HLTV.org live from Columbus

In a month's time, MLG Columbus 2016 will debut as CS:GO's eighth official Major and it will bring with it the added distinction of being the first $1 million Major in the game's history.

However, before that moment will transpire, eight teams still need to qualify as 'Challengers' and this is exactly why 16 teams have converged on Columbus, Ohio this weekend: eight having finished bottom of the table at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca and the other eight having qualified via regional Minors and Last Chance Qualifiers.

We have both a comprehensive viewer's guide for the event and a preview by our own Milan "⁠Striker⁠" Švejda to perk your interest for the event and provide some downtime reading before it kicks off.

Today's schedule looks as follows:

Friday, February 26th
16:00	Team Liquid	vs. HellRaisers	Bo1
17:00	mousesports	vs. Null element Team YP	Bo1
18:00	FlipSid3 Tactics	vs. Selfless Gaming	Bo1
19:00	G2	vs. Tempo Storm	Bo1
20:00	Group B - Losers' match		Bo1
21:00	Group B - Winners ' match		Bo1
22:00	Vexed Gaming	vs. SK Gaming	Bo1
23:00	CLG	vs. SPLYCE	Bo1
00:00	dignitas	vs. Renegades	Bo1
01:00	Cloud9	vs. Null element Gambit	Bo1

A two-man team from HLTV.org is now on site and will provide the usual goodybag of in-depth interviews, extensive photos, and more. Our Twitter which can be found @HLTVorg will provide constant updates from the event.

Both HellRaisers and Team Liquid are already setting up for the Group B opener and the match should kick off promptly at 16:00 .

There will be two streams of the event: one on Twitch and one on the MLG site.

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