Everything you need to know about WePlay! Lock and Load

Time to Rock and Roll Lock and Load with the new WePlay! tournament in Counter Strike: Global Offensive. On this page, you’ll find everything you need to know.

Participants

Group A:

• Heroic (Twitter)
• Winstrike Team (Twitter)
• Team Spirit (Twitter)
• FURIA Esports (Twitter)

Group B:

• Gambit Esports (Twitter)
• Virtus.pro (Twitter)
• Team Kinguin (Twitter)
• pro100 (Twitter)

Playoffs:

• BIG (Twitter)
• HellRaisers (Twitter)
• OpTic Gaming (Twitter)
• Team Vitality (Twitter)

Format

In the first stage of the tournament teams will be playing in two separate GSL-style groups, where the initial games are Bo1 series and the rest of the games are Bo3.

Each group will produce two winners who join the other four teams, already seeded in the single-elimination bracket.

Where to watch

WePlay! Lock and Load will have many community streams to cater to the members of different communities. You can find out more about the casters here. 

Here are the links to the streams in different languages.

LINK to WePlay! Lock and Load English stream.

LINK to WePlay! Lock and Load Russian stream.

LINK to WePlay! Lock and Load French stream.

LINK to WePlay! Lock and Load Spanish stream.

LINK to WePlay! Lock and Load Polish stream.

Prize pool

The prize pool of WePlay! Lock and Load is $50,000.

Here is the prize pool distribution:

• 1st place — $25,000
• 2nd place — $15,000
• 3-4th place — $5,000
• 3-4th place — $5,000

Schedule

WePlay! Lock and Load will be taking place between January 30 and February 3.

Day 1, Jan 30

The first series is scheduled to start at 12:00 CET
The last series is scheduled to start at 15:45 CET

Day 2, Jan 31

The first series is scheduled to start at 16:00 CET
The last series is scheduled to start at 19:00 CET

Day 3, Feb 1

The first series is scheduled to start at 14:30 CET
The last series is scheduled to start at 20:00 CET

Day 4, Feb 2

The first series is scheduled to start at 11:00 CET
The last series is scheduled to start at 20:00 CET

Day 5, Feb 3

The first semifinal is scheduled to start at 14:00 CET
The second semifinal is scheduled to start at 17:00 CET
The Grand Final is scheduled to start at 20:00 CET

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