Skadoodle to CEVO with eLevate

11-4-2015 23:48

Former iBUYPOWER member Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham will attend the CEVO-P S6 finals with eLevate, Spencer "Hiko" Martin has revealed.

Two weeks ago, Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin announced on Twitter that he would be playing with eLevate at the CEVO season finals as a replacement for Tyler "⁠Storm⁠" Wood, who is unable to attend the event.

The former Cloud9 member has now revealed a last-minute change to eLevate's line-up for the event as Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham will be filling in for David "⁠Xp3⁠" Garrido.

Skadoodle, one of the most talented AWPers in North America right now, has been a free agent since the betting scandal that involved his former team, iBUYPOWER.

Skadoodle to play for eLevate in Ohio

Seven people, including four iBP players, were banned from participating in all Valve-sponsored events for their involvement in a betting ring, with Skadoodle escaping a suspension as, in the words of Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes, "he was the only one with enough integrity to not accept any skins."

Shortly after the scandal broke out, he played for Torqued at Clutch Con, helping the team to secure a top-eight finish in the tournament.

Hiko and Skadoodle are widely expected to stick together and either join a pre-existing team or create their own as they look to attend the upcoming major event, ESL One Cologne.

In eLevate, the duo will find some of the most in-form players in North America right now, with the team having recently won the Alienware Area 51 Cup and qualified for the FACEIT global finals.

eLevate will face CLG in the semi-finals of the CEVO event, which will take place from April 13-15 at the MLG.tv arena in Columbus, Ohio. The team's lineup for the event is:

William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba
Daniel "⁠roca⁠" Gustaferri
Derek "⁠desi⁠" Branchen
Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin (stand-in)
Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham (stand-in)

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2015-04-11 23:48

6 replies

GG EZ

2015-04-11 23:58

who to what?

2015-04-12 00:43

4 replies

To everyone

2015-04-12 01:04

3 replies

-skadoodle + mOE Best line-up NA Stomp EU scene no problem

2015-04-12 05:35

2 replies

nt moe

2015-04-12 05:47

nice fake account mOE .. noobshit .. you are the worst competitive player I have seen .. such temperament .. such language .. just learn to control yourself before you play the game .. noob

2015-04-13 21:11

thats the f***ing dream team right there!!! the hype is real

2015-04-11 23:49

Replace RUSH with someone like n0thing or shroud or tarik and you're all good!

2015-04-12 01:49

would like nitr0 to be in there aswell

2015-04-12 07:41

tarik? rofl. just because he got popular on twitch, every pleb nigger thinks he's good. He's utter shit, and doesn't belong on CLG.

2015-04-12 23:22

nt steel

2015-04-13 19:25

Er du retarda? Stats sier ingenting til deg? Gå og legg deg

2015-04-14 14:49

Nahhh it's not.

2015-04-12 18:20

i read your name "stand-in" lol

2015-04-12 01:30

1 reply

I forgive you :D

2015-04-12 01:31

roca <3

dream team Kreygasm

2015-04-11 23:50

ez ibp

2015-04-11 23:51

Who will call? Storm/Xp3 out and desi sucks calling and we all know it.

2015-04-11 23:52

5 replies

rocas calling

since when?

2015-04-12 00:41

He is. deejaro said so.

2015-04-12 01:52

HLTV confirmed

2015-04-12 02:01

he confirmed it on esea forums, hes been calling in xp3's absense from league matches as well

2015-04-12 02:03

Holy shit that team. Desi + skadoodle + hiko will break everyone else.

7 replies

Don't forget roca... That guy is a fucking monster

2015-04-12 01:21

2015-04-12 03:49

Replace RUSH with n0thing/shroud/tarik and you're set. Sorry but RUSH isn't that good on LAN, shrug.

2015-04-12 04:11

n0thing may have a good skill, but his incosistency just blows him out in comparison with shroud or tarik. i would personally go with shroud and if possible -> -roca +tarik. roca may be good, but tarik has the finest aim in NA and can have a bigger impact overall.

2015-04-12 05:34

tarik finest aim na kek roca aim > tarik aim Tarik might be a better player overall (still very debatable) because he can awp well sometimes and might have better gamesense, but roca aim when roca is playing normal is waaaay better than tariks

2015-04-16 17:13

Desi is the worst player in this team.

2015-04-12 18:16

roca and RUSH are not better than him

2015-04-13 17:56

progress

2015-04-11 23:53

aw yiss

Ez for ptr

now all they need is nitr0 and adreN and it will be a team of 5 ex-ibp members

2015-04-11 23:55

ez for hikolevate

2015-04-11 23:57

wat

top 1 NA :D

overrated.

2015-04-12 00:00

I don't think so cause I just got a boner.

2015-04-12 11:53

That is a nice lineup now :D

Good lineup for what you could get out of NA atm.

2015-04-12 00:01

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*best

2015-04-12 00:05

Best= -rush +nitr0/elige

2015-04-12 00:23

Kappa right?

nitr0's a better player than Rush.

2015-04-12 01:55

offline maybe but they need rush to qualify online for lans

2015-04-12 18:11

nitr0 has played perfectly well on LAN. To a better standard than RUSH, that's for sure.

2015-04-12 19:05

NVM get what you're saying and can't edit it... But nitr0 is better than RUSH online too.

2015-04-12 19:17

Well, I don't really agree. The team doesn't have a solid caller right now. That will most likely play in to how well this team does at the finals.

2015-04-12 01:57

ez winerino

roca, hiko, desi, ska me likey

2015-04-12 00:02

rip igl

2015-04-12 00:03

great !! go skaaa

GREAT

2015-04-12 00:07

Top 1 NA easy

TOP1 Barack Obama Confirms!!

You know a scene is dead when you start to think this lineup is a dreamteam.

2015-04-12 00:08

It's dead for another 9 months assuming the rest of the iBP lineup gets unbanned after a year. This may be the "dreamteam" of what is left.

2015-04-12 00:12

NA dreamteam would probably be Hiko Skadoodle Nitro Roca Elige And if NA gets a good IGL -Roca/Elige

2015-04-12 02:31

Roca elige skadoodle hiko desi

2015-04-12 00:11

would be sick

2015-04-12 00:13

Hiko Skadoodle n0thing elige Shroud Shroud/n0thing could give the calls ezly

2015-04-12 18:15

-rush +naf-fly

wow people still hyped about NA scene ayyyyyyyyyy

DaZed has to be pleased.

Holy is this what Hiko meant with "I fully intend to still play pro and have been working on a lineup for the past two months" This could be the new lineup his working on?!?!!?.

2015-04-12 00:17

eLevate top1 NA.. ELiGE when he saw this: "fff..... fuck me sideways."

Not really Liquid prob pays better

2015-04-12 00:24

well yeah thats true but I'd like to think that a young player like elige would like to be in the better team of the two.

2015-04-12 01:12

didnt let me edit for some reason but.. also I'm pretty sure that team like this is gonna attract some new organization just like c9 liquid or tsm, from those that havent been into cs:go yet.

2015-04-12 01:13

tarik and ptr too

2015-04-12 05:13

ROFL omg its Hiko + ska + 3 standins

2015-04-12 00:18

2015-04-12 00:57

I fucking called this months ago! I said hiko and ska replace storm and xp3

Hope they are doing good. Would be lovely to see hiko and ska in action!

2015-04-12 00:27

wondering how he performs after awp update

watch his stream he is still #1

2015-04-12 00:58

GG WP ez pz

2015-04-12 00:28

Will be fun to see them play, hope they play good. #NAcomeback

2015-04-12 00:29

Dream team. hope they can have a good IGN.

2015-04-12 00:33

Beautiful. What eLevate might lack at CEVO finals being without their IGL and one of their better players, Hiko and Ska will definitely make up for. Can't wait to see them play!

desi is igl

2015-04-12 01:27

Roca is calling.

2015-04-12 02:23

rip every other team in this cevo lan

2015-04-12 00:38

This team is basically my current NA dream team

2015-04-12 01:15

that team is sick. rush and roca, on a good day, can destroy a team by themselves. desi is also a very good player. I will think if they go far @cevo, they will join elevate, maybe end up as EG??????? who knows. At least I get to see my fav player, skadoodle, play again :D

2015-04-12 01:16

Elevate,plsssssss continue this lineup after the finals!

2015-04-12 01:19

CLG beat iBuyPower with Hiko so this should still be ez for them.

2015-04-12 01:20

I really wouldn go by online games.

2015-04-12 01:53

gg elevate will win cevo finals

Elevate will win CEVO ez

2015-04-12 01:25

Nobody left from the original line up basically

2015-04-12 01:46

this is such a sick lineup

2015-04-12 01:48

any reason why xp3 doesnt play or was he just replaced?

couldn`t get a visa. at least that's the statement

2015-04-12 02:05

eLevate is going to win for sure...

2015-04-12 02:10

ITS HAPPENING

2015-04-12 02:11

so they are making a last minute dream team

2015-04-12 02:14

2015-04-12 02:33

SKA-DOOOOOOOOOODLEEEEEE! If it works for this event, please let this become a real team...

2015-04-12 03:45

Im wooting that Skadoodle is back in action, but I'm quite scared about the results. He's very accustomed to scoping in while he's moving since that's what he always does during CS:GO and AVA. I hope his career isn't over after the awp nerf update.

2015-04-12 04:14

IGL = Desi Keepo

2015-04-12 05:27

this line up will be insane

2015-04-12 05:29

I'll be surprised if this doesn't turn out to be there future lineup. Solid team.

StandinLevate

2015-04-12 06:31

StandiLevate

2015-04-12 12:14

Finally Ska is back in the saddle. My favorite CS player.

2015-04-12 06:34

this current lineup of elevate looks too good. Mix of younger players+experienced players.

2015-04-12 06:36

[*] Elige

2015-04-12 06:38

lets goooo

2015-04-12 07:05

lol best NA team is now made

2015-04-12 07:19

eh..maybe i hope rush, roca, desi doesnt choke on lan i heard summit 40bombed them on lan

2015-04-12 07:24

wow....they really wanna win this lan.

2015-04-12 07:25

Roca, desi, hiko, Ska. If RUSH steps up a bit, that's a lineup able to kick some asses on NA. But I don't see eLevate replacing Xp3 and Storm atm.

2015-04-12 07:40

Yea go NABOYS

2015-04-12 07:42

"unable to attend" more like payed off so he shuts up and pretends to be sick

2015-04-12 07:43

lulz

2015-04-12 07:46

ez win... best team of american.

2015-04-12 07:47

-RUSH +nitr0 and you have Hiko's secret team...

2015-04-12 07:57

NA's BEST HOPE

2015-04-12 09:06

desi, skadoodle, nitro, hiko, shroud...best NA.

2015-04-12 09:24

AZK, Steel, Skadoodle, Hiko, Swag with Dazed as the coach gg.

2015-04-12 10:28

That is iBP with Hiko instead of Dazed which got banned which they deserved..

2015-04-12 19:08

how is this even allowed?

2015-04-12 09:25

People are overhyping him too much. Has anyone thought about whether or not he has even adapted to the AWP Nerf? From what I saw on the first clip, he liked to move while scoped in, that's how he got a lot of aggressive awp kills. With the Nerf and his absence from CS go since the scandal, I find it hard to believe he will perform as well as he did back then with IBP.

2015-04-12 09:45

+1. ska made his name from his aggressive awp style. I dont think that he is the same player anymore. This awp tweak might "buff" 1.6 awpers like sgares(even though he didnt awp too much in 1.6)

2015-04-12 20:57

now -rush +steel easy =D

2015-04-12 10:06

new top1 na

2015-04-12 10:14

EZ Murica

2015-04-12 10:22

Ska best awp NA

2015-04-12 10:27

shroud to ELEVATE PLOX

Best

2015-04-12 10:48

new top murica team

2015-04-12 11:09

Skadoodle to save the motherfucking day yeah!

2015-04-12 11:28

Just add Ska and Hiko perma and remove RUSH and add n1tro, best na with hopes at euro tourneys

2015-04-12 12:06

Rush anchor

2015-04-12 15:54

Free Swag and let him join alongside nitr0 and we are all set! Lets fuckin go!!!

2015-04-12 16:39

Even with this setup they're good already and have good chances... i'd rather see skadoodle + hiko in c9 -shazam -sgares would be good sgares could maybe be coach

2015-04-12 18:13