eSports Championship Series Reveals Invited Teams, Garners Intense Reactions from Prominent Names
After announcing the creation of the eSports Championship Series (ECS) a couple of days ago, FACEIT and Twitch have announced the lineup of North American and European teams that will compete in the league.
Eighteen invited teams and two qualifying teams for a from North America and Europe are slated to fight for a share of the massive $3.5 million prize pool that is at stake for the first two editions of the largest multi-million dollar CS:GO league thus far.
READ: FACEIT and Twitch Unveils $3.5-million league for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
ECS is the first tournament in CS:GO that offers a developmental league as well as allowing teams to have co-ownership rights and a share of the league’s revenues.
The first matches were held yesterday, Philippine time, with Astralis, EnVyUs, Dignitas, NRG and Optic Gaming all getting their first wins in the league.
Reactions
Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, captain and main sniper for South American powerhouse Luminosity, have mentioned on Twitter why Tempo Storm, which is arguably one of the better teams in the Americas, have never been considered for an invite.
Why would @Tempo_Storm CSGO lineup not invited to ECS? What else does this guys need to do/prove to be respected? https://t.co/t5jbe4g8KB
— Gabriel Toledo (@FalleNCS) April 9, 2016
In addition, he posted several follow-up tweets, one of which clarifies that he is not just talking about his fellow South American compatriots, but for the rest of the other teams which “performed good” as well:
Flipside, Godsent and lots of other GOOD teams dont even got a chance to play this tournament. pic.twitter.com/MAoCWB1H0p
— Gabriel Toledo (@FalleNCS) April 9, 2016
The discussion has garnered intense interest from leading personalities and analysts such as Scoots “SirScoots” Smith, Duncan “Thorin” Shields and Tomi “lurppis” Kovanen, among others.
CS:GO landscape is going to get brutal this year. Orgs fighting for a piece, teams fighting for slots, players fighting for fair treatment.
— Scott Smith (@SirScoots) April 10, 2016
Here is the list of the teams that will participate in the league:
For the European League:
Astralis
Team Dignitas
EnvyUs
FaZe
Fnatic
mousesports
Natus Vincere
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Virtus Pro
Qualified EU Team #1
For the North American League:
Cloud9
Complexity
Counter Logic Gaming
Echo Fox
Luminosity
NRG
OpTic
Team Liquid
Team SoloMid
Qualified NA Team #1
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