DreamHack Summer viewer's guide

13/6/2013 - 19:14

Full schedule for DreamHack Summer 2013 has been released and we can now publish our official viewer's guide for the summer's first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event.

Curious to find out when your favorite team will play? What time will NiP begin their campaign and what time can you expect Virtus.pro to make their LAN debut with Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács?

Look no further as the information is now readily available. Please note that due to the GSL-type group stage format not all matches are pre-planned, but you can still figure most of them out.

Can NiP defend their championship in Jönköping?

In each group teams can advance to playoffs by winning two games, while losing two will knock them out, as per a regular double elimination bracket, simply for four teams.

BYOC qualifier will be held on Saturday prior to the main tournament's start. Top two finishers will be randomly placed in groups C and D with no grand final set to take place.

DreamHack Summer 2013:

Saturday, June 15th
Group A
18:00	NiP	vs. ESG	A1	BO1
19:00	Western Wolves	vs. Publiclir.se	A2	BO1
20:00	Winner of A1	vs. Winner of A2	A3	BO1
21:00	Loser of A1	vs. Loser of A2	A4	BO1
22:00	Winner of A4	vs. Loser of A3	A5	BO1

Group B
18:00	Copenhagen Wolves	vs. /10/	B1	BO1
19:00	Curse	vs. Epsilon	B2	BO1
20:00	Winner of B1	vs. Winner of B2	B3	BO1
21:00	Loser of B1	vs. Loser of B2	B4	BO1
22:00	Winner of B4	vs. Loser of B3	B5	BO1

Sunday, June 16th
Group C
18:00	Virtus.pro	vs. BYOC	C1	BO1
19:00	ESC Gaming	vs. Raiders	C2	BO1
20:00	Winner of C1	vs. Winner of C2	C3	BO1
21:00	Loser of C1	vs. Loser of C2	C4	BO1
22:00	Winner of C4	vs. Loser of C3	C5	BO1

Group D
18:00	fnatic	vs. BYOC	D1	BO1
19:00	LDLC.com	vs. ALTERNATE	D2	BO1
20:00	Winner of D1	vs. Winner of D2	D3	BO1
21:00	Loser of D1	vs. Loser of D2	D4	BO1
22:00	Winner of D4	vs. Loser of D3	D5	BO1

Monday, June 17th
Playoffs
10:00	Quarter-finals			BO3
13:00	Semi-finals			BO3
16:00	Grand final (First map)			BO3
18:00	Grand final (Rest of the match)

A side tournament, called the Swedish Championship, will also take place at DreamHack with eight teams battling it out for another 200,000 SEK (~$30,500) in prizes.

The tournament will kick off on Sunday morning and HLTV.org will naturally also provide full coverage of it. As all teams aren't confirmed yet, exact matches are not available.

Swedish Championship 2013:

Sunday, June 16th
Group stage
09:00	First round, groups A & B	BO1
10:00	Second round, groups A & B	BO1
11:00	Third round, groups A & B	BO1

Playoffs
13:00	Semi-finals	BO3
21:00	Grand final	BO3

Stay tuned to HLTV.org for pre-DreamHack Summer coverage as we ramp up our efforts before traveling to Jönköping to do on-site coverage.

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2013-06-13 19:15

5 replies

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2013-06-13 19:21

2013-06-14 00:17

2013-06-14 09:10

1 reply

2013-06-15 12:47

Would be lovely if you guys release a news about the dreamteam thingy. Is the market going to get opened after every day?

2013-06-13 19:17

35 replies

coming right up

34 replies

2013-06-13 19:19

No news about 2vs2 tournament?

2013-06-13 19:46

29 replies

don't know anything about it myself and i honestly couldn't care less. we've posted what we've been given regarding it, but it's slim pickings

2013-06-13 19:47

28 replies

"couldn't care less." Saying that is almost superfluous since we expect that from you on anything ~_~

2013-06-13 19:50

dont know why anyone would take you as a commentator, when there are streamers who want the game to succeed.

2013-06-13 20:03

26 replies

sorry but inventing a 2on2 tournament in 2013 with more price money than many 5on5 tournaments is the dumbest thing you could invent to bring CS:GO forward

2013-06-13 20:04

21 replies

thats got nothing to do with this, but many people enjoy that kind of thing, especially americans I think :) I'm skeptical too, but if it brings in new people to play/watch then who cares!

2013-06-13 20:08

20 replies

I doubt this is something that brings in new people because nobody new gets the chance to play it just the pro 5on5 teams which is even more stupid in my opinion

2013-06-13 20:10

who would watch a 2v2 tournament but not a 5v5 tournament?

2013-06-13 20:11

17 replies

I don't know, maybe women :) or new players who heard that there is 2x2 in this game.

2013-06-13 20:23

16 replies

hard to imagine why a girl (or anyone else for that matter) would find 2v2 cs interesting if they don't care about it in 5v5.

2013-06-13 20:35

15 replies

I suppose it would be a good way to be noticed and hopefully then you can make a step up to 5x5, but then why would you if prize money is good :)

2013-06-13 20:41

14 replies

the 2v2 teams in the tournament are composed of the teams from the main tournament. it's just a huge downgrade with similar players.

2013-06-13 20:48

13 replies

We'll just have to wait for sunday then and see if it's a downgrade or an upgrade.

2013-06-13 20:51

12 replies

i disagree wholeheartedly. if you think 2v2 can compare with 5v5 i don't think you understand cs very well

2013-06-13 20:55

11 replies

mkay.. whatever.

2013-06-13 20:59

It's obviously a pr jippo, think of it like an football 3on3 with Zlatan, Messi, Augero VS Ronaldo, Cavani, Neymar with a 100 million dollar prizepool. Not really a real game of football/cs but more focus on extreme talent. Not gona revolutionize the game but hopefully it can bring some attention to it.

2013-06-14 08:15

9 replies

let me correct you: a failed pr attempt. i can't imagine who would want to watch this, and i will not watch it just to make a point. waste of money and time.

2013-06-14 08:49

8 replies

You can't label it a failure before it have even started. Hard to even label what a failure would be. I think in worst case scenario it gains a couple thousands watchers on the streams per game and maybe gets some fps 1on1 game players interested aswell. CS is a young sport, trying new things is a good way to go even if the experiments not always turns out perfect. Now I would also put the money in the 5on5 tourney, but maybe that's shortsighted, maybe this will create more buzz outside the scene which in long terms makes the sport bigger and thus increases the money. 2on2's will obviously only continue to be played if this is a big success spectator wise (which I have a hard time to believe) but atleast after this they have tried it out.

2013-06-14 11:03

7 replies

2on2s will only continue to be played if there's more people who like to throw money at projects with minimal roi

2013-06-14 11:06

6 replies

You don't know what the ROI will be before the tourney have been played. Hard to measure even after, whos to say spending money on 5on5 tourneys in CSGO isnt a huge waste for sponsors aswell?

2013-06-14 11:24

it is likely a huge waste for sponsors as well (as cs:go isn't very popular), but considering a 2v2 tournament has no chance at being more popular (or even as popular) as the 5v5, it's going to be a bigger waste of money.

2013-06-14 11:42

4 replies

Im not sure this 2on2 tourney should be seen as an serious attempt at changing the scene, more a way to spice it up. I mean even if the money got put into the 5on5 tourney it isnt sure that would increase the overall spectator numbers compared to this format with both a 5on5 and 2on2 tourney.

2013-06-14 13:07

3 replies

how about hosting an entire another tournament at e.g. dreamhack stockholm with that money?

2013-06-14 13:12

2 replies

Sure, more tourneys is always good, but now they went in this direction and is trying something new, good or bad i guess well have to wait n see.

2013-06-14 17:52

lurppis is mad today;oh wait you are always mad about something.

2013-06-15 03:01

this game is definitely way bigger in europe than america... if its bigger in america, this game is in trouble.

2013-06-14 06:03

where did lurppis say that he want the came dead ???? he stil loves the game! only not as a player anymore.... because 1.6 gameplay is in his opinion way beter then csgo no harsh feeling there...

I didn't heard/see him saying that. Don't know where you get that from? off topic": but why when I edit post it adds 1 hour?

2013-06-13 20:33

dont know why anyone would take you as a commentator, when there are streamers who want the game to succeed. my fault bud he want's the game succeed but not as a player anymore :X his love is for 1.6 i get that!

2013-06-13 20:45

dont know who would want 2 play-by-play casters cast the tournament instead of 1 play-by-play caster & 1 commentator.. lurppis instead of any secondary play-by-play shitty any day of the week.

2013-06-15 05:15

You watch any csgo matches recently?

2013-06-13 19:49

i was really busy with some personal stuff since esea so i haven't seen that many lately, normally i watch all the important games.

2013-06-13 20:12

good to hear. you do great analysis i will look forward to hearing you at dreamhack

2013-06-13 20:26

When does the 2v2 tournament take place?

2013-06-13 19:23

good luck fnatic :)

2013-06-13 19:36

Having most important matches on Monday..

2013-06-13 19:38

ino right

2013-06-13 19:55

SERIOUSLY lol wtf

2013-06-13 23:48

any lists of teams attending the byoc?

2013-06-13 19:41

dont think so yet just that there are 49 teams that signed up binarybeast.com/xCSGO1305030

2013-06-13 19:58

2013-06-13 21:03

This is all I could find binarybeast.com/xCSGO1305030#participant.. I'm guessing teams will register at the venue.

2013-06-13 20:07

Lets just hope there aren't any delays and players will have to play until Xam in the morning... Also I'm not sure if monday is something good..:/

2013-06-13 19:57

lurppis...not team x but Publiclir.se :P

2013-06-13 20:14

it was written two days ago and i forgot to change their name, updated now though

2013-06-13 20:25

thanks

2013-06-13 20:39

will there be news article about your predictions as always ? looking forward to what you think about group B :D

2013-06-13 21:21

I'm actually more interested for the Swedish championship. NiP has so much potential to bring in lots of money!

2013-06-13 20:16

GL iNation!!

2013-06-13 20:27

Love NiP, but would love it if Copenhagen Wolves won it.

2013-06-13 20:58

Join Dreamteam guys :) hltv.org/?pageid=233&eventid=1151&league..

2013-06-13 21:05

good luck VIRTUS.PRO !!!

2013-06-13 21:11

Really looking forward to this event :D

2013-06-13 21:20

Nice & Thanks! :]]

2013-06-13 21:27

Will you write an analysis of the groups lurrpis? i have interest in seeing ur analysis like u did a while ago.

2013-06-13 21:53

All final matches on Monday ??? I think it beats the 2 a.m. Grand Final at CPH games...

2013-06-13 22:07

who's gonna participate in BYOC event ? Any big names ?

2013-06-13 22:10

Can navi bring theire own Computers?

2013-06-13 22:11

Why is the stupid grand final on monday when im at work

2013-06-13 22:14

n1. gl epsilon

omg final on monday....

2013-06-13 22:25

COME ON YOU DANES!!!!!

2013-06-13 23:30

Playoff matches on Monday makes me sad....

2013-06-13 23:49

I just want to see Curse on action

2013-06-14 03:24

Put the final on Monday Stupid !

2013-06-14 16:14

+1 yea like we do not have anything else to do...

2013-06-14 20:25

Any information og guidance regarding the 2on2 tournament ?

2013-06-14 18:07

fnatic over Western Wolves

2013-06-14 18:21

Nip over publiclir.se

2013-06-14 18:22

whos playin in the swedish championship?

2013-06-14 19:09

No looser brakets?

2013-06-15 02:36

did they not start ontime?

2013-06-15 13:16

2vs2 tournament?

2013-06-16 10:59

2on2?

2013-06-16 12:03

3:00am, 6:00am, 9:00am for qtrs, semis and finals...awesome.

2013-06-16 18:35