Thunderpick Invitational #3

[e][h]Thunderpick Invitational #3

League Information

Series:

Thunderpick Invitational

Organizer:

Vortex Entertainment

Sponsor:

Thunderpick

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Online

Location:

Europe

Teams:

16

Prize Pool:

$10,000 USD

Start Date:

2018-08-12

End Date:

2018-10-18

Liquipedia Tier:

C-Tier

Maps

Cache • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Train

Chronology

#2

#4

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Commentators:
- Kieran (Kieran Cullinan)
- F33L1N (Tyler Gough)
- Sir Danny (Dainius Daukša)
- Rasen (Yann Prévot)

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
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
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
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
1st	$7,000	GoldenGitte
2nd	$2,000	BPro Gaming
3rd-4th	$500	Unknown
3rd-4th	$500	HAVU Gaming
5th-8th	-	EURONICS Gaming
		Fnatic Academy
		Majestic Lions
		Team Endpoint
9th-11th	-	expert eSport
		SuperJymy
		Izako Boars
12th-14th	-	Team Forge
		Syman Gaming
		WASD Sports
15th-16th	-	Quantum Bellator Fire
15th-16th	-	WINSIDE eSports

Participants[edit]

BPro Gaming^{7, 13}

1	REDSTAR
2	rafftu

1	poiz0n
2	Zix
3	niki1
4	spyleadeR
5	Rock1nG
C	DroW

Invited

Team Endpoint²

1	MiGHTYMAX
2	Puls3
3	Luzuh
4	Sheekey
5	Thomas

Invited

EURONICS Gaming^{1, 6, 8}

1	faveN




C	dominikkk

1	crisby
2	kzy
3	znajder
4	kolor
5	maRky

Invited

expert eSport^{3, 12}

1	.P4TriCK

1	ScrunK
2	alexRr
3	LyGHT
4	syken
5	kressy

Invited

Team Forge

1	Pisa

1	kIMERA
2	SparkeR
3	pier
4	Epic
5	biohazard

Invited

HAVU Gaming^{9, 10}

1	Juhob

1	ottoNd
2	sAw
3	sLowi
4	zehN
5	ZOREE
C	toNppa

Invited

Quantum Bellator Fire⁵

1	Twiksar
2	shocked
3	Gospadarov

1	spaze
2	FL1T
3	smike
4	arch
5	SP1NT
C	zoneR

Invited

GoldenGitte^{11, 14}

1	acoR
2	Basso

1	haste
2	Sjuush
3	TeSeS
4	larsen
5	Nodios
C	tabac0

Invited

SuperJymy¹⁰

1	ZOREE

1	arvid
2	BONA
3	Jamppi
4	SADDYX
5	Twixie

Invited

Unknown

1	KS

1	doktizh
2	netrick
3	Ryxxo
4	dfen
5	fr0slev

Invited

WASD Sports

1	Dodz
2	bitchiR
3	sperr
4	ViztA
5	shokz

Invited

Majestic Lions⁴

1	fredi
2	DEV7L
3	queztone
4	frozen
5	The eLiVe
C	KETUBOR

Invited

Fnatic Academy

1	Meddo

1	AlekS
2	ec1s
3	MaTaFe
4	luckeRRR
5	kamil
C	StSander

Open Qualifier #1

Izako Boars

1	matty
2	xype
3	nawrot
4	RETO
5	tecek

Open Qualifier #1

Syman Gaming

1	neaLaN
2	flAme
3	CEKKA
4	ArS
5	t0rick
C	Solaar

Open Qualifier #2

WINSIDE eSports

1	ANASTAZE
2	Diray
3	5lav
4	n0rb3r7
5	hiji
C	OverDrive

Open Qualifier #2

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.	HAVU Gaming	3 - 0	124 - 82	+42	2:1	2:0	2:1
1.	BPro Gaming	3 - 0	113 - 79	+34	2:0	2:1	2:0
3.	Majestic Lions	3 - 1	121 - 74	+47	0:2	2:0	2:0	2:0
3.	Squared Esports	3 - 1	161 - 148	+13	1:2	2:1	2:1	2:1
3.	EURONICS Gaming	3 - 1	141 - 140	+1	2:1	2:1	0:2	2:1
6.	Unknown	3 - 2	158 - 145	+13	1:2	0:2	2:0	2:0	2:1
6.	Fnatic Academy	3 - 2	147 - 139	+8	0:2	1:2	2:0	2:0	2:0
6.	Team Endpoint	3 - 2	176 - 204	-28	2:1	2:1	1:2	0:2	2:1
9.	Izako Boars	2 - 3	158 - 153	+5	0:2	2:0	2:0	1:2	1:2
9.	SuperJymy	2 - 3	187 - 204	-17	2:1	1:2	1:2	2:1	0:2
9.	expert eSport	2 - 3	187 - 147	+40	2:0	1:2	2:0	1:2	1:2
12.	Syman Gaming	1 - 3	124 - 138	-14	2:0	1:2	0:2	0:2
12.	WASD Sports	1 - 3	128 - 144	-16	1:2	2:0	0:2	1:2
12.	Team Forge	1 - 3	79 - 128	-49	2:1	0:2	0:2	0:2
15.	WINSIDE eSports	0 - 3	70 - 106	-36	1:2	0:2	0:2
15.	Quantum Bellator Fire	0 - 3	60 - 105	-45	1:2	0:2	0:2