Gambit, NiP invited to DreamHack Masters Marseille

7-3-2018 19:32

DreamHack has announced that Gambit and NiP will be joining the roster of its upcoming Masters event.

Gambit and Ninjas in Pyjamas will join FaZe, Cloud9, SK, and MOUZ in the DreamHack Masters Marseille team list, which will see 16 teams fighting for a share of the $250,000 prize-pool on April 18-22 in Marseille, France.

The Kazakhstani side, which is currently fighting for a place in ECS Season 5 Europe, has been struggling for results recently, having failed to get through the group stages at both StarSeries i-League Season 4 and IEM Katowice. The PGL Major Krakow champions will, however, go to Marseille with a 3rd-4th place finish at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017 under their belt—the last Masters event put on by DreamHack.

seized and co. have accepted the invite to play in Marseille

As for Ninjas in Pyjamas, they also placed 3rd-4th in Malmö, but have recently managed to secure a better placement than Gambit, 5-6th, at IEM Katowice, after beating teams like G2 and North. This will be Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman's second LAN event with the Malmö 2016 champions, who will also be in attendance at DreamHack Masters Stockholm later this year.

With this confirmation, there are only two invites yet to be revealed, as four spots will be handed out to the best teams from the Asian, European (x2), and North American qualifiers.

The team list for the event currently looks as follows:

Astralis	SK
MOUZ	G2
FaZe	Cloud9
Natus Vincere	Liquid
Gambit	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Invite	Invite
Europe qual.	Europe qual.
North America qual.	Asia qual.

Tickets to the event can be purchased by heading over to Weezevent's website here.

Why do gambit still get invites? They have done nothing since Krakow.

2018-03-07 19:36

30 replies

inviting gambit in 2k18 omegalul :(

2018-03-07 19:33

17 replies

AdreN should retire and play PubG all day

2018-03-07 19:34

15 replies

LAST 2 INVITES FNATIC AND ENVyUS

2018-03-07 20:44

14 replies

2018-03-07 21:08

Why would they invite nv over north

2018-03-08 01:01

11 replies

0/8 nerd

2018-03-08 02:22

10 replies

nv hasnt played a lan in months

2018-03-08 02:42

9 replies

GUESS WHAT, EVENT IS IN FRANCE NERD

7 replies

and that doesnt mean they are going to invite more than one french team

2018-03-08 02:43

6 replies

Yes but they should consider it. Im definitely not biased at all or anything but i think envyus deserves an invite. Clearly im unbiased btw.

2018-03-08 06:25

5 replies

they are fine their first showing was obviously disappointing but kio is a good player and u dont have to worry anyway as long it is a qualifier nv is the best team in the world

2018-03-08 06:38

4 replies

Yes lol Go envy :D

xms was playing with them hadji is on the main roster not xms so it wasn't their first showing

2018-03-08 18:21

2 replies

And who cares you act like xms is a real standin he knows all the setups and all the tactics that is far from a standin

2018-03-08 19:22

1 reply

you see im always right btw dignitas comeback in 2019 top stickers inc

2018-03-08 20:12

Their normal team is younger than everyone on their academy team

2018-03-08 16:15

Nice predict

2018-03-08 20:35

inviting g2 in 2k18 omegalul :(

2018-03-07 20:14

there are 2 more invite spots, pretty sure they're gonna invite fnatic if not its classic dreamhack...

2018-03-07 19:35

And envy as this is french tournament

2018-03-07 20:45

like your flair

2018-03-08 07:29

semifinal at malmo, win rog masters

2018-03-07 19:52

ROG = Tier 1000 Tourney Malmö = Was jUsT after the major so they had some form still

2018-03-07 20:19

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Malmö had DH Masters

2018-03-08 01:33

PREVIOUS DREAMHACK GAMBIT GOT 4 PLACE

2018-03-08 08:26

Yes and I’m stating that it was right after the major and they still had some form left. Did I say anything wrong?

2018-03-08 12:24

Hard to find good teams to invite when u are giving 12 of them

2018-03-07 20:07

fnatic?!

2018-03-07 22:21

top 4 malmö

2018-03-07 22:16

Just keep your fingers crossed theres only 2 invite spots left and they haven't invited VP yet

2018-03-08 12:55

2018-03-07 19:32

fnatic?

8 replies

what is this?

Yeah wtf how in gods name do you invite RiP and Gambots before tier1 team fnatic Stupid dreamhack

2018-03-07 19:42

I can understand rip bcs of fans but i cant understand deadbit

2018-03-07 20:01

Nip is improving with dennis tho

2018-03-07 20:17

Still doesnt change the fact fnatic is miles ahead of them right now

Dont worry fnatic will be one of the last invites. Or they chose not to accept the invite

2018-03-07 21:47

Maybe fnatic turned down the invite

2018-03-07 21:48

yeah where the fuck is fnatic

2018-03-07 21:20

Nice

nice

Gambit in 2018 LUL

gambit?????? srsly? nooo se rius ly?

siruizly

2018-03-08 13:53

nooo

2018-03-08 23:14

Hope we see fnatic aswell

where the fuck are fnatic and North ?

45 replies

2 more invites

Envyus are gonna be invited for suuuuuuure

2018-03-07 19:40

No. G2 got the French invite. Envyus is awful to watch

2018-03-07 21:21

they have a new roster tho

2018-03-08 07:30

New yes. Better no

2018-03-08 18:15

fnatic yes obviously but North OMEGALUL

39 replies

Find me a team that is better than North and that is not invited in the tournament

2018-03-07 19:41

38 replies

Heroic

they're at the same level right now

2018-03-07 19:43

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so invite heroic and let north out.

2018-03-07 19:44

19 replies

tbh it is bullshit no matter what happens, since they're gonna prolly invite Envy, two out of fnc heroic and north will have to go through the closed qualifier, which is retarded because it seems like they ALWAYS have to go through the qualifiers. if gambot is invited, then surely north and heroic have to be aswell.

2018-03-07 19:46

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+1 why is gambit being invited to events lmao

2018-03-07 19:47

This is the thing that actually triggers me the most, it is obvious that they can't invite every single top 15 teams knowing that they have to run that stupid ass Asian qualifier, but fuck this shit stop inviting some irrelevant teams, Gambit haven't done shit in 8 months, they're so fucked without an IGL, I feel like the best thing that could happen to them is to actually let seized again or get rid of him/ dosia and bring in krizzen and buster/ qikert to have an igl and a decent fragger. But right now, we have that shitty team that is going nowhere, and they invite him above North and Heroic who have a great IGL, some new additions to the team and 6 weeks to adjust. Like wtf.

2018-03-07 19:49

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what have north and heroic done ever? nice flag btw

2018-03-07 19:54

What have Gambit ever done with this lineup? Dude they have no IGL

2018-03-07 19:55

Because they need to have 2 CIS teams.

2018-03-07 19:56

thats the most retarded question you can ask when this line up is like what a few weeks old?

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it's more than a few weeks old lmao

2018-03-07 19:57

hltv.org/news/22650/seized-to-play-for-g.. 5 weeks ago

2018-03-07 20:05

5 weeks is more than a few, nt tho.

2018-03-07 20:10

damn ur right they shouldve won 2 majors by now

2018-03-07 20:53

"you can ask when this line up is like what a few weeks old?"

2018-03-07 21:09

Then your first question is as retarded:)

how? north literally never won anything relevant ever except epicenter i think, but even that was with a complete different roster and org

2018-03-07 20:03

What about Gambit

2018-03-07 20:09

he is probably hiding his CIS flag, dont bother arguing with gambot fanboys

2018-03-07 20:11

nt plastic faze fangay

2018-03-07 20:54

gambit ez major

MSL is the only one left from that EPICENTER roster

2018-03-07 20:49

Renegades

not on the long run imo, the ceilling is so much higher in the North team IMHO

what north did in the last 1,5 years?

2018-03-07 19:50

Same goes for Renegades. Shanghai was a one and done because NAF had like a 1.45 rating

i'm not talking only about titles. one thing renegades didn't do was to disappoint

2018-03-07 20:08

Because noone had expecetation

noone HAVE expectation bcz they aren't a team that will make people have expectations. but so do north, the last time they really were a top 5 team was when they won epicenter, and sice then, with some good placements in tournaments, it still not sufficient to make them a top tier team.

2018-03-07 20:15

How do you expect them to prove their new roster if they lose ONLINE to a teir 1000 team in bo1s

2018-03-07 20:32

their new roster is way worse than the last one, and the last one was soooooo overhyped.

2018-03-07 20:34

Give mertz a try

2018-03-10 00:03

+1 why is faze being invited to events lmao hltv.org/matches/2318543/faze-vs-vega-sq.. hltv.org/matches/2313905/faze-vs-gambit-.. hltv.org/matches/2317286/faze-vs-gambit-..

2018-03-07 20:22

Good bait

2018-03-07 20:21

ty <3

Renegades for example

2018-03-07 20:36

+fnatic +north (maybe?)

LUL FNATIC > GAMBIT ANY DAY

StarSeries S4?

2018-03-08 16:51

IEM Katowice?

2018-03-08 16:56

space soldiers robbed again

nip understandable GAMBIT? lmao

gambit >>> nip

LUL

nip at major? oops

2018-03-07 20:55

Uhh Dreamhack is major ok then

2018-03-08 01:11

name checks out

2018-03-08 01:15

Kek

2018-03-07 20:27

NiP, ok, half done WHERE IS FNATIC ffs

Optic?

Finally a funny comment

2018-03-08 05:56

rip vp

No EnVy, but give Gambit a invite! HAHAHAHAHAHA FUCK DREAMHACK..

gambit tier 3 but envy tier 5

But EnVy is still a french team?

2018-03-07 19:45

yes and the only french team with a chance of even winning a map is already invited

lol +1

2018-03-07 20:28

invite TOP18 VP !!!

I'm so glad my lovely gambot are there

fnatic north please

+OpTic +fnatic

Glad for Gambit....but they should prepare well for this tournament...they so low these days.... ;/

Where is fnatic? Omegalul

2018-03-07 19:37

in sweden

2018-03-07 19:38

you smart

thank you , a alot of people say i am smart.

you loyal i appreciate that

oh no another baguette -k1oShiMa-

2018-03-07 19:48

aint gonna lie old school bread is way more tastier than the baguette because in baguettes theres only wheat unlike other bread where theyre other cereals

2018-03-07 19:51

+10000 true frenchie right there, the big ass 1kg bread you can find in LA CAMPAGNE

yalready know we out here we stand supreme over bread amateurs

2018-03-07 20:29

Yeah bro, baguette overated, real bread bestesterest

2018-03-07 20:30

gambit? xdddddddddddd

Fnatic? WTF

+fnatic and vp xd

Fnatic for sure, no VP pls ffs

2018-03-07 19:39

theyre gonna invite Fnatic and EnvyUs next! envyus because well this is in france..

Last 2 invites should be fnatic and SS.

i was thinking fnatic and ENVYUS... only envyus because its in france

called it

2018-03-08 19:45

2018-03-07 21:23

When Gambit were a consistent top 5-10 team they got no invites, Now they are top 10-15 and are getting invites? LMFAO

They were always invited for DHM tho

2018-03-08 06:35

and it was going so good until now. why dreamhack why?

who would've been your ideal last four invites?

2018-03-07 20:50

fnatic, hellraisers, renegades, space soldiers(really underrated team imo better than nip, gambit, north, heroic atm, also maj3r french so why not), nv(cuz french tournament) nip i can understand to a degree but not gambit. id rather see ago there than them.

2018-03-07 20:59

Only Fnatic (and maybe EnVy because of home country) make sense out of your invites. Why do the others deserve invites? You have a huge bias towards Space Soldiers - I guess that's understandable since you're Turkish but do correct me if I'm wrong - but they haven't shown the results to deserve a direct invite and they haven't shown they're better than NiP, Gambit or North, especially not the current NiP roster. Just because they made round 5 of the group stage at the Major, it doesn't mean they're better than all those teams (except Heroic maybe). AGO absolutely shouldn't get an invite either, they haven't been to any large tournament before ever. NiP would've 100% got an invite anyway because they're a part of the Intel Grand Slam.

2018-03-07 21:11

believe it or not im not really that biased about space soldiers. i do think they are an extremely firepowered team that actually has some real teamplay unlike lets see na vi. ago as well. the ony difference between these teams and the lesser part of the top 15 are the number of invites they get. id also count extatus pre no frozen in mdl. i think renegades and hellraisers showed that they are as good as the other teams in the top15 after the top 8. i think their upside is better compared to heroic north and nip. those last 3 teams they are practically in every other tournament. i really liked ss on the major. all their matches were close matches. i like ago because they are a really fun team to watch and they literally came out of nowhere. i still think heroic is a better team than north and north is a waste of an invite slot. nip to me is still not that great. all the teams i counted could potentially do well or bad as them so id go for the lesser known teams for excitement andimprovement of the scene since it is really hard for lesser eu teamstomake it to tournaments since the qualifiers are batshit hard.. if i were biased id want nrg and optic.(ima huge na fanboy, and i really think nrg has a ton of potential they just need to get rid of daps and add sick) na teams with less experience on lan usually suck, but i want them to get the experience compared to the asian or australian teams. since i believe na players got a shit ton of skill. im also against invites based on country but i really am hyped about hadji so iwant to see nv play. id wanted a team with x6 devoduvek amanek hadji/alex and zywoo before. its gone to shit now :\

2018-03-07 21:25

The EU qualifiers become even harder if you put NiP, North, Heroic etc. in them. If SS, HR and RNG deserve to be in Marseille, they should qualify. The point of the qualifier is that the lesser teams have to prove that they should be at the actual tournament. If the teams aren't good enough to even qualify and if they haven't shown any good performances at big tournaments before, they should definitely not get direct invites. I can't agree with RNG or HR's peak form being better than NiP or North's peak form, and maybe even Heroic. The skill on NiP, North and Heroic is greater than on RNG or HR imo, especially NiP.

2018-03-07 21:37

i dunno man, nip and north seemss exremel overrated to me. any teams can shutthem down if they stop draken. and the rest are just meh. dennis was a good upgrade but as an igl doesnt change anything imo. north is a dead team as long as they have msl. eu needs more qualifier spots. so does na imo. we get too many invites overall. nip peak form is better than rng agreed but rng plays a pretty solid game overall their lows are not as bdas nips. ustilos individual form is tho ill admit. anyway i want to see more newer teams in tournaments. just check eu mdl. i kno its online but its still a denominator. also ex-imt going back to na, torqued looks good, i like rise nation more than shit teams at the bottom of na epl. just give invites to faze, sk, c9, liquid, mouz, g2,fnatic and maybe navi. let the rest be fully from qualifiers.

2018-03-07 21:45

Well for starters, North isn't even guaranteed an invite atm, like Fnatic are. They could be in the qualifiers. Teams can shut draken down, but how many can actually do that? That requires tactical prowess as well as skill, and draken is a skilled AWPer. dennis definitely has changed NiP's structure, they play more loose and take more risks in their gameplay, emphasising their own skill rather than tactical strength. In terms of numbers of invites, Katowice only had 7 invites out of 16 spots. Not all tournaments have that many invite spots. If you want to see those EU MDL teams at the big events, they have to prove they belong there by qualifying, and then actually doing well at the events to start getting invites.

2018-03-07 22:01

ez for gambit.

gambit? also fnatic definitely has to get the next invite

HR pls dreamhack

EnVy and Fnatic now please.

+Imperial please.

I would love that so much but they will qualify so they don't need an invite

Atleast be kind and r8 my b8, i r8 your 0.8/8

Imperial is like FaZe academy they will be top 10 soon just wait

I know, they are a great aimers and have a great potential to qualify but they need to beat Heroic and not to lose 1v4 to es3tag next time :)

2018-03-07 19:59

Heroic HR Avangar SS AGO North/ envy Will be at the qualifier aswell, no chance

Fnatic and Renegades

Fnatic and VP PLZ

Just don't invite VP now and we good dreamhack. Let them try to qualify for once

ez 4 NiP now invite fnatic +one more

Dreamhack,you better have to invite FNATIC RIGHT NOW

If they invite VP instead of North or Fnatic that will be fucking ridiculous.

FAKEFLAG DETECTED

PLIS INVITE VIRTUS PLOW

VIRTUS PLOW is dead since one year now,theyre VIRTUS PREMIER right now and a waste of spot

Good invs

looking stacked this event will be HOT

This event has everything to be the most stacked tournament of the year.

- Tyloo/ Tainted Minds + tier 2 EU team

2018-03-07 20:31

Invite VP :D

to ez nip

2018-03-07 20:13

WHERE INVITE VP XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2018-03-07 20:16

Go space soldiers invite

2018-03-07 20:18

Fnatic will certainly get one of the last invites, then we have all the top10 teams, stacked af.

invite fnatic already...

2018-03-07 20:23

cmon invite fnatic ffs!!

2018-03-07 20:25

They're next, obviously.

2018-03-07 20:26

Gambit over fnatic LMAOOOOO

Fnatic 100 % and probably VP or North.

VP to play show match vs kids from crowd ?

2018-03-07 22:05

Fnatic and North?

Why gambit?

Gambit wasted spot

Def Fnatic and tbh renegades deserve an invite imo over North

great

sry

2018-03-07 20:56

е youtu.be/r6OaZxOZy6E?t=56

2018-03-07 20:37

gud teams for shit event lmao

2018-03-07 20:43

2018-03-07 20:48

Pls invite North

2018-03-07 20:57

fnatic, North next?

2018-03-07 21:01

fnatic and envyus

2018-03-07 21:14

why gambit LOL

2018-03-07 21:15

GAMBIT XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD NIP XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

NiP now not clown team

2018-03-07 21:24

NT AHMED

2018-03-07 21:27

mad cuz Flash sucks? hahhhahaha

2018-03-07 21:38

flash>nip

2018-03-07 21:39

8/8

2018-03-07 21:59

eksde gotta be active for forum threads

2018-03-07 21:26

Invited teams will always be the same. Now waiting Virtus.pro's

2018-03-07 21:28

Fuck DH if North and VP get their invites too XDDDDDD but not fnatic at least

fnatic??????????????

2018-03-07 22:09

fnatic + north

2018-03-07 22:32

yes i agree, i hope they invite them.

2018-03-08 03:37

invite fnatic please thanks

2018-03-07 23:47

Torqued ?

2018-03-08 01:21

Lul

2018-03-08 02:14

Last invites fnatic and envy PLEASE

2018-03-08 03:41

last 2 will be fnatic and envyus.

2018-03-08 03:50

I think fnatic and North

when gambit was a tier 1/2 team with zeus they don't get any invite , but when he left every event invite gambit xD

2018-03-08 05:01

Renegades will win the NA Qual

2018-03-08 07:22

French CS LUL white flag LUL

2018-03-08 07:58

wasted spot

2018-03-08 08:12

I hope fnatic and North are the next invites but can be nV too since its a French event

2018-03-08 08:13

Deserved

2018-03-08 08:21

Good luck Gambit!

2018-03-08 08:37

nice gambit nip

2018-03-08 10:14

make me proud gambit

2018-03-08 11:57

Fnatic and Liquid up next? Anyone agree?

2018-03-08 12:50

Invite HR valve

2018-03-08 13:17

ENVY AND HR INVITE GO GO GO

2018-03-09 12:42

Gambit, NiP invited to DreamHack Masters Marseille

Who's benched? Who's back? Who's next?