FACEIT Collegiate is to partner with Legion Collegiate in the esports world and will become the official CS:GO esports event organiser for colleges in Ireland.
FACEIT is a leading competitive gaming and esports platform for online multiplayer gaming. Founded in London in 2012, the company administrates leagues across a variety of competitive online games.
As part of the strategic partnership, Legion Collegiate will manage the Irish collegiate league for CS:GO. The top team out of the Legion Collegiate Swiss bracket will qualify for free into FACEIT’s EU Collegiate playoffs and the qualifying team will compete for a prize pool of $15,000.
Irish players will also now be able to participate in FACEIT’s monthly “10mans” with $1,500 per month worth of prizes. In order to participate and be eligible for prizes, players must be currently registered as part-time, or full-time university students.
University alumni who participated in past collegiate competitions are welcome to play for fun but will be ineligible for prizes.
CS:GO esports and interest in the game have grown considerably since the beginning of 2020. The average player count for CS:GO has steadied around 1 million concurrents, with viewership outstripping that of Valorant by a factor of 2:1 worldwide.
CS:GO esports leagues are an integral part of competitive online gaming. Likewise, the announcement of Legion Collegiate managing FACEIT’s CS:GO collegiate league in Ireland is a significant achievement for the growth of Irish esports.
The partnership will further encourage grassroots collegiate teams and effectively empower those teams to succeed in Europe and further afield.
