Americas Minor North America Open Qualifier 4 - IEM Katowice 2019

Old Guys Club, Test Takers through to Americas Minor closed qualifier

28-11-2018 06:47

Old Guys Club and Test Takers are the last two teams confirmed in the Americas Minor closed qualifier after placing top two in the fourth open qualifier.

The final open qualifier saw 99 participants battle their way through the single-elimination bracket, where four teams met in the best-of-three deciders for a chance to join likes of NRG, Ghost and eUnited.

Old Guys Club were the first to make it through with Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares leading his squad of retired legendary pros, easing past Hysteria 16-5 before defeating LiViD in two maps, with Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert posting a 1.44 rating in the series.

seang@res' Old Guys Club reach the closed qualifier

On the other side of the bracket, Peter "⁠ptr⁠" Gurney's Test Takers squad cruised through their opponents, only dropping seven rounds between Dogs of War & Grizzlys, before reaching the BO3 decider against the boyz, where a close two map series earned them a closed qualifier spot.

The 16 team closed qualifier is set to kick off December 12-14, where six spots at the Americas Minor in Katowice, Poland will be up for grabs.

The full team list looks as follows:

2018-11-28 06:48

47 replies

Its sad that there is only 6 spots for the minor, no chance for OGC

2018-11-28 06:57

46 replies

ez for DOCTORDISRESPECT

2018-11-28 06:58

8 replies

He will not be allowed in cause he cheated in the past.

2018-11-28 10:32

7 replies

That's the nice one

2018-11-28 10:59

DrDis has a CSGO VAC ban?

2018-11-28 13:20

4 replies

No, but he has real life cheating record on his account.

2018-11-28 13:31

3 replies

:D gotcha

2018-11-28 13:42

LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL😎

2018-11-28 14:18

2018-11-28 17:38

8/8

2018-11-29 16:52

Its NA, not EU And they are all top level players (at least shroud, sean, nothing and ska) OGC is gonna make it easily

2018-11-28 08:48

18 replies

Easily is an exaggeration. As much as i love the boys they do not prac or prep strats at all. If they have an off day where shroudie ska and jordan don't hit shots they can definitely lose to a legit team.

2018-11-28 09:47

2 replies

Compared to other teams they don't need practice, Ez for shroudy, jordan and ska. Katowice 2019 confirmed.

2018-11-28 22:16

1 reply

Yes they need practice; every one need practice, even if your are one of the best

2018-11-29 11:41

Shroud isnt ogc anymore

2018-11-28 11:01

10 replies

Hes playing in ogc for this so i think he is

2018-11-28 11:09

Ou i thought he left...but nice to hear

2018-11-28 11:50

yeah its sean, shroud, skadoodle, n0thing and silent according to a unikrn report

2018-11-28 13:19

Shroud did leave but he joined back for the qualifier

2018-11-28 13:21

Yes he is, but Fifflaren is not :(

2018-11-28 11:44

5 replies

Nah, he is part of it they just wanted to bring back old c9

2018-11-28 12:59

should've brought freak instead of silent

2018-11-28 15:57

Hes in swole so he cant play for them as well, they would have taken him otherwise

2018-11-28 16:45

yeah, I understand that. Just saying that it would be pretty fun to see old c9 back

2018-11-28 17:48

If he leave swole it might happen

2018-11-28 17:51

Don´t know. OGC had more work to beat LiviD than FURIA, yesterday. And FURIA (they have a chance) is one of the teams that could upset but not one of the favourites.

2018-11-28 13:43

Og c9 roster

2018-11-28 21:59

Shroud back in pro cs??? Yes plz

2018-11-28 23:44

skadodle and shroud just stand in for Som and clown, that only 3 maps

2018-11-29 06:13

furia, team one, eunited, swole, lg and singularity gonna make it

2018-11-28 09:04

9 replies

Nice try, Brazilian guy

2018-11-28 09:09

2018-11-28 12:20

2018-11-28 14:03

2018-11-28 14:55

Swole won't they need a stand in for brax

2018-11-28 16:48

That's gonna be s0m apparently

2018-11-28 19:44

no it's Laski + Ace playing

2018-11-29 02:06

Laski is for WESG, s0m said on twitter he will be playing for Swole in the minor replacing brax.

2018-11-29 19:28

bump ez

2018-12-01 22:23

I think they can make it. But it needs kinda easy group and some sick plays

2018-11-28 09:22

They have a chance

2018-11-28 09:34

how is ghost in the qualifier?

Their coach is playing in place of steel

2018-11-28 14:43

No steel

2018-11-28 14:45

Who did they put in instead of steel?

2018-11-28 17:49

Jamezirl

2018-11-28 17:59

I think ogc will surprise some ppl. I think they will make the cut

2018-11-29 15:17

Nice

2018-11-28 06:49

EZ for cloud9

Cleud9 vs Cloud9 vs MiBR major confirmed?

2018-11-28 20:10

SHRAWD

ez 4 shroud

6 replies

there is no shroud in OGC, is he gonna play for OGC?

2018-11-28 07:16

The team they played this prequal with was: shroud, nothing, skadoodle, silent and seangares

2018-11-28 07:37

there is some oldschool c9 in there, i like!

2018-11-28 09:18

2018-11-28 09:31

Yeet

2018-11-28 09:59

in ogc's roster, shroud still ogc member. this not 1st time shroud decline to playin cs. maybe shroud try him luck to qualify for major and decided to play again lol

2018-11-29 03:12

compare this to the EU minor lmao

2018-11-28 06:50

12 replies

LUUUL

2018-11-28 07:23

Comparation done, OGC for the major

2018-11-28 08:52

Ez NA 2nd major win. They'll meme their way to the trophy and split the 500k and be even more rich as fuck

2018-11-28 10:05

Delusional spotted

2018-11-28 13:08

Or these things called jokes

Wooosh

Thats not how that works tho

2018-11-28 14:15

Wooosh that joke went over my head obviously

2018-11-28 14:16

Im so confused it hurts

Illusion 100

Bamboozle 100

2018-11-28 14:25

Wait who tf are ghost replacing steel with ?

coach. (JamezIRL)

2018-11-28 06:54

darn i totally thought steel was playing since i’m pretty sure he’s allowed at iem tourneys. now im depressed

2018-11-28 08:44

Still think it sucks he has to be replaced

2018-11-28 19:16

Gl nothing

why am i laughing so hard. (in a good way)

Because you think OGC gonna win a major. But it not.

2018-11-28 08:22

how will ghost be allowed though, isnt steel still banned ???

2018-11-28 06:51

Stand in. Same for Swole Patrol with Swag.

2018-11-28 06:53

ShroudyRowdy. Ya Love to see it.

DrDisrespect as coach is even better

2018-11-28 06:55

They were laughing during the game at Doc getting a sticker.............

2018-11-28 14:49

Its time for shroud

+1 always

OGC to come 6th and actually qualify

Is Shroud still playing for OGC? Hype!

No, he isn't.

2018-11-28 07:26

He played the quallifier with them same for ska

2018-11-28 07:43

Yes Shroud is playing for the team during any tournaments. He is streaming for his money but will play for the team in qualifiers and matches - they were talking about it during the match last night.

2018-11-28 14:50

it's funny how both of these team names contrast with each other lol

These teams are so bad compared to the eu minor :D

2018-11-28 07:03

OGC can actually qualify lmao it's crazy to see the skill gap between the EU minor and NA minor

2018-11-28 07:04

The only team that would stand a chance in EU would be NRG

2018-11-28 07:18

And maybe ghost

2018-11-28 07:19

without steel i doubt it

2018-11-28 07:20

CSGO is probably only popular in EU and CIS now

2018-11-28 07:28

Ez nrg

2018-11-28 07:05

why is bravado still playing in NA i've literally never seen them qualify for any relevant LAN whatsoever lmfa0

2018-11-28 07:06

they moved to the US at the beginning of the year, to gain XP

2018-11-28 07:13

ight i thought they had been playing here for like 2-3 yrs mb

2018-11-28 07:17

They qualified for Dreamhack Winter

2018-11-28 07:14

hltv.org/news/25210/bravado-qualify-for-..

2018-11-28 07:32

they only moved in feb, they have gone really really close multiple times losing in a couple of finals vs teamone and swole patrol but they made dreamhack and went from 120th to 43rd so not bad..

2018-11-28 07:49

actually they have made a lot of progress since moving to NA earlier this year. They could break through and qualify for a LAN any time if they keep putting in the work.

2018-11-29 02:08

-s0m -ogc Pick one

2018-11-28 07:22

When u compare this closed quali to european one... Yikes

2018-11-28 07:39

YEET! You go get 'em, Shrimp

2018-11-28 08:16

So ez for OldC9

2018-11-28 08:28

What? Shroud and skad play? Or no ?

2018-11-28 09:48

They did

For OGC?

2018-11-28 11:16

man open ur eyes hltv.org/matches/2329529/livid-vs-old-gu..

2018-11-28 11:41

I dont see this match, sorry I ask because here in roster isnt write shroud and skad

2018-11-28 11:45

and Dr Disrespect will be their coach ... oh man .. i wanna see them on stage as a legends with doc behind them XDDD that would be awesome....

2018-11-29 01:04

Lit

2018-11-28 10:18

ez for ghost, luminosity, nrg, swole patrol, eunited and ????

2018-11-28 10:47

FURIA!

2018-11-28 13:44

How is steel there?

2018-11-28 11:23

He's not JamezIRL will stand in

2018-11-28 13:48

Thx

2018-11-28 15:18

whats about swag? he is not allowed to participate in VALVE competitions, yep? will he play with SP or someone will stand in him?

2018-11-28 11:54

Stand-In same situation for Ghost

2018-11-28 13:47

ty m8

2018-11-30 13:43

Shroud

2018-11-28 12:06

-sileNt +fREAKAZOiD and there you go,2015 c9 squad

I hope oldC9 qualifies

2018-11-28 12:33

2018-11-28 12:38

Old Guys Club are prescious dont at me

2018-11-28 12:46

NA lvl LMAO

2018-11-28 12:49

ikr, compared to EU closed qualifier level...

2018-11-28 13:15

Looking all these teams in closed qual its not impossible to see OGC in minor

2018-11-28 12:51

Shroud PogChamp

2018-11-28 13:02

I see two line ups on here for oldguys? One with skadoodle and shroud and one without, which one is going to be present at the quals?

2018-11-28 13:18

The one with skadoodle and shroud

Tnx

2018-11-28 14:56

They have like 10 people on their roster XD

2018-11-28 14:53

Ha :)

Lol so ez for ogc

If they get few strats 100% they gonna make it.

2018-11-28 14:19

OGC actually have a chance if Swole Patrol and Ghost need stand-ins for the ex-IBP players. A lucky bracket and they may not even need to face the favorites.

2018-11-28 14:28

I hope ogc will make it through, because it's a pleasure to see them playing the game again

2018-11-28 15:25

poland inbound

2018-11-28 15:36

100% a totally different ogc will actually attend. 0% chance shroud plays

2018-11-28 16:12