I hate ESL events right now (not the production side but the bracket/tournament systems!) BO1 first round of the bracket stage is just so silly, especially when the loser round becomes BO3! Just do it the other way round. BO3 round 1, then losers R1 is BO1 and nice move on! /rant
Anyway, onto the funny side of the tournament, Mouz and NAVI didn't qualify and NIP/VP get auto invited because .... ? i don't even xD
The best solution would still be to have everything Bo3, but of course that would have meant another day of games, which was just not possible. Considering they have to play a Bo1 at some point, I'd rather have it at the beginning (as they do it now) then in a decider match.
Regarding the teams attending, VP is an autoinvite because the event is in Poland and VP is still the highest ranked team from there. Also the invites were made public mid January, before the Major, at which point NIP and VP were both still ranked in the top 10.
Navi and Mousesports were handed several chances to qualify, and they failed them all.
Navi was invited to the european closed qualifier, where they lost to Gambit and North. Then they were invited to the Farmskin qualifier where they lost to epsilon.
Same for Mousesports, they were invited to the european closed qualifier, where they lost to Gambit and Hellraisers. Then they were invited to the Farmskin qualifier where they lost to Avangar.
NIP best map has always been mirage or am i thinking of another team? The overpass series seems how this series should have went, game 3 it is....surely G2 can't choke vs NIP that is madness if they do.
Liqqy piddy is behind, wtf they are 15-6 down on inferno to fkn NIP the worst team in the pro scene right now lol!!!
NIP knock out G2, what on earth!! Guess g2 will make some roster changes now? 3 tournament failures in a row now.
On March 01 2018 23:32 Mensol wrote: G2 being eliminated by eventual winners comes to the end i guess. of course unless NiP wins it
I wish. Honestly Nip look dreadful, which is understandable considering how little time this team has had to gel. It was mostly G2 just messing up than Nip winning.