Team Liquid win iBP Fall Invitational

14-9-2015 07:28

Team Liquid win the iBUYPOWER Fall Invitational, defeating Luminosity 2-1 (20-22 on de_inferno, 16-5 on de_cache, and 16-11 on de_mirage).

The third edition of the iBUYPOWER Invitational doled out an increased prize-pool of $15,000 for a weekend of online best-of-three bracket play featuring some of North America's strongest teams.

The biggest storyline leading up until the grand final was Conquest, the previous Sponsorless lineup, who nearly managed to unseat a struggling Luminosity lineup in a semifinal series where one map went into double overtime and the final map went into triple overtime.

nitr0 has been on point for Liquid recently

The third place match, which was played before the grand final, eventually saw Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan and his men of Conquest upset CLG and therefore guarantee themselves a payout of $2,000 for third place.

In the best-of-three grand final, Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin & co. of Team Liquid clashed with iBP Summer Invitational champions Luminosity (who were then Keyd Stars), the latter team having recently been narrowly defeated by the former in a best-of-five duel for the PGL Season 1 finals.

The first map was de_inferno and both teams attempted to feel the other out as well as gain much needed momentum for the later maps, and as a result both outfits refused to let up with the match going into double overtime. In the end, Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David's dominant scoreline and a grittier Luminosity defense gave the Brazilians the map, 22-20.

de_cache was a cakewalk for Team Liquid, who had previously proven to be strong on the map against Luminosity, a team with not much cache presence in the first place. Eric "⁠adreN⁠" Hoag and his men took the map with ease: 16-5.

The final map of de_mirage saw the American team notch up a strong CT-sided run with 11-4 the result at the half. However, Luminosity won the second pistol and began to mount a comeback, going as close as bringing the score to 11-10.

Team Liquid called a tactical pause, which gave the team clearer-heads, and with Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski leading the way in entries, Liquid pulled forward to win the third map 16-11.

iBUYPOWER Invitational Fall 2015Best of 3

Luminosity

Matchpage

14th September 2015

Liquid

Inferno

Cache

Mirage

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	76 - 67	+9	-	-	1.20
Eric 'adreN' Hoag adreN	68 - 52	+16	-	-	1.12
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella nitr0	62 - 60	+2	-	-	1.02
Jacob 'FugLy' Medina FugLy	54 - 53	+1	-	-	0.95
Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Hiko	58 - 62	-4	-	-	0.93

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo FalleN	70 - 62	+8	-	-	1.15
Marcelo 'coldzera' David coldzera	69 - 65	+4	-	-	1.09
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga fer	58 - 64	-6	-	-	0.94
Ricardo 'boltz' Prass boltz	55 - 65	-10	-	-	0.93
Lucas 'steel' Lopes steel	42 - 62	-20	-	-	0.71

iBUYPOWER Fall Invitational final standings:

1. Liquid - $9,000
2. Luminosity - $4,000
3. Conquest - $2,000
4. CLG
5-8. Mythic
5-8. Orgless
5-8. compLexity
5-8. 3sUP
9. Games Academy

top kek

2015-09-14 07:28

1 reply

top lel molecule

2015-09-14 17:11

2015-09-14 07:29

I thought LG was better...

2 replies

They are but liquid with hiko > all of na right now

2015-09-14 13:50

Pretty much this, Hiko is a game changer on clutch situations

2015-09-14 14:49

Vasco hehehehe

Remember when Fallen said they were the best American team? Lol

38 replies

because losing an online tournament means everything. xDDD

2015-09-14 08:18

33 replies

It doesn't, but look at their other performances recently.

2015-09-14 10:00

23 replies

c9,liquid (maybe clg) > lg

2015-09-14 10:13

21 replies

LG > C9 > Liquid > CLG

2015-09-14 10:52

20 replies

Then why are LG having a hard time with tier 2 NA?

2015-09-14 10:54

19 replies

Fer confirmed on stream they're saving strats. Odds are they aren't bringing their A game. Don't cry mericano, maybe one day you'll have a team in top 5. I guess I can't talk though.

2015-09-14 10:56

16 replies

Lol I'm crying? I'm more than willing to accept them as being the best American team, but they haven't proven themselves yet.

2015-09-14 10:57

15 replies

Luminosity aren't an American team, so they can't be the best american team... smh. NA org =/= NA team.

2015-09-14 10:59

14 replies

Lol they are American. Brazil is in South America...

2015-09-14 11:00

9 replies

Then they're south american. "American" means the USA. Do you call Mexicans Americans? Do you call Canadians Americans? No.

2015-09-14 11:03

8 replies

American automatically means someone from the US according to who? I'm pretty sure most people will agree that people from American continents are American.

2015-09-14 11:05

6 replies

I'm not sure if American means people from the continent "America" but the word America when you say it means referring to USA. That's why USA in short is "United States of America"

2015-09-14 11:17

5 replies

Hmmm maybe you're right

2015-09-14 11:18

4 replies

To everyone outside the US. An American is a citizen of the USA. Maybe you guys don't talk that way, which I doubt, but the rest of us do. Mexicans, Canadians, Brazilians, Americans, etc etc.

2015-09-14 11:26

3 replies

Ah okay, well that's good to know.

2015-09-14 11:29

Some times we refer to Canadians as American, but usually because they are playing on a US team. When we are lumping you together, we call you North Americans (USA/Canada) or South Americans (Mexicans,Brazilians etc)

2015-09-14 11:34

No, its the other way around. Most north americans see US citizens as americans, its just a few european countries as as well as latin american countries which see other wise. Hes just one of the few open minded americans who can see things in another perspective

2015-09-14 13:55

Obvious fake flag, anyone outside of NA calls NA and SA, America(n).

2015-09-14 22:44

hahahaha its NA=North America fktard Brasil is in NA.

2015-09-14 12:14

lol I honestly hope you're trolling... Or are you just genuinely that stupid?

2015-09-14 13:07

just trolling bro

2015-09-14 13:32

Thank god lol.

2015-09-14 13:34

LG isnt better than C9 LOL! Even though they did better at Cologne doesnt mean shit. They won a ton of bo1 vs tier 2 eu teams.

2015-09-14 14:20

Stop crying murican, online team liquid can be the best... lets see in lan. Maybe some day one american team can be a top5 world class.... maybe not.

2015-09-14 15:17

You mean like Lan results because those are the only ones that really matter and they made top 8 at a major again.

2015-09-14 16:53

Out does mean something...

2015-09-14 15:28

Losing an online tournament bo5 with a 1 map advantage and then losing another online tournament bo3 in a row to the same team means something m8

2015-09-14 17:42

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"online tournament" "another online tournament" LG on LAN in the past 3 months: Wins / draws / losses 12 / 0 / 8 Liquid on LAN in the past 3 months: Wins / draws / losses 5 / 0 / 13 Their best player can barely keep a 1.00 rating on LAN.

2015-09-14 20:16

m8, LG beat 10 tier 5 teams to get 12/0/8 on LAN. Other than that they've beaten Kinguin and barely beat f3 on LAN. Without WinOut LAN LG would be 2/0/8 on LAN.

2015-09-14 22:40

Liquid has 0 wins against teams over tier3, 2/8 with matches in the major still better than 0/13, right ?!

2015-09-14 23:25

Beating Fnatic and NaVi on one map each is better than beating Kinguin and f3 m9

2015-09-14 23:33

'past 3 months' but if you wanna talk about beating t1 teams in one map in the past, i guess the list of LG is quite better.

2015-09-15 00:25

LOL, are we talking about LG or Keyd? Man, LG is the only NA to get to fucking legend, show some respect, upset "murican". Learn how to be nice to people that are better than yours on your country.

2015-09-22 01:34

m8 c9 has done it before. Next time make sure you're teams don't lose a bo5 with an one map advantage

2015-09-22 02:12

dont cry murican, online muricans are Gods !!!! kappa

2015-09-14 15:15

Remember when we were the only NA team to become a legend in Cologne and Katowice? I do very well. On lan, they are the best. No NA fucker can deal with a International Lan besides Luminosity.

2015-09-14 22:29

Lol keep bringing up their only really good LAN performance and forgetting everything else. They're a very good team, but doing well on one LAN doesn't mean they're better than every NA team without a doubt.

2015-09-14 23:20

It doesn't make them the best, but it doesn't mean they aren't the best.

2015-09-22 01:31

wallhackers

Article already written before the game even happened. Nice HLTV.

we learners

2015-09-14 07:31

Stats coming up?

2015-09-14 07:32

depends on if the man in charge is still awake :) if not, they'll be added in a few hours

2015-09-14 07:35

thanks. what an entertaining tournament...

2015-09-14 07:42

Or the intro and bit about "the biggest storyline" we're written before the match and each map summary was written after each map. And 11-4 half by liquid on ct side would have prompted me to write liquid as the winner too.

2015-09-14 07:33

eterno vice

liquid cumback

2015-09-14 07:30

article posted with full info seconds the match ends CONSPIRACY

They write the article while the game is going on. And then after the game is done they just finish up and post it.

2015-09-14 17:27

Ez 4 ya boys

lol LG not even top3 NA

luminosity da gama

Team Liquid deserved this so much. In only a week, they're becoming one of the most dominating team in North America. Please schedule a match between C9.G2A v Team Liquid. That would be the match to decide whether or not Team Liquid is #1 in North America or not.

Wow, steady now

2015-09-14 07:34

it's true though

2015-09-14 15:10

One match wouldn't decide it, check after this next ESL ESEA season.

2015-09-14 07:45

A BO3 or BO5

2015-09-14 07:48

Would it be online or lan? That's the key question.

2015-09-14 07:50

lan, 16x0 c9

2015-09-14 08:01

idk man... we just wont know until it officially happens... GodHiko!

2015-09-14 08:04

hltv.org/match/2296959-cloud9-liquid-esw.. And that was with Flowsick.

2015-09-14 08:55

Look at Team Liquid now compared to 3 weeks ago... You can tell this is an entirely different team

2015-09-14 13:17

That's what I'm saying :) People say Liquid can't perform on LAN, but they performed even with Flowsick. I expect much more with Hiko now on the roster, although at least Flowsick didn't stat pad.

Lol lets not get ahead of ourselves liquid has always played good in the states. They usually suck against eu teams which based on their current form they still will.

2015-09-14 09:59

please, in lan not online... i think even fnatic cant beat liquid online... they are so smart all the time, they can feel the movimentation of anther team... kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kappa.

2015-09-14 15:20

they are such legendds right, promises of the CSGO

2015-09-14 17:32

C9 was good in just one great championship, that was esl esea, the last two apparitions were disappointing (major and now in Dubai). Esl esea, They defeated an envyus that was worn and loosing against any teams (and so they changed) and after defeated CLG(just common). So.. I really can't see why everyone see them as top1 NA. Now Liquid proved too strong, but in lan championship last week, they didn't click. And LG don't matter what championship they play in NA, don't matter who they play at finals, they are ever 2nd place, but are consistents in lan ensuring the last two majors. So the point is, today there is no top1 NA. C9, Liquid and LG are very alike and can beat each other, with CLG and some new NA teams very close.

2015-09-14 18:50

Elige online = 2ez

liquid pro net, you will see at lan

twitter.com/TeamLiquidPro/status/6432897..

Liquid HACK ONLINE... Online Wins / draws / losses 65 / 0 / 31 LAN Wins / draws / losses 9 / 0 / 27 youtube.com/watch?t=6&v=KtAMhk46uV4

Online = LIquid x LG, Liquid x Ace Lan = Liquid x Fnatic, Liquid x NaVi

2015-09-14 07:37

2015-09-14 07:47

Elite sensitivity is like 12

2015-09-14 07:55

how much?

2015-09-14 17:50

stats?

vac please

gg Liquid! I want an adreN sticker!!!

ME TOO <3

2015-09-14 09:13

I guess Liquid finally sorted out their roles within the team. I want to see Elige on lan to see if he can step it up as he is doing online.

If they repeat the performance in lan deserves spot in fnatic.. This guy is a legend, top 1 2015 ofc

2015-09-14 07:57

To bad they wont get the really easy groups LG has gotten at the past international lans you know. Love the BR salt. LG #4 NA

2015-09-14 08:11

nV and kinguin = easy group? C9 was eliminated by kinguin my friend and nV went to the final against fnatic. Therefore, your statement is proved invalid.

2015-09-14 16:09

Yeah just that your matches were kinguin and fucking f3 and not nv

2015-09-14 17:35

Struggling against f3 = good? Kappa, plz no bannerino

2015-09-14 17:52

4000$ not bad, but lose to liquid? fallen pls

Some guy in Twitch chat right after that 1v2 to win the game: "F***ing kill yourselve Adren you walling piece of****" RIP skins xD

oh cool, LG can nearly beat fnatic 14-16 on mirage but can't beat liquid because all of a sudden adreN is top 3 awper in the world, landing multiple shots throughout the game through smoke, sweet. i mean, they're just total shit on LAN but okay. nice way to waste money, on a broken game with easily obtainable cheats used by "PROFESSIONALS". cool way to make lots of money when you hold events and own teams, huh iBP and gameplan?

2015-09-14 07:38

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I'll drink your tears xD

2015-09-14 07:51

Don't bet if you can't handle a loss, moron.

2015-09-14 08:20

How much? Calm down Adren was like top 3 NA in source

2015-09-14 09:18

he was the best NA awper in source, just to let everyone here know

2015-09-14 14:18

good jokes bro

2015-09-14 15:04

If he can only prove that now, on LAN

2015-09-14 19:10

dazed

2015-09-14 23:56

get rekt

2015-09-14 12:31

lol retard detected

2015-09-14 15:12

Nice argument. Did Buddhism teach you that?

2015-09-14 19:09

im not ur buddy

2015-09-14 19:57

I know you're not. I don't have bitches in my circle.

2015-09-14 20:17

How much?

2015-09-14 17:29

Ez Liquid

Expected.

2015-09-14 07:41

youtube.com/watch?v=i9jmx3Qv09U

2015-09-14 07:46

Expected. LG has to put their things together. Too many mistakes in the recent games and Fallen doesn't know how to do vetoes or how to knife someone.

2015-09-14 07:52

So funny how many people call them cheaters now :D

2015-09-14 08:06

Lg deserve it. Saddly, their crucial mistake was those sequencial 5 low buys as T side. It cost them the victory. They also had to primarily ban cache.

2015-09-14 08:16

liquid top8 world confirmed?

2015-09-14 08:39

hltv.org/match/2296959-cloud9-liquid-esw.. And that was with Flowsick

2015-09-14 08:54

Is that link supposed to convey how close to C9, Liquid is?

2015-09-14 09:08

I think it's trying to say they're not onliners/cheaters which the Brazilians keep saying

2015-09-14 11:01

youtube.com/watch?v=h-LNjUbZFGg such a good team! xD

2015-09-14 09:15

+1 PRO NET!

2015-09-14 09:32

Lol,go back to favela already

2015-09-14 15:02

=) You will think i'm retarded, but i'm sure they are cheating. No bets involved in my opinion, just german experience.

2015-09-14 09:34

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Lol.........

2015-09-14 10:01

when Germans speak of Lord Vac people listen Kappa

2015-09-14 11:32

or maybe they got a new player, shifted some stuff around and are playing better.... I wonder which is more likely?

Not saying they're cheating, but Hiko have been there for like what? Two weeks? And in this time, because of him nitro became the best entryfragger in NA, Elige gained Hiko's reaction, and Adren is laying like Skal? I don't think Hikos has a lot to do with Liquid recent sucess, i really think they've just had one hell of a lucky week.

2015-09-14 14:27

Elige and nitr0 both have been/are top 5 riflers NA online at least

New player OK But we're talking about brand new hax here

2015-09-14 15:25

Agreed. Hiko is just an excuse. Yes he's good and all, but a team can't get so good instantly, plus have so many fking aimlocks by Fugly and Elige

2015-09-14 15:33

I'm pretty sure they cheated as well. At least fugly and elige aimbotted. There are multiple vods on overpass and mirage where they aim lock. I havn't bet a single skin on this game so go figure... If Liquid is smart then you'll see them suck on LAN or be good and eventually get VAC'ed. I don't believe a team can get that good right away and have so many suspicious moments in one game by same players Elige and Fugly. I just won't take this shit.

2015-09-14 15:30

C9? Hello? C9 were shit, then suddenly they turned up at a LAN and rocked it. It does happen, all the fucking time. A new player can change the dynamic of a team, send them on a hot streak, which is what has happened with Liquid.. All this aimlock shit is just noise like it was for Flusha, guess what.. No VAC for Flusha. I would be shocked if they were hacking if only because of which organisation they play for, also, it's not hard to become the 2nd best team in North America.... especially when that spot is currently held by a South American team lol

2015-09-14 23:30

2015-09-14 19:33

All props to Mr Hoag for reading the opponents so well

2015-09-14 10:11

..Through smoke

2015-09-14 10:37

Jesus christ,can u stfu brazuca fakeflagerino?

2015-09-14 15:05

well done bois

2015-09-14 11:30

70% NA players are children polish emigrants what come to amerika in early 80s even i deep communism 70s

2015-09-14 13:28

bad LG !!

2015-09-14 13:41

youtube.com/watch?v=h-LNjUbZFGg wtfffffffffffffffffffffffff???????????????

2015-09-14 13:43

started watching this and turned it off within 3 minutes. 2 terrible shitcasters made it unwatchable. miss lead doesnt even know what he is saying most of the time, and about 75% of his casting was false. and someone needs to tell dust to take the cheeseburger out of his mouth when he is casting. cant understand a word he says.

2015-09-14 15:09

This is so typical brazilian BS. When our beloved team lose, the majority of brs hue, who doesn't accept losing, go out and call the opponent cheater. this same bs happened in the lol wildcard finals, intz vs besiktas... The br team lost and the fanboys came out of their caves bragging how besiktas cheated... pathetic

2015-09-14 15:11

LOL, cammon shut up lol player... type cheats in a lol forum please. team liquid is cheating on net, or they become a new word class team to beat fnatic, tsm VP

oh yea, because beating LG means that you are a tier 1 team in the world, LOL Wake up fanboy

2015-09-14 15:43

The new pronets, i will only beliave in lan... they never click on lan and @net make so perfect games. Please, everybody knows that team is a forever tier 2, and came from nothing making this @net. I will only beliave when they click a lot in lan, like Cloud9 and LG and CLG. We know that muricans like to cheat in @net.

Talk shit to BR all you want, but I call cheats here on Fugly and Elige. Not a single skin bet, so go figure

2015-09-14 15:37

Huge fan of Liquid! It feels good that they show some good results.

Liquid onliner...

2015-09-14 15:54

Elige is somekind of god, he's probably the best online player. His gamesense and aim was godlike. He was always pre firing and targeting the right corner the player would come from. Fugly as well... that pre fire in inferno A bombsite was very good. Kappa Wanna see that on lan. haha

2015-09-14 16:15

Hahaha all the mad br fanboys calling them cheaters

2015-09-14 17:37

Not only BR fanboys, anyone who knows a litle of the game is thinking they are cheating. Only becose any deutch team is good you do not need to cry german boy.

2015-09-14 18:28

do you even know what you are writing?

2015-09-14 19:01

No, please clarify to me... kappa. A boy with a "love crisJ" in the nick giving a teach of writting in english. Please continue... to cry.

2015-09-14 20:43

you arent very good at b8ing

2015-09-14 20:45

tks... i love you too.

2015-09-14 20:53

LOL, so basically all these mgs and silvers ?

2015-09-14 22:06

Liquid only pro net

2015-09-14 18:51

9. Games Academy

2015-09-14 18:58

adren and elige wallhack

2015-09-14 21:08

pls dude adren has been playing since source for when ever he's been in a team he's always been in a top 2 team in NA. elige is just a young upcoming talent do you always need to say someones hacking to justify a brazilian team losing.

2015-09-15 01:50

elige aimhack and fugly wall 1:39 round 27 - fugly turns his back to grenade that're flying behind the smoke 0:21 round 25 - elige out of the palace and sent a bullet in the head boltz in ct base 1:20 round 23 - elige hits a blind headshot round 23 closed bomb explosion - elige turns and a headshot in boltz a long way from beyond

2015-09-14 22:28