theGXL Invitational

theGXL Invitational
Full name	theGXL TF2 Invitational, presented by Corsair Gaming
Champions	froyotech
Runner-up	Classic Mixup
Third place	Team eLevate
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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

Prizes

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.

Pos	Team	Prizes
1st	froyotech	$1600, 6× RGB M65 mice, 6× RGB K70 Cherry Red keyboards, 6× H2100 Wireless Headsets, 6× MM200 mouse mats
2nd	Classic Mixup	$800, 6× H2100 Wireless Headsets
3rd	eLevate	$480, 6× RGB M65 mice, 6× MM200 mouse mats
4th	Street Hoops eSports	$320, 6× MM200 mouse mats

Format

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:

• froyotech
• Classic Mixup
• eLevate
• Street Hoops

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:

• cp_badlands
• cp_granary
• cp_process_final
• cp_gullywash_final1
• cp_snakewater_final1
• cp_yukon_final
• koth_pro_viaduct_rc4

Results

Group stage

Group A
Pos	Team	W-L	Results
1	Terminal Chillness	3-0	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_process_final 5 0 Turin Down For What? 2 cp_badlands 5 0 TEZC 3 5 0 Nancy Drew Mystery Crew
2	Nancy Drew Mystery Crew	2-1	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_granary 5 0 TEZC 2 cp_badlands 5 0 Turin Down For What? 3 0 5 Terminal Chillness
3	Turin Down For What?	1-2	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_process_final 0 5 Terminal Chillness 2 cp_badlands 0 5 Nancy Drew Mystery Crew 3 cp_gullywash_final1 5 2 TEZC
4	TEZC	0-3	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_granary 0 5 Nancy Drew Mystery Crew 2 cp_badlands 0 5 Terminal Chillness 3 cp_gullywash_final1 2 5 Turin Down For What?

Group B
Pos	Team	W-L	Results
1	6cuties	3-0	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_gullywash_final1 5 0 Showstopper's Damage 2 koth_pro_viaduct_rc4 3 0 Alien Vs Predator Vs Brown Vs B.O.E. 3 6 1 2014: A Kace Oddysey
2	2014: A Kace Oddysey	2-1	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_process_final 4 2 Alien Vs Predator Vs Brown Vs B.O.E. 2 cp_granary 6 3 Showstopper's Damage 3 1 6 6cuties
3	Showstopper's Damage	1-2	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_gullywash_final1 0 5 6cuties 2 cp_granary 3 6 2014: A Kace Oddysey 3 cp_granary 6 5 Alien Vs Predator Vs Brown Vs B.O.E.
4	Alien Vs Predator Vs Brown Vs B.O.E.	0-3	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_process_final 2 4 2014: A Kace Oddysey 2 koth_pro_viaduct_rc4 0 3 6cuties 3 cp_granary 5 6 Showstopper's Damage

Group C
Pos	Team	W-L	Results
1	Under the C	3-0	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_process_final 5 0 SOFA KINGZ 2 koth_pro_viaduct_rc4 3 0 BUDSQUAD 3 cp_gullywash_final1 5 0 SYOPS TF2
2	BUDSQUAD	2-1	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_gullywash_final1 4 2 SYOPS TF2 2 koth_pro_viaduct_rc4 0 3 Under the C 3 cp_gullywash_final1 6 1 SOFA KINGZ
3	SYOPS TF2	1-2	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_gullywash_final1 2 4 BUDSQUAD 2 cp_process_final 5 0 SOFA KINGZ 3 cp_gullywash_final1 0 5 Under the C
4	SOFA KINGZ	0-3	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_process_final 0 5 Under the C 2 cp_process_final 0 5 SYOPS TF2 3 cp_gullywash_final1 1 6 BUDSQUAD

Group D
Pos	Team	W-L	Results
1	Keywork eSports	3-0	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_badlands 4 1 MAD LUXURIOUS 2 cp_snakewater_final1 5 2 yaboys 3 cp_gullywash_final1 5 0 Lightning Command
2	yaboys	2-1	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_gullywash_final1 5 0 Lightning Command 2 cp_snakewater_final1 2 5 Keywork eSports 3 cp_badlands 7 2 MAD LUXURIOUS
3	MAD LUXURIOUS	1-2	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_badlands 1 4 Keywork eSports 2 cp_process_final 5 0 Lightning Command 3 cp_badlands 2 7 yaboys
4	Lightning Command	0-3	Round Map Score Opponent 1 cp_gullywash_final1 0 5 yaboys 2 cp_process_final 0 5 MAD LUXURIOUS 3 cp_gullywash_final1 0 5 Keywork eSports

Knockout stage

Upper Round 1

froyotech

1

FROYO

Turin Down For What?

5

0

cp_gullywash_final1

 Turin Down For What?

0

 Under the C

1

Under the C

yaboys

3

0

koth_pro_viaduct_rc4

 yaboys

0

 Street Hoops

1

Street Hoops

Showstopper's Damage

5

0

cp_snakewater_final1

 Showstopper's Damage

0

 Terminal Chillness

1

Terminal Chillness

BUDSQUAD

{

5

0

cp_snakewater_Final1

 BUDSQUAD

0

Classic Mixup

1

mix^

SYOPS

5

0

cp_yukon_final

 SYOPS

0

 Keywork eSports

1

Keywork eSports

2014: A Kace Odyssey

6

1

cp_gullywash_final1

 2014: A Kace Odyssey

0

eLevate

1

eLv-

MAD LUXURIOUS

5

0

cp_gullywash_final1

 MAD LUXURIOUS

0

 6cuties

1

6cuties

Nancy Drew Mystery Crew

5

0

koth_pro_viaduct_rc4

 Nancy Drew Mystery Crew

0

Upper Round 2

froyotech

1

FROYO

Under the C

5

0

cp_gullywash_final1

 Under the C

0

 Street Hoops

1

Street Hoops

Terminal Chillness

5

1

cp_snakewater_final1

 Terminal Chillness

0

Classic Mixup

1

mix^

Keywork eSports

5

0

cp_badlands

 Keywork eSports

0

eLevate

1

eLv-

6cuties

6

1

cp_process_final

 6cuties

0

Upper Round 3

froyotech

1

FROYO

Street Hoops

4

0

cp_gullywash_final1

 Street Hoops

0

Classic Mixup

1

mix^

eLv-

4

0

koth_pro_viaduct_rc4

eLevate

0

Upper Final

froyotech

1

FROYO

mix^

4

3

cp_badlands

Classic Mixup

0

Lower Round 1

 Turin Down For What?

0

Turin Down For What?

yaboys

0

5

cp_badlands

 yaboys

1

 Showstopper's Damage

0

Showstopper's Damage

BUDSQUAD

1

4

cp_granary

 BUDSQUAD

1

 SYOPS

0

SYOPS

2014: A Kace Odyssey

2

3

koth_pro_viaduct_rc4

 2014: A Kace Odyssey

1

 MAD LUXURIOUS

1

MAD LUXURIOUS

Nancy Drew Mystery Crew

3

2

cp_snakewater_final1

 Nancy Drew Mystery Crew

0

Lower Round 2

 6cuties

0

6cuties

yaboys

2

3

cp_badlands

 yaboys

1

 Keywork eSports

1

Keywork eSports

BUDSQUAD

3

2

cp_process_final

 BUDSQUAD

0

 Terminal Chillness

1

Terminal Chillness

2014: A Kace Odyssey

5

0

cp_process_final

 2014: A Kace Odyssey

0

 Under the C

0

Under the C

MAD LUXURIOUS

1

4

cp_process_final

 MAD LUXURIOUS

1

Lower Round 3

 yaboys

0

yaboys

Keywork eSports

0

1

cp_badlands

 Keywork eSports

1

 Terminal Chillness

1

Terminal Chillness

MAD LUXURIOUS

5

2

cp_snakewater_final1

 MAD LUXURIOUS

0

Lower Round 4

 Street Hoops

1

Street Hoops

Keywork eSports

5

0

cp_snakewater_Final1

 Keywork eSports

0

eLevate

1

eLv-

Terminal Chillness

cp_process_final

 Terminal Chillness

0

Lower Round 5

 Street Hoops

0

Street Hoops

eLv-

3

2

cp_badlands

eLevate

1

Lower Final

Classic Mixup

1

mix^

eLv-

5

3

cp_process_final

eLevate

0

Grand Final

froyotech

2

FROYO

mix^

3

0

koth_pro_viaduct_rc4

4

3

cp_snakewater_final1

cp_badlands

Classic Mixup

0