The BLAST Spring Showdown online tournament with a prize pool of $135,000 starts tomorrow, March 6th. Sixteen of the best Counter-Strike teams will compete for the right to compete in the BLAST Premier Spring finals, which will be held in London.

Although the tournament will not be held in a LAN format, online battles promise to be no less intense. Fans can see the confrontations between such giants as Cloud9, Heroic and Ninjas in Pajamas with the rising stars Rare Atom.

In the first match of the tournament, Cloud9 will face Rare Atom. Both teams will be determined to win. Cloud9, with their star-studded lineup, is the favorite, but Rare Atom, buoyed by their recent qualifying success, should not be underestimated.

With high stakes and top players, the BLAST Spring Showdown promises to be an exciting prelude to the Spring Finals.