Liquid invited to ESL One New York

19-7-2016 18:28

ESL has announced that Team Liquid have been invited to compete at the upcoming ESL One event, in New York.

The North American giants are the third team to have earned an invitation to compete at the event, joining a list that also features ESL One Cologne champions SK Gaming and ECS Season 1 winners G2 Esports.

Liquid surpassed all expectations at the Cologne Major as they finished in second place, with Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev acting as a stand-in. The last spot on the team has since been taken by Danish talent Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche, formerly of SK Gaming and dignitas.

Team Liquid to compete at ESL One New York

The news comes just days after Liquid were announced as one of the first two confirmed teams for IEM Oakland, alongside SK.

ESL One New York will take place from October 1-2 at the Barclays Center, home of NBA franchise Brooklyn Nets and of NHL team New York Islanders, with $250,000 on offer. Tickets for the event can be purchased on ESL's website.

The last five invites are expected to be released by ESL in the coming weeks. The list of participants for the event now currently consists of:

Liquid

expected

2016-07-19 18:28

1 reply

2016-07-19 18:29

gogo liquid

Tier4

6 replies

Why do you hate Liquid so much?

2016-07-19 18:52

5 replies

He's mad his nip got out in groups

2016-07-19 19:23

I am

2016-07-19 19:33

I don't, I dislike them because they are not NiP. I only support NiP.

2016-07-19 19:34

2 replies

Ahhh gotcha

2016-07-19 19:38

That's what happens when Swedes love cocaine

2016-07-20 02:34

thank mr. twitch.

Pimp replaced p1mple

S1mp replaced Pimple

2016-07-19 19:02

p1mple

2016-07-19 18:30

liquid back to shit

with pimp ? lmao

p1mp -s1mple ggEZ

2016-07-19 18:35

muricaaa baby

2016-07-19 18:31

Look forward to watching them in esl one ill be attending :D

2016-07-19 18:33

Pimp <3

2016-07-19 18:36

Major or not?

2016-07-19 18:38

It has another game, so no (Valve only makes CS only tournaments Majors). I would be surprised if they did a second USA major anyway.

2016-07-19 18:42

Wont be a Major just because there are Only 8 teams on the tournament and it must have legends and challengers

2016-07-19 19:04

no simple no win feelsbadman

2016-07-19 18:40

virtus.premier invite pls

2016-07-19 18:45

4 replies

Virtus.premiere can be pro again in the end of the year, right? Because of season 2 of esl pro league, idk, if the pro will happen, they can Win the premiere and play the pro league again next year

2016-07-19 19:06

3 replies

they denied playing premier

2016-07-20 07:29

WTF, really? Só whats gonna happen? They wont play the further Seasons of pro league hahahahahahaha?

2016-07-20 07:42

hltv.org/news/17918-virtuspro-decline-pr.. not sure about the future, I think there is still 1 wildcard spot left in pro league, they don't actually deserve it but they might get it just coz they are popular and big team

2016-07-20 07:52

fnatic mousesports Na`Vi NiP Virtus.Pro

2016-07-19 18:54

Thoose 8 teams would make sick legends for a major

2016-07-19 19:18

when envy get their shit together replace mouz with EnVy then you would have best 8 legends for a major ))

2016-07-19 20:07

no s1mple no fun

2016-07-19 18:58

coo1

2016-07-19 19:14

danish talent hahahahahaha

2016-07-19 19:15

p1mple and his NA burger friends to get rekt by SK , VP and G2*

WE SMART WE LOYAL WE FROM USA!!

2016-07-19 19:24

+ Fnatic Virtus.Pro Astralis Na'Vi EnVyUs / Mousesports pls

2016-07-19 19:25

Invite Envy to tournament in 2016 EleGiggle

2016-07-19 19:27

now invite VP, fnatic, Na`Vi, Astralis, mouz, NiP and more

We're dumb, we team hop, we eat burgers, we argue with everyone! We are Merican!

2016-07-19 19:32

Go G2 wowowowo We smart We loyal We eat baguettes We TT sided WE ARE FROM FRANCE!!!!

2016-07-19 19:36

+REP

Liquid without S1mple is just an NA trash team.

not really, with this lineup they will be top 8, Pimp is a good rifler and could run a double awp CT setup with jdm. combine that with Elige and nitro's raw skill and Hiko's experience you have a really good team.

2016-07-19 19:46

+1 but i hope they can show smth

2016-07-19 19:55

+1 sad but true

2016-07-19 21:09

-pimp FOR FUCK SAKE...

2016-07-19 19:35

Would be surprised if liquid are even tier 3 NA

good job, cheering on Liquid!

2016-07-19 19:49

No s1mple, no party! -pimp +s1mple!

2016-07-19 20:05

+Astralis +fnatic +NaVi +VP +Immortals to be a good tournament

2016-07-19 20:17

-Immortals -VP +NiP +FaZe

2016-07-19 21:19

Immortals>FaZe -VP + NiP is good

2016-07-19 23:27

I hope there are 16 teams so that all of the tier 1/2 teams can be invited.

2016-07-19 20:22

no s1mple no liquid

2016-07-19 20:28

invated only cuz of s1mple did a good job

2016-07-19 20:50

+999999999

2016-07-19 20:55

+1 S1mple was amazing

2016-07-19 20:56

no smiple no liquid as simple as it simple was not the problem its so fucking simple

no liquid since Mr.s1mple #CSGOD left the team...

i swear hltv sucks s1mple's dick

2016-07-19 20:57

they jump onto s1mple's dick everyday saying "hmm yummy yummy s1mple senpaaaai subaraaashi"

2016-07-20 07:54

-pimp +S1mple please...

2016-07-19 21:02

NaVi go cyka blyat

2016-07-19 21:21

no Simple no win.

2016-07-19 21:27

+s1mple = win with any team.

2016-07-19 21:30

2016-07-19 21:32

100% agreed! Expected of course!

2016-07-19 21:37

Ez for Sk...

2016-07-19 21:47

G2 to go out without a single win. Guarenteed.

2016-07-19 21:57

lol, invited only because Liquid finished 2nd in the major by getting lucky playing against teams that aren't performing like they should.

2016-07-19 22:13

Your logic: If a team loses to an NA team, they're not performing like they should Therefore, any time an NA team beats a good team, it's because that team was playing badly, not the NA team playing well. It's really silly, because Navi and Fnatic looked fine that tournament and are solid top 4 teams. Envyus, Mousesports, Navi, Fnatic is not an easy major run to a final, it's actually a really hard one and probably the hardest major path to a final a team has had in quite a few majors, possibly the hardest path to a major final ever honestly, considering they had to beat two top 4 teams in single elim bracket. When was the last time a team making the final had to do that? That's what's really sad about this performance, it's like the least lucky hardest run you can have to get that final appearance and yet people will still say it's luck somehow since they don't like NA.

2016-07-20 05:08