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Berlin 2019 Major Overview

By JEB

This guide is a summary of what happened at the 2019 StarLadder Major

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Guide Index

Overview

Basic's

Teams, Talent, and Map Pool

Challenger Stage

Challenger Stage Day 1 (8/23/2019)

Challenger Stage Day 2 (8/24/2019)

Challenger Stage Day 3 (8/25/2019)

Challenger Stage Day 4 (8/26/2019)

Legend Stage

Legend Stage Day 1 (8/28/2019)

Legend Stage Day 2 (8/29/2019)

Legend Stage Day 3 (8/30/2019)

Legend Stage Day 4 (8/31/2019)

Legend Stage Day 5 (9/01/2019)

Champion Stage

Major Winner

Talent/Personality Pick'EM Prediction's Challenger Stage

Talent/Personality Pick'EM Prediction's Legends Stage

Talent/Personality Pick'EM Prediction's Quarter, Semi, and Grand Final

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Basic's

StarLadder 2019 takes place in Berlin at the Mercedes-benz Arena. This is the first time StarLadder has hosted a Major.

Along with a New Viewers Pass

Along with this major we also get a brand new view pass and way to get souvenirs, while it does function the same way as the Katowice 2019 Viewer Pass,

As of last year only way to participate in the Pick'EM predictions and to get souvenir drops is by first buying the viewer pass and then completing the "challenge's" that the pass requires. The pass is $10 USD / $.75€ this give you unlimited team sprays thoughout the duration of the major as well as access the the Pick'Em and Souvenir cases. You also DO NOT have to pay for the stickers to do the Pick'Em unlike previous years its is "free" with the view pass now.

This year they added a $18.99 USD which grants you the viewer pass and 3 souvenir tokens, which allow you to pick any case you want from the matches that are played.

How to get Souvenir Case's and Upgrade Coin

Again just like the View pass and Pick'EM prediction this does FUNCTION the same way where you earn so many points until you can upgrade your coin. The way at which you can do so is different.

You must complete 8 of the challenges you will receive a silver coin and your choice at a souvenir case from any match and map of your choosing.
After completing # of the challenges you will receive a gold coin and another souvenir case. After completing ALL of the challenges you will receive a diamond coin and another souvenir case.

You can now also buy souvenir Tokens to buy cases outright.

These challenges include

Win 10 rounds in a SINGLE COMPETITIVE GAME on Inferno
Win 10 rounds in a SINGLE COMPETITIVE GAME on Dust 2
Win 10 rounds in a SINGLE COMPETITIVE GAME on Vertigo
Win 10 rounds in a SINGLE COMPETITIVE GAME on Mirage
Win 10 rounds in a SINGLE COMPETITIVE GAME on Overpass
Win 10 rounds in a SINGLE COMPETITIVE GAME on Nuke
Win 10 rounds in a SINGLE COMPETITIVE GAME on Train

Five correct Pick'Em predictions for the Challengers Stage
Watch at least one live match during the Challenges Stage
Five correct Pick'Em predictions for the Legends Stage
Watch at least one live match during the Legends Stage
Two correct Pick'EM predictions for the Quaterfinals
Watch at least one live match during the Quaterfinals
One correct Pick'EM predictions for the SemiFinals
Watch at least one live match during the Semifinals
Make the correct Pick'Em prediction for the Grand Finals
Watch the Grand Final's live
(These challenges for the most part are very easy if you watch a match from every stage you will be 1 point away from gold.)

A more in Depth look at the pass

Thanks to https://www.reddit.com/user/CptWetPants/

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/cr57hw/starladder_major_berlin_2019_team_pickem/

Viewer Pass
More info

As was the case for the previous Major, you will need to buy the Berlin 2019 Viewer Pass in order to participate in the Team Pick'Em. Once you buy the Viewer Pass and activate it, you will be able to access the Pick'em Challenge. This pass also grants you access to receive souvenir drops as well as a few more benefits. You no longer need to buy stickers for the Pick'em Challenge, as the new Viewer Pass system gives you access to all 24 teams for your picks!

External Websites and Apps to play Team Pick'Em
In case you do not have access to the game or for some reason, cannot make your picks, here is an option that has been presented to the subreddit to aid you in your quest to pick the best teams out of the lot! This way, you do not need your game client at all as Valve has opened up their API to help such people out!

Website: https://csgopickem.net/ by /u/Lucaber
(All feedback should go to this user directly!)

There might be other websites and apps out there as well.

How to play Team Pick'Em
The objective for playing Team Pick'Em is to predict which teams will go through the Challengers Stage, Legends Stage and Champions Stage. By picking correct teams before each phase, you can complete challenges that help to level up your Event Coin. Here's a list of the Event Coin Challenges.

Same as the last time, picks are locked as soon as a stage begins, so make sure you submit your first set of predictions before the Challengers Stage begins on August 23rd. Make a second set of predictions before the Legends Stage begins on August 28th, and a third set of predictions before the Champions Stage begins on September 5th.

You can make these picks in-game by going to the 'Watch' tab and then clicking the '2019 StarLadder Berlin' section - from there you can simply drag your choices into the respective slots.

Challengers Stage
For the challengers stage:

pick one of the two undefeated teams (record 3-0)

pick one of the two teams that will be eliminated without winning any matches (record 0-3)

pick the seven others who advance

In order to complete the challenge for this stage, you need to get at least 5 of your picks correct! An example for the picks could look like this!

Teams, Talent, and Map Pool

The teams participating in the major this year from the Challenger Stage are

The Returning Challengers

Vitality
AVANGAR
HellRaisers
G2 Esports
Complexity