Cloud9 win HTC Reborn Invitational

8-6-2015 17:38

Cloud9 take first place in the HTC Reborn Invitational, an online tournament for North American teams which featured $10,000 total.

The HTC Reborn Invitational was announced earlier last week and saw the Taiwanese telecommunications company HTC venture into the realm of hosting CS:GO tournaments, with this particular tournament offering $10,000 for eight invited North American region teams.

Quarter-finals action on Saturday, June 6 already put up some surprising results with Brazilian Keyd Stars (who are currently located in the Los Angeles metapolitan area) being upset by Arya "⁠arya⁠" Hekmat's affNity, as well as Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin's Nihilum falling to CLG early on.

seang@res and his men won out over their regional rivals this weekend

Both eventual grand finalists, Liquid and Cloud9, scraped out narrow victories in the semi-finals on Sunday, with Cloud9 in particular grinding out victories the whole tournament, with most maps being decided in their favour by three or four rounds.

The grand final got off to a similar close start, with Cloud9 just edging out Liquid 16-14 on de_cache but de_dust2 was the first map of the tournament when Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert & co. could relax as it was a fairly one-sided 16-6 affair.

HTC Reborn InvitationalBest of 3

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As a result, Cloud9 take home the first place prize of $5,000. Final standings and prize-pool breakdown are:

1. Cloud9 - $5,000
2. Liquid - $2,500
3-4. CLG - $1,250
3-4. affNity - $1,250

Finally C9 wins a tournament.

2015-06-08 17:38

7 replies

expected since it's NA only

2015-06-08 19:33

6 replies

even then... :)

2015-06-08 19:52

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Even then they're performing very good online, so it's expected that they'd win...

2015-06-08 23:18

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Isn't funny how they do so good in online playoffs, but get last at ESEA lan?

2015-06-08 23:52

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They haven't even played an ESEA lan with this roster so stop comparing them

2015-06-09 01:49

It was with ShahZam..

2015-06-09 03:15

They had Shahzam and Semphis in that LAN and now they got ska and freakazoid, it's not even comparable

2015-06-09 19:05

kurwy

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Ma boii , I'm so proud ;-)

2015-06-08 22:57

Well played

woo go c9

2015-06-08 17:39

Finally they win something :>

Expected.

cloud9 and win in the same sentence ayyyyyy lmao

LOL

2015-06-08 19:01

first

2015-06-08 17:40

what is this flag?

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canada+usa

north america since location of tournament decides news post. and it was an online tournament for north american teams.

keyd americans hltv confirmed.

2015-06-08 17:49

I'm not sure if you know this or not but Brazil is located in SOUTH AMERICA. Not to mention they currently reside in NORTH AMERICA. So yes, they are AMERICAN.

2015-06-08 18:28

The fuck are you talking about... They're brazilian, I don't know if you know this but South America is split up slightly differently than the North is.. Might be hard for you to grasp that though.

2015-06-08 19:53

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Technically South Americans are also referred to as being from "the Americas". They are also living in California and have been for months. Next time you decide to mouth off with "I don't know if you know this", you should make sure you're correct so you don't sound like a pretentious douche.

2015-06-08 22:07

I know they've been living in Cali you stupid American retard. If you actually end up leaving America, which I highly doubt... You'll be inclined to know that Brazilians don't like to be called Americans but Brazilians. Ciao.

2015-06-09 18:24

there's always going to be a bit of leeway but considering their residence in socal, I feel it's pretty warranted

2015-06-08 18:36

Why no stats?

2015-06-08 18:50

nice

Sean so sexy

2015-06-08 17:59

gj Skadoodle

Boo yah! C9 deserved that ESWC spot more. Unfortubately, the DDOSer always wins.

2015-06-08 17:41

Didn't know this tournament even existed. Reallly bad timing by organizer.

2015-06-08 17:43

I think it was overshadowed by Fragbite Masters quite a bit. There were some good games in it though, definitely worth watching.

2015-06-09 18:26

Congratz!

2015-06-08 17:44

more correct will be Scadoodle won HTC tournament for Cloud9

2015-06-08 17:45

What? Ska did fine, but I certainly wouldn't say he carried them throughout the tournament. What did you watch?

2015-06-09 18:27

TOP 1 NA for sure

KeyD not even best NA! Go back to Brazil foreigners.

ddos> keyd> na

2015-06-08 18:53

KeyD lost to a Tier 2 NA team. KeyD got lucky at dreamhack but still suck. I honestly dont see why people like them.

2015-06-08 19:20

keyd> any na team on LAN

2015-06-08 19:34

right now they are not looking better than cloud0 tbh.

2015-06-08 19:42

Love how one decent LAN performance and they're just better.

2015-06-09 18:28

So you are still a joke, the giants of 1.6 in 2003 ~ 2006 turned shadow of Europe these days, need DDOS attack with a foreign team for fear of being dominated by them, I respected you, but the vast majority are pigs find themselves higher, a pity for the minority they deserved more ...

2015-06-08 19:32

Lost to affinity... /done

2015-06-08 22:51

wow

GJ, Gratz!

2015-06-08 17:51

2015-06-08 17:53

ayy wp

2015-06-08 17:57

congratz

2015-06-08 18:26

WHAT UP NOW BRAZIL

2015-06-08 18:27

lol love this quote. I heard Keyd is having some DDOS problems, don't know if is true though.

2015-06-08 18:38

yes, but still Keyd on lan > NA on lan

2015-06-08 18:40

Really want to see that mate ;D

2015-06-08 18:45

Keyd got DDOSed so they rescheduled the match and didn't stream it, I believe. I'm not sure if they reset the score on the 1st map or not. I'm sure someone on here will correct me if I'm mistaken.

2015-06-08 22:10

Murica won something? :O

2015-06-08 18:29

I see Danish people moving their jaws too much these days. I'm worried that you might get jumped in the street and get your teeth kicked in. I mean it could happen to anyone.

Why do you have to be mad? Just sad that Clown9 only can win against other NA pugs :)

2015-06-08 20:48

expected

2015-06-08 19:03

Were Keyd the only team that got DDOS'd?

2015-06-08 19:36

2nd comment because can't edit: Also, didn't Affinity get picked up by Team Coast?

2015-06-08 19:38

Keyd vs NA before problems with DDOS: 10 Wins (2 FaceIt Qualify 8 ESL ESEA) 2 Losses (ESL ESEA) Esea Scrims: 35 Wins - 14 Losses - 1 Draw Keyd vs NA after the problems with DDOS: 1 Win (ESL ESEA) 5 Losses (ESL ESEA 1 2 2 HTC FaceIt Qualify) Esea Scrims: 2 Wins - 2 Losses - 2 Draws And people insist that the DDOS are not real, that disappointment with the North American community, without generalizing but most are a joke, for the reflected by comments in Hltv.org with respect to Keyd.

2015-06-08 19:47

They have problems with DDOS atm, hopefully they can get better protection asap and have some fair matches. It's not like Keyd is the only team to be attacked though... Also it's best not to take most people on these forums seriously, mostly just trolls seaking attention

2015-06-08 20:09

Every team has had problems with DDOS in the past. C9 doesn't even let their members use skype anymore. I think KeyD just need to step up their protection.

2015-06-08 20:17

Remembering that I am not claiming that Keyd is the best team in the NA, when they traveled I believed it, Cloud9 is rather little ahead of them, and Liquid walks at the same level, but I think a shame a team with enough qualities to be harmed this way and being attacked by disrespectful comments, I hope in the next game they correct it, but everyone knows that people of bad faith want to attack them they can protect themselves but will not change anything

2015-06-08 20:27

Keyd have the potential to win any of the NA leagues they're in. I'd put them and c9 on the same level, both slightly ahead of liquid, LG, and nihilum. It's a shame that 14 year old boys with social anxiety need to DDOS to feel big about themselves.

2015-06-08 22:12