Desk host:

Richard Lewis



Stage host:

Sue "Smix" Lee



Analysts:

Jason "moses" O'Toole

Janko "YNk" Paunovic



Commentators:

Anders Blume

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

James "JZFB" Bardolph

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia

Henry "HenryG" Greer

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Our team's most recent competition was the early December's 6th season of ESL Pro League finals in Odense, Denmark, where the Brazilians defeated FaZe Clan to win the prestigious trophy.After over a month of deserved rest in Brazil, Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo and the crew are ready to enter 2018 with a blast as we are getting closer to the first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament of the year.The ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018 will be the 12th official Major tournament in association with the Washington-based Valve Corporation.Operated by ELEAGUE, a brand of Turner Broadcasting Systems and WME | IMG, the Boston Major will be the third Valve-powered event to be held on North American soil and first to introduce the new revamped Major system.The event is scheduled to run from 12th to 28th of January, 2017, and take place in both Atlanta, GA, and Boston, MA.As announced back in December, Valve Corporation introduced a new format for the Majors, which will divide the tournament into three stages.The former Major qualification system is now a part of the Major circuit and is called "The New Challengers" stage. It will use a best-of-one Swiss format.The follow-up stage is named "The New Legends" and will also use the same best-of-one Swiss structure we saw at the previous Major tournament in Krakow, Poland.The playoffs are now known as "The New Champions" stage and will continue to be played in the traditional best-of-three single elimination format.More details about the new tournament structure as well as miscellaneous information can be found in our "Examining the ELEAGUE Major" series:The ELEAGUE Major will furthermore be the first of the series to be hosted in two different locations in the United States.The first two rounds will be held inside Turner's studio in Atlanta, which will not be accessible for public visitors, while the championship stage will take place inside the Agganis Arena in the city of Boston.With the integration of the Major Qualifier event into the Major system itself, we will witness for first time ever for a Major competition an increased number of teams.The Boston Major will introduce 24 teams compared to the 16 we had during all previous events of this type.The following teams will participate in this month's Major circuit:The Boston Major will be broadcasted live mainly on the Twitch platform, while ELEAGUE will also present a 5-part feature series, which will be shown after the event, on the cable TV channel TBS owned by Turner.Official GOTV services will, as usual for Valve-sponsored events, be open for public alongside community-driven channels broadcasted in various languages, which can be found within the "Watch" tab in-game.The following talents will be responsible for your viewing experience:Unfortunately, the complete schedule for the competition is yet to be announced by the event organizer ELEAGUE.The following information has been revealed thus far:We will release more information about the schedule for each of the three stages in our upcoming live coverage articles.SK Gaming will not be present during the 1st stage of the Boston Major due to our "Legends" status. Our Brazilians will instead take part during the 2nd stage scheduled to kick off on 19th of January in Atlanta.We would like to once more point out that we will be using Joao 'felps' Vasconcellos as a stand-in for this tournament, as we are unable to field Ricardo 'boltz' Prass , who was still representing Immortals during the Minor qualifier.The Brazilians are looking for a memorable 2018 start and are on the hunt for their 3rd Major championship title!One of the most iconic and fan favorite features of the Major events is the exclusive in-game loot. Get yourself some SK Gaming stickers, a can of spray or two, and make your way into the Global Elite in style!You can purchase in-game SK Gaming items such as the shown above from the Steam Market to further support our players.More information about the new in-game extras and features available during the tournament such as the fan favorite souvenir drops, the Pick'Em mini-game challenge, and the aforementioned stickers can be found at counter-strike.net Do not hesitate to show us your support for our Brazilians during their march towards potential 3rd Major championship title via the social networks usingoror the comment section down below!Stay tuned to SK Gaming for more news and updates from the Boston Major.