cs_summit 5

The general information

The championship will be hosted in Los Angeles, the USA on December 12-15. Summit House will be a venue traditionally and the overall prize pool of the tournament will amount $150,000.

The distribution of prizes

There is no information about the distribution of money, however, the reward system was used at the fourth cs_summit. There was two prize pools at cs_summit 5. One of them is the main one, which included $104,500. The winner won $52,000, the vice-champion took $27,500 and the teams to place 3rd-4th earned $12,500. The second prize pool was up for grabs in the group stage. Participants earned $1,500 for every victory on a map.

Participants of the event

6 teams, which have received direct invites from the organizers, will take part in the event. FURIA Esports, G2 Esports, MIBR, Virtus.pro, mousesports  and OG.

The format of the tournament

There is no official information about the format of the championship at the moment. All teams were put in one group in the previous season where were playing bo2 matches in a Round Robin format. Every team faced every team two times. As a result, the top four rosters advanced to the playoffs where confronted in a bo3 matches. Two other participants, which placed 5th-6th finished their path at the tournament and continued following the tournament as a viewer.

The atmosphere of the tournament

Beyond The Summit and their tournaments are famous for the unusual unfamiliar atmosphere. Instead of following the standards and making a studio where analysts and casters in costumes with serious faces are telling what is going on the screen, BTS puts a few sofas in Summit House and sits casters on them who tell us jokes and cover CS:GO.