The full BLAST Bounty breakdown
We're now days away from the first tournament of the year, BLAST Bounty.
The rosters are locked, the teams will soon be picking their opponents, and we couldn't be more excited to bring Counter-Strike's most innovative format to your screens for the first time ever.
So, with that said, let's go over the seeding, the draws, and all the participation fees for the event.
The BLAST Bounty teams
The teams for BLAST Bounty were invited using the Valve Global Ranking System, the teams were seeded based upon the teams' ranking on December 2nd 2024.
The seeding means that teams will carry different starting bounties into the tournament, so you'll be able to see each team's specific bounty next to their name and figure out who will be the biggest scalps for the underdogs to take.
1. G2 - $60k
2. NAVI - $60k
3. Vitality - $60k
4. Spirit - $60k
5. MOUZ - $30k
6. FaZe - $30k
7. Falcons - $30k
8. Liquid - $30k
9. FURIA - $20k
10. Eternal Fire - $20k
11. SAW - $20k
12. 3DMAX - $20k
13. paiN - $15k
14. Complexity - $15k
15. Astralis - $15k
16. FlyQuest - $15k
17. BIG - $0
18. Virtus.pro - $0
19. HEROIC - $0
20. GamerLegion - $0
21. MIBR - $0
22. Nemiga - $0
23. Wildcard - $0
24. B8 - $0
25. ENCE - $0
26. Imperial Fe - $0
27. Fluxo - $0
28. 9 Pandas - $0
29. M80 - $0
30. BetBoom - $0
31. fnatic - $0
32. Metizport $0
The MongolZ, whom previously accepted their invitation, have unfortunately had to rescind their acceptance. The remaining teams have been invited based on VRS.
How are match ups set?
The teams in the lower half of that bracket (seeds 17-32) are the teams that get to go hunting and select who they play in order to earn bounties.
Due to being the highest seed in that bracket, BIG will be the first team to select their opponent.
The first draw will take place tomorrow, January 11th 2025 from 11am CET. To follow all the action, make sure you're keeping your eyes fixed on the BLAST socials for live updates.
Beating a higher seed means you inherit their seed going into the next round, where the same process of the lower seeds picking the higher seeds will be in place. The draw for the RO16, will take place on Friday 17th January.
When we get to the playoffs, the draw will take place in an all-new live show. You should know by now that the best place to watch that show is right here on BLAST.tv, and you can do so on Wednesday 22nd January.
The full schedule for each round will be available after each draw concludes.
Schedule
The schedule for the RO32 is as follows:
(Note: All times in CET. A team's seed is indicated within brackets next to their name.)
Tuesday 14th:
12PM Flyquest (16) v TBA
14:30PM 3DMAX (12) v TBA
17:00PM Liquid (8) v TBA
19:30PM Spirit (4) v TBA
Wednesday 15th:
12PM Astralis (15) v TBA
14:30PM SAW (11) v TBA
17:00PM Falcons (7) v TBA
19:30PM Vitality (3) v TBA
Thursday 16th:
12PM Complexity (14) v TBA
14:30PM Eternal Fire (10) v TBA
17:00PM FaZe (6) v TBA
19:30PM NaVi (2) v TBA
Friday 17th:
12PM paiN (13) v TBA
14:30PM FURIA (9) v TBA
17:00PM MOUZ (5) v TBA
19:30PM G2 (1) v TBA
Participation fees
As with the bracket, the participation fees for the event have been decided based upon the Valve rankings from December 2nd 2024.
They are as follows:
- 1st-8th - $40k per team
- 9th-16th - $26,250 per team
- 17th-32nd - $7,500 per team
Bounty Simulator:
If you've been around on BLAST.tv for a while, you'll know that we have a tonne of mini-games for you to enjoy between games.
With our game-show format, we couldn't not give you another one, so let's introduce you to the Bounty Simulator.
With our new Bounty Simulator, you'll be able to play out a mock Bounty, seeing how different results can take big teams off the board and affect the prize winnings for each team.
You can play the Bounty Simulator here.