The Call of Duty: Ghost MLG Winter Invitational begins

By Ryan Fleming Published January 20, 2014

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Tonight at 6pm EST, the Call of Duty: Ghosts Major League Gaming Winter Invitational begins, with eight of the world’s top teams competing for $5,000 as they practice for the upcoming MLG Championship qualifiers. The competition will continue for three weeks, and all games will be streamed on MLG.TV. Along with Ghosts, the StarCraft II competition will continue as well.

The invitational features eight of the top teams from around the world, including: CompLexity, Curse VL, Curse NY, Envy, FaZe, Optic Gaming, Strictly Business, and Team Kaliber.

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Each team plays a total of 14 matches, two against each team. The top four teams then advance to a single elimination bracket that begins on February 4. The Invitational is a tuneup for the qualifiers that lead into the MLG Championship in Anaheim, CA on June 20-22.

You can find the full broadcast schedule below:

Monday, January 20th

6:00 PM Strictly Business vs. Optic Gaming

7:30 PM Curse LV vs. compLexity

9:00 PM Optic Gaming vs. Curse LV

10:30 PM compLexity vs. Strictly Business

Tuesday, January 21st

6:00 PM Curse NY vs. Envy

7:30 PM FaZe vs. Kaliber

9:00 PM Envy vs. FaZe

10:30 PM Kaliber vs. Curse NY

Wednesday, January 22nd

6:00 PM Strictly Business vs. Envy

7:30 PM Optic Gaming vs. Curse NY

9:00 PM Curse NY vs. Strictly Business

10:30 PM Envy vs. Optic Gaming

Thursday, January 23rd

6:00 PM compLexity vs. Kaliber

7:30 PM Curse LV vs. FaZe

9:00 PM FaZe vs. compLexity

10:30 PM Kaliber vs. Curse LV

Friday, January 24th

6:00 PM Kaliber vs. Optic Gaming

7:30 PM FaZe vs. Strictly Business

9:00 PM Optic Gaming vs. FaZe

10:30 PM Strictly Business vs. Kaliber

Saturday, January 25th

12:00 PM Kaliber vs. FaZe

1:30 PM Curse LV vs. Curse NY

3:00 PM Optic Gaming vs. Strictly Business

4:30 PM compLexity vs. Envy

6:00 PM FaZe vs. Optic Gaming

6:00 PM Kaliber vs. Strictly Business

7:30 PM compLexity vs. Curse NY

7:30 PM Envy vs. Curse LV

9:00 PM Envy vs. Kaliber

9:00 PM Curse NY vs. FaZe

10:30 PM Optic Gaming vs. compLexity

10:30 PM Curse LV vs. Strictly Business

Monday, January 27th

6:00 PM compLexity vs. Curse LV

7:30 PM Envy vs. Curse NY

9:00 PM Curse NY vs. compLexity

10:30 PM Curse LV vs. Envy

Tuesday, January 28th

6:00 PM Curse LV vs. Optic Gaming

7:30 PM Envy vs. Strictly Business

9:00 PM Strictly Business vs. Curse LV

10:30 PM Optic Gaming vs. Envy

Wednesday, January 29th

6:00 PM FaZe vs. Curse NY

7:30 PM Kaliber vs. compLexity

9:00 PM Curse NY vs. Kaliber

10:30 PM compLexity vs. FaZe

Thursday, January 30th

6:00 PM Strictly Business vs. Curse NY

7:30 PM compLexity vs. Optic Gaming

9:00 PM Strictly Business vs. compLexity

10:30 PM Curse NY vs. Optic Gaming

Friday, January 31st

6:00 PM FaZe vs. Envy

7:30 PM Curse LV vs. Kaliber

9:00 PM Kaliber vs. Envy

10:30 PM FaZe vs. Curse LV

Monday, February 3rd

6:00 PM Envy vs. compLexity

7:30 PM Curse NY vs. Curse LV

9:00 PM Optic Gaming vs. Kaliber

10:30 PM Strictly Business vs. FaZe

Tuesday, February 4th

8:00 PM Semifinal #1

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