BIG, Complexity eliminated as IEM New York reaches playoffs

9-10-2020 22:24

The German team finished their second tournament in a row in 5th-6th place and will now turn their attention to DreamHack Open Fall.

The group stage of IEM New York's European division came to a close on Friday, with fnatic and FaZe booking the last playoff spots at the expense of Complexity and BIG, respectively, joining Vitality and OG in this weekend's single-elimination bracket.

Despite the 2-0 scoreline, Complexity and fnatic played out a very even and measured series, with very little separating the two teams. Even with Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer and Valentin "⁠poizon⁠" Vasilev putting up solid numbers, the 'Juggernaut' was unable to stop their opponents, who broke their streak of group exits after failing to make the playoffs in ESL One Cologne and ESL Pro League Season 12. Complexity will return to action only at the end of the month in the BLAST Premier Fall Series, in which reported target Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage could play his first match for the team.

BIG exit IEM New York in the group stage

Another team that seems to be finally hitting form is FaZe, who outclassed BIG with strong individual displays from Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants to secure their first playoff appearance since the BLAST Premier Spring Finals. The German team suffered their second group stage exit in their last three competitions and will be looking to right the ship in next week's Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournament, DreamHack Open Fall.

Below is the schedule for the playoff matches:

Saturday, October 10:

14:00 OG vs. fnatic
17:30 Vitality vs. FaZe

Sunday, October 11:

16:00 Grand final (BO5)

personality

2020-10-09 22:25

8 replies

EZ clap for the real number #1

2020-10-09 22:27

1 reply

so yes not so ez for me mens

2020-10-09 22:28

Yeeeeeessss!

2020-10-09 22:43

If faze lose, disband?

2020-10-09 23:59

4 replies

0/8

2020-10-10 00:09

3 replies

What can fix their problem then

2020-10-10 01:02

2 replies

2020-10-10 02:26

Kicking peniszera

2020-10-10 09:03

rip big

BIG disappointment

2020-10-09 22:26

BUG LMAO

ez for faze! GODZERA IS FUCKING BACK!!!

They were all playing well. Finally!

2020-10-10 02:28

Yes, finally! #FaZeUp

2020-10-11 15:40

1 month history :p big so bad

OG going to win their first tournament very nice

fnatic

2020-10-09 22:31

finals are gonna be fnatic vita prob

2020-10-09 23:58

honestly seeing how faze and og both get absolute surges or slumps in form in the same month, this is too unpredictable

2020-10-10 02:41

No they will not

:( a

deserved, #freexantares

2020-10-09 22:29

faze v og finals

2020-10-09 22:30

Free tournament for Vitality

Most probably i’ve seen a great performance

2020-10-09 23:16

fnatic should have won the bo3 against them, I'm hoping for a close final between those 2 like DH malmo

No FaZe will eat them

2020-10-10 00:10

I think it's time for changes in BIG. Same for Complexity.

2020-10-09 22:32

complexity was playing with a stand in tho? pretty excusable to bomb out

2020-10-09 23:55

NaTo is on some kind of trial period so I would say that they are just playing with a new lineup.

2020-10-10 00:40

he is already done standing in for them tho, he already made a post saying thanks for letting me have this chance it was fun standing in! plus they’re finalizing a signage of jks so uh yeah

2020-10-10 02:34

Yeah I heard about jks transfer, it's interesting.

2020-10-10 02:35

Go# OG

2020-10-09 22:33

Finally fnatic is showing up

2020-10-09 22:38

Where is Delusional_big_fan?

2020-10-09 22:42

Disband

Like faze delusional fans

2020-10-10 01:17

2020-10-11 06:30

Big playing like noobs , nothing new

2020-10-09 22:55

bois i got a feeling this could be OG's time for a trophy

2020-10-09 23:18

No.

2020-10-10 00:11

ok 1 word man =(

2020-10-10 00:30

Kjarbye carried Mirage and who showed strong performances was broky.

2020-10-10 00:16

Ouch, this has got to hurt. BIG should have been able to beat FaZe considering both of those teams' recent form. Complexity fell just short in their bo3 against fnatic. Hopefully Complexity will do better at the next online event with their recent acquisition of jks.

2020-10-10 00:26

BUG dead team

2020-10-10 00:52

Unlucky Jermany ))

2020-10-10 01:58

special tactics to come in as underdog in next RMR event ))

2020-10-10 16:36

Lets go Jermany! I am with you my guys ))

2020-10-10 16:40

ty my swedish bror ))

2020-10-10 18:12

You're most welcome bruder ))

2020-10-10 19:47

EASY VITALITY #VFORVICTORY #ZYWOOTOP1 #LETANK

2020-10-10 03:38

Haha, bugBIG had an advantage when this online area has started, cause they are such onliners, but now every other team feel better this environment, so big sucks again:D They can’t even get out from groups:DD

2020-10-10 10:38