Everything you need to know about the DreamHack Knockout Atlanta BYOC as day one kicks off!

The DreamHack Knockout Atlanta BYOC LAN kicks off today, and with a number of top NA teams in attendance, a $10,000 prizepool, and a spot at ESL Pro League Season 23 up for grabs, NA CS should closely following the proceedings at one of North America's final LANs of 2025. However, unlike most ESL events there is not an official stream and HLTV will not be covering day one of the event.

As such, Dust2.us has compiled a guide on how to follow the event while we are also excited to announce that Dust2.us' Jeffrey "Mnmzzz" Moore will be heading to Atlanta to cover the event live with our usual interviews, video content, and reactions!

Teams

With registration closing last night, the final team list for the DreamHack Knockout Atlanta BYOC is as follows:

Format

The format for the DreamHack Knockout Atlanta BYOC features sees the fourteen teams in attendance divided into two double-elimination group stages which will qualify four teams each to playoffs. From there, teams will compete in a single-elimination Bo3 playoffs which will culminate in a Bo3 Finals.

An overview of the event may be found here.

Brackets

The event will also utilize three brackets on FACEIT to track teams progress at the event. The three FACEIT links are as follows:

• Group A: FACEIT Link

• Group B: FACEIT Link

• Playoffs: FACEIT Link

Broadcasts

As previously mentioned, DreamHack Knockout Atlanta will not have an official broadcast. Fortunately, there will be two community streams (and potentially more remote streams) provided by Trottah and Ic3-Man. We have confirmed Ic3-Man will be streaming day one while it appears Trottah is starting his stream on day two.

Their Twitch accounts can be found below!

Coverage

As we previously mentioned Dust2.us will be on-site starting tomorrow to cover the event. Hope to see you there!