ESL One New York viewer's guide

14-9-2017 18:50

With ESL One New York 2017 set to start tomorrow, here are all the details you need to know concerning the groups, the schedule and the on-air team for the event.

The next ESL One event will see a total of eight teams battle it out from September 15-17 in New York, United States, for their share of the $250,000 prize-pool.

Natus Vincere won last year's edition

The teams have been divided into two groups of four, with SK, the No.1 side in the world, being placed in the same group as Cloud9, Natus Vincere and Envy. As for Group B, FaZe, Astralis, Liquid, and Virtus.pro are the other teams who will be seeking a place in the playoffs.

Here are the groups for ESL One New York:

Group A	Group B
SK	FaZe
Cloud9	Astralis
Natus Vincere	Liquid
Envy	Virtus.pro

The tournament will consist of a double-elimination format during the group stage, with the opening and winner matches being played in a best-of-one format. As for the elimination and decider games, teams will have to play best-of-three series.

Below you can find the schedule for the tournament:

Friday, September 15
17:00	SK	vs. Envy	Bo1
17:00	FaZe	vs. Virtus.pro	Bo1
18:10	Cloud9	vs. Natus Vincere	Bo1
18:10	Astralis	vs. Liquid	Bo1
19:20	Group A winners match		Bo1
19:20	Group B winners match		Bo1
20:30	Group A elimination match		Bo3
20:30	Group B elimination match		Bo3
00:00	Group A decider match		Bo3
00:00	Group B decider match		Bo3

Saturday, September 16
18:00	Semi-final #1		Bo3
21:30	Semi-final #2		Bo3

Sunday, September 17
20:00	Grand Final		Bo5

Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner will act as Desk Host in New York, and he will be accompanied by, among others, Duncan "Thorin" Shields, Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett and Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert.

Given the fact that the first day of ESL One will have two matches running simultaneously, there will be two different broadcast teams for those encounters, as you can check below:

Main stream

OJ Borg - Host

Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner - Desk Host

Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst

Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Analyst

Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator

Jason "Moses" O'Toole - Commentator

Lauren "Pansy" Scott - Commentator

Heather "Sapphire" Garozzo - Observer

DJ "Prius" Kuntz - Observer

Secondary stream (Friday)

Tres "Stunna" Saranthus - Host

Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert - Analyst

James "JamezIRL" Macaulay - Analyst

Mohan "Launders" Govindasamy - Commentator

Conner "Scrawny" Girvan - Commentator

John "Blu" Mullen - Commentator

Erik "da_bears" Stromberg - Commentator

Great event

2017-09-14 18:51

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sry its 2 ez 4 NAVI . sry again

2017-09-15 13:30

ez for Faze

2017-09-14 18:52

2 replies

Wdf is this format might as well put semi and final in one day and call it Esl csgo marathon tournament.

2017-09-14 21:18

Yeah with the BO3 elimination maps it's a bit overwhelming for one day.

2017-09-14 21:20

glhf everyone in New York

ez for mouz

Cool :D

wow

2017-09-14 18:58

ez vp

Thursday, September 15th? Thursday is today.

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haha what a retard eZlo xdddddddd

+1 Wtf

2017-09-14 18:53

timezone usa maybe??

2017-09-14 23:39

Good date :)

Nice n0thing

1. FaZe 2. Astrialis 3. NaVi 4. Virtus Pro

8 replies

faze wont make semis

And who will steal its place? VP? Come on

2017-09-14 19:39

Liquid can

2017-09-15 07:24

For sure men

2017-09-15 10:56

Ez - "FaZe crush Astralis in New York, to semis"

2017-09-15 22:34

3 teams about to make the semis from one group, good prediction 10/10

2017-09-14 21:35

Hahaha

2017-09-15 03:25

100/100

2017-09-15 09:47

Wrong day/date

Pansy noooooooo

Pansy <3

2017-09-14 18:54

2017-09-14 22:15

I'd eat her ass

2017-09-15 02:36

VP will win screen this comment.

No need to screen we all know it

2017-09-14 19:36

my first eSports event, hyyyped!

hfhf

2017-09-14 18:55

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ty! have shit seats but w/e :D

2017-09-14 19:19

Gl with the 60 dolla popcorns

2017-09-14 19:35

Ikr xd

Get drunk before you go :)

2017-09-15 02:37

planning on it lol or stoned, we'll see which way the wind blows tm

2017-09-15 13:19

Both amirite ;) Be careful smoking in NY, the cops don't fuck around.

2017-09-15 19:26

bruh not trying to roll deep at 10:30am lol

2017-09-15 19:27

THORIN?????? REALLY ESL??? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? FUCK THORIN I HATE HIM SO MUCH I HOPE HE CATCHES A DISEASE AND DIES IN THE PLANE MID-AIR SO NOBODY CAN SAVE HIM

LUL wtf why organisers still invite that retarded gold nova ginger, annoying af

2017-09-14 18:57

I love how people get triggered over ANALYST invites. You probably fucking skip that part anyway. And, as a matter of fact, sometimes he raises some really good points tbh. It's not like he'll cast the whole game. The real problem is that they didn't invite my boi Anders NotLikeThis BibleThump

2017-09-14 19:47

Yeah Anders would be good, I like him a lot actually. But Thorin? I can't stand that guy. But I think Anders just had a son didn't he? So it's understandable that he's refusing invites.

2017-09-14 19:49

tornado ruined anders' house in Florida xdd

2017-09-14 23:40

which matches would be on main stream and which would be on secondary?

2017-09-14 18:56

All of them main

2017-09-14 19:40

Given the fact that the first day of ESL One will have two matches running simultaneously, there will be two different broadcast teams for those encounters. asking about the first day :/

2017-09-15 16:32

what the fuck? so a team can potentially play 1x bo1 and 2x bo3 on first day, but for the sunday it's just the grand final? nice schedule esl, typical clusterfuck

Its esl, fak

2017-09-14 19:33

So they should play bo3 semi and bo5 final the same day?

2017-09-15 16:09

why not just add another day to play elimination/decider matches

2017-09-15 16:16

Maybe they couldnt... dunno. Im glad to see semis in different day than final and o bo5 final. 1st. day will be long and hard tho

2017-09-15 16:34

I am so stoked! First LAN :D

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Gl to liquid who will fall out in groups

We need all the luck we can get! But ESG they looked strong so who knows :)

Maybe if astralis is still shit and virtus is bot

2017-09-14 19:34

I agree, we just look like half a team sometimes with only a T or CT side

2017-09-14 21:01

All I'm going to say is... Train = instaban

2017-09-14 21:24

JDM will choke, so will nitr0. Rip liquid

2017-09-15 02:39

ez envy 1st match all in envy the odds are too good

why FAQING thorin again, he was almost unbearable at ESG and now again

Yes, pretty shit. Skipped all ESG desk segments because of him + lurppis. However reddit kids seem to love him, and even tho reddit is a minority group it's where tournament organizers go to check the community.

2017-09-14 22:36

The city where billionaire kids throw their money like money aint shit.

2017-09-14 18:59

pansy...... fuck no :(

ez for n0thing

bit of a let down from last year

2017-09-14 19:01

"with SK, the No.1 side in the world, being placed in the same group as Cloud9, Natus Vincere and EnVyUs" saying sk is still number1 is the biggest joke of 2017 hltv. they can´t even reach semifinals anymore

2017-09-14 19:04

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3rd place in Mykonos last week

2017-09-14 19:38

nice tier3 tournament and getting 2-0d by liquid. SK is kill

2017-09-14 20:33

"tier 3" i dont even know why im talking to you

2017-09-14 20:45

Where?

too much cry will kill you

2017-09-14 21:31

...eeeverytime

2017-09-15 16:11

Sk is top 1 right now but I don't think they will be for long

2017-09-14 21:55

Y3s.... Astralis #1 LoL

2017-09-15 01:23

HLTV will appoint Astralis number 1 when they can actually beat Lambit lol

2017-09-15 09:50

no shame losing to current major champions. getting destroyed by liquid is sad though

2017-09-15 13:39

How can they be #1 though? CSGO pro scene is kind of shit right now, SK is number 1 by default imo because no one is stepping up the plate.

2017-09-15 19:34

you're my boy Blu

2017-09-14 19:09

Let's go Virtus plow!

2017-09-14 19:15

I think you need to wait for a few more months

2017-09-14 19:31

1. FaZe out in groups again. 2. SK semi-final warriors. 3. Liquid will upset again... maybe? 4. Virtus.Premier out quarters.

2017-09-14 19:17

Out in quarters = out during group stage, it's a 8 teams tourney. What you said probably meant you thought VP would go further than FaZe but if "FaZe is out in groups, and VP out in quarters" then they are out at the same stage.

2017-09-14 19:24

Exactly. FaZe is just destined for group doom and Virtus.Pro is... Virtus.Pro.

2017-09-14 20:58

No, Virtus.Pro is...Virtus.Premier.

2017-09-15 09:51

good thing its east coast makes it much more watchable for us europoors, 5-12 pm seems perfect. also Asstralis will win

2017-09-14 19:23

Not exactly midnight for the end of the first day, midnight the "decider game" should start and it's a BO3, so first day could end at 3am or even later for us Western/Central EU

2017-09-14 19:25

Its weekend so is ok

2017-09-14 19:30

its more likely it will start at 3am then end 3am heheheeksde FeelsBadMan

2017-09-15 09:30

Leggo C9, Liquid, FaZe, and my boy s1mple!

it sucks so much that i cant go see this again like last year, but my grandma cucked my by having her birthday party on the same day as the event. last year it was so crazy when Liquid went 2-0 vs fnatic on Dust 2.

And Streaming brazilian never more ?

2017-09-14 19:28

gl all teams, hope VP show up

2017-09-14 19:29

izi envyus!

ez for thoorin

Good luck for all the teams.

2017-09-14 19:37

Anders ??? Are You kidding me?

2017-09-14 19:42

LUL THORIN ONLY AT 10rd tournaments xD

2017-09-14 19:44

The whole group stage is gonna be played in ONE day? WTF

2017-09-14 19:46

Jordan <3

SK always have so much luck in drawings

2017-09-14 20:30

sk , navi astralis, liquid sk astralis sk

2017-09-14 21:08

Why is VP at the event xD Such lame groups....envyus clown9 natus kekcere on 1 side...lmao.... then we have vp astralis faze liquid on the other side dafuq shit is this??

2017-09-14 21:28

talking shit about c9 navi and envy and not vp Wut

2017-09-14 21:50

C9 are ultrashit...navi has more group stage exits than VP lmao. And envy isnt even t1. ????

2017-09-14 23:36

vp need to disband soon fastr then those teams

2017-09-15 00:02

Naah,navi needs to disband faster,most shit and over rated team,worse than vp

2017-09-16 01:17

Have u been drinking from the sewers again? I think it is making u slow

2017-09-15 03:29

Naah mate,i dont got habits like you.... Jeez. btw natus kekcere

2017-09-16 01:18

no G2 :/

2017-09-14 22:06

What a great format. It's not perfect bcuz you can be eliminated with a 0-2, but nothing is perfect.

2017-09-14 22:14

who cares about 0-2 winners match should be a bo3 just like in Malmo this prevents lucky flukes the perfect format would be openers bo1, rest bo3

2017-09-14 22:27

SK > EnVyUs FaZe > VP Cloud9 < Na`Vi Astralis > Liquid SK>Na`Vi / Astralis > FaZe VP > Liquid / Cloud9 > EnVyUs FaZe > VP Na`Vi > Cloud9 SK > FaZe Astralis > Na`Vi Astralis > SK

2017-09-14 22:30