{"id":8246,"date":"2016-03-28T16:49:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T23:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/mlg-columbus-2016-begins-tomorrow\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:46:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T00:46:58","slug":"mlg-columbus-2016-begins-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/mlg-columbus-2016-begins-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"MLG Columbus 2016 Begins Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo Credit: vk.com<\/p>\n

Last week we covered a brief overview of the teams attending the CS:GO major in Columbus that begins on March 29, 2016 (the article found here<\/a>).\u00a0 With the event beginning tomorrow, there are several major news items that could potentially change the tides of this tournament.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: gosugamers.net<\/p>\n

NiP pyth replaced by coach, THREAT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ninjas in Pyjamas were looking extremely strong going into this tournament with quite a few dominant wins against some of the top teams in the world.\u00a0 The previous kings of CS:GO saw themselves leading the ESL Pro League with a stunning 14-2 record, dropping games only to two of the world\u2019s best teams, Fnatic and Na\u2019Vi.\u00a0 However, their prospective chances at the major was significantly reduced when their newest addition, pyth, was denied a visa to the United States (Pyth’s Tweet<\/a>).\u00a0 As a result, NiP\u2019s coach, THREAT will be filling in for pyth.\u00a0 THREAT had previously played professionally with team Acer and on top of being NiP\u2019s coach he was also their in-game leader.\u00a0 The full story can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New Veto Process<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlike many of the other CS:GO tournaments out there, MLG Columbus 2016 will feature a slightly different map pick and veto system for their group stage.\u00a0 The veto process will goes as follows, Team A bans, Team B bans, Team A bans, Team B bans, Team A bans, map is randomized from the 2 remaining maps with Team B getting to pick their choice of side.\u00a0 The choice of being Team A or Team B will go to the higher seeded of the two teams.\u00a0 The full format can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Souvenir Drops<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like the previous majors of CS:GO, MLG Columbus will feature exclusive souvenir package drops during each match.\u00a0 At the end of each round, viewers on MLG’s Twitch<\/a> or through the in-game GOTV will have a chance to receive a souvenir package from the map being played with gold stickers of the team, the MVP of the round, and also of the event.\u00a0 Some of these packages, especially the Cobblestone and Overpass collections, are extremely valuable.<\/p>\n

Additional Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

For any additional information, visit the MLG Columbus page<\/a> or HLTV<\/a>.\u00a0 HLTV has several articles about the individual teams and a general overview of the tournament.\u00a0 The MLG Columbus page contains the rules and format for the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo Credit: vk.com Last week we covered a brief overview of the teams attending the CS:GO major in Columbus that begins on March 29, 2016 (the article found here).\u00a0 With the event beginning tomorrow, there are several major news items that could potentially change the tides of this tournament. Photo Credit: gosugamers.net NiP pyth replaced… Read More »MLG Columbus 2016 Begins Tomorrow<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":8243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2732,2741,2724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games","category-gaming-reviews-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15626,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246\/revisions\/15626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}