ESL Pro League Season 17 to feature Counter-Strike 2 showmatch

25-3-2023 20:27

The LAN tournament will host a Counter-Strike 2 showmatch just before the start of the best-of-five grand final.

ESL has announced the staging of a Counter-Strike 2 showmatch, which will play out on LAN on Sunday at 14:25 , just before the ESL Pro League Season 17 grand final begins.

Cloud9 secured their grand final appearance earlier on Saturday, taking down ENCE in a three-map series to guarantee their spot. FaZe and Natus Vincere are currently locking horns for the final spot up for grabs.

ESL will host a CS2 showmatch before the title-deciding matchup

The lineups for the matchup, which will be the first showmatch of the new shooter in an offline setting, are yet to be announced, but will likely feature players from teams who have already been eliminated from ESL Pro League Season 17. The showmatch will also likely be played out on Dust2, the only map currently available for those able to play the new installment.

Counter-Strike 2 was unveiled by Valve on Wednesday, with the game developer teasing new smoke mechanics, updated maps, and a plethora of new features.

Valve announce Counter-Strike 2

The new game is slated to be fully released by the summer, with a live test currently available for selected players. Valve also revealed that the upcoming BLAST.tv Paris Major will be the last Valve-sponsored CS:GO event, with Counter-Strike 2's first Major coming in March 2024.

nice

2023-03-25 20:27

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i want to see brax steel azk dazed kqly emilio forsaken nato smn HUNDEN

2023-03-25 22:27

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not GMX? racista

2023-03-25 23:38

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ok fine, i'll swap out HUNDEN for v$m since HUNDENs vac wasn't as a player. fair compromise?

2023-03-25 23:39

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Not really, since he's unbanned now. Or maybe call jamppi too

2023-03-26 03:56

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I would definitely add jamppi and aspx

2023-03-26 12:23

great

POG

2023-03-25 20:29

YNK comeback Poggers

2023-03-25 20:30

1.6 pros vs csgo pros?

2023-03-25 20:31

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That would be cool

2023-03-25 20:38

Would be boring and one sided unless the teams are mixed

2023-03-25 20:42

Make it 1.6 vs Source pros the

2023-03-25 21:04

Last time we did that it went 87-0

2023-03-25 22:56

Lmao

2023-03-25 23:33

Good one

2023-03-26 01:29

Friberg was a source player

2023-03-26 11:46

Cant wait

2023-03-25 20:32

old vp vs old fnatic

2023-03-25 20:49

2023-03-25 23:22

Old Astralis vs new Astralis

2023-03-26 07:34

yay

2023-03-25 20:50

2023-03-25 20:51

hopefully zywoo plays but i think he's already in France :(

2023-03-25 20:54

according to apex's twitt, they all flight back home

2023-03-25 20:58

I want to see Train I am also probably the only one

they only have dust2 in cs2 currently

2023-03-25 20:55

we are 2

2023-03-25 20:59

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2023-03-26 01:55

+1000

2023-03-25 21:06

tihs will be a mix between talents, ence and the loosers of faze/navi. most of the other teams already flight back home

2023-03-25 20:57

Yeah probably.

2023-03-25 21:18

I was thinking about this happening at the major but ofc nothing stopping ESL from making it happen Hyped for this

2023-03-25 21:08

not dust2 please, its boring

2023-03-25 21:11

"The showmatch will also likely be played out on Dust2" "... the only map currently available"

Sounds good can’t wait to see it

2023-03-25 21:21

GOAT2

no dust2 ffs

2023-03-25 22:07

Lineups?

2023-03-25 22:08

Hooxi,cadian,fashr are still here so prolly they and idk who else

2023-03-25 22:16

prolly someone from navi aswell (s1mple and perfecto maybe?)

2023-03-25 22:46

s1mple last showmatch was total shit...

2023-03-25 23:36

NAF still there too

2023-03-26 00:01

A few from the talent team?

2023-03-26 00:07

Tbh they are bots idk if it would be good if they play

2023-03-26 03:22

olofmeister guardian kennys zeus flusha pashabiceps

2023-03-25 23:26

Interesting how the observing will work. I don't think observer features has been added to CS2 yet.

My guess is you can still just click through the players like the old days

2023-03-26 01:18

Then no cinematics Sadge

2023-03-26 04:30

that is true

2023-03-26 06:42

XeqtR HeatoN Potti Ksharp elemeNt moto fisker bl00dsh0t shaGuar SpawN

2023-03-26 00:22

Bl00dsh0t is a interesting choice over like fRoD, Volcano, or a whole slew of Brazilian legends like cogu… Hell even markeloff or NEO would make more sense considering the highs they hit in the later days of 1.6

2023-03-26 01:19

I always felt like fRoD was a douche. Id say method would have been a bigger star than Volcano. I'd have no problem with cogu in an all star show match or any of the newer guys like f0rest, NEo, gtr etc..

2023-03-26 03:04

s1mple vs zwyoo Neo vs ??? (Personally pasha) f0rest vs get_right kennyS vs guardian Olof vs cold JW vs flusha NikO vs ax1le Some troll one Tarik vs shroud Shox vs smithzzz Junior vs Acor Fallen vs stew Cadian vs gla1ve

2023-03-26 09:42