HP OMEN CSGO Challenge hub \u2013 Stream and schedule ft NiKo, s1mple, more The HP Omen Challenge will see some of the best CS:GO players in the world face off in a 1v1 tournament on September 20. The tournament is taking place in London, and will offer both a unique competition and broadcast experience as eight players compete for a share of the $50,000 prize pool. Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the OMEN Challenge. The OMEN Battle Arena One of the distinguishing elements of the OMEN Challenge will be its use of a unique, custom-built map made with the help of some of CS:GO\u2019s top map creators, TopHattwaffle and TheWhaleman. The map is designed to mirror the look and feel of the tournament venue, which in turn will allow for a unique broadcast that will \u201callow us to blur the lines between gameplay and reality through an immersive set design [and] an augmented reality livestream.\u201d OMEN Challenge stream and schedule The tournament is due to kick off at 2:30 PM BST \/ 6:30 AM PDT \/ 9:30 AM EDT, and will be broadcast on the OMEN Twitch channel below. The tournament will be commentated by Anders Blume and Jason \u2018Moses\u2019 O\u2019Toole. Watch live video from OMENbyHPEurope on www.twitch.tvThe players The tournament will feature eight players, of which five will be top pros from some of the world\u2019s best teams. They will also compete against two amateur players who were hand-picked by Astralis coach Danny \u2018zonic\u2019 S\u00f8rensen and given a bootcamp with coaching by the Astralis team at their headquarters. The amateurs will be backed by a \u201chype team\u201d featuring Jaroslaw \u2018pashaBiceps\u2019 Jarz\u0105bkowski and Julia \u2018Juliano\u2019 Kiran. Finally, the tournament will be rounded out by a mystery \u201cWildcard\u201d player, who will be revealed at the event itself Pro players: Oleksandr \u2018s1mple\u2019 Kostyliev – Nikola \u2018NiKo\u2019 Kova\u010d – Denis \u2018electronic\u2019 Sharipov – H\u00e5vard \u2018rain\u2019 Nygaard – Nicolai \u2018dev1ce\u2019 Reedtz – Amateur players: N1k – Hayden – Wildcard player: TBC – OMEN Challenge format The tournament will kick off with a four-player Deathmatch round in which the eight players will take turns facing each other in every combination. The results of these Deathmatch games will be used to determine seeding, after which the competition will move into more traditional tournament play. Dexerto Interviews \u201cI am going to try and knife everyone\u201d@dev1ce tells @getfrank how he plans to dispose of his CSGO rivals at the #OMENChallenge w\/@OMENbyHP pic.twitter.com\/HF9MDrWq2f \u2014 DEXERTO.COM (@Dexerto) September 20, 2019 :fr: @NBK reveals to @getfrank why he\u2019s leaving the French CSGO scene to play for an international team.#OMENChallenge w\/@OMENbyHP pic.twitter.com\/ZRPdoPZgeR \u2014 DEXERTO.COM (@Dexerto) September 20, 2019 \u201cI don\u2019t want his advice, I\u2019ll play worse\u201d :joyful:@FaZeNiko tells @getfrank that he doesn\u2019t want @Ynk\u2019s help with 1 v 1 practice at the #OMENChallenge w\/@OMENbyHP pic.twitter.com\/948LAdnUDi \u2014 DEXERTO.COM (@Dexerto) September 20, 2019 :dart: @FaZe_rainCS ranks his opponents aim skills at the #OMENChallenge :dart: Visit our hub: https:\/\/t.co\/sNEJ3Rf9dl w\/@OMENbyHP pic.twitter.com\/mmBLnAPjEv \u2014 DEXERTO.COM (@Dexerto) September 20, 2019 :right_bicep: @paszaBiceps reveals to @getfrank the expert advice he gave to the amateur players facing the pro CSGO players at the #OMENChallenge w\/@OMENbyHP pic.twitter.com\/gPRW1DuwKb \u2014 DEXERTO.COM (@Dexerto) September 20, 2019 :speaking_head_in_silhouette: @juliakiran tells @getfrank what she taught her amateur player ahead of the #OMENChallenge, and how she personally copes under the stress of playing professionally. w\/@OMENbyHP pic.twitter.com\/85QnCB6W4K \u2014 DEXERTO.COM (@Dexerto) September 20, 2019 :speaking_head_in_silhouette: @OnFireMoses explains exactly what \u2018mixed reality\u2019 is to @getfrank and how it is being used at the #OMENChallenge Visit our coverage hub: https:\/\/t.co\/sNEJ3Rf9dl w\/@OMENbyHP pic.twitter.com\/iHl4uW0KrG \u2014 DEXERTO.COM (@Dexerto) September 20, 2019 :speaking_head_in_silhouette: @MojoOnPC tells @getfrank how he did a personal 1 v 1 against @paszaBiceps, and predicts how well he\u2019d have done against the pros at the #OMENChallenge w\/@OMENbyHP pic.twitter.com\/tAwQHjgiCB \u2014 DEXERTO.COM (@Dexerto) September 20, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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