How GoBLAM CS2 tournaments work
Learn the rules, choose a tournament, and get ready to play CS2—with your phone as a live companion.
Your play client
How a GoBLAM tournament works
Enter individually and compete for published prizes. Your score adjusts to player skill, and prizes can go to several finishers.
Both modes
Who you kill matters.
Beating an opponent with a higher GoBLAM rating earns more points. A lower-rated opponent is worth fewer points. Your rating updates after every kill and death.
Scoring and elimination
Our usual mode
Creeping Death
Start at zero and build your score. Kills and round wins earn points; deaths don’t cost points. Scheduled cuts remove the lowest scores.
Occasional tournaments
Go for Broke
Everyone starts with the same points. Kills and round wins add points; deaths and round costs take points away. Round costs can rise. At zero points or fewer after a round, you’re eliminated.
Before you enter, check Scoring mode in the tournament page’s Match briefing for that event’s rules.
Ready to put the rules into practice?
Choose a role for your skill level, help your team win rounds and build your own score.
Read the strategy guideTickets and prizes
Silver, Gold and Cash Tournaments
Silver Tournaments award Silver Tickets; Gold Tournaments award Golden Tickets; Cash Tournaments award cash. The prize determines the type, regardless of entry fee. Start in free Silver Tournaments, use your Silver Tickets to enter Gold Tournaments, then use your Golden Tickets to enter Cash Tournaments. Promotional Gold or Cash Tournaments can also be free. Check each event’s entry requirements.
Ticket Bundles vs Prize Payouts
Ticket Bundles buy Silver Tickets where available. Tickets are credits for entering tournaments, not cash. Cash prizes won in Cash Tournaments sit in your prize balance; request a Prize Payout to transfer them to your bank account. Golden Tickets can only be won, never bought.
Published prize pools
Each contest publishes its prize pool, payout band, and award type before entry. Those numbers lock when the contest opens. GoBLAM funds the prize pool. Entry tickets buy a seat; they do not fill the pool. If a contest does not meet its minimum field, it does not run and entry tickets are returned.
Run the match-day check
Use this once you have already entered. It is about the join path, not repeating account setup.
Keep the live tournament page open before the scheduled start.
Make sure your CS2 client or GeForce NOW app is up to date.
Steam: use Launch in Steam when your assigned server appears.
Phone companion: scan the QR code for quick access, or use the Home Screen app for full-screen repeat use.
Stay signed in with the GoBLAM account that entered the tournament.
Keep your play device ready; the server card can appear close to start time.
Steam
Join from Steam on PC
The Steam launch button is the normal path. GoBLAM uses a Steam deep link so CS2 can open and connect to the assigned server without a manual console step.
Open the live tournament page before the start time.
When your server appears, choose Launch in Steam.
Accept the browser or Steam prompt if one appears.
CS2 opens and connects to your assigned GoBLAM server.
Second screen
Use your phone as live companion
Your phone is for live data and tournament actions. Use the QR code for the fastest match-time view, or the Home Screen app when you want full-screen repeat use.
Fast QR path: scan the live page QR code to open the current tournament view quickly on your phone.
Saved app path: on iPhone, open GoBLAM in Safari, tap Share, choose Add to Home Screen, keep Open as Web App on, then tap Add.
Launch GoBLAM from the Home Screen when you want the full-screen companion. iOS will still open future QR scans in Safari.
Sign in if asked, then open the live tournament page and tap Start companion.
Use the phone for live standings, score changes, restore windows, and extra-life status while CS2 runs on your play device.
QR companion
Best at match time: it opens the current live view from desktop on your phone. On iPhone Safari, portrait usually leaves more usable space.
Home Screen app
Best for repeat use: it removes Safari controls and launches from the icon. On Android or the Home Screen app, rotate to landscape for the widest companion view.
Use the live page as your tournament dashboard
GoBLAM is more fun when you follow the tournament while you play. Keep the desktop live page or phone companion open so rank, balance, rating movement, graphs, and actions are part of the match.
Leaderboard
Track your rank, nearby contestants, and how many people are still active.
Balance
Your in-game score, separate from your ticket wallet. Watch your points, rank and elimination status on the live page.
Rating
Rating changes show momentum as kills, rounds, and eliminations move the field.
Rank & rating graph
See your run over time instead of guessing from one number after a busy round.
Live feed
Use the feed to understand why the board moved and what just happened in the tournament.
Actions
Check Top Up and extra-life availability when the tournament offers them. These optional actions depend on the event configuration; read their costs and rules before buying.
Keep the desktop live page open on a second monitor, laptop, or browser window when you can.
If CS2 is full screen, use the phone companion and swipe between You, Leaderboard, Level, Rank graph, Teams, and Connection.
Check rank, balance, and action availability between rounds; that is where the tournament pressure becomes visible.
Ready to enter?
Pick an open tournament and keep this guide nearby before match time.
Explore completed tournaments, final standings and player profiles.
See past tournament resultsOpen a player’s public profile from the rating leaderboard to see their recent results.
Compare CS2 player ratings