cs_summit 2 viewer's guide

7-2-2018 16:35

With cs_summit 2 set to start tomorrow, we have put together a viewer's guide with all the information you need regarding the tournament.

Running during this weekend, the event organized by Beyond The Summit which is to be played behind closed doors in Los Angeles will see eight teams battle it out for a share of the $150,000 prize-pool.

Only one of the participants has qualified for the event, HEROIC, while the organization has invited squads such as the defending champions SK, Cloud9, and Liquid, who will be debuting Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic as their new fifth player.

In the first edition of cs_summit Cloud9 finished in fourth place

The competition will consist of a best-of-three double-elimination bracket, which will kick off with a clash between SK and Torqued.

Below you can find all of the first-round match-ups:

SK	vs. Torqued
North	vs. Vega Squadron
Ninjas in Pyjamas	vs. Liquid
Cloud9	vs. HEROIC

The full schedule of the tournament is the following:

Thursday, February 8th
18:00	SK	vs. Torqued	BO3
21:00	North	vs. Vega Squadron	BO3
00:00	Ninjas in Pyjamas	vs. Liquid	BO3
03:00	Cloud9	vs. HEROIC	BO3

Friday, February 9th
18:00	UB semi-final #1		BO3
21:00	UB semi-final #2		BO3
00:00	LB round 1 #1		BO3
03:00	LB round 1 #2		BO3

Saturday, February 10th
18:00	LB semi-final #1		BO3
21:00	LB semi-final #2		BO3
00:00	UB final		BO3
03:00	LB final		BO3

Sunday, February 11th
18:00	Consolidation final		BO3
00:00	Grand final		BO5*

* The team coming from the upper-bracket will have an automatic 1-0 advantage.

As for the on-air talent lineup, the likes of Robin "⁠Fifflaren⁠" Johansson, James Bardolph, Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert and Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares will be responsible for narrating the action, whilst Heather "⁠sapphiRe⁠" Garozzo and David "⁠prius⁠" Kuntz will be observing the matches.

It isn't uncommon at the Beyond The Summit House that some of the players attending the event join the talent to commentate matches not played by their teams.

The full broadcast talent roster is as follows:

Robin "⁠Fifflaren⁠" Johansson – Commentator
James Bardolph – Commentator
Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert – Commentator
Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus – Commentator
Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy – Commentator
Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares – Commentator

Heather "⁠sapphiRe⁠" Garozzo – Observer
David "⁠prius⁠" Kuntz – Observer

Finally, here is how the $150,000 prize-pool will be distributed among the eight teams:

1. $63,750
2. $33,750
3. $19,500
4. $15,000
5-6. $5,250
7-8. $3,750

Nice

2018-02-07 16:35

Nip Will win win

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+10000

2018-02-07 16:42

4 replies

+20000

2018-02-07 16:59

3 replies

-30000

2018-02-07 18:51

2 replies

= quick maths

2018-02-07 19:26

1 reply

Hahahahaha

2018-02-08 10:46

No.

2018-02-07 16:44

Hope so but unlikely

OMEGALUL

2018-02-07 16:45

Last

Gonna be a Nice tournament

yes liquid will win

2018-02-07 16:36

Lul

2018-02-07 17:00

5th

NIP WIN

lol

EZ VP

Thank god no sadokist and Henry "OHHHH" G.

Wheres machine??

Sean and Jordan = best

Jordan <3

2018-02-07 16:37

When does the matches start?

can you read?

2018-02-08 12:20

haHAA! I see what you did there!

2018-02-08 17:06

Brazil zil zil zil! Let's go my team, we can do it! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

2018-02-07 17:19

vs. Torqued in their first Bo3 lets hope they show they're from brazil..

2018-02-08 11:49

1st

2018-02-07 16:38

Fnatic win this tournament!

2018-02-07 16:39

ez NiP

Ez for NiP

This sapphiRe is trash :(

sapphiRe is the best observer

2018-02-07 16:49

No ynk no summit

Is it just me or are we needing some timestamps on these matches?

Most important teams snobbing this event? Prize is too small imho...

#GONINJAS

sean

2018-02-07 18:57

Im more excited for this than major... GL every team. Hope gonna be fun tô watch, like summit 1 was

no ynk ResidentSleeper no ddk ResidentSleeper no machine ResidentSleeper

Great Success

2018-02-07 16:46

ez for nip

invite dazed to comment. so we will have all 5 ibp guys on 1 event.

2018-02-07 16:48

SK vs C9 final... rest of them are trash cans

bad b8

2018-02-07 16:52

Torqued vs C9 final lul

2018-02-07 18:53

Bardolph without DDK?Wtf?!!!

ez torqued

david 'dj' kuntz fknn legend xD

nip is top 0 team in the world, goat f0rest etc, how could laugh?:3

List of teams and their likeliness of winning this event from up to down: 1. SK Gaming. 2. Cloud9. 3. NiP. 4. Team Liquid. 5. Vega Squadron. 6. North. 7. Heroic. 8. Torqued. You're welcome.

2018-02-07 16:53

Couldn't have guessed it. Someone give this guy a medal

2018-02-07 17:01

north 3 vega 4 liquid 5 and nip 6

2018-02-07 17:10

Revised list of teams and their likeliness of winning this event from up to down: 1. Vega Squadron. 2. Vega Squadron. 3. Vega Squadron. 4. Vega Squadron. 5. Vega Squadron. 6. Vega Squadron. 7. Vega Squadron. 8.Torqued (if Vega Squadron throws for skins). Thank me later.

2018-02-07 18:10

ez major for Braxton "swag" Pierce

Hopefully no crowd

2018-02-07 16:54

The viewer's guide is supposed to contain the schedule HLTV wtf

torqued might get fucked but at least gud experience for them go steel and azk my countrymen

2018-02-07 16:55

Calling SK vs C9 final. C9 win. Unless Fer tears them to pieces. C9 can beat SK unless Fer is on. Only guy on the team that really scares me as a fan. Otherwise C9 match up pretty well.

2018-02-07 16:56

Since SK with boltz just beat c9 in bo3 i think SK got this.

2018-02-07 17:12

Sk and c9 are 2-2 after major + online event. We will see how teams perform at LAN

2018-02-07 17:26

Cold destroyed c9 Fer is only scary on cobble

2018-02-07 18:05

Let's hope for a Torqued upset. That would be good for CS.

2018-02-07 16:58

2018-02-07 17:03

I would shed tears of joy if that happens

2018-02-07 18:55

That's the first time I see a viewer's guide without the schedule of each match.

Liquid vs SK - SK win 2-1

2018-02-07 17:02

-1

Full viewer’s guide without a single mention of a time? I’ve seen it all now

2018-02-07 17:15

2018-02-07 17:18

nip out in "groups" :)

haHAA

2018-02-07 17:21

Machine ;(

Stunna hasn't been around CS for like a year and no one has missed him or noticed. Why.

2018-02-07 17:20

Jesus this format

2018-02-07 17:25

SK should take this, we'll see if c9 can continue their strong form from major, but SK in bo5 if they meet in final is too hard for any team in the world IMO. You can't know what to expect from NiP and Liquid, but they are capable of going far. Other teams are weaker, maybe North or Heroic can find some better form than lately, but doubt they'll trouble the favorites.

2018-02-07 17:36

Good to see stunna again. This event always has a great atmosphere A double elim bracket is always nice too SK is probably going to win and all the br fools will talk about how they have one more win and are better than everyone else

2018-02-07 17:42

nickname checks out

2018-02-08 14:29

eu friendly grandfinal bo5 12 pm gj

2018-02-07 17:46

Always wondering when Summit1g will attend cs_Summit >:o

2018-02-07 17:48

im not gonna fuck up my sleepin schedule for tier5 torunament sorry

2018-02-07 17:53

This schedule Rip Europe

2018-02-07 17:58

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Yeah its not the best for us... but then again... super bowl even worse ;D

2018-02-07 18:18

Noone watches super bowl

2018-02-07 23:31

And what sane person in EU cares about super bowl?

2018-02-08 17:11

A lot of people enjoy that show, come on. Dont be like that.

2018-02-08 20:54

dude whatever u have is nothing compared to australia, count yourself lucky

2018-02-07 18:34

true, feels bad australian guy :/

2018-02-07 18:39

Wow. Can we get some basic information on this tournament such as: - Time zone of starting games (I assume its based off LA time, but why am I having to make these assumptions) - Where I can watch the games (Twitch link??)

2018-02-07 17:59

hltv.org/matches?event=3454

Also time zone is shown individually based on your location.

2018-02-07 18:21

#OnlyVega

2018-02-07 18:17

1AM-10AM FUCK AUSTRALIA IM LEAVING THIS PLACE

2018-02-07 18:33

yo sum1 hook me up with a european citizenship of any kind thx we can trade if u want

wtf are you want dude? maybe the 18:00 matches are good for eu, 21:00 are ok-ish, the rest is meh...

2018-02-07 18:36

damn, thorin could actually have been really good at an event like this

2018-02-07 18:50

thorin isn't laid back enough for this event he would ruin the atmosphere with his tryhard banter

2018-02-07 19:00

WHERE IS MACHINE WTF

2018-02-07 19:14

I don't like the fact that the upper bracket team gets a 1-0 lead. Just give them 2 bans and the 1st/3rd/5th pick. That way they gain a huge advantage and the viewers are guaranteed at least 3 maps in a BO5. Other than that, are they at least playing the lower brackets pick first in the final? Would hate to see another 2-0 (it is technically that, just with a different veto from a bo3) in a bo5.

2018-02-07 19:48