Valentine’s Day Massacre NA/EU CS:GO Tournament (Feb 13-14) – $1,600 USD

No plans for V-Day? We’ve got you covered! CEVO is happy to announce our next weekend MVP event, the Valentine’s Day Massacre CS:GO Tournament. The Valentine’s Day Massacre CS:GO Tournament is an online weekend rush tournament taking place on Saturday, February 13th and Sunday, February 14th, 2016 open to both European & North American CS:GO teams of all skill levels.

Registration for Valentine’s Day Massacre tournament is NOW OPEN and teams can register until Friday, February 12th at 11:00 PM ET. Space in this tournament is limited to a maximum of 64 teams in each conference, so don’t wait – register your team today!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE CS:GO TOURNAMENT NOW!

Participation in the Valentine’s Day Massacre CS:GO Tournament is completely FREE for CEVO MVP’s and $5/player for regular users. To sign up for the CEVO MVP program today, please visit http://cevo.com/mvp.
•$1,600.00 USD in cash prizes up for grabs
•ALL matches played on premium 128-tickrate CEVO game servers across 15+ geographic locations protected by CEVO’s proprietary anti-cheat technology
•Complete live personal & team statistics for every match and individual ranking on Event Leaderboards
•Pick/Ban maps just like the Pros with our automated in-client veto system
•In-game coaching enabled in for all matches
•CEVO’s automated match server plugin
•Access to automated scrim system to prepare for the tournament
•Automatic recording and storage of all match GOTV demos
•Real-time updated tournament brackets and team rankings
•Helpful tournament officials available for LIVE support available throughout the tournament
•Access to community forums and match predictions

Prizes:
1st Place – $500.00 USD
2nd Place – $200.00 USD
3rd Place – $100.00 USD

NOTE: The prizes shown above are per Conference and the same for both the North American and European tournaments.

Format & Schedule:
– first-come, first-served open registration that’s completely FREE for CEVO MVP’s and $5 per player for regular users
– maximum of 64 teams per conference (North America + Europe)
– double elimination bracket with best-of-three (bo3) map upper bracket and best-of-one (bo1) map lower bracket

European Schedule:
Saturday, February 13th:
Round of 64: 12:00 PM CET
Round of 32 / LB Round 1: 2:30 PM CET
LB Round 2: 5:00 PM CET
Round of 16 / LB Round 3: 6:00 PM CET
LB Round 4: 7:00 PM CET
Round of 8 / LB Round 5: 8:00 PM CET
Round of 4: 10:30 PM CET

Sunday, February 14th:
LB Round 6: 12:00 PM CET
WB Finals / LB Round 7: 2:30 PM CET
LB Round 8: 5:00 PM ET
LB Round 9: 6:00 PM CET
LB Finals: 7:00 PM CET
Grand Finals: 8:00 PM CET

North American Schedule:
Saturday, February 13th:
Round of 64: 12:00 PM ET
Round of 32 / LB Round 1: 2:30 PM ET
LB Round 2: 5:00 PM ET
Round of 16 / LB Round 3: 6:00 PM ET
LB Round 4: 7:00 PM ET
Round of 8 / LB Round 5: 8:00 PM ET
Round of 4: 10:30 PM ET

Sunday, February 14th:
LB Round 6: 12:00 PM ET
WB Finals / LB Round 7: 2:30 PM ET
LB Round 8: 5:00 PM ET
LB Round 9: 6:00 PM ET
LB Finals: 7:00 PM ET
Grand Finals: 8:00 PM ET

NOTE: Teams should be aware that this tournament schedule is tentative and teams should be prepared to play matches in a rush style back-to-back format. This may involve starting a match prior to the times listed above. With that said, due to strict time constraints, reschedules will not be permitted.

MAP POOL & VETO PROCESS
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•de_inferno
•de_train
•de_mirage
•de_cache
•de_overpass
•de_cbble

Best-of-three (bo3) map veto process:
1) Home bans one map
2) Away bans one map
3) Home picks map #1 (side choice to Away)
4) Away picks map #2 (side choice to Home)
5) Map #3 is randomly selected from remaining 3 maps (knife for side choice)

Best-of-one (bo1) map veto process:
1) Home bans one map
2) Away bans one map
3) Home bans one map
4) Away bans one map
5) Map is randomly selected from remaining 3 maps (knife for side choice)

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