iBP Masters groups and talent announced

9-11-2017 20:06

The details for the upcoming tournament in Orange County, California, including the groups and the on-air lineup, have been revealed.

The $100,000 two-day LAN event that returns for the third year in a row, iBUYPOWER Masters, is set to take place at the Esports Arena in California this weekend. Eight teams from the North American region are set to compete at the tournament, which will serve as a warm-up for the following IEM Oakland.

steel returns to iBP Masters, taking on the analyst role this time

The team list includes the likes of Cloud9 who are the highest ranked team at the event, the Americas Minor winners Liquid, the Asia Minor winners Renegades and OpTic, who finished third at the European Minor in Bucharest.

Attending teams have been split into two BO1 GSL groups:

Group A	Group B
Cloud9	Liquid
Renegades	OpTic
Luminosity	CLG
NRG	Misfits

iBUYPOWER Masters 2017 will be played out over two days, with the initial, elimination and winner matches taking place on Saturday, while the group deciders and the playoffs are set to follow on Sunday.

To bring the action to the viewers, seven talent members will be working on the event, with the two biggest names being James "⁠hazed⁠" Cobb and Joshua "⁠steel⁠" Nissan:

Sue "Smix" Lee - Stage host

James "hazed" Cobb - Analyst
Joshua "steel" Nissan - Analyst
Dustin "dusT" Mouret - Analyst

Keith "Seaside" LaFortune - Commentator
Hugo Byron - Commentator
Evan "emode" Patrao - Commentator

first edit: I want to thank my mom and dad

2017-11-09 20:07

16 replies

Dust suks. Pls quit hiring him

15 replies

Legendary laugh

2017-11-09 20:20

8 replies

dust is the most underrated csgo personality atm, he is super good at analysis and even better at casting keep your worthless opinions in your head, ok by the way, he WILL be casting, see twitter.com/followdusT/status/9279806428..

2017-11-10 01:02

7 replies

You replied to the wrong person, I never said he was bad. lol

2017-11-10 01:28

4 replies

Yeah and after she was sweating, tired laid on the bed, still heavy breathing from all the moaning, she told me I was the best ever! Dam it feels good to be rich and large. edit: I replied to the wrong person, sorry.

2017-11-10 03:27

1 reply

hahahaha

2017-11-10 03:28

not really, I just wanted my post to be seen by lots of people XD

2017-11-10 06:15

Dust to me is worse than Blu is to Don Haci

2017-11-10 08:47

His opinion is worthless but yours has worth why?

2017-11-10 12:24

cuz he's a slobbering idiot

2017-11-10 12:45

At least he's an analyst and not a caster

2017-11-09 20:23

2 replies

2017-11-09 20:36

AMEN I can just skip/mute the analysis bits

2017-11-09 20:53

IMT NOT EVEN INVITED DISBAND PLZ

2017-11-09 23:53

2017-11-10 07:12

+1 worst map

2017-11-10 10:51

Steel NA GOD

2017-11-09 20:06

sup steel

Who?

steel eyyyyyy

To bring the action to the viewers, seven talent members will be working on the event, with the two biggest names being James "hazed" Cobb and Lucas "steel" Lopes:

lul

2017-11-10 09:21

dustmouret makes me suicidal

but they were banned

wtf

Wrong steel LUL

2017-11-09 20:08

Wrong Stell LUL

3 replies

Stell LUL

2017-11-09 21:42

2017-11-10 02:38

2017-11-10 09:59

dusT ruined iBP Masters ez 4 RNG anyways

2017-11-09 20:09

Steel returns to ibp master OMEGALUL

steel dual personality lmao

2017-11-09 20:10

steeeeeeeeeel lets go

2017-11-09 20:18

Yeah men

2017-11-09 20:21

C9 will win this LAN like they always do

2017-11-09 20:34

ez 4 Liquid

2017-11-09 20:50

Steel still not playing for iBP :P

2017-11-09 20:51

Dust :-----(

2017-11-09 20:57

c9 x liquid in the finals. ez prediction

2017-11-09 20:59

Literally Impossible

2017-11-12 21:18

RIP SEAN :(

2017-11-09 21:04

I am feeling...

2017-11-09 21:07

STEEEEL LETS GOOOOOOO

2017-11-09 21:09

Fire dusT.

2017-11-09 21:18

smix <3

2017-11-09 21:20

disgusting

2017-11-09 21:22

Dust xddddddd

2017-11-09 21:26

Smix - begin fapping. Hazed- end fapping

2017-11-09 21:27

emode budget launders

2017-11-09 21:53

dusT? where is blu?

2017-11-09 22:04

This will be my first cs event

No Thorin Kreygasm

2017-11-09 22:10

Toughest group for Misfits, Yay! :'(

2017-11-09 22:15

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They could still make they have beaten 2 of those teams in bo3 lately

2017-11-10 03:34

Of course they could, but it’s the trickiest group of the two

2017-11-10 08:22

I would personally favor them to take 2nd in the group if they keep form they looked rather impressive at the minor

2017-11-10 16:10

I have to agree on this. It gives them challenge and if they're able to go further then it's a boost of confidence, + shows they really are in a good form.

2017-11-10 22:53

Definitely an interesting team sick and amanek seem like they could be in better teams in the future

2017-11-10 23:00

holy shit group b is stacked. how is lg and nrg in the same group

2017-11-09 22:21

my boy steel FeelsGoodMan

2017-11-09 23:44

OH NOOOO dust :'(

2017-11-10 00:00

steel returns to iBP Masters, taking on the analyst role this time xDDD

2017-11-10 00:33

nice

2017-11-10 00:48

Group B def harder

2017-11-10 00:51

Steel doesnt represent me.

2017-11-10 00:54

Ez liquid :"))

2017-11-10 00:57

RIP Misfits :( I'm excited to see optic again though; hopefully the improved their performance from the minor I'll probably be rooting for renegades though

2017-11-10 01:04

Anyone notice that Cloud9 has been getting the easier group draws compared to Liquid over the last year?

2017-11-10 01:05

Yeah they have, but this event is not one of them. The groups are pretty equal imo. Renegades and Luminosity are both good teams. NRG is lacking on LAN. Misfits and OpTic are pretty good teams. CLG has been lacking on LAN

2017-11-10 12:25

Group B WTF

2017-11-10 01:11

Lets go liquid!! With zews back, take this LAN! First event for me and I'm hyped, for an NA event its a pretty good set of teams! Predictions: Group A: 1st c9 | 2nd Renegades Group B: 1st Optic | 2nd Liquid Semis: Liquid > C9 Optic > Renegades Finals: Liquid > Optic

2017-11-10 01:36