Complexity, Nouns qualify for Thunderpick World Championship

All four North American participants at the $500,000 online event are now known.

Complexity made it through the second qualifier

Complexity and Nouns have booked their places at the Thunderpick World Championship, set to play out on October 27-November 5, after placing in the top two spots of the North America Series 2 qualifier. The two squads will now battle in the grand final, with the winner set to take home bragging rights and the $20,000 first-place prize.

Date	Matches
Thunderpick World Championship 2023 North America Series 2
30/08/2023	Nouns 02:00 Complexity	Match

Complexity received a direct invite to the playoff stage and made the most of the privilege by breezing through their first opponents, the jungle. They then had a slightly tougher test against Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz's Forsaken squad but did enough to get a 2-1 victory and secure their spot at the European online tournament.

Date	Matches
Thunderpick World Championship 2023 North America Series 2
28/08/2023	Complexity Finished 2:0 the jungle	Match
29/08/2023	Forsaken Finished 1:2 Complexity	Match

The Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou-led squad thus continues their stranglehold of the North American region, as they also recently secured an IEM Sydney 2023 spot through the NA Closed qualifier.

Nouns, like Complexity, were also directly invited to the playoff stage. Their first match against Badass was a straightforward victory, whereas a 1.41-rated display by Edgar "⁠MarKE⁠" Maldonado in the deciding semi-final match against Evil Geniuses is what got them over the line in three maps to secure a spot at the Thunderpick World Championship.

Date	Matches
Thunderpick World Championship 2023 North America Series 2
26/08/2023	Nouns Finished 2:0 Badass	Match
28/08/2023	Nouns Finished 2:1 Evil Geniuses	Match

Complexity and Nouns now complete the North American contingent at the Thunderpick World Championship alongside M80 and Wildcard, who made it through the first qualifier. After the culmination of the NA qualifiers, eight spots remain vacant. Two will come from the second European qualifier, while six teams will receive direct invites.

The current team list for the Thunderpick World Championship is as follows:

HEROIC
ENCE
MOUZ
Complexity
Europe Series 2
Invite
Invite
Invite

BIG
M80
Wildcard
Nouns
Europe Series 2
Invite
Invite
Invite