Cloud9 win iBP Summer Invitational

18-7-2016 05:12

Cloud9 win the iBUYPOWER 2016 Summer Invitational after defeating TSM 2-0 (16-14 on Dust2 and 16-5 on Train).

The iBUYPOWER 2016 Summer Invitational was the next installment in the hardware company's series of seasonal online tournaments for North American teams, with eight teams competing for $16,000 in prize money this time around.

This time around the quarter-finals of the tournament saw no particular upsets and, with #17 ranked Cloud9 taking down Selfless 2-0 in their semifinal and #14 ranked TSM defeating Echo Fox 2-0 in the other semifinal, the grand final expectedly saw the two Top 20 ranked North American teams competing in the Invitational as the the last two standing teams.

Cloud9 defended their iBP Invitational title against TSM

On the first map of Dust2, Cloud9 (who were the defending champions as they had won the previous iBUYPOWER Spring Invitational a few months earlier) displayed a brisk and confident T-side and closed the first half with a 10-5 lead.

Despite Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken getting a second pistolround ace for TSM and TSM taking the lead late into the first map, a series of clutches from the likes of Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham and Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek helped Cloud9 take the first map 16-14.

Train was the second map and here Cloud9 were much more poised as they pulled off a 11-4 CT half and then quickly closed out the map 16-5 (despite it being TSM's map pick) to win the iBUYPOWER 2016 Summer Invitational and go home $10,000 richer.

iBUYPOWER Invitational Summer 2016Best of 3

TSM

Matchpage

18th July 2016

Cloud9

Dust2

Train

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek shroud	41 - 36	+5	98.0	1.32
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert n0thing	42 - 34	+8	80.3	1.26
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	40 - 34	+6	87.4	1.20
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Skadoodle	39 - 29	+10	66.9	1.14
Alec 'Slemmy' White Slemmy	32 - 33	-1	69.9	1.03

TSM	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hunter 'SicK' Mims SicK	34 - 39	-5	84.1	1.07
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Twistzz	37 - 38	-1	74.7	1.02
Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen SEMPHIS	33 - 37	-4	71.6	0.93
Pujan 'FNS' Mehta FNS	32 - 41	-9	73.2	0.91
Timothy 'autimatic' Ta autimatic	30 - 39	-9	67.6	0.88

iBUYPOWER 2016 Summer Invitational final standings:

1. Cloud9 - $10,000
2. TSM - $4,000
3-4. Echo Fox - $1,000
3-4. Selfless - $1,000
5-8. Complexity
5-8. Winterfox
5-8. Kaliber
5-8. Prospects

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2016-07-18 05:12

expected

ez pz c9

PUB

I'm too slow

2016-07-18 05:13

Aiaiai i guess well played c9 !

Well deserved. Gz C9

And they didn't need to make a petiton

ez 4 c9

C9 is #1 globally!!!! They are so good they beat teams like g2, fnatic, sk to win this tournament!!!

4 replies

Who are g2, fnatic and sk? I thought only fnatic played lol.

2016-07-18 05:22

they beat sk in eleague's group A and now they will face fnatic in play offs, C9 #1

2016-07-18 05:26

best b8 ever

2016-07-18 05:48

1 reply

2016-07-18 10:54

What up now swedes wooo... oh wait...

no choke c9.. <3

2016-07-18 05:14

SEMPHIS and slemmy really impressed. I could see them fitting in quite well with FaZe.

2016-07-18 05:15

6 replies

I hope you're being sarcastic.

2016-07-18 05:18

5 replies

Not an ounce. They are amazing! The way SEMPHIS has consistently bottom fragged for a would-be top 10 team, he fits in perfect for FaZe. And slemmy, dragging down two top NA players, sound like the right replacement for aizy.

2016-07-18 05:21

3 replies

I hope you're not talking about Shroud as a top player rofl

2016-07-18 06:57

Bro you are being baited

2016-07-18 14:28

thank you.

2016-07-19 05:46

You just got b8ed H4RD m8

No wonder why this tournament is called ibp, just look at how TSM played lmao.

2016-07-18 05:19

C9 proofing again they r better then bronzil favelas :)

19 replies

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA U mean Kappa right? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

2016-07-18 06:45

14 replies

MAD cuz brazil didn't winnered the event? No cry pls

2016-07-18 07:50

13 replies

Mad cuz Murica got rekt in ESL One Grand Final ? No cry pls

2016-07-18 11:35

atleast they got to the final hahaha not like every france team that got rekt in groups lmfao

2016-07-18 13:28

Group D was random, and nV sucks indeed. But I'm pretty sure that G2 > Liquid

2016-07-18 14:17

hltv.org/match/2303183-liquid-g2-ecs-sea..

2016-07-18 20:43

2 replies

Thats why G2 won the tournament :)

2016-07-18 20:44

yeh but liquid won vs g2 since you said g2> liquid

2016-07-19 09:02

I 'm not crying , on the contrary ... I'm laughing a bunch of NA's cowards who signed a petition to take the Brazilian out of the competition because you are afraid! Kill your self... HA HAAAAAA!

2016-07-18 22:12

Lol ur mad cuz BRAZIL arent allowed to break the rules :)

2016-07-18 22:21

You guys like to snitch while we are out and now dominate the international scene. If it was YOU GUYS, U would already be asking for help from the pentagon . You are xenophobic by it's very nature . Bye don't talk to me...NA is not going to WIN this shit anyway! Now get lost...See U in ESL São Paulo mate...let see how sweet your ORGs are gonna be treated...BYE coward =]

2016-07-18 22:36

USA gonna use military to protect our orgs against favela gangs. Cya lan :)

2016-07-18 22:51

Our favelas swallows your military power...U are gonna be naked in the dark...literally! Toretto is in our side...deal with it! HAHAHA =]

2016-07-18 22:59

Ur proud of crime xD, shows the Brazilian mentality

2016-07-18 23:11

Crime??? Look what USA is doing around the world for oil and minerals...U do more than crime idiot...nt US mental issues kid! Bye

2016-07-18 23:52

hahahha laughing

Thats usually what hahaha means

2016-07-18 08:07

You rekted him great job

2016-07-18 09:44

Savage

2016-07-18 15:30

about time they win something that theyre supposed too. Online or not C9 and TSM final was a gimme when they announced the teams.

2016-07-18 05:23

THE SUMMER OF C9 PART 2 BOYSSSSSSSSSSSS lol jk weak ass tournament

2016-07-18 05:37

The Summer Of C9 Part 2:The Revival

2016-07-18 05:40

Rip TSM

2016-07-18 05:46

Monkey. INB4 "kys"

2016-07-18 08:53

Kys

2016-07-18 11:05

Fenks, jude

2016-07-18 15:56

nice the compete on a t2 na lan. gj c9

2016-07-18 06:09

The only way to NA CS win is to play against other NAs! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

2016-07-18 06:47

are you mad favela?

2016-07-18 07:43

No!!! Not at all...it is funny...stay like this...that is the key =]

2016-07-18 22:07

you're mad

2016-07-18 22:41

Why? We are bi-champs in CS GO in a row... Are you? I don't bait shit...bye! =]

2016-07-18 22:54

cool

2016-07-18 07:51

Yep, no Liquid, no CLG, this is Cloud9 level tournament, pretty much expected.

2016-07-18 09:10

Only watched the c9 vs selfless match on overpass, holy shit they struggled vs this team, proper cringe

2016-07-18 09:31

who needs majors when you can win back to back iBP cups

2016-07-18 09:45

AND CLOUD9 WIN IT, WHAT?!??!

2016-07-18 10:52

expected to be honest because it was online tournament

2016-07-18 11:15

wow c9 finally wins in NA kek

2016-07-18 11:18

nice, Cloud 9 confirmed top 1 NA C9>SK confirmed

2016-07-18 11:56

Cloud9 to iBP, pls make it happen^\._./^

2016-07-18 12:55

EZ C9

2016-07-18 13:09

who cares lmfao

s1mple is NAs only hope

but why? He is from Ukraine and doesnt play for a NA Team!?!

2016-07-18 18:43

Congrats Cloud9!

2016-07-18 15:04

congrats c9

2016-07-18 15:34

only na teams 4Head

2016-07-18 16:58

ok.

2016-07-18 17:30

The shortest breakdown of the two maps to date :)

2016-07-18 21:52

It seems like they invited teams to give c9 the 1st place.

2016-07-18 22:48

eh, skilled teams there

2016-07-18 22:50

what an easy performance for clowed9 we easily win that tournament and we are coming 2o win ELEAGUE PRESENTED BY ARBYS.GET FUCKEKD NERDS C9 TOP 1 WORLD ONCE AGAIN MUAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAa

2016-07-19 21:52

#C9WIN

2016-07-20 05:00

10k is nothing. that's what the players make in 1month

2016-08-29 04:11