The biggest CS:GO event of the year, the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, will kick off on May 8 and run till May 21 at the Accor Arena in Paris. It will be the last Major to be held in CS:GO before its switch to the highly-awaited CS2, whose beta test has been running for over a month.
The competition consists of three stages: the Challengers Stage (May 8 to May 11), the Legends Stage (May 13 to May 16), and the Champions Stage (May 18 to May 21). With the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 RMRs emerging less popular than the IEM Road to Rio 2022 RMRs in all aspects, what happens in the main tournament remains to be seen.
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 streams
Apart from the official Blast.tv stream, this CS:GO event can also be seen live on its official YouTube and Twitch handles, and TO’s own platform BLAST.tv. Also, with community casting allowed, many streamers — both big and small — will be able to broadcast the event live on their channels for their fans. This includes names like Gaules, izakooo, and fl0m, who have all been covering the RMRs and will be sure to catch up on the main tournament.
The CS:GO 2023 season has gotten off to a vibrant start thanks to events like the IEM Katowice 2023, IEM Rio 2023, and the ESL Pro League Season 17, so fans will look forward to a good tournament in Paris. Community casting will definitely play a big role in this regard and help the event reach a wider audience.
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 participants
Challengers teams
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Contenders teams
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Legends teams
The Legends Stage is a 16-team Swiss System format, where elimination and advancement matches are Bo3. All other matches are Bo1. The top eight sides proceed to The Champions Stage, while the bottom eight teams are eliminated.
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Teams in the Challengers and Contenders stages play a 16-team Swiss System format, where elimination and advancement matches are Bo3. All other matches are Bo1. The top eight sides proceed to The Legends Stage, while the bottom eight teams are eliminated.
The Legends Stage, again, follows the same format, with the top eight from above joining the eight already qualified to battle it out for the eight slots in the Champions Stage. This last phase will have Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Grand Final to crown the champion.
The BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 has a prize pool of $1,250,000, with first place getting $500K and berths in the IEM Cologne 2023 and BLAST Premier World Final. The runner-up takes home $170K, while the third-placed side pockets $80K.
Regarding the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 RMRs, their matches generated 18.7M Hours Watched in total, with the most popular broadcast languages being English, Portuguese, and Russian. Moreover, the ratio of the shares of the first two languages decreased slightly compared to the qualifiers for the IEM Road to Rio 2022.
When it comes to the Majors, the IEM Rio 2023 became the second-most popular CS:GO tournament this year with 562K Perak Viewers, while the ESL Pro League Season 17 gathered a large audience comparable with the previous seasons despite the new format, an increase in the number of participants, and the change in the list of platforms for broadcasting.
Meanwhile, the BLAST Premier: Spring American Showdown 2023 became the second most popular Showdown event in this series after the BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown 2022. Meanwhile the BLAST Premier: Spring European Showdown 2023 was fifth on this table.
One of the earlier tournaments of the year, the IEM Katowice 2023, did not match the viewership numbers of its previous iteration but was a success for a persevering G2 Esports. It remains to be seen where the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 ends up sitting come May 21.
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