Flashpoint 1 schedule announced

10/3/2020 - 20:30

Flashpoint has released the schedule for the first edition of the league, which will kick off later this week.

The inaugural season of Flashpoint will run from March 13 through April 19 and will be held entirely in the company's Los Angeles studio following the decision to cancel the finals in Stockholm due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The league will begin with two double-elimination group stages featuring three groups of four teams. These two phases of the competition will be used as a seeding tool to determine the eight teams going to the double-elimination playoffs.

Flashpoint 1 will start on March 13

Flashpoint has not yet announced the names of the last three teams who will be competing in the league. According to recent reports, Chinese organisation FunPlus Phoenix have signed Heroic's roster and are joining as a partner, while invites have been handed out to Chaos and HAVU, both of whom were in attendance at the recent Global Qualifier.

The group selection show will be held on March 12 at 20:00 and will see the teams themselves draft the groups. More information about the group selection and the swap process can be found here.

Phase 1

Friday, March 13

18:00 Group A Semi-final #1
21:00 Group A Semi-final #2

Saturday, March 14

18:00 Group B Semi-final #1
21:00 Group B Semi-final #2

Sunday, March 15

18:00 Group C Semi-final #1
21:00 Group C Semi-final #2

Tuesday, March 17

18:00 Group A Lower Round 1
21:00 Group A Upper final

Wednesday, March 18

18:00 Group B Lower Round 1
21:00 Group B Upper final

Thursday, March 19

18:00 Group C Lower Round 1
21:00 Group C Upper final

Saturday, March 21

17:00 Group A Consolidation final
20:00 Group B Consolidation final
23:00 Group C Consolidation final

Sunday, March 22

17:00 Group A final
20:00 Group B final
23:00 Group C final

Phase 2

Friday, March 27

18:00 Group A Semi-final #1
21:00 Group A Semi-final #2

Saturday, March 28

18:00 Group B Semi-final #1
21:00 Group B Semi-final #2

Sunday, March 29

18:00 Group C Semi-final #1
21:00 Group C Semi-final #2

Tuesday, March 31

18:00 Group A Lower Round 1
21:00 Group A Upper final

Wednesday, April 1

18:00 Group B Lower Round 1
21:00 Group B Upper final

Thursday, April 2

18:00 Group C Lower Round 1
21:00 Group C Upper final

Saturday, April 4

17:00 Group A Consolidation final
20:00 Group B Consolidation final
23:00 Group C Consolidation final

Sunday, April 5

17:00 Group A final
20:00 Group B final
23:00 Group C final

Playoffs

Match times to be confirmed

Thursday, April 9: Upper quarter-finals #1-2
Friday, April 10: Upper quarter-finals #3-4
Saturday, April 11: Lower round 1 #1-2
Sunday, April 12: Upper semi-finals #1-2
Monday, April 13: Lower round 2 #1-2
Tuesday, April 14: Upper & Lower finals
Saturday, April 18: Consolidation final
Sunday, April 19: Grand final

EZ4HAVU

2020-03-10 20:30

21 replies

nice

2020-03-10 20:31

8 replies

BIG out of Flashpoint in order to join epl instead of heroic

2020-03-11 00:49

7 replies

Is there any online source for this?

2020-03-11 07:19

4 replies

Flair checks out

2020-03-11 09:49

Not yet afaik. But i guess it'll be announced today/ tomorrow

2020-03-11 10:15

dbltap.com/posts/sources-copenhagen-flam.. here you go ^^

2020-03-11 12:19

1 reply

Thanks :)

2020-03-13 17:00

cuz they rather play online than on lan

2020-03-11 19:25

Considering that they are a lan team i doubt that

2020-03-12 10:55

Since when MIRAA doesnt delete #1 post hunter comments?

2020-03-10 20:38

6 replies

maybe he is miraa's alt acc?

2020-03-10 20:41

It's good comment. No need to delete :>

2020-03-10 20:44

he doesn't always

2020-03-10 20:57

2 replies

Lol it was just "k" before he edited it

2020-03-10 20:59

ny mr firepower

2020-03-11 03:08

Because it's a normal comment and there is no need to delete it

2020-03-11 14:39

Deserved

HAWHO ?

2020-03-11 10:03

LOL

2020-03-11 14:38

+1 Havuja!

sure does

2020-03-12 11:54

BIG will win 100%!

10 replies

big lost to sprout

online?

2020-03-10 20:32

BIG gonna lose EZZZ

yes, they mostly play online because they are not able to qualify for lans.

2020-03-10 20:33

They only failed major quals what are you talking about lol

+111

And ago and gamerlegion and pro100 and detona (LAN)

2020-03-11 03:13

First 3 were online and the Detona game was a fluke like we could see in the following bo3 vs them.

2020-03-11 07:42

lol ma ass

ez 4 Dignitas Xizt 500 000 iq IGL carry

9 replies

NO HALLZERK thoo :(

2020-03-10 20:36

who cars Ez 4 Xizt

Who need hallzerk when there is Ladislav Kovacs the cs sourse legend

2020-03-10 21:31

ladislav syka kovacs blyat is back

2020-03-10 22:23

Kova is hard in finnish so Ladislav Hardcs

2020-03-10 23:04

Maybe if it was Takeshi Kovacs..

2020-03-11 03:02

"Sosat blyat" - Guardian, 2019

2020-03-11 03:09

Ez 4 boomers

2020-03-11 10:04

+1 ez for old NIP stars and ladislav kovač, he will carry them

2020-03-12 13:59

intersting

who

tier99 league

1 mil

5 replies

tier99

3 replies

Tier 1

2020-03-10 20:39

/closed

2020-03-11 04:00

=major

corona eksd

Time for MIBR to shine. Oh wait.

Sadly best case scenario for MIBR is #2 because BIG will dominate

2020-03-10 21:00

BIG are gonna hold the L that Gen.G gives them

2020-03-10 21:50

lol

2020-03-12 07:23

not all teams announced rofl

zywoo is overrated AF btw

nt zywoo best player

zywho? faze > vita, navi double > faze, navi triple > vita <3

ZywOo isn't Vitality Vitality is shit ZywOo is god nt n00b

first

Ez 4 dignitas

ez for godian

Ez 4 MICHU

2020-03-10 20:34

Are they doing fantasy?

2020-03-10 20:37

hltv.org/forums/threads/2258533/flashpoi..

2020-03-10 20:40

oh thanks man

2020-03-10 20:49

Problem is they dont even know all of the teams yet.

2020-03-10 23:53

WTF is this league XDDD how

I think flashpoint wouldn't take ENCE if they had a chance

2020-03-11 06:38

lmfao who ????

> tier2 teams > 1 million

2020-03-10 20:47

14 replies

I know right? I was looking at events yesterday, iem 11 750k (most competitive tier 1 tournament of all time) - flashpoint 1 mil (tier 3 at best) What are we even doing

2020-03-10 21:17

13 replies

Every team knew this event was going to have a 1 mil prize pool. They still signed for ESL. They had their shot to make more money and they chose not to

2020-03-10 21:53

12 replies

Iem 11 is part of a tour, with a possibility to win a lot more later down the road. The stupid part was to hold this tournament at the same time by flashpoint. Now we have literally nothing but tier 3 teams competing for a million dollars. These poor sponsors actually wasted money on the best competition being trash like GenG lol

2020-03-10 22:01

11 replies

Lol u clearly don’t get how the league works: It is a franchise system with buy in which means the owner teams fund the league and split profits. The prize money is really only for players not orgs in CSGO. Also this is tier2 Cs at its finest not tier 3 GenG+Mad Lions contact etc are all good.

2020-03-10 22:22

Haha nice standards of what a tier 2 team is. There isn't a single team at this event that would make it out of groups at IEM, it's tier 3 +

2020-03-10 22:24

I want you to bookmark this comment when Gen.G make it out of groups at the major. Edit: on another note, regardless of whether the teams are tier 2 or 3, it's good for the scene. It pumps smaller orgs with money and makes the rich ones richer which is good for the scene in general. It also creates incentive for players to join these orgs if given the offer because all if not, almost all of the prize pools go to the players. It could potential work out that teams in flashpoint could stand to make more money than teams in the ESL Pro Tour if no one wins the IGS. Not to mention ALL the partnered teams in flashpoint are going to be making money, not just the ones who win. I'd say this league is a step in the right position to grow the scene and bring new orgs into the fold.

2020-03-11 00:09

I understand you are a big fan of gen G, nothing wrong in dreaming about pies in the sky. But the matter of fact is all these teams are shit compared to juggernauts like Astralis, Na'Vi, mouz, Liquid, G2, faze. An undeniable fact, that simply should be accepted. I actually have hopes for GenG, but the matter of fact, until they prove as much - they are trash tier. They have achieved nothing, nor have they played a single good team yet. I don't even expect them to win this tournament, but I do consider them a contender. Which again, means nothing considering it's a tier 3 tournament

2020-03-11 00:18

I'm not betting on them to win, I don't think they stand a chance against Mouz Astralis etc. I'm not that delusional, but I truly think they do a have a shot at getting out of groups at the major. With that being said, I understand that they haven't played anyone really worth noting, but it also shouldn't be overlooked that since BnTeT joined that they have only dropped one map over 10-12 maps played with their official lineup. That and winning DH Anaheim is not a bad way to start your roster off, even if they haven't played anyone noteworthy

2020-03-11 00:23

U made a list of Juggernauts and didnt include CoL LOL! now I know that ur opinion is worthless.

2020-03-11 02:51

Do you even know what tier 3 means? Tier 3 is a team like orgless and eUnited. Tier 2 are Gen.G/BIG/North/CoL/DIG/NiP etc, which this season is catered to. So you can stop spouting out tier 3 like its some insult, it makes you sound real stupid. Secondly, none of those "tier 1" teams you named besides Astralis and Liquid (maybe EG) have won anything significant in the past year. Cool, they compete in tier 1 tournaments, they get participation points for losing. I'd bet anything that Gen.G would do better than Mouz or FaZe.

2020-03-12 07:31

You just proved my point u pleb. Mad Lions, mibr and MAYBE dignitas and genG (neither has proven shit yet) are the only tier 2 teams at that tourney. The rest are tier 3 or worse. Like read your own comment 😂😂

2020-03-12 17:45

Making out of groups at IEM is definitely tier 1.

2020-03-11 08:17

really dig and geng wont make it out? c0ntact literally already made the major dude

2020-03-11 19:41

lmfao the kid has no sense in him.

2020-03-12 07:32

Tier 3 league cba

2020-03-10 20:48

tier20 event

no one cares

2020-03-10 20:53

im still trying to figure out why they called this a "LEAGUE" lol

2020-03-10 20:55

At this point, all of the leagues are simply tournaments that expand over multiple weeks (to include more teams) instead of one. All of this bickering for something that's maybe the 6th or 7th most important tournament of the year.

2020-03-10 21:30

i honestly dont share the hate. i think any tournament/league is welcome as it gives other players and teams a chance to show themselves. i just had the idea it would have a more conventional league format.

2020-03-10 21:52

Go Team Envy Go...

2020-03-10 20:58

When your league is so shit you have to invite a team from your qualifier

lol +1

2020-03-11 13:33

HLTV make news now for every tier 3 tournament? Where are the news for the 99damage league?

2020-03-10 21:09

Lmfao the tier is litteraly in the name. Imagine having Playing Ducks in your tourney.

2020-03-11 08:20

Same level yes. Mibr worse than playing ducks.

2020-03-11 09:31

If you leave out mibr the teams are only t2/3, not lower.

2020-03-11 12:55

dreamhack open level is tier 3 level.

2020-03-11 13:27

You prove my point, GenG and BIG won the last 2 DH Open.

2020-03-11 16:15

lineup worse than a DreamHack open

The format is absurd, the two first phases only for decide the seed.

2020-03-10 21:21

+1000.

2020-03-10 21:24

Well its only for partner and sponsors to have stream time. Only reason why this gets dragged out over a Month with meaningless games until the playoffs.

2020-03-10 21:40

Welcome to sports. Cry more your free enterainment isn't exactly how you want it.

2020-03-11 03:11

2020-03-10 21:32

EZ4MIBR(to be eliminated before the playoffs)

2020-03-10 21:38

I hope players dont touch hands with fans. Cali is crawling with corona. Dont want a player infected. Events in a month or so will all be played without fans in attendance anyway

2020-03-10 21:42

Heroic was gonna be playing EPL. . . wonder if that means EPL is cancelled or someone will replace them

Or heroic buys new roster

2020-03-10 23:28

ez4mibr

2020-03-10 22:17

Havu gonna win this ez

HAWHO

2020-03-11 10:10

looks terrible

2020-03-10 22:25

1 month tourny what the fuck

2020-03-10 22:38

Because it is league like epl, just worse

2020-03-10 23:49

so they book (for the playoff teams) a 2month league... wow... now i understand why tier5/6 team joined them

2020-03-10 23:44

Easy for Dignitas

2020-03-10 23:47

So ez for big

2020-03-10 23:54

EZ4DIG

2020-03-11 00:22

gg ez for big

2020-03-11 00:50

EZ4C9

2020-03-11 00:57

consolidation finals... what the... why..

2020-03-11 01:12

boycott this sh!t

2020-03-11 01:13

Why?

2020-03-11 09:34

would say easy for Dignitas but no hallzerk at the moment cause of visa issue so i dunno...

2020-03-11 01:15

2020-03-11 10:11

trash teams who cars

2020-03-11 02:00

Why is MiBR at this shit tournament ? Don't waste ur tatics with this shit, FalleN.

2020-03-11 02:19

Can't waste something he doesn't have anymore.

2020-03-11 03:05

FalleN with 40y.o. would kick jks ass anytime ;)

2020-03-11 11:58

Are you talking 1v1 in a server? I'll take jks. Are you talking in real life? Who cares, they aren't MMA fighters.

2020-03-11 22:48

Why would I talk about it in RL ? FalleN wouldn't hurt a ant.

2020-03-12 00:42

easy money $$$$$

Because it's the tier they are currently at. Edit: it's probably a bit high for them atm. I wouldn't see them contend for the playoffs, rather not to finish last.

2020-03-11 08:22

I mean, they're much better than most of these teams but their skill isn't on the same level so I agree they probably won't win, but will reach finals...

2020-03-11 11:57

Man don't be deluded they can't even reach playoffs at a Dreamhack Open. They need to kick 2faced Toledo to get out of the slump.

2020-03-11 12:57

But FalleN is one of their best players, they need to stop with two awp setup by kicking kNg and hiring a brazilian prodigy...

2020-03-11 16:31

Tier 3 event with 1kk prize pool, good times to be a pro

2020-03-11 02:27

lets go BnTeT

2020-03-11 02:54

2 matches a day LUL stonkssss

2020-03-11 03:17

t3 event confirmed.

2020-03-11 03:34

tier 3 in a nutshell.

2020-03-11 04:02

nice tier 99 tournament with 9 teams, 3 months duration...

2020-03-11 04:41

wow! this shedule really sucks :D why only 2 days per day? i hope the teams get a nice practice enviroment otherwise this is just a waste of time!

2020-03-11 06:47

2 days per day KEKW

2020-03-11 10:13

2 matches per day KEKW ^^

2020-03-11 10:21

the prize pool is crazy. A huge change for T2 Teams like my boyz at the moment, to win a lot of money !

2020-03-11 07:45

he doesn't know PepeLaugh

2020-03-11 07:56

Ez 4 ur boyz LUL

dbltap.com/posts/sources-copenhagen-flam.. uhh

2020-03-11 11:07

tbh if I own a team, I'd rather let them play this event. Bigger prize pool and less strong teams. why not

2020-03-11 10:20

correct, it was never easier to win a lot of money, than this event. But as far as i know, the partner vom ESL can't participate in this event. So hopefully my boyz can get a huge amount of money :-)

2020-03-11 10:44

and risking that your team becomes even more irrelevant due to not playing against real competition? also, I am pretty sure that most money teams earn is not from prize money but from sponsors

2020-03-11 16:08

2020-03-11 11:56

Corona will win

2020-03-11 12:14

Chaos? Team is legit t3 na...wtf

2020-03-11 13:17

2 days before event starts.... still short 3 teams, lol

2020-03-11 13:40

Nice

2020-03-11 14:06

Wait, has HAVU attendance been confirmed yet?

2020-03-11 14:11

i think so

2020-03-11 14:21

yes

2020-03-11 15:11

yes they were in USA already yesterday their ESEA MDL match got canceled due that

2020-03-11 15:50

nice. I wonder if they went home and came back or if they just stayed in California whole time. If I were with BIG or HAVU I would prefer to stay in the USA and bootcamp/practice for a 7-8 days and not fly home, because being home for 7 days just to have to fly back to USA would be tiring Id rather just stay and prepare

2020-03-11 18:13

ok it just got confirmed on twitter :)

2020-03-11 23:01