iBP Invitational Cup teams announced

7-10-2015 04:34

The eight teams taking part in the $100,000 iBUYPOWER CS:GO Invitational Cup on November 14-15 have now been announced.

Last week saw the announcement of the $100,000 iBUYPOWER CS:GO Invitational Cup, which would run on November 14-15 and give eight teams in the North American region a shot at winning the bulk of the prize-pool ($65,000 for first place).

Taking place at the eSports Arena in Santa Ana, California in conjunction with iBUYPOWER's "eSports Day," the iBUYPOWER Invitational Cup will be a partnership with ESL and see the eight teams duel it out in a double elimination bracket.

FugLy's Liquid are one of the eight teams invited to the iBP Cup

The computer-retailer has now announced the teams invited to compete in the event, which are:

Cloud9	CLG
Luminosity	Renegades
Team Liquid	Winterfox
Conquest	compLexity

Tickets for both days of the event are already sold out, however the action will be viewable over at twitch.tv/iBUYPOWER.

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

Check out the iBP Cup / eSports Day as eight CS:GO teams compete for a $100k prize pool! http://t.co/t5Wxh8zJXC pic.twitter.com/JMxlcjRJmo
— iBUYPOWER (@iBUYPOWER) October 6, 2015

nice

2015-10-07 04:35

4 replies

this event is made for c9 to win

2015-10-07 10:32

3 replies

which means all in someone else xD

2015-10-07 12:52

1 reply

Comment made my day cuz so true lol

2015-11-09 16:41

can't sleep on liquid/clg

2015-10-08 02:46

The NA major PogChamp

2015-10-07 04:36

Conquest dark horse

2015-10-07 04:36

6 replies

so many fucking roster changes i don't even know who conquest, winterfox, and complexity are

2015-10-07 15:50

5 replies

If only there was a website that lets you click on the team name and see who's on the roster or something...

2015-10-07 19:19

3 replies

+++++1 PLS HLTV ADMIN/ CANCER DEVS MAKE HAPPEN THIS

2015-10-07 20:05

What about Gosugamers smartass?

2015-10-08 14:39

1 reply

Yah took the b8 m9...

2015-10-09 01:26

you have to be joking conquest has had the same lineup for a while...they all have been lol

2015-10-09 01:34

YES RENEGADES HYPE PLS NO SLUMP AGAIN

2015-10-07 04:37

13 replies

I want to see LG Vs Renegades at lan. Good look boisss!

2015-10-07 06:44

4 replies

So do I, both teams underappreciated.

2015-10-07 07:31

3 replies

Lol? 2 most over hyped teams at the moment,with LG having no real achievements apart from few bo1 wins at majors and renegades yet to win something.

2015-10-07 08:55

2 replies

Overhyped, underappreciated. They're talked about a lot, but no one seems to want them anywhere.

2015-10-07 09:13

Not to mention those teams they beat weren't that great..maybe one team? that's about it.

2015-10-07 18:48

JKS deserves a better team

2015-10-07 14:32

7 replies

Why give the second best player the better team?

2015-10-07 14:38

3 replies

second ?

2015-10-07 14:59

2 replies

AZR better aim. His only real flaw is that he doesn't respond well to pressure. :/

2015-10-07 15:00

1 reply

In my opinion is better than jks azr , perhaps not to the lately drawn very good results, but he was on fire against teams like fnatic or NiP in faceit.

2015-10-07 16:52

Spunj is pretty underrated though, sometimes he anchors but sometimes he fucking carries like he did against Titan. If he learns to be more consistent he could be both a good igl and a good fragger.

2015-10-07 15:57

2 replies

Spunj is a very likeable character but definately not in the top 2 of Renegades... AZR has some of the most explosive plays and godlike aim and JKS is an allround amazing player. I love Spunj and like any player/pro he will have crazy carry games, but tbh more upsets than hard carries

2015-10-08 20:04

Spunj underrated as igl, if you listen to their ingame chat he spends so much time making calls. +he can still manage to frag alot more then igls like pronax and Ex6 ^my opinion

2015-11-12 10:17

I can't wait for that!

2015-10-07 04:37

Renegades xD Winterfox xDDDD

2015-10-07 04:38

finally NA will win something with nice prize pool :^ sad to not see eu teams thooo

2015-10-07 04:39

1 reply

WinterFox is EU. xD

2015-10-07 04:47

Cloud9 easy

2015-10-07 04:39

rip steel [*] youtube.com/watch?v=HJ86kvUrCEQ

2015-10-07 04:40

cheering for lg, but c9 is on fire. gl for all

2015-10-07 04:41

This is so ez for renegades

2015-10-07 04:42

10 replies

kind of like qualifying for the major right? :)

2015-10-07 05:08

8 replies

ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

2015-10-07 05:12

This reminds me of that asia qualifiers few months ago

2015-10-07 05:21

6 replies

where they beat noname asians?

2015-10-07 05:36

4 replies

ye pretty much

2015-10-07 05:40

Yes, now time to beat noname muricans

2015-10-07 07:35

2 replies

has renegades won anything outside of SEA or AU? just asking cause i kinda want to know

2015-10-07 15:17

1 reply

Bye bye muricans

2015-10-10 07:08

geez u idiots need to take a joke

2015-10-07 09:21

but guys, u guys lose the major qualifies and lose to ezskins OH BOYYYY

2015-10-07 19:31

Ez euros

2015-10-07 04:44

Lol EZ Cloud9

2015-10-07 04:45

1st Cloud9 2nd RNG 3rd CLG

2015-10-07 04:45

9 replies

Liquid, Conquest, LG, CLG > Renegades

2015-10-07 04:48

7 replies

I'm a mere fanboy of jks!

2015-10-07 04:48

Cloud9>Liquid>RNG>LG>CLG

2015-10-07 08:50

5 replies

2015-10-07 13:51

RNG>LG and CLG? okay UHSAHUHSUAHUSAHUSAHUSAHUSAHUHUSAHUSAHUSAUH

2015-10-07 15:27

3 replies

Okay let's be honest both teams have shown good things (RNG a few months ago on LAN, LG at the major) and I agree with you in the sense that LG look stronger but it all comes down to form on the day, no way to tell untill we see RNG vs. LG ;) However RNG > CLG until we see CLG get revenge and beat them.

2015-10-07 16:02

2 replies

YOU LOST TO LIQUID ON LAN. The lan chokers, on LAN. Liquid. On LAN. And you lost to a British team on LAN. You lost to your autistic cousin with no scene at a LAN. LG is 20 times better than RNG. CLG won't lose to you shitters again. One bo1 =/= better than a team. RNG beat CLG on one map, in a close margin, on RNG's best map.

2015-10-08 17:39

1 reply

To be fair, we lost to hiko on lan. Much the same as the rest of murica been losing to hiko.

2015-11-12 10:30

rofl

2015-10-07 04:49

I don't like to see coL here.

2015-10-07 04:45

4 replies

It's only cuz they have a good org.

2015-10-07 04:49

1 reply

There is so much money on the line, I think this last spot should be decided on a 'qualifier' between coL, 3sup, ex-Elevate, GA and FE. Would be fair and very random in my opinion.

2015-10-07 05:09

Tbh they are probably better than winterfox. Neither are in the same league as the other 6 , but idk who is in NA.

2015-10-07 12:09

-coL +Qualifier

2015-10-07 12:44

Ez Renegades

2015-10-07 04:46

wont this coincide with the RGN Pro series LAN?

2015-10-07 04:54

2 replies

rgn pro series lan starts the day after in the same venue ^^

2015-10-07 04:58

1 reply

ah, thank you should be interseting ^_^

2015-10-07 05:07

I spot 3 teams that are not American.

2015-10-07 04:56

1 reply

imagine a result of 1.LG 2.Renegades 3.Winterfox lolol

2015-10-07 05:15

HYPEEEE!!!

2015-10-07 04:58

1. C9 2. Liquid 3. CLG/Luminosity 4. Clg/Luminosity 5. Conquest 6. Complexity 7. Renegades/Winterfox 8. Renegades/Winterfox

2015-10-07 05:02

10 replies

valens on LAN i arent think that

2015-10-07 06:20

1 reply

Valens online I aren't think that

2015-10-07 13:04

Why are renegades so low?

2015-10-07 06:53

5 replies

I don't see renegades beating C9, Liquid, Luminosity and CLG outright and I judging by the form they were in at the qualifier, I don't think they will be able to beat conquest or complexity either

2015-10-07 06:58

2 replies

Currently I'd agree with everything bar Conquest/coL but if they improve hopefully (for me atleast) they could probably get up to third

2015-10-07 07:17

They were 3 rounds away from winning their first bo3 against liquid so it was pretty close the first time round, also they are a very emotional and momentum based team so it all comes down to the day. I agree with you in the sense that they won't do well in their current form, but I can see them beating any team at this LAN (probably excluding c9 though) if they can shape up before hand and get some momentum going. So yeah I believe in them pulling a possible second or third place.

2015-10-07 16:08

They're low because they've had very poor results lately, even against other Australian teams.

2015-10-07 07:37

1 reply

#84

2015-10-07 07:43

I think RNG could take out coL and Conquest with ease. And a close game with Luminosity, dont let your patriotism get too out of hand mate <3

2015-10-07 08:52

1 reply

Col yes, conquest maybe, but not easy, LG I think they would lose to, but it isn't a one sided match. I definitely think they are probably the 5th or 6th best and almost certainly won't get shut out unless both col and winterfox are in a different group. They are definitely a good team to have at the tournament. Idk about winterfox and col though.

2015-10-07 12:17

youtube.com/watch?v=HJ86kvUrCEQ

2015-10-07 05:04

100k for tier 2/3 only tournament? nice lol

2015-10-07 05:08

murican cs, noone cares

2015-10-07 05:10

renegades rofl

2015-10-07 05:12

2 replies

+1 easy win

2015-10-07 07:30

Canada rofl

2015-11-12 10:56

they should have invited torqued >.<

2015-10-07 05:56

100k for shitty NA teams? lol

2015-10-07 06:17

3 replies

"shitty NA teams" you got any teams in Belgium m8? also C9 have beaten plenty of Euro teams same with Liquid, LG, CLG, and Renegades

2015-10-07 06:24

Light a Candle [*] - <3 tarik#71 u funny

2015-10-07 09:11

Ill remember to be an ass when Belg makes a decent tourney for themselves. Im kidding, it will never happen

2015-10-07 15:21

c9 LG CLG not sold on liquid yet

2015-10-07 06:30

If after this we won't see LG vs Renegades...

2015-10-07 06:52

6 replies

Brazilians going downnnnnN!N!N!NN!N!N!N!N!

2015-10-07 07:38

Would be a good match ^.^ BR,OCE>NA

2015-10-07 08:53

4 replies

maybe one day you'll wake up from that wonderful dream youre having

2015-10-07 15:22

3 replies

Maybe one day America wont be the laughing stock of the world.... One day, say hi to Donald for me <3 P.S. Nice gun laws

2015-10-08 23:37

2 replies

ps your opinion doesnt matter nor do i care to look if ur from nz or au. (your country is irrelevant)

2015-10-09 01:22

1 reply

Typical Americanas, ignorant, fat, and inbred.

2015-10-09 10:02

C9 v Luminosity C9 v Renegades Renegades v Luminosity One of those three

2015-10-07 06:54

Nice c9 can finally win an international event xdddd

2015-10-07 07:04

winterfox LINEup?

2015-10-07 07:06

if LG and Renegades play in the final, im gonna rofl so hard

2015-10-07 07:54

no eu teams, not interesting

2015-10-07 08:24

1. C9 2. Liquid 3. Luminosity/CLG/Renegades 4. Luminosity/CLG/Renegades 5. Luminosity/CLG/Renegades 6. Complexity 7. Winterfox 8. Conquest The battle for 3rd begins

2015-10-07 09:11

2 replies

CLG and REN battle for 4th place , LG is the same level of Liquid and C9 , respect this guys

2015-10-07 15:31

1 reply

idk i think I saw CLG beat LG before, but rng lost to LG in practise before the major and beat CLG even earlier than that. It's really close the 3rd-5th area

2015-10-07 15:54

yay, finally a chance for cloud9 to finish top8! ...oh, wait

2015-10-07 09:26

1 reply

>finish top > top 7 world

2015-10-07 15:20

Renegades will probably lose all their games :(

2015-10-07 11:19

This is gonna be good, Renegades will want revenge towards Liquid.

2015-10-07 11:40

Why Renegades and not GA? Why would you cover the flight costs of bad players when you can get some pretty decent players coming from the same place as LG?

2015-10-07 12:18

3 replies

i believe renegades are staying in the us now but im not positive

2015-10-07 15:25

1 reply

they are, pretty sure they leave some time after crown invitational

2015-10-07 15:55

Because Renegades would pub stomp GA 9/10 times

2015-11-12 10:19

1. LG 2. C9 /discuss

2015-10-07 12:23

1 reply

HAHAHAHA no

2015-10-07 12:53

ez for c9 or no? /discuss

2015-10-07 13:03

NET LIQUID > LG LAN LG > LIQUID

2015-10-07 13:57

Where is GA? Why they invited Renegades and WinterFox? GA is better than both.

2015-10-07 13:59

2 replies

Renegades and WTF are both better than GA Dont be a fanboy

2015-10-07 14:40

r u drunk or wut?

2015-10-07 16:31

Lmao, this kind of money for a t2 event. gg NA.

2015-10-07 14:40

I feel like C9 probably will win this, and that's what I'm hoping for too ^-^

2015-10-07 15:03

Will be hard for NA

2015-10-07 15:19

-C9 and LG are favorites -Liquid showed a strong team and good results individually, are at the same level of LG and C9 -CLG started the season very strong, won the WinOut, but are now adding very bad results, they have ability to upset the top 3 teams, but are unlikely to do this twice in a row. -Renegade arrives at NA scenario with a certain hype team at the level of CLG, I dont see them as strong individually, but surely they have the capacity to evolve in rest of season -Conquest is strong individually but is inconsistent more than the rest of the other teams, maybe they can upset teams like LG/CLG/REN, but they have no chance of being champions for me the favoritism order for this tournament is: 1.Cloud9 2.Luminosity 3.Liquid 4.CLG 5.REN 6.Conquest 7.coL (if they did not disband until the championship) 8.Winterfox (if they did not disband until the championship)

2015-10-07 15:50

1 reply

+1 4/5 may change 6/7 may change. But I'd vote you for prez

2015-11-12 10:47

go lg

2015-10-07 15:50

pretty cool

2015-10-07 15:52

I honestly think Liquid can take this. They beat LG 2 times, they beat CLG 2 times, and those matches were recent. The only problem for them is c9. And to be honest I don't think c9 doing that good ATM. This is going to be a good tournament well finally get to who's in the top 3 in NA

2015-10-07 16:04

To any Brazilian who tries to say right now LG are as good as TL or C9 just stop. They are in a slump and are capable of beating them but have yet to show that they can in the past few weeks.

2015-10-07 16:04

1. Cloud9 2. Luminosity 3. Renegades 4. Liquid 5. CLG 6. WinterFox 7. Conquest 8. Complexity Ez 8/8 predictions

2015-10-07 16:20

C9 vs CLG finals

2015-10-07 17:37

Expected

2015-10-07 18:08

Conquest could pull off the upsets, but only if they fix their decision making after having taken 4-5 round leads. They always seem to start doing retarded shit after taking those leads. Otherwise, they can go toe to toe with any of these teams.

2015-10-07 19:28

+GAMES ACADEMY

2015-10-07 21:57

probably decided who the winners are already

2015-10-07 22:23

time for upset central

2015-10-08 00:54

1-CLG 2-C9 3-RNG

2015-10-08 16:20

IbuyAderall

2015-10-08 22:11

CLG or Liquids chance to go to IEM as well. Although coL and Conquest are doing good as well. Maybe Renegades will pull some straight out Aussie Cowboy shit.

2015-10-16 20:34