For the first time in history of eSports, MLG is bringing Call of Duty eSports with Call of Duty: Ghosts to the X Games. X Games takes place this weekend, June 6th through the 8th in Austin, Texas. Back in April, MLG and ESPN announced a collaboration to bring CoD eSports to X Games. Now, it’s time. This weekend, 8 of the best Call of Duty teams will compete in Austin for a medal.
All games of the games will be viewable on http://MLG.tv. ESPN and MLG have also stated that some of the highlights of the events will be on ESPN and ABC channels. Be sure to follow us on Twitter, @charlieINTEL, all weekend long for full event coverage!
8 Teams:
- Evil Geniuses
- OpTic Gaming
- OpTic Nation
- Team EnVyUs
- Team Kaliber
- FaZe Red
- Curse Orange
- Strictly Business
Bracket Format, Match Format & Seeding
- In Group Play, the Teams will be divided into 2 Groups of 4 Teams each.* Each Group will follow this schedule of Matches:
- Match 1 = Highest Seeded Team vs. Lowest Seeded Team
- Match 2 = 2nd Highest Seeded Team vs. 2nd Lowest Seeded Team
- Match 3 = Match 1 Loser vs. Match 2 Loser
- Match 4 = Match 1 Winner vs. Match 2 Winner
- Match 5 = Match 3 Loser vs. Match 4 Winner
- Teams that win two Matches in Group Play will advance to a Semifinal Match in the Single Elimination Bracket.* Teams that lose two Matches in Group Play will be eliminated from the Event.
- In the Semifinal Round, one Match will include the Group A Match 3 winner and the Group B Match 5 winner.* The other Match will include the Group B Match 3 winner and the Group A Match 5 winner.
- Teams that lose a Semifinal Match will play in the Bronze Medal Match.* Teams that win a Semifinal Match will play in the Gold Medal Match.* The Team that wins the Bronze Medal Match will win Bronze Medals.* The Team that loses the Gold Medal Match will win Silver Medals.* The Team that wins the Gold Medal Match will win Gold Medals.
- All Matches will be Best of 5 Games.
- All Matches will use the Domination Game Mode for Games 1 & 4, the Search & Destroy Game Mode for Games 2 & 5, and the Blitz Game Mode for Game 3.
- In Group Play, Group A will consist of the Teams seeded #1, #4, #5, and #8.* Group B will consist of the Teams seeded #2, #3, #6, and #7.
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