theGXL Invitational
| theGXL Invitational | |
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| Full name | theGXL TF2 Invitational, presented by Corsair Gaming |
 Champions
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froyotech |
 Runner-up
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Classic Mixup |
 Third place
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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 | edit source]
Prizes[edit | edit source]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st
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$1600 | 6× RGB M65 mice, 6× RGB K70 Cherry Red keyboards, 6× H2100 Wireless Headsets, 6× MM200 mouse mats |
 froyotech
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 2nd
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$800 | 6× H2100 Wireless Headsets |  Classic Mixup
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 3rd
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$480 | 6× RGB M65 mice, 6× MM200 mouse mats |
 eLevate
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 4th
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$320 | 6× MM200 mouse mats |  Street Hoops eSports
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Format[edit | edit source]
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:
- cp_badlands
- cp_granary
- cp_process_final
- cp_gullywash_final1
- cp_snakewater_final1
- cp_yukon_final
- koth_pro_viaduct_rc4
Results[edit | edit source]
Group stage[edit | edit source]
| Group A | ||||||
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| Pos | Team | W-L | Results | |||
| 1 |  Terminal Chillness
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3-0 |
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| 2 | Nancy Drew Mystery Crew
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2-1 |
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| 3 | Turin Down For What?
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1-2 |
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| 4 |  TEZC
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0-3 |
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| Group B | ||||||
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| Pos | Team | W-L | Results | |||
| 1 | 6cuties
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3-0 |
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| 2 | 2014: A Kace Oddysey
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2-1 |
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| 3 | Showstopper's Damage
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1-2 |
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| 4 | Alien Vs Predator Vs Brown Vs B.O.E.
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0-3 |
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| Group C | ||||||
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| Pos | Team | W-L | Results | |||
| 1 | Under the C
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3-0 |
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| 2 | BUDSQUAD
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2-1 |
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| 3 | SYOPS TF2
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1-2 |
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| 4 | SOFA KINGZ
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0-3 |
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| Group D | ||||||
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| Pos | Team | W-L | Results | |||
| 1 | Keywork eSports
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3-0 |
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| 2 | yaboys
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2-1 |
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| 3 | MAD LUXURIOUS
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1-2 |
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| 4 | Lightning Command
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0-3 |
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Knockout stage[edit | edit source]
Keywork eSports
2014: A Kace Odyssey 2014: A Kace Odyssey
MAD LUXURIOUS
Nancy Drew Mystery Crew Nancy Drew Mystery Crew
Terminal Chillness
2014: A Kace Odyssey 2014: A Kace Odyssey
froyotech
Classic Mixup