Major Show match reveal: Affect the Show Match in chat

We've got thousands of fans roaring in Paris and millions of viewers around the world gearing up for the final-ever team to lift a CSGO trophy at the BLAST.tv CSGO Major.

But that's not all they'll witness, oh no! Fans will also witness the final show match played at a CSGO Major.

Hold onto your headsets because there's a special treat in store: As a unique feature, users in the BLAST.tv chat get to vote to influence the game before and during the show.

Tune into the chat on BLAST.tv and start affecting the show match already today.

Photo: Michal Konkol

Vote to select players & maps

The show match will be played between two teams: A team of fantastic French players and a BLAST Dream Team. We will not spoil everything for you, but Shox, RpK, and Jackz are three out of five selected players on the French team.

How BLAST.tv users can affect the Show Match via chat polls:

• Before Show Match: Map picks: Fancy a showdown on Nuke or a frag-fest on Mirage? Your vote counts between 7 maps from the active pool. The flow will be:
  • Talent will ban two maps
    • Vertigo and Overpass banned
  • BLAST.tv bans 1 map from remaining 5
    • Ancient banned
  • BLAST.tv bans 1 map from remaining 4
    • Mirage Banned
  • BLAST.tv bans 1 map from remaining 3
    • Anubis banned
  • BLAST.tv picks 1 map from remaining 2
    • Inferno is banned!
  • The Showmatch will be played on Nuke!
• During Show Match: What Featured rounds should be played next?

Team France:

• Shox
• JackZ
• RpK
• KennyS
• bodyy

BLAST.tv Dream Team

• S1mple
• Cypher
• Styko
• Get_RighT
• Smooya

Vote for Feature Rounds with crazy rules

Now, here's the real kicker. During the show match, you can keep the excitement going by voting for Featured Rounds with special rules like:

• Decreased Bombtimer - “20-second bombtimer”
• Real Life smoke - “Is it smokey in here?”
• Gravity - “To the Moon”
• Slow mode - “Slow motion”
• Speed mode - “Hyper Speed”
• Infinite Grenades - “It’s raining nades”
• Inverted Mouse - “Upside Down”
• Double firerate - “Bullet Bonanza”
• No recoil - “Rocksteady Rumble”
• Monitors turned off - “Blindfire Battle”

Only the users on BLAST.tv have the power to vote for Feature Rounds, map picks and what players to draft. So if you want to be in on the action and witness the pandemonium unfold, head over to the live stream on BLAST.tv.

The Show Match will be played 15.00 CEST on Sunday, just before the Grand Final.