Hiko joins eLevate for CEVO finals

30/3/2015 - 19:26

Spencer "Hiko" Martin has revealed that he will play for eLevate as a stand-in at the CEVO S6 offline finals.

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin has been out of action since the disbandment of iBUYPOWER's former squad in late January following a betting scandal that involved four team members.

In a recent interview with fragbite.se, the former Cloud9 member, who was part of the analyst panel at ESL One Katowice, revealed that he is planning on joining a new team in time for the next major, ESL One Cologne, which will take place from August 22-23.

Hiko to drop the suit and put a team shirt on once again

But until his future is resolved, Hiko will do his utmost to remain in tip-top shape, starting with helping eLevate at the upcoming CEVO offline finals, where he will step into the shoes of Tyler "⁠Storm⁠" Wood, who is unable to attend the event.

eLevate, who came out on top of the Alienware Area 51 Cup at the weekend, will attend the CEVO finals from April 14-15 with:

David "⁠Xp3⁠" Garrido
William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba
Daniel "⁠roca⁠" Gustaferri
Derek "⁠desi⁠" Branchen
Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin

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2015-03-30 19:26

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expected

2015-03-30 19:27

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2015-03-30 19:28

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expected. actually he played for A51 vs eLevate at alienware finals. btw eLevate won <3

2015-03-30 19:43

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2015-03-30 19:46

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unexpected. actually he played for A51 vs eLevate at alienware finals. btw eLevate won <3

2015-03-30 19:56

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2015-03-30 20:20

expected. actually he played for elevate vs area51 at Razer semi-finals. btw fnatic won <3

2015-03-30 20:21

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2015-03-30 20:36

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2015-03-30 22:38

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unexpected. actually she played for A51 vs eLevate at alienware finals. btw eLevate won </3

2015-03-30 22:46

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2015-03-30 22:58

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Expected because unexpected

2015-03-30 23:32

dafq Oo.oO

2015-03-30 23:40

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2015-03-31 00:12

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desexpected. actually he played for A51 vs eLevate at alienware finals. btw eLevate won <3

2015-03-31 01:08

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Fuck You <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

2015-03-30 20:07

no please don't kill me

2015-03-30 21:12

2015-03-31 02:34

hehe

good :)

OMG

nice

RIP CLG & Liquid [*]

liquid never was alive

2015-03-30 20:05

They just beat C9, but EliGE is carrying them & he's only a new addition *facepalm* Anyway eLevate is stronger than ever, even since they got desi they're playing like beasts!! Won Area 51 cup & proved themselves, so basically -Storm who is their weakest member and adding maybe the best player in NA = gg wp.. they're definitively winning this LAN.

2015-03-30 20:09

tbh i saw like 5 games of this liquid roster and daps always underperformed and made shitty descissions i dont know why they keep them . i just cant take liquid serious with tusch a player nothing against the guy saw him on stream once but he isnt a top player . adren should switch over to calling and they just should boot daps

2015-03-30 20:15

yeah like most of people preferred to keep NAT-FLY & drop daps for EliGE..

2015-03-30 20:28

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exactly

And then drop fugly for skadoodle. Thats a beast team right there.

2015-03-30 21:53

Skadoodle + desi + roca + Hiko + n0thing RIP EU next major for NA

2015-03-30 21:56

I'd take Rush over n0thing at this point. I'd take probably 5 players over n0thing at this point.

2015-03-30 21:57

You serious ? n0thing is a mad fragger dude do you even watch his late games ? He has always been a carry for C9.

2015-03-30 22:17

Always? You act like he was anything but mediocre in 2014. He's only had a few good matches in 2015. This ain't 1.6 bud, and even in 1.6 he was overrated.

2015-03-30 22:19

Also where is the igl? Plz don't say desi. He's practically unproven.

2015-03-30 21:58

Hiko can call, he's calling for eLevate in CEVO instead of Storm, he did sick calls for Area51 they could beat elevate in that area cup.

Xp3 calls for elevate so idk where you got that information. And Area51 was completely awful on T side vs elevate. They only had a chance because of their ct side.

I forgot maybe in the 1st sentence because I said he was calling for Area so maybe for eLevate too, XP3 is a sick awper nowadays.

2015-03-30 22:21

If you can't beat them, join 'em

I tryed

[*] CLG

Kreygasm

Trade xp3 for skadoodle and he's got a solid team for cologne.

who calls?

2015-03-30 19:29

believe desi is caling

2015-03-30 19:37

calling*

it would be great, they were able to beat great teams with desi calling, so I believe Ska would be a great player, but I hope he improves his communication :D

2015-03-30 19:40

time and time again, people say "Ska is good at ingame communication", Hiko said it and others. People just go by the faceit lan, that one call on nuke, and think he is not talking at all. I think he was just in his "ZONE", tunnel vision if you wanna call it that. And forgot to call that they went secret. Everybody makes mistakes.

2015-03-30 23:46

steel actually said several times that he didn't speak as much as he should

2015-03-31 00:04

Desi is terrible at calling and XP3 is their regular caller.

2015-03-30 19:42

what i expected then.

2015-03-30 22:11

Xp3

2015-03-30 21:55

That would make a sick team really

2015-03-30 19:33

Yeah i know, their entry fragging potential in roca is insane as well, would definitely do well in NA and possibly the international circuit. Some more experience for the lesser players in RUSH/roca would be good.

Holy shit that team would make me so wet

2015-03-30 20:43

now just get -xp3 +skadoodle

who is he?

-1

2015-03-30 20:37

Wow Elevate gon be insane !! Raise the NA scene <3 Roca

you mean they gonna eLevate the NA scene?

2015-03-31 01:07

Team Top 1 NA

2015-03-30 19:30

top 1 NA all the way

n1!

YESSSSS BEST NA TEAM FORMED SJAHSHHAHABSNS so happy ;_; :D

2015-03-30 19:31

cool GL

He wont to anything,he sucked during his late cloud9 tenure. He will suck here now and then people will start telling how bad he his. He has been overhyped to infinity currently. Remember you guys heard it here.

RIP Englando.

2015-03-30 19:32

LOL. enough said.

2015-03-30 19:34

himanshu tu chutiya hai....

2015-03-30 19:52

2015-03-30 21:04

yo dawg. you aint even mad doe

2015-03-31 05:53

nt Hiko

2015-03-31 08:50

MIRAA, is it confirmed that next major will be ESL One Cologne? if am not mistaken they announced 250$k tournament but without Valve sponsorship. I thought, that only Valve-sponsored tournaments can be called "major"

anything worth a large sum of money is a major. thats the way it was in the past

2015-03-30 22:32

not expected

It's take your pick really for hiko and for ska as well. HF.

You've got 4 pretty insane riflers there, good luck!

2015-03-30 19:35

Yea but RUSH is also online as fuck

2015-03-30 19:41

Rush played pretty well at ClutchCon, him and Elige were really the reasons why eLe beat CLG.

2015-03-30 19:48

Nice! Good luck!

2015-03-30 19:38

HIKO ROCA DESI WPWPWPPW

You can see he desperately wants to play the game competitive again.

yep but right now I think he's running around subbing for various teams to scout out future members for his future team with ska, I hope :)

2015-03-30 20:55

TRAITOR

-Xp3 +Skadoodle -RUSH +Relyks/someone who isn't an online Hiko/desi calling Solid as fuck team.

relyks? lmao

2015-03-30 22:01

Relyks is a pretty damn good rifler, and pretty much is the best one that isn't on a team

2015-03-30 22:27

He's on SKDC if I'm not mistaken.

I'm pretty sure he's on the verge of leaving

2015-03-31 00:50

what is wrong with you people!!! grow up and stop with the fat stuff!!!

2015-03-30 19:44

look at the ESL caster and Hiko it's like Hiko is doing this for 100 years while ESL's caster is doing some stupid things thru the camera. ESL crew // disband

2015-03-30 19:45

Wearing cap + suit. Yes, disband

rip clg

When Hiko Skadoodle Shroud Tarik nitr0

Hiko Skadoodle shroud n0thing sgares - as caller

2015-03-30 19:49

Hiko won't play with n0thing.

Can you please tell why you think that?

2015-03-30 20:11

he are think that because hiko are say that

2015-03-30 20:26

hiko wanted n0thing kicked from c9 which is why he left.

2015-03-30 22:02

Thank you

2015-03-30 22:09

c9 with skadoodle, not enough.

2015-03-30 19:53

Hiko Ska Shroud Nothing Tarik #1 world

2015-03-30 19:55

- n0thing + ptr/sgares still not even close to #1

2015-03-30 20:27

-Hiko -Skadoodle -Shroud -n0thing/ptr/sgares -Tarik +EU team

roca and hiko 2 monsters

2015-03-30 19:47

hiko is overrated

2015-03-31 22:42

Elevate gon be so gud

holy......

2015-03-30 19:51

CLG and Liquid prepare your anu.....ahemm.

Xp3 Skadoodle Hiko roca desi I feel sorry for rush but this line up would actually destroy everything. Xp3 as a lot of experience to bring them far and he is a really good caller & dedicated. No one else should call in this team if you want to -Xp3 +someone else. Because if it was desi/Hiko calling they would not be that efficient anymore ^^

roca and rush are playing at the same level

2015-03-31 04:49

Very nice!

glad to see u back! gl

how come there r no comments about Candian's "pose" :|

ARE U KIDDING ME?!

2015-03-30 19:57

he's just a stand-in, people.

2015-03-30 20:00

overrated

2015-03-30 20:02

u wot m8

2015-03-30 20:08

eLevate to become #1 NA.

Elevate could absolutely win it.

roca desi hiko skadooodle elige this team could win everything on NA

make it happen!

2015-03-31 16:18

HEY HIKO ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

If roca & RUSH play on lan like online i don't think even CLG/C9 can stop them w/hiko ofc.

-XP3 + Skadoodle please.

2015-03-30 20:14

xp3 caller :)

2015-03-30 20:33

with how little braincells those fat americans have i doubt it matters if they have a caller or not

2015-03-30 21:32

NICEEEE ELEVATE TOP1 NA :)

ez elevate

2015-03-30 20:18

Nice to NA teams picking up some newcomers, unheard of but maybe he can make a difference :> Gl "Hiko"

2015-03-30 20:23

top1 NA team easily

2015-03-30 20:24

looking at this thread makes me wonder.. elevate actually has fans LOL

HIKO YOU KIDDDINGGG MEEE?

AdreN Hiko Nitr0 Skadoodle Fugly/desi could be the best NA team right now

2015-03-30 20:35

hmm

What if God was one of us?

2015-03-30 20:39

-xp3 -rush +ska +swag (if he ever gets unbanned, if not keep xp3/get someother igl) ska, hiko, swag, roca, desi im sure one of them could learn to call properly regardless, this mix is so exciting atm anyways, really looking forward to see them play

2015-03-30 20:41

BEst NA TEAM :)

2015-03-30 20:44

unexpected and expected -.-

2015-03-30 20:47

good info

2015-03-30 20:51

Expected

finally. please take storms permanent spot. he is fuckin terrible.

hiko desi nitro ska and ezo

2015-03-30 21:09

HIKO U KIDDING ME?

2015-03-30 21:10

he said some time ago that he would never play with roca

I wish storm comes back

2015-03-30 21:11

I like him as a person. Had met and played with him back in 1.5 and 1.6. But I like this lineup better for their own gain. Hiko is much better than Storm.

2015-03-31 02:10

If they stuck with this lineup, they could contest top NA team easily. Storm is undoubtedly the weaker player in the eLevate lineup.

2015-03-30 21:13

replace xp3 with ska and this team is sickkkk

2015-03-30 21:42

whats the deal with this guy? he got droped from 2 top na teams.... he isnt top 10 na players he cant join any Eu team cus hes too shit for them and yet he thinks of himselfs so high and he has his own brand lmao.... twitch viewers doesnt mean good player lol

2015-03-30 21:48

Dropped? retardness level over 9000

*awkward turtle*

2015-03-30 22:03

2015-03-30 22:42

If Elevate does it big at the finals I can certainly see Xp3 bailing or getting pushed out to make room for Skadoodle, who is already familiar with Desi and Hiko.

2015-03-30 22:54

its all ogre now

2015-03-30 23:10

eLevate <3

2015-03-30 23:20

-XP3 +Skadoodle

2015-03-31 00:51

-hiko -ska -roca -shroud -desi #1 NA team

2015-03-31 01:01

LITERALLY THE BEST LINEUP IN NA RIGHT NOW omg but they should switch xp3 with skadoodle

2015-03-31 01:45

Normally I would be on board with this. Because I have never been a fan of xp3. But he has been playing so much better as of late. I imagine Storm will stay as the 6th member. That is a really good line up on paper. Add that in with how well the other members (not storm) have been playing as a team? #1 in NA as of right now.

2015-03-31 02:08

thank u, but make him play a lil passive

2015-03-31 20:07

Storm Rush Roca Xp3 Desi Best NA

2015-03-31 01:58

storm? lol wtf he sucks

2015-03-31 05:25

Im fanboying hahaha like storm since col 1.6

2015-04-11 09:24

crackhead

2015-03-31 20:06

This move makes sense he has to compete in some form or his skills are going to deteriorate

2015-03-31 04:44

-Bot storm

2015-03-31 04:47

this team is sick

2015-03-31 05:31

elevate is best na easy

2015-03-31 05:52

Hiko #1 Overrated player

2015-03-31 08:10

Elevate NA top2

2015-03-31 09:22

gl Hiko

2015-03-31 13:04

This guy is so overrated. how many titles has he won? He's not going to win crap because no top euro teams want to touch him. For the Euro players it's like bringing your retarded brother on to the team. He is one of the most boring people I have ever seen.

2015-03-31 14:07

w0w~

2015-03-31 14:09

Hes probably still wearing the same suit from Katowice

~1 year ago during official match roca was typing in-game "hiko homos" Interesting how they gonna play together

He was sucking in cloud 9 and they say he left but I think he got cut. He was the week link in cloud nine! He can do ok sometimes but overall he blows.

2015-03-31 14:10

OH DAMN ELEVATE MAKIN MOVES COULD BE THE NEW NA SQUUUUUUUUUUUAD

2015-03-31 16:09

xPeKe

2015-04-01 03:22

Got some easy skins yesterday, Thank you Hiko.

2015-04-03 18:55