CEVO Season 8 finals viewer's guide

5-11-2015 21:06

The Season 8 finals for the CEVO Professional division kick off tomorrow in Columbus, Ohio and we have accordingly prepared a viewer's guide to help walk you through the event.

Eight teams have travelled to Columbus, Ohio in the United States to compete in the CEVO Season 8 finals for a $100,000 prize-pot (with an additional $50,000 having gone the way of travel support) at the MLG.tv arena this weekend.

The format for CEVO-P Season 8 is a GSL group stage with four teams in each group. All matches are best-of-three in the group stage.

The top two teams from each group then advance to a best-of-three single elimination bracket with the grand finals playing out as a best-of-five series.

Virtus.pro will be defending their title as CEVO Season 7 champions

Interestingly enough, mousesports will be replacing G2 at the event, who themselves replaced HellRaisers who qualified for the European spot but were then unable to attend.

The groups for the event are once again:

Group A	Group B
Virtus.pro	Null element Na`Vi
Liquid	Titan
dignitas	Luminosity
Conquest	mousesports

A schedule has also now been released for the matches and can be found below:

Friday, November 6th
22:00	Doors open to spectators
23:00	Titan	vs. Luminosity	B1
23:00	Null element Na`Vi	vs. mousesports	B2
01:30	Liquid	vs. dignitas	A1
01:30	Virtus.pro	vs. Conquest	A2

Saturday, November 7th
15:00	Doors open to spectators
16:00	B1 winner	vs. B2 winner	B3
16:00	B1 loser	vs. B2 loser	B4
18:30	A1 winner	vs. A2 winner	A3
18:30	A1 loser	vs. A2 loser	A4
21:00	B3 loser	vs. B4 winner
23:30	A3 loser	vs. A4 winner

Sunday, November 8th
15:00	Doors open to spectators
16:00	Semi-final #1
18:30	Semi-final #2
21:00	Grand final

All matches will be broadcast over two English streams on MLG.tv hosted by CEVO, each one with a dedicated observer. The full on-air team for the event is the following:

Desk Host:

Scott "SirScoots" Smith

Analysts:

Richard Lewis
Duncan "Thooorin" Shields

Casters:

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett
Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer
Joseph "heliumbrella" Cunningham
Mohan "launders" Govindasamy
Luca "misled" Graham
Pat "Sabo" Flannigan

CEVO have also released the prize-pool breakdown for the event, which is:

1. - $40,000
2. - $25,000
3-4. - $10,000
3-4. - $10,000
5-6. - $5,000
5-6. - $5,000
7-8. - $2,500
7-8. - $2,500

HLTV.org is already on-site in Columbus with a two-man team so you can expect breaking news, score updates over Twitter, photos in our galleries, and new interviews.

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

1st

2015-11-05 21:07

12 replies

idi nahuy

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cyka blyat

1 reply

rush b cyka blyat

2015-11-06 18:40

2015-11-06 03:56

2015-11-06 15:21

cyat blyka

2015-11-06 15:55

suka nachuy

2015-11-06 17:31

could someone say which games are on main stream?

2015-11-05 21:22

3 replies

yes

2015-11-05 21:53

2015-11-05 22:51

They'll have two streams on at once, most likely.

2015-11-06 01:34

2nd

Speaking of second. If Titan don't make Top 2 or at least 4th at this LAN then they should disband.

2015-11-06 03:09

2 replies

They wont even get out of groups.

2015-11-06 03:53

Rip exshitenz and his major dream.

2015-11-06 07:33

nice

Let's go Liquid!

LG EASY

2015-11-05 21:08

vp easy semis, quite silly actually

2015-11-05 21:10

thooorin is gonna be a fanboy haha

2015-11-05 21:12

NA schedules

2015-11-05 21:13

Yeah finally good times

2015-11-06 18:07

Oh yay a tournament with good times

2015-11-05 21:14

Srsly? Worst times eu

2015-11-06 08:00

+1 ayyy lmao

2015-11-06 16:01

Suddenly, Na'Vi and LG started to met every tournament lol They have never played against each other before Cluj.

this is c9-vp curse all over my friend

2015-11-05 21:43

At least it's a more even matchup. VP > c9 all the way tho

2015-11-05 21:48

ez for lg fanboy

Why no Dust Moret?

2015-11-05 21:16

4 replies

I wasn't selected by MLG. Not sure the reason but it is what it is. Either way this will be a great event with a lot of other talented people there to put on a good show!

2015-11-05 23:56

thank the lord

idk why youre not selected, youre definitely a good caster bro.. :\

2015-11-06 07:07

Pretty strange considering all the online CEVO games you cast, you might be a nerdy motherfucker with a questionable voice for casting but I've grown used to it and you know what you are talking about, keep going strong m8.

2015-11-06 18:04

NaVi vs Titan final

2015-11-05 21:17

VP LANquid NaVi Titan RIP LG but not Bo1

2015-11-05 21:18

onliquid*

2015-11-05 21:35

nt Ahmed, but it's LANquid

2015-11-05 22:13

nt evil japan

2015-11-06 02:41

When will USA find decents casters ? Sadokist and Henry are okay but the rest is trash Where is Moses and Semmler goddamnit they are murican and not even casting murica biggest lans

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imo sadokist is really annoying.

2015-11-05 22:05

When the world stops drooling over British accents which is never. You know how stupid it is that people in Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones have British accents?

2015-11-05 22:27

well to be fair about those two series one is based on a combination of Norse & Anglo-Saxon mythology and also implicitly is figured in Greater England (ie the Shire) whereas the other is explicitly derived from English, Scottish, and Welsh history so they may be fantasy but in a way they're creative takes on Britannic heritage

2015-11-05 22:52

true

2015-11-05 23:59

what is it related to what i'm talking about? it's not about the accent, usa casters are shit with bad voice, don't know when or how to hype and doesn't have much knowledge of the game. USA casters = tier 3 online EU competition casters.

2015-11-05 22:57

Vp ez

2015-11-05 21:19

Liquid got lucky at least once rofl

2015-11-05 21:20

no envy no party idi nahui pidar

2015-11-05 21:24

Wtf is conquest doing there?

2015-11-05 21:25

I like it, we will finally see how good they are against Euros. Since this epic bo3 I've been keeping my eyes on them: hltv.org/match/2297933-luminosity-conque..

2015-11-05 22:08

They earned their spot by qualifying wiki.teamliquid.net/counterstrike/CEVO/S..

2015-11-05 22:40

They magically dropped into these groups wtfaretheydoingthere

2015-11-06 08:20

g2 not going? boring

2015-11-05 21:26

I'm sure half of Norway and Portugal agrees with you, I just don't know why.

2015-11-05 21:49

great as always dude =)

2015-11-05 21:27

fak i hate these cevo casters imo they are really bad :/

2015-11-05 21:29

Landers and helium are great

2015-11-06 03:54

VP vs navi in finals

2015-11-05 21:32

LG EZZZZ

2015-11-05 21:33

Because I can't start a blog on HLTV, I have wrote a new article this time regarding this event (CEVO Season 8 Finals) , you can check here - goldper10.com/article/2766-preview-of-ce.. (Sorry for my english mistakes, I'll try to improve.) Cheers, looking forward to watch this event :)

2015-11-05 21:37

no link?

2015-11-06 00:09

nip na

2015-11-05 21:45

No Dust Moret, no party Seriously though that guy deserves to go

2015-11-05 21:59

Appreciate the kind words. But this will be a great event. Lots of talent there and also a lot of great competition to watch!

2015-11-05 23:57

I'll still watch for sure. Just a mistake by MLG not choosing you over a couple other individuals. The amount of time you put into studying NA teams and making youtube videos makes you a huge asset. Their mistake.

2015-11-06 00:47

I hope that you can come back into casting someday , best of luck and much love dude <3

2015-11-07 02:48

go LG

omg lg will play vs na'vi again...

2015-11-05 22:19

sorry brazil, Renegades had that curse where they played vs navi every tournament. now that renegades arent attending the tournaments seems like LG replaced them. navi almost never play bad vs lower ranked teams :( at least LG put up a fight, RNG would always get completely rekt

2015-11-06 08:28

You liquid has a chance maybe they can beat VP this time

2015-11-05 22:20

ez vp

2015-11-05 22:23

It's nice they arrange lans without the top5 teams, makes it interesting.

2015-11-05 22:59

Ez vp

2015-11-05 23:25

LG dont stand a chance

2015-11-05 23:31

free semis for vp kappa no kappa?

2015-11-05 23:37

ez VP

I like how NA makes events start at decent times for euro viewers, but never the other way around.

2015-11-05 23:45

If both makes decent times for Europeans, it means that what matters are, the Europeans.

2015-11-05 23:49

Another boring filler tournament, so many of them this year. At least the analyst desk will be entertaining.

2015-11-05 23:58

Titan Na'Vi final Titan 2-1

2015-11-06 00:10

finally some watchable tournament every lan played in Europe starts like 6am here in Brazil cmon FalleN :D show us you can be consistent

2015-11-06 00:59

Rofl, those groups are so fucked up. Surely some polish dude did the draft, will be a walk on the park for VP.

2015-11-06 01:05

2015-11-06 13:45

inb4 vp-navi final

2015-11-06 01:30

Conquest > VP Liquid > dig LG > Titan Navi > Mousesports heard it here first

2015-11-06 01:46

none of burgers will win shit

2015-11-06 02:30

2 american teams in 1 group.. Not so rigged.. I like it... Or ez group for liquid.. So still rigged But i still like it..

2015-11-06 02:50

These groups are rigged. You have trash European teams in 1 group with LG then you have all the American teams left to get raped by VP

2015-11-06 03:49

lol helium on lan really ffs

2015-11-06 05:07

Wtf happened to g2?

ah, so G2 replaced HR, and then Mouz replaced Kinguin, it seems like the spot it cursed o_0

2015-11-06 07:25

Inb4 liquid have a c9-esque LAN finals streak

2015-11-06 07:37

Na'vi to win this shit

2015-11-06 08:51

Launders hype

2015-11-06 08:55

should be VP's comp if they don't throw

2015-11-06 10:06

lol MLGtv

2015-11-06 13:46

na'vi easy win this

2015-11-06 13:52

G2 would have won this. A shame they couldn't attend. :/

2015-11-06 14:35

doesnt mean if they beat vp once they win them everytime, and they havent play against navi in months..they couldve won this but not so easily as you seem to expect

2015-11-06 16:04