By CEVO
It’s time to announce our next FREE weekend MVP event, the September Showdown CS:GO Tournament. The September Showdown is an online weekend rush style CS:GO tournament taking place on Saturday, September 24th and Sunday, September 25th, 2016 open to European, North American & Brazillian CS:GO teams of all skill levels.
Team registration for the September Showdown is NOW OPEN and teams can register until Friday, September 23rd at 11:00 PM ET. Space in this tournament is limited to a maximum of 64 teams in per region, so don’t wait – register your team today!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE SEPTEMBER SHOWDOWN CS:GO TOURNAMENT NOW!
Participation in the September Showdown 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.
•$2,250.00 USD in cash prizes
•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 the September Showdown Leaderboards
•Pick/Ban maps just like the Pros with our automated in-client veto system
•In-game coaching is 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 ($750 Per Region):
1st Place – $500.00 USD + invitation to Season 11 Main Division
2nd Place – $175.00 USD + invitation to Season 11 Main Division
3rd Place – $75.00 USD + invitation to Season 11 Main Division
4th – 6th Place: Invitation to Season 11 Main Division
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 region
– double elimination bracket with best-of-three (bo3) map upper bracket and best-of-one (bo1) map lower bracket
European Schedule:
Saturday, September 24th:
UB Round 1: 12:00 PM CEST
UB Round 2: / LB Round 1: 2:30 PM CEST
LB Round 2: 5:00 PM CET
UB Round 3: / LB Round 3: 6:00 PM CEST
LB Round 4: 7:00 PM CEST
UB Round 4: / LB Round 5: 8:00 PM CEST
UB Round 5: 10:30 PM CEST
Sunday, September 25th:
LB Round 6: 12:00 PM CEST
UB Finals: / LB Round 7: 2:30 PM CEST
LB Round 8: 5:00 PM CEST
LB Round 9: 6:00 PM CEST
LB Finals: 7:00 PM CEST
Grand Finals: 8:00 PM CEST
North American Schedule:
Saturday, September 24th:
UB Round 1: 12:00 PM ET
UB Round 2 / LB Round 1: 2:30 PM ET
LB Round 2: 5:00 PM ET
UB Round 3 / LB Round 3: 6:00 PM ET
LB Round 4: 7:00 PM ET
UB Round 4 / LB Round 5: 8:00 PM ET
UB Round 5: 10:30 PM ET
Sunday, September 25th:
LB Round 6: 12:00 PM ET
UB 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
Brazillian Schedule:
Saturday, September 24th:
UB Round 1: 12:00 PM BRT
UB Round 2 / LB Round 1: 2:30 PM BRT
LB Round 2: 5:00 PM BRT
UB Round 3 / LB Round 3: 6:00 PM BRT
LB Round 4: 7:00 PM BRT
UB Round 4 / LB Round 5: 8:00 PM BRT
UB Round 5: 10:30 PM BRT
Sunday, September 25th:
LB Round 6: 12:00 PM BRT
UB Finals / LB Round 7: 2:30 PM BRT
LB Round 8: 5:00 PM BRT
LB Round 9: 6:00 PM BRT
LB Finals: 7:00 PM BRT
Grand Finals: 8:00 PM BRT
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
•de_dust2
•de_nuke
•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)
NOTE: As this is a 64 team double elimination bracket, only the first 64 “Ready” teams will be scheduled first round matches. Teams that forfeit their first round matches will be replaced in the bracket by teams on the waiting list on a first come, first served basis. To join the waiting list, teams must have 5 “Ready” players on the CEVO website, and have a team rep waiting in the “Waiting List” channel of our TeamSpeak 3 server (ts.cevo.com).