FRISCO, Texas – May 30, 2024 – Complexity, the leading North American esports organization, Mythic League, the largest community in North American Counter-Strike, and PrizePicks, the largest skill-based daily fantasy sports operator, announced today the launch of the PrizePicks NA Revival Series. The year-long, $60,000 tournament series will include 12 monthly tournaments, each featuring North America’s brightest rising stars and professional teams in thrilling battles for their share of the monthly $5,000 prize pool, with the goal to revitalize North America’s Counter-Strike 2 scene.
“Complexity is incredibly excited to help bring this series to the NA CS community,” said Jason Lake, Founder & CEO of Complexity Gaming. “For far too long there has been no group willing to step up and offer consistent opportunities for our players. That ends today. I’m grateful to PrizePicks and fl0m’s Mythic League for partnering with us, and I ask the community to support this effort throughout the series.”
Each monthly event will feature six of the highest ranked North American teams as invites to the final bracket. Additionally two teams will qualify via an open bracket geared towards the organic growth of the region and ecosystem. The main broadcast will take place on the Complexity Twitch and Youtube as well as the Mythic League Twitch. Additionally, Mythic League founder, Erik “fl0m” Flom will host watch parties throughout the series, providing his entertaining perspective on the competition. The PrizePicks NA Revival Series will also allow community members to re-stream approved broadcasts, and host watch parties for new faces to get noticed.
“Nurturing and developing the North American Counter-Strike scene has been my top priority for years.” said Erik “fl0m” Flom, Founder of Mythic League. “Partnering Mythic League with Complexity, along with the incredible support from PrizePicks, will provide the community with the perfect opportunity to compete regularly.”
“It is our honor to partner with Complexity and Mythic League to bring the PrizePicks NA Revival Series to fruition,” said Adam Boothe, Senior Director of Esports at PrizePicks. “PrizePicks is home to many who care greatly about the sustainability and success of Counter-Strike within North America. The region has a talented player base and a passionate Counter-Strike community and they deserve the best. We look forward to partnering with key stakeholders for years to come to help strengthen the scene and bring it back to global prominence.”
The Series will begin on July 19th! Mark your calendars and get ready for plenty of North American CS2 action, courtesy of Complexity, Mythic League, and PrizePicks.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Complexity
Kyle Bautista
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Mythic League
Erik Flom
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PrizePicks
Elisa Richardson
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About Complexity
Complexity is one of North America’s longest-standing esports organizations. Complexity’s esports teams have won more than 140 championships in nearly 30 game titles over its 20+ year history. Staunchly committed to professionalism and a player-first mentality, Complexity has been continuously recognized as a global leader in modern esports. For more information on Complexity, visit www.Complexity.gg
About Mythic League
Mythic League is the largest community in North American Counter-Strike, boasting over 100,000 followers on the FACEIT platform. Since 2018 Mythic League has paid out over $500,000 in prizing for in-house matchmaking leagues and tournaments ranging from open cups to semi-professional invitationals. To learn more about Mythic League’s grass roots efforts to create competition at every level visit www.mythicleague.com
About PrizePicks
PrizePicks is the largest skill-based daily fantasy sports operator and the fastest-growing sports company in North America according to the 2023 Inc. 5000 rankings. Recognized as the Fantasy Sports Business of the Year by the Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association and as the Fantasy/DFS Operator of the Year by EGR North America, PrizePicks is a fun, fast and simple version of daily fantasy sports. Founded and headquartered in Atlanta, GA, the company was recently recognized as a Top Workplace by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. For more information, visit www.prizepicks.com.
PrizePicks is daily fantasy made easy. It’s just you against the numbers. Members predict more or less on between 2 and 6 player squares of their choice. The more picks they correctly predict, the more money they win! Payouts on PrizePicks can be as high as 25X!
PrizePicks is the easiest way to play daily fantasy. Getting started is very simple – You sign up for an account and then deposit a minimum of $10, then:
PrizePicks currently operates its DFS contests across 33 states, Washington D.C., and all Canadian provinces except Ontario. Check this map to see where PrizePicks is available: https://www.prizepicks.com/resources/states-where-you-can-play-prizepicks
Yes. PrizePicks will offer daily fantasy for playoff matches in the PrizePicks NA Revival Series. Check the PrizePicks app or website each morning to see which player squares are offered for that day.
PrizePicks is partnered with several data providers and monitoring services (including ESIC), while also analyzing all submitted fantasy lineups, to monitor threats to competitive integrity.
The PrizePicks NA Revival Series will feature age requirement minimums consistent with regional integrity bodies (1) all competitors must be sixteen (16) years of age or older, (2) each team must consist of a majority of players eighteen (18) years of age or older and (3) the majority of competitors in the PrizePicks NA Revival Series must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.
Dates for 2025 to be announced at a later time.
*Dates subject to change