The kisah benar cerita lucahnew season begins with a massive 32-team tournament.

Teams and format

BLAST Bounty will mark the start of a new era of Counter-Strike, one where Valve's Regional Standings will determine most of the tournament invites in the circuit.

Thirty-two teams from all over the world will compete in this tournament, which will feature a unique format with a few twists. The top 16 teams per the VRS were assigned a bounty from $15,000 to $60,000, and the lower-ranked teams selected their opponents for the opening round.

ropz will make his Vitality debut on Wednesday

If teams beat a higher-seed, they will claim 50 percent of the bounty as a payout (the rest carries through to the next round) and secure their seed for the second round, where the same process of the lower seeds picking their opponents will be held.

BLAST Bounty will be the first chance to see some of the new teams in action after a busy off-season. The opening day of the tournament will see Guy "?NertZ?" Iluz debut for Liquid and álvaro "?SunPayus?" García play his first game with HEROIC.

The following 32 teams were invited to the event based on their position in the VRS. The MongolZ were set to compete in the tournament but withdrew citing "concerns regarding the health and well-being of our players."

All matches will be played in a best-of-three format with the exception of the grand final, which will be a best-of-five affair.

Spirit
Natus Vincere
MOUZ
Liquid
Falcons
MIBR
paiN
Complexity
GamerLegion
SAW
FlyQuest
B8
fnatic
Nemiga
9 Pandas
Fluxo G2
Vitality
FaZe
FURIA
Astralis
Eternal Fire
3DMAX
Virtus.pro
Wildcard
BIG
M80
BetBoom
HEROIC
ENCE
Metizport
Imperial Valkyries

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Schedule and venues

The first two rounds of BLAST Bounty will be played online, while the latter portions will be held at BLAST's studio in Copenhagen.

You can see the schedule for the online stage below:

Date	Matches
BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1
14/01/2025	FlyQuest12:00 MIBR	Match
14/01/2025	3DMAX14:20 HEROIC	Match
14/01/2025	Liquid17:50 9 Pandas	Match
14/01/2025	Spirit20:00 fnatic	Match
15/01/2025	Astralis12:00 Wildcard	Match
15/01/2025	SAW14:20 BIG	Match
15/01/2025	Falcons16:45 ENCE	Match
15/01/2025	Vitality19:40 Metizport	Match
16/01/2025	Complexity12:00 Virtus.pro	Match
16/01/2025	Eternal Fire14:25 Fluxo	Match
16/01/2025	FaZe16:40 M80	Match
16/01/2025	Natus Vincere19:45 Imperial Valkyries	Match
17/01/2025	paiN12:00 GamerLegion	Match
17/01/2025	FURIA15:30 Nemiga	Match
17/01/2025	MOUZ19:00 BetBoom	Match
17/01/2025	G223:00 B8	Match
18/01/2025	HEROIC12:00 Liquid	Match
18/01/2025	paiN15:25 FaZe	Match
18/01/2025	FlyQuest18:20 Spirit	Match
18/01/2025	Astralis20:10 Natus Vincere	Match
19/01/2025	Eternal Fire12:00 Falcons	Match
19/01/2025	FURIA14:40 BetBoom	Match
19/01/2025	Virtus.pro18:30 Vitality	Match
19/01/2025	BIG20:35 G2	Match

Prizes

BLAST Bounty will have $500,000 on the line, in addition to $650,000 in participation fees. Because of the tournament's unique format, the amount of money won by the teams will depend on the bounties claimed throughout the tournament.

To make things easier, BLAST created a bounty simulator for fans to keep track of how much money each team has claimed throughout the event.

Talent

Several BLAST regulars will feature on the on-air broadcast team for the first event of the season, with one notable newcomer in Peter "?dupreeh?" Rasmussen.

The five-time Major champion, who was recently benched by Falcons, will make his analyst debut alongside Alex "?Mauisnake?" Ellenberg, Donald "voo" Parkhurst and Jacob "?Pimp?" Winneche.

Read more dupreeh to make analyst debut at BLAST Bounty

Desk Host

Freya "?Freya?" Spiers

Analysts

Alex "?Mauisnake?" Ellenberg
Jacob "?Pimp?" Winneche
Donald "voo" Parkhurst
Peter "?dupreeh?" Rasmussen

Casters

Mohan "?launders?" Govindasamy
Conner "?Scrawny?" Girvan
Harry "?JustHarry?" Russell
Hugo "?Hugo?" Byron

Desk Host and Interviewer

James "?BanKs?" Banks

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Fantasy

You can play the HLTV Fantasy game for BLAST Bounty Season 1 here. Skin prizes for the top three finishers are up for grabs in the official HLTV x Chicken.GG league, and you can also play against your friends or in community money or live draft leagues.

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On-site HLTV coverage

HLTV will have Harry "NER0" Richards and Josip "brcho" Brtan on site during the LAN portion of the event to provide full coverage of BLAST Bounty, including interviews, photos, videos, and the latest updates live on the ground.

Fluxo #61 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanGuilherme 'piriajr' BarbosaKayke 'kye' BertolucciAllan 'history' LawrenzNicollas 'nicks' Polonio Marcos 'tacitus' Castilho Spirit #1 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovBoris 'magixx' VorobievMyroslav 'zont1x' PlakhotiaDanil 'donk' Kryshkovets Sergey 'hally' Shavaev BIG #21 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzJon 'JDC' de CastroKarim 'Krimbo' MoussaCan 'kyuubii' AliMarcel 'hyped' K?hn Alexander 'kakafu' Szymanczyk Astralis #11 Nicolai 'device' ReedtzCasper 'cadiaN' M?llerMartin 'stavn' LundJakob 'jabbi' NygaardVictor 'Staehr' Staehr Casper 'ruggah' Due Natus Vincere #3 Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenMihai 'iM' IvanValeriy 'b1t' VakhovskiyJustinas 'jL' LekaviciusIhor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy B8 #25 Daniil 'headtr1ck' ValitovAlexey 'alex666' YarmoshchukAndrii 'npl' KukharskyiArtem 'kensizor' KapranDmytro 'esenthial' Tsvir Ivan 'maddened' Iordanidi Complexity #16 Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouH?kon 'hallzerk' Fj?rliMichael 'Grim' WinceDanny 'Cxzi' StrzelczykNick 'nicx' Lee Tiaan 'T.c' Coertzen FaZe #6 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenH?vard 'rain' NygaardJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiDavid 'frozen' ?erňanskyHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Filip 'NEO' Kubski Nemiga #34 Kirill 'Xant3r' KononovAliaksandr '1eeR' NahornyMaksim 'riskyb0b' ChurikovBeksultan 'khaN' OspanIvan 'zweih' Gogin Anton 'boX' Burko Freya 'Freya' Spiers Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 FlyQuest #22 Christopher 'dexter' NongJay 'Liazz' TregillgasJoshua 'INS' PotterDeclan 'Vexite' PortelliIulian 'regali' Harj?u Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga ENCE #36 Lukas 'gla1ve' RossanderViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevPaavo 'podi' HeiskanenRyan 'Neityu' AubryKacper 'xKacpersky' Gabara Niclas 'enkay J' Krumhorn The MongolZ #7 Garidmagnai 'bLitz' ByambasurenSodbayar 'Techno' MunkhboldAzbayar 'Senzu' MunkhboldAyush 'mzinho' BatboldUsukhbayar '910' Banzragch Erdenedalai 'maaRaa' Bayanbat Imperial Valkyries #129 Zainab 'zAAz' TurkieAna 'ANa' Dumbrav?Victoria 'tory' KazievaAlexandra 'twenty3' TimoninaKatarína 'Kat' Va?ková Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov paiN #14 Rodrigo 'biguzera' BittencourtDavid 'dav1deuS' Tapia MaldonadoLucas 'nqz' SoaresKaue 'kauez' KaschukJo?o 'snow' Vinicius Henrique 'rikz' Waku álvaro 'SunPayus' García Age: 26 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 678 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.59 Guy 'NertZ' Iluz Age: 25 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 675 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Virtus.pro #17 Denis 'electroNic' SharipovEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevPetr 'fame' BolyshevTimur 'FL4MUS' MarevKaisar 'ICY' Faiznurov Pavel 'PASHANOJ' Legostaev Metizport #54 Hampus 'hampus' PoserNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraIsak 'isak' FahlénAdam 'adamb' ?ngstr?mLucas 'L00m1' Haukland Ahmed 'abdi' Abdi GamerLegion #18 Fredrik 'REZ' SternerErik 'ztr' GustafssonSebastian 'Tauson' Tauson LindelofHenrich 'sl3nd' HevesiOld?ich 'PR' Novy Ashley 'ash' Battye Alex 'Mauisnake' Ellenberg Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 100 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.72 Hugo 'Hugo' Byron Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Wildcard #19 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekLove 'phzy' SmidebrantTim 'susp' ?ngstr?mJosh 'JBa' Barutt Vincent 'vinS' Jozefiak Harry 'JustHarry' Russell Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.40 Maps played: 2 KPR: 0.38 DPR: 0.95 MOUZ #5 Ludvig 'Brollan' BrolinKamil 'siuhy' Szkaradekádám 'torzsi' TorzsásJimi 'Jimpphat' SaloDorian 'xertioN' Berman Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen Liquid #8 Guy 'NertZ' IluzJustin 'jks' SavageKeith 'NAF' MarkovicRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRoland 'ultimate' Tomkowiak Torbj?rn 'mithR' Nyborg Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen Age: 31 Team: FalconsB Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 2303 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 3DMAX #15 Bryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangThomas 'Djoko' PavoniPierre 'Ex3rcice' BulingeFilip 'Graviti' Brankovic Damien 'wasiNk' Dufour G2 #2 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiNemanja 'huNter-' Kova?Mario 'malbsMd' SamayoaIlya 'm0NESY' OsipovNikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Falcons #10 Nikola 'NiKo' Kova?Emil 'Magisk' ReifRené 'TeSeS' MadsenAbdul 'degster' GasanovDamjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski Danny 'zonic' S?rensen Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy Age: 34 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.76 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.76 James 'BanKs' Banks Age: 34 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 M80 #23 Nils 'k1to' GruhneFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichMichael 'Swisher' SchmidElias 's1n' SteinMason 'Lake' Sanderson Rory 'dephh' Jackson HEROIC #33 álvaro 'SunPayus' GarcíaYasin 'xfl0ud' Ko?Linus 'LNZ' Holt?ngAndrey 'tN1R' TatarinovichSimon 'yxngstxr' Boije Eetu 'sAw' Saha MIBR #12 Raphael 'exit' LacerdaLucas 'Lucaozy' NevesRafael 'saffee' CostaAndré 'drop' AbreuFelipe 'insani' Yuji Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 983 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 SAW #20 Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraJo?o 'story' VieiraAndré 'Ag1l' GilJosé 'Shr' Gil Maikil 'Golden' Selim BetBoom #27 Kirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovPavel 'S1ren' OgloblinKirill 'Magnojez' Rodnov Artem 'RAiLWAY' Gradovich Eternal Fire #13 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' D?rtkarde??zgür 'woxic' EkerAli 'Wicadia' Haydar Yal??nSamet 'jottAAA' K?klü Sezgin 'Fabre' Kalayc? FURIA #9 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesYuri 'yuurih' SantosKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoFelipe 'skullz' Medeiros Sid 'sidde' Macedo fnatic #28 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonBenjamin 'blameF' BremerRodion 'fear' SmykMatú? 'MATYS' ?imkoDenys 'Burmylov' Buraga Peter 'casle' Ardenskjold Conner 'Scrawny' Girvan Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 9 Pandas #38 Vladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoAleksandr 'shalfey' MarenovDaniil 'd1Ledez' KustovEvgeny 'r3salt' FrolovVladislav 'Alv' Vorokhobov Artem 'Fierce' Ivanov Vitality #4 Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireRobin 'ropz' KoolMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautShahar 'flameZ' ShushanWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Rémy 'XTQZZZ' Quoniam