Brazy Party viewer's guide

ENCE and Cloud9 will feature in the $333,000 online competition among a group of mostly top 30 teams.

Brazy Party, a $333,000 online tournament held in the run-up to the BLAST.tv Paris Major, will get started on Wednesday, April 26, and play out over the course of a week.

The competition will play host to 16 teams — the majority of whom currently reside in the top 30 — and begin with a best-of-three GSL group stage. The squads, split into four pools, will compete for one of just eight playoff berths. The knockout stage will then be a BO3 single-elimination affair, working its way up to the grand final on May 3.

Cloud9 come into the online event as the highest-rated team, sixth in the world ranking, but will nonetheless be desperate to put on a better showing after a lackluster past two weeks.

The Russian-majority roster narrowly missed out on a spot at the BLAST.tv Paris Major, a devastating blow for a team of their caliber, while also missing out on a place in the IEM Rio grand final after letting slip a 12-3 lead on Vertigo against Vitality, a map win which would have earned the side back-to-back Big Event title decider appearances.

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ENCE, on the other hand, connect to the server with a renewed sense of confidence following the addition of Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz in February.

The Israeli has grabbed the bull by the horns following his signing, averaging a team-high 1.22 rating over 23 maps and powering his new squad to a BLAST.tv Paris Major berth and a 3rd-4th place finish at ESL Pro League Season 17.

Brazy Party will also serve as some much-needed official practice for teams ahead of the upcoming BLAST.tv Paris Major, which runs from May 8-21 in the French capital.

OG, paiN, GamerLegion, and 9INE, to name just a few, are all set to compete at CS:GO's last-ever Major and will likely relish in using Brazy Party to work their way up to peak form ahead of what will be 2023's most important competition.

Participating teams

Schedule

Brazy Party will play out online over the span of a week, beginning with the group stage on Wednesday, April 26, and wrapping up with a best-of-three grand final on Wednesday, May 3.

The full schedule can be found below:

Group A

Date	Matches
Brazy Party 2023
26/04/2023	Eternal Fire 11:00 Apeks	Match
26/04/2023	OG 18:20 GODSENT	Match
28/04/2023	Eternal Fire 11:00 GODSENT	Match
28/04/2023	Apeks 19:10 OG	Match
30/04/2023	Eternal Fire 11:00 OG	Match

Group B

Date	Matches
Brazy Party 2023
26/04/2023	paiN 15:00 Into the Breach	Match
26/04/2023	BIG 20:30 00NATION	Match
28/04/2023	paiN 15:30 BIG	Match
28/04/2023	Into the Breach 22:15 00NATION	Match
30/04/2023	paiN 14:15 00NATION	Match

Group C

Date	Matches
Brazy Party 2023
27/04/2023	Astralis 11:00 GamerLegion	Match
27/04/2023	ENCE 18:15 SAW	Match
29/04/2023	GamerLegion 11:00 ENCE	Match
29/04/2023	Astralis 17:35 SAW	Match
30/04/2023	ENCE 17:00 Astralis	Match

Group D

Date	Matches
Brazy Party 2023
27/04/2023	Cloud9 14:00 Sprout	Match
27/04/2023	9INE 21:45 Imperial	Match
29/04/2023	Sprout 14:25 Imperial	Match
29/04/2023	Cloud9 20:30 9INE	Match
30/04/2023	9INE 20:00 Sprout	Match

Playoffs

Date	Matches
Brazy Party 2023
01/05/2023	Cloud9 11:00 paiN	Match
01/05/2023	SAW 14:00 OG	Match
01/05/2023	Into the Breach 17:00 9INE	Match
01/05/2023	Apeks 20:30 Astralis	Match
02/05/2023	9INE 17:00 Astralis	Match
02/05/2023	Cloud9 20:00 OG	Match
03/05/2023	Astralis 20:00 Cloud9	Match

Talent lineup

Nine household talent members will be guiding viewers through the action of Brazy Party, with Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus, Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović, and Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović handling match analysis from Relog's studio in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Casting duties will fall to several well-known names, though with a twist. Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume will be sharing a microphone with Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer, while Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole will be working alongside Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne — a noticeable switch in the commentators' usual set-up. Rounding out commentating duties are Vince "⁠Vince⁠" Hill and Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam.

The full talent lineup for Brazy Party is:

Analysts

Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus
Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović
Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović

Commentators

Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne
Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole

Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer
Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume

Vince "⁠Vince⁠" Hill
Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam

Prize distribution

Brazy Party will feature a $333,000 prize pool, $133,000 of which will go to the eventual victor. The remainder of the cash will be distributed to teams who secure a top-eight finish — the rest will leave empty-handed.

The full prize pool allocation is as follows:

1. $133,000
2. $70,000
3-4. $35,000
3-4. $35,000
5-8. $15,000
5-8. $15,000
5-8. $15,000
5-8. $15,000