The first LAN event of 2016 is now upon us in the United Kingdom. There will be a grand total of 27 teams + heading to Kettering Conference Centre later today, and with the recent announcement that £3,000 is now the official prize pool with Top 4 being given a share of that, there is a lot to play for this weekend.

As previous event coverage, we like to help provide a post which includes all notable things from the event, and give you an anticipated timeline of what to expect throughout the weekend. This post will give you a few of the teams to look out for, the format of the event, the stream information, and any other bits of information that you may need throughout the weekend.

The Teams

I won’t post the entire list of teams here, as there are still some not signed up or incomplete line ups however I will give you the various list of teams who have a chance at making some headway this event.

The Heavyweights

Barrage eSports – Whindanski, CRUC1AL, mole, Surreal, s0m

Team CeX – kARMApangya, resu, CINDER, fisherA, Charley

uFrag – adamxoxo, Yoshi, HypeIzBack, ashhh, Powell

redSNK mix – redSNK, Weber, keita, Kryptix, Mightymax

The Challengers

LEAVEITYEAH – Jacky, Joee, Esiooo, Jak3y, Alex

Perilous.FURY – SpeedyG, AL, maltB, quiver, debaser

Armchair Athletes – Rhyswilliams, HaydeNNN, Phantasy, kpiz, tesk0

Defiled Gaming – SereX, coN, viCe, uor, TDK

The Outsiders

Playcasters.UK – TVCasper, CloudyB, kittycat, DazzyJ, Zzonked, Quzalonk

Mini Kiev Krew – toxxeh, Elk, Vicious, Minkle, GabrieL69

BigBoys.CS – Zaredd, bigsteve, Gilvar, Big_Lew, BigJack

Giraffes.UK – r3tr0z, Challister, Toaster1, nooo, Macklem0r

The Banter Bus

FeelsBadMan – Tristay, Codymvo, UndoCTRLz, JC, Brooky, mSrty

We Got This – Links, blueice, Milny, carlo, Superdave

The Format

Group Stage

Groups of 5/6/7

Best Of One

Veto

Top 2 Advance (unless there are more than 4 groups)

Elimination Stage

Double Elimination, 8 teams

Best of Three

Best Of Five Grand Final (1 Map Advantage for Upper Bracket Final winners)

Teams post group stage who were knocked out will be entered into the Intermediate Tournament which will take place all day Saturday. Format yet to be decided.

Map Pool

de_dust2

de_inferno

de_train

de_mirage

de_cache

de_cobblestone

de_overpass

Prize Pool

£3,000

1st Place: £1,725 + 5x Free Tickets to epic.EIGHTEEN

+ 5x Free Tickets to epic.EIGHTEEN 2nd Place: £875 + 5x £20 off tickets to epic.EIGHTEEN

+ 5x £20 off tickets to epic.EIGHTEEN 3rd Place: £300 + 5x £10 off tickets to epic.EIGHTEEN

+ 5x £10 off tickets to epic.EIGHTEEN 4th Place: £100

The Schedule

All times are rough estimates at this point bar the starting times of the day, please note, delays have been known to happen at UK events, and so we advise you to keep an eye through the dedicated tournament website. Remember all times are in GMT. Please note that there are specific tournament related shows going out on the Central Stream this LAN, so these are added to the “schedule” to reflect the additional content epic.LAN are putting out this LAN event.

Thursday

Event Opens – 4pm

Opening Ceremony – 8pm

PhoenixUK Special epic.LAN Show – 10pm* (live on epic.LAN Central Stream)

Friday

Breakfast ‘n’ Chill – 9am – 11am (Central Stream)

– 9am – 11am (Central Stream) Group Game 1 – 11am

Group Game 2 – 12:30pm

Group Game 3 – 2pm

Group Game 4 – 3:30pm

Tournament Story So Far ; Round Up – 4pm – 4:30pm (Central Stream)

; Round Up – 4pm – 4:30pm (Central Stream) Group Game 5 – 6pm

Group Game 6 – 7:30pm

Elimination Round 1 – 9:30pm

Saturday

Breakfast ‘n’ Chill – 9am – 11am (Central Stream)

– 9am – 11am (Central Stream) Elimination Round 2 – 10am

Tournament Story So Far ; Round Up – 12noon – 12:30pm (Central Stream)

; Round Up – 12noon – 12:30pm (Central Stream) Elimination Round 3 – 12:30pm

Elimination Round 4 – 3pm

Tournament Story So Far ; Round Up – 4pm – 4:30pm (Central Stream)

; Round Up – 4pm – 4:30pm (Central Stream) Elimination Round 5 – 5:30pm

Upper Bracket & Lower Bracket Finals – 9pm

Tournament Story So Far; Grand Finals Previews – 9:30pm – 10pm (Central Stream)

Sunday

Breakfast ‘n’ Chill – 9am – 11am (Central Stream)

– 9am – 11am (Central Stream) Consolation Final – 9am

Grand Final – 12noon

Event Streams

Casters

Mark “Crossy” Cross

Heather “Naysayerz” Dower

Sonny “Herold” Neal

Neil “Neil_M” Murphy

epic.LAN CS:GO Stream

epic.LAN Central Stream

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