Liquid confirmed to attend ESL One Cologne

8-5-2018 18:24

Liquid have been confirmed by the organizers as the eighth invited team to ESL One Cologne.

Liquid are the eighth directly invited team to the $300,000 tournament, joining the likes of Astralis, FaZe, and fnatic in Cologne.

At last year's edition of the tournament, the core of the North American squad placed in the top eight after securing a 3-0 record in the Swiss stage, before falling to FaZe in the quarter-finals.

Liquid will attend four large-scale tournaments over the next two months

Liquid, who recently swapped Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes for Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo, have thus far disappointed to put up satisfying results with the new lineup, finishing 9th-12th in their debut at DreamHack Masters Marseille.

However, they will have plenty of chances to redeem themselves, as they are now confirmed to attend four large-scale tournaments during the next two months, including ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals, StarSeries i-League Season 5, and ESL One stops in Belo Horizonte and Cologne.

With Liquid's addition, the team list for ESL One Cologne, taking place on July 3-8, looks as follows:

SK	Cloud9
fnatic	FaZe
G2	Astralis
BIG	Liquid

Four more directly invited teams are left to be revealed by the organizers, with the remaining four coming from qualifiers in Europe (2 slots), North America, and Asia, which will run throughout May.

LET'S GO @TeamLiquid - welcome to #ESLOne Cologne 2018! 🏆 🐴https://t.co/3ApO7JkZdW pic.twitter.com/2ibNJxHF7O
— ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) May 8, 2018

gl hopefully liquid will beat SK

2018-05-08 18:24

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Where is mouz ffs?!

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coming soon they will invite for sure

3 replies

HYPER HYPER

2018-05-08 18:25

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ez win for sk RUNSK VAMOS SK GODZERA WALLEN FERMONSTA BOLTZNUTELLA SMOKE CRIMINAL RIP VACO WE WILL MISS U

2018-05-08 18:56

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ez groupstage exit as usual

2018-05-09 09:35

no need for mousesports they will choke against astralis or faze

2018-05-08 18:33

5 replies

FaZe Fan lol

2018-05-08 18:54

rembeber ecs season 4 finals and boston major quarterfinals xD

2018-05-08 23:27

Seems like, that u don't know what "choking" means

2018-05-09 00:31

FaZe fan talking about choke lmfao

2018-05-09 06:21

2018-05-09 11:04

HELLO Z4NY LUL on a serious note: we've already established there will only be 4 spots for qualifier, so mouz will get invited for sure

2018-05-08 18:53

I hope they'll come

2018-05-09 00:27

SK will be removed in group stage by BIG, as always.

2018-05-08 18:31

Yes

2018-05-08 18:46

Yes²

2018-05-08 20:14

DUDE wake up!!! Hey u were sleeping now its fine sk already won! Kappa

2018-05-08 19:48

No NiP wtf

35 replies

NiP need qualify to minor instead playing on ESL cologne

34 replies

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or a genuine issue for NiP

2018-05-08 18:26

33 replies

issue for NIP not quafliy to minor already 2 years

2018-05-08 18:27

32 replies

Well, i think they should still have been invited as I don't think it will mess with the qualification for the major and they have a lot of history in cologne while being in good form recently

2018-05-08 18:29

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dude, you remember last time when NiP win IEM oakland? after that they trashed on next event and not qualify again. Their online form means nothing

2018-05-08 18:30

29 replies

The two tournaments they have played with this roster they make the quarter finals, both times going to a close third map. They came second in EPL (where they recently 2-0'd mouz, astralis and faze) and are on the road to qualify for ECS. And the say that online means NOTHING AT ALL it retarded.

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Yeah i saw their games online but can NiP show this results on LAN vs Astralis/FaZe? right now i think no online = online

2018-05-08 18:34

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They beat mouz, north and G2 in BO3's at lan when all 3 were looking like top 5-10 teams in the world. Nip beat SK in a BO1 and lost to Liquid in a BO3 where NiP looked like the most dominant team but threw the last map due to their inexperience as a team (first lan). The only other team they lost a BO3 to was fnatic who had just won katowice and wesg and the match was still close (NiP looking more dominant imo). For a team that has been around for around 3 months now with a new igl, they look like a top team again.

2018-05-08 18:40

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win vs SK doesnt matter anything SK lost to TYLUL and GrayHound Mouz - never beat NiP on LAN since 2012 and with this roster also this wins - no change anything for NiP for them need beat Astralis many times and FaZe and shut up their haters

2018-05-08 18:42

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NiP have shown that they can beat an SK and FaZe at their top form. Mouz is a top team rn dumb dumb

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beating SK - its not big deal in 2018 SK in 2018 lmao losing vs TYLUL and GrayHound LMAO

2018-05-08 18:47

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...SK in 2017 at oakland dumb dumb

2018-05-08 18:48

who cares about 2017? we already in 2018 hallo

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You are retarded. You dont even understand the basics of how time and context works.

2018-05-08 18:52

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#63 and never reply me again stop waste my time

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I win dumb dumb

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#63

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#68

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What you win? you called yourself dumb? expected from #63

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#63 stop reply me

Can BIG, SK, C9, G2 and Liquid show results against faze/astralis on lan. No NiP is better than all 4 of these teams

2018-05-08 18:43

Becase Liquid/G2/C9 had trash roster this why NiP better overall and read #47 pls

2018-05-08 18:44

And yet they are invited to this tournament and NiP isn't. :thinking:

2018-05-08 18:45

for NiP need prepare for online games to qualify for Minor its their main goal in 2018

That doesn't mean that they shouldn't go to cologne autist.

why you calling me autist? i never said you retarded or autist i do not insult you, learn to talk politely

I called you an autist to emphasize the fact that you are mentally impaired.

2018-05-08 18:49

expected from UK brain goodbye loser

2018-05-08 18:50

Remember Space Soldiers? Yeah I member.

2018-05-08 18:55

Space soldiers are an exception; they are not like NiP in that they ONLY have good results online. NiP has shown good results on lan as well as online.

2018-05-08 18:58

I think they qualify this time why? because they playing Bo3 swiss now xD

Shocking... Nrg > liquid.

yeah, ok

2018-05-08 18:32

Liquid are better but maybe in 1 year nrg can prove they can be tier 1 on lan

2018-05-08 18:59

Wtf? ffs mouz,navi > liquid

GL Liquid!

its time for TACO

Mouz when ffs

EZ three in a row for TACO

If they win this tournament they will be top3 for sure. They have been showing a lot of consistency lately

ESL WHATS WRONG WIFF YOU ??? WHERE IS MOUZ AND NIP

relax dude... 4 more invites open

MOUZ and NAVI ???

"Four more directly invited teams are left to be revealed by the organizers." mousesports, navi, nip, gambit.

2018-05-08 18:41

Hopefully, solid tier 1 events with no upsets and everyone more or less equal Would be fun to watch.

2018-05-08 19:03

Optic>>>>>>>>>>>>Gambit AKA flukebit aka shitbit

2018-05-09 02:06

Lmao optic? 0/8 bait my friend

2018-05-09 03:32

Liquid have won cs summit a tier 5 tourney while optic have won eleague s2 a top of the line t1 tourney so optic>liquid

2018-05-09 13:09

they won eleague s2 with another roster. cloud9 won the major and now are tier 2. optic is tier 3, maybe 4.

2018-05-09 13:45

Nice

2018-05-08 18:28

NO NIP????

4 more invites

Probably NIP,NAVI,mouz and ??

2018-05-08 20:26

i sneezed

mouz, NaVi, NiP, VP

Yes! F*cking finally! #LetsGoLiquid

mouz? navi? nip? Edit: ahhhh, four more invites, makes sense now

2018-05-08 18:36

Mouz? Navi? Nip? Even gambit > liquid

2018-05-08 18:35

#27

"Even gambit > liquid" 0/8

2018-05-09 06:22

hltv.org/matches/2322017/gambit-vs-liqui.. Nt swedish cock

2018-05-09 08:25

Liquid #9 Gambit #10 Nt

2018-05-09 08:55

Hahhahaah hltv ranking LUL

2018-05-09 10:02

Last 4 teams will be mouz, nip, nrg, and Navi.

2018-05-08 18:37

NRG don't think so

I through them in because it's 2 EU 1 NA and 1 other asian

2018-05-08 23:04

That's from the qualifiers...

2018-05-09 01:57

Wasted spot invite tyloo :p

MOUZ, NIP???

SK-Liquid 1st round

g2, sk wasted spots

BiG ???????? Mousesports? Na'Vi?

lul Liquid lul invite s1mple faster..

Navi?????Mouz???????

Who cares about navi

2018-05-08 19:05

2018-05-08 19:12

Na'Vi > Brazilian CS

2018-05-08 19:13

delusional navi fan

2018-05-08 23:12

yay

mousesports > BUG Bad Clan

2018-05-08 19:19

woohoooooo, nice !!! Good luck LIQUID! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

2018-05-08 19:46

Hope we to see NiP in there

2018-05-08 19:57

FeelsGoodMan

2018-05-08 20:32

Is this a joke? Before people start comparing this to inviting extra APAC teams to Sydney, Cologne is already an established, amazing event, which brings people from all over the world to enjoy TOP TIER Counter-Strike. It is arguably the only event, that can bring 10,000+ people without it being a Valve Major. There are already organised groups of Polish, French, etc. fans coming every year. YOU DON'T NEED A NA TEAM AT ALL. Especially not one as average as LIQUID. Just cheer for CLOUD9.

2018-05-08 20:46

Okay go replace the people planning this event. You are obviously more experienced and know a lot more about the scene. Stupid Nazi fuck

2018-05-09 08:56

ynk tweet copypasta you illiterate caveman

2018-05-09 08:57

no more invites for VP ?

Expected

2018-05-08 21:00

Hmm i wonder what roster change will happen after this.

Hope they surpass crisis. Love that team

2018-05-08 21:24

FFS 2 trash teams attending this event now... No offense, but liquid + big < navi + mouz.

2018-05-08 21:38

SK G2 BIG c9 ? Direct invites ? They don't deserve it atm

2018-05-08 21:54

I agree some of these teams get invites based off past successes and not present form. Something needs to change regarding invites.

2018-05-09 06:33

wasted spot

2018-05-08 21:55

No CIS No Navi Bad event report.

2018-05-08 22:51

hmm hope NIP, Navi and Mouz are 3 of the 4 last invites. And idk why ESL is waiting so long to announce Top Teams like Mouz/Navi ??? Maybe Fans would like to know before they go or plan trips to Cologne ???

2018-05-09 00:45