FACEIT Major New Champions Stage viewer's guide

With only eight teams left in the fight for the grandest prize in CS:GO, we've collected all the information you need to follow the remaining part of the FACEIT Major.

Major action has moved from Twickenham Stadium to the SSE Wembley Arena, which boasts a 10,000-seat capacity. The playoffs will run from September 20-23 and feature a single-elimination bracket with all best-of-three games, including the grand final on Sunday.

The top 8 teams of the Major will do battle at the SSE Arena

Below is a full list of the eight teams who will fight for the Major trophy as well as the $500,000 first place prize:

For a comprehensive preview of the first four teams to duke it out in Thursday's two quarter-finals, check out HLTV.org Senior Writer Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin's look at the matchups, which includes analysis of the squad's performances so far. The second part of our playoff preview will be up on the site later today.

Tomorrow, one of the biggest favourites to take the title, Liquid, will play the third quarter-final against HellRaisers. Senior Writer Milan "Striker" Švejda analysed the North American's chances of actually going all the way, an article which you can find right here.

Below is the full schedule of the FACEIT Major's New Champions playoff stage:

Thursday, September 20
16:15 - Germany BIG vs. Ukraine Natus Vincere | BO3
19:45 - North America Complexity vs. Brazil MIBR | BO3

Friday, September 21
17:15 - North America Liquid vs. Other HellRaisers | BO3
20:45 - Denmark Astralis vs. Europe FaZe | BO3

Saturday, September 22
17:15 - Semi-Final #1 | BO3
20:45 - Semi-Final #2 | BO3

Sunday, September 23
19:10 - Grand Final | BO3

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2018-09-20 09:52
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Gj
2018-09-20 09:53
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2 replies
tyty my german friend
2018-09-20 09:53
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1 reply
ledumbo..
2018-09-20 11:42
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#17
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Poland Unluko
Nice
2018-09-20 09:56
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1 reply
Nicw
2018-09-20 09:58
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Reported
2018-09-20 10:14
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2 replies
#122
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Denmark DaTrumf
Reported for reporting
2018-09-20 14:24
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1 reply
Reported for not to take it seriously.
2018-09-20 15:01
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#2
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Netherlands Syliaca
NaVi
2018-09-20 09:53
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idc
2018-09-20 09:53
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3 replies
nt prokda mertz
2018-09-20 10:44
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2 replies
I’m not mertz wtf
2018-09-20 10:53
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1 reply
Hi puget.
2018-09-20 11:42
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#4
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Poland Kazahi
ez
2018-09-20 09:53
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NAVI > BIG COL > MIBR
2018-09-20 09:53
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14 replies
#18
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Poland Unluko
Big > NaVi Mibr >coL
2018-09-20 09:56
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12 replies
already put money on my prediction, ez $€$€$€$€$
2018-09-20 10:20
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3 replies
Same
2018-09-20 11:12
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#106
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Poland Unluko
Lul rip your money then
2018-09-20 12:15
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1 reply
Haha true!
2018-09-20 14:29
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Hr > liquid
2018-09-20 10:42
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7 replies
#74
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Poland Unluko
0/8 bait
2018-09-20 11:21
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4 replies
truth hurts
2018-09-20 11:24
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3 replies
#80
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Poland Unluko
Bad bait
2018-09-20 11:39
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2 replies
truth hurts
2018-09-20 13:02
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1 reply
#119
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Poland Unluko
Bad bait
2018-09-20 13:55
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Weak baity
2018-09-20 11:43
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1 reply
truth hurts
2018-09-20 13:02
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Ye most likely. Lets not forget that the underdogs can upset (mibr)
2018-09-20 11:44
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n1
2018-09-20 09:53
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#8
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Ukraine TBOY(2)
2
2018-09-20 09:53
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Kk
2018-09-20 09:53
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#10
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Germany Kuruyo
Nice
2018-09-20 09:53
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n1
2018-09-20 09:53
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#13
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Luxembourg alex24
isn`t the major over yet ? lol who`s watching it anymore ?
2018-09-20 09:54
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39 replies
#15
Zeus | 
Russia merce1
me
2018-09-20 09:55
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Just 2 million people around the globe.
2018-09-20 09:55
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17 replies
#34
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Luxembourg alex24
seriously ? i doubt there will be past 500k viewers (including 300k fake accounts for drops) and the final... maybe 700k viewers on all streams cs:go is booring these days, same old maps, same old plays, same old strats.. nothing exciting anymore ffs smoke banana and rush mid...
2018-09-20 10:24
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16 replies
#37
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Israel uffiez
it's like you don't even pay attention
2018-09-20 10:27
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13 replies
#39
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Luxembourg alex24
its just that i don`t even read what every pleb has to say... unless its something interesting and fact based...
2018-09-20 10:29
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12 replies
#45
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Israel uffiez
i mean you don't pay attention to the games, if you think all strats are the same
2018-09-20 10:32
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11 replies
#49
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Luxembourg alex24
when did u start watching the majors ? i started at DHW13, and for sure i can compare the past 5 years
2018-09-20 10:40
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10 replies
You have no idea what You are Talking about. Clearly.
2018-09-20 10:43
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2 replies
#54
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Luxembourg alex24
who are u and why are u posting ? its like you`re watching porn, and i`m interrupting saying that you should be watching this.. instead of that...
2018-09-20 10:46
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1 reply
no. not even close. you are just delusional. but its ok, if you really think that nothing happened in the scene strategywise, then so be it. I will just call you an idiot. for funzies. good day sir.
2018-09-20 14:58
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#55
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Israel uffiez
no wonder you are bored, maybe do something new in ur life
2018-09-20 10:46
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6 replies
#57
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Luxembourg alex24
can`t compare real life with online one please stop posting.. at least post something interesting to read
2018-09-20 10:47
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5 replies
#62
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Israel uffiez
smh too much trolling
2018-09-20 10:49
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4 replies
#65
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Luxembourg alex24
please stop posting, i only read like 2 words from your posts :)
2018-09-20 10:57
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3 replies
#71
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Israel uffiez
education that bad in luxembourg?
2018-09-20 11:10
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2 replies
#83
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Luxembourg alex24
actually i`m an expat in LU but nevertheless, we were teached never to trust what jews are saying
2018-09-20 11:42
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1 reply
#107
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Russia heat7
+rep
2018-09-20 12:17
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yes. n0thing is not exciting anymore after he left cloud9.
2018-09-20 10:31
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TrashBG is amazing game , yea. Same for childnite , noone above 12y/o (mental age) plays it..
2018-09-20 11:46
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#19
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Poland Unluko
Every cs fan except you
2018-09-20 09:57
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16 replies
#36
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Luxembourg alex24
not interesting anymore... same old crappy maps, same old strats... in 2 years the cs:go scene will be dead, nobody will watch it anymore
2018-09-20 10:25
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15 replies
#41
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Lithuania AioNw0w
you know people said that 2 years ago, right?
2018-09-20 10:31
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14 replies
#48
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Luxembourg alex24
so have you followed what happened since then ? players: 283.000 august 2018 353.000 july 2017 (pgl major) steamcharts.com/app/730 viewers: PGL Krakow = 840.000 average viewers Eleague 2018 = 897.000 average viewers Faceit major 2018 so far: 379.000 average viewers esc.watch/tournaments/csgo/pgl-major-kra.. esc.watch/tournaments/csgo/faceit-major-.. esc.watch/tournaments/csgo/eleague-major.. esports-marketing-blog.com/esports-viewe..
2018-09-20 10:39
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12 replies
#61
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
f0rest | 
Latvia Matematikis
Do you know if they take in account Major qualify viewers for faceit?
2018-09-20 10:49
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3 replies
#67
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Luxembourg alex24
no, just the main event so last week`s group stages had 379.000 average viewers.. pretty low considering all the teams were playing the playoffs will have the same... fans of the teams who were eliminated won`t view as much if they are not interested in drops
2018-09-20 11:06
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2 replies
#76
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
f0rest | 
Latvia Matematikis
Ok, thanks for info. Yeah it's low, even when there are some great matchups. Yeah, i watch almost only NIP games, maybe sometimes Navi.
2018-09-20 11:23
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1 reply
#82
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Luxembourg alex24
please also reply this to the plebs above who say i`m just trolling with my issue. thanks :)
2018-09-20 11:41
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#66
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Romania Iosif
I bet you have no friends IRL. You seem to be annoying af.
2018-09-20 11:04
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7 replies
#69
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Luxembourg alex24
i have a full time job, a wife, a 2 year old boy and another one coming this december, i have 2 mortages for the next 30 years need more irl info ?
2018-09-20 11:07
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6 replies
#85
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Romania Iosif
And you still said nothing about friends.
2018-09-20 11:42
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3 replies
#88
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Luxembourg alex24
at my age you can count real friends on one hand i don`t have any social media, so while you must be proud to have 100 friends on steam and 500 friends on facebook.. those never count
2018-09-20 11:43
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2 replies
#93
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Romania Iosif
I'm not that young, I too have a full-time job, a fiance, but no kids. My only problem with you is the fact that your comments are senseless. If you don't like watching the game anymore, simple don't do it. You don't need to insult a lot of people with your comments.
2018-09-20 11:48
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1 reply
#120
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Luxembourg alex24
i never insulted the cs:go viewers i just said things are going downhill for cs:go and the scene the facts are there to find
2018-09-20 14:09
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And i am DJ 31k$ a week, 10 kids over 5 wifes , living in Dubai. My goal is 6 more kids until the end of the year.
2018-09-20 11:49
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1 reply
#121
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Luxembourg alex24
but in real life you are actually a kangaroo
2018-09-20 14:10
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#103
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Poland Unluko
+1
2018-09-20 12:03
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whole cs szene.. oh wait LUXEMBOURG OMEGALUL
2018-09-20 10:01
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2 replies
Nt germany
2018-09-20 11:49
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1 reply
#104
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Poland Unluko
+1
2018-09-20 12:03
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Ez for Team Liquid. #NAhope
2018-09-20 09:55
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7 replies
fake device fan.. huh...
2018-09-20 10:32
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Gaand chaat le na fir americans ki
2018-09-20 10:47
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5 replies
Acha lavde tu toh bohot bada Entity ka fan hai. Khud Bardolph ka flair rakha hai aur mujhe suna ne aagaya chutiya.
2018-09-20 10:49
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2 replies
Kumse kum NA hope karta nahi fir raha loduchand
2018-09-20 13:22
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1 reply
Joke toh samajh nahi aata chutiye aa gaye bade batane.
2018-09-20 13:23
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Arabs , speak some real language please.
2018-09-20 11:49
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1 reply
We're not kebabs lmao.
2018-09-20 13:24
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giff BO5 grand final FFS
2018-09-20 10:00
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15 replies
#24
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Indonesia Bisapakai
+1
2018-09-20 10:05
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#30
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Denmark MeToxi
That should indeed be a priority for the next major. EDIT: imagine bo5 semis :ooo
2018-09-20 10:21
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12 replies
bo7 finals
2018-09-20 11:48
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11 replies
#96
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Romania Iosif
What about bo9 with 2 hostage rescue maps.
2018-09-20 11:49
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10 replies
🤨😂😂😂 lol
2018-09-20 11:50
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#123
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Denmark MeToxi
Don't think the teams would wan't to sit down for 10 hours straight playing one final :I Anyways, the thoughts of pro teams playing hostage maps is intriguing. Even more so in a major final.
2018-09-20 14:26
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8 replies
#129
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Romania Iosif
It was a joke. But I really want to see some hostage maps in pro competition. It would be fun
2018-09-20 15:38
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7 replies
#130
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Denmark MeToxi
I know, I just like to explain things ;)
2018-09-20 15:40
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6 replies
#131
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Romania Iosif
Oh, gl&hf to Ast tomorrow.
2018-09-20 15:43
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5 replies
#132
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Denmark MeToxi
And you to FaZe. Hopefully it'll be a thriller.
2018-09-20 15:49
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4 replies
#133
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Romania Iosif
I hope that too. Pretty sure Astralis will win, but at least I want to see FaZe playing good.
2018-09-20 15:50
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3 replies
#134
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Denmark MeToxi
Tbf, astralis have looked shaky so far
2018-09-20 15:52
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2 replies
#135
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Romania Iosif
They did in the challenger stage...but in the legend stage they were pretty good. And what about FaZe...going 3-2.
2018-09-20 15:55
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1 reply
#136
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Denmark MeToxi
Yeah, true.
2018-09-20 16:43
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#78
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Poland Unluko
-1
2018-09-20 11:28
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#23
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
forsaken | 
Germany BobbyCarDriver
small arena = major Cologne biggest fckn event = no major
2018-09-20 10:03
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10 replies
they allrdy had it last year or 2016. they will get it again 2019 / 2020 again i think
2018-09-20 10:06
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3 replies
They had 2014, 2015 and 2016
2018-09-20 10:21
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First major of 2019 is Katowice 😍
2018-09-20 11:50
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1 reply
+<3
2018-09-20 12:17
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2014, 2015 and 2016??
2018-09-20 10:21
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5 replies
#42
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
forsaken | 
Germany BobbyCarDriver
yeah but no major in 2k17 and 2k18?
2018-09-20 10:31
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4 replies
Because they wanted to give other organizers a chance?
2018-09-20 10:34
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3 replies
#47
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
forsaken | 
Germany BobbyCarDriver
kk now they can go back, been shitty the last years ESL > all
2018-09-20 10:37
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2 replies
MLG > Cologne. UUUUUSAAAAA UUUUUSAAAA
2018-09-20 11:51
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1 reply
CROWD MICROPHONES CROWD MICROPHONES but still a nice tounrament imo, but cologne better :p
2018-09-20 12:11
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#27
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Israel sahar13
Navi mibr liquid astralis
2018-09-20 10:17
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2 replies
Col*
2018-09-20 11:52
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1 reply
#140
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Israel sahar13
Xd
2018-09-24 10:40
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good schedule
2018-09-20 10:18
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"The top 8 teams of the Major will do battle at the SSE Arena" -The wise Yossarian
2018-09-20 10:22
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S1mple will destroy fucking trash(BIG) 1941-1945 Let’s repeat
2018-09-20 10:25
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#38
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Israel uffiez
can't wait for gold pick'em trophy from this major :)
2018-09-20 10:28
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NAVI, MIBR, Liquid, Astralis to go through
2018-09-20 10:32
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NA^VI DAVI =C
2018-09-20 10:46
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Ez 4 astralis
2018-09-20 10:48
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Why the hell isn't the final bo5?
2018-09-20 10:55
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Astralis and Faze crash quarter-final. what a sht show
2018-09-20 11:07
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#70
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Norway spinz
NaVi, coL, Liquid, FaZe to win quarters
2018-09-20 11:10
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1 reply
+1
2018-09-20 11:14
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#75
s1mple | 
India AJN_
GG
2018-09-20 11:21
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gl to all teams
2018-09-20 11:29
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NAVI is <3
2018-09-20 11:40
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Viewer guide: be jobless or skip university/school OMEGALUL
2018-09-20 11:44
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3 replies
OMEGALUL. Just live in proper timezone
2018-09-20 13:03
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1 reply
not everyone is a thirdy, m8
2018-09-20 13:06
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associating with b8 u dumbastank?
2018-09-20 13:42
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#116
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Europe erhansol
what the fuck is wrong with this organisation.B03 GRAND FINAL?????????????
2018-09-20 13:25
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2 replies
BO5 in grand final = tired player = player getting sick and there's a chance of them to death = CSGO will be banned forever = RIP :( btw this is Valve sponsored major which mean Valve is responsible to the tournament
2018-09-20 15:33
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1 reply
#138
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Europe erhansol
i still cannot accept b03 grand final. its so lame.
2018-09-21 03:06
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excelent!
2018-09-20 13:40
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EZ por Coldzera & Fallen
2018-09-20 15:07
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Why final will be bo3?
2018-09-20 17:44
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Her mom is not that ugly btw...
2018-09-21 03:06
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