CEVO Announces CS:GO Season 7 (NA/EU) - $135,000 USD - Register Today!

CEVO is pleased to announce that team registration for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Season 7 is now open. Registration will remain open until Thursday, April 9th at 12:00 PM EDT. The Season 7 prize pool will start with a minimum of $135,000 USD in prize money and travel support + community crowdfunding. Season 7 marks our first foray into Europe and both regions will feature FREE and premium pay-to-play skill divisions.

Earlier today we announced a partnership with MLG.tv, who will become the exclusive broadcast partner for Season 7 and host the s7 LAN Finals at the MLG.tv Arena in Columbus, Ohio on July 24-26, 2015. You can read the full partnership announcement HERE.

As a result of our partnership with MLG, you'll now be able to catch all the best of Season 7 at http://MLG.tv/playCEVO daily Sunday through Thursday.

Premium Pay-to-Play Divisions (Amateur / Intermediate / Main / Professional) features:

$135,000 USD minimum in prize money and travel support + community crowdfunding

Professional division LAN Finals event at MLG.tv Arena in Columbus, Ohio (July 24-26, 2015)

ALL matches played on premium 128-tickrate CEVO gameservers across 15+ locations

CEVO's automated match service integration

Access to premium league features (scrim system, league leaderboards, etc..)

ALL matches protected by CEVO's exclusive anti-cheat technology

Complete LIVE match statistics for every match

Automatic recording and storage of GOTV demos

Automatic weekly matches scheduled and easy to use match scheduling thread

Real-time updated standings and team rankings

Helpful league officials available for LIVE support Sunday through Thursday all season long

FREE access to community forums and prediction systems for each match

FREE-to-Play Division features:

Bring your own gameserver (BYOS)

1 match per week in regular season

ALL matches protected by CEVO's exclusive anti-cheat technology

Automatic weekly matches scheduled and easy to use match scheduling thread

Real-time updated standings and team rankings

Helpful league officials available for LIVE support on default match nights only

FREE access to community forums and prediction systems for every match

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR CS:GO SEASON 7

Season 7 Format & Schedule

Participating teams will compete in CEVO’s signature eight week regular season format in an attempt to qualify for the online playoffs, and the chance to climb the ladder of ranked skill divisions.

s7 Registration + Preseason: March 9th, 2015 - April 6th, 2015

s7 Professional Placement Tournament: March 22th, 2015 - April 9th, 2015

s7 Online Regular Season: April 19th, 2015 – June 21st, 2015

s7 Online Playoffs: June 25th, 2015 – July 10th, 2015

s7 LAN Finals at MLG.tv Arena in Columbus, Ohio: July 24-26, 2015

Skill Divisions & Prizes

Professional Division (NA/EU Invite only skill divisions) - $50 per player - $75,000.00 + $42,000.00 in travel support

CEVO-P is our most prestigious division and consists of only the top 12 teams each from North America and Europe. Teams can earn invites to this division through their performance in the off-season Professional Placement Tournament. CEVO-P teams will play 11 matches in a round-robin group play format over the course of the 8 week regular season. Following the regular season, there will be a short online playoff where the top 4 teams (per region) will have the opportunity to compete for our largest cash prize pool ever on LAN at the MLG.tv Arena in Columbus, Ohio on July 24-26, 2015.

NOTE: We'll be releasing the CEVO-P prize breakdown shortly!

Main Division (NA/EU Restricted skill divisions) - $20 per player - $6,000.00 base prize pool (per region) + community crowdfunding

CEVO-M is our premium pay-to-play restricted skill division consisting of 48 very highly skilled and experienced teams looking for serious, near-professional competition. Teams can qualify to play in this division through their performance in the previous season, and sometimes through our off-season tournaments. CEVO-M teams will play two matches per week on Sundays & Wednesdays in both North America and Europe across one conference (per region) and compete for cash prizes. The top 6 teams in this division will also qualifiy for the s8 Professional Placement Tournament.

1st (60%) - $3,600.00 + automatic invite to s8 Professional Placement Tournament

2nd (27%) - $1,620.00 + automatic invite to s8 Professional Placement Tournament

3rd (13%) - $780.00 + automatic invite to s8 Professional Placement Tournament

4th-6th - 1 month FREE CEVO MVP coupon for each player on roster + automatic moveup to s8 Main skill division + automatic invite to s8 Professional Placement Tournament



Intermediate Divison (NA/EU Open entry skill divisions) - $12.50 per player - $2,750.00 base prize pool (per region) + community crowdfunding

CEVO-IM is our intermediary premium pay-to-play skill division open to ALL teams in both Europe and North America. It's designed for experienced teams seeking serious competitive play. CEVO-IM teams will play two matches per week on Mondays & Thursdays in both North America and Europe across one conference (per region) for cash prizes and the chance to move up to the CEVO-M skill division based on their performance in Season 7.

1st (60%) - $1,650.00 + automatic moveup to s8 Main skill division

2nd (27%) - $742.50 + automatic moveup to s8 Main skill division

3rd (13%) - $357.50 + automatic moveup to s8 Main skill division

4th-6th - 1 month FREE CEVO MVP coupon for each player on roster + automatic moveup to s8 Main skill division

7th-16th - automatic moveup to s8 Main skill division

NOTE: We encourage teams that are new to CEVO to start in our Intermediate division if they are looking for serious league competition with two matches week and all of our premium league features.

Amateur Divison (NA ONLY Open entry skill division) - $7.50 per player - $500.00 base prize pool + community crowdfunding

CEVO-A is our entry level premium pay-to-play skill division open to ALL teams in North America only. It's designed for both new and experienced teams seeking casual competitive play. Teams in this division will play only one match per week on Wednesday evenings in three conferences across North America (East, Central, and West) and compete for cash prizes and the chance to move up to the CEVO-IM/M skill divisions based on their performance in Season 7.

1st (60%) - $300.00 + automatic moveup to s8 Main skill division

2nd (27%) - $135.00 + automatic moveup to s8 Main skill division

3rd (13%) - $65.00 + automatic moveup to s8 Main skill division

4th-6th - 1 month FREE CEVO MVP coupon for each player on roster + automatic moveup to s8 Intermediate skill division

4th-32nd - automatic moveup to s8 Intermediate skill division

FREE Divison (NA/EU Open entry skill divisions) - FREE-to-Play

CEVO-FREE is completely FREE-to-play (you guessed it!) and open to ALL teams in both Europe and North America. Designed for beginner teams who are looking to get their feet wet with competitive play. Teams in this division play one match per week on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 PM in their conferences local time zone, and compete for free entry into Season 8 and the opportunity to move up to one of our pay-to-play skill divisions. The FREE division will be separated into three regional conferences in North America (East, Central, and West) and one large conference in Europe to help make scheduling matches a breeze, while allowing teams to play the majority of their matches on servers in their preferred location.

1st-3rd - automatic moveup & FREE entry into s8 Intermediate skill division

4th-6th - 1 month FREE CEVO MVP coupon for each player on roster



NOTE: CEVO-FREE is a bring your own server (BYOS) division. Teams will have the ability to reserve a very limited number of game servers in North America, courtesy of Gameservers.com, but teams should be prepared to bring their own servers if there aren't any available.

Map Rotation

Preseason #1: de_resort

Preseason #2: de_tuscan

Week #1: de_inferno

Week #2: de_season

Week #3: de_cbble

Week #4: de_nuke

Week #5: de_mirage

Week #6: de_overpass

Week #7: de_dust2

Week #8: de_cache

CEVO-P bo3's and Veto Process

In Season 7, the Professional skill division will play all matches as a best-of-three (bo3) series using the current Valve Major's map pool. Maps will be decided inside of the client prior to each match with CEVO's veto system outlined below.

1) Home bans one map

2) Away bans one map

3) Home picks map #1 (side choice to Away)

4) Away picks map #2 (side choice to Home)

5) Map #3 is randomly selected from remaining 3 maps (knife for sides)

Players can register their teams from Monday, March 9th until Thursday, April 9th at 12:00 PM EDT. As always, we're open to feedback and would love to hear from you. Feel free to post your questions, comments, or concerns below, contact CEVO Support, or visit us in our public TeamSpeak3 server (cevots.gameservers.com:9366) to get in touch with CEVO Staff!

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About CEVO:

CEVO is a global eSports company built around North America’s largest competitive online PC gaming league. Founded in December of 2004 with the intention to transform competitive online gaming into a professional sport, CEVO has been hosting both free and pay-to-play tournaments across a variety of AAA titles for almost 10 years. Through CEVO-TV we are also engaged in online broadcasting and other digital media. Additionally, CEVO offers event management, marketing, development, and design solutions for clients looking to get involved in the business of eSports. For more information visit cevo.com.



About Major League Gaming (MLG):

MLG is the leader in eSports delivering premium gaming content to viewers through its streaming platform - MLG.tv and promoting eSports globally through premier competition. MLG.tv is one of the fastest growing broadcast networks worldwide reaching 20 million highly-engaged fans each month via web, mobile, connected TVs, gaming consoles and social media. MLG pioneered the eSports industry as the longest-running competitive gaming league in North America and through Gamebattles, the largest cross platform online gaming tournament system with 9 million registered users. For more information: MLG.tv.



About Counter-Strike: Global Offensive:

CS:GO is the latest installment in the Counter-Strike series. Since it was launched in August of 1999, Counter-Strike has become one the most played online games of all time, and the series has sold over 25 million copies. In the past year, CS:GO’s player numbers have increased by more than 250%, and over $3.5 mil have been paid to community content creators making and selling new items and levels for the games.

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