DH Winter invites revealed

21-10-2016 12:27

DreamHack has revealed the invite list for its ZOWIE Open tournament at DreamHack Winter.

Cloud9, dignitas, Renegades, OpTic Gaming, GODSENT and FaZe have all received direct invites to compete in the $100,000 competition, which will be held from November 24-27 in Jönköping as part of the iconic DreamHack Winter event.

These teams will be joined by FlipSid3 Tactics and Gambit Gaming, who made their way into the tournament by finishing top two in last weekend's closed qualifier.

karrigan's FaZe to attend DreamHack Winter

With the announcement of all six invitees, the list of participants for DreamHack ZOWIE Open at DreamHack Winter consists of:

FlipSid3	Gambit
Cloud9	Dignitas
Renegades	OpTic
GODSENT	FaZe

The Swedish event will be the fifth DreamHack stop of 2016 to feature a ZOWIE Open tournament. The 2017 Open circuit will comprise nine events, spanning six countries, it was revealed earlier this week.

mom i did it!

2016-10-21 12:27

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ez aussies no1

2016-10-21 12:28

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when fsid3 , faze and optic are all invited over mouz FeelsBadMan .

2016-10-21 12:37

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Flip played the qualifier

2016-10-21 12:41

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t2-3 tournament

2016-10-21 12:50

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C9 and Dig are T1 teams. Flipsid3 and Gambit while not T1 do hold legend spots, so they are at least decent. Optic is another really good T2 team that could easily become T1 if they have a good EPL Finals considering their strong showing in ESL NY. Godsent and Faze are mid-low T2, but Faze has just made a roster change and Godsent could figure things out by then. I doubt they will become T1, but they could definitely become upper T2. Renegades, yeah they are a T3 team. So I would call this a T1-T2 tournament.

2016-10-21 16:04

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c9 yes dig no

2016-10-21 16:08

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Dig is better then c9

2016-10-21 16:14

If anything dig yes, c9 no.

2016-10-21 18:14

lol you wot m8

2016-10-21 19:32

Faze mid or low T2? :S They are at least T1, maybe in the lower parts of that category though...

2016-10-21 17:05

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Faze tier1 ?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

2016-10-21 18:15

considering renegades has taken maps off all of these teams and results over the last 4 months have suggested they have improved immensely this is probably the greatest chance they've ever had to make a semi or grand final. Dignitas is the team to beat.

2016-10-21 23:55

zamknij jape

2016-10-22 09:01

kek what a fucking lame list

how do you know declined invite maybe ? No time other events and dont you think the would have invited more top teams if they could ? Mouz has a pretty busy Schedule the next few month. IEM Oakland is exactly one week before now they are in Atlanta and next week in Brasil you cant start in every event.

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because the liquipedia page doesn't have any declined invites?..

2016-10-21 13:01

Teams declining an invite is usually not made public.

2016-10-21 13:40

tfw renegades are picked over real tier 1 teams FeelsBadMan

2016-10-22 00:52

Would be nice if they won something

2016-10-21 15:10

Renegades but not ence ????

2016-10-21 12:35

I honestly think renegades are better

2016-10-21 12:53

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me too

2016-10-21 12:59

me three.

2016-10-21 13:04

me four.

2016-10-21 14:17

Not even fgt

2016-10-21 13:17

lol

2016-10-21 14:05

not so ez for ence without allu

2016-10-21 15:25

p l z r e f r a i n

2016-10-21 13:43

Your mom doesn't care and neither does anyone else but u and the 4 other nerds that tried for first comment. Grats

2016-10-22 05:55

GL best team in the world (C9)

Ez for c9

2016-10-21 12:32

it's good that you specified, for a second I thought we had to deal with another SK hacking victory

2016-10-21 12:34

OpTic vs FaZe final ez dog allu

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Is you stupid? C9 vs dignitas ez cat freakazoid

F3 vs renegades quattrofinal for 2nd place, mouz electronic

2016-10-21 12:44

You didnt manage to write a single word right. At least you wrote the finalistas right so not bad xd

2016-10-21 12:46

Welcome on hltv board cristiano

2016-10-21 13:57

good

ez Renegades

nice

7th. Not bad.

quite high pleace

2016-10-21 12:31

7rd

lol maybe 7st ?

2016-10-21 12:51

7nd retard

2016-10-21 13:59

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nope can u dont counting? 1nd 2st 3nd 4st 5rd 6rd 7rd etc etc

2016-10-21 14:35

pls Sverige boy....7rd :D u made my day :D

2016-10-21 14:46

OMG :D it was a joke dude ;p u are biggest retard I've ever seen :D

2016-10-21 14:44

you got baited bro

2016-10-21 16:05

u too bro.

2016-10-21 16:06

nope... only you.

2016-10-22 07:38

gz ence

gl c9

wtcd

horosho blyat

sejt

fakeflagger confirmed

2016-10-21 13:23

you're a fakeflagger inconfirmed

2016-10-21 17:45

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU INVITE CLOWN9 AND NOT TEAM FUCKING LIQUID?

Because its a tier 2 tournament and liquid declined

2016-10-21 12:29

Shit that was ignorant of me. sry man

maybe liquid declined?

2016-10-21 12:40

liquid knows they only do well online so they didn't want to go to a LAN

[*] fox

2016-10-21 21:14

i am not a fox fan sorry

2016-10-21 21:57

I think you got that switched up

2016-10-21 23:02

wait what?

2016-10-22 18:40

#FaZe THE FUCK UP!! Interesting that no NIP or either fnatic. i think clown9 wins. Good chance for FaZe.

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OpTic > Cloud9 FaZe > Cloud9 Dignitas > Cloud9 Flipsid3 = Cloud9 Gambit > Cloud9 Renegades > Cloud9 Godsent = Cloud9

2016-10-21 12:30

I think you're underestimating C9 by a fair bit. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they made the finals of this event at least.

2016-10-21 13:51

I know I am. You are taking my bait seriously. Its hate from a Liquid fan for losing to them all the time (yet they also haven't played each other on lan in a LONG time)

2016-10-21 21:15

RNG > C9 ..???

2016-10-21 15:27

you are understimating clown9 a bit , their actual form is quite good , i'd say only dignitas is for sure over them in your list .

2016-10-21 15:50

Resort to #187 And only Dignitas? Despite how bad Godsent are, I still think they can be > Cloud9

2016-10-21 21:17

clown9 can upset literally any day godsent , they are incredibly inconsistent.

2016-10-22 04:11

Gambit > C9 without hobbit?

2016-10-21 16:17

OG > C9 due to online BO3's where C9 played worse than usual? and mixwell played well while stan had amazing flank timings which he never did at NY outside of maybe one single round? or because OG beat mediocre to bad teams (at the tournament) in NY? FaZe > C9? F3 = C9? Gambit/RNG > C9? HOMESENT = C9? LOL you are dumb as fuck.

2016-10-21 17:47

OG > C9 because they didn't get shit down their necks by VP. I am dumb as fuck? Enjoy this report I made to Jonathan E :) See you later!

2016-10-21 21:16

Yes your listing is dumb as fuck, OG beat Astralis (LOL) and a T3 G2, CONGRATS. Oh, and you mean the match where neo/taz were pretty meh, byali the only one doing anything, whereas tarik, mixwell, and naf were doing good? AND OG STILL LOST. C9 didn't play like they did prior to their final games in their recent tournaments when they played the eventual winner.

2016-10-21 22:02

Fnatic players don't like attending small events like this

2016-10-22 06:32

Renegades XD

Would be nice to see the lineups.

Don't worry, friberg won't be in any of them..

2016-10-21 12:58

yeah I expected that a bit

Kind of sad though, I expected NiP to attend this event, it's in Sweden and they'd be one of the top contenders to win it..

well its a tier 2 lan and NiP doesnt want to attend too much

2016-10-21 13:32

Yeah all true, but NiP usually attend these small DH events in Sweden. A lot of fans will be disappointed. At least GODSENT is attending, hopefully they have improved, they should win this.

2016-10-21 15:19

LUL dreamhack winter declined to be an almost insignificant tourment now? dhw in 2k16 LUL

I like it this way for some reason.

2016-10-21 14:03

lol its cool for teams who usually dont win any tournament ( like faze ), even tho they wont win this either its nice for the fans to watch.

2016-10-21 14:25

yeye its cool blalalala u know what was cool? when dhw was a major or at least a 250k event. this here is a joke compared to what it once was and i have no idea why they made it so small.

2016-10-21 14:59

who gives a fuck we have so many tournaments with higher prizepool

2016-10-21 15:00

yeah i guess iem oakland is too close by and they couldnt get the top teams bcs of it.

2016-10-21 15:06

ye probally

2016-10-21 16:51

ez for f3

what is this? FaZe attending an event they can win? Not that I think it is likely with the new roster, but still possible.

its a good chance. only bad teams expect clown9. botsent can be difficult aswell at homeground.

2016-10-21 12:33

Dignitas is pretty strong as well

2016-10-21 13:52

meh idk. quess they are solid butnl faze has raped them in everysingle online game. also rubino sucks.

2016-10-21 15:16

they will go out in groups i think, but i hope aswell

2016-10-21 14:26

EZ for sanadi

EZ OPTIC

Dignitas win

Cloud9 or Dignitas wins

tier 1 tournament with tier 2 teams

2016-10-21 12:36

Ez godsent

ez for faze

2016-10-21 12:39

c9 vs dig final, could be cool

ez win for dignitas

2016-10-21 12:47

No favelas, nice

ahahahahahaha what a shit list of teams, should be easy for renegades

lulz only team that is lower than aussies is F3

aussies hype

ez for dignitas

not rly a DH WINTER lineup i'm looking forward to.. gl to all teams tough

2016-10-21 12:57

ez godsent

2016-10-21 13:05

Teams like NIP, VP, Na'vi etc obv declined the inv

2016-10-21 13:06

Deaglnitas will sweep the rest of the floor.

2016-10-21 13:08

1.Dignitas 2.cloud 9 3-4. Faze / optic

2016-10-21 13:09

Gambit here...nice!

2016-10-21 13:10

Rip FlipSid3 :'(

2016-10-21 13:11

why c9 instead of imt?

2016-10-21 13:15

ez4godsent

2016-10-21 13:18

VP?Na'Vi?NIP?SK?Fnatic?

2016-10-21 13:21

ez for GODSENT with pronax, JW, flusha, znajder, Lekr0

GODSENT going to win this event, calling it now so I can laugh at all of you later

2016-10-21 13:33

No Immortals =(

2016-10-21 13:37

omg i missing good teams on this event like in 2013

2016-10-21 13:38

EzFaZe

Where is fnatic plz

No IMMORTALS? No Crowd.

2016-10-21 13:47

you mean no retarded crowd.

2016-10-21 15:52

shitty tournament

2016-10-21 13:50

Renegades #1

would be hilarious with optic vs faze in final :D

Why no tier 1 teams? (Sk,navi,Nip,g2,vp)

as i can see in the comments it is tier2 tournament probably.

2016-10-21 14:04

GL Gambit

Strange. Since when did Dreamhack Winter become a tier 2 tournament?

[*]

2016-10-21 14:22

LET'S GO CLOUD9 BABY!! WOOO!

2016-10-21 14:06

very intrested to see Gambit's matches

2016-10-21 14:07

FaZe!

eZ aF

2016-10-21 14:14

so ez for Cloud9 and Dignitas

2016-10-21 14:20

cloud9 will win this.

2016-10-21 14:23

dreamchack oficialy become tier2 tournament

2016-10-21 14:27

Tier 2 tournament...

2016-10-21 14:41

wth fnatic? O_O

2016-10-21 14:47

tier 2 championship ResidentSleeper

2016-10-21 14:48

dissapointing considering it's "dreamhack winter", one of the biggest tournaments of the year since years back :/

2016-10-21 15:05

t1000 tournament :/

2016-10-21 15:07

DH Winter 2013 DH Winter 2016 [*]

What is this? Where are the top teams, and why does dhw only have a 100k in pricemoney? :OOO

hltv.org/news/18998-dh-open-2017-circuit.. Instead of 9 small tournaments they could have just done 4 250k normal tournaments :/

2016-10-21 15:42

renegade stop 1?

2016-10-22 11:30

OpTic vs faze in groups please

2016-10-21 15:11

maybe this is the reason no top teams joined? its a blog by our #1 stalker hltv.org/?pageid=135&userid=793531&blogi.. quote from that blog: "Fans are recently more and more confused about some decisions by teams but there is nothing confusing and everything makes sense when you know who is behind teams."

2016-10-21 15:12

It will be 1 week after IEM Oakland so top teams decided to decline the invitation coz price pool is small af wesa etc.

2016-10-21 15:20

nice tier 2 tournament

2016-10-21 15:23

I think the outcome will depend on the groups. ex. faze always destroys dignitas but dignitas can easily compete/win against any other team here.

2016-10-21 15:31

FAZE v OPTIC FINALLY

2016-10-21 15:39

lol actually ez 4 godsent

ez for krimz.. wait...

2016-10-21 15:45

it's a decent tier 2 tournament , still fun.

2016-10-21 15:54

Great tier2 tournament

i wouldnt call Godsent a Tier 2 team, its Fnatics old lineup so they will atleast come second.

TIER2 TOURNAMENT

2016-10-21 17:12

Oh, you mean the Godsent who's meh at best right now? LOL, GL with even third.

2016-10-21 17:42

Where is NiP? :o

2016-10-21 16:16

tournament=tier2 NiP=tier1

2016-10-21 16:29

Ayyye Renegades and OpTic. :)

Faze will win it.

2016-10-21 16:25

NO ENCE??

2016-10-21 16:52

Don't see what the problem is with this. That's a great list of teams that will see some really competitive and interesting match-ups, a few of which we won't have seen before. I'm excited to see Renegades vs new Gambit or GODSent taking on C9. So does everyone else on here just want an endless stream of £250k tournaments with the same 8-10 teams (Na'vi, SK, NiP, VP etc...)? . That would bore me to tears quite honestly. Variety is the spice of life....

2016-10-21 16:59