OpTic beat ENCE; to Europe Minor playoffs

OpTic are through to the playoffs at the FACEIT Major Europe Minor after defeating ENCE 16-13 on Train.

The clash began with OpTic winning the CT pistol round with a double and a triple-kill from René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg and Nicklas "⁠gade⁠" Gade, respectively. After following that up with the anti-ecos, the Danes kept demolishing ENCE, who were helpless in finding a way through the defence.

Although ENCE were only able to get their first round on the board at 1-7, it inspired them to lose just one of the next four rounds to reduce the gap to 4-8. Both teams then traded rounds back-to-back, meaning OpTic switched sides with a five-round lead, 10-5.

cajunb topped the scoreboard with a 1.37 rating

Now playing as CTs, ENCE started off the second half on the right foot, winning the pistol thanks to a 2v4 clutch from Sami "⁠xseveN⁠" Laasanen and Jani "⁠Aerial⁠" Jussila, and the subsequent anti-eco. OpTic then strung two rounds together, but the Finnish side responded with a great force-buy that marked the start of a three-round streak, making it 10-12.

However, as Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen picked up the 13th round for his team by denying a 1v2 clutch from Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo, OpTic went on to hit match-point without much effort. ENCE still responded with three more rounds, but it was in vain as OpTic remained calm and collected to finish things off 16-13.

Europe Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 1 OpTicMatchpage 16 13 19th July 2018 ENCE 16Train 13

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	25 - 17	+8	88.6	1.37
Nicklas 'gade' Gadegade	25 - 22	+3	92.3	1.34
Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi	20 - 15	+5	70.3	1.26
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi	15 - 19	-4	55.7	0.78
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	15 - 23	-8	62.2	0.74

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jani 'Aerial' JussilaAerial	26 - 20	+6	86.7	1.23
Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN	18 - 16	+2	67.6	1.09
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	21 - 22	-1	71.1	0.93
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	15 - 21	-6	63.2	0.87
Jere 'sergej' Salosergej	16 - 21	-5	68.9	0.81

Sami 'xseveN' Laasanen Age: 23 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 590 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 René 'cajunb' Borg Age: 28 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1176 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 OpTic #20 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenNicklas 'gade' GadeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Nicklas 'gade' Gade Age: 23 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 372 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 Jere 'sergej' Salo Age: 16 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 242 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.63 Jani 'Aerial' Jussila Age: 25 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 253 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 ENCE #17 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen Age: 21 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 612 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.61