We Play! CS:GO League for the CIS Region Starts Today
| Tags: CS2
| Author Corey Pollack
Forge of Masters. WePlay! League will have 3 seasons throughout the year. The first season starts on April 8th and ends up with a LAN-event on May 3-5 in Kyiv. This season's total prize pool is $50,000.
Three seasons of the league will be united by a common mission, while each of them will differ in the original concept of the studio presentation.
Forge of Masters. WePlay! League aims to make the CIS scene less lopsided and give potentially strong teams an opportunity to grow out of the shadows of the top-tier teams. WePlay! wants to contribute to the development of the regional CS:GO esports scene, to enrich the existing infrastructure, and to help the new teams of the CIS region to unlock their potential and to become new stars of the discipline. Evening up the playing field in CIS will improve the general health of international CS:GO scene by providing stronger competition.
Participants
Eight teams from the CIS region will compete for the cup of the first season:
Vega Squadron
Winstrike Team
Format and Schedule
Group Stage, 8 — 16 April: round robin; each team is playing 7 bo1 matches.
Bracket, 3 — 5 May: Top four teams are invited to the LAN finals to play in a double-elimination bracket.
Today's Schedule, April 8th:
All the matches are played in the “Best of 1” format:
15:30 CEST – Broadcast start;
16:15 CEST — Nemiga vs DreamEaters;
17:30 CEST — HellRaisers vs DreamEaters;
18:45 CEST — Vega Squadron vs Nemiga;
20:00 CEST — AVANGAR vs Vega Squadron.
The official English caster for Forge of Masters. WePlay! League is Adam “Dinko” Hawthorne.
Dinko is a rising CS:GO community star. In his young age, Adam is very close to becoming a veteran caster, having worked on events hosted by ESL, ESC, StarLadder, and others.
Prize Pool
The total prize pool is $50,000.
1st place $20,000
2nd place $10,000
3rd place $4,000
4th place $2,000
Victory in each group stage match grants the team $500, which accounts for the remaining $14,000.
Tune in to the English cast of Forge of Masters. WePlay! League on this page.
Corey is a team member of one of the world's largest esports organizations. Corey is also the founder of Wave Digital Media, one of Canada's 60 fastest growing companies. You can learn more about Corey via our About page.