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BLAST
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BLAST
Company Information
Focus:
Media Company
Events
Events
Founded:
2016-10-08 [1]
Location:
Employees:
57 [2]
Key People:
Links
Overview[edit]
BLAST is a Denmark-based esports media production company. The company was under the name RFRSH until summer 2019. [3] BLAST formerly represented and ran the strategic and commercial operations for Astralis and several other teams, but now solely focuses on BLAST events.
Events[edit]
BLAST Premier[edit]
BLAST Pro Series[edit]
Event | Date | Prize Pool | ![]() | ![]() |
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BLAST Pro Series: Global Final 2019 | 2019-12-12 to 2019-12-14 | $500,000 | Astralis | Team Liquid |
BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2019 | 2019-11-01 to 2019-11-02 | $250,000 | FaZe Clan | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
BLAST Pro Series: Moscow 2019 | 2019-09-13 to 2019-09-14 | $250,000 | AVANGAR | forZe |
BLAST Pro Series: Los Angeles 2019 | 2019-07-13 to 2019-07-14 | $250,000 | Team Liquid | FaZe Clan |
BLAST Pro Series: Madrid 2019 | 2019-05-10 to 2019-05-11 | $250,000 | ENCE | Astralis |
BLAST Pro Series: Miami 2019 | 2019-04-12 to 2019-04-13 | $250,000 | FaZe Clan | Team Liquid |
BLAST Pro Series: São Paulo 2019 | 2019-03-22 to 2019-03-23 | $250,000 | Astralis | Team Liquid |
BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon 2018 | 2018-12-14 to 2018-12-15 | $250,000 | Astralis | Natus Vincere |
BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2018 | 2018-11-02 to 2018-11-03 | $250,000 | Natus Vincere | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018 | 2018-09-28 to 2018-09-29 | $250,000 | Astralis | MIBR |
BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2017 | 2017-11-25 | $250,000 | SK Gaming | Astralis |
Former Teams[edit]
Team | Departure Date | Reference |
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Awards[edit]
- BLAST, then called RFRSH, won the "Initiative Award of the Year" at the Copenhagen Congress and Event Award 2018 for their BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2017 event. [4]