OpTic Gaming Announces New OpTic India CS:GO Team
By Nicholas Barth ·
OpTic Gaming has revealed its second Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team in OpTic India, which consists of a talented all Indian roster that was formed after an extensive tryout process.
OpTic Gaming has officially announced the roster for its second Counter Strike: Global Offensive team, Optic India. The OpTic India roster will consist of AWPer Sabyasachi "Antidote" Bose, lurker Rishab "Formless" Tomar, in-game leader Vishal "Haivaan" Sharma, entry fragger and lurker Agneya "Marzil" Koushik and support player Nikhil "Forsaken" Kumawak.
The roster was selected by OpTic Gaming through an extensive tryout process that the organization held in coordination with AFK Gaming and SoStronk. The selection process' final stage concluded on May 13th and was operated by OpTic Gaming Scouting Director Ali Saba. The OpTic India CS:GO team will have access to a state of the art boot camp facility, OpTic Gaming's international resources, which include coaches and analysts, and will be paid competitive salaries.
Each player that was selected for the roster went through "an extensive evaluation based on psychometric and theoretical tests in addition to role-based and in-game analysis. Shortlisted candidates will then be put through a practical evaluation where they will play multiple matches while being monitored by OpTic Gaming’s scouts and SoStronk’s coaches and analysts."
Introducing the official @OpTicIndia CS:GO Roster!#Greenwall pic.twitter.com/ciWYGBwrbF
— OpTic Gaming™ (@OpTicGaming) June 1, 2018
"OpTic Gaming understands the potential of the Indian esports market and the passionate fans we have here. We are keen to not only build a competitive team here but also help improve the grassroots of Indian esports ecosystem," said OpTic India consultant Piyush Choudhary in team's official announcement.
OpTic India will now join the all Danish CS:GO roster of OpTic Gaming that includes Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke, Rene "cajunb" Borg, Nicklas "gade" Gade, Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer and Jakob "JUGi" Hansen to represent the North American esports organization in the professional scene of Valve's popular first person shooter.
In other CS:GO news, a member of Mousesports received death threats following his poor performance in the group stage of StarSeries Season 5.
(cover photo courtesy of OpTic Gaming)