Imperial, Valiance finalize Qi Invitational list

20-4-2018 12:43

Imperial and Valiance have been invited to compete at the Qi Invitational, HLTV.org has learned.

The duo will join six other invitees at the event, finalizing the eight-team list for the Qi Invitational, a $75,000 tournament that will feature just European and Asian teams.

HLTV.org knows that the tournament organisers wanted to invite a fourth Asian team, but, following Flash's merge ViCi Gaming, they were forced to find a last-minute replacement in Europe.

Imperial recently raised eyebrows after lifting the Copenhagen Games 2018 trophy, which earned them a top 20 spot in the world ranking.

Imperial will compete at the Qi Invitational

Valiance will attend the Qi Invitational just a few days after competing at DreamHack Masters Marseille, where they went out after just two games following defeats to MOUZ and SK.

The Qi Invitational will take place from April 24-26 at a studio in Belgrade, Serbia. In addition to the base $75,000 prize pool, teams will receive $1,000 for each intercontinental match victory.

The final team list for the event looks as follows:

BIG	5POWER
AGO	TYLOO
GODSENT	Eclipse
Imperial	Valiance

GL #GOBIGORGOHOME #NOBUGSTILL100%WINAGAINSTSK Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

2018-04-20 12:44

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lol

wasted slots

8 replies

what do you mean wasted? it's a small tier3 tournament, smaller teams gotta get some events

2018-04-20 12:45

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U mean tier 2 or even tier 1, tyloo and valiance was at dh marseille few days ago, and also big is a great team.

2018-04-20 13:07

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I agree about tier 2, but don't get ahead of yourself, just because a team qualified for a bigger event doesn't mean they're automatically tier 1.

2018-04-20 18:59

You have some really weird imagination of of tiers. Tier 1 teams are teams actually capable od winning tier 1 events and ALWAYS go to playoffs. Tier 2 teams are teams attending tier 1 tournaments, teams capable od upseting T1 teams and going to playoffs. They should often put Up a good fight with toptier. T3 teams are capable od upseting T2 teams and qualifying for T1 events and bla bla etc. Understood?

2018-04-23 10:51

Based on what I wrote, Valiance are clear T3 team. For example, SK went from T1 team (EL Major) through T1.5 team (StarSeries, Katowice) to T2 team (WESG onward).

2018-04-23 11:05

yeah they should have invited more washed up teams like AGO and GODSENT instead of upcoming teams

2018-04-20 12:47

You are a wasted spot

2018-04-20 12:48

Danish cs lost to these wasted slots omegaLUL

2018-04-20 15:52

Valiance omegaLUL

because host team :D

2018-04-20 15:47

Tier 3

gl imp

0 cis teams, ok

2018-04-20 12:55

one more proof serbs hate us like crazy without inviting windigo lul

2018-04-20 12:56

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How do you know they didnt ? They might have just not accepted ? Dont make stupid fights

2018-04-20 13:00

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balkan lan with 75k prize pool sure they wont accept it

2018-04-20 13:18

they maybe have better lans planed they want to prepare for ? Idk man and you cant know either. I dont want to fight so have a good evening my friend :)

2018-04-20 22:35

since when do u need proofs for that :D

2018-04-20 13:29

lol, ofc they rather invite valiance and imperial over windigo cuz serbian players, raises interest among people in serbia for event.

2018-04-20 13:31

ez 4 espitilt

2018-04-20 13:12

ez for 17 yr old espirantooo

2018-04-20 13:39

more juicy odds for imperial throw unless espiranto can finally attend an event again

2018-04-20 14:59

ez for Imperial

2018-04-20 16:16

You might of though that if there were no asian teams to invite they may invite an aussie team like Order or Grayhounds.

2018-04-20 17:34

Oh, wait, I just realised it's in Belgrade. I thought it'll be yet another Chinese event with that name. Also, Windigo not invited to a decent t2 lan in Balkans, lul

2018-04-20 19:02