{"id":1235,"date":"2016-10-05T22:32:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2016-10-05T22:32:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T22:32:02","slug":"esports-championship-series-counter-strike-announces-qualifying-teams-season-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/10\/05\/esports-championship-series-counter-strike-announces-qualifying-teams-season-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Esports Championship Series &#8211; Counter-Strike Announces Qualifying Teams for Season Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ECS to Play Host to Top Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Competitive Teams from North America and Europe<\/p>\n<p>The final lineup of teams for Season Two of the Esports Championship Series &#8211; Counter-Strike has been determined after an action packed development league. The Esports Championship Series (ECS), a ground-breaking esports initiative founded by FACEIT and supported by Twitch, will see one of the strongest league lineups for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive this year.<\/p>\n<p>The two qualifying teams from each region for the Season Two of the ECS \u00a0&#8211; Counter-Strike along with the full season roster are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>European teams:<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Astralis<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EnvyUs<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FaZe<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fnatic<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mousesports<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ninjas in Pyjamas<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 G2 Esports<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Virtus.pro<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Godsend (Qualified)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dignitas (Qualified)<\/p>\n<p>North American teams:<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cloud9<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Complexity<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Counter Logic Gaming<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Luminosity Gaming<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NRG eSports<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OpTic<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Team Liquid<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Team SoloMid<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SK (Qualified)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Immortals (Qualified)<\/p>\n<p>Teams that qualify for Season Two of the ECS league will earn all the benefits of Season One participants, including co-ownership in the league and the opportunity to select representation on the league\u2019s governing committee. The ECS will provide a collective $1.75M for Season Two that will go toward the league\u2019s prize pool and supportive funds that will provide player stability. This includes helping organizations provide better salaries, facilities and equipment that will improve the overall conditions and welfare for players, while furnishing the ecosystem of the ECS with a more structured framework to operate within.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.twitch.tv\/?channel=faceittv\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"378\" width=\"620\"><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/faceittv?tt_medium=live_embed&#038;tt_content=text_link\" style=\"padding:2px 0px 4px; display:block; width:345px; font-weight:normal; font-size:10px; text-decoration:underline;\">Watch live video from FACEIT TV on www.twitch.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/faceittv\/chat?popout=\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"500\" width=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECS to Play Host to Top Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Competitive Teams from North America and Europe The final lineup of teams for Season Two of the Esports Championship Series &#8211; Counter-Strike has been determined after an action packed development league. The Esports Championship Series (ECS), a ground-breaking esports initiative founded by FACEIT and supported by &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/10\/05\/esports-championship-series-counter-strike-announces-qualifying-teams-season-two\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esports-news","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1236,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions\/1236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}