FACEIT Major New Challengers Stage viewer's guide

3-9-2018 15:00

With the kickoff date for the FACEIT Major New Challengers Stage drawing near, we have prepared a viewer's guide with all the information you need to follow the event.

The New Challengers Stage will be held at the Twickenham Stadium in London, United Kingdom on September 5-9 with 16 teams in attendance. There will be one Swiss group and the teams with three wins will qualify for the New Legends Stage while the teams with three losses get eliminated after five rounds of matches.

FACEIT will use Buchholz as a seeding tool in rounds 3-5 which will make it possible to measure how hard a team’s route has been. Additionally, the fifth and final Swiss round games will be played as best-of-threes.

The New Challengers Stage will be played at the Twickenham Stadium

Eight teams have made their way to the FACEIT Major New Challengers Stage via the Minors while the remaining squads were invited as they finished in the bottom eight at the ELEAGUE Major Boston's New Legends Stage.

The full team list can be found below:

The first Swiss round matchups and full schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, September 5
11:00 - Space Soldiers vs. Rogue | BO1
12:30 - Virtus.pro vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas | BO1
14:00 - Gambit vs. TYLOO | BO1
15:30 - BIG vs. Renegades | BO1
17:00 - Vega Squadron vs. Spirit | BO1
18:30 - North vs. HellRaisers | BO1
20:00 - Liquid vs. OpTic | BO1
21:30 - Astralis vs. Complexity | BO1

Thursday, September 6
11:00 - Swiss Round 2 Match 1 (1-0 teams) | BO1
12:30 - Swiss Round 2 Match 2 (1-0 teams) | BO1
14:00 - Swiss Round 2 Match 3 (1-0 teams) | BO1
15:30 - Swiss Round 2 Match 4 (1-0 teams) | BO1
17:00 - Swiss Round 2 Match 5 (0-1 teams) | BO1
18:30 - Swiss Round 2 Match 6 (0-1 teams) | BO1
20:00 - Swiss Round 2 Match 7 (0-1 teams) | BO1
21:30 - Swiss Round 2 Match 8 (0-1 teams) | BO1

Friday, September 7
11:00 - Swiss Round 3 Match 1 (2-0 teams) | BO1
12:30 - Swiss Round 3 Match 2 (2-0 teams) | BO1
14:00 - Swiss Round 3 Match 3 (1-1 teams) | BO1
15:30 - Swiss Round 3 Match 4 (1-1 teams) | BO1
17:00 - Swiss Round 3 Match 5 (1-1 teams) | BO1
18:30 - Swiss Round 3 Match 6 (1-1 teams) | BO1
20:00 - Swiss Round 3 Match 7 (0-2 teams) | BO1
21:30 - Swiss Round 3 Match 8 (0-2 teams) | BO1

Saturday, September 8
11:00 - Swiss Round 4 Match 1 (2-1 teams) | BO1
12:30 - Swiss Round 4 Match 2 (2-1 teams) | BO1
14:00 - Swiss Round 4 Match 3 (2-1 teams) | BO1
15:30 - Swiss Round 4 Match 4 (1-2 teams) | BO1
17:00 - Swiss Round 4 Match 5 (1-2 teams) | BO1
18:30 - Swiss Round 4 Match 6 (1-2 teams) | BO1

Sunday, September 9
11:00 - Swiss Round 5 Match 1 (2-2 teams) | BO3
15:30 - Swiss Round 5 Match 2 (2-2 teams) | BO3
20:00 - Swiss Round 5 Match 3 (2-2 teams) | BO3

The on-air broadcast crew that will guide you through the action can be found below:

Alex "Machine" Richardson - Host
Freya Spiers - Interviewer/Stage Host
Pala Gilroy Sen - Interviewer

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Commentator
James Bardolph - Commentator
Anders Blume - Commentator
Jason "Moses" O’Toole - Commentator
Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator

Bjorn "THREAT" Pers - Analyst
Sean "seang@res" Gares - Analyst
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Analyst
Damian "daps" Steele - Analyst
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche - Analyst

Sadokist <3

2018-09-03 15:00

12 replies

2018-09-03 15:01

wtf

Yes, NO

2018-09-03 15:02

Who is this Sadomasokist?

2018-09-03 15:03

2018-09-03 15:06

2018-09-03 15:20

2018-09-03 15:35

Nowkiss <3

2018-09-03 15:45

yes

2018-09-03 16:09

Bruhhh

2018-09-03 16:55

Yes <3

2018-09-03 17:49

oh good - can't wait to hear him make poorly veiled references to "The Incident" every 10 rounds

2018-09-03 18:12

Go tralis

Cakep ga tuh

1 reply

lul waht lenguesh?

2018-09-03 15:46

Great schedule

Very cool

where is semmler?

13 replies

Retired since 2017

4 replies

really?

2018-09-03 15:07

2018-09-04 11:12

why?

2018-09-03 15:21

He's at OverWatch League rn

2018-09-04 00:48

Bait or just plain retarded?

5 replies

Why would you conclude that someone asking where is Semmler is retarded?

2018-09-03 15:43

Because he’s been gone nearly a year now and if you’re on a website dedicated to cs you should 100% know where one half of the best casting duo of all time has gone?

2018-09-03 15:49

3 replies

Yea, I know about his lost, but that still didn't answer where he has been. Last time I heard about him he was a commentator for some Overwatch matches. I never heard about him announced retirement from commentating.

2018-09-03 15:51

2 replies

Well he’s not involved in CS and hasn’t been for months. He does OWL now.

2018-09-03 15:55

Not months, I think. It's already over a year. That wasn't hard, was it?

2018-09-03 16:00

baiting?

Overwatch League with Hex

2018-09-03 21:22

NICE

No smix no fun

EZ 3-0 FOR NORTH

No stunna :(

gl to all teams cant wait

Why no thorin ://///

9 replies

Bad AnalYST

Better than those who are confirmed... there wont be any trash talking and its gonna be boring

2018-09-03 15:12

2018-09-03 16:25

Fakeflagger

2018-09-03 15:44

Wat

didn't know that poles likes Thorin xddd

I do like him coz hes different than others, sometimes chats shit but it suits him and his character. Adds jokes here and there to make it more entertaining and fun.

2018-09-03 15:52

+1 I have to agree I like some of his "thoughts"

2018-09-03 15:54

+1 he goes for one team for a reason instead of French sitting

2018-09-03 16:16

nice! edit: except the addition of Jacob "Pimp" Winneche why? he is so bad :(

Sado is bacck boiyysSSSZ

HYPEEEE

Wow so stupid time they send the matches

2018-09-03 15:04

Gl north

ez for the best team of all time Astralis #EzEra #ToTheStars

in b4 they don't make it to top16

2018-09-03 15:05

there's no era mf, I'm sorry

2018-09-03 17:09

ez vp

no NRG :(

REPLACE DDK FOR PANSY PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fuck no pansy is a shit caster

2018-09-03 15:09

You drunk m8 ?

2018-09-03 15:11

Interesting...

okay

Thursday first match is one hour later

"while the remaining squads were invited thanks to their Legends status from ELEAGUE Major 2018." - I was sure that Legends status supposed to be in the list of top 8 teams on the previous Major. Am I wrong?

Legends status = top8 from previous major :p

2018-09-03 15:30

It means their placing in the New Legends stage which used to be called the challengers stage. The top 8 in the New Legends went to the playoffs called New Champions or smth like that

2018-09-03 15:33

Ez gambit

I don't get it wasn't this known already?

2018-09-03 15:16

It's just a recap

2018-09-03 15:27

My bois gonna win this event.

2018-09-03 15:37

ripLexity

do u get drop?

kobble drahp hype

2018-09-03 15:47

nip win

MAJOR HYPE BOIS

2018-09-03 15:50

mibr??

2018-09-03 16:07

ah ok legend status, but astralis?? why they arent on legend status?

2018-09-03 16:08

They've dropped with 1-3 in Boston

2018-09-03 16:27

will there be drops during challenger's stage or only in main event ?

2018-09-03 16:12

also wondering. Did you find the answer?

2018-09-05 15:48

yea should be dropping during challengers

2018-09-05 16:56

found some on marketplace, so yes. Not got a single one yet lol

2018-09-05 17:09

well there's been only 3 matches so far :D I'm dropping on 3 accounts so imma check it after challengers :D

2018-09-05 17:38

Nice to see sadokist <3

2018-09-03 16:17

said this before gonna say it again. 3 casting pairs for 3 stages is not enough

2018-09-03 16:23

The hype is real

2018-09-03 16:34

Gl CompLexity <3

2018-09-03 16:35

Hype! <3

2018-09-03 18:03

Wish they can allow a crowd, I live 20 minutes from the stadium.

2018-09-03 20:04

I assume they expect too many people to be at work or school for it to be worth the huge hassle of having a crowd.

2018-09-04 10:52

Just 30 or so seats in the room that the teams play and a screen in the middle would be just fine. Surely a small group of people might be interested.

2018-09-04 11:00

Way too much hassle for 30 people. I assume they need to then have security and all that. Also, where is the limit? I reckon there are more than 30 unemployed fucks in the area that want to get a sniff.

2018-09-04 13:30