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Reserve your spot in GCI's $25,000 CS2 Invitational Tournament

Sign-ups for the Northern Lights Invitational are now live! GCI is proud to host the largest esports tournament in Alaska history - again. All Alaskans are welcome to compete for a shot at the $25,000 prize pool. Reserve your spot now before registration closes on March 29, and get ready for the first play day on April 6.

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Whether signing up with a full squad or by yourself, all party sizes are welcome and encouraged to join the Northern Lights Invitational. If you sign up with fewer than 5 players, we will automatically add other players near your skill level to complete your team.
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All players are required to join the Northern Lights Invitational Discord channel. Our channel will be home to all important updates and it will be a place for new teammates to hang out and start practicing.
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Tournament information

GCI will be hosting an online esports tournament on Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) beginning at the start of April. Tournament play days will take place over three days across two weekends beginning April 6.

The tournament will be hosted for Alaskans only. Participants can sign up in party sizes of to five players. If you choose to sign up in a group of less than five players or by yourself, you will be automatically matched with players of equal skill levels.

We are excited to share that every match will be hosted on dedicated GCI servers in Alaska to give our competitors the best overall tournament experience. More information about connecting to the servers during the tournament will be available on Discord when matches are about to kick off.

See full tournament rules.

The first play day will kick off with head-to-head matches featuring every team that signed up. The first play day will narrow down our team pool to 32 teams through a best-of-3, single elimination format.

The remaining 32 teams will face off during the second play day which will see the bracket narrow down to 4 teams following the same best-of-3, single elimination format. The 4 remaining teams will face off in our playoffs during a live-streamed event.

Tournament Dates:

Play Day #1 - Saturday, April 6
Play Day #2 - Sunday, April 7
Playoffs - Saturday, April 13

The remaining 4 teams from the first set of play days will battle it out during a live-streamed playoff round. Each of these teams will battle it out for their shot at claiming the top prize from the $25,000 prize pool. All three matches will follow the same best-of-3, single elimination format as the previous 2 rounds.

The remaining 4 teams that advance to the playoffs will secure a piece of the prize pool. The prize pool breakdown is as follows:

1st: $12,500
2nd: $7,500
3rd: $2,500
4th: $2,500

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE OR OTHERWISE IMPACT YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING IN THIS TOURNAMENT. TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOURNAMENT, YOU MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE AND UPDATED DISCORD ACCOUNT, STEAM ACCOUNT, AND COUNTERSTRIKE 2 ACCOUNT.

Terms and conditions apply. Open to legal residents of Alaska over the age of 18. Void where prohibited and restricted by law. Combined total of available prizes of $25,000. Sponsor: GCI Communication Corp., 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, AK 99503

See full tournament rules.

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