Sprout replace MOUZ at Elisa Masters Espoo

10-11-2022 17:12

Ismail "⁠refrezh⁠" Ali and company will travel to Finland for their first outing since exiting the IEM Rio Major.

Elisa have announced that Sprout will be participating at Elisa Masters Espoo, officially entering the fray as a replacement for the previously invited MOUZ.

The LAN event, which runs from November 16-20 in Espoo, Finland, will boast a $200,000 prize pool and offer a spot in the IEM Katowice 2023 play-in for the eventual victor. There currently remains just one spot left to be filled by way of a direct invitation.

refrezh's men will play in Espoo following their 12-14th finish at IEM Rio

MOUZ have withdrawn from the LAN event in Finland due to their ongoing run through the IEM Rio Major. The European combine is set to start their campaign through the Champions Stage of the Valve-sponsored event later on Thursday at 21:30 , having clinched a spot in the playoffs following their 3-2 showing in the Legends Stage with wins over Liquid, Vitality, and ENCE.

Sprout, on the other hand, will travel to Elisa Masters Espoo on the back of their surprise run to the IEM Rio Major. The squad raised eyebrows by securing a Legends Stage berth on the back of their 3-1 run through the Regional Major Ranking event.

While the side around refrezh struggled to keep up their strong form once at the $1,250,000 event in Brazil, only putting up a 1-3 record, they were able to upset and eliminate one of the favourites of the event: Ninjas in Pyjamas. Elisa Masters Espoo will be another big test for refrezh to prove his worth as an in-game leader.

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The event will play host to a handful of top-tier teams, including Major-attending teams like ENCE, BIG, and fnatic. Astralis will also be making the trip to Espoo, but will notably be competing without the newly-signed Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz, instead fielding their academy player Kristoffer "⁠Kristou⁠" Aamand.

The updated team list for Elisa Masters Espoo is as follows:

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GOD BERRY

2022-11-10 17:12

10 replies

uff i thought sprout replace mouz at rio playoffs

5 replies

lmao

2022-11-10 17:13

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damn i tough sprout replace mouz at major playoffs

2022-11-10 18:23

Es_Poo > Rio

2022-11-10 17:15

same xd

2022-11-10 17:22

I almost had a heart attack when I saw the notification for the news

2022-11-10 18:06

-Berry +Markus Hyytinen Nobody would notice

2022-11-10 17:14

3 replies

Reconsider your life actions

lol Markus Hyytinen looks like the Finnish version of our Drachenlord

2022-11-10 17:29

man drachenlord is a sad thing

2022-11-10 18:01

Ez for sprout

espoo in tears rn no device no mouz

facts

More like on suicide watch

2022-11-10 17:17

I actually prefer having Sprout there instead of MOUZ.

2022-11-10 17:30

interesting. Not a fantastic team, but in this event they could get a good run and solid experience

upgrade 😎

fair

Easiest Tournament for Fnatic in 2022 Fashr Mvp with 1.4 rating and

2022-11-10 17:16

Fnatic are still playing in it lmao? Mouz what doink, lazy team

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fnatic knows they will get 2-0d, so they didnt bother

2022-11-10 17:49

so will mouz lol

2022-11-10 18:31

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nt mouz will go out 2-1

2022-11-10 18:39

with torzsonliner as your awp? nt. they aint winning a map

2022-11-10 18:41

Aged well

2022-11-11 01:59

i surprised myself tbh

2022-11-11 18:47

mouz scared from havu

No device and now no mouz

I THOUGHT ITS MAJOR XDDD

This event is turning into a joke. Inb4 even Astralis and fnatic withdraw.

2022-11-10 17:26

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it was always a joke lmao. right between major and blast. only benefit is katowice playin, with most good teams invited already. i am wondering who the last invite is though.

2022-11-10 17:40

The last invite is my team

2022-11-10 21:07

BR team pls

2022-11-10 17:27

ez4heet

2022-11-10 17:32

Why though? They have 6 days to the event and there is a very high chance they'd go home today. Atleast they could have won Elisa. When fnatic didn't withdraw why did they?

2022-11-10 17:33

Looking at the teams attending MOUZ would probably be better off forfeiting the $45k for 5th-8th place major finish and coming over to win the $100k Elisa Masters instead.

True, also fnatic did not withdraw, so there was no need for them to do that.

2022-11-10 17:34

sprOUT

2022-11-10 17:35

Gl!

2022-11-10 17:37

They want to make a change in this team after Major .. maybe replacing Torzsi , this is why they dont participate .. on the other side Fnatic is happy with their roster .

mouz basically said I don't play lower tier tournaments

dead event lmao. the last invitation will probably be someone like movistar or shit like that. Also what were Elisa thinking when they wanted to host the event just 3 days after Major in Rio???

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+1 to last part but what tf did you expect? Tourney by "local" TO with NAVI and FaZe?

2022-11-10 17:45

Yes exactly i expected NaVi, FaZe and C9 all to attend

2022-11-10 17:47

Should be NiP all things considered. The event could use the only tier1 Finn and NiP desperately needs the officials before Blast Fall.

2022-11-10 17:48

Yeah, but they probably want to just prepare for BLAST Finals. Such a shame Elisa timed the event so badly :/

2022-11-10 17:56

I don't really understand if they'd rather practice and prepare instead of playing officials at this point. They have a grand total of two tier1-2 bo3 games so far with this group, while they've had like weeks or months of practice time. Surely it would be better to go test their play in real games and then fix whatever problems they see than just practicing the whole time.

2022-11-10 20:07

i hope last invite is JiTu 🙏

2022-11-10 19:30

your not smart are you? if they dont host it now, then when? After that it's Blast, then in the beginning of December most teams are preparing for Blast world Finals already / on player break. Pretty much only chance to host is now.

2022-11-11 09:41

Whats the hurry to host a shit event? Wait a year if it means they could host a tier 1 event that people actually care about

2022-11-11 14:20

I don't really get it. Fnatic is also at champions stage rn and they didn't withdrawn from Elisa... And to be honest, they have a better chance to go further on the major than Mouz. Hope I'm wrong.

I suppose it's like Cortez burning his ships after disembarking in South America. No retreat, you either take over the continent or die trying.

2022-11-10 17:53

fnatic also continue the journey, but they will still play?

2022-11-10 17:59

cunt move from them

2022-11-10 18:00

Shame for Elisa but they took a risk having the tourney this close to the major. If Fantic upset Outsiders they'll probably be next. Good replacement though.

2022-11-10 18:04

Lmao

2022-11-10 18:12

maybe no fnatic too, but then + who? + OG?? + Imperial?? + Eternal Fire? + NiP?? + Gamer legion????

2022-11-10 18:33

gamerlegion already qualified

2022-11-10 21:48

i forgor

2022-11-12 02:19

EG will round it up

2022-11-10 18:46

scam

2022-11-10 19:20

Common L for Finland kekw

2022-11-10 19:24

Imagine to not getting chance to qualify at least to katowice play in just because you are still playing major :D Hopefully mouz will get invite straight to playin

2022-11-10 19:42

cool!

2022-11-10 20:15

They need to invite at least one BR team with this last spot to boost the audience ratings

2022-11-10 20:32

Damn thought sprout added jimpphat for a asec there

2022-11-10 20:48

invite Rare Atom or I won’t watch

2022-11-10 21:08

thats fine

hope Astralis vs Sprout just to prove staehr real worth imo he is worst than mistr in Astralis but if he can own Astralis, i will support all thread about +staehr

2022-11-11 00:35

it's not about him proving or something , even if he proves , they wont sell him or launx (for a year atleast) They will try to keep both so yea , pretty unlucky they are stuck with tilt rager zyphon and brainless awper+igl . It would be nice one day to see ENCE lauNX and Astralis Staehr , under a good system , they will shine like gold

2022-11-11 03:26

just to shut up all +staehr thread in forum i don't want another farlig, hype up by +farlig thread but never deliver/proven after he join even before farlig joined, no proof about farlig is a good awper 'for Astralis' basically +farlig thread put my ex-fav awper Lucky in hard situation +staehr only create more role problem in Astralis rn they need entry/anchor who make glaive play more mobile

2022-11-11 08:46