Liquid, NIP, ENCE, BIG invited to $350,000 LAN in India

29-2-2024 14:51

Skyesports Masters will welcome four more teams, two via invites and two via EU and Indian qualifiers.

REZ and NIP will be heading to India in April

Indian tournament organizer Skyesports has announced four invites to its $350,000 Masters LAN, set to take place from April 8-14, 2024. The city and venue for the event are yet to be announced.

The eight-team tournament will be filled out by two more overseas invitees and by the victors of two closed qualifiers (one for European teams and one for Indian sides).

Having been initially announced as a franchise league, the Skyesports Masters has since changed into a standalone LAN tournament with only one local team. The organizer is also running a four-team international LAN in March featuring Aurora and Bad News Kangaroos.

Skyesports to run $350,000 LAN event in April

The Skyesports Masters event will run concurrently with IEM Chengdu, so it makes sense that Liquid and ENCE, who failed to qualify for ESL's Chinese event, headline the invited team list so far.

They are joined by Ninjas in Pyjamas and the new-look BIG, who recently signed Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische and Jon "⁠JDC⁠" de Castro. NIP will be using Young Ninjas players as stand-ins for the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown after dismantling their RMR roster, but should have time to assemble a full lineup for their trip East.

The full team list is now as follows:

ENCE

Liquid

Invited team

Europe Qualifier

BIG

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Invited team

India Qualifier

nip? huh

2024-02-29 14:51

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they're inviting the bad teams so the Indian one can win lol

2024-02-29 18:11

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you make an excellent point! why didn't i think of this t3 vs t5.... and with a bit of intimidation there might even be a better chance (ive heard the tone of speech via youtube)

2024-03-01 00:34

Nice

rare w from india

Nice to see NIP and BIG there tbh

2024-02-29 14:52

tier3 teams ;/

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Tier 3 only nip And big ence easily tier 2 also liquid you think like A bot

2024-02-29 14:56

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Liquid is tier 3. They struggle and lose to tier 2 NA teams bro...

2024-02-29 15:49

they've literally only lost to 2 teams in NA lol, one of which they came up through lower bracket and then 2-0 the same team in the final.

2024-02-29 19:13

Given the players they have should they be losing any games against tier 2 teams? Should they be losing maps to wildcard and party astronauts? Do you think a tier 1 team would do that?

2024-02-29 19:17

NiP is the only T3 team here

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Ok, Ence is not tier3, but others is questionable.

2024-02-29 14:57

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Ence and BIG t1,5/t2, Team Liquid t1 potential, what you on?

2024-02-29 14:58

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lol

2024-02-29 15:03

2024-02-29 15:14

"team liquid tier 1 potential" ahahaa copium lil bro

2024-02-29 15:34

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Wha copium lmao. They look good on paper and have promising results (sometimes). Im not saying they will be/are t1. Im just saying that they might become a t1 team in the future.

2024-02-29 15:35

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promising results? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

2024-02-29 15:39

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Did you see the "Sometimes"? You clearly didnt... and i mean yeah, they have an perfect opportunity to play at the major and already qualified for IEM Dallas. Those few fluke loses against M80 happened because the team didnt play together for long, and their strats werent even a bit trained.

2024-02-29 15:42

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and the loss to nouns earlier in the week? The consistent struggles and map losses against the likes of PA, Boss, Nouns, and Wildcard?

2024-02-29 15:48

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Don't listen to him xD they struggled a lot with IEM dallas qualifier xD

2024-02-29 15:53

Inconsistence is one of those flaws, thats why i didnt say i was sure they will become a t1 team. You mfs cant read or sum

2024-02-29 16:00

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“NiP is the only T3 team here” That was your initial comment. Liquid in their current form is tier 3. There is no arguing against that, they are decent in na tier 2, that makes them mid in eu tier 3. Until they prove otherwise they are tier 3 and there is no way to argue otherwise

2024-02-29 16:12

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Internationally they are t2, what you on? Would you call 9z a t3 international team? Or The MongolZ?

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9z is tier 3 in my opinion. It depends on how you define tiers, but id rank teams like metizsport, preasy, koi, etc are tier 2, and 9z is certainly a tier below those teams. Mongolz struggles against Lynn and tyloo, but I’d say both those teams are a tier above nouns, wildcard, and especially pa.

2024-02-29 19:22

... that was one of the most eu biased takes ever... Metizport? Preasy? KOI is valid, but those 2 teams barely stand a chance against 9z. 9z is just inconsistent, but they are overall way better than those 2

2024-02-29 19:39

Preasy is tier 2 imo. As is metizsport but for them I can see the argument for tier 3. And again it depends on how you define tiers. I would say 9z is worse than those teams. If they replaced buda with a better player they could be tier 2. My take was and is my opinion, so there is some bias but I’m not an eu fan, just realistic. I think it’s been proven that Europe tier 2 is league above tier 2 in any other region, and there’s only a handful of international teams that can compete in eu tier 2, those teams being col, mongolz, Furia, and a few other. I mean m80 in kato showed exactly my point, unable to beat even rebels who are a tier 2/3 eu team

2024-02-29 21:08

The problem was that M80 played with a coach... + Preasy would be t2 for me if they didnt play this goofy no awp meta.

2024-02-29 21:31

They won rematch in a dominant fashion for a slot, only haters care if they lost earlier.

2024-02-29 19:00

Dominant is a stretch. It’s good that they won it convincingly, but if you really think that they’re tier 1 if they are consistently struggling to stay above tier 2 na teams then convince me with reasoning

2024-02-29 19:14

Mate, do you even watch how they play these matches vs NA? They put 20 % of effort playing loose cs like your typical faceit lobby and still win.

I’ll give you that. You’re right, I’ll admit it. Liquid aren’t trying their best. But we can’t rate them any way other than what we’ve seen until we see them try. I’m not going to say they’re tier 1 or even tier 2 until they prove it

2024-02-29 20:02

Uh oh, I've seen this movie before.

you mean hussr cup? :D

BIG? NIP?

2024-02-29 14:53

i dont think its meant to be a top tier 1 tournament

2024-02-29 14:54

There is IEM Chengdu at the same time going on

But I still don't understand why they invite NiP with no team.

2024-02-29 14:59

They will have time to get the roster by then , it's in April .

2024-02-29 15:32

ye proves my point

2024-02-29 15:00

Ez4ence

NiP KEKW and well, that’s one way to have Liquid get their rankings up so they don’t miss Cologne :v

Honestly, I'm so tired of this dumb system, when teams are invited for doing nothing and get ranking points just for no reason

Its only 1 more year of partner events at least.

One more year to go bud just one year

one more year, just endure it until then

2024-02-29 16:23

One more year then WW3 will start

2024-03-01 12:50

Replace NiP with Metizport please and thanks

2024-02-29 14:55

EZ 2V5 NIP event

ence is the only not a team that's omega dogshit rn

There should be no tech delays with all the local support readily available, but somehow I suspect this event will be a disaster.

This has to be a problem with your anti virus serrrr

BRUHHHHHHHH POG

thx india. lets create another big scene over there!

i know what u did there

2024-03-01 10:36

NIP has only 2 players, there's no good reason they should've been invited over any other top 30 team!

good one, will be absolutely fun

2024-02-29 15:01

Let be guess... VP as invited team??? They always farm tier 2 events.

2024-02-29 15:04

they farm tier 2 events not tier 50

2024-02-29 15:06

Maybe because they don't get invited to tier-1 events and have no partnerships?

2024-02-29 16:42

that's what I'm saying. Grinding tier2-3 events for points

2024-02-29 17:49

The event overlaps with IEM Chengdu, VP will play there

2024-02-29 18:52

Good for them, actually makes the event watchable

2024-02-29 15:02

Here we go again. One team will go and it will end bad :D

ENCE got this

That is very very bad tournament unless Falcons and some top 10 team like Vitality saves it. Good prac for ENCE though.

Easy money for ence

yeah only money no MVP :( unless they add falcons and VP

2024-02-29 15:07

Big and Nip kek

LETS FUCKING GO !!!!!!!!!!

Nip? Dude, wtf, take the trash to the dumpster, qhere js spirit?

2024-02-29 15:09

They said "along with the Champions of Europe Qualifies", Hope to see Mouz there at least. Brollan <3

2024-02-29 22:33

pog

hopefully the prize is honored.... i wonder how they even managed to gather 350k.. hopefully not via shady means.... if its the real deal at all.... i remain a skeptic.

2024-02-29 15:11

Why can't a Indian tournament organizer have $350k pricepool?

2024-02-29 15:15

Avg Western mindset thinking South Asians are poor. They should see the cricket events here, blowing off money as if it grows on trees.

2024-03-02 13:44

clownfiesta

Looking forward to see the new BIG team in a tournament setting. I really hope they stop choking literally every game as soon they are in a position to end it. Was a funny running Gag for a while but don't think I can handle it much longer.

Same, i've stopped watching because it seems like everytime i cheer for BIG they lose something they can win

2024-02-29 15:20

Sooo true, last few months have been tough on my heart. Can't even remember how it feels to qualify for something of importance...

2024-02-29 15:22

I have watched every game except yesterday (because I was at work) This year has been a complete wash so far yet our calendar remains rich in opportunities. Ain't gonna matter if we suck so they gotta start making progress finally.

Hahaha, needed to lough so hard seeing your name after reading your post...love your mentality, LETS FUCKING GO!

2024-02-29 15:52

Cool! I hope to see something fun out of India, I wouldn't even mind if the last 2 invited teams are Indian. It's fun to see new teams and check how different regions are playing, espiecally if they're competing against top 30 teams for once

2024-02-29 15:19

I believe invites are based on HLTV rankings (there's a report on dust2.in that goes in depth on how the skyesports league will run this year)

Nishant & Parmita esports POG

2024-02-29 16:09

who knows, they might actually exists xD

2024-02-29 22:30

Pretty underwhelming list of invites, but, as a delusional liquid fan, i'm happy that they have more opportunities to farm ranking points and get to the big tournaments

2024-02-29 15:27

Time to get another MVP Rez .

2024-02-29 15:33

Yeah, India has a good track record with paying out on tournaments /s

gifting money to t2?

2024-02-29 15:38

LFG. Huge W

2024-02-29 15:44

Delhi please

2024-02-29 15:56

NIP and BIG? LMAO

2024-02-29 16:07

Awesome. This is a big opportunity for india. They just need to make sure the event runs as smoothly as possible and the players are happy with the event as a whole. A successful event can lead to a more points which can help generate more buzz for indian cs and pc gaming as a whole.

2024-02-29 16:15

I wish the same! hope to see a successful event and more CS-related content grow in the region

2024-02-29 22:29

NiP kekw

2024-02-29 16:16

Great news for the Indian CS scene. Skyesports already seem to have a bunch of events scheduled

Yeah, considering the prize pool, this is pretty huge for CS in India. One step closer to leaving what forsaken did behind

forsaken India’s best talent, respek

2024-02-29 16:58

Any info on tickets?

2024-02-29 16:18

India Gaming Carnival v2

2024-02-29 16:22

No it is being help by one of the top companies... He was an individual.

2024-02-29 16:38

Not entirely sure what NIP is doing there but it's nice to see some non-ESL/BLAST events

2024-02-29 16:29

maybe got some lil budget to squeeze in one (big brand low shares) org One trophy for NiP is sure for 2024.

2024-02-29 22:28

I hope ence doesn’t take this invite and pay with tier 3 teams

2024-02-29 16:30

bro its easy money for them. they will beat the india qualifier then doesnrt care about the rest and easy 25.000.

2024-02-29 20:05

NiP? oh god for why

2024-02-29 16:32

Nice to see rez and the rest of the young ninjas invited

2024-02-29 16:37

nice, the more prac the better :)

2024-02-29 16:43

NiP????

2024-02-29 16:49

NIP XD

2024-02-29 16:51

Can see a lot of racism in the comments.

2024-02-29 17:07

Mumbai Zzzz, bruh have it in delhi or something.

2024-02-29 17:15

The city and venue for the event are yet to be announced. How do you know it's in Mumbai?

2024-02-29 17:27

I hope it is Delhi else won't be able to watch the match irl

2024-02-29 22:25

I was planning to meet a friend ,might just shift the dates, but I remember previously it was supposed to be in mumbai

2024-02-29 22:38

Big W

2024-02-29 17:26

another easy LAN win for my BIG clan #GOBIG

2024-02-29 17:38

cool!

2024-02-29 18:02

Hopefully there will be a good crowd, this could start a revolution of competitive PC gamers in india on a big scale. Also wasnt OG invited as well??

2024-02-29 18:27

Will be interesting to see how many viewers will watch it since it overlaps with IEM Chengdu

2024-02-29 18:33

tier 50 teams in tier 3000 country playing a 322 tournament... xdxd

2024-02-29 18:42

Ez for Liquid

2024-02-29 18:43

Skyesports Major 2028

2024-02-29 19:33

nvm comment is back

No MVP for this one I presume

2024-02-29 21:30

2024-02-29 22:18

Mouz please come to india <3

2024-02-29 22:24

I wonder how dumb unknown tournament organizers are to neither invite a BR team nor host an SA qualifier... Gaules stream would literally boost their viewership and social media interactions by at least 50%.

2024-03-01 02:08

Ikr that would have been a win-win situation for both. More specifically for the Indian scene. Maybe budget issues of idk whatever the reason, let's hope to have a successful event and attract new audience for CS in our region.

2024-03-01 18:48

ENCE clears

2024-03-01 02:55

Comeback of word.exe?

2024-03-01 04:11

Nobody knows how that kid looks nowadays or if he is even alive or not. Hope to see him as a guest performer xD

2024-03-01 08:47

he can bring the trophy like how pasha bring the trophy for katowice

2024-03-01 09:42

It's pretty sad how one team managed to destroy the Indian scene for years. Let's hope it goes better this time.

2024-03-01 10:12

Yeah no more competitions, sponsors, teams, games, or content came after that. Valorant was a good enough push to support PC gaming scene but CS was pretty much dead. Really really hope to see, even a little, change in the CS gaming scene specifically. Also, hope to see a successful event with good vibes and a positive experience for the teams that are coming for the event.

2024-03-01 18:46