DH Masters Las Vegas viewer's guide

15-2-2017 14:15

We are just a few hours away from the start of DreamHack Masters Las Vegas, so we have prepared a viewer's guide with all the info you need to know about the tournament, including prize distribution, complete schedule and on-air team.

Running from Wednesday to Sunday at the MGM Grand, DreamHack Masters Las Vegas will see 16 top teams, hailing from Europe, Asia and the Americas, duke it out for the bulk of a $450,000 prize pool.

The first three days of the event, played on the MGM Grand Casino Floor, will be dedicated to the double-elimination group stage, featuring best-of-three deciders. The single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs will be played at the MGM Grand Garden Arena over the weekend.

Astralis will face compLexity in the first match of DH Masters Las Vegas

The group draw can be found in full below:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Astralis	Virtus.pro	SK	FaZe
North	fnatic	Ninjas in Pyjamas	Natus Vincere
OpTic	Gambit	Cloud9	MOUZ
Complexity	Misfits	TYLOO	Renegades

The opening day's action will start at 19:00 with ELEAGUE Major champions Astralis taking on compLexity. The full tournament schedule looks as follows:

Wednesday, February 15th
19:00	Astralis	vs. Complexity	BO1
20:15	North	vs. OpTic	BO1
21:50	Virtus.pro	vs. Misfits	BO1
23:15	fnatic	vs. Gambit	BO1
00:40	SK	vs. TYLOO	BO1
02:05	Ninjas in Pyjamas	vs. Cloud9	BO1
03:30	FaZe	vs. Renegades	BO1
04:55	Natus Vincere	vs. MOUZ	BO1

Thursday, February 16th
19:00	Group A elimination match		BO1
20:15	Group B elimination match		BO1
21:50	Group C elimination match		BO1
23:15	Group D elimination match		BO1
00:40	Group A winners' match		BO1
02:05	Group B winners' match		BO1
03:30	Group C winners' match		BO1
04:55	Group D winners' match		BO1

Friday, February 17th
19:00	Group A decider match		BO3
22:00	Group B decider match		BO3
01:00	Group C decider match		BO3
04:00	Group D decider match		BO3

Saturday, February 18th
19:00	Quarter-final #1		BO3
22:00	Quarter-final #2		BO3
01:00	Quarter-final #3		BO3
04:00	Quarter-final #4		BO3

Sunday, February 19th
20:00	Semi-final #1		BO3
23:00	Semi-final #2		BO3
03:00	Grand final		BO3

All matches will be streamed live on DreamHack's Twitch channel, where a mixture of play-by-play commentators, analysts, hosts and reporters will cover all the action as it happens. The complete English language broadcast team for the event consists of:

Sue "Smix" Lee - Reporter & Host
Pala "Mantrousse" Gilroy Sen - Reporter
Alex "Machine" Richardson - Desk host

Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill - Analyst
Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst
Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole - Analyst
Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović - Analyst

Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer - Commentator
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator
Anders Blume - Commentator
Auguste "Semmler" Massonat - Commentator

Finally, the $450,000 prize pool will be distributed between the participating teams as follows:

1. $200,000
2. $100,000
3-4. $25,000
5-8. $15,000
9-16. $5,000

Very nice information

2017-02-15 14:22

Gl coL

ez for fnatic

nice

EZ PZ LEMON SQUIZI. SK

YNK ResidentSleeper

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f off ynk is da best

2017-02-15 18:15

I have to skip 2/3 of matches cuz of schedule.. nice

Ez for complexity

2017-02-15 14:23

pretty sad not see G2 there

Grand final 3am on a sunday PogChamp

18 replies

Aw :((((((

2017-02-15 14:24

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#BringTournamentsBackToEU

2017-02-15 14:48

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Lower production quality though

2017-02-15 14:49

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Not necessarly

2017-02-15 14:51

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Yes actually, ECS ELEAGUE have been consistently better for the players and stream quality

2017-02-15 15:37

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ofc ESL is shit, but thats cuz ESL I think these people could have events in Europe and they would be good

2017-02-15 15:38

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I think they could too but NA production quality is undeniably the highest production quality currently

2017-02-15 15:47

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Problem is that its ESL that does most of the big eu events, and they rutinely fuck up When dreamhack/starseries does events they always have great productionquality, so I feel like it comes more down to the organiser than the continent Its not as simple as saying "eu" and "na" production

2017-02-15 15:50

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I agree it's certain companies, but the NA Founded companies have consistently had better production quality and better conditions for the players as well

2017-02-15 15:52

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Easy to say that when eleague is the only na founded company innit?

2017-02-15 15:56

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ECS?

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Isnt that based in england tho?

2017-02-15 15:57

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I'm pretty sure it's an NA Founded company.. not completely certain

2017-02-15 15:58

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Location on liquidpedia just says world, but Im pretty sure theyre basically rebranded faceit, which is based in London

2017-02-15 16:00

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Oh fuck me, whatever haha. I guess I figured it was NA since the finals were based somewhere in America.

2017-02-15 16:01

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First ecs finals were in London I guess that means na has the best average production quality xd tbh tho I didnt think the major ws too great

2017-02-15 16:05

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I thought the matches were superb, that's irrelevant but pertaining to the quality I don't believe there was ever really an lag or mic malfunctions or like PC fuck ups. Also all other ELEAGUE events have been very high quality for both production and the players themselves

2017-02-15 16:07

Yup the 2 seasons were superb The picture quality was pretty meh. They had some sound-issues. I also thought the disposition was pretty weird. They played each of the player profiles and other videos they did like 6 times each, and the analysts had like 2 minutes to analyse the match, which included an introduction to each team every time. I agree with you that the matches was great. It was kinda like ESL new york. The production was pretty bad, but the amazing matches saved it.

2017-02-15 16:13

Viva LAS VEGAS. No french team to root for, even though i'm always rooting for kio and FaZe before the french teams, it still sucks.

People in Europe that's working normal business hours will probably miss a majority of the interesting games. A shame for such a stacked tournament.

Always you can view the replay. It's something :(

2017-02-15 16:14

2017-02-15 14:26

very top-heavy prize pool I like it

EU teams must stop playing at NA tournament with these retarded match time :)

2017-02-15 14:27

gtfo

2017-02-15 14:28

You should gtfo majority of pro teams are from Europe have no idea why most of recent tournaments are in trash NA.

2017-02-15 15:08

have no idea? Where have you been??

2017-02-15 15:09

actually the problem are not events in NA is their organization thta is totally shit. the easily could have earlier matches and everyone could watch the finals etc

2017-02-15 15:39

It's tailored for an NA audience which builds up popularity in general. Small EU countries don't have the publicity NA has

2017-02-15 15:54

CS is EU any event in EU have more viewers and more people buying tickets lul

2017-02-15 15:55

Just like the most recent major which had the highest viewership in history by far? Or the fact it's also being watched on television bringing more revenue to CSGO and more publicity?

wait for the next major in EU that was csgo growing not because the event was is in NA also the major had a worldwise match time agree with the TV point

2017-02-15 15:59

I agree to an extent, I still think growth in NA is more important for CS as a whole. I feel true fans will stay up late or get up early to watch matches - that's what I did for nearly all EU tournies.

U can be the more hard fan but if u have job or u are studying u cant watch 2 hours final at 3:00

2017-02-15 16:04

I can study and listen at the same time

2017-02-15 16:03

i mean if u have to go to school/university

Yes but is not the same. It's much better have all your attention in the match!

2017-02-15 16:19

True

The reason is simple. Because EU is poor. US has $$$

2017-02-15 18:22

yay, finally!

3am final ;_;

2017-02-15 14:30

RIP EU times... FeelsBadMan ...good thing I have a week off FeelsAmazingMan

2017-02-15 14:32

dont waste your week off watching this tier 2 event, go have fun

2017-02-15 16:21

Rerun all these matches on youtube. Imma sleep on schedule -_-

2017-02-15 14:35

admin,RUBINO? fix it Lineup Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel René 'cajunb' Borg Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Emil 'Magisk' Reif Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke

faze with aizy #FaZeUp

#FaZeDown

2017-02-15 15:14

5:55 AM FeelsGoodMan

I prefer swiss system! :(

2017-02-15 14:37

3AM final 4Head

No ddk and black guy rip event

2017-02-15 14:38

Metuz ddk and black ddk would be a nice combo. Anders and semmler are not what they once were.

yeah so true.

Lol in 2016 i had gotten so tired of anders, but now i actually like him again but cant stand sadokist anymore

2017-02-16 17:53

yeah =(

2017-02-15 16:02

Fnatic #1

For the love of all the gods, please let HenryG and Sadokist cast the final. It's always Anders and Semmler and I don't think they are the top casting couple anymore. Besides, some variation would be nice for a change!

2017-02-15 14:39

Agreed, Im so pissed when listening to Semmlers overhype in every god damn round.

2017-02-15 16:22

You know what makes me irritated? Sado fucking kist. Just cant stand the mans voice.

2017-02-16 17:50

But DDK and black DDK are not present, so it's a matter of listening to HengryG and Sadokist, or Anders and Semmler. We all lose :(

2017-02-17 00:28

Fuck

2017-02-18 15:12

NA time Kappa

2017-02-15 14:41

winning teams on the left side

2017-02-15 14:42

fuck this shit NA time

2017-02-15 14:50

NiP vs cloud9 xd /lol joke is over

eu friendly kappa

2017-02-15 15:01

fuck NA time

2017-02-15 15:02

Lul.. BO1 elimination match in 2017.. lul.

shit NA time gg...

2017-02-15 15:17

no re, uninstalling and selling pc.

2017-02-15 15:23

Final 0300 am monday or sunday?

2017-02-15 15:30

ah its this nice system again, 2 x bo1 and you are out. How can events use this shit in 2017 xD

Horrendous schedule for EU (7PM to 5AM for groups , 3AM grand finals ) To many NA events, pls stahp

Nice.

2017-02-15 15:51

*sniff* Do I smell angry EU people? I guess I'll just enjoy the stream

nice tournament mode! travelling from europe to america for playing 2 BO1

Nah "Freetrip" to Sin City :D

Anders Blume - Commentator Auguste "Semmler" Massonat - Commentator NO. NO. NO. PLEASE NO. NO GO AWAYYYYYYY

2017-02-15 16:06

Please. No more tournaments in USA...ever again!

2017-02-15 16:08

really bad. Really fucked up timing of games. RIP my life

2017-02-15 16:11

ty for glorious NA times gaben <3

that feel when no baguette team rip

2017-02-15 16:20

doesnt look like the french teams are ready for lan

this format sucks dick

2017-02-15 16:37

Ye i dunno why they cant just play old classic format, and also fuck bo1. Should be just 4 groups like its now , but play every team each other in group and 2 best team go further. BO1 and this formats good for online qual but for offline tournaments its just meh...

2017-02-15 17:06

west coast times really fuck up the schedule for Euro's. Why vegas? Whats wrong with fucking new york

2017-02-15 17:20

meh, hope moses will cast some games too

2017-02-15 17:31

Grand final 3:00 Nice

2017-02-15 17:45

Agree...2 games bo1 and team out...bad sistem. gL Gambit.

2017-02-15 17:47

optic NA flag but usa team?

2017-02-15 17:54

final on sunday 03:00 EU time, have fun with 20k viewers xD

2017-02-15 18:04

only euro no work or school will watching

2017-02-15 18:17

nice englando

2017-02-15 18:25

will be I mean XD

I can only bet on The final fuck me.

2017-02-15 18:21

I can bet for you, send me cash

2017-02-15 18:46

I get money The 20th...

2017-02-15 18:52

shit NA timezone

What a stupid decision to have this tournament in Las Vegas... eleague in Atlanta was fine, but with Las Vegas being so far to the west, it ruins everything for anyone not watching from NA. Cyka.

2017-02-16 19:10