ESL Pro League Season 17 lighting studio roster announced

Tournament operator ESL has unveiled the line-up of the English-language lighting studio for the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 17. The event will feature many well-known faces who most recently put on a show in the Polish city of Katowice.

Interestingly, in their announcement, the organizers did not divide the lighting studio participants by roles, calling the upcoming championship a "family show".

Thus, the following persons will work at the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 17:

• ⁠SPUNJ⁠, Machine⁠, Dinko⁠, ⁠HenryG, Anders, ⁠moses⁠, ⁠JustHarry⁠, ⁠Hugo⁠, LucyLuce, ⁠Jacky, Maniac⁠, ⁠Mauisnake⁠, YNk⁠, stunna⁠, ⁠Freya⁠ Heccu.
  

Interestingly, there was no place on the list for kassad, who got into a scandal at the last IEM Katowice 2023 after criticizing the Evil Geniuses team. Despite the fact that the former 100 Thieves and Cloud9 coach continued to work at the event, ESL Pro League Season 17 will take place without his participation.

ESL Pro League Season 17 will take place from February 22 to March 26 in Malta. As part of the championship, 32 teams from the CIS, Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Oceania will compete for a total prize pool of $850,000, as well as a slot for the winner at IEM Cologne 2023.

Group A:

• Outsiders, G2 Esports, fnatic, Cloud9, IHC Esports, MIBR, Eternal Fire and Evil Geniuses

Group B:

• Movistar Riders, Heroic, BIG, SAW, MOUZ, Imperial Esports, FURIA and Complexity Gaming

Group C:

• FaZe Clan, Team Vitality, Ninjas in Pajamas, OG, Grayhound Gaming, Rooster, 00NATION and paiN Gaming

Group D:

• Natus Vincere, Team Liquid, Team Spirit, Astralis, forZe, ATK, ENCE and Rare Atom