Cloud9 invited to iBUYPOWER Masters

28-12-2018 22:00

Cloud9 have accepted an invitation to compete at iBUYPOWER Masters 2019, the tournament's organisers have announced.

The ELEAGUE Major Boston champions are the sixth team confirmed for the event, joining the likes of Astralis, FaZe and Ghost, with only two invitees now left to reveal.

The announcement comes during a turbulent time for Cloud9, who have been credited with an interest in Gage "⁠Infinite⁠" Green as Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim could miss the IEM Katowice Major because of medical concerns.

Cloud9 will attend iBUYPOWER Masters 2019

Cloud9 founder and CEO Jack Etienne reacted to the news on Twitter stressing that the organisation had "not signed anyone at this point in time", though he admitted that there had been talks with "several players" about potentially stepping into the shoes of the Swedish tactician.

iBUYPOWER Masters 2019 will run on January 19-20 at the Avalon Theater Hollywood, in Los Angeles, where eight teams will square off for their share of a $200,000 prize pool. The tournament will begin with a best-of-one double-elimination group stage, followed by the single-elimination playoffs with the top two teams from both groups.

The team list for the event currently looks as follows:

Invite #7

Invite #8

should be easy for infinite

2018-12-28 22:03

21 replies

Yay

2018-12-28 22:02

10 replies

what a joke

9 replies

Why

0/8 still best team in the NA

7 replies

I want your drugs cuz ur high as shit! C9 right now is one of the worst NA teams sadly

2018-12-28 23:58

6 replies

Are they even NA team? Ha

2018-12-29 02:41

5 replies

Yea they live here so I’d think that makes them an NA team.

2018-12-29 06:27

4 replies

Bravado NA team then

2018-12-29 10:24

2 replies

Maybe? Just like MiUSA(BR). Ha

2018-12-29 19:12

Pretty much

2018-12-30 21:10

Since NA is an immigrant countries anyways so whatsoever, ha.

2018-12-29 19:18

MIBR IS OVERRATED

No u

"MIBR is overrated" said the guy who likes KennyS

2018-12-29 18:35

3 replies

mad cuz mibr overrated? =)))

2018-12-29 18:40

got em LUL

2018-12-29 19:14

I'm a Mibr but that doesn't mean I think they're the best in the world. Anyway, idk why I commented here, this community is full of dickheads

2018-12-30 02:05

MiBR and liquid next spots pls

2018-12-28 22:29

1 reply

2018-12-28 23:56

ooooooooooooo tooooooooooooo lateeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

2018-12-28 22:32

liquid/mibr and NRG next spots

2018-12-29 10:01

Nice. Finally they invite good/decent teams lol. +Liquid +MiBR And this tournament is nice.

40 replies

2018-12-28 22:06

+refrezh ffs

2018-12-28 22:20

2018-12-28 23:13

2018-12-29 06:02

Why invite MiBR if you want good/decent teams?

2018-12-28 22:22

34 replies

Right? You only invite Mibr if you want GOD tier teams...

Seriously, they haven’t even won a tier 2 event this year, you can’t really be considering them good, cuz then NIP would be the best team in the world still.

2018-12-28 22:39

20 replies

Are we talking about that lineup full of NA players?

2018-12-28 23:03

13 replies

Had 5 BR at the start of the year, didn’t win anything. Fallens tactics getting old, maybe Zews can save them, IF they get good, HE is the reason, not fallen or Cold, praise the right person!

2018-12-28 23:15

At the start of the year SK had Boltz & Taco. Now MiBR will have Taco + Felps / Kscerato / TRK etc. Much stronger firepower.

2018-12-28 23:26

I’m not saying they cant be good, but they have done nothing to deserve hype or invites yet, they should earn their spots with results, not former glory!

2018-12-29 00:56

And the others have. AST is the only one who has earned it. The rest are just a crap shoot

2018-12-29 06:28

Fnatic has two events with this lineup, on is semis at Chicago where they pushed Astralis further than anyone has in a long time in an elimination match. The other they won a tier 2/3 event. How have they not deserved it? Why are NA fans so defending of mibr? Is it that painful to see EU win that you would prefer BR?

2018-12-29 11:54

They are decent I was just saying. It’s nice to see them invited honestly. Prob the only other team who has earned it

And inviting garbage NiP is ok

2018-12-29 09:34

Who has invited NIP? And you can’t call NIP garbage and not call MiBR the same, if anything they have had similar results.

2018-12-29 11:50

Let’s be honest, stop fucking lying to yourself and accept the fact MiBR is a top 5 team.

2018-12-28 23:29

For now.

2018-12-28 23:46

Yes indeed, then MiBR>Astralis

2018-12-29 00:15

Let's not exaggerate

2018-12-29 00:17

I’m not, I genuinely believe they have the talent to challenge them.

2018-12-29 18:31

nip was the best in csgo only when the best were still in cs1.6. have at least a real approach to the truth before banting.

2018-12-29 00:39

The mega obvious point was that former success means nothing now!

2018-12-29 00:57

mibr despite not being the best still has had good results. the fall was real, but still not the abyss. ur example assumed the contrary, despite the poorly chosen one. thats obvious aswell.

2018-12-29 02:47

ECS is basically the only result this year that is acceptable for a team with MiBRs ambition. The only reason they kept a decent level in the rankings is that the tier 3 events they played to get free wins, which is pathetic.

2018-12-29 11:39

curious Essin, as youre all about results, who would you invite for next 2 spots? And be careful its about winning after all.

2018-12-29 19:06

I would think the most deserving teams would be Liquid and Navi.

2018-12-29 21:37

Because if you use your brain you might notice that MiBR is going full BR again / changing their team.

2018-12-28 23:12

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And you have 0 proof that they will be good/decent!

2018-12-28 23:18

Oh really Sherlock? But the past BR rosters have been good (Immortals, Old LG with FalleN, SK etc) "0 proof"? Well obv i dont have any proof, the "proof" will be showed when they play obviously?

2018-12-28 23:22

Just like every other team they should earn that chance, not get invites on former glory. I’m not saying they can’t be good, but saying they ARE good right now and deserve an invite because of that is just a lie!

2018-12-29 00:54

and who would u choose to invite instead of mibr?

2018-12-29 02:50

Nip

2018-12-29 06:54

NiP 15 - 15 FaZe BLAST Pro Series Lisbon 2018 NiP 14 - 16 Cloud9 BLAST Pro Series Lisbon 2018 NiP 11 - 16 Astralis BLAST Pro Series Lisbon 2018 NiP 6 - 16 MIBR BLAST Pro Series Lisbon 2018 NiP 12 - 16 Natus Vincere BLAST Pro Series Lisbon 2018 NiP 1 - 2 Astralis ECS Season 6 Finals last win: 24th november reached ecs final, but not even qualified for esl finals. lower rank than mibr in major qualifier tournament

2018-12-29 11:16

so, despite mibr being in a better record than nip, theres also the marketing dimension: mibr is a buzz spreader, the team has a new lineup and there are 3 european teams already, they will very likely be invited.

2018-12-29 11:13

Stop using your own opinion as the same thing as a general opinion, you might think that MiBR is a “buzz spreader” but that’s because you like them. To me it would have the opposite effect since they would be invited on former glory and not on results, which is unfair. Get Navi/liquid/mouz instead.

2018-12-29 11:45

despite the fact that im a fan now, the number of threads mentioning mibr in this site proves ur opinion wrong. more, the fact that they changed the lineup is a plus on the buzz. more, in the last months, mibr performance is better than mousesports. u can check the stats. seems like u dont like mibr and is saying anything to make ur point without proper facts. performance wise it would be liquid and navi, but mibr is still a contender, and they may even refuse the invite so they can bootcamp, tbh.

2018-12-29 13:36

0 proof? Cmon stop embarassing yourself everyone knows how successful LG/SK was with taco and zews and now with mibr they will rape everyone in 2019 for sure

2018-12-29 00:08

And reunited fnatic crushed every team! Old success doesn’t mean new success, the scene has changed and Fallen doesn’t seem to keep up. IF they get good, ALL credit should go to Zews!

2018-12-29 00:53

why?

A lot of fans

Having the biggest fanbase in North America can be a valid reason

2018-12-28 22:05

NA event, u can see them inviiting NA based teams, duh...

2018-12-28 22:21

They won it last time, too.

2018-12-28 22:54

nice

ez event for astralias, sad

2018-12-28 22:04

Finally.

Easy for FaZe.

Love u man (no homo)

Renegades next one

2018-12-28 22:07

L I Q U I D pls

2018-12-28 22:11

Singularity + eUnited last invites. Lets go

ez for shr..oh wait then ez for n0th..oh cmon? EZ FOR STEW...OH YOU MUST BE JOKING RIGHT?? At least for skada...Oh are you fuck you?

2018-12-28 22:13

Ez for kio lmao

2018-12-28 22:51

2018-12-28 22:14

What is that team?

2018-12-29 00:32

Coulda been better tho -Luminosity +NaVi +Liquid +Mouz

Already great, Just need mouz/liquid and Navi now!

It is, I'm just saying

ik it is a great team lineup already though. Although lg is questionable.

2018-12-28 23:31

Yep mouz going to skip eu minor and not go major cuz this event xdddd

2018-12-28 22:26

oh shit right lmao

2018-12-28 22:42

-luminosity -ghost +mibr +liquid +navi +nip mouz and nrg have minors during that time. they won't participate

2018-12-28 22:37

Ghost is actually good on lan though what

2018-12-28 23:30

not good as any of the teams mentioned above

2018-12-29 05:41

Better then nip and beat Navi and then barely lost 1-2 to them in their only two meetings, And mibr is all over the place right now

2018-12-29 20:16

well they are not a consistent top team like nip or navi or mibr.atm they are ranked at 21. its better to have big with xantares than them

2018-12-29 20:45

You have to remember though teams decline invites all the time we never know if any of the teams you mentioned declined a invite. Also it’s a NA tournament so they are gonna be more lenient on inviting NA teams. Also I’d rather see Ghost have a chance to prove themselves again as they did at epl finals then see nip get last place

2018-12-30 06:56

invite Navi please

+1 no navi no tier 1 tournament

2018-12-28 22:27

Next Liquid

C9 should just put refrezh on trial at this point imo

+1 Dumbass manager maybe

Ded team, wasted spot

+fkin1

Worst tourney astralis will atend in 2k19 i hope

mibr please

2018-12-28 22:31

Lol why..

2018-12-28 22:41

Cause they won it last year and have to get the chance to defend the title even if it’s almost impossible they have gotten close to taking down Astralis multiple times though

haha

2018-12-29 02:33

+1 high intellect reply

2018-12-29 20:17

thinks C9 will get somewhere this year haha little fanny packer

2018-12-30 02:30

I’m from NA it’s like illegal not to support c9 stop being a little bitch by hopping on the hate wagon and accept the team who won the tournament will always get re invited

2018-12-30 06:57

Liquid and MIBR next pls

Wasted spot?

+1111

next is liquid

2018-12-28 22:43

TL and NRG next

2018-12-28 22:50

Officially tier 4 event now

2018-12-28 22:52

ez 4 Gage "one man klan" Green

Mouz invite?

2018-12-28 22:57

LuL

2018-12-28 22:58

Flusha vs Olof vs Jw, Krimz

2018-12-28 22:59

B I G

2018-12-28 23:02

NA's hope infinite lul

NA's hope is literally the #2 team in the world which just upgraded firepower. Lul@u

2018-12-29 01:36

ah oo tee mah teek stoo yee too kay

2018-12-29 04:52

Liquid, Navi, mousesports, BiG plz

2018-12-28 23:04

Why LG and Ghost though not even barely tier 2

2018-12-28 23:06

No MIbr no Views

Ence invite when?

seems like another ez tournament for astralis

Finally tickets are on sale thank you HLTV. Have a less depressing year! -VeryDepressingGuy

2018-12-28 23:24

You ment "Very depressed guy"?

2018-12-29 00:34

You are new please do not talk down on my name. Have a depressing day! -VeryDepressingGuy

2018-12-29 00:38

So which one is it? Do you wish me a less depressing year or a depressing day? Also daytime over here

2018-12-29 00:42

I can see your IQ is low. Please stop talking to me its contagious. Have a depressing day! -VeryDepressingGuy

2018-12-29 00:51

2018-12-29 00:52

Oh fan of Virtus Pro

yeah, a new player with the N-word in his main language they get directly invited. This is so fucking poor HAHA And beside FAZE zero danger for Astralis rigged.

Flag checks out xaxaxaxa

2018-12-28 23:48

Why nazis care ? :D

2018-12-29 02:03

NiP and G2 IMO.

2018-12-28 23:33

GL with Zellsis he is a good boy

2018-12-28 23:45

INVITE BIG PLS

No navi = disband tournament

2018-12-29 00:09

Lets go c9!

i think Ghost are to finish last place and then steel get ban again :L

All these people commenting Mouz as if they’d skip the minor just to lose to Astralis

2018-12-29 01:21

+ENCE <3

2018-12-29 01:26

+mibr +navi/mouz PLEAAAAAAAASE

2018-12-29 01:57

+mousesports and Navi and its gonna be lit tournament

2018-12-29 02:05

Wasted spot

2018-12-29 02:48

easy for flusha.WG

2018-12-29 05:32

Swole Patrole pls

2018-12-29 07:29

Cloud? If you do not perform at some level this time, then you're not invited to anyting ever more. Basta Pizza!

2018-12-29 07:31

wasted spot

2018-12-29 08:35

INVATE BIG

2018-12-29 08:52

2018-12-29 09:00

invate :d

2018-12-29 10:50

2018-12-29 11:59

ok now invite Optic Gaming

2018-12-29 10:26

EZ4RAIN n FaZe

Why are they flagged as an EU team? 3 US players, 1 Swede and 1 French. Shouldn't it be either world or US?

2018-12-29 10:59

2 us 2 swedes 1 french they still didn't sign infinite

2018-12-29 13:49

Golden isnt playing IBP

2018-12-29 20:21

??? But their team still have 2 swedes 2 us and 1 french. So EU flag.

2018-12-29 21:04

Why not the world flag?

2018-12-30 15:06

In their team page they still got US flag

2018-12-30 15:09

3 eu players > 2 us players eu flag is normal, i think world flag would be if they had like 2 us 2 eu and 1 asia

2018-12-30 15:36

Their team page say US flag and in this event it say EU flag. Should be the other way around. And they are still a NA team with NA coach and teammates based in NA but with a few EU players.

2018-12-31 15:01