Gambit invited to IEM Oakland

4-8-2017 20:19

ESL has announced that Gambit have been invited to attend IEM Oakland.

Gambit will be joining six other teams that have previously been invited by the organizers: Astralis, FaZe, G2, SK, Cloud9, and Liquid.

The CIS-based squad's most recent showing was, of course, at the PGL Major Krakow, where they triumphed over the other surprising finalist, Immortals, clinching their first Major trophy.

Gambit invited to IEM Oakland after clinching their first Major trophy

IEM Oakland, which will have $300,000 in prizemoney on offer, will run from November 16-19 at the Oracle Arena.

Only one more team remains to be invited, with the last four coming from qualifiers that are also yet to be revealed.

Here is the current team list of IEM Oakland:

Astralis	FaZe
G2	SK
Cloud9	Liquid
Gambit	Invite
Qualifier	Qualifier
Qualifier	Qualifier

lol

2017-08-04 20:19

9 replies

No, NiP will probably get an invite, they won the last IEM Oakland.

2017-08-04 20:29

6 replies

Nip doesn't deserve place comments incoming

2017-08-04 20:41

4 replies

Who would deserve it then?

2017-08-04 20:42

2 replies

Can you read tho

2017-08-04 20:54

1 reply

Yes.

2017-08-04 20:56

+10000

2017-08-05 10:22

SK won in Sydney, the last IEM event.

2017-08-05 00:11

SWE INVITE NIP/FNATIC

2017-08-04 23:20

SK will win ! <3 - youtu.be/BR5o3akzgn8

2017-08-05 03:18

Deserved

2017-08-04 20:20

FINALLY

nice

Finaly

GJ IEM

2017-08-04 20:21

2EZIEM4GAMBIT

Ez fo BIG

Ahhh here we go :/ fluke 1 event and now invited to everything just to bomb the fuck out

13 replies

fluke 1 event which happens to be the biggest event in CSGO lol

Yup, I know, the biggest fluke... now invite to everything just to come last

2017-08-04 20:22

8 replies

wiki.teamliquid.net/counterstrike/DreamH.. wiki.teamliquid.net/counterstrike/DreamH..

7 replies

1. Uh... Facing Renegades and Godsent in playoffs. Fluke. 2. Heroic, HR, G2 (Only hard game at all), then Imt. Only Event with 25% Not Fluke. 75% Fluke

2017-08-04 20:38

Ok, what did Liquid, FaZe and C9 win this year?

2017-08-04 20:39

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what does that have to do with anything

2017-08-04 20:40

They were invited too.

3 replies

Did Faze play in those dream hacks? Liquid Sucks major ass, Same goes to c9, bad example try again

2017-08-04 20:43

Not only that but Faze won starladder, and got 2nd in all except 1, thats 4 out of 5 invites. plz try again

2017-08-04 20:47

y'all are fucking dumb

2017-08-05 06:13

dont know what s worse now,UK cs to nip ? but wait..

Fluked the event in which your team failed to qualify for the qualifier

2017-08-05 10:07

huh?

2017-08-05 15:26

where is the last champ NIP?

Other Invite

Gambit > NaVi finally

It's funny how no one would invite Gambit even though they were much better than teams like VP, NiP or even Fnatic yet people invited all of them.

11 replies

Brand & NiP > Gambit rofl

10 replies

lol nice b8

How is that bait? NiP vs Gambit bo3 right now? NiP ofc lol

nt mate try someone else

so you actually think Gambit > NiP? haha

2017-08-04 20:23

Gambit > NiP Ez for Gambit eSports

2017-08-04 20:26

now Gambit is better than NiP, so shut up NiP fan from UK XDDDDDDDDD

2017-08-04 20:27

*Crackle* sssss.. Incoming "A retard has been detected, cease all further communication with retard"

2017-08-04 20:45

Dudes pure troll... no point in engaging

2017-08-04 21:24

Gambit vs NiP right now, you think Gambit would win a bo5? Legit comment btw, im not baiting or trolling. Seriously, you think this? lol

2017-08-05 15:27

gambit>faze nip>faze c9>faze astralis>faze g2>faze sk>faze liquid>faze ez for all

2017-08-09 10:32

wuuuut

NaVi is gonna be the last invited team

tbh, could be VP too.

2017-08-04 20:32

next is NiP, no way they not inviting previous champions!

tbh, could be vp/navi too

Navi has 3 ppl?

2017-08-05 07:21

+Ange1 + electronic, u will see

2017-08-05 12:27

Nice another EZ tournament for gambit

Not really

2017-08-05 14:10

invites for gambit? zeus is finally happy, won a major and invites to big lanes where they dont need to go through a qualifer online

deserved.

esl inviting gambit am i dreaming lmao

2017-08-04 20:24

OFC clown9 standard invite, and then Liquid...Like fck off.

its because of the region

And because of past successes. C9 is a top ten team. This is a 12 team event in their region, in what world would a top 10 team not be invited to a 12 team even in their own region.

2017-08-04 21:27

Cloud9 is top8 stop being retarded

2017-08-04 21:29

ez NiP

2017-08-04 20:25

Funny... they will do shit tbh :(

Now the Immortals

2017-08-04 20:28

finally ESL inviting gambit

2017-08-04 20:30

Invite fnatic pls.

2017-08-04 20:31

+new Na`Vi ofc.

Mouz or Big Pls :)

2017-08-04 20:37

Lets invite the team with lowest fanbase, great idea for getting money. And lets forget about the other teams with higher numbers of fans all over the world.

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nt nip moronic fan,you want nip,no ? NO

2017-08-04 20:44

Yes im nip fan and have nothing to hide, unless you. let me guess, you are a fan of a team that is not winning for the moment so ur just waiting for that moment, no?? i just wanna watch good cs i mean gambit astralis and g2 are the most boring teams to watch maybe alongside c9 and liquid but i agree consider that the event is held in the us.

This is an international site, please write your comments in English.

2017-08-05 10:10

invites should be for the best teams,not for teams with the most fans...

NIP won last time, whats ur point kiddo?

2017-08-04 21:14

nothing wrong about nip...even tho that they changed 2 players they will receive invite. i reacted bcs of that part about fanbase.makes no sense to invite teams just because they have fans and completely ignore teams form and performance lol...

2017-08-04 21:16

I understand. But i don't see why teams like G2 are always invited? consider the fact that they didn't make it through group stage previous tournaments..

2017-08-04 21:23

well they are still ranked as 5th best team according to hltv(not saying that the ranking is accurate or something) but which team except faze,astralis,sk and gambit deserves it more than them? hltv.org/ranking/teams/2017/july/31/deta..

2017-08-04 21:25

I saw that but ranking doesn't always tell the truth as you know. immortals finalist, fnatic coming back to the form we know them for and reaching playoffs at major or nip who also is promising bright future with recent results would be better choice imo.

2017-08-04 21:32

well i respect your opinion ofc...i know that ranking doesnt always tell the thruth but its biased free if you know what i mean btw i rly want to see nip in action against t1 teams with new lineup

2017-08-04 21:34

thank you =d yeah me too! would be fun

2017-08-04 21:35

nip its garbage,fnatic won katowice 2016 and 2015 and didnt get invited in 2017.atleast G2 can qualify for the major,no reason to invite a team which cant even qualify for MINOR ahahajajja.

2017-08-05 10:33

wtf vp where

2 invite so far, wtf Gambit getting popular

They need 2 teams with star logos

2017-08-04 21:31

why?????? we dont need this lucker team -.-"

Win a major to get the invites raining in, event organizers only hunting the big brands. I understand it's best business-wise but how are the smaller teams/orgs supposed to get into the spotlight for once to show their best form?

2017-08-04 20:50

Who are you even talking about

they must invite nip since they won last IEM Oakland

2017-08-04 20:52

fnatic won kato 2015 and 2016 and in 2017 didnt get invited

2017-08-05 10:34

weren´t there roster changes? when they changed 3 players?

2017-08-12 13:18

hell yes! now we're fucking talking

2017-08-04 20:53

Last team will be Immortals!

2017-08-04 20:55

immortals last spot

Very nice esl

2017-08-04 21:01

Note sure why G2 gets free pass all the time.

2017-08-04 21:05

Because the players get 25/month, you think the organization got no money to invite themselves? ;))

2017-08-04 21:13

25$ or 2500 per month?

2017-08-04 22:39

25000

2017-08-05 02:38

25k/per player/month = 25.000$

2017-08-05 10:35

Nice

2017-08-04 21:06

EnVyUs pls

Finallyyyyyyy

2017-08-04 21:19

Last invite nip

LUL WASTED SPOT but NiP last invite /close

2017-08-04 21:33

Gambit isnt a wasted invite at all. NiP would be but i suppose the tournament needs someone to come last so NiP might be a good choice

2017-08-05 09:40

2017-08-05 10:12

where is C9?

2017-08-04 22:03

finally

2017-08-04 22:05

Gambit haters gonna hate ;) GL Gambit!

2017-08-04 22:15

Last invite will be VP

2017-08-04 22:24

last invite = imt or nip

2017-08-04 22:32

imt > nip

2017-08-04 22:41

it will be IMT

2017-08-04 23:32

wtf where is Nip?

2017-08-04 22:51

In T3 tournaments, where they belong

2017-08-05 10:15

nt chrisJ fanboi

2017-08-05 15:41

gl to them hope they win again

2017-08-04 22:54

now invite immortals

2017-08-04 23:25

nip won last year, why isn't they inveted?

2017-08-04 23:37

cause there are better teams out there

2017-08-05 00:14

yey but they won last year. They must defend their title

2017-08-05 14:18

Fnatic won Katowice 2015 and 2016 wasn't invited in 2017

2017-08-05 14:26

that is really bad :(

2017-08-05 17:33

ez 11-12 for Gambit

2017-08-04 23:55

please inv clg

2017-08-05 00:56

finally gambit get the invite they deserve

2017-08-05 00:58

Well deserved, why do people want to see VP? Seriously they are trash.. Faze next please

2017-08-05 01:42

FaZe are already invited

2017-08-05 14:27

Yeah i saw that, my bad. Navi with new roster would be interesting tho.

2017-08-05 15:19

FaZe LUL G2 LUL No NIP LUL

2017-08-05 01:48

now IMT

2017-08-05 02:24

Dazed next inv

2017-08-05 02:35

g2 invite ? what a wasted spot

2017-08-05 04:26

ez xgod

2017-08-05 05:12

Dont think they r gonna win this

2017-08-05 07:26

c9? wtf

2017-08-05 08:18

no more direct invited for VP

2017-08-05 08:39

Xgod mvp eez

2017-08-05 08:48

Great lineup, im glad liquid is a part of it too as they can definitely do a lot of damage if they get their heads together. Hopefully faze will be the final invite or IMT. Either way whichever team doesn't get invited will most likely qualify if they choose to participate. Good job by ESL, looking forward to this one!

2017-08-05 09:47

FaZe are already invited tho..

2017-08-05 14:29

Ha, my bad oops

2017-08-07 13:11

wtf ? Where's VP's invite ??

2017-08-05 10:04

No invite for tier 3 team. sry

2017-08-05 11:30

+ VP No Virtus.Pro , no party.

2017-08-05 13:04

Wasted spot.

2017-08-05 13:06

Expected /close

2017-08-05 13:19

Totally deserved!, The winner of Major should be invite to big event. They earn their spot. Not like trash teams who get invited because of fanboyism.

2017-08-05 13:34