StarLadder Major New Legends Stage viewer's guide

With the New Legends Stage of the StarLadder Major Berlin commencing on Wednesday, we present a viewer's guide containing all the information you need to know about the next stage of the tournament.

The top eight teams from the New Challengers Stage will join the IEM Katowice 2019 Legends to face off in New Legends Stage of the Berlin Major, taking place from August 28 through September 1. Here, the teams will look to advance to the New Champions Stage and earn Legend status from the 15th Major in Counter-Strike history.

The New Legends Stage will see the same format as its predecessor, whereby the 16 contenders will duke it out in a Swiss stage, featuring best-of-three progression and elimination series. Seeding for the first round of matches was determined using HTLV.org's rankings between March 4 and August 12, with each team assigned an ELO rating accordingly, to be updated based on match outcomes.

The New Legends Stage is mere hours away from kick-off

If you're looking to catch the action live, matches will be hosted at the Verti Music Hall, the same venue used for the preceding New Challengers Stage. Once the New Legends Stage concludes, matches will transfer to the iconic Mercedes-Benz Arena for the concluding New Champions Stage, scheduled for September 5-8.

All 16 participants of the New Legends Stage are as follows:

Astralis
FaZe
MIBR
Ninjas in Pyjamas
MOUZ
G2
CR4ZY
DreamEaters

ENCE
Liquid
Natus Vincere
Renegades
North
NRG
AVANGAR
Vitality

Below is the full schedule for the five tournament days:

Wednesday, August 28
12:00 - ENCE vs. AVANGAR | BO1
13:15 - Astralis vs. DreamEaters | BO1
14:30 - Renegades vs. NRG | BO1
15:45 - Liquid vs. CR4ZY | BO1
17:00 - Vitality vs. North | BO1
18:15 - FaZe vs. MOUZ | BO1
19:30 - Natus Vincere vs. G2 | BO1
20:45 - MIBR vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas | BO1

Thursday, August 29
12:00 - Round 2 Match #1 | BO1
13:15 - Round 2 Match #2 | BO1
14:30 - Round 2 Match #3 | BO1
15:45 - Round 2 Match #4 | BO1
17:00 - Round 2 Match #5 | BO1
18:15 - Round 2 Match #6 | BO1
19:30 - Round 2 Match #7 | BO1
20:45 - Round 2 Match #8 | BO1

Friday, August 30
13:00 - Round 3 Match #1 | BO1
13:00 - Round 3 Match #2 | BO1
14:15 - Round 3 Match #3 | BO1
14:15 - Round 3 Match #4 | BO1
15:30 - Round 3 Match #5 | BO3
15:30 - Round 3 Match #6 | BO3
18:45 - Round 3 Match #7 | BO3
18:45 - Round 3 Match #8 | BO3

Saturday, August 31
12:00 - Round 4 Match #1 | BO3
12:00 - Round 4 Match #2 | BO3
15:15 - Round 4 Match #3 | BO3
15:15 - Round 4 Match #4 | BO3
18:30 - Round 4 Match #5 | BO3
18:30 - Round 4 Match #6 | BO3

Sunday, September 1
12:00 - Round 5 Match #1 | BO3
15:15 - Round 5 Match #2 | BO3
18:30 - Round 5 Match #3 | BO3

The New Legends Stage of the Major will see the same on-air lineup, featuring Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus and Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson in rotating roles and Matthew "⁠Sadokist⁠" Trivett as a full-time desk host. The trio will be joined by familiar faces in Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill, Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares and Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche, who will be bringing analysis to the stream. Concluding the lineup are four commentating duos and James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks and Sue "⁠Smix⁠" Lee, who will be in charge of conducting player interviews.

Rounding out the guide is a full list of on-air talent:

Tres "stunna" Saranthus - Stage Host / Desk Host

Alex "Machine" Richardson - Desk Host / Commentator
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Desk Host

James "BanKs" Banks - Interviewer
Sue "Smix" Lee - Interviewer

Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Analyst
Sean "seang@res" Gares - Analyst
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche - Analyst

Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
Jason "moses" O'Toole - Commentator
Anders Blume - Commentator
James Bardolph - Commentator
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Commentator
Harry "JustHarry" Russell - Commentator
Hugo Byron - Commentator