HTC Invitational list complete

19-4-2016 20:45

PGL has revealed the last four players who will compete at the HTC 1vs1 CS:GO Invitational.

This weekend, PGL's studios, in Bucharest, will play host to a 1vs1 invitational tournament sponsored by telecommunications company HTC, with $25,000 at stake.

Sixteen top players, hailing from the male and the female professional scenes, will face each other in aim duels in the tournament, which will kick off with a GSL group stage, followed by the single-elimination playoffs.

ShahZaM and desi to represent NA in Bucharest

Rounding out the list of participants for the event are Preparation's Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller, CSGL's Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller and North American duo Derek "⁠desi⁠" Branchen and Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan, both of whom are free agents after recently leaving Winterfox and OpTic Gaming, respectively.

The following 16 players will be taking part in the HTC 1v1 CS:GO Invitational by PGL:

Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev (Na`Vi)	Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub (EnVyUs)
Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin (Na`Vi)	Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon (G2)
Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli (ENCE)	Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom (G2)
Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş (Space Soldiers)	Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer (EnVyUs)
Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad (FaZe]	Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey (FaZe)
Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie (Team Secret)	Julia "⁠juliano⁠" Kiran (Team Secret)
Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller (Preparation)	Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller (CSGL)
Derek "⁠desi⁠" Branchen	Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan

Taking viewers through all the action on PGL's Twitch channel will be a talent panel featuring Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer, Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen, Pala "⁠Pala⁠" Gilroy Sen, Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett and a special guest, who will be revealed closer to the event.

2016-04-19 20:45

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OMFG!!!! IT'S GREAT

2016-04-19 20:46

Couldn't be easier for xantares tbh

XANTARES will win you heard it first from me

9 replies

will he bomb us? Kappa

2016-04-19 21:06

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XANTARES wasn't so great? Are you kidding me? When was the last time you saw a player with such an ability and movement with AWP? XANTARES puts the game in another level, we will be blessed if we ever see a player with his skill and passion for the game again. GeT_RiGhT breaks records, olofmeister breaks records. XANTARES breaks the rules. You can keep your statistics. I prefer the magic

2016-04-19 22:18

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No one said anything bad about Xantares, i don't undersatnd what you are talking about and who you are answering to

2016-04-20 04:31

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2016-04-20 05:19

2 replies

2016-04-20 08:11

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2016-04-23 17:53

lmao baited

2016-04-20 11:26

y they destroyed me

2016-04-20 11:33

2016-04-20 15:29

shazam and desi - NA's 2 most hated pros rofl

2016-04-19 21:22

true haha

2016-04-20 12:21

EZ GOD Allu

2016-04-20 19:07

ez for vactares

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lol no gtr, olof, guardian, device, niko etc. what a joke sry 4 hijack

2016-04-19 22:03

LOL you think THOSE guys are even close to XANTARES? are you crazy? XANTARES is a GOD. no-one will stop him. He will EASILY win this tier2 tournament.

2016-04-19 22:09

Hijacking for visibility :/ Maybe too busy with other more important tournaments? Ez for either flamie, allu, XANTARES or Michu most likely.

2016-04-20 12:30

Ez for Tukish Delight

2016-04-19 23:27

3rd :)))

good luck!

312

EZ XANTARES

yay

no1 from fnatic...

SAD

2016-04-19 21:11

ez 4 allu

lol

MICHU <3

wtf shahzam and desi ?

WTF?

xantarez

expected better....

XANTAGOD

damnn

a girl? XDXD she's gonna get rekt

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Two girls even..

2016-04-19 21:04

3 actually, Cadian :D jk jk :P

2016-04-19 21:28

true m8 no kidding, it is known

2016-04-19 21:34

Yeah, you're right. I just took a quick peek at the names. Gonna be fun to watch

Oh ye, for sure

2016-04-19 21:30

ez VACTARES

had to be a randomizer? desi's decent but....

Nope, HTC tweeted Desi yesterday

2016-04-19 20:47

rip NA lel

ez XANTARES

easy cadian

I can understand desi but .....Shahzam?

I can understand Shahzam but .....desi?

because he is white, shahzam is black.

2016-04-19 21:31

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because shahzam is black, he is white.

2016-04-19 21:36

That's why I can understand Desi but....Shahzam?

2016-04-19 21:39

That's why I can understand Shahzam but....desi?

2016-04-19 22:00

multi culti ma frend. black white yellow pink its for everyone. TEAM ISIS will be there

2016-04-20 12:19

desi why? also ez 4 allu

more french baguettes

nice na invites

lol ez seized or flamie

No Nip no game.

ez for julia

Wouldbhave been nice to see ex ibp members but ayyy looks like NA got better candidates kappa kappa

No niko no party

They wanted the tournament to be interesting rather than one guy destryoing everyone so no NiKo :P

2016-04-20 00:44

2 grills are gonna get shrekt Also no best players like Guardian, Olof, GTR, f0rest, device, Snax. ;/ Edit. Just realized no NiKo. This is shit.

I think olofmeister or Guardian were supposed to go but couldn't do it because of the injury, not sure who though

2016-04-19 20:58

slovak

2016-04-19 21:07

I think you should add S1mple to that list.

2016-04-19 21:55

GuardiaN was supposed to go instead of flamie

2016-04-20 16:28

and waiting for SpawN

SpawN confirmed

Shahzam and desi? RIP NA

Desi and Shahz for NA gg

ez for juliano and zAAz! go grilllssss

inb4 both of them gets 16-0'ed and they call out for rape allegation

2016-04-20 11:34

Let's go jkaem!

desi and Shaz will make NA proud EleGiggle

Ez juliano

there is an error in shox (G2]<-this mark jkaem (FaZe] same

2016-04-19 20:48

allu ez

ez for grills and SpawN

ez or Can

2016-04-19 20:49

3 girls am i right? zaaz juliano cadian

man juliano so sexy. would pay alot to fuck that mouth

Shahzam and desi... Of all people...

why why why would have been cool to see s1mple/shroud/tarik/nitr0/elige/roca/twistzz/android/so many other NA players instead at least we get to see XANTARES

2016-04-19 20:54

+1 if you wanted steel dazed or m0e

2016-04-20 11:35

Ez for ENCE

2016-04-19 20:51

flamie / kenny to win this all

Where is p1mple?

2016-04-19 20:52

probably didn't plan to leave NA when they searched out players, seeing this list I think that they would've invited him aswell

2016-04-22 12:49

p1mple is in ukrain... He left team liquid... Get your facts right bro.

2016-04-23 10:27

...But after they invited the players

2016-04-23 14:31

ehm not the greatest duellist in my list, was hoping better.

mhmm noone from canada...i guess its a noob only invite list

2016-04-19 20:53

That French lineup would be sick :o

ez vactares

flamie to win it all no niko and s1mple this is sad

2016-04-19 21:03

shox ez

2016-04-19 20:55

lmao

2016-04-19 20:56

zey talk about my 1 taps they know me from highl8ts xD

Some of people shouldn't even have been invited on that list, they know who they are. Lots of brown nosing in action behind the scenes Gwan the kebabman!

2016-04-19 20:57

when is this? edit: forget it, its the first two words... :D (unless you edited it before i posted miraa, im not sure) anyway, would be nice to see the dates of tournaments in bold, since its the only info (besides the lineups) that really matters. edit2: whats that miraa? "will play host to a 1vs1"

2016-04-19 21:02

next weekend

2016-04-19 21:13

1vs1? Scream ez

rofl so many lowfags

going to be fucking interesting!

Ez for juliano <3 Edit:btw bring Potti as special guest, one of the best aimers in 1.6 <3

2016-04-19 21:09

GO Juliano & zAAz!!!

2016-04-19 20:59

and a special guest....... PapaBiceps or we riot

2016-04-19 21:01

spawn hltv confirmed

2016-04-19 21:15

wz for k1o <3

DEY TALK ABOUT MY ONE TABS

shit turnament no good aimers only ppl who are sponsored by HTC and if they are not then I have no idea how did they pick them.. btw desi lost to s1mple something like 16:2 two times in a row on aim map

flamie and siezed ftw!

RIP NA 4Head Ez for Allu and zAAz

Will they be up on lounge?

Snax ?

ez for allu

2016-04-19 21:05

seized flamie shox scream k1o michu one of them gonna win

juliano vs xantares in finals??

ez for flamie, seized, XANTARES and juliano <3

ez4MICHU

XUNTARESSSSSSSSSS

2016-04-19 21:10

easy for MICHU :D

2016-04-19 21:12

Dafaq

ez xantares

we need this guys get_right s1mple a random guy from fnatic shroud niko oskar device coldzera

2016-04-19 21:16

ez for ence

baguette overrepresentation

2016-04-19 21:19

LOL

2016-04-19 21:18

Ez shox/flamie/seized/scream

They know me as the headshot machine. They know me from the highlight they see. They know me from the matches they watch. They talk about my one taps and they think for me aiming is so easy. I just go into a match and that's it. But my aim, it's comes from more than just a game. For me - aim - it is about precision... This part people don't see. This part, it does not show up in highlights. When I sit down to play everything already is a part of me...

ScreaM Go! Go! Go! XD

2016-04-20 03:29

what joke No niko no Deve no GTR or forest No simple no cold

2016-04-19 21:23

top 5 on the right side of the list = new EnVyUs

2016-04-19 21:25

Flamie wins this

16 players you say? Flamie NiKo Scream Lekr0 jks Attacker Tarik Hiko Olof Device Snax Oskar f0rest S1mple Coldzera XANTARES Much better, would have wanked over that line-up

this^^^^^^^^^^^^

2016-04-19 21:27

Everyone isn't available at anytime. It's the first 1v1 tournament tho. If it shows good attractivity and a good show, you can be sure next 1v1 events would offer more cash and a better line-up.

2016-04-19 21:29

All true and I agree. I just thought that 25k on offer might have dragged in a few more big name players. Hopefully next time we'll see a real superstar line-up.

2016-04-19 21:37

+ sick lineup

2016-04-19 21:46

I would bet my shit all of them except maybe Lekr0 and Attacker were invited but didn't accept

2016-04-20 23:27

Scream or vactares

2016-04-19 21:26

rofl what a joke lmao oh lets take zaaz, cadian, allu, shahzam, desi, seized and juliano over s1mple, niko, shroud, device, gtr, forest, s1mple, cold, tarik YAH FOR SURE MEETCHU THERE MAN

Lol MICHU is sick aimer with no brain

2016-04-19 22:01

wat

2016-04-19 22:29

Allu is a god at 1v1 stompped simple and olof rage quitted against him.

2016-04-20 10:04

Juliano 16-0 every male Final gonna be Juliano vs zAAz Let's go girls!!

you know, there might be some players who just didn't want to go to the tournament and would rather practice with the team or whatever

Ez for zAAz no kappa

is all you people can do hating things? half of the comments here are crying about how bad the players invited are. i dont get it.

2016-04-19 21:33

ez for flamie

dust jew shitter.

2016-04-19 23:48

lol no lifer stop stalking me on HLTV you little religious idiot,keep believing in your god...

2016-04-19 23:49

only good jew is a dead jew.

2016-04-19 23:50

nice life you got there,please get some irl friends mr 9/11

2016-04-19 23:51

Such random invites lol

2016-04-19 21:35

jkeam or scream win calling it

Shaz and desi LMAO

where is Niko??????????

2016-04-19 21:40

Omg ez for scream . We know him

ez for zAAz

No s1mple No niko No Oskar Lmfao

2016-04-19 21:41

surely they got invited

2016-04-19 22:24

LANTARES gonna rekt those lowfags and will get the grills.

LANTARE gonna rekt them all Kappa

2016-04-19 21:42

lool wtf no s1mple no niko no olof no rain no snax btw ez for flamie

2016-04-19 21:44

Eazy for Shoxie #WeArePapillon

They talkin bout my one taps XDDD

2016-04-19 21:47

EZ MICHU

2016-04-19 21:49

Ez for ShoxieJESUS

Ez 4 allu

2016-04-19 21:50

+cosmeeen +xellow +seminte

2016-04-19 21:53

Russian grand final incoming.

2016-04-19 21:56

No Canadians? FeelsBadMan

They probably all speak shitty english and can't understand each other. Owner: "Invite a canadian" Organizer: *Invites cadian*

2016-04-19 22:35

xD true

2016-04-19 23:30

Nah brah, most people here speak decent english.

2016-04-20 11:44

LAN + XANTARES = unstoppable

They are from Sweden , so they are used to

NoKappa

2016-04-20 02:07

2016-04-20 10:05

why is Kioshima even here? he cant aim! like for real, he cant aim, he doesnt have good aim. He was also trash vs VP games earlier.

2016-04-19 22:04

Where is ocean

2016-04-19 22:08

2016-04-19 22:12

lol wtf

2016-04-19 22:14

ROMANIA LOL??? WTF??? host in 1st world plz, last time a tournament was hosted there it was shit.

2016-04-19 22:19

can i know why was shit?

2016-04-19 23:29

3rd world country??? hello??? it was the worst major

2016-04-20 11:51

it can be in 69th wordld country, if is well organized, it's a good major. And it was good organized. Sorry if we can't host better majors like in your country, oh wait

2016-04-20 16:26

Australia hasn't even been given the chance obviously, pls think about what you say before posting thx

2016-04-20 16:34

i'm wondering why

2016-04-20 20:48

location.

2016-04-20 21:31

PGL > all. nt though.

2016-04-20 11:37

Allu to catch last place, u heard it here FIRST! :DDD But yeah he can be first if we look the ladder from the bottom.

2016-04-19 22:23

What the fuck? This isn't worth watching at all. You don't have: apEX jks device dupreeh byali get_right-a- f0rest roca shroud skadoodle fer coldzera faze rain karma rain potter missharvey and you DO have: zaaz juliano michu cadian (WHAT A JOKE) desi shahzam jkaem allu seized NONE of these players except desi and shahzam who are outaimed by every NA player I just listed are even known for having good aim, they make a career out of their instant subconscious decision making and teamplay. If you think anyone in the world would rather see cadian in this tournament than apex, you're retarded.

2016-04-19 22:36

shroud, coldzera, fer, any other players > abyss > shahzam and desi

2016-04-19 22:31

Is that why Allu won vs simple and olof 1v1?

2016-04-20 10:06

when did u dream that?

2016-04-20 16:43

Oh I didn't know that i dream about twitch thats wierd... gtfo gypsy trash

2016-04-20 17:26

true

2016-04-20 12:10

MICHU FOR THE WIN

2016-04-19 22:37

ez ScreaM

2016-04-19 22:40

Xantares will rekt'em all.

2016-04-19 22:43

Xantares vs ScreaM ez

2016-04-19 22:47

when?

2016-04-19 22:48

So ez for ENCE (ALLU)

2016-04-19 22:52

ez 4 seized, flamie, kennyS, Happy, ScreaM & shoxie.

2016-04-19 22:53

no olof/pasha duo ....SAD

2016-04-19 23:10

well we all know whos gonna be last...

2016-04-19 23:26

Too bad no rain or flusha. Still good players in!

2016-04-19 23:31

So... What date is this ? Ez VACTARES.

2016-04-19 23:33

Xantares will get rekt by zAAz you'll see

2016-04-19 23:44

in your dreams XDD

2016-04-20 06:36

Hahaha not sure if i'm even going to watch this 1v1 tournament so usually when i don't watch huge upset happens

2016-04-20 06:37

Btw flamie rekted s1mple on aim map. Just saying......

2016-04-20 00:34

ez for Flamie

2016-04-20 00:37

ez for juliano

2016-04-20 00:50

i would like to see Xantares vs scream final :>

2016-04-20 01:05

2016-04-20 01:10

Me too! XD

2016-04-20 03:33

In b4 kio rekt every envyus player kek

2016-04-20 01:06

flamie or scream

2016-04-20 01:19

Who will win?

2016-04-20 01:26

ez juliano

2016-04-20 01:29

ez scream

2016-04-20 01:36

It's this weekend? So that's why the guys in the studio are working until late and building servers :D Unfortunately I'm busy this weekend and not working :(

2016-04-20 02:59

cadiaN

2016-04-20 03:56

juliano 1v1 sex?

2016-04-20 04:12

XANTARES WIN OFC

2016-04-20 04:19

2016-04-20 04:30

WHERE NIKO

2016-04-20 04:33

they had to give the others a chance to win

2016-04-20 07:33

2016-04-20 22:20

ez french

2016-04-20 04:55

no fox no party Kappa

2016-04-20 05:02

fancy1 who has been invited doesn't attend?

2016-04-20 05:05

fancy1 was tyloo worst player at malmo he really showed everyone what a true onliner plays like on LAN.

2016-04-20 06:06

shox vs scream in final thank me later dissapointed that NiKo and s1mple + shroud arent invited also alot of other ppl who deserved it like f0rest,coldzera etc.... lol.... cadian shazam desi and those 2female players for real? xDD i bet that i could fucking beat them ez lol

2016-04-20 06:24

This obviously isn't a very important event. Not many NA players probably wanted to travel across the Atlantic just to play this 1v1 tourney. Desi and shahzam are both not on roster for any team in NA, so they have time to do this. Hell, I'm surprised they didn't invite Summit XD

2016-04-20 07:40

I'm pretty sure shroud/NiKo+players from VP/NIP/LG wouldve accepted the offer when players from NaVi/EnVyUs/G2 are going aswell...

2016-04-20 07:42

Yeah, I'm not too sure about the EU players tbh :P

2016-04-20 07:49

WHERE IS GOD NEO

2016-04-20 07:20

where is fallen and coldzera or fer and why not my childhood hero forest :D

2016-04-20 07:24

No Niko??

2016-04-20 07:26

Ez for allu and shox

2016-04-20 07:29

This is disappointing.

2016-04-20 07:39

So ez for Allu

2016-04-20 07:38

Was going to say the girls were going to get destroyed and were by far the worst but then I saw desi 4Head

2016-04-20 08:19

and shazam,cadian rofl

2016-04-20 08:43

lack of s1mple, niko, and coldzera. so sad.

2016-04-20 08:40

Lan ? = poor xantares

2016-04-20 08:47

ez flamie

2016-04-20 09:53

Allu vs Michu in the final I called it! pbs.twimg.com/media/CaPFoM4UAAEKTFU.png

2016-04-20 10:07

thank mr sunny

2016-04-20 15:51

top 3 seized/xantares/flamie ez

2016-04-20 10:21

xantares on lan? I arent think that

2016-04-20 10:29

zantares show!

2016-04-20 10:59

gl grills

2016-04-20 11:13

f****ckkkk, where dev1l????

2016-04-20 12:08

WHERE IS PASHALALALALALALLALALALLALALALALALALLALALALALLALALAA? AND SECOND ROBOT MAIKELELLELELELLELELELELELELLELELELLEE

2016-04-20 12:15

Where's niko and simple?

2016-04-20 12:16

why not mimi from team secret? she´s the best female pro

2016-04-20 12:17

Where is NiP and Fnatic players? defuq?

2016-04-20 12:20

WHAT MAP THEY GONNA PLAY? DUST2 1VS1?

Those players will put shame on our flag.

2016-04-20 12:58

Cadian for Denmark? Seriously...

2016-04-20 14:20

ikr dupreeh/dev1ce would be nice to see

2016-04-20 15:48

WHERE SPAWN ??

2016-04-20 15:01

EZ XANTARES UNSTOPPABLE

2016-04-20 15:46

RIP Kenny Seized Allu Xantares Jkaem Zaaz Cadian Shahzam

2016-04-20 16:52

2016-04-20 17:10

WOOOO im in your head boy

2016-04-20 18:32

if the special guest is thorin, give me the bleach

2016-04-20 19:26

ez4michu

2016-04-20 19:38

easiest 25k in flamie's life

2016-04-20 23:28

2016-04-21 00:03

2016-04-21 00:07

No flusha, cold, olof, snax, niko... bullshit event.

2016-04-21 02:12

ez for shox the rentboy kappa

2016-04-21 02:18

ez jkaem and LUL women in esports

2016-04-21 06:16

what a lack tour ... -Fox (Old Vitrus.Pro) last champion 1vs1 ..... long time i saw. -Dosia -S1mple -Hiko -Niko -coldzera -Olof -Pasha -Snax -Device

2016-04-21 07:11

1st.) EZ 4 FLAMIE. 2nd.) EZ 4 FLAMIE. 3rd.) EZ 4 FLAMIE. EZ 4th.) FLAMIE.

2016-04-21 10:11

haha rip america, they have shahzam. i feel bad for them, they should have either had shroud or hiko, ez win id say.

2016-04-21 10:14

Schedule?

2016-04-22 12:42

I truely believe Shox or Flamie will win this one.

2016-04-22 12:54

Rip Allu and welcome SpawN. htcinvite.pglesports.com/

2016-04-22 16:19

ez for allu (from ence :D)

2016-04-22 20:24

The token female invites lmao

2016-04-22 23:11

2016-04-23 08:00

2016-04-23 09:46

great none of the nip players,and fkin - shazam and desi + shroud and roca,and why the fuck is this turkish moron atending

2016-04-23 12:44

ez allu ez ence

2016-04-23 16:02

HTC Invitational list complete

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