Perfect World Shanghai Major teams, format, schedule, talent, prizes, fantasy

27-11-2024 17:03

Here's everything you need to know about the Shanghai Major.

The Perfect World Shanghai Major is set to kick off on November 30 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, where the Opening and Elimination stages will take place until December 8. The tournament will then move to the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center for the playoffs on December 12-15.

Participating teams and format

The Perfect World Shanghai Major will take place across three stages: the Opening Stage, the Elimination Stage, and the Playoff Stage.

The Opening Stage will feature 16 teams in a Swiss group stage. Matches are best-of-one until the elimination or qualification matches, which will be best-of-three. The top eight teams from this stage will progress to the Elimination Stage, while the bottom eight are eliminated.

The eight teams that made it through the Opening Stage will then join the eight teams that qualified straight to the Elimination Stage, which will be another Swiss group stage with the same best-of-one matches into best-of-threes for deciding games.

The top eight teams will then go through to the playoffs, a single-elimination best-of-three bracket to determine the Major champion.

Opening Stage

Elimination Stage

Schedule

Opening Stage

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Opening Stage
30/11/2024	FURIA 04:25 GamerLegion	Match
30/11/2024	Virtus.pro 04:25 MIBR	Match
30/11/2024	Liquid 05:25 Cloud9	Match
30/11/2024	Complexity 05:25 FlyQuest	Match
30/11/2024	BIG 06:25 Passion UA	Match
30/11/2024	fnatic 06:55 Wildcard	Match
30/11/2024	The MongolZ 07:30 Rare Atom	Match
30/11/2024	paiN 08:05 Imperial	Match

For the full Opening Stage schedule beyond the opening round, click here.

Elimination Stage

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024
05/12/2024	G2 04:00 The MongolZ	Match
05/12/2024	Natus Vincere 04:00 Liquid	Match
05/12/2024	Spirit 05:05 FURIA	Match
05/12/2024	Vitality 05:10 GamerLegion	Match
05/12/2024	MOUZ 06:05 paiN	Match
05/12/2024	FaZe 06:10 Wildcard	Match
05/12/2024	HEROIC 07:00 BIG	Match
05/12/2024	3DMAX 07:10 MIBR	Match

For the full Elimination Stage schedule beyond the opening round, click here.

Playoffs

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024
12/12/2024	The MongolZ 07:00 MOUZ	Match
12/12/2024	Spirit 10:30 Liquid	Match
13/12/2024	G2 07:00 HEROIC	Match
13/12/2024	Vitality 11:25 FaZe	Match
14/12/2024	MOUZ 07:00 Spirit	Match
14/12/2024	G2 11:35 FaZe	Match
15/12/2024	Spirit 10:25 FaZe	Match

Broadcast talent

Desk Hosts

Richard "⁠Richard Lewis⁠" Lewis
Sam "⁠Tech Girl⁠" Wright

Stage Host

James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks

Analysts

Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg
Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović
Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam
Dustin "⁠dusT⁠" Mouret

Casters

Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole
Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne
Hugo "⁠Hugo⁠" Byron
Harry "⁠JustHarry⁠" Russell
Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill
Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson
Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy
Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan

Content/Interviews

Pala "⁠Pala⁠" Gilroy Sen
Zhang "Dove" Tiange

Prizes

1. $500,000
2. $170,000
3-4. $80,000
5-8. $45,000
9-16. $20,000
17-24. $10,000

Fantasy

The fantasy game for the Opening Stage of the Major is now live, and you can make your team here. The game will have season points and the following prizes by Chicken.GG:

1. Hydra Gloves | Emerald (Field-Tested)
2. Hydra Gloves | Rattler (Field-Tested)
3. Hydra Gloves | Mangrove (Field-Tested)

The Elimination Stage and Playoffs games will also have prizes, and on top of that they will give 1.5x the regular amount of season points as regular season games.

I won't be there

2024-11-27 17:03

2 replies

I can confirm, you'll not be there

2024-11-27 17:04

1 reply

I can confirm, you neither

2024-11-27 17:21

let's go JI TU!

NO SJOKZ OR FREYA????????

9 replies

afaik sjokz will be at some riot games awards event or something, she posted something on X about it a while back

2024-11-27 17:09

SAD!

2024-11-27 17:10

L Talent

2024-11-27 17:40

4 replies

But we have kokoszka casting

2024-11-27 20:01

dinko casting is instant mute

2024-11-27 20:42

Nah he's ok, good accent, rest are cr**

2024-11-27 22:06

his accent is the worst for me and dont like his voice tonewave

2024-11-28 16:52

its good to have change sometimes

2024-11-27 23:50

Freya over "Tech Girl" shouldn't even be a question... nothing good about that change. no one wants to hear tech girl fail at talking crap about some team or just randomly taking shots at someone to try and be funny.

2024-11-28 13:25

hype

No pickems

Yea like...... it starts in 3 days and still no pickems?????

2024-11-27 17:52

3 replies

BRO im looking for any infos since the rmr b finished and no shit nowhere, finally 3 days before the major some guys talk about it, wtf is going on??

2024-11-27 18:25

I think last major they released the day before it started

2024-11-27 23:43

nah I remember it was like right after the last rmr like less than 1 week before

2024-11-28 08:15

Maui W

2024-11-27 17:06

ez for navi

Why no Maniac?

2024-11-27 17:07

He’s maniacing somewhere else rn

someone else*

2024-11-27 17:15

You’re right

No Pimp me happy

Well. Perhaps his bold prediction after last Major wasn't really appreciated by the host. youtu.be/7t7q5ahmsEQ?t=19434 It turned out very very wrong.

2024-11-27 17:14

Lol

2024-11-27 18:09

last major without kyousuke stickers

All the best casters <3

2024-11-27 17:11

8 replies

Fr I wonder who will be casting the GF this time?

2024-11-27 17:13

7 replies

They are choosing duos who haven't done it yet lately so there is a chance for moses⁠ and ⁠Dinko⁠ but I think SPUNJ⁠ and Machine⁠ didn't cast Major GF in a while and it will be them.

2024-11-27 17:18

6 replies

Has scrawny and launders casted a final in the past 2 majors?

2024-11-27 18:45

Blast Paris famously

2024-11-27 18:59

Yes it was fire, scrawny especially, i love his casting

2024-11-28 11:02

dinko 🤮

2024-11-27 20:43

Well he improved a lot but I think it's still too early for him. Was just fine at IEM Rio final.

2024-11-27 20:46

What's wrong with Dinko? I get he's on the younger side but I think he holds himself pretty well. If anything Harry and Hugo (who admittedly are still pretty young themselves) tend to be a more immature cast than Moses and dinko

2024-11-28 03:00

Dove is the gf of that toxic brainrot Dota 2 player called Arteezy?

Rip freya

Man the analyst roster looks really meh after losing maniac we definitely need Thorin back

2024-11-27 17:17

Styko could have been cool, from the little I saw it was pretty good, probably busy in talks with teams I guess ?

2024-11-27 17:23

Mf said we need Maniac LOL

2024-11-27 17:26

Baiting or toddler level reading comprehension?

2024-11-27 17:28

Whooooo caaaaaaares about desk? Maniac who? F that man. Richard Lewis and Maui are there, cut that shit and stop crying.

2024-11-27 17:27

bring back Maniac

2024-11-27 18:32

noooo you cant have high standards 🤡🌎

2024-11-27 20:45

all matches 9-10AM even shit for asian :( can't watch

2024-11-27 17:41

4am is just diabolical

2024-11-27 18:26

Yeh... no more china majors please. Match times are shit.

2024-11-27 17:43

As far as I know, there will be several large-scale CS events in China in the next two years. Enjoy it! Our Asian audience is also very tired when watching the matches in the Americas

2024-11-27 23:00

I understand and hope you have events there too but just not the majors.

2024-11-27 23:30

Wtf, YNk is only 32 years old??

2024-11-27 17:45

Richard Lewis is 42 and he looks like my grandpa

2024-11-27 18:07

Easy for fnatic

2024-11-27 17:48

NICEEE cant wait. Sad the timezone is so bad so will just watch highlights and get spoilers in the morning. idk why but i wish major was more like WC without advanced placement. Just let everybody play everbody!!!

2024-11-27 17:57

Two worst possible desk hosts

2024-11-27 18:05

mauisnake, yikes

2024-11-27 18:15

Well, gg can't watch a single game. Thank god the best teams in the world aren't from Europe, otherwise would be amazing for their fans..

2024-11-27 18:20

Where the hell is Anders? He's the only guy in all of casting that got me hyped in Majors... Everyone else is boring, it's like background noise. Also not having Thorin on the desk is stupid. These events shouldn't be doing some politics shit. Get me the best people, not these cringe ass boring idiots. Like Yanko? I can't even listen to the guy speak. The shit, let's not sound like a boring moron. It's the Major. Personalities should be selling me the event along with the promise of great matches.

2024-11-27 18:39

mid major

2024-11-27 18:47

Why the hell Maui :( so bad analyst And freya I miss you !

2024-11-27 18:56

Justice for big

2024-11-27 19:48

They benched Jacky for Main Event? He was in the RMR wtf.

2024-11-27 19:58

06:00 15/12/2024 Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 - Grand Final} Amazing

2024-11-27 19:59

this is BS... 3-0 not Elimination stage 3-2 is, Diktator Volvo

2024-11-27 20:18

BO1 until elimination or qualification is crazy

2024-11-27 20:34

Bo3 grand final still? I thought mr12 meant we would finally get something more appropriate than just another bo3. Anticlimactic ahh major

2024-11-27 20:35

harry hugo nice

2024-11-27 20:44

2024-11-27 20:48

bad times for europoors

2024-11-27 21:54

Why does Liquid have an "Other" flag? Shouldn't it be USA flag?

2024-11-27 22:03

This is based on the nationality of the players. TL has one Australian, two Europeans, and two Canadians, so even if TL is an American club, it will not display the American flag

2024-11-27 22:51

they have 0 USA players Lmao nice bait

2024-11-27 23:36

Pickems coming never??

2024-11-27 22:09

Valve is probably not yet sure who they want out of the tournament due to last-minute rule changes.

2024-11-27 22:24

They didn't change the rule... They enforced it. How hard is it to comprehend

2024-11-27 23:18

Why didn't they enforce it after the Asia RMR? Why didn't they enforce it after the NA RMR? Why didn't they enforce it after the EU A RMR? Why did they enforce it after 80% of the EU B RMR had already been played? Why did they enforce it immediately after BIG qualified? Why didn't they enforce it after the 4th place decider in the EU A? LATEST then even the last incompetent employee should have realized that this game is not needed according to the rules. Why didn't they communicate the enforcement of this rule (as an absolute MINIUM) to at least BIG BEFORE the 3-0 game? How hard is it to comprehend that Valve screwed up across the board and presented itself as incompetent and dubious. And by the way, they HAVE changed the rules. The teams registered under the assumption that a different rule applied. These were not the rules that Valve had planned, but they were the rules that applied at the start of the tournament and Valve then CHANGED the rules after 90% of all RMRs.

2024-11-28 23:41

Is this safe or will Valve change the rules again at short notice? After all, we're talking about Valve here. They like to change the rules in the middle of a tournament.

2024-11-27 22:20

Japanese soldier continued to fight for 30 years

2024-11-28 00:53

It's sad how quickly something like this is forgotten. A team is cheated out of taking part in the most important tournament of the year, Valve is simply outed as a dubious company whose rules you can't give a damn about and after half a day nobody cares anymore.

2024-11-28 23:33

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It is sincerely not that serious. Valve changed the rules going forward after a half a decade of the rmr status quo. There was bound to be mistakes made. Perfect World fucked up by not making sure their format followed the rules and Valve fucked up by not double checking them. Thinking anything else is the stupid NPC agenda of hating valve because they don't do what you want them to do.

2024-11-29 02:16

Not that serious? They have probably cheated BIG out of a high 5-digit sum. And how incompetent can you be as a company not to realize that a tournament is being played according to the wrong rules when the Asia RMR, NA RMR and EU A RMR have already been played completely and the EU B RMR 80%? There was already a deciding match for 4th place in the EU A. AT THE LATEST, even the last person should have noticed that this match does not have to be played at all according to the planned Valve rules. But 2 hours after BIG and 3DMax qualified 3-0, they suddenly realize that they've been using the wrong rules for 4 weeks? Bullshit. And they openly admitted that they only did it to keep BIG out of the Elimination Stage. They literally said in the HLTV interview: "So we opted to trade some frustration now with having better matchups at the Major." So they admit that they'd rather put up with a few frustrated BIG fans if it means they can get Spirit into the Elimination Stage and then have better matches. This kind of behavior is highly frivolous and scandalous. I don't know why the community just accepts it. It's clear that BIG won't do anything about it. But the fans just accept that Valve live out their omnipotence fantasies and change the rules back and forth until the world is the way they want it?

2024-11-29 10:56

Tansen alt account? 🤔

2024-11-29 14:10

So you have no answer and no idea. In future, you should first have an idea of a topic yourself before you accuse others of not understanding something.

2024-11-29 18:33