{"id":733,"date":"2016-06-08T21:36:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T21:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/?p=733"},"modified":"2016-06-08T21:36:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T21:36:52","slug":"esl-one-cologne-offline-qualifier-survival-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/06\/08\/esl-one-cologne-offline-qualifier-survival-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The ESL One Cologne offline qualifier survival guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The offline qualifier for ESL One Cologne 2016 begins tomorrow with 16 teams from around the world fighting for eight Challenger slots and the chance to compete with the Legends from Columbus for the US$1,000,000 prize pool. We\u2019ve gathered everything you need to know about the qualifier in one place.<\/p>\n<p>Key information<br \/>\n\u2022 When? 9th to 12th of June, 2016<br \/>\n\u2022 Where? ESL studios in Katowice, Poland<br \/>\n\u2022 Tickets: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/esl-one-cologne-2016-offline-qualifier-tickets-25595299229\" target=\"_blank\">available for purchase here <\/a>\u2022 Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esl-one.com\/csgo\/cologne-2016\/qualifiers\/lanqualifier\/\" target=\"_blank\">official qualifier page <\/a>\u2022 English stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/esl_csgo\" target=\"_blank\">Twitch<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azubu.tv\/esl_csgo\" target=\"_blank\">Azubu<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitbox.tv\/esl-csgo\" target=\"_blank\">Hitbox<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 More streams: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/esl_csgo_pl\" target=\"_blank\">Polish<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/esl_99damage\" target=\"_blank\">German<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/esl_csgo_fr\" target=\"_blank\">French<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/esl_moreira\" target=\"_blank\">Portuguese<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/esl_bida\" target=\"_blank\">Brazilian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/esl_ruhub_csgo_ru\" target=\"_blank\">Russian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/esl_esporthucs\" target=\"_blank\">Hungarian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/esl_ogrecast\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/esl_strimok\" target=\"_blank\">Ukrainian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/ESL_YTGlitchGamer\" target=\"_blank\">Latvian<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/esl_esmaroc\" target=\"_blank\">Arabic <\/a><br \/>\nSchedule<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, 9th of June<br \/>\n\u2022 12:30 CEST: Pre-Show<br \/>\n\u2022 13:00 CEST: Beginning of first match \u25e6 Round one is played out, a total of eight matches played one after another<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 22:00 CEST: estimated end of day<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 10th of June<br \/>\n\u2022 12:30 CEST: Pre-Show<br \/>\n\u2022 13:00 CEST: Beginning of first match \u25e6 Round two is played out, a total of eight matches played one after another<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 22:00 CEST: estimated end of day<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 11th of June<br \/>\n\u2022 12:30 CEST: Pre-Show<br \/>\n\u2022 13:00 CEST: Beginning of first match \u25e6 Round three is played out, a total of eight matches played one after another<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 22:00 CEST: estimated end of day<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 12th of June<br \/>\n\u2022 12:30 CEST: Pre-Show<br \/>\n\u2022 13:00 CEST: Beginning of first match \u25e6 Round four is played out, a total of six matches played one after another, followed immediately by round five with three matches<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 23:15 CEST: estimated end of day<\/p>\n<p>Teams<\/p>\n<p>The following teams will face off in the qualifier:<br \/>\n\u2022 EnVyUs<br \/>\n\u2022 FaZe Clan<br \/>\n\u2022 G2 Esports<br \/>\n\u2022 Mousesports<br \/>\n\u2022 Splyce<br \/>\n\u2022 Gambit Gaming<br \/>\n\u2022 FlipSid3 Tactics<br \/>\n\u2022 Cloud9<br \/>\n\u2022 FLuffy Gangsters (CIS Minor winner)<br \/>\n\u2022 Team Empire (CIS Minor runner-up)<br \/>\n\u2022 TyLoo (Asia Minor winner)<br \/>\n\u2022 Renegades (Asia Minor runner-up)<br \/>\n\u2022 Team Dignitas (EU Minor winner)<br \/>\n\u2022 HellRaisers (EU Minor runner-up)<br \/>\n\u2022 OpTic Gaming (America Minor winner)<br \/>\n\u2022 Tempo Storm (Americas Minor runner-up)<\/p>\n<p>Broadcast team<\/p>\n<p>These eight talented people will bring you all the action live from Katowice!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Host\/Interviewer: Mitch &#8216;UberShouts&#8217; Leslie<br \/>\n\u2022 Desk host: Alex &#8216;Machine&#8217; Richardson<br \/>\n\u2022 Analyst: Halvor &#8216;vENdetta&#8217; Gulest\u00f8l<br \/>\n\u2022 Commentator: Lauren &#8216;Pansy&#8217; Scott<br \/>\n\u2022 Commentator: John &#8216;BLU&#8217; Mullen<br \/>\n\u2022 Commentator: Vincent &#8216;Metuz&#8217; Hill<br \/>\n\u2022 Commentator: Joona &#8216;natu&#8217; Lepp\u00e4nen<br \/>\n\u2022 Observer: Alexander &#8216;Rushly&#8217; Rush<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The offline qualifier for ESL One Cologne 2016 begins tomorrow with 16 teams from around the world fighting for eight Challenger slots and the chance to compete with the Legends from Columbus for the US$1,000,000 prize pool. We\u2019ve gathered everything you need to know about the qualifier in one place. Key information \u2022 When? 9th &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/06\/08\/esl-one-cologne-offline-qualifier-survival-guide\/\">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-733","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\/733","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=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":734,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}