iBUYPOWER Invitational with $100k

1-10-2015 07:05

iBUYPOWER has partnered with ESL and Intel to launch an annual $100,000 CS:GO Invitational Cup, which will take place in Southern California from November 14-15.

iBUYPOWER has seemed content in recent months in hosting online, seasonal Invitational tournaments (the latest edition which was won by Team Liquid) with beefy prize-pools for North American teams, as opposed to sponsoring a team, which the organisation was wont to do in past years.

The computer-retailer has taken the next step in this logical chain with its decision to stage an offline, $100,000 Invitational Cup which will run at the eSports Arena in Santa Ana, California from November 14-15.

Although no team list has been revealed, n0thing's C9 are natural candidates for the iBP Cup

The event sees iBUYPOWER enter into a partnership with ESL and Intel in order to make the event possible, which will see an eight-team, double elimination bracket take place (a team list is still forthcoming).

The Invitational Cup is designated for North American teams only (which presumably includes teams plying their trade in the NA region such as Luminosity and Renegades).

The event will take place at the eSports arena, a newly opened esports-dedicated complex in Santa Ana, California (which is in the Greater Los Angeles Area), and which recently saw an inaugural $5,000 tournament take place between 3sUP and Games Academy.

The prize-pool breakdown for the event is:

1. - $65,000
2. - $25,000
3. - $10,000

The Invitational Cup will also coincide with iBUYPOWER's "eSports Day," a free community event with numerous open tournaments in various games on offer, as well as food trucks and giveaways.

Tickets for this event are free and available while space is still open: tickets for Day One and Day Two can be found at each respective link.

The action will be streamed throughout the two days over at twitch.tv/iBUYPOWER. CS:GO action will continue to play out in California in November as the following weekend will see IEM San Jose take place.

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.

Hopefully C9 can step up properly for this, they seem to struggle with local teams sometimes

2015-10-01 07:08

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Why are they throwing IT away st NA teams

2015-10-01 07:10

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Nice tournament, GO LG! :)

2015-10-01 08:53

probably because muricans buy their stuff.

2015-10-01 20:55

Hopefully Renegades will get an invite since they'll be in America from November

2015-10-01 08:32

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I'll save you the trouble bro *snarky and mindless EZskins>RNG comment*

2015-10-01 08:36

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2015-10-01 10:08

They'll only be a rock throw away.

2015-10-01 09:07

First

2015-10-01 07:06

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Access denied

2015-10-01 07:07

Throw him a bone here, he wasn't far.

Nice try :P I'm going to be attending this with my brother, our first tournament ever! I can't wait to go, I reserved tickets minutes after this came out :D

2015-10-02 01:21

Nice

we made it fam

ez for method just9n > c9

HYPE

the money from the throws. Kappa

+1 C:

2015-10-01 08:01

8th

First prize gets the first iPB PC to break down at the iPB invitational

iPuyBower

2015-10-01 09:04

A PC in it's death throes.

2015-10-01 09:15

"as opposed to sponsoring teams as the organisation was wont to do in past years." pls grammar help

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pls thefreedictionary.com/wont although I did slightly change the phrasing

2015-10-01 07:11

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this isn't AP English gimme a break man

i.imgur.com/Hzk0w8b.jpg

2015-10-01 07:14

oh my god you're my hero will you sign my default knife

2015-10-01 16:30

can't wait to sign up, I was so wont to using "pleb" words

2015-10-02 04:18

Where did you even learn this word? :S Subscribed to daily word by SMS? ^^

2015-10-01 07:48

read thousands of books

2015-10-01 08:11

Haha lol

2015-10-01 09:23

you wont m8?

Poorlacks trying to look smart... Kappa NoKappa

2015-10-01 10:38

here lies xenoo rip 2015-2015

2015-10-01 13:21

I'm still here.

2015-10-01 15:27

ESL hosting? Look forward to 3 hour delays.

2015-10-01 07:16

But the ibp cameraman though

2015-10-01 13:27

21 teams at the last tournament and there was a 1.5 hour delay. Doubt it shouldn't be bad w/ only 8 teams :P The tournament also finished 12 hours before most 12 team tournaments even though it was group play.

2015-10-02 00:35

Pretty nice. It would be cool if there was a qualifier for Games Academy try to qualify (what i pretty much doubt :/)

2015-10-01 07:17

GamesAcademy are already invited.. they announced in some days ago by stream. It's a pretty chance to show how close they're from tier 1 NA. Method already know very well ;D

2015-10-01 14:21

No, they were invited for another lan. RGN lan cup or something like that, and it will still be announced... Or i'm talking total garbage. But i think this is it.

2015-10-02 01:34

humm yeah.. I also think so.

2015-10-02 19:43

Ez for the big O

Peanuts, u get Here more as a refugee

2015-10-01 07:22

twitch.tv/esportsarena/v/16967817?t=3h18.. looks nice

Good for NA, nice monies

2015-10-01 07:23

GA wins

2015-10-01 07:30

I would like to see both brs which lives on NA actually at this event, but i guess it wouldnt happen ;/

2015-10-01 07:32

almost better than major

2015-10-01 07:40

I hope RNG will be there in time for it.

2015-10-01 07:57

When i read ibuypower i thought its gonna say ibp unbanned but this... :(

C9 Liquid LG CLG coL CQ RNG? WFX?

2015-10-01 08:05

how the fuck esl gets the money to throw around like its faking nothing

2015-10-01 08:39

ez vp

2015-10-01 08:51

IBP kek

ez for LG

2015-10-01 08:54

100k god damn, good thing its offline

2015-10-01 08:56

Yep, otherwise Liquid would win it.

2015-10-01 10:16

+1 ROLF

2015-10-01 14:33

I hope torqued is invited

2015-10-01 09:02

Me too, so Ska can poop all over DaZeD/m0e.

2015-10-01 09:05

ESL = Gonna be a shit event with Pansy/Machine

2015-10-01 09:20

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2015-10-01 09:25

pansy is 10x better than cancer thorin and dont forgot ESL is profesional league not neead anny clown

2015-10-01 09:53

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12 year old spotted. No matter how hard you try to defend Pansy she wont have sex with you. You're saying ESL is "professional" and they don't need a "clonw" but they still have fucking Machine who is the ultimate definition of the word clown. Go bias somewhere else and piss off.

2015-10-01 11:12

"12 year old spotted. No matter how hard you try to defend Pansy she wont have sex with you." This is why some girls are earning money via twitch.. kids who donate think she will drop the panties in front of the camera..

2015-10-01 11:28

2015-10-01 11:36

yes only for 12 years fucktard he is funny 3x quci example his high quality moments ,,doubel pentration,, youtube.com/watch?v=Rzwb8-IYXTk if he be say soemthing that in ESL studio during LAN instant kicked from job ,,headsot machine,, youtube.com/watch?v=ObdoTZGI_mY not even 12 years its max 8-10 years content target

2015-10-01 15:20

mad cuz Thorin bestest?

2015-10-01 15:24

Thorin is just the best, fanboys tears is so tasty and he love it

2015-10-01 14:34

+1110

2015-10-01 11:10

Is the prize pool the sticker money ex-iBP should of had

2015-10-01 09:29

expected Kappa123

2015-10-01 09:34

Ez money for t3 team...

2015-10-01 09:45

1st 55.000$ 2nd 30.000$ 3st 15.000$ would be better. 40k difference between 1and2. wtf? majors had 50k difference with 250k$

2015-10-01 10:31

2015-10-01 14:28

NA teams only, then we know its gonna be shit. Useless ibuypower US biased

2015-10-01 10:35

"The Invitational Cup is designated for North American teams only" The only chance for c9 to win something.

2015-10-01 10:49

c9 might win their first tournament now.. they never won any lan right? not even as compLexity l0l.

2015-10-01 11:00

Pretty sure they have won NA LANs before.

2015-10-01 12:23

Dont recall them winning anything in go, actually. iBP won two ESEA LANs, and a CEVO LAN. coL came second a few times. They won ESEA LANs in 1.6, though.

2015-10-01 19:10

I think they won the GXL Lan that took place at the same venue and time of the CEVO S5 LAN Finals, but that was a while time ago, and they faced Denial in the finals since they upset iBP

2015-10-02 13:55

Not having any EU teams is pretty bad imo. This tells the teams "no matter how bad we are we can still get money as long as we are on the same level on NA teams". And I don't blame them, 100k event here with little competition or 250k major where you will die in a bo1 against a t2 EU team.

2015-10-01 11:30

Brazilians will win this.

2015-10-01 11:37

Americans even invent their own sports, just to be the best in the world at it. Let them have their own cup. :P

2015-10-01 11:44

nice

2015-10-01 12:21

Kappa "iBUYPOWER enter into a partnership with ESL" It's gonna be a shitty event.

2015-10-01 13:05

man y u so mad ?

2015-10-01 13:42

Cause ESL has to go and ruin everything :D You can expect Bo1 groups, random maps and shitty casters. ;_;

2015-10-01 13:44

and offline camp =/

2015-10-01 14:52

so much money for a stupid tier2/3 na tournament

2015-10-01 13:14

moe said this location only had 60 hz monitors :o

2015-10-01 13:20

So that's how much ibp throwed for

2015-10-01 13:24

Was wont

2015-10-01 13:31

"Was wont do" great englando

2015-10-01 15:08

#111

2015-10-01 16:50

Get rekt

2015-10-01 19:02

Ez throw9

2015-10-01 15:11

was wont? Lol fix that

2015-10-01 15:17

thefreedictionary.com/wont

2015-10-01 16:49

rekt

2015-10-01 18:17

LMAO, LG fangays said lg is a BR team, and this tournament is designed for NA only, and they are here to say 'ez for lg' i dont know what is in their brain, full of sh*t ?

2015-10-01 15:26

(which presumably includes teams plying their trade in the NA region such as Luminosity and Renegades) seems like your brain is full of shit

2015-10-01 15:44

lolol rofl

2015-10-01 17:55

unban iBP and they will win this tournament easily

2015-10-01 17:02

so much $ 4 shitty NA scene

2015-10-01 17:04

so much monyeyyeyeyeyey

2015-10-01 17:06

ezzzzzzzzz for coldzera

2015-10-01 17:37

This is LAN so I aren't think that, LG are better online team they will lose at every LAN they go to so no not "ezzzzzzzzz" for anyone.

2015-10-01 17:42

LG aren't Onliners or Offliners, they're bo1ers

2015-10-01 21:01

Does HLTV have news editors?

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yes

2015-10-01 18:18

Not trying to be rude or mean but this bugged me -which the organisation was wont to do in past years. -Metrapolitan = Metropolitan (This is probably how you spell it in your county and is right just like organisation/organization)

2015-10-01 18:24

the first is correct, the second is a typo though didn't notice that thanks also I live in the US but I use british spelling, confusing I know

2015-10-01 18:26

Don't worry stich, you da best.

2015-10-01 19:01

fake flagger :O

2015-10-01 20:47

If LG could get into this I would love that basically want to see them on LAN against C9 so fanboys can see the difference between LG's flukes and C9's actual skill.

2015-10-01 17:39

C9 LET'S GO

2015-10-01 19:11

If anyone is interested in trading a day 2 pass for a day 1 pass dm me

2015-10-01 21:59

I just got home from fucking school and tried to get tickets and they sold out the first fucking lan near me and i wont be able to go rip

2015-10-02 01:15

agreed.. im so fucking heated.

2015-10-02 01:57

The tickets are only for seats. Standing room doesn't need a ticket

2015-10-02 01:59

oh shit really? That's good news thanks

2015-10-02 02:09

ty for that i guess im still going

2015-10-02 02:31

Yeah I contacted their support and they said there will be standing room. The ticket guarantees a seat and a swag bag I believe.

2015-10-02 05:01

Got my tickets last night!!! Finally get to meet my fav team (CLG) and all the other awesome NA Teams and get to get the swag bag plus watch some awesome CS my first lan will be awesome I hope, the perks of living in Orange County

2015-10-02 01:27