About · Generation NSTLGA · Est. 2025
About NSTLGA
Mission
Reviving the golden era of North American competitive gaming, through unforgettable, nostalgic LAN events.
NSTLGA started with one LAN in Seattle in August 2025.
Chapter One
Seattle
AUG 16–17, 2025 · GameWorks Seattle
GameWorks Seattle, August 2025.
AUG 16, 2025 · Day one · GameWorks Seattle
The first NSTLGA LAN: eight teams and $5,000 at GameWorks Seattle, free to watch.
Overnight
Technical trouble at the venue moved day two to Contender Esports in Lacey.
AUG 17, 2025 · Day two · Contender Esports
BHOP won it without dropping a map: 2–0 over Neon Lights in the final.
BHOP2–0Neon Lights
- Nuke: BHOP beat Neon Lights 13–5
- Dust2: BHOP beat Neon Lights 13–7
- Teams
- 8
- Prize pool
- $5,000
- Team pass
- $400
- To watch
- Free
Qualifier · VitaPLUR won the online qualifier and a paid team pass
Chapter Two
Lacey
Contender Esports · Lacey, WA
LACEY CUP
One day in Lacey.
SEP 27, 2025 · Contender Esports
A one-day LAN that sold out at six teams. The prize pool went up from $1,500 to $2,000.
Final
Colin's Autoexec beat Team Ukraine 2–1.
Colin's Autoexec2–1Team Ukraine
- Dust2: Colin's Autoexec beat Team Ukraine 13–6
- Inferno: Team Ukraine beat Colin's Autoexec 13–11
- Mirage: Colin's Autoexec beat Team Ukraine 13–7
- Teams
- 6
- Prize pool
- $2,000
- Team pass
- $300
- To watch
- Free
VRS coverage is something that is determined by the number of VRS teams in attendance, which we sadly didn't have.
LACEY CUP 2
Back to Lacey, best of five.
NOV 15–16, 2025 · Contender Esports
The prize pool went from an announced $4,000 to $5,000.
Final
Reign Above beat #DMFORSLUGY 3–1 in a best-of-five final.
Returning players
Reign Above's roster included swayu, colin and Jester: three of the five who won Seattle as BHOP.
Reign Above3–1#DMFORSLUGY
- Dust2: Reign Above beat #DMFORSLUGY 16–12
- Ancient: #DMFORSLUGY beat Reign Above 13–10
- Mirage: Reign Above beat #DMFORSLUGY 13–9
- Nuke: Reign Above beat #DMFORSLUGY 13–5
- Teams
- 6
- Prize pool
- $5,000
- Team pass
- $350
- Final
- Best of five
Chapter Three
Washington Open
MAR 20–22, 2026 · Beat Drop, Lacey
Spectator finals on stage at Beat Drop.
MAR 20–22, 2026 · Finals day at Beat Drop Kitchen and Event Center; groups and semifinals at Contender Esports
Paid spectator finals on a full stage at Beat Drop. A $25 finals ticket admitted two.
Format
Eight teams in two groups, then Bo3 single elimination, with a 3rd-place decider on stage.
Final
Voca took their first LAN trophy 2–0 over Imperial Esports from Brazil, with Mirage going to overtime.
Voca2–0Imperial Esports
- Dust2: Voca beat Imperial Esports 13–4
- Mirage: Voca beat Imperial Esports 16–13
- 1stVoca
- 2ndImperial Esports
- 3rdDucky Momo Squad
- 4thWest Coast Grinders
- Teams
- 8
- Prize pool
- $5,000
- First place
- $2,500
- Finals ticket
- $25
Chapter Four
Texas
The 2026 NA CS2 Circuit · San Antonio, TX
Halloween weekend in San Antonio.
FIRST, THE LEAGUES
Sold out in fifteen minutes.
MAY 7 – JUN 14, 2026 · Online
NSTLGA's first online league. Thirty-two slots sold out in fifteen minutes, so the league doubled to 64. Fifty-six teams started in the Ruby and Sapphire conferences and Marsborne finished it 2–0 over Iowa Stormboar.
- Dust2: Marsborne beat Iowa Stormboar 13–9
- Anubis: Marsborne beat Iowa Stormboar 13–9
A best-of-five final for $5,000.
AUG 3 – SEP 13, 2026 · Online · Circuit stop 01
Sixty-four slots, a Swiss stage and a best-of-five final. SportsBetExpert came back from 1–2 down against Stewie2K's Without a Roof and closed it out on Cache for $5,000, the biggest first prize NSTLGA had paid.
Gage "Infinite" Green's second NSTLGA title of 2026
SportsBetExpert3–2Without a Roof
- Dust2: SportsBetExpert beat Without a Roof 13–7
- Nuke: Without a Roof beat SportsBetExpert 13–4
- Inferno: Without a Roof beat SportsBetExpert 13–11
- Mirage: SportsBetExpert beat Without a Roof 13–1
- Cache: SportsBetExpert beat Without a Roof 13–4
The 2026 NA CS2 Circuit
$40,000
2026 circuit prize money
Four stops plus the $5,000 Crown Prize Pool
Finish the season 1st with 25 or more circuit points and you steal the crown, and the whole $5,000 Crown Prize Pool with it.
THEN, TEXAS
The biggest NSTLGA LAN yet.
OCT 30 – NOV 1, 2026 · Tech Port Esports, San Antonio, TX
Three days at Tech Port Esports in San Antonio on Halloween weekend. No invites and no qualifiers: the first 24 teams to register are in, and the prize pool grows with every six.
Spectating · Warmup
- Teams
- Up to 24
- Prize pool
- $3,750 → $15,000
- Team pass
- $800
- Final
- Best of five
Special thanks
Partners
Online platform for the Emerald Cup
Official CS2 esports data partner
LAN only · 04 venues
Event venues
| Servers | Location | History | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|
| GameWorks SeattleSeattle, WASeattle Open 2025, day one | Seattle, WA | Seattle Open 2025, day one | LAN |
| Contender EsportsLacey, WASeattle Open day two, Lacey Cups 1 and 2 | Lacey, WA | Seattle Open day two, Lacey Cups 1 and 2 | LAN |
| Beat Drop Kitchen and Event CenterLacey, WAWashington Open 2026 | Lacey, WA | Washington Open 2026 | LAN |
| Tech Port EsportsSan Antonio, TXTexas Open LAN 2026 | San Antonio, TX | Texas Open LAN 2026 | Next |