ESEA finals viewer's guide

16-11-2012 19:12

ESEA has now published full schedule for their CS 1.6 and CS:GO tournaments at the Season 12 finals in Dallas, TX this weekend, and here is our viewer's guide for the event.

ESEA Season 12 finals will offer over $36,000 in prizes for Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with just seven teams in total competing in the two tournaments. Exact prize distribution is listed in our earlier post.

In CS:GO, DreamHack attendees Team Curse were forced to withdraw as one of their starters broke his wrist, while We are GO Players and FrostGaming ran into other emergencies and were unable to attend.

semphis & co defend their throne in North America

In CS 1.6, Derek "dboorN" Boorn's A Group Of Good Friends and last season's fourth place finishers Amazing Online were unable to attend, which means four teams will participate in the tournament.

Both tournaments will be ran in a double elimination best-of-three bracket. HLTV will be available for every CS 1.6 match with IPs shown here, while CS:GO will not feature GOTV due to issues in the new patch. Every match will however be streamed and you can find the links on our front page.

Saturday, November 17

Counter-Strike 1.6

Time Match
Type Broadcast

01:30 SK vs. teamtobeat BO3 HLTV + Stream

04:00 UMX vs. HRG BO3 HLTV + Stream

17:30 Lower bracket final BO3 HLTV + Stream

20:00 Consolidation final BO3 HLTV + Stream

22:30 Grand final BO3 HLTV + Stream

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Time Match
Type Broadcast

01:00 Dynamic vs. DTA BO3 Stream

03:30 Area51 vs. TBD BO3 Stream

Sunday, November 18

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Time Match Type Broadcast

17:00 Consolidation final BO3 Stream

19:00 Grand final BO3 Stream

Please note that as the event is held in North America and the default time for our website is CET, some of the matches may show up on the wrong day on the website.

I'll be watching the 1.6 event, gl everyone.

2012-11-16 19:13

10 replies

same here :D

2012-11-16 19:14

2012-11-16 19:36

lol it's all shitty mix teams... we understand you're trying to prove a point, but no1 gives a fuck anymore. 1.6 is dead, give up already.

2012-11-16 19:56

6 replies

Why do you care? Let him watch it, i'm probably going to take a look at it too. It's more entertaining for me to watch.

2012-11-16 20:05

I dont really care, im not trying to prove that 1.6 is better or anything, i will just watch the game i like.

2012-11-16 20:09

1 reply

2012-11-16 22:16

"shitty mix teams" lol..

2012-11-17 00:14

pretty much

2012-11-17 01:23

1.6 > CS:GO, or not ?

2012-11-17 02:25

2012-11-16 22:18

Najs.

Gonna be good. Too bad Curse didn't make it....

2012-11-16 19:17

NO GOTV? Bs. Fixitttt

2012-11-16 19:24

4 replies

as of right now the new update has messed up gotv

3 replies

that blows, valve is shitty with csgo. they put everyone good on dota2 and all the shitties are working on GO

2012-11-16 19:29

2 replies

you think the same team working on dota 2 and cs;go ? LOL good mate

please tell me why valve is shitty with csgo?

2012-11-16 20:13

i bet 1.6 gets more viewers then go

2012-11-16 19:35

5 replies

i bet the opposite :D

2012-11-16 19:37

okay bro

2012-11-16 19:40

i love 1.6 but OBVIOUSLY you are wrong

2012-11-16 21:31

well, we'll see

2012-11-16 21:36

not in NA, much of the scene has switched to GO. now If this tourney were in Eastern Europe, maybe.

2012-11-16 23:08

I just tweeted the developers begging them to get a rush fix out in time for GO tomorrow...maybe you guys could do likewise and there's a chance they'll notice?

what do you mean?

@csgo_dev. They don't respond to everything but sometimes they do and maybe if they know that these issues are going to ruin an event they even advertised in their blog, then they'll do a hotfix of whatever these GOTV issues are. After all, they are a company that depends on the smooth operation of their products.

2012-11-16 19:39

Will the streams be showed in the stream tab?

2012-11-16 19:44

line-ups?

2012-11-16 19:49

1.6: all bad mix teams, plus it's 1.6 who gives a fuck CSGO: Dynamic - AZK, PEX, KiKO, swag, adrEN Area51 - sgares, hiko, DaZeD, tck, semphis DTA - ezpk, Prec1sioN, frozt, hauNt, ridic Corporate Gamers - h0t, 3xON, Arc, sweeper, R_Bisker

2012-11-16 19:59

Maybe You don't.

2012-11-16 20:07

ty man :)

2012-11-17 13:51

lineup of 1.6 teams: SK play.esea.net/teams/46732 UMX play.esea.net/teams/23270 HRG play.esea.net/teams/32232 ttb play.esea.net/teams/23660

UMX lookin' sick.

2012-11-16 21:46

ty goKu :D

2012-11-17 13:52

It'd be funny and awesome if 1.6 event got more viewers than CS:GO .. Hope it happens :D ..

2012-11-16 20:18

Where is the overhyped Curse team? Area51 should win this with ease.

2012-11-16 20:37

One of their starters, emong, broke his wrist, and ESEA has some weird rules about roster locks and such so they can't attend.

2012-11-16 21:45

lurppis reply pl0x: Why do you always add some troll pics? :D Right now that semphis pic... is he supposed to be some god?:DDD

2012-11-16 21:51

swag and kiko playing 1.6 and cs:go finals ?

2012-11-16 23:07

Correct. That is why, Due to many players participating in the finals for more than one (game), this season's finals will not feature the traditional double elimination system, but instead a single elimination best-of-three bracket to avoid scheduling issues. hltv.org/news/9528-esea-season-12-finals..

2012-11-17 00:06

do you know where i can find cs:go stream?

2012-11-17 01:59

Unfortunately, no. You can still try at the ESEA site though in case one pops up there. I even think CS:GO matches start Sunday due to, Please note that as the event is held in North America and the default time for our website is CET, some of the match may show up on the wrong day on the website.

2012-11-17 02:49

they put it on news.esea.net/

2012-11-17 05:40

Yay some good gameplay to watch :P

2012-11-16 23:16

Gogo little beast swag and win both events!

2012-11-16 23:23

Can someone tell me if this is 01:00 tonight? (CET) The game will start in about 1.5 hours, or ?

2012-11-16 23:40

Please note that as the event is held in North America and the default time for our website is CET, some of the match may show up on the wrong day on the website. As stated in the news.

2012-11-17 00:07

thank you sir. Do you know where these games are being streamed? :)

2012-11-17 00:24

Streams will show up on the front page.

2012-11-17 00:26

oh, okay. thought that was not the case, since the games start in half an hour and there was no info yet. :)

2012-11-17 00:33

Does anyone have a stream which is live?

2012-11-17 01:08

I think there's some major error. According to the esea csgo matches will start tomorrow at 1:00 am cet and not today. The first matches are scheduled for 6pm cst on saturday.

2012-11-17 01:11

nvm, forgot about the 1.6 matches^^

2012-11-17 01:28

SK vs. teamtobeat is going live shortly. esea.net has the stream up!

2012-11-17 01:40

Where is go stream? :S

2012-11-17 02:08

Check my reply in #55.

2012-11-17 03:00

is it possible to put up hot matches later tonight? thor open is being played atm and semi final/final will be awesome matches most likely. many people doesnt even know about this.

2012-11-17 19:01

If I remember correctly GOTV was affected by the latest patch. Not sure if that makes 'Hot Matches' possible.

2012-11-18 00:30

KiKO and swag are slaying for UMX.

2012-11-17 06:06

Counter-Strike 1.6
Time	Match		Type	Broadcast
01:30	SK	vs. teamtobeat	BO3	HLTV + Stream
04:00	UMX	vs. HRG	BO3	HLTV + Stream
17:30	Lower bracket final		BO3	HLTV + Stream
20:00	Consolidation final		BO3	HLTV + Stream
22:30	Grand final		BO3	HLTV + Stream

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Time	Match		Type	Broadcast
01:00	Dynamic	vs. DTA	BO3	Stream
03:30	Area51	vs. TBD	BO3	Stream

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