MLG Columbus viewer's guide

With the next major, first in North America and first to feature a staggering $1 million, starting in under two days, here is the viewer's guide for MLG Columbus.
MLG Columbus 2016 is set to start on Tuesday, March 29th, with the first two rounds of group stage matches. The groups will see a standard GSL format being played, with all matches barring the decider played in best-of-ones.
A peculiar veto format will be used in best-of-ones, where one team vetoes three maps, the other only two, and the map will be chosen randomly out of the remaining two in the pool.
Groups are following:
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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The entire group stage on the first three days will be played without audience in the MLG Arena, for the three-day playoffs the competition will move on to the Nationwide Arena.
The full schedule looks as follows:
Tuesday, March 29th | |||
16:00 | ![]() | vs. ![]() | BO1 |
17:10 | ![]() | vs. ![]() | BO1 |
18:20 | ![]() | vs. ![]() | BO1 |
19:30 | ![]() | vs. ![]() | BO1 |
20:40 | ![]() | vs. ![]() | BO1 |
21:50 | ![]() | vs. ![]() | BO1 |
23:00 | ![]() | vs. ![]() | BO1 |
00:10 | ![]() | vs. ![]() | BO1 |
Wednesday, March 30th | |||
16:00 | Group A - elimination match | BO1 | |
17:10 | Group B - elimination match | BO1 | |
18:20 | Group C - elimination match | BO1 | |
19:30 | Group D - elimination match | BO1 | |
20:40 | Group A - winners' match | BO1 | |
21:50 | Group B - winners' match | BO1 | |
23:00 | Group C - winners' match | BO1 | |
00:10 | Group D - winners' match | BO1 | |
Thursday, March 31st | |||
16:00 | Group A - decider | BO3 | |
18:20 | Group B - decider | BO3 | |
20:40 | Group C - decider | BO3 | |
23:00 | Group D - decider | BO3 | |
Friday, April 1st | |||
16:00 | Quarter-final #1 (A1 vs. TBD) | BO3 | |
18:30 | Quarter-final #2 (B1 vs. TBD) | BO3 | |
21:00 | Quarter-final #3 (C1 vs. TBD) | BO3 | |
Saturday, April 2nd | |||
16:00 | Quarter-final #4 (D1 vs. TBD) | BO3 | |
18:30 | Semi-final #1 | BO3 | |
21:00 | Semi-final #2 | BO3 | |
Sunday, April 3rd | |||
18:00 | All-Star match | BO1 | |
19:30 | Grand final | BO3 |
The official English broadcast will be streamed via both Twitch and MLG.tv. The following 13-man lineup will take you through all the action in Columbus, Ohio:
Paul "Redeye" Chaloner - Stage Host
Chris Puckett - Interviewer
Scott "SirScoots" Smith - Desk Host
Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst
Richard Lewis - Analyst
Jason "moses" O'Toole - Analyst
Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson - Analyst
Anders Blume - Commentator
Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Commentator
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator
Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Commentator
James "BARDOLPH" Bardolph - Commentator
There will also be an official Russian stream produced by SLTV, who promised to bring a massive production for Russian-speaking audience, with the following on-air team:
Antonina "Tonya" Predko - Host
Stepan "DonStepan" Shulga - Analyst
Oleksij "xaoc" Kucherov - Analyst
Aleksandr "petr1k" Petrik - Analyst
Ivan "Johnta" Shevtsov - Analyst
Stepan "DonStepan" Shulga - Analyst
Oleksij "xaoc" Kucherov - Analyst
Aleksandr "petr1k" Petrik - Analyst
Ivan "Johnta" Shevtsov - Analyst
Taufiq "Tafa" Khidri - Commentator
Igor "sL4M" Sopov - Commentator
Juriy "strike" Tereshenko - Commentator
Konstantin "leniniw" Sivko - Commentator
Fiodor "KvaN" Zakharov - Commentator
Aleksandr "HomeR" Lysenko - Commentator
As mentioned above, the first North American major will also bring the biggest prize purse yet, a staggering $1,000,000, which will be distributed among the participants as such:
1. $500,000
2. $150,000
3-4. $70,000
5-8. $35,000
9-12. $8,750
13-16. $8,750
Make sure to give our previews a read, as we have prepared one for each group during this past week:
MLG Columbus Group A preview
MLG Columbus Group B preview
MLG Columbus Group C preview
MLG Columbus Group D preview
We have also released pre-interviews with some of the teams attending MLG Columbus. Check below if you missed any of them:
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All of the information about MLG Columbus can be found on our brand new landing page for the event as well.
HLTV.org will be travelling to Columbus, Ohio with a four-man lineup to bring you a full coverage of the first $1 million major, including galleries, interviews, stats as well as live Tweets and more, so make sure to follow @HLTVorg for the latest updates about the event.

































































































































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