StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 6
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StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 6
League Information
Series:
Organizers:
StarLadder
ImbaTV
ImbaTV
Game:
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Prize Pool:
$300,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-10-07
End Date:
2018-10-14
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
About[edit]
The StarSeries & i-League returns for its 6th Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Season. The tournament once again features a $300,000 USD prize pool, but returns to the best-of-one swiss system for the group stage, while bringing in a best-of-five grand final.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
Format[edit]
- Group Stage: October 7th - 11th, 2018
- 16 Team Swiss System Format
- All matches are Bo1
- Top 8 Teams proceed to the Playoffs
- Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
- Click here for a detailed explanation of the Swiss System format
- First Round (Seeded)
- Seeding Pool 1: Invited Teams
- Seeding Pool 2: Qualified Teams
- Teams from Seeding Pool 1 are drawn versus teams from Seeding Pool 2
- Second Round
- Division into 2 groups:
- Winners of the first round ("High")
- Losers of the first round ("Low")
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
- Division into 2 groups:
- Third Round
- Division into 3 groups:
- Teams with a score of 2:0 ("High")
- Teams with a score of 1:1 ("Mid")
- Teams with a score of 0:2 ("Low")
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
- Winners of the high group advance to the next stage
- Losers of the low group are eliminated
- Division into 3 groups:
- Fourth Round
- Division into 2 groups:
- Teams with a score of 2:1 ("High")
- Teams with a score of 1:2 ("Low")
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
- Winners of the high group advance to the next stage
- Losers of the low group are eliminated
- Division into 2 groups:
- Fifth Round
- Each team is drawn an opponent they have not played yet from their group
- Winners advance to the next stage
- Losers are eliminated
- Playoffs: October 12th - 14th, 2018
- Single-Elimination Bracket
- All matches (excl. the final) are Bo3
- The Grand Final is Bo5
Prize Pool[edit]
$300,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
Participants[edit]
For "News and Roster Changes" Click here.
- 1 August 14th - Due to unspecified reasons, StarLadder announce that 4 of the invite slots will be distributed to the European (3 slots) and North American (1 slot) qualifiers. [5]
- 2 August 31st -
sycrone leaves Sprout. [6]
- 3 September 10th - Sprout add
faveN. [7]
- 4 Septemer 18th - Gambit Esports benches
Hobbit. [8]
- 5 September 19th - Ninjas in Pyjamas and Fnatic withdraw from the tournament due to busy schedules, Vega Squadron are invited as one of the replacement teams. [4]
- 6 September 24th - mousesports fill the last invite slot. [3]
- 7 September 24th -
Ryu steps down from Renegades. [9]
- 8 September 27th - North sign
cadiaN from Rogue to replace
MSL.
gade is recalled from his loan to OpTic Gaming back to North to replace
niko. [10]
- 9 September 27th -
Nifty leaves Renegades to join Team Envy. [11]
- 10 September 29th - Renegades part ways with
USTILO. [12]
- 11 September 30th - Renegades announce the signing up
liazz and
Gratisfaction. [13]
- 12 October 2nd -
Hobbit will play for Gambit Esports at the event. [14]
- 13 October 7th -
kassad initially returns to Renegades as a stand-in coach, but it is later announced that he is back full-time. [15][16]; Gambit Esports has reached an agreement with FlipSid3 Tactics to extend
B1ad3's loan period for one more month. [17]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Overview[edit]
# | Team | Matches | Rounds | RD | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | ENCE | 3 - 0 | 48 - 30 | +18 | Inferno | Train | Mirage | ||
1. | NRG Esports | 3 - 0 | 51 - 34 | +17 | Inferno | Inferno | Mirage | ||
3. | Renegades | 3 - 1 | 61 - 40 | +21 | Inferno | Mirage | Mirage | Cache | |
3. | OpTic Gaming | 3 - 1 | 55 - 41 | +14 | Overpass | Inferno | Inferno | Nuke | |
3. | Fragsters | 3 - 1 | 56 - 55 | +1 | Nuke | Dust II | Mirage | Nuke | |
6. | Vega Squadron | 3 - 2 | 74 - 63 | +11 | Inferno | Mirage | Inferno | Train | Inferno |
6. | North | 3 - 2 | 72 - 63 | +9 | Overpass | Inferno | Train | Nuke | Train |
6. | BIG | 3 - 2 | 69 - 70 | -1 | Nuke | Inferno | Cache | Cache | Train |
9. | mousesports | 2 - 3 | 75 - 66 | +9 | Train | Nuke | Mirage | Nuke | Train |
9. | The Imperial | 2 - 3 | 67 - 65 | +2 | Cache | Train | Mirage | Cache | Train |
9. | HellRaisers | 2 - 3 | 67 - 70 | -3 | Cache | Overpass | Inferno | Overpass | Inferno |
12. | Gambit Esports | 1 - 3 | 49 - 62 | -13 | Dust II | Dust II | Train | Train | |
12. | TYLOO | 1 - 3 | 45 - 59 | -14 | Inferno | Overpass | Mirage | Cache | |
12. | CyberZen | 1 - 3 | 26 - 61 | -35 | Inferno | Nuke | Mirage | Overpass | |
15. | Sprout | 0 - 3 | 45 - 54 | -9 | Train | Mirage | Inferno | ||
15. | compLexity Gaming | 0 - 3 | 31 - 48 | -17 | Dust II | Mirage | Cache |
Detailed Results[edit]
Round 1[edit]
Round 1 Matches
Round 2[edit]
High[edit]
Round 3[edit]
Round 4[edit]
High[edit]
Round 5[edit]
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 2018-10-05 | StarSeries i-League Season 6 viewer's guide by Yossarian of HLTV
- 2018-10-06 | Six key storylines of StarSeries i-League Season 6 by Striker of HLTV
Conclusions[edit]
- 2018-10-14 | sergej wins StarSeries S6 MVP award by MIRAA of HLTV
- 2018-10-18 | StarSeries i-League Season 6: the EVPs by MIRAA of HLTV
Interviews[edit]
HLTV[edit]
- Aleksib: "We can beat top 10 teams on LAN" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-07 |
- nexa: "We enjoy being the underdog" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-07 |
- valde: "It's always important (to win) when you face other Danish teams, to establish the hierarchy" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-07 |
- k0nfig: "We need some success, for our own game and for our fans, because it has been a downhill road so far" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-08 |
- AZR: "Bringing kassad back is a permanent thing" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-08 |
- refrezh: "I didn't expect us to do so well against these established teams" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-08 |
- kakafu: "We had four big events in which we performed well" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-09 |
- liazz: "When an Australian player is approached by Renegades it's almost impossible to say no" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-09 |
- Snappi: "All of the up and coming teams are way better than what people make them out to be" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-10 |
- smooya: "If mouz want a rivalry we'll see what happens" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-10 |
- crush: "I think we're better now than at the Major" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-11 |
- Aleksib: "We aren't scared of OpTic and we want to get revenge for the Minor" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-12 |
- ImAPet: "The match against Vega is going to be a straight-up brawl" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-13 |
- chopper: "I think the pace of the match will be fast with a lot of aggression" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-13 |
- jR: "Everyone is really hyped up, it's our first final and none of us felt like this before" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-14 |
- sergej: "If we play our game we can be top 10" by LucasAM of HLTV 2018-10-14 |
StarLadder[edit]
- ShahZaM: "We really want to prove that our Major run wasn’t a fluke" by EllanarkJesus of StarLadder 2018-10-06 |
- AZR: "I don’t think (Nifty) wanted to AWP and in-game lead anymore" by EllanarkJesus of StarLadder 2018-10-07 |
- cadiaN: "My job has been to focus on the future (...) for how we become the best team in the world" by EllanarkJesus of StarLadder 2018-10-07 |
- Interview with ShahZam by Tonya of StarLadder 2018-10-07 |
- Interview with Johnta by Tonya of StarLadder 2018-10-07 |
- Interview with cadiaN by Tonya of StarLadder 2018-10-07 |
- nexa: "Everytime we play with new players, it’s like a honeymoon period" by EllanarkJesus of StarLadder 2018-10-08 |
- daps: "Our communication has really been a big problem lately" by EllanarkJesus of StarLadder 2018-10-08 |
- Interview with gob b by Tonya of StarLadder 2018-10-08 |
- Interview with chrisJ by Tonya of StarLadder 2018-10-08 |
- Interview with Snappi by Tonya of StarLadder 2018-10-08 |
- Snappi: "People really underrate niko. I love playing with him" by EllanarkJesus of StarLadder 2018-10-09 |
- gob b about smooya: "He understands the game better now. I’m really proud of him that he could manage to learn" by EllanarkJesus of StarLadder 2018-10-10 |
- torben: "We perform better under the pressure on LANs unlike in online games" by EllanarkJesus of StarLadder 2018-10-10 |
Videos and Photos[edit]
Galleries[edit]
- 2018-10-07 | StarSeries i-League Season 6 - Day 1 by HLTV
- 2018-10-08 | StarSeries i-League Season 6 - Day 2 by HLTV
- 2018-10-09 | StarSeries i-League Season 6 - Day 3 by HLTV
- 2018-10-10 | StarSeries i-League Season 6 - Day 4 by HLTV
- 2018-10-12 | StarSeries i-League Season 6 - Day 5 by HLTV
- 2018-10-13 | StarSeries i-League Season 6 - Day 6 by HLTV
- 2018-10-14 | StarSeries i-League Season 6 - Day 7 by HLTV
Highlights[edit]
- sergej - HLTV MVP by betway of StarSeries i-League Season 6 by eZlo of HLTV 2018-10-30 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ilya "EllanarkJesus" Chabelets (2018-09-04). "ENCE and BIG complete the list of participants for StarSeries i-League S6". StarLadder.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ilya "EllanarkJesus" Chabelets (2018-08-14). "StarSeries i-League S6 Finals: 12 teams revealed". StarLadder.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ilya "EllanarkJesus" Chabelets (2018-09-24). "Mousesports received the last invite to StarSeries i-League S6". StarLadder.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ilya "EllanarkJesus" Chabalets (2018-09-19). "NiP, Fnatic to miss StarSeries i-League S6; Vega join participant-list". StarLadder.
- ↑ Ilya "EllanarkJesus" Chabalets (2018-08-14). "StarSeries i-League S6 Finals: 12 teams revealed". StarLadder.
- ↑ Sprout (2018-08-31). "sycrone leaves Sprout".
- ↑ "You have guessed it and you guessed right". Sprout. 2018-09-10.
- ↑ "Gambit Esports announces an opening of transfer negotiations concerning Abay "HObbit" Khassenov". Gambit Esports. 2018-09-18.
- ↑ Ryu (2018-09-24). "As of today, I am no longer the coach of the Renegades CS:GO team.".
- ↑ "North welcomes cadiaN - gade returns from loan". North. 2018-09-27.
- ↑ Nicholas "Taffy" Taifalos (2018-09-27). "Once a Renegade, always a Renegade". Renegades.
- ↑ "THANK YOU KARLO". Renegades. 2018-09-29.
- ↑ "Please join us in giving a warm Renegades welcome to the two newest members of #RNGCS!". Renegades. 2018-09-30.
- ↑ "Good news for fans of Abay "HObbit" Khasenov: Gambit Esports will attend StarSeries & i-League CS:GO S6 with its current line-up.". Gambit Esports. 2018-10-02.
- ↑ "@kassadCSGO seems to have reunited with @Renegades for #StarSeriesS6!". HLTV. 2018-10-07.
- ↑ Lucas Aznar "LucasAM" Miles (2018-10-08). "AZR: "Bringing kassad back is a permanent thing"". HLTV.
- ↑ "Gambit Esports has reached an agreement with FlipSid3 Tactics to extend B1ad3's loan period for one more month.". Gambit Esports. 2018-10-07.