

The latter were replaced by the tournament's organizer logo from ESL One: Cologne 2014 onwards, while the former were changed to the gold version from DreamHack Winter 2014 onwards. Weapons dropped from Katowice packages came with three stickers applied – two foil team logos from the spectated match and a golden wolf or skull design. Weapons dropped from these packages came with just one sticker applied.ĮMS One Katowice 2014 famously introduced buyable team stickers in normal, foil and holo versions, which can be opened from sticker capsules. The souvenir packages at this Major came with six uniquely designed stickers with normal and foil variations. The packages act as containers that can be opened without a key and can be obtained by watching the tournament via GOTV or via Twitch with a linked Steam account. The first Major at DreamHack Winter 2013 introduced map collection-based souvenir packages and souvenir weapons with a souvenir quality yellow theme in the inventory. The Minors' Champions: The top 2 teams from each regional Minor Championship and the top 2 teams among the 3rd place Minor teams who have qualified to the next Major's New Challengers Stage. The Previous Major's Fallen: The top six teams from the previous Major's New Legends Stage gain this status and are automatically qualified to the next Major's New Challengers Stage. The New Challengers: The top eight teams from the New Challengers Stage gain Challenger status at the current Major and proceed to face off The Current Legends. The Legends: The top eight teams from every Major gain "Legend" status, and are automatically qualified to the next Major's New Legends Stage as The Current Legends. Teams Īt the Majors, teams earn certain titles based on how far they make it into the major and where they came from. The New Champions Stage (formerly the Playoffs)Įight teams (The New Legends) fight to become the Major Champion. The New Legends Stage (formerly the Group Stage)ġ6 teams (The New Challengers & The Current Legends) fight for the eight spots at The New Champions Stage and to become The New Legends. The New Challengers Stage (formerly the Offline Qualifier)ġ6 teams (The Previous Major's Fallen & The Minors' Champions) fight for eight open spots at the The New Legends Stage. This change increased the number of teams at the Major Championships from 16 to 24 and re-named each stage of the tournament.



Starting from ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018, Valve announced a new overall tournament format, which brought in the Offline Qualifier as a part of the Major Championship.
