PGL S1 Finals talent, schedule out

18-9-2015 18:22

PGL have announced the talent lineup and a full schedule for the $85,000 Season 1 Finals, taking place in Bucharest on October 2-4.

Over the last few weeks, eight teams from Europe have battled for three spots for the offline finals in Bucharest, alongside four from North America for the fourth and last.

In the end, Fnatic, Virtus.pro and Liquid came out on top of their respective groups to grab three spots, while TSM fought through the best-of-one last chance qualifier to overpower Kinguin in the final best-of-three.

Today the full schedule for the offline finals, taking place in The Grand Cinema & More in Bucharest on October 2-4:

Friday, October 2nd
13:00	Virtus.pro	vs. Liquid	BO3
16:00	fnatic	vs. TSM	BO3
Saturday, October 3rd
13:00	Lower bracket final		BO3
16:00	Upper bracket final		BO3
Sunday, October 4th
12:00	Consolidation final		BO3
16:00	Grand final		BO5

Bringing you all the action on PGL's official stream will be the following six, as regular season's casters Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett and Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer will return alongside a trio of analysts and an interviewer:

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett (Commentator)

Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer (Commentator)

Richard Lewis (Desk host)

Duncan "Thorin" Shields (Analyst)

Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen (Analyst)

Sebastian "TataStrumf" Honciuc (Interviewer)

A total of $85,000 will be spread across the four, $10,000 of which will go to travel support. An additional $25,000 has already been given out to teams from the regular season and the last chance tournament.

Liquid hype?

2015-09-18 18:23

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For 4th place. Top1 NA is still far behind top3 world. It will be boring final. VP>TL TSM>fnatic VP>TSM fnatic>TL(the only unsure results) TSM>fnatic VP>TSM

2015-09-18 19:24

3 replies

autism detected sad :/

2015-09-18 19:23

+1 btw ur rankings are the only true dud ;)

2015-09-18 21:12

Why bold abuse...?

2015-09-19 04:23

Liquid stole LG's spot and they can't even take 4 rounds from t1 teams.. jeez...

2015-09-18 20:04

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We're yet to see that though. If LG couldnt take 2 maps (having advantage vs TL) they dont deserve to be here, so noone stole anything. Gl Team Liquid!

2015-09-18 20:09

'stole' lmao lg cant even win a bo5 with a map advantage liquid got better and better the past games and when they got rekt they had a different line-up, imo liquid is on the way to get no.2 in NA if they keep playing like that( and keep improving obv) and might be able to compete with EU teams but well there are the top3 world u cant really expect much from them

2015-09-18 20:32

liquid is shit on LAN, I'm expecting nothing from them at this event, they will probably get shrekt 16-2 or 16-4 by all other teams as usual. I'm predicting that Hiko's effect on the team will be negligible as long as elige and nitro continue to be as useless @ LAN as they have been in the past. and I don't care about luminosity one way or the other but I definitely agree that Liquid stole the spot, they are such an online team it's frustrating, and at least elige is DEFINITELY cheating, this first clip is 100% cheats youtu.be/KtAMhk46uV4

2015-09-18 21:24

Liquid gonna get raped, the update really messed up their ct side it seems. Plus NA just can't beat VP

2015-09-19 00:58

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i never said there not getting raped, it wouldnt be surprising at all, it would be more surprising if they could take 1 or 2 maps. i mean there playing top3 world, thats another level imo, i just said liquid is getting better and better the past weeks and that they beat clg and lg(also lg is playing bad atm but still) is a sign that they can possibly claim top 2-3 NA in near future and maybe get competitive compared to EU teams over the time(with some experience)(not like they're going to beat fnatic consistently but u know what i mean)

2015-09-19 01:46

LG is terrible. They won some matches only because enemy was in slump and didnt research them. Now they are just another t2 NA team when there is no more surprise aspect. LG will never be top4 team.

2015-09-19 02:35

LG and liquid have never won any maps against good eu teams. :)

2015-09-19 20:08

tatastrumf best interviewer

who?

2015-09-18 19:09

THORIN HYPE

+31

2015-09-18 18:56

gl 3D

thorin <333

c9 ez

liquid to take this

Nice matches, but Liquid?? Upset potential???

RIP Liquid

Ez for liquid

2015-09-18 18:24

rip liquid

let me predict? FNATIC #1

Liquid will take a total of 5 rounds the whole tournament, forever onliners

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This^^^ but I wouldn't say forever. I'd give them another 6 months or so before we can expect them to compete with EU. A few are youngsters so every EU LAN they get to compete in is huge experience for them.

They've been to ~8-9 LANs after flowsick joined, they have plenty of experience.....of getting stomped down to last place.

2015-09-18 20:05

henry <3

2015-09-18 18:25

All teams from top 3+ tier 4 team lol

Woah, Liquid will actually get top 4 at an international tournament. ;)

2015-09-18 18:28

liquid to get rekt on lan as always

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Still mad cuz rekt lmao

2015-09-18 18:29

mad af tbh LMAO

2015-09-18 18:30

kinda

2015-09-18 18:31

Screenshot red will message u back when liquid win this no kappa

2015-09-18 18:38

i think you added the "no" before kappa by mistake

2015-09-18 19:10

how liquid qualified? LOL

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by beating all of NA

2015-09-18 18:35

because c9 wasn't part of the qual for na too busy traveling

2015-09-18 18:36

By winning online matches, naturally

2015-09-18 18:42

against other NA teams, lets not forget that

2015-09-18 19:11

kinda sad that sadokist is th only pbp castr here, he is quite mediocre...

2015-09-18 18:37

Liquid EleGiggle

when a joke t5 team like liquid can qualify to a tournament somewhere should ring a bell that having NA qualifiers is a BIG FUCKING JOKE

2015-09-18 18:44

8 replies

Hiko and friends are better than all Sweden teams besides fnatic.

2015-09-18 19:06

Yeah and Sweden military > US military Kappa

2015-09-18 19:13

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Slendy is wrong af but I think this will be good for Liquid. They've proven to be pretty good online with this new lineup - Adren is finally hitting his awp shots and the younger ones have gotten a little more LAN experience across the pond. Even going out last will be good for this team experience wise. You've gotta realize that some of these 17/18/19 year olds have never played on a big stage being from the US.

2015-09-18 19:27

They were -always- better online, especially adreN, not only his fragging but his calling as well. They get stomped on LAN, let's see if the trend continues even with flowsick gone.

2015-09-18 20:07

Did you ever follow source? Adren was boss on LAN back then. He's had his share of issues in recent years but I wouldn't say "always".

2015-09-18 21:18

They = Liquid, why even mention Source? he might've been decent/good in Source, but he sure as hell is mediocre now on LAN. Probably the most online player outside of mosbeck, and one other but I can't remember that persons name.

2015-09-18 22:31

Yeah but I think it's been due to a slump not nerves on LAN. Also, I think he plays about the same level online as he has in LANs. If Hiko is taking mid round calls now that would really work in his favor as an awper. The issue has been with Elige, Nitro and Fugly not having that previous big stage experience, Again, I'm not saying source = GO, but Adren specifically has the experience and has well proven himself to not choke on LAN. The observation I've made was overall slumpage and missing shots/losing duels.

2015-09-18 23:42

He plays much better online, go look at stats that back up my statement. He's average on LAN, maybe worse. Very rarely does he have a "good match" compared to his ones online.

2015-09-19 03:10

TataStrumf Best nick 2k15

2015-09-18 18:45

Sadokist <3

Tatasmurf YAY

2015-09-18 18:51

Thorin <3 Yes! Gj PGL!

2015-09-18 18:52

Three Top 3 teams and... one top 20...

2015-09-18 18:54

noice pgl rocks

2015-09-18 18:53

TataStrumf plz NO plz

2015-09-18 18:57

HIKO gonna rock this!!!!

lewis desk host... not gonna watch

2015-09-18 18:58

I rarely bother watching the analyst desk, but Lewis being there guarantees I won't watch. I'll just have to mute to avoid his disgusting voice and his terrible "banter".

Thooorin's banter is best banter

2015-09-19 02:53

Yeah thorin can be pretty funny. I don't mind him at all, just Lewis.

2015-09-19 14:48

pretty clear PGL are trying to win people over by having really good production and hiring talent people actually like instead of the esl shits

2015-09-18 19:00

ez liquid

top 3 + top 10/15 rip Liquid

2015-09-18 19:02

Dafuq is Liquid doing there? Will be going home with 10 rounds in total.

2015-09-18 19:03

fuck thorin

2015-09-18 19:04

I think Liquid can upset VP on Cache and Dust2 (which VP vetoes D2 anyway). Out of the remaining maps (Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, Cobble, Train), I don't know... but definitely not Inferno or Train.

2015-09-18 19:07

pls remove your HLTV acount and back to reddit ,,they can upset vp on CACHE XD,, gl on this map with this NA pleb pasha and friends destroy 15:0 envy and 16-4 fnatic typcial dickhead from NA virtus if they want can pick even first map dust agaisnt TeamLiquid and second can be random from steam workshop

2015-09-18 20:02

Thorin was right about Poland.

2015-09-18 20:22

i always was right about ppl what watch and listen thorin Kityplaygames has more knowledge about e-sport especialy CS than MR black teeth nobody with IQ higest than 40 cant stay longer than 60sec on his shity twiter facebook instaram youtube and most important take serissy what tis tard say/write

2015-09-18 21:09

Lewis being there ensuring an unpleasant analyst desk, too bad. :\

2015-09-18 21:28

Richard ? Gg

2015-09-18 19:16

Now we will see if they are a legit contender for the top10 or onliners

2015-09-18 19:17

So they must get better lan results than Luminosity to be considered legit by brazilians? Fnatic 16 - Luminosity 5. Gl getting 6 rounds Liquid. Setting the bar low.

2015-09-18 20:00

LOL who said anything about Luminosity, lan results or one team being better than the other?

2015-09-18 23:32

wtf no rahim or dabo0o casting??? aint worth watching

2015-09-18 19:22

If liquid win one game there is hope for NA :(

2015-09-18 19:26

time to mute analysis part

2015-09-18 19:30

kurwa top 3x teams on world and TeamLiquid what they do it? why no navi envy i know players neead warmup before seriusly match but special invite team from USA for this? max 8-12 rounds in BO3 agaisnt vp max 14-16 rounds in BO3 agaistn tsm max 6-4 roundsin BO# against fnatic

2015-09-18 19:50

nvm

2015-09-18 19:55

thorin and ricardo louis... this gonna be good :>

2015-09-18 19:58

If PGL had a venue to 3 days why not make a 8 team lan finals?

2015-09-18 20:11

GUYS GUYS GUYS!!!! NO PANSYYY!!!!!! PRAISEEEE THE LORD

Pgl best camera hype

TSM should take it, they love short tournaments with big pot.

2015-09-18 21:01

Nice sway.. ez liquid

2015-09-19 02:01

my heart says vp but my brain says fnatic

2015-09-18 21:20

Fnatic vs TSM finals this will be boring to watch.

Lower bracket finals are usually boring. Grand final vp tsm should be interesting though.

2015-09-19 02:36

Ez liquid. All in ez money Pls underhype liquid more guys ez skinz

2015-09-19 02:00

I would have liked to see m0ses, but I'm still looking forward to this tournament. I've had my doubts, but the PGL production value has won me over from what I've seen so far.

2015-09-19 02:25