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Competitive tournaments
Cash-prize events run end to end - registration, seeding, brackets and payouts. Heatwave 2026 put $3,000 on the line across 16 teams.
Esports venue · Lebanon
Respawn Gaming Lounge
A gaming lounge and esports venue in Lebanon - open play on serious hardware, and the stage where the country's biggest tournaments finals get played in front of a crowd.
Community open$3,000 paid out16 teams hosted
Counter-Strike 2$3,000 prize poolLive on-stage finals5v5 double eliminationFaceit qualifiersEsports in Lebanon16 teamsRespawn Gaming LoungeCounter-Strike 2$3,000 prize poolLive on-stage finals5v5 double eliminationFaceit qualifiersEsports in Lebanon16 teamsRespawn Gaming Lounge
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Track record
What we've put on
$3,000
Prize pool paid
16
Teams entered
80
Players on server
1
Champion crowned
Figures from RESPAWN HEATWAVE 2026 · August 10, 2026 - 6:00 PM.
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The arena
More than a room full of PCs
Respawn Gaming Lounge runs the competitive end of Lebanese gaming - brackets that pay out, finals with an audience, and a community that shows up for both.
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Live esports arena
Semifinals and grand finals are played on stage at the lounge, in front of a crowd - not just another lobby on the internet.
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Online + LAN hybrid
Group stages run online on Faceit so anyone in the country can enter, then the surviving teams come to the venue for the finish.
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A scene, not a queue
A Discord full of players, teams and admins - where rosters get built, matches get scheduled and the next event gets announced first.
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Tournaments
The events
Next event not announced yet - the Discord hears first.
Lose the round.
Respawn. Run it back.
Every bracket has one winner and fifteen teams that come back sharper. That is the whole point of the name - and of the room.
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Get in touch
Find the lounge
Ready for the next one?
Look at what Heatwave 2026 paid out, then get in the Discord so you hear about the next bracket before it fills.