The DreamHack stop that will start in just one day, the DreamHack Maresille 2018 and will feature Counter-Strike:Global Offensive as one of the discipline with a total of $250000 prize purse, has had it's casting team revealed.
The usual names are on the list, except Matthew 'Sadokist' Trivett whom due to the recent scandal seems to have taken a back step from casting.
The on air team is as follow:
- Alex 'Machine' Richardson - (desk host)
- Tres 'stunna' Saranthus - (reporter)
- Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill - (analyst)
- Janko 'YNk' Paunovic - (analyst)
- Sean 'sg@res' Gares - (analyst)
- Jason 'Moses' O'Toole - (caster)
- Henry 'HenryG' Greer - (caster)
- Vince 'Vince' Hill - (caster)
- Anders Blume - (caster)
- Hugo Byron - (remote caster)
- Sudhen 'Bleh' Wahengbam - (remote caster)
Groups are as follow:
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
---|---|---|---|
FaZe Clan | mousesports | fnatic |
Team Liquid |
Cloud9 |
SK Gaming |
Natus Vincere |
Astralis |
G2.eSports |
Ninjas in Pyjamas | LA renegades | Space Soldiers |
Team EnVyUs |
Valliance | TyLoo | Gambit eSports |
The format will see the GSL system with each first game between the teams as a Bo1 and the winner and elimination match as a Bo3. The groups will be followed by a single elimination Bo3 bracket.
Prize distribution:
- 1'st. - $100000
- 2'nd. - $50000
- 3'rd./4'th. - $22000 each
- 5'th./8'th. - $10000 each
- 9'th./12'th. - $2000 each
- 13'th./16'th. - $2000 each