We’re just hours away from the Dreamhack Anaheim festival – one of the biggest and most anticipated events in all of the esports, the dreamhack open anaheim 2020.
Dreamhack is a three-day gaming lifestyle festival, famous for its BYOC (bring your own computer or console) party. The festival started out in the Swedish town of Malung in 1990. Back then, the event was just a small gathering of schoolmates and friends who played LAN together in the basement of an elementary school. From there, the party moved up to the school cafeteria, only to become Sweden’s largest LAN just seven years later.
In 2001, the event was moved to a larger Swedish town, Jönköping, and the following year Dreamhack started organizing two yearly events. The Dreamhack summer event focused on computer games while the Dreamhack winter event was more tailored to computer program demos and such.
Since then, Dreamhack has continued to grow and branched out significantly. Today, the company hosts the world’s largest digital festival and a variety of events in different esports
CS:GO Dreamhack Open Anaheim
Next up is the Dreamhack event in Anaheim, California. And part of this event is the Dreamhack Open – Dreamhack’s premiere CS:GO circuit that features seven LAN stops all over the world. Here’s what you need to know about this upcoming CS: GO tournament
- Dates: 21-23 of February.
- Location: The Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California.
- How to participate: Buy a BYOC ticket on the Dreamhack website. You can also buy a Festival Pass if you only want to attend the event without playing.
- Age limit: 13 years and upwards. People under the age of 13 can attend the event accompanied by their parents. Children under 4 years of age enter free of charge.
- Prize pool: $100,000 and a slot at the DreamHack Masters Jönköping 2020.
Dreamhack Open was launched back in 2012, and the tournament format has varied slightly over the years. These days, the tournament consists of six directly invited teams and two qualified teams from Europe and North America
The Dreamhack Open teams
CS:GO dreamhack open anaheim hosts some of the best teams in csgo 2020. Here’s a list of the teams:
- North (invited)
- Furia Esports (invited)
- ENCE (invited)
- MIBR (invited)
- ForZe (EU Qualifier)
- Complexity Gaming (NA Qualifier)
- Gen.G Esports (NA Qualifier)
- Endpoint (ESL Premiership Winter)
The tournament format
The teams will be split into two groups of four teams each. After that, all participants will undergo two double-elimination games.
The opening and winner’s matches are in BO1, while the elimination and decider matches are in BO3. And the best two teams in the Group Stage go straight to the Playoffs.
After that, the remaining teams will go head-to-head in a single-elimination bracket to determine the grand finalists and the winner. Here are the groups:
Group A
- Endpoint
- Forze
- North
- Furia
Group
- Mibr
- Complexity
- Gen.G
- ENCE
What you need to know about Dreamhack Anaheim
Dreamhack Open is a tournament in Counter-Strike, but the upcoming dreamhack open anaheim event covers a range of different esports and activities.
Alongside this prestigious CS: GO tournament, there will be large tournaments in Warcraft and Fortnite, as well as several open BYOC tournaments. In total, a staggering $580, 000 will be handed out in prize money!
Although at the core of the event, this digital festival isn’t solely about tournaments in these popular e-sports. It’s also meet-and-greet and expo hosting a myriad of players, esports talents, gaming celebrities, and great performers. If you’re into esports, you’re sure to have a really good time.
The expo is very much a world in itself, as the hall will host a wide range of independent artists, gaming lifestyle companies and activities. In total, there will be more than 120 booths to visit, ensuring there’s never a dull moment at the festival. Here are the opening hours
Friday, February 21
- 20:00 – FURIA vs. Endpoint | Bo1
- 21:30 – ENCE vs. Gen.G | Bo1
- 23:00 – North vs. forZe | Bo1
- 00:30 – MIBR vs. Complexity | Bo1
- 02:00 – Group A winners’ match | Bo1
- 03:30 – Group B winners’ match | Bo1
Saturday, February 22
- 20:00 – Group A elimination match | Bo3
- 23:00 – Group B elimination match | Bo3
- 02:00 – Group A decider match| Bo3
- 05:00 – Group B decider match| Bo3
Sunday, February 23
- 20:00 – Semi-final #1 | Bo3
- 23:00 – Semi-final #2 | Bo3
- 03:00 – Grand final | Bo3
On the Dreamhack website, you can see a full list of the featured activities and take a look at the festival schedule. Here are some other interesting facts about the event
- There will be 64 streamers in the Stream Studio.
- At least 12 Fortnite superstars will be attending the event.
- There will be 25 or more international broadcast talents.
- You’ll get to see six international DJs/bands.
- There will be invited players from all over the world.
Where to watch the CS:GO Dreamhack Open Anaheim tournament
The easiest way to follow the action and stream this live tournament is to go through Dreamhack’s Twitch channel. You can also stream the event directly on Dreamhack’s website.
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