Starting this Friday, the ESEA LAN Playoffs and Finals for season 8 kicks off in Dallas, Texas. ESEA has released the official schedule for the event below.
| Item | Start Time (CST) | Description |
| Sign-on | 5:00pm | Sign-on, introduction, and Day 1 preview |
| UR 1 – 1 (CS 1.6) | 6:00pm | CS 1.6 – Blight vs. Area51 |
| UR 1 – 2 (CS 1.6) | 8:30pm | CS 1.6 – UMX vs. DINC |
| Sign-off | 10:30pm | Day 2 preview and sign-off |
| Item | Start Time (CST) | Description |
| Sign-on | 10:00am | Sign-on, introduction, and Day 2 preview |
| UR 2 – 1 (CS 1.6) | 10:30am | CS 1.6 – Backfire vs. Winner of Blight/Area51 |
| UR 1 – 2 (CS:S) | 1:00pm | CS:S – x6 vs. SU |
| Community Q&A | 3:00pm | lpkane & Torbull take questions |
| LR 1 (TF2) | 4:00pm | TF2 – Losers of x6 / Blight vs. eMg / coL |
| UR 2 (CS:S) | 6:30pm | CS:S – Winners of Dynamic/Lions vs. SU/x6 |
| UR 3 (CS 1.6) | 9:00pm | CS 1.6 – TBD match-up |
| Sign-off | 11:00pm | Day 3 preview and sign-off |
| Item | Start Time (CST) | Description |
| Sign-on | 9:30am | Sign-on, introduction, and Day 3 preview |
| Finals (CS:S) | 10:00am | CS:S Grand Finals |
| Finals (CS 1.6) | 12:30pm | CS 1.6 Grand Finals |
| Sign-off | 2:30pm | LAN recap and sign-off |
The event will be streamed on ESEA.net, ESEANews.com and via Justin.tv, which can be found below.