Cloud9 win iBP Spring Invitational

21-3-2016 07:10

Cloud9 win the iBUYPOWER 2016 Spring Invitational after defeating Team Liquid 2-1 (17-19 on de_dust2, 16-7 on de_train, and 16-5 on de_cache).

The iBUYPOWER 2016 Spring Invitational marked the computer hardware company's return to an online tournament format, in a similar style to its Fall, Summer, and Spring Invitationals of last year, with ten teams dueling for $15,000 over two days this time around.

Easily the the biggest upset stories from the first day's bracket were the Brazilian teams Luminosity and Tempo Storm, who are currently ranked #4 and #12 in the world, fall by the wayside against Selfless and CLG respectively in their quarter-final matches.

freakazoid was the highest rated player throughout the iBP Spring Invitational

By the second day, the semifinals saw Cloud9 and Liquid advance to the best-of-three grand final.

The first map of de_dust2 first appeared as if it would be a complete blowout as Kenneth "⁠koosta⁠" Suen and teammates of Liquid ran over Cloud9's defenses to finish up with a 12-3 half. However, dynamic T-side executes from Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert and his team somehow brought Cloud9 forwards into an overtime situation.

In overtime however, Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev helped his team buckle down and take the first map 19-17.

With Liquid's apparent inability to close the second half perhaps being an indication of them being the weaker outfit, Cloud9 showcased strong T and CT sides on de_train to clinch the map 16-7.

de_cache was also a downwards spiral for Liquid with Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip, Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir, and n0thing all playing at their peaks and in the end Cloud9 closed out the map 16-5 (which included a game closing highlight moment courtesy of Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek) and won the iBUYPOWER Spring Invitational 2016.

iBUYPOWER Invitational Spring 2016Best of 3

Cloud9

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21st March 2016

Liquid

Dust2

Train

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Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert n0thing	69 - 46	+23	86.7	75.0%	1.34
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Skadoodle	60 - 40	+20	74.7	82.5%	1.30
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek shroud	59 - 45	+14	76.9	77.5%	1.22
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir freakazoid	60 - 56	+4	84.3	73.8%	1.18
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	57 - 55	+2	88.3	73.8%	1.14

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	67 - 60	+7	100.3	76.2%	1.24
Kenneth 'koosta' Suen koosta	39 - 59	-20	65.3	58.8%	0.81
Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Hiko	46 - 60	-14	66.2	55.0%	0.80
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev s1mple	50 - 64	-14	58.4	55.0%	0.77
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella nitr0	39 - 63	-24	61.0	61.3%	0.76

iBUYPOWER Spring Invitational 2016 final standings:

1. Cloud9 - $10,000
2. Liquid - $4,000
3-4. CLG - $1,000
3-4. Selfless - $1,000
5-8. Luminosity
5-8. Tempo Storm
5-8. TSM
5-8. OpTic
9-10. Renegades
9-10. Winterfox

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

good match, was fun to watch GG C9 :D

2016-03-21 07:11

10 replies

UOY KCUF

stats tomorrow morning zzz

2016-03-21 07:12

7 replies

stitch pls

6 replies

I don't do them otherwise they'd be up FeelsHLTVMan

2016-03-21 07:13

5 replies

Potential burn at the guy who does stats to be slacking off¿

2016-03-21 12:04

3 replies

nah, it was 6am cet after all

2016-03-21 17:01

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you is a good writer stichy man

2016-03-21 18:23

No fear. Next time just open up a MS Paint project and draw the stat table in nice red crayon.

2016-03-21 23:05

wow shots fire at Petar

2016-03-21 14:33

nice job

2016-03-21 07:14

2016-03-21 07:10

brazil sucks nt favela

2016-03-21 14:52

1 reply

lol, we love you too bro

2016-03-21 23:31

nt favela gyazo.com/94374ef96577b706b5de8eefd46852..

2016-03-21 07:28

tn purys

2016-03-21 07:30

nt trump

2016-03-21 14:03

ggs

GG WP C9

Liquid were sooo tired. wp c9

Riiiight lol.

2016-03-21 07:31

Tired enough to beat CLG several times

2016-03-21 07:52

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liquid and clg played the same amount of maps idiot

2016-03-21 11:56

Liquid played 2 ESL PRO LEAGUE matches right before the grand finals you dumbass

2016-03-21 18:56

they actually played 5 maps before the final. but what is your fucking point? they played 2 esl matches? so?? moron

2016-03-21 21:17

They were More tired than Cloud9 that's it.

2016-03-22 01:09

yeeeeah

pooor s1mple..

I feel bad for Hiko... LOL.. not really.

na is so bad.

SHROUD

Rip s1mplid

Have not watched at all, but this was online right ?

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can you even read idiot The iBUYPOWER 2016 Spring Invitational marked the computer hardware company's return to an online tournament format,

I wasnt bothered enought to read article about NA, but sorry anyways based jesus

2016-03-21 07:15

Still bothered enough to ask about than wasting reading the first sentence :D

2016-03-21 07:16

I just read the bold text and standings i thought it would be written somewhere there, also no picture from the actual lan made me think its online. I just wake up give me a break man :D

2016-03-21 07:18

Just woke up and already asking for a break... Lazy Slovak.

2016-03-21 07:26

yeaa son

2016-03-21 07:27

also no picture from the actual lan made me think its online.

2016-03-21 18:28

Whats wrong with that

2016-03-22 06:57

livecap.tv/t/ibuypower/uP6t1qfQgeD SIGNATURE SHROOOOOOOOD

the waaar is oooover... lmao that guy is a legend

2016-03-21 17:35

VERY EZ

good shit freakazoid

Brazil fail again :)

Nice C9 back on top as usual!

ROFL! "usual" hahaha ;D

2016-03-21 07:25

Nt Favelas

ggwp s1mple

very good shape to MLG Columbus, hope to see them in quarters

2016-03-21 07:21

hahaha C9 actually winning something, not bad

2016-03-21 07:24

1. Cloud9 - $10,000 2. Liquid - $4,000 3-4. CLG - $1,000 3-4. Selfless - $1,000 5-8. Luminosity (REKT) 5-8. Tempo Storm (REKT) NA > SA

2016-03-21 15:26

xD +1 xD

2016-03-21 16:43

ONLINE Yes :]

2016-03-21 21:09

ez money , kids are crying ?

Its funny cause kids lost skins and the sweet tears are falling..

2016-03-21 07:36

Heh funnily enough Liquid is the all aim no brain in this case. Not that good as a team yet. True this was online and after 5 matches.

there aim is shit couldnt even hold there spots as ct, they can only make some flashy kills and fail hard

2016-03-21 07:39

Legit had been playing matches for 12 hours. Cloud9 deserved the win but that wasn't Liquid that I just watched play.

2016-03-21 09:32

no that was liquid, that has been liquid ever since they've picked up koosta. Losing to winterfox and losing to renegades and now cloud 9. they've always played the same.

2016-03-21 10:18

2016-03-21 17:25

nice pricepool kappa

2016-03-21 07:37

for an online tourny? 10k is not bad at all

2016-03-21 07:57

gj, C9!

2016-03-21 07:50

told you guys stewie is na's last hope

2016-03-21 08:02

ty clg 4 making liquid tired and give c9 ez win on 2nd map and 3rd map

2016-03-21 08:18

right, play 12 hours of matches and are expected to make a BO3 competitive. gg by C9 tho, both teams look good form for the major.

2016-03-21 09:33

stop the excuses for them, its their job to be prepared for a tournament that they accepted the invite to.

2016-03-21 10:16

Y but what you say doensn't make any sense. I don't understand what accepting an invite has to do with being tired after 6 hours of playing.

after all the changes liquid still cant beat freak and nothing, gg

2016-03-21 09:55

I don't understand why they think just raw aim works. Eventually they will need tactics. Only fnatic can pull off that raw aim style.

2016-03-21 10:14

just Freak Bully paying off man

2016-03-21 10:15

but...but... simple is the god...

2016-03-21 10:04

HAHAHAHAH Clown9 #1

Who cares about t3 tournament. except Luminosity ofc.

2016-03-21 10:20

better stop paying freek at all lmao

2016-03-21 10:46

clown9 #1 online team finally won something XD

2016-03-21 11:03

watch out EUROS !

2016-03-21 11:13

where are the stats

2016-03-21 11:44

Finally they won something

2016-03-21 11:45

Seminar worked

2016-03-21 12:33

result manipulation raise morale of worst clans ever invitational

2016-03-21 12:38

c9 <3

2016-03-21 12:41

lg failed bad

2016-03-21 12:48

Cloud 9 best NA Team confirmed!

2016-03-21 12:57

Thats something atleast xDDDDD

2016-03-21 12:58

Ez win because no one is banning adderall

2016-03-21 13:02

Cloud9, as last year, dominant against NA competition online. Also, as last year, C9 is terrible at international LAN. C9 has not improved with the addition of Stewie2K, and still has no chances at the MLG Major in Columbus barring a miracle upset run.

2016-03-21 13:08

C9 was dominant against NA competition last year on LAN too as they won 2 back to back titles. Their first ever titles might I had.

2016-03-21 14:17

Yeah, dominant against NA competition online and on LAN. But remember how they did at international LAN, hence my conclusion that they haven't changed for the better - or worse - this year. And so they won't do well at MLG (esp considering their group)

2016-03-21 19:51

Ofcoarse C9 isn't gonna do jack squat. I'm hoping they would go out without a win on a map. They literally gave their everything in this ibp tournament. They don't have anything else to show this major.

2016-03-21 21:32

Nah, C9 has a chance.

2016-03-21 14:36

I sincerely hope you are joking xD Have you seen the group C9 are in? Na'Vi: #2 Team in the world. Enough said. Virtus.Pro: Slumping massively but still historically strong against NA teams - especially tactically weak ones. G2: Run-down French lineup, but that still hosts a few star names, beating them would be C9's best chance of success, but I sincerely doubt they would let this happen, considering the huge increase in form displayed by ex6stence.

2016-03-21 19:55

Two Time champions who will continue. Hell of a match to watch.

2016-03-21 13:11

C9 <3 <3 <3 <3

2016-03-21 14:02

bully freakazoid going to bully someone big jerk

2016-03-21 14:23

See what happens when Jordan isn't stressed with IGL responsibilities...

2016-03-21 14:27

Who was igl??

2016-03-21 17:33

Irukandji was coaching.

2016-03-21 18:46

Not in game. I read N0thing's tweets. N0thing was still the igl in the games if I'm not mistaken, although Stewie was calling on Mirage vs. Optic (I'm not joking)

2016-03-22 00:28

Haha! It's cute how C9 fans get so excited over this online win. Especially when they only had to play shit teams and a fatigued Liquid in the final. Comedy gold right here: reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/4b..

2016-03-21 14:42

No one cares about who they faced. We saw a team that is looking to be in old form. They raped OpTiC on mirage after being down 13-7 on T side, you never see their T side come out like that. Irukandji can be the start of something good, and that's why fans are excited. And they beat liquid pretty convincingly, they shoulda won Dust 2.

2016-03-21 18:49

Haha! It's cute how hltvkiddies get mad when other people are happy about a team winning. Especially when it doesn't affect them at all. You sir, are comedy gold.

2016-03-22 02:55

Stewie+2k

2016-03-21 14:45

Liquid will take time. Said it before. Wait until about mid-2016 before criticizing the work in progress. Cloud9 absolutely needs an impactful n0thing. When he disappears they literally are nothing. But when he's fragging alongside Shroud and Ska, Cloud9 becomes threatening again. Not top5 threatening, but top10 threatening.

2016-03-21 15:06