Online esports wagering platform Thunderpick announced Thursday additional teams that will be competing in the online stage for the Thunderpick World Championship, the company’s marquee Counter-Strike 2 competition for 2024.
MongolZ, Aurora, Ninjas in Pyjamas, 9z, and 3DMAX complete the lineup for Thunderpick World Championship’s online stage. The online stage runs from Oct. 21-26 and gives four teams an invite to the November LAN Finals held in Berlin. These teams join such notable names as Cloud9, Legacy, M80, Imperial, BESTIA, BIG, HEROIC, FNATIC, Team Falcons, Virtus.Pro, and former BLEED players playing under the banner UNPAID.
Earlier this month it was announced Thunderpick has partnered with Berlin-based LVL to serve as official venue for the LAN event set to take place in Berlin, Nov. 2 – 3.
The Thunderpick World Championship features a total prize pool of $1M USD. The Thunderpick World Champions 2024 Finals begin with an online GSL Group Stage taking place from Oct. 21 – 25. Sixteen teams will be split into four groups of four teams each, competing for a spot in the single-elimination Playoffs. The top two teams in each group advance, leaving only eight teams left to move on to compete in head-to-head best-of-three matchups on Oct. 26 in the Quarterfinals. The four winning teams proceed to the Semifinals on Nov. 2, in Berlin. On Nov. 3, the two losing teams will compete for third place, followed by a best-of-five Grand Final, where the two winning teams will then compete for the title of champion and the $500K first prize.
Tickets for the competition went on sale this morning.
Thunderpick previously announced the on-air talent for the event including desk host Tres “stunna” Saranthus, analyst Janko “YNk” Paunović, analyst Sudhen “Bleh” Wahengbam, caster Hugo “Hugo” Byron, caster Adam “Dinko” Hawthorne, and interviewer Edona “Dona Spock” Musliu.
Esports wagering data platform GRID will serve as the official esports services provider and data partner of the Thunderpick World Championship.
Thunderpick is a competitive, gaming-focused crypto-gambling and casino platform regulated through a Curaçao gambling license. The company’s products and services are not available or legal to use in the United States, Canada, and the UK. In the legal disclaimer section of its website, the company puts the onus of compliance with local laws related to gambling on the end user.