Liquid, eLevate to FACEIT Finals

10-4-2015 00:04

Team Liquid and eLevate have qualified for the FACEIT Finals after finishing in the top two places in the North American division.

There was no shortage of surprises in the North American FACEIT League division as neither Cloud9 nor CLG - the two teams that made it to ESL One Katowice - were able to break into the top two.

eLevate have confirmed that their victory in the Alienware Area 51 Cup last month was no fluke as they topped the league table on 24 points, the same as Team Liquid, with the head-to-head advantage going to Tyler "⁠Storm⁠" Wood's side.

adreN's Team Liquid qualify for the global FACEIT League finals

These results could be used as evidence that Liquid made the right move to replace Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic with Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski following a series of mixed results in domestic and foreign tournaments. Despite losing one of their key players, eLevate quickly found a replacement in the shape of Derek "⁠desi⁠" Branchen and have so far managed to stay on track.

The list of participants for the FACEIT League finals currently looks as follows:

Immunity

Team Liquid

eLevate

nice

2015-04-10 00:05

evelate with hikooo <3

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Hiko won't be at FaceIt unless they need another sub

2015-04-10 00:26

Elevate broke hiko's back from carrying them so hard so he cannot attend finals as a part of their team

2015-04-10 01:42

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2015-04-10 03:32

go elige <3

2015-04-10 00:06

2015-04-10 00:08

its crazy how even the NA scene has become without iBP. I still think c9 is by far the best at playing international competition, but they definitely have their struggles within NA.

2015-04-10 00:09

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No other NA team has really had the chance multiple times like c9 with this and the next esea lan we should see how far NA has come

2015-04-10 00:16

Yeah definitely, earlier it was only iBP vs C9/coL. then LunatiK(LtK->Denial->Liquid) came up, Exertus(Xrt->eLevate) showed up, and NCG(ncg->mspaz->clg) were also displaying their power now these 4 teams are probably the top4 in NA right now.

2015-04-10 03:30

too easy for eu

2015-04-10 00:11

NA is bad !!!

2015-04-10 00:14

ur bad, benedict arnold

2015-04-10 00:15

rip c9, thats so bad for them

"CLG can win Katowice" <- Hazed

NiP already qualified too.. update the list

2015-04-10 00:21

NA and AU leagues are over,hence they have mentioned "qualified", EU league is still on.

2015-04-10 08:03

C9 not even top 2 NA LOL

ez for Immunity

2015-04-10 00:31

lolno

2015-04-10 02:00

No Cloud9, no CLG? The league is a joke.

2015-04-10 00:55

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Considering that each team has beaten each other at least once or twice, it's not surprising. There's really no top NA team right now; it's really scrambled across eLevate, Liquid, CLG, and C9.

2015-04-10 01:11

good job brickhead, take a look at the league's standings

Actually he's right. Yes standings are what they are but I think he's saying they are all pretty much on the same level.

2015-04-10 06:04

"My team is the best even if they lost to those other teams more often"

2015-04-10 07:38

Tbh eLevate is the best team NA right now

2015-04-10 20:20

*eLevate with Hiko

2015-04-10 21:02

compare these teams to upcoming europeans xd

top T2 eu > top na sad but true

2015-04-10 01:13

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nah. the top na teams are pretty much the tier 2 of europe skillwise. they would win and loss a respectable amount if they just played tier 2 european teams like cph, mouz, gamers2, navi, new ldlc, lgb, etc. they can surprise tier 1 teams too but i wouldn't put a lot of money on it that they consistently do it.

2015-04-10 03:42

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navi t2? r u srs?

2015-04-10 03:50

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american teams can beat navi. they are tier 2.

2015-04-11 02:09

iBP beat LDLC they #2 world now?

2015-04-11 03:26

nah. like i said before, they can surprise top teams. also ibuypower was all of NA's best talent. ibuypower would go on to become a tier 1 team if they didnt fix that dumb match and kept training. they were way better than the rest of NA teams.

2015-04-11 05:08

Also, what NA team has beaten Na'vi in recent times?

2015-04-11 06:25

add fnatic to tier 2

2015-04-10 03:52

navi is tier 1.5

2015-04-10 07:05

lets see if roca is still onliner af

2015-04-10 01:16

No CLG no party.

2015-04-10 01:28

LMAO! where is c9 and clg, the only murican teams on majors? :D

2015-04-10 03:51

CLG and c9 must be sleepin on the lower tier domestic teams

2015-04-10 03:56

what about dates/location of the event?

2015-04-10 04:05

hasn't been said yet by FaceIt themselves, but adreN said it'll be on May 1st-ish in London.

2015-04-10 21:15

cool thanks

2015-04-11 00:53

Wasn't c9 crying about how there's no competition in the NA scene, with that being why they can't progress? Well here you go, don't even qualify for an international lan with 2 NA spots. First the bootcampo excuses, then the excuses of having no competition, both failing

2015-04-10 04:08

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They went down when Hiko left. Shahzam is very overrated. sG@res, n0thing and Semphis are good players but just so inconsistent. They like need a kick start to get going and that was always Hiko. Now they have nothing to get them going. Only bright spot is Shroud. Just glad he is getting good XP cuz he really could be top 3 player NA. I really want them to be good but they just aren't. They need to scrap it. NA needs to make 1 great team when swag is back and Hiko and Ska choose a team. To compete with EU NA is gonna need a team like: Hiko Ska Swag Shroud/Roca/AZK/tarik/nitr0/

2015-04-10 06:12

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Hiko, Swag, Skadoodle, Shroud, AdreN(IGL) would be sick

2015-04-10 06:57

I don't think AdreN wants to play on a high international level. At least that's why he left iBP to begin with.

2015-04-10 07:01

that wasn't when he was not working full time with CS? He is now.

2015-04-10 07:07

He left his job to start playing cs competitively again in january/february I think, there's a video on his youtube channel where he says it :)

2015-04-10 14:34

he wouldn't have joined liquid if that was the case. he quit back before all the big sponsors joined, signing for liquid was massive, so he quit his tech support job.

2015-04-11 00:54

Lol, everybody gives shahzam shit, he isn't even close to mildly overrated. He's just bad :^)

2015-04-10 09:10

I would agree with you. I would like to think he isn't overrated. But so many people think he, m0E and summ1t are so good. Don't get me wrong they are good players. But not close to elite professional level.

2015-04-10 09:47

Dream stream team looks good in ESEA pugs, fanboys get excited. Pretty sure that everybody in EU knows that shahzam is shit.

2015-04-10 09:56

You're right about C9. I'd add that they don't play as a team well. Sgares is actually an intelligent igl, probably the best remaining one NA (which isn't saying much), but he isn't forceful, and Semphis/n0thing/Shahzam seem to play as individuals and not let him call the shots, especially CT side. So a competitive NA team would not only have consistent players, but players committed to playing as a cohesive unit, and who fit each other well. With this in mind, if all contracts were off today, I think this list would work a bit better: Sgares--igl and acceptable supportive player Hiko--lurker, NA's most reliable teammate EliGE/hazed--entry fragger, passionate and aggressive about their art Ska/ptr--AWPer Shroud--main fragger and off-site CT carry My one worry with such a lineup would be how well they would communicate. Ska is by far best sniper NA, but ptr has much better comms. Hiko's even keel would play a major role in creating a cohesive unit. Of course, something like this isn't happening any time soon...

2015-04-10 22:24

Pretty sure NiP has sealed a spot too

2015-04-10 06:45

Summit, weed, moe, timthesomething and one more na streamer and we have new na top1

2015-04-10 09:01

shroud :^)

2015-04-10 09:11

Good for the NA boys. Hope they pull off some upsets!

2015-04-10 16:20

Two up-and-coming NA teams. Lots of skilled aimers and emerging entry fraggers up in this, but both teams need to hone their teamwork and shot-calling. Can't wait to see how roca, EliGE, Nitr0, and company perform offline.

2015-04-10 22:06