The Counter-Strike competition at HadeLAN 2011 is ready to kick off as the organizers have just announced the bracket format.

The Norwegian event, which commenced Friday evening, is now ready to kick off the grand tournament. A total of 12 teams are in the pool, in which a total of €2,850 is being fought for.

The tournament will be played out in a best-of-one, double-elimination manner. You can watch how the teams progress by checking out our coverage section.

The tournament's opening rounds will, however, not feature HLTV as it seems lile the event is experiencing some network difficulties. This does not allow us to broadcast.

However, the word is that the organizers are working around the clock in order to solve the problem. For now we can only hope it will resolve and that HLTVs will be available tomorrow.

* Update - Seems like HLTV is getting through, we are looking into whether it is stable or not