Screenshot: Via IBUYPOWER

The IBP Masters was set to be one of the big first LANs of 2019 as it had multiple fan favorite teams in attendance including: Astralis, FaZe, Liquid, and Fnatic. The kick off time for the event was supposed to go live at around 10:00 AM PST. Instead the show met multiple delays:

Hi folks! Match 1 will start no later than 12PM – we are figuring out some technical issues.Please be patient and we will get this rocking soon. #IBPMasters — iBUYPOWER (@iBUYPOWER) January 19, 2019

5min out last extension guys. — iBUYPOWER (@iBUYPOWER) January 19, 2019

Eventually multiple people on twitter confirmed that the audience was asked to leave and it looks like now that event will likely be canceled altogether. This was also confirmed from the twitch stream:

https://clips.twitch.tv/NeighborlyImportantButterYee

Overall a completely inauspicious start to the new year. Beyond the technical difficulties, there have been other issues at the event including scheduling. As KioShiMa noted on twitter:

Our game was scheduled at 11am but we will be playing after liquid vs luminosity who was scheduled at 3pm 🤔 so we get 4h delayed but the group b starts on time? @iBUYPOWER — kioShiMa (@kiocsgoo) January 19, 2019

Finally, security seemed to be lax at the event according to Dekay:

Another note that shouldn’t go ignored: Fans walking in at iBP without having bags searched or a metal detector. — DeKay (@dekay) January 19, 2019

Finally, there seems to be a serious issue that is causing the delays. HLTV Photographer tweeted out:

Houve uma ameaça de arma aqui no recinto e tiveram que evacuar toda a gente. Eu e o resto da malta estamos todos cool mas é sempre uma cena séria q tem q ser levada a sério. Pena q atrase ainda mais o torneio mas prefiro assim. — João Ferreira 📸 @ iBUYPOWER Masters 🇺🇲 (@itsmeERROR) January 19, 2019

According to google translate there was a gun threat at the event. This has yet to be confirmed by any other source.

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