Into the Gauntlet: One Opportunity
August 30 2015
Team Liquid fans and connoisseurs of the TLWIN hashtag, lend us your strength! Despite a hype performance at The Madison Square Garden in New York City, one that saw Team Liquid go 3-1 again rival Team Impulse, TL will be tested once more in the NA LCS Regional Qualifier (The Gauntlet) to decide the final NA spot for Worlds.
Our showing at MSG, and the solid 3rd place finish, allows us a free Gauntlet Bye into the grand finals, where we will wait idle for the results of Cloud9 vs Gravity—not to mention winner of that set plays Team Impulse for a chance to play Team Liquid. It’s quite a bit of waiting…
But we can’t sit around on our tails, there’s no room for error now. With Counter Logic Gaming and Team SoloMid locking in the #1 and #2 Worlds seedings, there’s only one spot left and one chance to make it big. But with the way Team Liquid has been playing lately, we can confidently say: Bring it on.
The Wild Card factor here is seeing how well Cloud9 will perform. With the return of Hai, C9 has steadily improved in the regular season, but will it be enough to take down rosters that have has ample time to solidify? Guess we’ll find out now, won’t we?
Don’t forget to tune in to the matches and cheer Team Liquid on in the NA LCS Regional Qualifiers! TL plays on August 31st, at 12PM PST.
#TLWIN