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Flashpoint Season 1
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Flashpoint Season 1
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
B Site Inc.
FACEIT
FACEIT
Sponsor:
Game:
Type:
Offline/Online
Location:
Los Angeles Venue:
FACEIT Studio
Teams:
12
Prize Pool:
$1,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2020-03-13
End Date:
2020-04-19
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Flashpoint 1 is the inaugural season of the new Counter-Strike organization-owned league headed up by Cloud9 and Immortals Gaming Club. The season features 8 permanent members as well as 4 qualified teams competing over a $1,000,000 USD prize pool. The launch of the league also coincided with FunPlus Phoenix entering Counter-Strike.
The season finals were to be held in the Stockholm Ericsson Globe but were cancelled and moved to the FACEIT Studio in Los Angeles due to the increasing global spread of COVID-19. Following the first week of matches, the remainder of the league was migrated entirely online as a further safety precaution.
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Desk Host:
- Semmler (Auguste Massonnat)
- Interviewers:
- MonteCristo (Christopher Mykles)
Freya (Freya Spiers)
- Commentators:
Anders (Anders Blume)- moses (Jason O'Toole)
- James Bardolph (James Bardolph)
- ddk (Daniel Kapadia)
Format[edit]
- Phases 1 & 2:
- Three double-elimination (GSL) format groups
- Each group has 4 teams
- All matches are Bo3
- Points Awarded: 1st - 75pts, 2nd - 50pts, 3rd - 30th pts, 4th - 15pts
- Groups are determined live in GSL-style seeding show on the day before
- Three double-elimination (GSL) format groups
- Playoffs:
- Double-Elimination bracket
- Top 8 teams in the points ranking qualify
- Seeded using the points ranking
- All matches are Bo3
Prize Pool[edit]
$1,000,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | $ USD | Team |
|---|---|---|
 1st | $500,000 |  MAD Lions |
 2nd | $250,000 |  MIBR |
 3rd | $100,000 |  HAVU Gaming |
 4th | $50,000 |  Cloud9 |
| 5th-6th | $35,000 |  Gen.G Esports |
 Orgless | ||
| 7th-8th | $15,000 |  FunPlus Phoenix |
 Chaos Esports Club | ||
| 9th | - |  c0ntact Gaming |
| 10th | - |  Dignitas |
| 11th | - |  Team Envy |
| 12th | - |  Copenhagen Flames |
| Tournament Circuit Points | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place |  BLAST Premier
| |
| 1st | 1400 pts | |
| 2nd | 700 pts | |
| 3rd | 525 pts | |
| 4th | 300 pts | |
| 5th - 6th | 175 pts | |
| 7th - 8th | 88 pts | |
Participants[edit]
Notes
- 1 March 26th - Flashpoint annouces that FunPlus Phoenix has signed Swole Patrol for the remainder of Flashpoint 1, due to the deal with Heroic falling through. [8]
- 2 March 28th - After being unable to come to contractual terms with Swole Patrol, FunPlus Phoenix instead sign Bad News Bears for the remainder of Flashpoint 1. [9]
- 1 March 13th - Chaos Esports Club sign SicK and part ways with ben1337. [11]
- 2 March 20th - Voltage will stand-in for smooya due to visa issues. [12]
- 3 March 30th - Chaos Esports Club release smooya. [13]
- 4 April 5th - Chaos Esports Club acquire Voltage from Triumph. [14]
Results[edit]
Phase 1[edit]
Group A (In-Game Feeders)[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Group B (Snakes & Ratters)[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Gen.G2
Envy1
Group C (Group of Assisted Living)[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Phase 2[edit]
Group A (whomegalul)[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Group B (DIG Measuring Contest)[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Group C (The Replacements)[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Points[edit]
| # | Team | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAD Lions | 75 | 75 | 150 |
| 2 | MIBR | 75 | 75 | 150 |
| 3 | HAVU Gaming | 50 | 75 | 125 |
| 4 | Cloud9 | 75 | 50 | 125 |
| 5 | Gen.G Esports | 30 | 50 | 80 |
| 6 | Chaos Esports Club | 50 | 15 | 65 |
| 7 | Orgless | 50 | 15 | 65 |
| 8 | FunPlus Phoenix | 15 | 50 | 65 |
| 9 | c0ntact Gaming | 30 | 30 | 60 |
| 10 | Dignitas | 30 | 30 | 60 |
| 11 | Team Envy | 15 | 30 | 45 |
| 12 | Copenhagen Flames | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Place | Points |
|---|---|
| 1st | 75 |
| 2nd | 50 |
| 3rd | 30 |
| 4th | 15 |
Playoffs[edit]
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
MAD Lions2
FunPlus Phoenix0
Gen.G Esports0
Cloud92
HAVU Gaming2
Chaos EC0
Upper Bracket Semifinals
MAD Lions2
Cloud90
Lower Bracket Round 1
FunPlus Phoenix0
Gen.G Esports2
Lower Bracket Round 2
HAVU Gaming2
Gen.G Esports1
Lower Bracket Round 3
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 2020-03-13 | Flashpoint Phase 1 viewer's guide by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2020-03-13 | Key storylines of Flashpoint 1 by Aleksei "Aleksei_L" Louchnikov of HLTV.org
Interviews[edit]
- 2020-03-15 | Dignitas CEO Michael Prindiville: "People might look at these guys and say that they are veterans, but I think they've got something to prove and will surprise a lot of people" by Luís "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org
- 2020-05-04 | HAVU on Flashpoint run: "We probably played the best CS we've played with the current roster" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
Videos and Photos[edit]
Galleries[edit]
Highlights[edit]
- 2020-03-16 | Sonic vs. FunPlus Phoenix by Filip "filq" Szatkowski of HLTV.org
- 2020-03-24 | acoR vs. HAVU by Pablo "Nickos" Sanabria of HLTV.org
- 2020-03-24 | Sonic vs. orgless by Marcos "proutounz" Soares of HLTV.org
- 2020-04-09 | koosta vs. Cloud9 by Marcos "proutounz" Soares of HLTV.org
- 2020-04-12 | FalleN vs. HAVU by Pablo "Nickos" Sanabria of HLTV.org
- 2020-04-15 | meyern vs. MAD Lions by Pablo "Nickos" Sanabria of HLTV.org
References[edit]
- ↑ Milan "Striker" Švejda (2020-03-07). "rallen to stand in for c0ntact in Flashpoint". HLTV.org.
- ↑ Dignitas (2020-03-09). "Announcement: @guardiancsgo will play for DIG CS:GO during @Flashpoint,on loan from @natusvincere @hallzerk will not participate until his Visa is sorted.".
- ↑ Danish "Nohte" Allana (2020-03-12). "LEGIJA to stand-in for Envy in Flashpoint". HLTV.org.
- ↑ Danish "Nohte" Allana (2020-03-26). "moose returns to Envy for Flashpoint Phase 2". HLTV.org.
- ↑ Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2020-03-05). "MAD Lions bench HUNDEN". HLTV.org.
- ↑ MAD Lions (2020-03-09). "Please welcome @AcilioNcs to our roster ahead of @FLASHPOINT 1!".
- ↑ Danish "Nohte" Allana (2020-03-25). "MIBR part ways with zews". HLTV.org.
- ↑ Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2020-03-26). "Swole Patrol sign with FunPlus Phoenix for Flashpoint". HLTV.org.
- ↑ Milan "Striker" Švejda (2020-03-28). "Bad News Bears replace Swole Patrol in Flashpoint 1". HLTV.org.
- ↑ Mnmzzz (2020-03-27). "Orgless bring on Tailored for remainder of Flashpoint 1". Dust2.us.
- ↑ Chaos Esports Club (2020-03-13). "We have decided to part ways with @ben1337cs heading into the inaugural season of Flashpoint. Starting this weekend Hunter “SicK” Mims will be stepping in to replace him on the roster.".
- ↑ Aleksei "Aleksei_L" Louchnikov (2020-03-30). "Voltage to stand in for Chaos in Flashpoint". HLTV.org.
- ↑ Chaos Esports Club (2020-03-30). "Today we are releasing @smooyacs. The ongoing pandemic has postponed his visa interview indefinitely therefore he is unable to compete with the team in the US".
- ↑ Chaos Esports Club (2020-04-05). "Welcome Voltage".