ESL not optimistic about holding ESL One Cologne on LAN

2/7/2020 - 18:02

ESL One Cologne is likely to be moved online as the organizers are not optimistic about being able to move all teams to one location.

The news was first reported by DBLTAP and HLTV.org can confirm the information after reaching out to the organizers: "It looks like, based on the European Union regulations, getting people to one place will be challenging," a source from ESL told HLTV.org.

ESL One Cologne likely to be moved online

On Wednesday, the European Union recommended its member states to start lifting travel restrictions to 15 non-EU countries. The list includes countries such as Canada, Australia, and China but notably omits the United States of America, Brazil, and Russia; the three countries with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, currently amounting to nearly five million combined.

At the moment, the German event is still officially scheduled for August 21-30, after being moved from July 6-12 as a result of the pandemic. On Wednesday, ESL announced 18 of the 24 participants, including several North American residents: Liquid, 100 Thieves, Evil Geniuses, FURIA, and Cloud9.

BIG CLAN are the winners of ESL Cologne 2020, congrats boys!

2020-07-02 18:02

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They even put german flag for this news hahahaha

2020-07-02 18:04

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Cologne is in germany so it makes sense

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Ez for Big ResidentSleeper

2020-07-02 18:06

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Also RIP Rio Major

2020-07-02 18:13

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2020-07-02 20:42

The actual situation and state to pandemic in brazil convince me that major wont be in brazil. I think that major must be in country that puts safe and health at first place like austria or oceania.

2020-07-06 00:09

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Denmark

2020-07-08 06:35

hawaii

2020-07-10 13:05

As a Dutch person it took me a while until I knew this.

2020-07-02 18:08

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How?

2020-07-02 18:10

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You probably say the name of the city compeletely differently. I didnt know Cologne was Keln until NiKo said it

2020-07-02 18:45

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yep, in Dutch we either say Köln (German name) or Keulen, the Dutch name for Köln

2020-07-02 18:51

Well I didn't know Cologne was Keln either and I am german, we usually call it Köln 🤪

2020-07-02 18:50

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English names are stupid mens

2020-07-02 19:30

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2020-07-02 21:13

I dont know, i call cologne "cologn" cause i dont know a translation in spanish unless it is "colonia" which is way worst.

2020-07-03 00:41

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Colonia lol As if spain colonized german like mexico and almost any other south americans

2020-07-03 03:48

argentina isn't mexico lol

2020-07-03 04:43

hmm im not talking about that guy flag, but nations that were colonized by spain in general but still, thank you for your kind reminder(or info, whatever)

2020-07-03 05:23

england or portugal?

2020-07-09 19:04

Yeh, it sucks af xD. I prefer the name in English tbh.

2020-07-03 09:36

why is Colonia bad? when the Romans founded the City they called it "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium"

2020-07-05 21:34

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I just don't like the name that much in Spanish.

2020-07-05 22:26

2020-07-03 20:13

Cologne is the french name of Köln lulz

2020-07-03 09:39

I know Eau de Cologne or as we say in Germany Kölsch Wasser.

2020-07-03 12:35

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Sounds weird when we translate that word by word in English: water from Cologne or water of Cologne. LULZ

2020-07-03 13:24

I think it sounds weird in german as well, finds rare usage.

2020-07-03 13:32

its not really weird, because Echtes Kölsch Wasser (Original Eau de Cologne) is one of the first industrial parfumes. my grandparents allways had a really beautiful bottle of that laying arround.

2020-07-03 13:36

wtf

2020-07-02 18:12

And ESL is a german company

2020-07-02 18:29

Was. Now it is just based in germany. MTG controls more than 80% of the company shares.

2020-07-03 18:28

For good reason

2020-07-02 18:43

YEKINDAR the goat men :)

2020-07-02 20:50

Cologne is in germany + ESL is a german company

2020-07-02 19:50

congrats, you are officially stupid

2020-07-03 01:07

You deserve the dumb award of the day

2020-07-03 09:00

It's not Cologne if it isn't being held in Cologne lmao

they could put the server up in Cologne inside the arena and show it every 5 minutes so people think it's still lan.

XDDD BIG with the highest advantage ever seen then.

2020-07-03 00:47

Yes, it's ESL AtHome then.

2020-07-02 18:14

ESL Colhome

2020-07-02 18:36

10/10 🤣

2020-07-02 23:59

kkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2020-07-02 18:17

bug on lan kekw

2020-07-02 18:48

It won't be online so how they could win that?

2020-07-03 14:43

+1 well deserved

2020-07-08 21:00

rip

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No crowd and everyone wears mask ez

2020-07-02 18:19

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americans wont even make it in the country

True every country hates us right now

2020-07-02 19:02

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Most have always hated you No offense

2020-07-02 19:31

Lmao

2020-07-02 20:37

Every country has hated yall always brother. You have got some crazy people out there.

2020-07-02 19:37

its called jealousy

2020-07-04 04:51

yeah im so jelaous about school shootings can we have some plz

2020-07-06 13:59

World peace if no Ame gets involved in. :P

2020-07-06 09:56

Ripppp please ESL

2020-07-02 18:03

Rip best event!

LOL EZ FOR BIG

LAN for european teams NA and SA can make their own shitty Cologne online, who cares

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lol

+1 but I think that swedes are not allowed to go to Germany so there goes NIP and Fnatic

its not like people will miss tier 3 teams anyway

2020-07-02 18:55

Like MiBR

2020-07-02 19:36

You got him there

2020-07-02 20:02

Sure. I dont like MIBR at all, Just search trough some of my previous comments and it will be very clear. But nice try.

2020-07-02 20:26

As long as Tegnell acts like an idiot thinking his strategy works, it will stay that way...

2020-07-02 18:56

Probably already too late

2020-07-02 20:03

2020-07-02 18:20

2020-07-02 18:28

+999

2020-07-02 18:30

own shitty cologne lol

2020-07-03 17:45

ESL One Vienna

KEKW

2020-07-02 21:21

GG BIG CHAMPIONS OF COLOGNE 2020

just announce BIG as the winner already

RIP

Are they trying to protect BUG from getting exposed?? onliners

damn lost all respect for ESL One Cologne wtf

EZ4BIG online Kappa

2020-07-02 18:05

lol didn't they make a post about "ESL Optimistic about holding Cologne in a LAN environment?" A few weeks ago?

they did hltv.org/news/29815/esl-targets-august-l..

lol didn't age well.

It's like me making plans for a holiday

2020-07-02 21:37

F's in the chat bois

pain

Also 2 events for NA and EU? NA no competition anyways

> The list includes countries such as Canada, Australia, and China but notably omits the United States of America, Brazil, and Russia; the three countries with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, currently amounting to nearly five million combined. Thanks to our rightwing governments.

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TDS kek.

2020-07-02 18:07

Name checks out Imagine hating someone so much you name your HLTV account after him

Thanks for your opinion mr. Trashsports

Mousesports GOAT team, regardless of what malding bettors say Mouz top 1 after covid is over and they play on LAN

2020-07-02 21:00

Yeah imagine.....

2020-07-02 18:31

It's ok, I take care of the pool for president Trump's wife I can confirm that Donald is keeping healthy by chowing down on as much Burger King as he can manage, he is not bothered by neither covid-19 nor this person's opinion.

2020-07-02 19:09

He eats McDonald’s not Burger King wtf I thought the pool boy would know that

2020-07-02 21:01

youtu.be/Tw9Ci2PZKZg There You go, educate on how covid deaths are counted. Plus how is it tested: youtu.be/dYfSqMult6c

2020-07-02 21:12

I dont know what you want to say with those videos, but these countrys have the highest case numbers because their handling of the crisis - simply said - sucks big time.

2020-07-03 07:18

What do You mean what do i mean? Im trying to show You, that even if You gonna be hit by bus, you gonna be counted as covid victim. What does it mean considering that 99% victims are having cancers or other major diseases. Plus, average death age is 80+. Why should young people be affraid of going out?

2020-07-03 09:40

First of all: every country is counting differently. What you are describing is not the case for europe. Second: Yes, motartilty is the highest in people with preconditions. But maybe you do not know, that many of those diseases have a very high prevalance in the population like hypertension (almost 50% in people over 60 in some countrys), diabetes type 2 (in some countrys more than 5% of the population), morbidly obese (>=10% of the population), heart disease, a variety of chronic diseases which come with a impaired immune system, etc. Third: Why is it bad to spread the virus? Isn't It obvious? You are bringing the virus to your loved ones, who might no be as healthy as you, or are elderly. By the way, there are also deaths in young people. You should not be afraid of going out, but you should take the right precautions, e. g. social distancing or wearing masks in e.g. public transportation or when your government is warning about high infection risk in general.

2020-07-03 14:41

Nooooo plz lan or I will kms

nooooo

Big Clan partying Hltv confirmed.

FUCKKKKKKKKKK

Ez big or Ez complexity

Rip

ez for leaf

So sad😬

Lmao what a joke. Clown TO esl 🤡🤡😂

2020-07-02 18:09

R.I.P. Just call this tournament "Online shit", because ESL Cologne in online is not a real ESL Cologne. It's almost like an online major.

I feel like a lot of torments this year haven't felt like a a tier 1 torments and for me at least lost the legacy from previous torments like pro league, Blast and dreamhack and if the major isn't lan gonna lose a lot.

2020-07-03 17:56

Sad but expected. Major is not gonna happen as well.

Online Major

That'd be such a clownfiesta

whole season will be a clownfiesta anyway

2020-07-03 08:29

Theres talks of putting the major to Europe I heard, but regardless of where it is, there will be no NA teams until the clowns from the USA get their shit together

I don't see the major happening this year.

2020-07-02 18:54

+1 me neither

2020-07-02 18:57

Sad!

Sadge

2020-07-02 18:11

Noooooo

gg. RIP

its way to risky to have players travel to play infront of no crowd. cant just continue online and matchfix for some money.

Online? EZ win for BIG

🤡"Mum! BIG are onliners why don't you believe me!!!!" 🤡

ez for big,onlinersssssssssssssss

Teams from first world countries will be able to attend

question is, is it worth it?

2020-07-02 18:18

It will be like the recent online tournaments but without na teams on lan. Should be a nice event and it would give us some validation for who the best teams are right now.

2020-07-02 18:21

I think NA teams aren't so important, they will lose anyway. If CIS teams also find a way to get there, it will be nice European event

2020-07-02 18:25

yep. na teams look pretty mediocre in general. furia would be fun with their playstyle though but besides them I don't really want to see another na team.

2020-07-02 18:42

where is even the point playing lan without crowd during a pandemic.

2020-07-02 18:22

Yes BIG wins this event

2020-07-02 18:23

go to orlando with lebron

RIIP

2020-07-02 18:24

ez 4 Leaf God

2020-07-02 18:26

oh is corona still in the world? when quarantine is over im already forgot about it :D

2020-07-02 18:27

mens((((

Be more optimistic cunts

be optimistic pls

So sad :(

2020-07-02 18:40

EZ4BIG, ONLINE GODS

2020-07-02 18:41

Nooooo But f1 is happening maybe they can do it..

2020-07-02 18:46

NOOOO Rip the best tournament in the year, lets hope we can have a major at least

Maybe if they move the major to a tier 1 country

2020-07-02 22:55

Come to brunei))

2020-07-02 23:47

cologne online = ez 4 onlinetares

Then don't "hold" it at all. No one wants to see an online event with tier 3 cheaters like Heroic, chaos, spirit and godsent in the playoffs.

2020-07-02 19:06

azazaza i aren't think that

expected... we will be lucky to see any events at LAN this year

2020-07-02 19:27

Chaos LIKE

2020-07-02 19:32

EZ for BIG bots, playing on german servers and they will have like 5 ping...

2020-07-02 19:35

stupid comment, they wont have any advantage cuz germany has one of the worst internet in the world

2020-07-03 10:14

I dont think you understand how internet works my dumbo friend...German server on german soil means lower ping, these guys are professionals and will use Fibre Optic connection, means very low latency, like 5 ping or near that...

2020-07-03 11:29

and the other teams wont?

2020-07-03 20:10

Nooooooooo

2020-07-02 19:53

Imagine still caring of COVID-19 🤦🤦🤦 Move it to Minsk dumbo ESL

2020-07-02 19:58

Exepected

2020-07-02 19:57

I guess no LAN until everyone is vaccinated

Who the fuck would like to take a vaccine that has been rushed into a finished product? Remember how well it went with swine flu and Pandemrix vaccine?

2020-07-03 08:45

I think BIG fans will be happy then. If it does go online BIG will win 100% Congratulations to BIG

2020-07-02 20:49

Comeon RIP. how about LAn but only a few people.

2020-07-02 21:06

Wuhan omegalul

2020-07-02 21:59

We missed a lot LAN...

2020-07-02 23:56

No, please, maybe reschedule this but not online, don't waste such an event.

2020-07-03 00:08

who carsf

2020-07-03 00:24

I thought corona got bored to everyone

2020-07-03 03:08

Worst esl one cologne of all

2020-07-03 06:53

That is exactly the point i made a few days ago: hltv.org/news/29923/navi-astralis-liquid.. Sad to see it confirmed.

2020-07-03 07:06

INVITE FATEEEEEEEE

2020-07-03 12:44

That's sad

2020-07-03 12:56

No matter how much we want it to be lan, I think it would still be the right choice to cancel the lan and play it online. Considering that the 2nd wave of virus is coming up it would be too risky...

2020-07-03 13:27

Make it with no crowd, but still do it on LAN plssss

2020-07-03 18:24

Cases continue to get worse around the globe, this is no surprise at all.

2020-07-04 00:29

Make it LAN only for EU teams plzzz

2020-07-05 15:27

No crowd: no need need a big place. They can do it in a ESL office easily, dont they? Team by team?

2020-07-07 01:24