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Thunderpick Invitational #3
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Thunderpick Invitational #3
League Information
Series:
Thunderpick Invitational
Organizer:
Sponsor:
Game:
Type:
Online
Teams:
16
Prize Pool:
$10,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-08-12
End Date:
2018-10-18
Liquipedia Tier:
Maps
Chronology
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Commentators:
Format[edit]
- Group Stage:
- 16 Team Swiss System Format
- All matches are Bo3
- 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
- Teams are drawn randomly for first round match-ups
- 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:
- Single-Elimination bracket
- All matches are Bo3
Prize Pool[edit]
$10,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
Place | $ USD | Team |
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![]() | $7,000 | ![]() |
![]() | $2,000 | ![]() |
![]() | $500 | ![]() |
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5th-8th | - | ![]() |
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9th-11th | - | ![]() |
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12th-14th | - | ![]() |
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15th-16th | - | ![]() |
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Participants[edit]
For "News and Roster Changes" Click here.
- 1 August 19th -
kressy and
mirbit step down from EURONICS Gaming.
znajder and
kolor join. [1]
- 2 August 20th - k1ck eSports Club release their team, Team Endpoint is invited instead. [2]
- 3 August 22nd - expert eSport sign FriendlyFire. [3]
- 4 August 29th - Majestic Lions sign warmup. [4]
- 5 August 30th - Quantum Bellator Fire replace
Gospadarov,
Twiksar, and
shocked with
smike,
arch, and
dERZKIY. [5]
- 6 September 1st -
faveN and
dominikkk's contracts expire and they leave EURONICS Gaming. [6][7]
- 7 September 6th - BPro Gaming sign
niki1 and
spyleadeR, and release
VNko. [8]
- 8 September 6th - EURONICS Gaming acquire
maRky. [9]
- 9 September 9th - HAVU Gaming release
Juhob. [10]
- 10 September 18th - SuperJymy replace
ZOREE with
Twixie.
ZOREE joins HAVU Gaming. [11]
- 11 September 19th -
Basso and
acoR leave Squared Esports. [12]
- 12 September 24th -
kressy replaces
.P4TriCK in expert eSport. [13]
- 13 September 24th - BPro Gaming replace
REDSTAR with
Rock1nG. [14]
- 14 October 1st - Squared Esports's contracts expire and the player become free agents. They reform as GoldenGitte. [12]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Overview[edit]
expert eSport
FriendlyFire
Majestic Lions
warmup
# | Team | Matches | Rounds | RD | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | ![]() | 3 - 0 | 124 - 82 | +42 | 2:1 | 2:0 | 2:1 | ||
1. | ![]() | 3 - 0 | 113 - 79 | +34 | 2:0 | 2:1 | 2:0 | ||
3. | ![]() | 3 - 1 | 121 - 74 | +47 | 0:2 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 2:0 | |
3. | ![]() | 3 - 1 | 161 - 148 | +13 | 1:2 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 2:1 | |
3. | ![]() | 3 - 1 | 141 - 140 | +1 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 0:2 | 2:1 | |
6. | ![]() | 3 - 2 | 158 - 145 | +13 | 1:2 | 0:2 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 2:1 |
6. | ![]() | 3 - 2 | 147 - 139 | +8 | 0:2 | 1:2 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 2:0 |
6. | ![]() | 3 - 2 | 176 - 204 | -28 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 1:2 | 0:2 | 2:1 |
9. | ![]() | 2 - 3 | 158 - 153 | +5 | 0:2 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 1:2 | 1:2 |
9. | ![]() | 2 - 3 | 187 - 204 | -17 | 2:1 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 2:1 | 0:2 |
9. | ![]() | 2 - 3 | 187 - 147 | +40 | 2:0 | 1:2 | 2:0 | 1:2 | 1:2 |
12. | ![]() | 1 - 3 | 124 - 138 | -14 | 2:0 | 1:2 | 0:2 | 0:2 | |
12. | ![]() | 1 - 3 | 128 - 144 | -16 | 1:2 | 2:0 | 0:2 | 1:2 | |
12. | ![]() | 1 - 3 | 79 - 128 | -49 | 2:1 | 0:2 | 0:2 | 0:2 | |
15. | ![]() | 0 - 3 | 70 - 106 | -36 | 1:2 | 0:2 | 0:2 | ||
15. | ![]() | 0 - 3 | 60 - 105 | -45 | 1:2 | 0:2 | 0:2 |
Detailed Results[edit]
Round 1[edit]
Round 1 Matches | |||
---|---|---|---|
Forge ![]() | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
warmup ![]() | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
Unknown ![]() | 1 | 2 | ![]() |
FF ![]() | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
WINSIDE ![]() | 1 | 2 | ![]() |
FNC.A ![]() | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
EP ![]() | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
HAVU ![]() | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
Round 2[edit]
Round 3[edit]
Round 4[edit]
Round 5[edit]
Round 5 Matches | |||
---|---|---|---|
expert ![]() | 1 | 2 | ![]() |
FNC.A ![]() | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
EP ![]() | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals

1

2

2

0

0

2
Semifinals

2

0
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "ROSTER Change CSGO" (in
German). EURONICS Gaming. 2018-08-19.
- ↑ Striker (2018-08-19). "K1CK RELEASE TEAM" (in
English). HLTV.org.
- ↑ "expert eSport – the story continues…". expert eSport. 2018-08-22.
- ↑ "Nová CSGO sestava" [New CS:GO team] (in
Czech). Majestic Lions. 2018-08-29.
- ↑ OverDrive (2018-08-30). "Quantum Bellator Fire: -Gospadarov -Twiksar -Shocked +Derzkiy +Arch +Smike".
- ↑ Josef "faveN" Baumann (2018-09-01). "Since today I'm not a part of EURONICS Gaming anymore".
- ↑ Dominik "dominikkk" Aberle (2018-09-01). "Since today my time with EURONICS Gaming is officially done" (in
German).
- ↑ LucasAM (2018-09-06). "spyleadeR and niki1 join BPro". HLTV.org.
- ↑ "Heute präsentieren wir Euch unser neues CS:GO Lineup für die Winter Saison." (in
German). EURONICS Gaming. 2018-09-06.
- ↑ "We have parted ways with Juho ”juhob” Lampinen.". HAVU Gaming. 2018-09-09.
- ↑ MIRAA (2018-09-18). "HAVU have announced that they have completed the signing of Lasse "ZOREE" Uronen from SuperJymy.". HLTV.org.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sander (2018-09-19). "Basso og acoR står nu uden hold" [Basso and acoR are now teamless] (in
Danish). Dust2.dk.
- ↑ "Wechsel: kressy ersetzt .P4TriCK in CS:GO" [Change: kressy replaces .P4TriCK in our CS:GO team] (in
German). expert eSport. 2018-09-24.
- ↑ spyleadeR (2018-09-24). "welcome Rock1nG gl REDSTAR.".