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The members of the iconic Cloud9 team of summer 2015 have come together to qualify for the upcoming IEM Katowice CS: GO Major tournament.
Play under their nickname of "Old Guys Club". [OGC], Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek was joined by Sean '[email protected]Stations, Jordan "Gilbert", Tyler "skadoodle" Latham and Sam "SileNt" Portillo for the qualifier for the North American Major Open of IEM Katowice, November 26th.
The group of former pros, who qualified for the Mountain Dew League playoffs this past season online, has quite easily progressed into the 99 single elimination category.
Back at the competition in the Open ESEA, a league for fans, the Shroud team played for fun, even calling themselves the same team. However, their alignment has since changed, Robin & Fifflaren & # 39; Johansson and Tomi & # 39; Kovanen being replaced by Skadoodle and Silent. Ryan 'Freakazoid' Abadir, who is currently a member of Swole Patrol, is the only missing player in the 2015 Cloud9 training.
While they may not have expected to leave open qualification, fans were glued to Twitch to track their progress.
After a draw in the first round, the team of legendary pros has imposed itself in the group of 99 players in single elimination, beating several teams of ESEA Advanced, amateurs and academics at the time. a series of matches in one match.
ELEAGUE
Skadoodle played a key role in Cloud9's victory in ELEAGUE Boston Major.
After reaching the next stage on November 28th, OGC then had to play the best of the three cards. However, the kings of return did not pose a problem since they defeated the Hysteria team in the 16-5 quarter-finals and then swept the LiviD team 2-0 in half -final to ensure their place in the limited qualifying match of the Americas, alongside Test Takers, another team made up of former NA pros.
Qualifiers closed to 16 teams will take place from December 12th to 14th. Six teams will qualify for the Americas continent in Katowice, Poland, from January 22nd to 26th, 2019. The top two teams in the Minor will qualify for the IEM. Katowice Major, from February 14 to March 3, 2019.
However, OGC is struggling to travel to Poland, as large teams such as NRG, Ghost Gaming and Snape seek to qualify for the Minor.
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