ESL Pro League S6 Finals viewer's guide

4-12-2017 15:15

The ESL Pro League Season 6 Finals will kick off on Tuesday, so we have put together a viewer's guide with all the information you need to know regarding the event.

After an online stage that lasted nearly three months, ESL Pro League Season 6 will culminate with an offline event at Arena Fyn, in Odense, where 12 teams will battle it out for their share of a $750,000 prize-pool.

North are last season's runners-up

For this edition, ESL introduced a new group pairing method, which sees each participant pick one team they want to avoid, which is then placed in the opposite group, until both six-team groups are determined.

Here are the groups for the event:

Group Yellow	Group Red
fnatic	OpTic
FaZe	SK
Astralis	North
Liquid	Ninjas in Pyjamas
HellRaisers	Misfits
Luminosity	NRG

The tournament format consists of a best-of-one round-robin group stage, featuring ESL's new point system, which, in the event of an overtime, gives two points to the winning side and one to the loser.

The top teams from both groups advance straight to the semi-finals, while the second and the third-placed squads will have to get through the quarter-finals. The first two knockout rounds will be played in a best-of-three format, whilst the grand final will be a best-of-five affair.

Below you can find the full schedule for the event:

Tuesday, December 5
12:00	fnatic	vs. FaZe
12:00	Luminosity	vs. HellRaisers
13:15	Astralis	vs. Liquid
13:15	fnatic	vs. HellRaisers
14:30	FaZe	vs. Liquid
14:30	Astralis	vs. Luminosity
15:45	fnatic	vs. Luminosity
15:45	HellRaisers	vs. Liquid
17:30	North	vs. SK
17:30	NRG	vs. Misfits
18:45	Ninjas in Pyjamas	vs. OpTic
18:45	North	vs. Misfits
20:00	SK	vs. OpTic
20:00	NRG	vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
21:15	North	vs. NRG
21:15	Misfits	vs. OpTic

Wednesday, December 6
12:00	FaZe	vs. Astralis
12:00	fnatic	vs. Liquid
13:15	HellRaisers	vs. Astralis
13:15	FaZe	vs. Luminosity
14:30	FaZe	vs. HellRaisers
14:30	fnatic	vs. Astralis
14:30	Luminosity	vs. Liquid
16:15	SK	vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
16:15	North	vs. OpTic
17:30	Misfits	vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
17:30	SK	vs. NRG
18:45	SK	vs. Misfits
18:45	North	vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
18:45	NRG	vs. OpTic

Friday, December 8
16:00	Quarter-final #1
19:50	Quarter-final #2

Saturday, December 9
16:00	Semi-final #1
19:50	Semi-final #2

Sunday, December 10
16:00	Grand Final

When it comes to the on-air broadcast team, O. J. Borg will be the event's host, while Alex "Machine" Richardson will be host the desk, where he will be joined by three experts: Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović, Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill and Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche.

As you can see below, the list also counts with four casting pairs—two of those on the secondary stream—, and Tres "stunna" Saranthus as a backstage reporter. Lauren "Pansy" Scott will miss the event after suffering from food poisoning while at DreamHack Winter, being replaced by Vince Hill.

The official English language broadcast team will feature:

Main stream

O. J. Borg - host

Alex "Machine" Richardson - desk host

Janko "YNk" Paunović - analyst

Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - analyst

Jacob "Pimp" Winneche - analyst

Henry "HenryG" Greer - commentator

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - commentator

Jason "moses" O'Toole - commentator

Vince Hill - commentator

Tres "stunna" Saranthus - backstage reporter

Secondary stream

Jack "Jacky" Peters - commentator

Hugo Byron - commentator

Harry "JustHarry" Russell - commentator

Alex "Snodz" Byfield - commentator

As for the $750,000 prize-pool, it will be distributed among the 12 teams as follows:

1. $225,000
2. $100,000
3-4. $60,000
5-6. $45,000
7-8. $40,000
9-10. $35,000
11-12. $32,500

nice

2017-12-04 15:17

18 replies

ez 4 nip

2017-12-04 15:18

3 replies

YES

2017-12-04 15:58

2 replies

ez c9 and my boy turok

2017-12-05 03:07

1 reply

2017-12-05 08:44

Fuck u Esl . How df do I watch 2 games at once and you still use the same format.

2017-12-04 15:26

10 replies

Open 2 browsers :^) there are 2 streams

2017-12-04 15:49

7 replies

how can you pay attention to 2 tabs at the same time?

2017-12-04 16:03

6 replies

2 eyes kappa

2017-12-04 17:35

I guess it works for people who have 2 monitors, put stream A on one, and B in the remaining one.

2017-12-04 17:37

4 replies

and what about sound?

2017-12-04 17:44

that part I've no idea

2017-12-04 21:20

Use 2 earplugs. One for each ear.

2017-12-04 23:12

pff, put it on speakers

2017-12-05 20:42

just watch the best game

2017-12-04 17:49

Two screens?

2017-12-04 21:22

I don't particularly like the format but lets see what happens

2017-12-04 16:01

no, because the first of each group goes instantly to semis

I quite like this format, what's not to like? Although I will always prefer an upper/lower/chsp bracket

2017-12-04 17:28

Don't comment

NiP 0-5 out of groups

2017-12-04 15:33

haha and you are NiP fan?

2017-12-04 16:15

No, why?

2017-12-04 17:56

Ez katka

u mad bro? cuz im not

sk and lg gonna win

vay amk

Let's go LIQUID!

ESL group labels pls

first

easy peasy

june 4?

ez 4 SK

ez EPL for OpTic

gl all teams, FaZe or G2 got this. SK overall favorite

16 replies

G2 k

2017-12-04 15:24

why not they can

2017-12-04 15:25

my bad i got i messed it up big time :(

2017-12-04 15:38

G2? LUL

if shox, kenny, apex on point they can

Hint: Look at the groups again.

2017-12-04 15:32

Omg sorry my bad

2017-12-04 15:37

thanks for correcting me no G2

Did you even read the article?

2017-12-04 15:30

yes in hurry i forgot G2 didn't even qualify, totally my bad

A request to admin can you delete my post please, i messed it up big time and i cannot edit my comment.

2017-12-04 15:40

5 replies

ahahahaha

2017-12-04 15:50

Lol I messed up big time

2017-12-04 15:51

its 2 l8, you will have to live with this comment for the rest of your life...

2017-12-04 16:20

Sadness

2017-12-04 16:23

I feel you bro

2017-12-04 19:22

Nice

2017-12-04 15:19

Ez CeRq and SK

Easy for Lil Minosity

2017-12-04 15:20

nice next year final

ezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz FaZe

I cant watch any of the games D:

2017-12-04 15:22

#GOLG #RUNSKG

2017-12-04 15:23

Ez for Faze. Niko MVP

What the fuck are some of these teams :DDD

OJ Borg. HYPE. None of them EPL S4 Brazilian tits. OJ FUCKING BORG> OVERHYPE

2017-12-04 15:29

cant see g2 4Head

2017-12-04 15:31

Pls no delay pls

2017-12-04 15:35

why is harry in the secondary stream section, he should be invited to the event

2017-12-04 15:45

FAMILY SHOW

2017-12-04 15:46

Ez nrg

2017-12-04 15:52

ez 4 ISSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

finally semmler is gone

2017-12-04 16:06

I feel bad for Pansy food poision, but im glad she is not casting.

2017-12-04 16:10

lol have fun with fucking silver ass vince then lol

2017-12-04 22:59

Esl event, fucked up and upsets all over the place incoming.

2017-12-04 16:22

where is s1mple? #CSGODOFTIER4CS

2017-12-04 16:25

let's go HR!!

2017-12-04 16:26

GO HR GO!

2017-12-04 16:27

Henry G and Sadokist to please their 12yo viewers again. God their jokes are cringey and terriable. Meanwhile everyone hating on Pansy.

2017-12-04 16:37

Pansy fan talking about Henry and Sado casting, LUUUUUL

2017-12-04 16:56

You think Pansy is better than Henry and sado lmao

2017-12-04 18:40

Where did i say that?

Misfits Luminosity NRG but no VP G2 Gambit As much slot for NA as for EU is bad if u ask me.

2017-12-04 16:44

G2 are irrelevant.

Even if they are, they are the title holder.

2017-12-04 16:57

i believe in SK 4 top1, sk the best

2017-12-04 16:47

Ez for LG...chelo mvp kappa

2017-12-04 16:59

where'r the hoez at, pimp?

2017-12-04 17:14

faze will win this, easy

2017-12-04 17:15

Lauren "Pansy" Scott will most likely miss the event after suffering from food poisoning while at DreamHack Winter, but ESL has not yet announced a replacement. ohhh noooooooooooo Pansy food poisoning in first world sweden LUL

2017-12-04 17:36

Food positing happens everywhere. Went with my family to some fancy ass restaurant since my rich uncle was footing the bill and my cousin got food posioning off $150 lobster. Shit happens

2017-12-04 18:42

Its a joke man xD Dont take it too seriously :P

2017-12-04 18:49

I hope you're not playing with my feelings -- best news I could have asked for. Her voice is so unbelievably irritating.... like fingernails on a chalkboard.

2017-12-05 08:27