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theGXL Invitational
GXL Universe.jpg
Full name theGXL TF2 Invitational, presented by Corsair Gaming
Gold icon.png Champions froyotech
Silver icon.png Runner-up Classic Mixup
Bronze icon.png Third place Team eLevate
Webpage

theGXL Invitational was the largest North American TF2 LAN tournament to date. It took place on October 11th, 2014 at the GXL Universe 2014 LAN held in Oaks, Pennsylvania. This event included twenty teams, including the top four teams from CEVO-P Season 5 and sixteen other community teams, including TEZC, a European team.

Setup[edit]

Prizes[edit]

eXtv and GXL contributed a base prize pool of $2,000, and each team participating contributed $60 to the prize pool, bringing it up to a cash prize pot of $3,200 in total.
In addition, Corsair Gaming sponsored the tournament and provided a wide variety of hardware prizes. While the vast majority of prizes were allocated to the top 4 finishers, each player participating was guaranteed some type of prize from the tournament.

Place $ USD Gear Prize Team
First Place 1st $1600 6× RGB M65 mice,
6× RGB K70 Cherry Red keyboards,
6× H2100 Wireless Headsets,
6× MM200 mouse mats
Froyotech icon.png froyotech
Second Place 2nd $800 6× H2100 Wireless Headsets Classic Mixup Icon.png Classic Mixup
Third Place 3rd $480 6× RGB M65 mice,
6× MM200 mouse mats
ELevate icon.pngeLevate
Fourth Place 4th $320 6× MM200 mouse mats Street Hoops eSports Icon.png Street Hoops eSports

Format[edit]

The following four teams were the top four teams in CEVO-P Season 5 and were automatically seeded into the elimination bracket based on their performance at the LAN from the day before:

The other sixteen teams competed in a round-robin group stage of four groups, of which the top three teams advanced to the elimination bracket.

Each match in the entire tournament (except for the grand finals) was conducted as a single-map series and played with the ETF2L ruleset, with the map decided based on a pick-ban stage in which the final map remaining was played after each team eliminated three maps from the following map pool:

Results[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group A
Pos Team W-L Results
1 TF icon.pngTerminal Chillness 3-0

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_process_final 5 0 TF icon.pngTurin Down For What?
2 cp_badlands 5 0 TEZC icon.png TEZC
3 5 0 TF icon.pngNancy Drew Mystery Crew
2 TF icon.pngNancy Drew Mystery Crew 2-1

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_granary 5 0 TEZC icon.png TEZC
2 cp_badlands 5 0 TF icon.pngTurin Down For What?
3 0 5 TF icon.pngTerminal Chillness
3 TF icon.pngTurin Down For What? 1-2

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_process_final 0 5 TF icon.pngTerminal Chillness
2 cp_badlands 0 5 TF icon.pngNancy Drew Mystery Crew
3 cp_gullywash_final1 5 2 TEZC icon.png TEZC
4 TEZC icon.png TEZC 0-3

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_granary 0 5 TF icon.pngNancy Drew Mystery Crew
2 cp_badlands 0 5 TF icon.pngTerminal Chillness
3 cp_gullywash_final1 2 5 TF icon.pngTurin Down For What?
Group B
Pos Team W-L Results
1 TF icon.png6cuties 3-0

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_gullywash_final1 5 0 TF icon.pngShowstopper's Damage
2 koth_pro_viaduct_rc4 3 0 TF icon.pngAlien Vs Predator Vs Brown Vs B.O.E.
3 6 1 TF icon.png2014: A Kace Oddysey
2 TF icon.png2014: A Kace Oddysey 2-1

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_process_final 4 2 TF icon.pngAlien Vs Predator Vs Brown Vs B.O.E.
2 cp_granary 6 3 TF icon.pngShowstopper's Damage
3 1 6 TF icon.png6cuties
3 TF icon.pngShowstopper's Damage 1-2

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_gullywash_final1 0 5 TF icon.png6cuties
2 cp_granary 3 6 TF icon.png2014: A Kace Oddysey
3 cp_granary 6 5 TF icon.pngAlien Vs Predator Vs Brown Vs B.O.E.
4 TF icon.pngAlien Vs Predator Vs Brown Vs B.O.E. 0-3

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_process_final 2 4 TF icon.png2014: A Kace Oddysey
2 koth_pro_viaduct_rc4 0 3 TF icon.png6cuties
3 cp_granary 5 6 TF icon.pngShowstopper's Damage
Group C
Pos Team W-L Results
1 TF icon.pngUnder the C 3-0

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_process_final 5 0 TF icon.pngSOFA KINGZ
2 koth_pro_viaduct_rc4 3 0 TF icon.pngBUDSQUAD
3 cp_gullywash_final1 5 0 TF icon.pngSYOPS TF2
2 TF icon.pngBUDSQUAD 2-1

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_gullywash_final1 4 2 TF icon.pngSYOPS TF2
2 koth_pro_viaduct_rc4 0 3 TF icon.pngUnder the C
3 cp_gullywash_final1 6 1 TF icon.pngSOFA KINGZ
3 TF icon.pngSYOPS TF2 1-2

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_gullywash_final1 2 4 TF icon.pngBUDSQUAD
2 cp_process_final 5 0 TF icon.pngSOFA KINGZ
3 cp_gullywash_final1 0 5 TF icon.pngUnder the C
4 TF icon.pngSOFA KINGZ 0-3

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_process_final 0 5 TF icon.pngUnder the C
2 cp_process_final 0 5 TF icon.pngSYOPS TF2
3 cp_gullywash_final1 1 6 TF icon.pngBUDSQUAD
Group D
Pos Team W-L Results
1 TF icon.pngKeywork eSports 3-0

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_badlands 4 1 TF icon.pngMAD LUXURIOUS
2 cp_snakewater_final1 5 2 TF icon.pngyaboys
3 cp_gullywash_final1 5 0 TF icon.pngLightning Command
2 TF icon.pngyaboys 2-1

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_gullywash_final1 5 0 TF icon.pngLightning Command
2 cp_snakewater_final1 2 5 TF icon.pngKeywork eSports
3 cp_badlands 7 2 TF icon.pngMAD LUXURIOUS
3 TF icon.pngMAD LUXURIOUS 1-2

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_badlands 1 4 TF icon.pngKeywork eSports
2 cp_process_final 5 0 TF icon.pngLightning Command
3 cp_badlands 2 7 TF icon.pngyaboys
4 TF icon.pngLightning Command 0-3

Round Map Score Opponent
1 cp_gullywash_final1 0 5 TF icon.pngyaboys
2 cp_process_final 0 5 TF icon.pngMAD LUXURIOUS
3 cp_gullywash_final1 0 5 TF icon.pngKeywork eSports

Knockout stage[edit]

Round 1
Froyotech icon.png froyotech
1
TF icon.pngTurin Down For What?
TF icon.png Turin Down For What?
0
TF icon.png Under the C
1
Under the CTF icon.png
TF icon.pngyaboys
TF icon.png yaboys
0
Street Hoops eSports Icon.png Street Hoops eSports
1
TF icon.pngShowstopper's Damage
TF icon.png Showstopper's Damage
0
TF icon.png Terminal Chillness
1
Terminal ChillnessTF icon.png
TF icon.pngBUDSQUAD
{
TF icon.png BUDSQUAD
0
Classic Mixup Icon.png Classic Mixup
1
TF icon.pngSYOPS
TF icon.png SYOPS
0
TF icon.png Keywork eSports
1
Keywork eSportsTF icon.png
TF icon.png2014: A Kace Odyssey
TF icon.png 2014: A Kace Odyssey
0
ELevate icon.pngeLevate
1
TF icon.pngMAD LUXURIOUS
TF icon.png MAD LUXURIOUS
0
TF icon.png 6cuties
1
6cutiesTF icon.png
TF icon.pngNancy Drew Mystery Crew
TF icon.png Nancy Drew Mystery Crew
0
Quarterfinals
Froyotech icon.png froyotech
1
TF icon.pngUnder the C
TF icon.png Under the C
0
Street Hoops eSports Icon.png Street Hoops eSports
1
TF icon.pngTerminal Chillness
TF icon.png Terminal Chillness
0
Classic Mixup Icon.png Classic Mixup
1
TF icon.pngKeywork eSports
TF icon.png Keywork eSports
0
ELevate icon.pngeLevate
1
TF icon.png6cuties
TF icon.png 6cuties
0
Semifinals
Froyotech icon.png froyotech
1
Street Hoops eSports Icon.png Street Hoops eSports
0
Classic Mixup Icon.png Classic Mixup
1
ELevate icon.pngeLevate
0
Winners' Finals
Froyotech icon.png froyotech
1
Classic Mixup Icon.png Classic Mixup
0
Losers' Round 1
TF icon.png Turin Down For What?
0
Turin Down For What?TF icon.png
TF icon.pngyaboys
TF icon.png yaboys
1
TF icon.png Showstopper's Damage
0
Showstopper's DamageTF icon.png
TF icon.pngBUDSQUAD
TF icon.png BUDSQUAD
1
TF icon.png SYOPS
0
SYOPSTF icon.png
TF icon.png2014: A Kace Odyssey
TF icon.png 2014: A Kace Odyssey
1
TF icon.png MAD LUXURIOUS
1
MAD LUXURIOUSTF icon.png
TF icon.pngNancy Drew Mystery Crew
TF icon.png Nancy Drew Mystery Crew
0
Losers' Round 2
TF icon.png 6cuties
0
6cutiesTF icon.png
TF icon.pngyaboys
TF icon.png yaboys
1
TF icon.png Keywork eSports
1
Keywork eSportsTF icon.png
TF icon.pngBUDSQUAD
TF icon.png BUDSQUAD
0
TF icon.png Terminal Chillness
1
Terminal ChillnessTF icon.png
TF icon.png2014: A Kace Odyssey
TF icon.png 2014: A Kace Odyssey
0
TF icon.png Under the C
0
Under the CTF icon.png
TF icon.pngMAD LUXURIOUS
TF icon.png MAD LUXURIOUS
1
Losers' Round 3
TF icon.png yaboys
0
yaboysTF icon.png
TF icon.pngKeywork eSports
TF icon.png Keywork eSports
1
TF icon.png Terminal Chillness
1
Terminal ChillnessTF icon.png
TF icon.pngMAD LUXURIOUS
TF icon.png MAD LUXURIOUS
0
Losers' Round 4
Street Hoops eSports Icon.png Street Hoops eSports
1
TF icon.pngKeywork eSports
TF icon.png Keywork eSports
0
ELevate icon.pngeLevate
1
TF icon.pngTerminal Chillness
TF icon.png Terminal Chillness
0
Losers' Semifinals
Street Hoops eSports Icon.png Street Hoops eSports
0
ELevate icon.pngeLevate
1
Losers' Finals
Classic Mixup Icon.png Classic Mixup
1
ELevate icon.pngeLevate
0
Grand Finals
Froyotech icon.png froyotech
2
Classic Mixup Icon.png Classic Mixup
0