ESEA Premier Season 36 North America

ESEA Premier Season 36 North America ran 26 January–18 April 2021 in North America (Online) and was won by Bad News Bears. A $50K prize pool and 20 teams were on the line. Full final standings and prize money below.

  • Dates: 26 January–18 April 2021
  • Location: North America (Online)
  • Prize pool: $50K
  • Teams: 20
  • Tier: Tier 3
  • Type: Online

Final standings

  1. 1st — Bad News Bears — $20K
  2. 2nd — Triumph — $13K
  3. 3rd — RBG — $8K
  4. 4th — High Coast — $4K
  5. 5-6th — Recon 5 — $2K
  6. 5-6th — GGPR — $2K
  7. 7-8th — ChocoCheck — $1K
  8. 7-8th — Mythic — $1K
  9. 9-10th — Extra Salt
  10. 9-10th — OCG
  11. 11-12th — Rise
  12. 11-12th — Secret Club
  13. 13th — Third Impact
  14. 14th — Eclipse
  15. 15-16th — SKDC
  16. 15-16th — Levitate
  17. 17th — ImPerium
  18. 18th — Watch This
  19. 19-20th — The Commission
  20. 19-20th — timbermen

Format

  • Group stage: Round-robin Bo3
  • Playoffs: Double elimination Bo3 · Grand final Bo5 (with 1-0 map advantage for upper bracket 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.

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