Major League Gaming (MLG) will host the first Counter Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship of 2016 in Columbus, Ohio on March 29 through April 3, 2016. One of the ways to qualify for MLG Columbus 2016, is through the MLG CS:GO Major LAN Qualifier, which will be held at the MLG.tv Arena in Columbus, OH on February 26 through 28, 2016. <\/p>\n
After Games Academy was able to qualifiy through the Americas Last Chance Qualifier last weekend (Jan 23-24), we move over to Europe for the CIS\/EU Last Chance Online Qualifier next week (Feb 2-6). MLG will offer teams from the Americas and CIS\/EU a final opportunity to earn an invitation to the Major LAN Qualifier. Teams that were ineligible to participate in a Minor Championship will be eligible to participate in their region\u2019s Last Chance Qualifier hosted by CEVO. <\/p>\n
You’ll be able to watch the CIS\/EU Last Chance Online Qualifier broadcast by the CEVO-TV crew all week long at http:\/\/MLG.tv\/playCEVO<\/a>.<\/p>\n Format & Schedule: MLG CS:GO CIS\/EU Last Chance Qualifier Bracket – Coming Soon! Wednesday, February 3rd: Friday, February 5th: Invited Teams (listed in no particular order): Ancient Team YP ENCE Team Empire Arcade Method Lounge Gaming PixelFire PENTA E-frag.net Maps, Rules, & Veto Process 1) A Coin Toss will be conducted prior to the start of all Matches. a) Team A Bans 1 Map General Admission tickets to the MLG CS:GO Major Championship: Columbus are still available! Purchase today at MLG.tv\/CSMajor<\/a>. To learn more about the road to MLG CS:GO Major Championship: Columbus, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Major League Gaming (MLG) will host the first Counter Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship of 2016 in Columbus, Ohio on March 29 through April 3, 2016. One of the ways to qualify for MLG Columbus 2016, is through the MLG CS:GO Major LAN Qualifier, which will be held at the MLG.tv Arena in Columbus, OH … <\/p>\n
\n– 11 team single elimination best-of-three (bo3) bracket
\n– map & side selection: VETO process (see below)
\n– the top two teams will receive a direct invitation to the MLG Major LAN Qualifier (Feb 26-28)
\n– bracket seeds: random<\/p>\n
\nTuesday, February 2nd:
\nPixelfire Gaming vs. Lounge Gaming – 17:00 CET \/ 11:00 AM ET
\nMethod vs. ENCE eSports – 19:30 CET \/ 1:30 PM ET
\nArcade eSports vs. SK Gaming – 22:00 CET \/ 4:00 PM ET <\/p>\n
\nTeam YP vs. Lounge Gaming – 17:00 CET \/ 11:00 AM ET
\nPENTA Sports vs. ENCE – 19:30 CET \/ 1:30 PM ET
\nAncient vs. E-frag.net – 22:00 CET \/ 4:00 PM ET <\/p>\n
\nTeam Empire vs. SK – 17:00 CET \/ 11:00 AM ET
\nENCE vs. Winner of Team Empire\/SK – 19:30 CET \/ 1:30 PM ET
\nTeam YP vs. Ancient – 22:00 CET \/ 4:00 PM ET <\/p>\n
\nSK Gaming
\nAcillioN | Friis | MODDII | Magiskb0Y | PIMP<\/p>\n
\npronax | twist | devilwalk | schneider | pauf<\/p>\n
\nS0tF1k | arch | Dima | kibaken | DavCost<\/p>\n
\njuhob | suNny | xartE | stonde | allu<\/p>\n
\nCyberFocus | electronic | fix | spaz | spiker<\/p>\n
\njR |Mir | Keshandr | hutji | COLDYY1<\/p>\n
\nwaterfaLLZ | jmqa | facecrack | spaze | ub1que<\/p>\n
\npeet | michu | szpero | mouz | innocent | mnk1 (c)<\/p>\n
\nBARBARR | flash | tabu | maeVe | DeadFox | bocoREPORTS (c)<\/p>\n
\nkRYSTAL | tahsiN | tabseN | Davidp | mikeS<\/p>\n
\nbubble | pNshr | v1c7oR | splyleadeR | nkl<\/p>\n
\nEach match will be played as a best-of-three (bo3) series utilizing the Valve Active Duty Group (current competition map pool) of de_dust2, de_inferno, de_train, de_mirage, de_cobblestone, de_cache, and de_overpass. Standard CEVO CS:GO Rules will apply.<\/p>\n
\n2) For all Matches, the Team that wins the Coin Toss must elect to have Side Choice for Game 3 or to act as Team A or Team B during the Map Ban\/Pick process. If the Team that wins the Coin Toss elects to have Side Choice for Game 3, the other Team will choose to act as Team A or Team B during the Map Ban\/Pick process, and vice versa.
\n3) The Map Ban\/Pick process is as follows:<\/p>\n
\nb) Team B Bans 1 Map
\nc) Team A Picks the Game 1 Map
\nd) Team B Picks the Game 2 Map
\ne) The Server randomly Picks the Game 3 Map from the three Maps that remain.
\nf) Team B will have Side Choice for Game 1 and Team A will have Side Choice for Game 2<\/p>\n