IEM New York 2020 Online: events digest
Ihor MatusAs part of yesterday's gaming day in Intel Extreme Masters New York 2020 Online, only two matches were played. In the first one, Virtus.pro and Cyber Legacy fought, and in the second, Team Spirit and Ethereal. VP beat Cyber Legacy 16-7 on the first map and 16-9 on the second. If in the case of this fight Cyber Legacy showed some kind of resistance and imposed a fight on their opponents, then the story about the meeting that took place between Team Spirit and Ethereal turned out to be completely different. On Nuke, the players from Spirit started well and lost only 5 rounds to their opponents, and on Dust 2 they completely crushed their rivals, having won the second map with a score of 16-1.
As for scandals, intrigues and investigations, the community continues to discuss the situation with Natus Vincere. Recall that half an hour before the start of the match NAVI vs forZe "Born to Win" reported that Perfecto had a coronavirus and the match was postponed from the 18th to the 20th. Part of the community did not approve of this decision, because in their opinion, if instead of NAVI there were any other team, then it could simply be given a technical defeat, if it refused to play with a coach on the player's slot. Other representatives of the CS: GO community said that there is nothing wrong with such a decision from the organizers and the situation is fair enough. The well-known Russian-speaking commentator and analyst Yaroslav 'NS' Kuznetsov even said that although the situation is somewhat unfair, such a move from ESL is quite logical, since Natus Vincere is a team that has great media significance for the tournament and the organizers will do everything to make the tournament get as many views as possible.
And the postponed meeting will take place tonight. Natus Vincere will compete against forZe in Group A, and Group B will face Gambit Esports, HellRaisers, Nemiga and Winstrike.
Matches history: IEM New York 2020 North America
IEM New York 2020 Online in the CIS region runs from 13 to 25 October. 12 teams are dividing the total prize pool of $ 50,000. The winner, in addition to the $ 20,000 main cash prize, will receive 2,500 Regional Ranking Points and 350 Pro Tour Units.