44

Notice that the teams that will probably fall first are on the right side of the list?

2015-09-07 23:45

1 reply

Yes. That's the seeding system in place.

2015-09-08 03:46

rip titan

2015-09-07 23:45

vp will go out so early no chance for them against these teams

2015-09-07 23:46

1 reply

>no chance against nip >no chance against nv/c9 lmao

2015-09-08 08:29

EZ Team SuckMan

2015-09-07 23:48

Sep 10: EnVyUs - Cloud9 1-0 Virtus.Pro - NiP 1-0 fnatic - Titan 1-0 TSM - Na`Vi 1-0 EnVyUs - Virtus.Pro 1-0 Cloud9 - NiP 0-1 fnatic - TSM 1-0 Titan - Na`Vi 0-1 Sep 11: Virtus.Pro - NiP 2-0 TSM - Na`Vi 2-1 EnVyUs - TSM 2-1 fnatic - Virtus.Pro 2-1 Sep 12: EnVyUs - fnatic 1-3

2015-09-07 23:49

4 replies

NiP>c9 i aren't think that

2015-09-07 23:54

3 replies

LG > NiP > C9

2015-09-08 00:02

2 replies

C9>Liquid>CLG>LG>NIP

2015-09-08 00:13

1 reply

C9>CLG>LG>NiP

2015-09-10 18:57

Ez 100k for fnatic

2015-09-07 23:49

ez titan

2015-09-07 23:50

2015-09-07 23:52

again ez for fnatic xd I hope it's envy vs fnatic in the finals

2015-09-07 23:52

ez money for fnatic

2015-09-07 23:52

2ez4fnatic

2015-09-07 23:53

nv vp, fnatic and tsm.. fnatic to take it all..

2015-09-07 23:56

fnatic should take this if they can keep their current form. Cloud9 yet again in the same group as EnvyUs and Virtus Pro, they definitely have a good chance against EnvyUs as their playstyle hasn't changed all that much since the roster change. Also a good chance to finally get back at Virtus Pro, Gares has surely done a lot of homework on them.

2015-09-07 23:58

1 reply

nt burger

2015-09-08 10:16

First major outside europe.

2015-09-08 00:00

5 replies

No major m8.

2015-09-08 00:05

4 replies

depends on how you define a major.. *250k *best teams in the world i dont give a shit about stickers tbh

2015-09-08 00:11

3 replies

Don't give a damn about stickers either. But it's a major when it's Valve sponsored.

2015-09-08 00:15

1 reply

No offense, but why do i give a shit about valve hosted tournaments? The only difference is stickers lol...

2015-09-08 00:28

-only 8 teams -invite only Not a major

2015-09-08 04:36

Gonna be too ez for fnatic once again :(. The hopes of NiP finding some form have been long gone.

2015-09-08 00:05

envy vp fnatic tsm ez

2015-09-08 00:15

I guess VP, Titan and Na'Vi won't finish Gamers "Paradise". This shit experience will probably influence their form in Dubai.

2015-09-08 00:17

2 replies

Since I saw the dates of both events I didn't even understood why VP and Na`Vi went to Gamers Hell. 1 of them would made the final most likely so it would be pretty much get to the final, play , travel to dubai , play. Makes zero sense to me risk a 250k tornament for that s***.

2015-09-08 00:34

1 reply

It would be nice warmup before Dubai if they would actually play.

2015-09-08 00:35

dis gon b gud

2015-09-08 00:21

NiP <3

2015-09-08 00:22

no BRAz.... team

2015-09-08 00:24

gogo NiP

2015-09-08 00:30

So you can still lose two bo1's and be eliminated... that's horrible. There are 8 teams at this tournament, how can we not have all bo3's??

2015-09-08 01:31

youtube.com/watch?v=bcuAw77J8_Y

2015-09-08 01:34

Is the final bo5?

2015-09-08 03:08

why c9 and no luminosity? wasnt all this team from quartfinals of ESL Cologne 2015 ?!?! atleast 7 of them are! :/

2015-09-08 03:13

3 replies

ah no...there are titan instead of kinguin too :O

2015-09-08 03:13

2 replies

No, this has nothing to do with last major; it's just an invitational tournament with the top 8 of ESL's shitty rankings.

2015-09-08 03:15

1 reply

I agree. Why would anyone put c9 in their top 8?

2015-09-08 08:19

Is it just me, or are these literally the best opening matches possible? EnVy coming back for revenge against C9 with a new lineup, fnatic facing their old kryptonite in Ex6's Titan, and what some call El Clasico of CSGO, VP-NiP.

2015-09-08 03:18

1 reply

I am really looking forward to nV vs c9. I want to see how they match up after the addition of kennyS and apeX.

2015-09-08 03:39

if fnaitc win this they are basically cs go legends, ESL katowcie, ESL one colonge, ESL ESEA Pro league, and this ESL ESEA dubai xD, they gonna make history.

2015-09-08 03:20

"bo3 decider match" still means you're out if you go 0-2 in groups I think

2015-09-08 03:22

1 reply

Yep...:D kinda retarded imo

2015-09-08 03:41

I really hope navi show up ...

2015-09-08 03:37

Sep 10: EnVyUs - Cloud9 1-0 Virtus.Pro - NiP 1-0 fnatic - Titan 1-0 TSM - Na`Vi 1-0 EnVyUs - Virtus.Pro 1-0 Cloud9 - NiP 1-0 fnatic - TSM 1-0 Titan - Na`Vi 0-1 Sep 11: Virtus.Pro - NiP 2-1 TSM - Na`Vi 2-0 EnVyUs - TSM 2-1 fnatic - Virtus.Pro 2-0 Sep 12: EnVyUs - fnatic 2-3

2015-09-08 03:47

1 reply

idiot? c9 wins from NIP, but NIP play's VP on Sep 11 s24.postimg.org/sk0vl59xx/Screenshot_201..

2015-09-08 06:53

I'm hoping c9 show up for this event.

2015-09-08 03:52

2 replies

could happen

2015-09-08 04:52

show up? meaning u belive they ever had a chance in a tournament like this? its a huge joke c9 ever got invited, most overrated team ever.

2015-09-08 11:15

C9 always in group with vp or envy

2015-09-08 04:46

C9 rekt they cant read nV now so ded

2015-09-08 06:11

VP are idiots... why did they not miss gaming paradise? ;-;

2015-09-08 06:54

2 replies

And Why they should miss gaming paradise ?

2015-09-08 09:39

1 reply

cus there is only two days break between those events. And gaming paradise didn't even end yet

2015-09-08 15:22

Wake up early to watch c9 C9 lose Cry Go back to bed

2015-09-08 08:12

4 replies

Atleast ur not delusional lik most c9 fanoys. but hey! atleast they got an invite to play with the big boys. guessing its cause they want the american viewers. tbh they have no buisness being at such a big event.

2015-09-08 11:19

3 replies

I mean really it is early as anything to watch it, and I wonder if it were to change if they invited CLG

2015-09-08 17:17

2 replies

cant justify inviting CLG to this event. they still havent showed anything close to c9 a international events, altough c9s 2nd places was kinda cheap. they got real lucky with the brakets. an only top team they beat was envy(twice) who was about to make roster changes cuz of internal issues. dont think they beat any other tier 1 teams. they might have beaten one other but not more thats 4sho. Was so wierd that they where considered a "top" contender for the major. still in shock that a gy like toorin could put em 4th in his ranking. such BS, but what can u expect from him i guess. i lost all respect i hade for him after his rankings.

2015-09-08 18:47

1 reply

Tbh, you are right when c9 should go to this, but I think the only reason why is because a lot of people like c9 not because they are good, when we all know isn't true atm, but for there personalitys and having good interviews with them after there game is over they lost everyone wants to watch what n0thing has to say about the game, because of his personality, just saying bring in another NA team and see how they do even if they don't have as good results as c9

2015-09-09 03:22

Titan will win against fnatic.

2015-09-08 08:38

-Titan upset fnatic with ex6 being their kryptonite -NaVi beat TSM -TSM beat fnatic since they are they are a very good matchup -Kappa? -NoKappa? -maybe

2015-09-08 09:20