Starting off with IEM Sydney, Liquid was favored from the start. Not a single one of the elite teams at the time (ENCE and Vitality) stood a chance against the unstoppable Team Liquid. As the Danes from Astralis went for a Blast-only calendar, NA’s Team Liquid was dominating the tier 1 scene. The IEM Katowice Major was the only tournament in Season 2 of the Intel Grand Slam that Team Liquid let out of their grasp. Instead, Astralis went on to secure the title, putting themselves in the drivers’ seat for the second season of the Intel Grand Slam. But an underdog run from Aleksib and ENCE stopped the North American’s in the quarter-final. At the IEM Katowice Major 2019, Liquid and Astralis seemed destined to meet each other after an exciting Legends stage. However, as much as Team Liquid saw the tournament as a breakthrough, the rest of the CS:GO community wasn’t so sure. I think they learned so much, and the fact that they kept their heads up high was so important.” “They had a rough 2018 if you’re thinking about how many finals they lost but I think that experience they got through that whole year was so invaluable. This victory broke Liquid’s losing streak of five tournament finals and also their fifteen multi-map series losing streak they had since September 2017 when they had a different roster.Īfter the iBUYPOWER Masters IV grand final victory over Astralis, Liquid’s new coach in AdreN credited their 2018 experience as a part of why they immediately found success in 2019. Right off the bat, 2019 opened with an upset as Team Liquid finally managed to secure a grand final victory over Astralis at iBUYPOWER Masters IV. All of Liquid’s players had renewed motivation and fire that Team Liquid had never experienced before. With the Smoke Criminal on the roster, a superteam was finally assembled. He left Cloud9 to play for MIBR with one of the greatest players in coldzera, and now he was returning home to play with North America’s best CS:GO team. Stewie2k won the first Major title for NA when he led Cloud9 to a grand final victory against FaZe in Boston. Rather than reaching out for an international player, they decided to bring in North America’s original savior. But that was all until Team Liquid added Stewie2k to their lineup. If Team Liquid was a clear silver team, then Astralis was an even clearer gold team. The North Americans just couldn’t beat Astralis. And throughout the Danes’ Intel Grand Slam run, the team they faced and defeated in the finals, over and over again, was Team Liquid. The North American CS:GO team had been nipping at the heels of the Danish CS:GO team Astralis during the year. They were unbeatable for much of their streak and nobody came close to them besides Team Liquid, who constantly finished directly behind them at events. In 2018, the Danish CS:GO roster of Astralis established their hold on the competitive Counter-Strike scene with a historic run of tournament victories. Team Liquid break their long-standing curse of second-place finishes Going into 2019, Team Liquid was looking for revenge. In 2018, the North American CS:GO roster made it to 5 grand finals, but lost all of them and watched the Danes from Astralis take on the first edition of Intel Grand Slam in the span of nine tournaments. Intel Extreme Masters XIV Sydney – Liquid DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019 – Liquid ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals – Liquid ESL One: Cologne 2019 - Liquid Winners: Team Liquid (EliGE, Stewie2k, NAF, Twistzz, nitr0) Intel Grand Slam Season 2 | May 2019 – July 2019 In this article we’ll be taking a look at how the North American squad from Team Liquid stepped out of the shadow of Astralis and cemented their name in CS:GO history with an insane Intel Grand Slam in 2019 that capped off one of the most dominant runs CS:GO fans had ever seen. Throwback: Astralis make history by becoming the first Intel Grand Slam champions Read More
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