ESEA Invite S8 Playoff schedule

28-4-2011 17:05

ESEA Invite Season 8 Playoff will be starting Friday, April 29, we bring you the schedule for the 3-day event.

North America's finest will this weekend duke it out in Dallas, where a total prize purse worth $15,000 will be on the line. Six teams have made it to the offline part of the eighth season, the first battles will begin Friday and the season eight champions will be found on Sunday.

Wondering when you have to get up in order to watch the best North America has to offer? Check out the event schedule below:

Day 1 – Friday, April 29

18:00CST/01:00CET Blight vs. Area51
20:30CST/03:30CET UMX vs. DINC

Day 2 – Saturday, April 30

10:30CST/17:30CET BACKFiRE vs. Blight/Area51
10:30CST/17:30CET Evil Geniuses vs. UMX/DINC

14:30CST/21.30CET Round 2 - Lower Bracket
16:30CST/23.30CET Round 2 - Lower Bracket

18:30CST/01:30CET Round 3 - Lower Bracket
20:30CST/03:30CET Round 3 - Upper Bracket

Day 3 – Sunday, May 1

10:00CST/17:00CET Consolidation Final
12:30CST/19:30CET Grand Final

You will be able to follow the ESEA Invite Season 8 Playoff via HLTV, we will create match threads and post the IP's here on HLTV.org. ESEA will also be providing a free 720p stream, broadcasting a variety of matches, interviews and more. You will be able to view it once they go live by clicking here.

We also have a special treat for the guys wanting to follow the ESEA Inivite Season 8 Playoffs, keep an eye on the front-page to find out what!

EG will take this.

2011-04-28 17:07

Let's see how EG will do without Jordan :)

2011-04-28 17:08

20 replies

He's allowed to play again.

2011-04-28 17:09

17 replies

Woot? Really? How come?

2011-04-28 17:11

16 replies

His ban expired.

2011-04-28 17:13

15 replies

Lol. Do you know for how long he was banned? Haha hilarious!

2011-04-28 17:16

12 replies

how long?

2011-04-28 17:21

11 replies

Don't know waiting for the answer from Nix0n if he knows it :)

2011-04-28 17:24

2 replies

lol i thought u were laughing in above post because u knew abt the ban and thought it was very long.. haha :D

2011-04-29 00:59

1 reply

Hahahaha! When I read my post it kinda looks like I meant that xD

2011-04-29 09:22

It expired the 3rd of March.

5 replies

yep... it expired quite a long time ago. he played the last 5 or 6 matches of the regular season

2011-04-28 19:05

4 replies

Yeah haha I noticed that now.

2011-04-29 09:16

3 replies

next blog is about sunman?:D

2011-04-29 12:35

No. First I'll finish the one about allen, then I'll see who's next.

2011-04-29 12:37

ok :) cant w8

2011-04-29 12:39

his ban was only for like a month or two, he just played on two teams in one season which isnt allowed. He will be playing all matches on LAN

2011-04-28 20:11

ah i see... n0thing serious then.. :)

Here it says 29th april first matches and in Hot match bracket says 30th april.. what is the problem?

2011-04-28 18:33

Time-zones mate :)

2011-04-28 18:39

without?

2011-04-28 17:10

hltv.org/news/6146-n0thing-banned-from-e..

2011-04-28 17:19

backfire for the upset!

2011-04-28 17:12

lol good for EG :) hope they winn it :D

eg / backfire, eg more likely but it's far from 100%

2011-04-28 17:34

EG.Jordan w00t ^^

2011-04-28 17:36

gl Area51 & DINC!

2011-04-28 17:42

gl j0rdan all the way

2011-04-28 18:01

This is probably the strongest ESEA-Invite LAN to date. BackFire, EG and UMX.US are all under a microscope.

2011-04-28 18:36

DINC lineup looks promising, i would -aZn -jstone,+hostile +adrenaline, then they would give EG a run for their money. pauLy and sgare are beast on lan.

2011-04-28 18:51

You are saying aZn is bad on LAN? Their line-up is very good as is, changes would be a mistake.

2011-04-28 19:30

how can you say that? they made playoffs with sgares getting 180 ping and aZn getting 120. not to mention aZn is dirty at lan...just sayin

2011-04-28 19:51

2011-04-28 20:14

aZn is the best US player on LAN....if you dont know that you have no clue about the American scene...maybe not on the best team but individual performance he is clearly the most skilled. DINC can easily give EG a run for their money since their whole team is 100 times better on LAN than on shitty ESEA client....

2011-04-29 02:27

aZn is the one thats got the magic rolling in this team, he's godly in net with 120 ping when we play him, and I don't want to know how he does with 0ms.

2011-04-28 20:22

YES!! Everyone who hasnt followed US CS scene in a while THIS IS THE ONE TO WATCH!!! Like sh3n said, this will be the best ESEA playoffs in a couple seasons

2011-04-28 20:12

2011-04-28 20:17

EG FTW!

2011-04-28 20:30

EG better win or else EG.thomz0 :XXX ^_^ GO EG.dboorN!

2011-04-28 22:42

hmm i have a question when all will finish market will be opened?

2011-04-28 22:45

By far, the best ESEA LAN in the past seasons, I would like to see how A51 will perform (gotta support those nationals team heh,), but I predict a DINC win.

2011-04-29 00:06

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hey whos the best players on a51/blight gaming? i got n0swal and tekn1kal on my DT. and whats their role on the team?

2011-04-29 00:45

n0swal is a great fragger..mostly rifles little bit of AWP I would put him as First Fragger/Sprayer

2011-04-29 02:22

good choice with n0swal...probly one of the best fraggers in the tournament. Def. the n0thing of Canada. Also gooc bets for DT a51: a2z,hiko,semphis B;ight: Seb, elsaMa, Damage

2011-04-29 12:14

will a51 absolutely roll over blight? need help with my DT as i have almost no idea abt US scene :/

2011-04-29 01:02

i know that a51 will win that match. thats a fact

2011-04-29 01:55

i wouldnt say roll over...blight is perfectly capable of having a good match...but my bet would be on a51

2011-04-29 12:11

Should be a EG/DINC final....aZn is the best US player on LAN..steno/jstone/pauly/sgares are all amazing on LAN way better than online shitty ESEA client. UMX has a chance although DINC is clearly the more talented team

2011-04-29 02:26