FPL launches in North America

4-12-2015 19:31

FACEIT bring an iteration of their highly successful Pro League division to North American shores.

Streamgoers of North American players' Twitch channels last night may have noticed that many of the players were queuing for competitive matches through FACEIT's platform, and many players themselves confirmed that was the case.

Early signs therefore indicated that FACEIT had launched their Pro League service (which went live in August in Europe) in North America which would allow professional and semi-professional players to queue together and therefore somewhat replace the hallowed "10-man" system that currently exists in the region.

These signs were confirmed only moments ago by FACEIT themselves.

ex-iBP will be able to play FPL matches

As with the European version, a list of both professional players and up-and-coming talent will be able to compete in a five-on-five queueing system for $20,000 a month in prize money.

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo of Luminosity released a statement on the Pro League coming to North America:

"FPL is an excelent idea where the best players (and some upcoming talents) can have fun and practice while playing together. Being able to easily play with people on the same level is very important to trade gaming knowledge, improving players and community itself. The prize is awesome aswell and I'm looking forward to play a lot in FPL NA!"

In addition, Team Liquid's Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin gave his two cents on the matter:

"FPL is something that the American scene will benefit greatly from. An organized system that promotes pro players to play with eachother will not only raise the skill ceiling in NA, but also encourage pros to interact more with one another. I personally think growing our community closer while also helping improve individually only benefits everyone.

With the help of FACEIT, I'm happy to be a part of this and am excited to see how this grows our community," Martin said.

Finally, the top 60 ranked players from the Master League will participate in a five-day qualifer each month to determine two fresh faces that will make it into the Pro League, as is done in Europe (albeit with some recent hiccups).

To celebrate the FPL launch in North America, FACEIT is running an open Premium queue with several ladders over the weekend offering a chance to win points and other prizes. For more info, head to FACEIT's website.

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

expected Edit: NA are pug masters so should be higher level then EU FPL

2015-12-04 19:33

10 replies

Hi MOM

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Hi DAD

2015-12-04 19:35

2015-12-04 21:01

rip ESEA

rip ESEA [*]

2015-12-04 19:36

ez m0E

2015-12-04 21:57

Lol

2015-12-04 19:49

yeah... no rofl

2015-12-04 21:11

oddshot.tv/shot/steel-tv-201512046565935.. this is an example of NA FPL!

2015-12-04 21:41

1 reply

lmao. Desi is such a retard

ayy

2015-12-04 19:32

nt though

azk

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2015-12-04 19:39

7 replies

2015-12-04 20:05

4 replies

the

2015-12-04 20:09

jOELZ

2015-12-04 21:02

2015-12-04 20:10

REAL 3ROS?

2015-12-04 20:17

the one and only wait what

2015-12-04 20:19

6 replies

easy for coldzera :)

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coldzera is an offliner. source: tinyurl.com/gt8logj

2015-12-04 20:44

0/10 keep trying

2015-12-04 20:52

Why the heck does Fallen have a German flag? (I guess the others have us flags because they live their now maybe.)

2015-12-04 22:48

ESEA flag changes based on the IP that they last logged in from. They probably logged in from a German airport or some shit on their way back from DHW.

2015-12-04 23:04

bootcamp in germany

2015-12-05 00:08

7th

noice

stewie2k will win ez

rip, let's see the amount of players on the 'murican version of FPL that most likely will be random ESEA puggers.

Nah im pretty sure dazed & steel are going to play there, as well as players like Stewie2k etc. The system suits NA IMO, they love their 10 man pugs and this is similar with the difference they can win money off it.

2015-12-05 11:28

haahha congratz na, fpl in europe have been there like 1year already xD

"Since August" Are you ok(

2015-12-04 20:34

Finally!

good for murica:)

2015-12-04 19:34

swag and azk are gonna be the top players in fpl

kick desi fucking bitch

na fpl = eu nova matchmaking

izy for shroud lel

2015-12-04 19:38

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars

gratz 3rdworld

Retarded? or just asian?

3 replies

nt vactares

North America third world are you idiot?

2015-12-04 23:09

yes/no

2015-12-04 23:32

RIP ESEA

nice

2015-12-04 19:40

great =D

2015-12-04 19:41

Exciting news

2015-12-04 19:42

Good for muricans, sweet <3

2015-12-04 19:43

it would be so awkward to see coldzera playing with hiko... :D

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2015-12-04 19:46

Would be awkward anyone on LG playing with other ppl, only Fallen and fer speaks "good english" there

2015-12-04 19:59

someday they should get better beacause they are living in NA (correct me if im wrong)

Yes they are living in NA, i think the callouts they can grasp pretty quickly, but the language itself i think they are too old to learn it now

2015-12-04 20:42

man wtf you can easily learn a language at that age!

Yeh I think you are wrong about not being able to learn it at an old age its just lack of trying to.

2015-12-04 21:15

2015-12-04 22:14

U can learn but is way too difficult

2015-12-05 00:40

rash bbbb ez

2015-12-04 23:33

fpl na = bronze eu

ex-iBP will be able to play FPL matches AYYYYYYY

2015-12-04 19:44

AYYYYYYY

2015-12-04 23:45

AYYYY

2015-12-05 00:25

im just imagining all the esea pugstars on faceit together, but this time they need to win for stats, not get kills. hilarious.

2015-12-04 19:45

You mean: win for prizes, not stats

2015-12-04 19:55

excellent news!

SA pls haha

2015-12-04 19:54

No FODDER no party.

2015-12-04 19:56

#FreeIBP #RIPESEA

OMG

2015-12-04 20:00

Rip ten man rages

2015-12-04 20:01

WHERE DID YOU GO JOELZ???

here i am

2015-12-04 20:22

I mean what team/ what league are you playing in

2015-12-04 21:23

yes +1

2015-12-04 23:30

2015-12-05 08:22

steel and desi were matched up together and it was brilliant hahah. in addition to that, no more scummy bo3 pistol rounds with warden.

2015-12-04 20:03

Faceit > ESEA rip ESEA domination in NA

2015-12-04 20:14

shroud vs world

2015-12-04 20:20

fallen <3

2015-12-04 20:27

[*] for ESEA

ez for FODDER

2015-12-04 20:38

but there are like 3 pro players in murica

2015-12-04 20:39

nt JW

2015-12-04 21:39

nice :)D thanks fallen and faceit!

2015-12-04 20:46

Nice, gonna like to watch it

2015-12-04 20:47

"proleague" xD

fpl m0E!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2015-12-04 20:48

lets go i buy power!

2015-12-04 20:54

I see NA in the ascendancy. Between this, the Columbus Major, ESEA/ESL, Renegades and GA and LG playing in NA, DH Austin, and the TBS Friday Night games? I think NA gaming is on the rise.

eZ for swag

2015-12-04 21:03

LMAO RIP ESEA THANKS FACEIT I HATE IPKANE

2015-12-05 15:43

RIP cevo RIP esea

2015-12-04 21:20

Makes sense, pugs are the only thing NA is good at lol

swag to win 1st place in FPL NA

2015-12-04 21:25

EZ for shroud pug master. Top kek in NA FPL

2015-12-04 21:36

WHYYYYYY

2015-12-04 21:55

only 17 ppl queing? u idiots ask for it, can u fucking play it now?

C9 announce Swag as its 5th player telling ESL to chill out bro and after much debate swag is unbanned while steel and dazed can burn in hell. SWAG FOR PRESIDENT C9 vs Fnatic in major final after question mark lose in semis Kappa sorry I'm bored lol

2015-12-04 22:45

But swag will never be unbanned said Semmler and he said CSGO Devs said it

2015-12-05 00:44

no he didnt, no they didnt

2015-12-05 03:31

like i get the guy messed up bad real bad and they wanted to make him an example along with the rest of IBP but imo i dont know how exactly it went down but Steel Dazed and AZK were the "leaders" of that team and you can't tell me if your on a team like that the youngest on the team and your captains leaders whatever came to you and said this is whats going on i can bet you all the money in the world nobody would challenge those guys and just go with it. just sad that he was apart of it and those pieces of shit mainly STEEL/Dazed fucked this dude out of any kind of career in cs

2015-12-05 06:10

Expecting another "high council" for NA FPL.

2015-12-05 01:36

Ty already gonna be fun.

2015-12-05 01:37

one can only hope this hurts esea at least a lil bit

2015-12-05 01:44

Wait. Dazed and Co are allowed to play in it? LOL

2015-12-05 02:37

Yes she are

2015-12-05 05:12

i dont think the would hurt esea too much but it will help players like swag,dazed,azk,steel etc

2015-12-05 06:49

NA fpl must be a joke right? It's like matchmaking. So many shitplayers in the na fpl

2015-12-05 09:22

but since NA fpl is mostly 'shit' then wouldnt it feel normal because, shit players vs shit players = fair game

2015-12-05 15:10

aussie really talking about shit players and cant even compete in NA

2015-12-07 19:01

NA player talking about shit players and cant even compete in their own country LMAO

2015-12-11 18:23

Good to know that if I ever move to NA I could play in the FPL :D

2015-12-05 13:16

HAHAH RIP NA ESEA

2015-12-05 15:09

be nice if it shook up some of the cultural stagnation in the semi-pro, professional and amateur competitive scenes here in NA. the scene is broken here and needs fresh air like this.

2015-12-06 02:48