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ESEA Season 35: Premier Division - North America

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[e][h]ESEA Season 35: Premier Division - North America
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Type:
Online
Location:
North America North America
Prize Pool:
$30,000 USD
Start Date:
2020-09-01
End Date:
2020-11-18
Teams:
17
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Train • Vertigo

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

  • Commentators:
    • United States DarfMike (Mike Winnick)
    • Canada JRT (John Tsoupanarias)
    • United States Boggs (Austin Bogdanovich)
    • United States Upmind (Gustavo Franco Domingues)

Format[edit]

  • Regular Season:
    • Round-Robin league format
      • All teams play each other once
      • All matches are Bo1
    • Top 8 teams proceed to the Playoffs
    • Click here to show the tie-breaker process
  1. Overall record
  2. Head-to-Head record
  3. Best round difference in regulation rounds
  4. Bo3 decider if all other tie breaker scenarios are indecisive
  • Playoffs:
    • Double-Elimination bracket
    • All matches (excl. Grand Final) are Bo3
    • Grand Final is Bo5 (1 map advantage to the UB team)

Prize Pool[edit]

$30,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Participants[edit]

1 July 1st - United States C0M steps down from Mythic and retires from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. United States zNf rejoins the active roster. [1]
2 July 7th - Canada DAVEY joins Mythic on a permanent basis. [2]
3 July 15th - United States zNf leaves Mythic and retires from competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. [3]
1 July 19th - United States nosraC leaves Recon 5 to join Levitate Esports. [4]
2 July 30th - Recon 5 part ways with their lineup. [5]
3 August 20th - Recon 5 reform their roster, replacing United States Reality and United States neptune with United States valens, United States FugLy, and Russia wippie. [6]
4 August 25th - Russia wippie leaves ex-Recon 5 to join Ze Pug Godz. [7]
5 September 2nd - Canada FaNg joins ex-Recon 5 after Positive Vibes Only disbands. [8]
6 October 14th - Canada FaNg leaves ex-Recon 5 to join Rugratz. [9]
7 October 21st - United States Reality joins ex-Recon 5. [10]
1 August 28th - Swedish Canadians are signed by Sixth Gear. Additionally, United States N1ght joins as coach. [11]
2 September 16th - Canada castro joins Sixth Gear on trial as United States AAustiN steps down from the team. Additionally, Sixth Gear part ways with United States N1ght. [12]
3 September 29th - Sweden WolfY and United States Wolffe swap teams, with the former moving to Secret Club. [13]
4 October 1st - Sixth Gear drop their team. They will continue to play together as Russian Canadians. [14]
5 October 10th - Russian Canadians cut United States Wolffe. [15]
6 October 16th - Russian Canadians add United States Saturn while Serbia Lacore joins as coach. [16]
7 October 27th - Canada castro leaves Russian Canadians. [17]
8 November 2nd - Due to Canada vek and Canada battery being unwilling to play playoffs, they are cut from the team while Russian Canadians forfeit playoffs. [18]
1 July 21st - Sweden Limpone steps down from New England Whalers. [19]
2 August 31st - New England Whalers part ways with United States BOOBIE. [20]
3 September 2nd - New England Whalers sign United States Bwills and United States Muenster. [21]
1 August 10th - Canada JonahP, United States BASE, and United States Mauisnake leave Keep the Comms Up. [22]
2 September 1st - Keep the Comms Up rename to Incognito and add United States cxzi, United States viz, United States micro, and United States Axed as coach, who replaces United States nguyen. [23]
3 September 20th - United States cxzi leaves Incognito. [24]
4 September 27th - United States JoJo joins Incognito. [25]
5 October 12th - Incognito cut United States JoJo and add United States bron. [26]
1 July 23rd - Canada mada leaves Oceanus Gaming. [27]
2 July 26th - United States tweiss announces that he and Canada mada will be rebuilding Rugratz while United States zander and United States Hunter focus on VALORANT. [28]
3 August 3rd - After United States tweiss and Canada mada fail to form a complete roster in the Rugratz slot, United States zander forms a new lineup consisting of United States Hunter, Canada Ange, United States LunarKats, and United States bENITA. [29]
4 August 14th - Rugratz replace Canada Ange, United States LunarKats, and United States bENITA with Canada mada and United States curry. [30]
5 August 16th - United States RZU joins Rugratz. [31]
6 October 14th - Canada FaNg and United States kobruh replace United States zander and United States curry on Rugratz. [9]
7 October 17th - Rugratz replace United States Hunter with United States Infinite. [32]
1 July 4th - blood, sweat, and tears begin an overhaul of their roster, retaining United States 4pack and Canada retchy while United States XotiC stays on as a substitute. [33]
2 July 25th - blood, sweat, and tears are signed by Rebirth Esports. United States XotiC joins the starting lineup. [34]
3 July 26th - United States phantom is signed by Rebirth Esports. [34]
4 August 21st - Canada Inseaniac and United States nosraC join Rebirth Esports while United States XotiC steps down into a substitute position. [35]
5 September 29th - United States Sneaky joins Rebirth Esports as United States 4pack steps down from the starting lineup. [36]
6 October 7th - Canada Inseaniac leaves Rebirth Esports. [37]
7 October 31st - United States Sneaky leaves Rebirth Esports. United States XotiC rejoins the starting lineup. [38]
1 July 6th - Warriors International part ways with United States bokumbop. [39]
2 July 15th - Canada voo steps down from Warriors International. [40]
3 August 9th - Warriors International release their team. [41]
4 August 10th - ex-Warriors International add United States Delta9 and United States Bibby as a trial coach. [41]
5 August 19th - United States hyper- leaves ex-Warriors International to joins Eclipse. [42]
6 August 29th - ex-Warriors International remove United States Delta9 and add United States Ryze and United States vein. Additionally, United States Bibby completes his trial successfully and joins the team on a permanent basis. [43]
7 September 9th - United States Swisher leaves to join Yeah Gaming. [44]
8 September 11th - ex-Warriors International add Canada kber and United States armen while benching United States Ryze. [45]
9 October 5th - ex-Warriors International cut Canada kber while United States Ryze returns to the starting lineup. [46]
10 October 15th - ex-Warriors International are signed by Vireo.pro. [47]
1 July 27th - United States stellar leaves Alcoholics Anonymous and retires from competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. [48]
2 August 7th - Alcoholics Anonymous are signed by Eclipse. Additionally, United States bite replaces United States robby. [49]
3 August 19th - United States hyper- joins Eclipse. [42]
4 October 6th - Eclipse part ways with United States brett. [50]
5 October 7th - Canada john joins Eclipse. [51]
6 October 18th - Eclipse replace United States bite with United States yohan. [52]
1 August 25th - United States CLASIA and United States Wolffe join ex-Morning Light. Additionally, they rename to Secret Club. [53]
2 September 29th - Sweden WolfY and United States Wolffe swap teams, with the latter moving to Sixth Gear. [13]
1 June 27th - United States cxzi leaves ex-Polar Ace Esports. [54]
2 September 1st - ex-Polar Ace Esports overhaul their roster, removing everyone with the exception of United States Powerzz while adding Canada castro, United States KmZ, United States hate, and United States kobruh. [55]
3 September 8th - Canada castro leaves ex-Polar Ace Esports. United States RenZ joins as a stand-in to help the team retain their spot in the division. [56]
4 October 6th - United States RenZ leaves ex-Polar Ace Esports after playing the required number of matches for the team to retain their spot. United States Noxio joins the team in his place. [57]
5 October 14th - United States curry replaces United States kobruh on ex-Polar Ace Esports. [9]
6 October 28th - United States curry leaves ex-Polar Ace Esports. United States omniscient joins a stand-in. [58]
1 August 25th - United States CLASIA and United States Wolffe leave Kinship to join Secret Club. [53]
2 August 26th - Kinship add United States ara and United States grape as United States kobruh steps down from the team. [59]
3 August 27th - United States heretic joins Kinship. [60]
4 September 29th - Kinship replace United States heretic with United States Swahn. [61]
1 August 22nd - United States violent steps down from timbermen. [62]
2 August 29th - United States florgy joins timbermen. [63]
3 September 15th - timbermen are signed by Depth Esports. [64]
4 October 1st - United States florgy is replaced by United States HavoK. [65]
5 November 2nd - United States HavoK steps down from Depth Esports. The team will finish playoffs with United States bddu. [66]
1 September 3rd - ImPerium Esports are invited to compete in ESEA Premier Season 35 due to Positive Vibes Only disbanding. [67]
2 September 30th - ImPerium Esports replace United States yohan with United States heretic. [68]
3 October 11th - ImPerium Esports cut United States Burt^. [69]
4 October 17th - ImPerium Esports add United States cuze. [70]
1 August 4th - United States viz leaves Third Impact. [71]
2 August 17th - United States tconnors announces his retirement from competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and leaves Third Impact. [72]
3 August 30th - United States Switchy steps down from Third Impact. [73]
4 August 31st - Third Impact sign Canada f1ukie and Canada Koalanoob. [73]
5 September 6th - Third Impact part ways with Canada f1ukie. [74]
6 September 12th - Third Impact sign United States ERIC. [75]
7 September 27th - United States JoJo leaves Third Impact to join Incongito. [25]
8 October 3rd - United States tconnors returns to Third Impact as a stand-in for the remainder of the MDL season. [76]

Results[edit]

Regular Season[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
New England WhalersNew England WhalersWhalers
W
Russian CanadiansRussian CanadiansRusCan
FF
November 2, 2020 - 20:00 EST
Russian Canadians forfeit the match.
Rebirth EsportsRebirth EsportsRebirth
0
MythicMythicMythic
2
November 2, 2020 - 20:00 EST
105
5
1610
6
126
6
169
7
New England WhalersNew England WhalersWhalers
2
MythicMythicMythic
1
November 4, 2020 - 17:00 EST
75
2
1610
6
169
7
86
2
1610
6
115
6
Secret ClubSecret ClubSecret
2
Depth EsportsDepth EsportsDepth
0
November 2, 2020 - 20:00 EST
169
7
66
0
1612
4
53
2
RBG EsportsRBG EsportsRBG
0
Team oNe eSportsTeam oNe eSportsoNe
2
November 2, 2020 - 20:00 EST
108
2
167
9
77
0
168
8
Secret ClubSecret ClubSecret
0
Team oNe eSportsTeam oNe eSportsoNe
2
November 3, 2020 - 20:00 EST
125
7
1610
6
32
1
1613
3
New England WhalersNew England WhalersWhalers
0
Team oNe eSportsTeam oNe eSportsoNe
2
November 4, 2020 - 20:00 EST
191021
510
22512
1022
96
3
169
7
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Russian CanadiansRussian CanadiansRusCan
FF
Rebirth EsportsRebirth EsportsRebirth
W
November 2, 2020 - 22:00 EST
Russian Canadians forfeit the match.
Secret ClubSecret ClubSecret
2
Rebirth EsportsRebirth EsportsRebirth
0
November 4, 2020 - 20:00 EST
169
7
106
4
168
8
117
4
Depth EsportsDepth EsportsDepth
2
RBG EsportsRBG EsportsRBG
1
November 3, 2020 - 20:00 EST
75
2
1610
6
169
7
116
5
168
8
137
6
MythicMythicMythic
2
Depth EsportsDepth EsportsDepth
0
November 4, 2020 - 20:00 EST
168
8
107
3
1612
4
73
4
Secret ClubSecret ClubSecret
2
MythicMythicMythic
0
November 5, 2020 - 20:10 EST
1611
5
114
7
169
7
146
8
New England WhalersNew England WhalersWhalers
2
Secret ClubSecret ClubSecret
0
November 6, 2020 - 20:00 EST
169
7
86
2
1610
6
95
4
Team oNe eSportsTeam oNe eSportsoNe
3
New England WhalersNew England WhalersWhalers
0
November 18, 2020 - 18:00 EST
1611
5
64
2
1610
6
105
5
Team oNe have a 1 map advantage as the upper-bracket team.

References[edit]

  1. tolkienfanatic (2020-07-02). "C0M departs Mythic". Dust2.us.
  2. theroadtodrwaldo (2020-07-07). "DAVEY to round out Mythic roster for the immediate future". Dust2.us.
  3. zNf (2020-07-15). "The future...".
  4. 4.0 4.1 Levitate Esports (2020-07-19). "Please give a warm welcome to @CxziDanny and @nosraC_cs to our Roster".
  5. Mnmzzz (2020-07-30). "Recon 5 release team". Dust2.us.
  6. Mnmzzz (2020-08-20). "ex-Recon 5 reforms roster with valens, FugLy, and wippie". Dust2.us.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Mnmzzz (2020-08-25). "Ze Pug Godz replace MarKE with wippie". Dust2.us.
  8. theroadtodrwaldo (2020-09-02). "ex-Recon 5 complete roster with FaNg; Positive Vibes Only disband". Dust2.us.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 tolkienfanatic (2020-10-14). "FaNg and kobruh join Rugratz; curry to ex-Polar Ace". Dust2.us.
  10. tolkienfanatic (2020-10-21). "ex-Recon 5, Depth, ex-Polar Ace add players as roster lock hits". Dust2.us.
  11. Nohte (2020-08-29). "Swedish Canadians rev up into Sixth Gear". Dust2.us.
  12. theroadtodrwaldo (2020-09-16). "castro shifts into Sixth Gear; N1ght gets left in the dust". Dust2.us.
  13. 13.0 13.1 tolkienfanatic (2020-10-01). "WolfY and Wolffe trade places". Dust2.us.
  14. Mnmzzz (2020-10-01). "Sixth Gear drop team". Dust2.us.
  15. Mnmzzz (2020-10-12). "Russian Canadians part ways with Wolffe". Dust2.us.
  16. theroadtodrwaldo (2020-10-16). "Russian Canadians pick up Saturn". Dust2.us.
  17. Mnmzzz (2020-10-28). "Russian Canadians set to finish season with AAustiN". Dust2.us.
  18. Nohte (2020-11-03). "Whalers, Mythic, Secret Club and oNe secure wins in MDL Season 35 playoffs opening round". Dust2.us.
  19. Limpone (2020-07-21). "Stepped down from coaching @whalersgg".
  20. BOOBIE (2020-08-31). "Decided to part ways with @whalersgg.".
  21. 21.0 21.1 Nohte (2020-09-02). "New England Whalers add Bwills and Muenster". Dust2.us.
  22. Mnmzzz (2020-08-16). "Keep the Comms Up lose JonahP, BASE, and Mauisnake". Dust2.us.
  23. 23.0 23.1 Mnmzzz (2020-09-01). "Keep the Comms Up go Incognito with cxzi, viz, micro, and Axed". Dust2.us.
  24. Mnmzzz (2020-09-20). "Incognito seek replacement for cxzi". Dust2.us.
  25. 25.0 25.1 Mnmzzz (2020-09-27). "JoJo leaves Third Impact to join Incognito". Dust2.us.
  26. theroadtodrwaldo (2020-10-12). "Incognito cut JoJo and add bron; Mauisnake to stand-in for sterling". Dust2.us.
  27. theroadtodrwaldo (2020-07-23). "mada departs Oceanus". Dust2.us.
  28. Nohte (2020-07-26). "tweiss announces Rugratz rebuild with mada". Dust2.us.
  29. Mnmzzz (2020-08-04). "zander reforms Rugratz with Hunter, Ange, bENITA, and LunarKats". Dust2.us.
  30. Mnmzzz (2020-08-16). "Rugratz overhaul roster (again) with mada and curry". Dust2.us.
  31. Mnmzzz (2020-08-19). "Rugratz round out roster with RZU". Dust2.us.
  32. Mnmzzz (2020-10-18). "Rugratz replace Hunter with Infinite". Dust2.us.
  33. Mnmzzz (2020-07-04). "blood, sweat, and tears set to rebuild with retchy, 4pack, and XotiC". Dust2.us.
  34. 34.0 34.1 Mnmzzz (2020-07-25). "Rebirth sign blood, sweat, and tears and phantom". Dust2.us.
  35. Mnmzzz (2020-08-22). "Rebirth round out roster with Inseaniac and nosraC". Dust2.us.
  36. theroadtodrwaldo (2020-09-29). "Rebirth to use XotiC, Sneaky in place of 4pack". Dust2.us.
  37. Mnmzzz (2020-10-09). "Inseaniac steps down from Rebirth". Dust2.us.
  38. tolkienfanatic (2020-11-01). "XotiC returns to Rebirth starting lineup as Sneaky departs". Dust2.us.
  39. Nohte (2020-07-06). "bokum bops out of Warriors International". Dust2.us.
  40. Mnmzzz (2020-07-15). "voo steps down from Warriors International". Dust2.us.
  41. 41.0 41.1 Mnmzzz (2020-08-10). "Warriors International part ways with team; Delta9 joins roster". Dust2.us.
  42. 42.0 42.1 Mnmzzz (2020-08-21). "hyper- leaves ex-Warriors International to join Eclipse". Dust2.us.
  43. Mnmzzz (2020-08-30). "ex-Warriors International complete roster with Ryze and vein". Dust2.us.
  44. Yeah Gaming (2020-09-09). "Hoje o americaninho Swisher entra para a Yeah para ser o nosso 5º player da lineup de CS:GO." [Today the American Swisher joins Yeah to be our 5th player in the CS:GO lineup.] (in Brazil Portuguese).
  45. Mnmzzz (2020-09-11). "ex-Warriors International look to stabilize with kber and armen". Dust2.us.
  46. Mnmzzz (2020-10-06). "ex-Warriors International cut kber; Ryze returns to starting lineup". Dust2.us.
  47. tolkienfanatic (2020-10-15). "ex-Warriors International join Vireo.pro". Dust2.us.
  48. Mnmzzz (2020-07-27). "stellar leaves AA; retires from CS:GO". Dust2.us.
  49. Mnmzzz (2020-08-07). "Eclipse sign AA; robby departs". Dust2.us.
  50. Nohte (2020-10-07). "Eclipse part ways with brett". Dust2.us.
  51. Mnmzzz (2020-10-09). "Eclipse add john". Dust2.us.
  52. Mnmzzz (2020-10-18). "Eclipse replace bite with yohan". Dust2.us.
  53. 53.0 53.1 theroadtodrwaldo (2020-08-25). "CLASIA and Wolffe leave the pack; depart Kinship for Secret Club". Dust2.us.
  54. Mnmzzz (2020-06-30). "cxzi leaves ex-Polar Ace". Dust2.us.
  55. theroadtodrwaldo (2020-09-02). "ex-Polar Ace round out roster for MDL Season 35 debut". Dust2.us.
  56. theroadtodrwaldo (2020-09-08). "castro leaves ex-Polar Ace; RenZ to fill in". Dust2.us.
  57. Mnmzzz (2020-10-09). "ex-Polar Ace add Noxio". Dust2.us.
  58. Mnmzzz (2020-10-29). "ex-Polar Ace set to finish season with omniscient as curry steps down". Dust2.us.
  59. Mnmzzz (2020-08-26). "Kinship initiates rebuild with ara and grape as kobruh steps away from CS:GO". Dust2.us.
  60. Mnmzzz (2020-08-27). "Kinship round out roster with heretic". Dust2.us.
  61. Mnmzzz (2020-09-29). "Kinship replace heretic with Swahn". Dust2.us.
  62. eptima (2020-08-22). [https://twitter.com/eptimaa/status/1297308330814255104 "Due to @violento_o stepping down"].
  63. Mnmzzz (2020-08-30). "timbermen look to cut a path with florgy". Dust2.us.
  64. Depth Esports (2020-09-15). "We're returning to CSGO with a bang!".
  65. Depth Esports (2020-10-01). "Depth CS:GO roster update".
  66. Mnmzzz (2020-11-02). "HavoK steps down from Depth". Dust2.us.
  67. Nohte (2020-09-03). "ImPerium invited to MDL Season 35 to replace Positive Vibes Only". Dust2.us.
  68. Nohte (2020-09-30). "heretic returns to ImPerium". Dust2.us.
  69. Mnmzzz (2020-10-11). "ImPerium cut Burt^". Dust2.us.
  70. Mnmzzz (2020-10-18). "ImPerium add cuze". Dust2.us.
  71. Nohte (2020-08-04). "viz leaves Third Impact". Dust2.us.
  72. tconnors (2020-08-17). "Quitting CS (actually tho)".
  73. 73.0 73.1 Mnmzzz (2020-09-01). "Third Impact sign f1ukie and Koalanoob; Switchy steps down". Dust2.us.
  74. tolkienfanatic (2020-09-06). "f1ukie out of Third Impact". Dust2.us.
  75. theroadtodrwaldo (2020-09-12). "Third Impact round out roster with ERIC". Dust2.us.
  76. tolkienfanatic (2020-10-04). "Third Impact to finish season with tconnors; Koalanoob shifts focus to VALORANT". Dust2.us.
  77. ESL (2020-08-21). "Check out all these fantastic EU/NA teams competing in the #ESLProLeague XII Malta 2020 Online EU/NA Divisions!".
  78. Mnmzzz (2020-07-13). "Levitate part ways with SPAMMER". Dust2.us.
  79. Levitate Esports (2020-07-18). "Today we announce we are parting ways with @KMZCS as we move into the new MDL season".
  80. Mnmzzz (2020-07-27). "Levitate replace nosraC with dazzLe". Dust2.us.
  81. Mnmzzz (2020-08-01). "Former Levitate roster set to play as Positive Vibes Only". Dust2.us.
  82. dazzLe (2020-08-07). "GL to @dazzLeGO he will be replacing me on ZpG".
  83. theroadtodrwaldo (2020-08-13). "viz officially joins Positive Vibes Only". Dust2.us.
  84. Positive Vibes Only (2020-09-02). "We are sad to announce that Positive Vibes Only has disbanded".
  85. Swole Patrol (2020-08-27). "New faces, same brand, same goals".
  86. Mnmzzz (2020-09-17). "Swole Patrol disband". Dust2.us.