With America's top talent on show, this weekend's tournament could be one of the most exciting of the season. Despite the lack of European or Asian talent, the Philadelphia event will feature the likes of Hafu and Rhaegyn, amongst others.
But Fnatic will have their work cut out for them against Gravitas and company as the teams fight for a $15,000 first prize. Eight teams in total will take part, with the top three qualifying for March's world final.
The games will begin at 23:00 CET with EG and eMazing Gaming getting the tournament underway. You can follow their progress and see the group stage here.
The game will be broadcast by James Harding and Matt Rider on ESLTV. The cast is due to start any moment now and will feature the best insight and previews of what's to come over the next three days.
The tournament will be played with the latest patch, but characters will be level 70.
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The latest stop on the way to the Extreme Masters final begins tonight in Philadelphia.
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Are you sure it's not the last patch before WotLK being played here, like the previous ESL stop in Montreal?
Would be cool to see deathknihgts in action tho, but seeing as they have no lvl70 pvp sets, it seems unlikely to me.
Top 3 will be:gravitas,Got game East, Emazing gaming
P.d James harding owns
And yeah, gogo RMP teams =p