IEM New York 2020 Online CIS: events digest

According to the results of the past confrontations in Group A, ESPADA defeated K23 with a score of 2-0, and in Group B Spirit defeated HellRaisers with a score of 2-0, while Winstrike lost to Gambit with a similar result.

Yesterday's game day was not as interesting in terms of results as it was exciting in terms of events. The meeting between Natus Vincere and forZe was postponed to October 20 due to the fact that one of the NAVI players, namely Perfecto, was diagnosed with a coronavirus. On the 18th, the whole community was divided into two camps. The first ones talked about double standards in relation to the organizers towards the participants and believed that if there were any other team in the place of NAVI, it would immediately receive a technical defeat if it did not agree to play with the coach instead of the player. The latter reacted to Natus Vincere with understanding and believe that if a player fell ill with such a serious illness, then he definitely needs time to recover. After a short time, the opposition of Perfecto discovered that the player, 2 hours after he began to feel unwell, went to play on public servers, which caused a new wave of indignation and exchange of views between the opposing sides.

Today we will face two confrontations with Virtus.pro, Cyber Legacy, Team Spirit and Ethereal.

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.