Our representative has arrived at the venue of EPICENTER 2018, where the action will kick off today with the Wild Card Qualifier.

EPICENTER 2018 features a $300,000 prize pool and eight teams at the main event, but currently, only six are decided, with the likes of Liquid, Natus Vincere and FaZe on the list. The last two main tournament participants will be decided through the Wild Card Qualifier which starts today.

The EPICENTER trophy from 2017, which was lifted by SK

Currently, HLTV.org's crew at the event consists of one person, our interviewer Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin, with the arrival of our photographer, Radoslaw "makku" Makuch, depending on his visa approval.

If you want to know more about the tournament, be sure to check out the key storylines of the event—as outlined by Lucas Aznar Miles—, and follow HLTV.org on Twitter and Instagram for timely updates from the event.

Liquid #2 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken FaZe #6 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov