IEM gamescom viewer's guide

With IEM gamescom, featuring a peculiar four-lives format, coming up in just under two days, we've compiled a viewer's guide with everything you need to know about the $85,000 event.

Six teams will gather in Cologne during the traditional gamescom festival from August 5-8 for the first Intel Extreme Masters stop for CS:GO, which features a rather untraditional format.

As explained before, teams will be assigned four lives before the event starts and with every loss, a team will lose a life. That means we will get to see between 20-23 best-of-one matches before five teams are eliminated and a champion is crowned.

TSM are looking to redeem themselves after APM

On top of that, a team that wins will get to decide which two teams play in the next match-up, and the community decides on maps played. IEM gamescom will be a winner-takes-all-type tournament, as the bulk of $85,000 will go to the last team standing.

TSM	EnVyUs
Renegades	CLG
mousesports	SK Gaming

To avoid unnecessary repetition of matches, ESL have enforced a rule for winners to pick one of the teams in the next match out of those who played the least. Also, no team can play twice in a row unless it's unavoidable.

Times shown below are only an estimate, as usual with ESL's events, next matches will start as soon as possible after previous ones end:

Wednesday, August 5th
10:45	Match #1
12:15	Match #2
13:45	Match #3
15:15	Match #4
16:45	Match #5
18:00	Showmatch (Pro versus audience)
Thursday, August 6th
10:45	Match #6
12:15	Match #7
13:45	Match #8
15:15	Match #9
16:45	Match #10
18:15	Match #11
Friday, August 7th
10:45	Match #12
12:15	Match #13
13:45	Match #14
15:15	Match #15
16:45	Match #16
18:15	Match #17
Saturday, August 8th
10:45	Match #18
12:15	Match #19
13:45	Match #20
15:15	Match #21 (if needed)
16:45	Match #22 (if needed)
18:15	Match #23 (if needed)

The event will naturally be streamed by ESL TV by a part of the usual cast crew and a couple of guests, although the whole list is yet to be revealed by the organizers.

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