ESEA MDL Season 28 Europe
ESEA MDL Season 28 Europe ran 22 May–5 September 2018 in Europe (Online) and was won by 3DMAX. A $37K prize pool and 27 teams were on the line. Full final standings and prize money below.
- Dates: 22 May–5 September 2018
- Location: Europe (Online)
- Prize pool: $37K
- Teams: 27
- Tier: Tier 3
- Type: Online
Final standings
- 1st — 3DMAX — $17K
- 2nd — Kinguin — $9K
- 3rd — Red Reserve — $6K
- 4th — EURONICS — $6K
- 5-8th — ALTERNATE aTTaX
- 5-8th — Chaos
- 5-8th — Smoke Criminals
- 5-8th — Sprout
- 9th — PAPERPLANES
- 10th — Valiance
- 11th — Epsilon
- 12th — FriendlyFire
- 13th — Singularity
- 14th — Spirit
- 15th — PACT
- 16th — Fragsters
- 17th — Tricked
- 18th — SJ
- 19th — Wind and Rain
- 20th — Virtus.pro
- 21st — Royal Bandits
- 22nd — Movistar Riders
- 23rd — Vexed UK
- 24th — PRIDE
- 25th — iGame.com
- 26th — Boys in Blue
- 27th — Gambit
Format
- Group stage: June 28th, 2018 - Gambit drop out of the league, automatically forfeiting their remaining matches (3-5 record until this point). This means they will be relegated to ESEA Advanced as the last placed team
Play with these teams
- Guess the Player — A daily Counter-Strike 2 wordle: name the mystery pro from clues that light up green as you get closer.
- Blur — A pixelated photo of a Counter-Strike 2 pro sharpens with every wrong guess. Name them before the picture gives it away.
- Higher or Lower — Two Counter-Strike 2 pros, one hidden stat. Call higher or lower and build the longest streak you can.
- Bingo — A grid of Counter-Strike categories — countries, teams, trophies, roles. Fill each cell with a real pro, and no player twice.
- Team Path — Follow a Counter-Strike pro’s career through the teams they played for, and work out who it is.
- Major Draft — Draft five Counter-Strike 2 pros by role, then coach them live through a full Major — Swiss stage, playoffs, round by round.
- Pro Career — Create a Counter-Strike 2 pro at 16, sign with a real club, and play out a full career of seasons, transfers and choices.
- CS2 Wordle — The Wordle you know, played on the Counter-Strike dictionary: guess the daily word letter by letter, six tries.
- Ace — A ranked list of Counter-Strike pros for each difficulty, every day. Name everyone on it and it’s an ace.
- Fan Favourites — Vote for the Counter-Strike 2 pros you actually like — no account, no sign-up. The ranking below is the crowd's, updated the moment you click.
- CS2 Transfers — Every roster move HLTV has published, dated to the day, back to March 2023.
- Pro Manager — Run a real Counter-Strike 2 club on the real circuit — sign pros and retired legends, call the veto and every round, and climb Valve's ranking season after season.
- Multiplayer rooms — Press Find a match for a 1v1 against another player, or create a private room, send the code, and race your friends through the same rounds of Guess, Blur, Team Path, Higher-Lower, Wordle, Bingo, Ace or Major Draft — or pick Mixed and get a different game every round.
- CS2 tier lists — Rank Counter-Strike players, coaches, clubs or maps the way you see them, send the board to whoever you want with one link, and compare it with where everyone else put them.