HLTV.org live from Shanghai

We are now live from Shanghai, China, where the seventh season of StarSeries i-League is taking place.

The $500,000 tournament is set to start with the Swiss group stage, with NRG versus North and ENCE against Spirit kicking it off in the first round of play.

The groups will run over the course of the next five days, with the top eight teams making it to the single-elimination playoffs held at the Baoshan Sports Center on April 5-7.

For the full schedule and everything else you might need to know about the seventh season of StarSeries, head over to the viewer's guide, and make sure to also read up on the biggest storylines written by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin.

You can look forward to galleries and interviews as the tournament progresses, as well as regular updates on our Instagram from our two-man coverage crew.