ASUS ROG Winter viewer's guide

On Friday, January 30th ASUS ROG Winter kicks off with eight teams battling for a share of $25,000, you'll find everything you need to know about the event right here in the viewer's guide.

Eight teams, including the likes of NiP, Virtus.pro, Titan and HellRaisers, were drawn into two groups of four, which will be played in a GSL format on the first day of ASUS ROG Winter 2015.

Group A	Group B
Virtus.pro	NiP
Null element HellRaisers	Titan
PENTA	3DMAX
volgare	mousesports

Top two teams from each group will then battle it out on the second day of the competition in a single elimination best-of-three bracket. You can see the full schedule of the event below:

Friday, January 30
16:00	Virtus.pro	vs. volgare	BO1	A1
16:00	Null element HellRaisers	vs. PENTA	BO1	A2
17:00	Winner of A1	vs. Winner of A2	BO1	A3
17:00	Loser of A1	vs. Loser of A2	BO1	A4
18:00	Loser of A3	vs. Winner of A4	BO1	A5
20:00	NiP	vs. mousesports	BO1	B1
20:00	Titan	vs. 3DMAX	BO1	B2
21:00	Winner of B1	vs. Winner of B2	BO1	B3
21:00	Loser of B1	vs. Loser of B2	BO1	B4
22:00	Loser of B3	vs. Winner of B4	BO1	B5
Saturday, January 31
11:00	Semi-final #1		BO3
14:00	Semi-final #2		BO3
18:00	Third place decider		BO3
21:45	Grand final		BO3

The RoomOnFire Twitch channel will be present on site to provide viewers with streamed matches, with the following five-man crew of two casters, two analysts and a host:

Anders "Anders" Blume - Caster
Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Caster
Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson - Analyst
Marcus "zet" Sundström - Analyst
Richard "Gonzo" Lewis - Host

National Finnish TV channel YLE will also be broadcasting the grand final of the tournament live, as well as streaming it on the website of YLE Areena.

The teams will battle for a total of $25,000, which will be split between the top four accordingly:

1. $12,000
2. $7,000
3. $4,000
4. $2,000

HLTV.org will be travelling on-site to Finland, Helsinki, to provide you with full coverage of the event taking place from January 30-31, including hot matches, galleries, stats, interviews and more.

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