Renegades replace Immortals at IEM Oakland

13-11-2017 00:20

Immortals were forced to withdraw from IEM Oakland 2017 due to the inability to field the majority of their invited roster, and in their place, Renegades were invited.

The Brazilian side that has been going through a tough period after their second place finish at the PGL Krakow Major, with three core members: Vito "⁠kNgV-⁠" Giuseppe, Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles and Lucas "⁠LUCAS1⁠" Teles, no longer a part of the starting lineup. Patching up the roster with last-minute replacements took a toll on their results, and we saw them miss out on the Americas Minor, as well as a slot at the regional WESG qualifier.

Renegades will be heading for IEM Oakland after iBUYPOWER Masters

Now, Immortals are being forced to withdraw from IEM Oakland as they aren't able to field a roster that meets the lineup restriction rules. Even though Immortals' invitation was announced back when they had the twins in the lineup, according to ESL's press release, Immortals were invited to IEM Oakland with their roster consisting of Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass, Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes, Caio "⁠zqkS⁠" Fonseca, João "⁠horvy⁠" Horvath and Lucas "⁠destiny⁠" Bullo, but as the organizer put it: "Player Visa issues stemming from employment prior to joining Immortals would not allow for entry into the United States for the competition".

At this moment, it is unclear which Immortals players are having visa problems, but ESL stated that the team would be able to field only two out of the five listed players, which would not be enough according to the ruleset that requires the majority of the invited players (3/5) to attend the event.

Stepping into Immortals' spot will be Renegades, who have been on a roll recently, winning the Asia Minor and the SL i-League Invitational Shanghai, and have also made the grand final of iBUYPOWER Masters 2017, where they will face the winner of Cloud9 - Liquid soon.

With Renegades, who are currently 17th in our ranking, set to attend IEM Oakland 2017, the team list for the event now looks like this:

Astralis	FaZe
Cloud9	G2
SK	Gambit
Ninjas in Pyjamas	Liquid
Envy	OpTic
The MongolZ	Renegades

At this point, it has not been specified if Renegades will be taking Immortals' spot in group B or if the groups would be adjusted.

Sad to see Immortals falling.. They we're last Major champion ;( Best of luck steel and boltz in the future

2017-11-13 00:24

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NAF MVP

2017-11-13 00:22

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Suck harder on american cock shit

2017-11-13 00:33

9 replies

I would if I could.

2017-11-13 00:44

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+1 good name

2017-11-13 03:11

he is canadian stupid 7-1

2017-11-13 01:11

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canada isn't in America?

2017-11-13 12:07

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yeah, but they're still different countries

2017-11-13 19:35

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canada is not a country ... america is a continent, canada and usa are country.

2017-11-18 16:57

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i meant united states of america as in the country not the continent

2017-11-18 20:53

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but you wrong they said america, no say united states of america, so its the continent no the country

2017-11-26 15:14

It was accidental, i meant USA

2017-11-26 20:24

>Major chanpion >Imt Choose one

2017-11-13 00:25

Major champion in our hearts ;)

2017-11-13 00:26

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2017-11-13 00:36

No.

2017-11-13 00:48

Ew no

2017-11-13 01:09

yes

2017-11-13 03:22

2017-11-13 05:19

IMT was definetly major champions hahah

2017-11-13 11:17

2017-11-13 14:32

Definitely not, ez Gambit

2017-11-13 19:32

2nd, not champion

2017-11-13 00:27

are you sure about that

Well, it’s a fact, so yes, IMT ended up 2nd

2017-11-13 10:15

that's better, now fnx, a great player can play with the twins and Kng, Boltz is going to SK, and stell, well, now he has a team at his height.

2017-11-13 01:19

Steel has shown his ability to play in a tier one team, which is what he deserves.

2017-11-13 02:34

+1 this website just have retardad braziliams.

2017-11-13 03:23

-1 Stell is the most inconstant player who i see in professinal CSGO. I already saw his make a 5k and I already saw him stay 4/23 when his team played well. It's not uncommon for him to stay last on new IMT team, i repeat, Stell have a team at his height.

2017-11-13 06:19

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oh, you just prove me that you dont know nothing about cs, new faggot. He isnt that the shit that you are talking.. Want to talk about statistics? He have 1.02 rating in his carrer. Thats the same then felps and better then taco. " Stell is the most inconstant player who i see in professinal CSGO." F U C K I N G N E W F A G G O T go watch some real cs bro

2017-11-13 15:55

Destiny and Shz have better rating 2.0 than Stell, i repeat third time, Stell have the team that he deserves.

2017-11-13 16:19

U say iam calling stell shit, no, he is not shit, he is in a team at his height.

2017-11-13 16:23

no, now he is. he literally just shut up you

2017-11-13 20:24

My congratulations for him, let's see what he will make on liquid.

2017-11-13 21:03

thats right. I will back here, dont forget.

2017-11-13 21:08

I will be happy if i get wrong, but i not believe this.

2017-11-14 04:22

They weren’t major champions, they where just the finalists behind gambit

2017-11-13 02:04

How can you be sad? Immortals fall is the best thing ever happen

2017-11-13 14:55

2017-11-13 18:16

Noice

2017-11-13 00:20

RIP IMT

2017-11-13 00:21

Rip immortals organization, the players carrer's continues, Noah, the CEO of IMT, threw his Org in trash for "honor", no one would lose respect for him, for keeping a good player on the team, but firing KNG, he condemned his org. Now, they will not win more tournaments, losing midia they already lose sponsorships, no money, IMT dead.

2017-11-13 01:28

Lol. They have sponsorship base on all esport, not only csgo

2017-11-13 02:06

dont try to do he understands >braziliam sk ULTRA POWER fan > big brain pick one

2017-11-13 03:25

I repeat, they already losed sponsorship, CSGO IMT is dead, at least for now, i don't believe the actual team will return to top 20.

2017-11-13 06:10

Lol that was quick

Expected

T2 renegades lul

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Not like Immortals are any better now

2017-11-13 00:31

lul imt T3

2017-11-13 00:56

Renegades have beaten Optic and C9 on LAN now. They'd have to be really close to tier 2 if they're not in it already.

2017-11-13 00:45

And VP on lan.

2017-11-13 00:59

+1 2-0 VP who weren't even playing bad RNG just played out of their minds

Still better than T3 mongolz lul

2017-11-13 02:22

A t3 team with a sticker inc. :) i hope they do well. I was glad when they made it. Love those underdogs go mongrolz!

2017-11-13 04:14

mongolz are terrible now.

2017-11-13 05:57

And? Lol everyone has a chance as long as they show up

2017-11-13 20:22

No believe me, mongolz don't. I follow the asian/oceanic scene a lot and this team has absolutely no T side. If they can't even show a t side against Asian teams, you think they'll be able to show one against tier 1 teams?

2017-11-14 06:06

No not really but im also not going to degrade them for making it. Everyone has a chance as long as they show up. Stranger shit has happened. I know they are the super heavy underdogs but u can just write them off.

2017-11-14 18:53

I get ya man, I'm rooting for them in group A aswell, they've looked pretty good so far despite the convincing scorelines from their opponents.

2017-11-15 05:47

yesss love renegades

Omg

expected

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Hell yea

xpected

Glad for them, go Nifty!

Changed your flag?

2017-11-13 01:37

To my real one

[t2,renegades

THX NOAH

Deserved yeah the boys

Vyacheslav "kng" Kryshyn

Lol Vyacheslav "kng" Kryshyn nice

Vyacheslav "kng" Kryshyn Ukrainian player, check LMAO

Lmao

i.imgur.com/hxVRYZn.png najs i.imgur.com/FfwyCvt.png also najs

2017-11-13 02:54

Nice Sucks for IMT though they've fallen so far :(

2017-11-13 00:23

I mean the IMT sacrificed a top lineup for a better image. Cant blame them for the decision but at the end of the day they cant really blame anyone but themselves. It does suck for steel

2017-11-13 00:53

It was either that or be known as a team that let its players do whatever they want without much punishment. Their hand was forced.

2017-11-13 01:20

All they had to do was fine him or something to that degree. No one woulda said anything cuz no one expected them to have to fire him. But i guess their ego got the better of them

2017-11-13 03:04

A fine isn't much of a disciplinary action. It's basically paying to do something that breaks a contract or is illegal.

2017-11-13 03:15

[t2,renegades Checks out

Bloomin Australis over here...

2017-11-13 00:28

Nice

2017-11-13 00:29

RIP! fuckin sad situation. Good luck Steel, you deserve! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

2017-11-13 00:30

Sad, but expected. Renegades has been showing good form.

I felt so bad for them when they choked last night :(

2017-11-13 00:32

What are you referring to

2017-11-13 00:40

Woops! I mixed up Renegades and Misfits. Haha. My bad!

2017-11-13 00:41

North, VP, Fnatic, Mouz, Navi, arguably all of them are better and represent a more famous brand than RNG but they got invited, no idea how this invite thing works, to be honest.

I think because Renegades live in America and are available they are the easiest team to invite. They also came second in the NA qualifier.

2017-11-13 00:47

Well ESL should have stated that in their announcement just like they did last year when fnatic couldn't attend EPL finals in Brazil, but yeah, I thought about being the "easiest" team too. Good luck to them anyway, they have never made into playoffs in a tier 1 event, and this is the best form they have ever achieve.

2017-11-13 00:52

I just looked at the announcement on the IEM website. Immortals were invited to IEM Oakland 2017 based on their world ranking position in North America - Renegades are the next North American team that qualify for IEM Oakland 2017 based on their place in the world rankings.

2017-11-13 00:55

Youd be surprised...they got alot of fans basically all of australia will be behind them plus na fans will cheer for them. A tournament isnt always about inviting the best of the best this isnt a major or else mongolz wouldnt be here either.

Was wondering if they were going to enforce their rules or not

2017-11-13 00:35

RNG literally gets play every event out there, iz INSANEEEEEEEEEE

Well a while back they played pretty much nothing other than pro league but now that they are playing so well it makes sense that they are being invited more :-)

2017-11-13 00:38

useless since renegade is even worse than imt lol

2017-11-13 00:39

0/8

2017-11-13 00:42

Have u been living under a rock or just trolling

2017-11-13 00:57

Renegades > Optic, C9 and VP on LAN. What team would you invite instead?

2017-11-13 01:22

fnatic

2017-11-13 08:25

and OpTic is already invited

They qualified from na Rng came 2nd in that qualifier

2017-11-13 13:34

IMT rn are legit non even on par with the likes of NRG and Luminosity while Renegades is almost on par with Cloud 9 and Liquid once they have a better map pool. :/

2017-11-13 03:10

Thats good

2017-11-13 00:49

Noah must be proud now

2017-11-13 00:51

Good, they play decent CS atm and have probably the best fanbase! GL

2017-11-13 00:54

+1 god forgives, rng arent

+1 IareAgreeThatz

"Rrg arent" god save this country

2017-11-13 03:31

why ARE U MAD cuz i arent eh eh

2017-11-13 03:36

noah karma working lmao

the end of renegade's lan streak

I mean playoffs would still be a win for them

2017-11-13 00:58

By the way, there is an ongoing documentary on IMT right now. hulu.com/esl-bootcamp-immortals Although cringy af that they are forced to speak in English lel, and edited like a American Reality show.

2017-11-13 01:05

They actually get to play against the best with the lineup now

It'll be a good starting point for them if they aim to become a top ten team. They need to be exposed to all the variations in meta.

2017-11-13 01:23

Gj Noah

Gotta feel bad for IMT

2017-11-13 01:16

imt dont need cs go lol, they're much bigger in other games. he could probably care less what the cs go community thinks.

2017-11-13 10:16

This is true, but they are an e-sport organization, being bigger in other games should not give to Noah free pass to destroy the csgo area, if it was just that I would not mind, what makes me angry is that they are preventing three great Brazilian players from playing, maybe they can't play the major.

2017-11-13 15:44

you realize its kng's fault, not Noah's right? lmao

2017-11-14 04:25

No Kng should be fined and put on the benchfor a month He should have stayed BUT he should be punised

2017-11-13 13:36

Kng is not in the bench, he was fired, released from contract.

2017-11-13 15:37

Yeah i meant that he shoulnt be fired Just fined or benched for a month

2017-11-13 15:38

well deserved, bl to IMT

2017-11-13 01:39

deserved, Renegades >>>>>> Immortals now.

2017-11-13 01:48

Good luck to Renegades at the tournament, well deserved aussie boys! Immortals should just disband and look for another options right now.

2017-11-13 02:13

noah whinston huesos

Opportunities woot!!!

2017-11-13 02:28

Fuck yes! YEAH THE BOYS

2017-11-13 02:33

I was just looking at the team list a few days back and thinking of this exact change This event will be even better now! And with round robin groups, renegades has a real shot at getting out

Holy shit if Renegades somehow end up winning IBP AND this event back to back.

2017-11-13 03:27

Thanks noah, are you happy now? Honor >> all !! Sad to see how immortals ends up !! :(

H O N O R

HONOR > ALL

2017-11-13 04:16

Noah turn Immortals back to the begining for "honor". ORG's who respect, be close of your players and know how to solve questions with intern talks deserve to be in low tiers. Noah be nothing i sayd before.

2017-11-13 04:19