Watch the Pro-Am Finals! Live shoutcasts! »———————————————

The Pro-Am regular season is now in the rear-view mirror, and with the playoffs nearing completion, CGS Live! is taking the bull by the horns and broadcasting the finals in all three games LIVE starting Friday, November 14th.

Team Fortress 2 Finals (Friday, November 14th) - 10:00pm EST (7pm PST)

Pandemic takes on eMg (formerly known as Eximius). CGS Live! will bring you a best-of-three series that you won‘t want to miss, so head on over to thecgs.com to check out all the action as it will be broadcast live with shoutcasters djWHEAT and LANDodger.

Counter-Strike 1.6 Finals (Monday, November 17th)

The 1.6 Finals are scheduled for Monday, November 17th, with the Los Angeles Complexity waiting for their opponent. Check thecgs.com for times as finals schedules are still being locked down.

Counter-Strike: Source Finals (Tuesday, November 18th)

And on Tuesday, CGS Live! will air the Counter-Strike: Source Finals between the San Francisco OPTX and the eventual lower bracket champions. Check thecgs.com for times as finals schedules are still being locked down.

Check out thecgs.com for all the action plus a Pro-Am Finals recap on Thursday‘s episode of CGS Live!

CGS Pro-Am Season 1 - Playoff Information »———————————————

CGS Pro-Am Season 1 is coming to a close and the playoff structure for the inaugural CGS Pro-Am event is now available. After week 8, there will be a one week break from match play to allow for makeup matches and playoff schedules to be completed. ALL matches must be played and reported no later than Thursday, October 30th at midnight PST. Playoff seeds and schedules will be released on Friday, October 31st with the first round matches taking place on Friday, November 6th . Playoff matches will be played one round per day in succession from Friday, November 7th to Tuesday, November 18th .
See what cash prizes are at stake!

Dates & Map Rotation:

Counter-Strike 1.6:

The CS 1.6 playoffs will consist of the top 8 teams from each conference (Atlantic, Central, & Pacific) ranked by the CPI. These teams will compete in a national 24 team double-elimination bracket until a winner is crowned for their share of the $16,500 prize pot.
View the CS 1.6 Bracket

• Round 1: de_inferno - Friday, November 7th
• Round 2: de_dust2 - Saturday, November 8th
• Round 3: de_tuscan - Sunday, November 9th
• Round 4: de_nuke - Monday, November 10th
• Round 5: de_train - Tuesday, November 11th
• Round 6: de_russka - Wednesday, November 12th
• Round 7: de_inferno - Thursday, November 13th
• Round 8: de_dust2 - Friday, November 14th
• Round 9: de_nuke - Saturday, November 15th
• Round 10: bo3 Finals - Monday, November 17th

Counter-Strike: Source:

The CSS playoffs will consist of the top 8 teams from each conference (Atlantic, Central, & Pacific) ranked by the CPI. These teams will compete in a national 24 team double-elimination bracket until a winner is crowned for their share of the $16,500 prize pot.
View the CS Source Bracket

• Round 1: de_inferno - Friday, November 7th
• Round 2: de_dust2 - Saturday, November 8th
• Round 3: de_tuscan - Sunday, November 9th
• Round 4: de_season - Monday, November 10th
• Round 5: de_nuke - Tuesday, November 11th
• Round 6: de_inferno - Wednesday, November 12th
• Round 7: de_dust2 - Thursday, November 13th
• Round 8: de_nuke - Friday, November 14th
• Round 9: de_season - Saturday, November 15th
• Round 10: bo3 Finals - Tuesday, November 18th

Team Fortress 2:

The TF2 playoffs will consist of the top 12 teams ranked by the CPI. These teams will compete in a double-elimination bracket until a winner is crowned for their share of the $15,000 prize pot.
View the TF2 Bracket

• Round 1: cp_gravelpit - Friday, November 7th
• Round 2: cp_well - Saturday, November 8th
• Round 3: cp_granary - Sunday, November 9th
• Round 4: cp_badlands - Monday, November 10th
• Round 5: cp_gravelpit - Tuesday, November 11th
• Round 6: cp_well - Wednesday, November 12th
• Round 7: cp_granary - Thursday, November 13th
• Round 8: bo3 Finals - Friday, November 14th

Note: More information on the CPI can be found here.

Match Scheduling: Matches must be played on the dates posted above. Teams will NOT be allowed to play matches after these dates for ANY reason. The scheduling process will remain the same as during the regular season with teams making use of our match scheduling system. Should a scheduling dispute arise, only the match scheduling system logs will be considered valid evidence.

Playoff Match Information: All of our divisions use the "Double Elimination" format, meaning that once a team loses two matches they are eliminated from the event. Servers will be available for teams on a first come first serve basis by contacting Support. Playoff matches end when either team reaches the required amount of rounds to guarantee a win. The team with the higher seed (lower number) is the home team and will be able to choose what side they would like to start on. Please report matches on the website directly after the completion of the match.

Dispute Guidelines:

1. All disputes must be filed within 1 hour of the conclusion of each match.
2. Teams will be allowed to dispute a maximum of 2 players per match.
3. Any cheating dispute filed must include a paragraph description per player on where and when you thought the player(s) were cheating. (One-Liners will not be accepted.)
4. In case of dispute ALL players must upload their POV demos to the CEVO FTP immediately after the conclusion of the match regardless of whether they were disputed or not.

• Address: ftp://cevo.com
• Username: disputes
• Password: disputes

Files should be compressed and uploaded using this naming structure: CGS_round#_teamname_playeralias_YOURLASTNAME

Players that have been disputed and do not have demos uploaded within one hour of the conclusion of their match will have their matches automatically overturned.

Match Scheduling Support »————————————————————

For teams that were unable to play their matches by September 10^th, all unplayed matches can be rescheduled for any time up through Wednesday, September 17^th. Completed matches do not need to be replayed.

Teams who have not agreed on times will find that they are able to schedule matches up through Wednesday. Any team who scheduled a match for September 10th, but was not able to play due to issues with the CMN should contact support and request that your schedule be cleared so you can re-schedule with your opponents - OR - you can agree on a time with the other team and provide that date to support staff.