Organization and General Information
The BLAST Nordic Masters: Fall 2023 is a BLAST Premier Qualifier of Counter Strike Global Offensive that was made possible thanks to a collaboration between Pelaajatcom and BLAST. It is not just a simple tournament, but it is part of a series that is organized in four sections: the Open Qualifiers that happened, in two rounds, the 7-8 and then the 14-15.08.2021, the Showoff Match, and the Fall Finals, scheduled for the 27-29.08.2021. The Pelaajatcom Series Fall will have their peak point in the BLAST Nordic Masters Premier Qualifier, the tournament we are treating of. But the fun does not stop here, as the BLAST Nordic Masters Premier Qualifier gives to the teams involved the possibility to climb their way up to the BLAST Premier Showdown, where the prize will be of 162,500$, then to the BLAST Premier Fall Finals, with a prize of 425,000$ and at the end to the BLAST Premier World Final.
The entire Series, BLAST Nordic Masters included, will be broadcasted on the Twitch channel of Pelaajatcom, where the esports enthusiasts can follow live all of the event. The location where the matches will take place is yet unknown, but will surely be decided soon as the tournament is getting closer. Also, the commentator is yet unknown. Another important piece of information regards the maps on which the teams will confront each other. The maps will be the most known and loved by the players and fans of Counter Strike: Global Offensive:
- Ancient
- Dust II
- Inferno
- Mirage
- Nuke
- Overpass
- Vertigo
Teams and Format
The entire series, per se, is open for all nordic teams, and they had to go through one of the two open qualifiers that brought them to the Fall Finals, which at the moment of the writing of this article have yet to be disputed.
One of the teams participating in this BLAST Premier Qualifier of Counter Strike: Global Offensive will be decided by the Showoff, where the winner will go directly to Nordic Masters, while the loser will get a second chance to go to Nordic Masters by going to the Fall Finals.
The Fall Finals are made of 8 teams, which are composed as follows: 2 teams from Open Qualifiers, the loser from Showoff, and 5 Invited teams. This, together with the Showoff, gives the possibility to go to the final stage: at the BLAST Nordic Masters. Here, there will be 8 teams, and the winner gets the qualifier slot for BLAST Spring Showdown.
The format of Nordic Masters will be, at the group stage, that of Two Double-Elimination Groups. Each group will have 4 teams. The matches will follow the best-of-one structure, and the two top teams from each group will get to the Playoffs. In that phase, we will see a Single-Elimination bracket format, and the matches will be no more best-of-one but best-of-three. Only the best will win and reach the next phase of the competition, BLAST Premier Showdown.
The Teams of the Series Fall Finals
The first two teams are ex-QBF and 9ine: these two teams got to this phase of the competition thanks to their victories in the Open Qualifiers. Together with them, we will see the loser of the match between ENCE and GORILLAZ. This match has not yet been disputed at the moment of the writing of this article but is set for the 22 of August. Then we will find also the five invited nordic teams, which are:
- Lyngby Vikings
- Galaxy Racer
- KOVA
- Gamer Legion
- Apeks
About BLAST
BLAST is one of the biggest esports event tournament organizers in the world. It had offered some major quality entertainment to the lovers of esports around the world, and indeed the numbers of views are very high and constantly expanding. Besides Counter-Strike GO, BLAST offers to its fans the contents of Valorant or DOTA 2. This means that this company is a quality guarantee in the sector of esports and online gaming and has many things yet to offer as it is constantly expanding.
Prize and Fees
The participation fee for the entire Series is 25,000$. At the Nordic Masters tournament, the teams will fight for the victory, which offers the possibility to go to the BLAST SHOWDOWN and earn the 25,000$ participation fee. Of course, then, the players can advance even more and win the 1,000,000$ BLAST Premier World Final tournament prize, along with the prizes of BLAST Premier Showdown and BLAST Premier Fall Finals.
Conclusions
As we can all deduce, many matches have yet to be played and many things to be decided. But what is certain is that if you are a fan of CS:GO competitions, you will surely enjoy the show offered by BLAST and Pelaajatcom.
